Since the canal Governor's Office has a wide area of ​​jurisdiction and many aspects to be involved, the Ministry of Personnel generously gave the canal Governor's Office an unprecedented huge framework for Ye Tao to fill it himself. If a person with deep qualifications came to be the governor, the level awarded would usually be two ranks. But Ye Tao was too young after all. Although he had served as an official of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War for a period of time, his rank was really low at that time. Basically, it could only be regarded as a temporary arrangement after Ye Tao agreed to serve in the court. If his rank was raised too high at once, there would be some lawsuits in the Political Affairs Hall.

Therefore, although the governor had great authority, his rank was only a fourth-rank. Correspondingly, his subordinates would not be higher than the fourth-rank. Ye Tao had the right to appoint twelve fifth-rank officials, including four military officers and eight civil servants. And the subordinates of each level needed below did not give a specific number, and Ye Tao could be appointed first and then reported to the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Works, and Ministry of War for summary and review. However, the Ministry of Personnel still gave Ye Tao a list of suggested official positions, with a total of 74 official positions listed above from the sixth-rank to the ninth-rank listed. Some of these people must have selected some from the overlapping local positions and entered the Canal Governor's Office, and then obeyed Ye Tao directly, but even Ye Tao could freely appoint as many as 47.

If it is the position of other governors who have become conventional, such as the Governor of Yicheng in Peng Detian, the successors will often retain the team of the previous governor, and at most adjust a few positions that are more critical to him. However, this canal governor's office is completely a newly established institution, and this precedent will be born from Ye Tao.

After figuring out these joints, Ye Tao suddenly had a headache. He has not yet fully understood what the officialdom in Dongping is going on, nor has he figured out how the official selection system in Dongping works. In this situation, it is too difficult to set an example for others and precedents.

"Select?" Huang Xuping was a little confused about Ye Tao's question. "Dongping has always selected some officials from the Imperial College and the Imperial College, most of whom are excellent poor students from all over the country. Others, local officials from all over the country have certain appointment authority. No matter what the reason is selected, as long as they can do well, they can stay in so many official positions in the court, and then it depends on how far the individual can do it."

Huang Xuping cunnedly used the word "Zhijian" and was very in line with the officialdom of any era. After this explanation, Ye Tao understood the official system of Dongping. Like many of the previous policies of Dongping, the official system of Dongping was also based on the fact that the territory was not large and it was unlikely that there would be major deception. Officials and local gentry from all over the country could recommend "talented" people to the court, or elect civilians as officials within their own authority. For those families and local gentry who were well-informed, they had too many opportunities to enter the official career through various channels than those poor families. Those poor families wanted to make a name for themselves in the career of the official career, either they had a really outstanding talent. They could be recommended or appointed by local officials, or they were recommended to the Imperial Academy and the Imperial College through various institutions, and then through this channel, they compete for few opportunities.

After thinking this out, Ye Tao could not say how disgusted the current official system. Living in modern society, there are also children from wealthy families, and children from aristocratic families have a better development than others, and the discussion on this situation in modern society is even more enthusiastic. Although the relationship network and the starting point of employment do have a lot to do, one thing is still agreed with everyone. That is, those who have better educational conditions and social environment are also more capable than the starting point of their abilities. However, in a more democratic, open and transparent environment in modern society, a large amount of information-rich communication methods allow more people to obtain their own opportunities. But what about this era? The information between aristocratic families and poor families is too asymmetric.

The more Ye Tao thought about it, the more he felt that he should do something. This time, the opportunity to select officials is not a bad opportunity. This time, the Canal Governor's Office certainly needs to coordinate with all aspects and rely on positions of the aristocratic families that are open and secretly, but more of them need to do some extremely complex and basic work positions. In terms of canal construction, a considerable number of on-site managers are needed on the construction site of hundreds of miles long. When encountering migrant residents, organizing labor, etc., there are managers who can understand the situation of the people. Children of poor families may have more advantages than those of aristocratic families in these aspects.

However, these tasks require more than just reading well. In this era, there was no system of searching for chapters and ethics and ethics to restrict these students. Each student can learn different things according to his or her interest orientation. From this point of view, although Imperial College and Imperial College can only be regarded as very unscrupulous and formal and inefficient teaching institutions, they do play a role in a cultural highland. However, in such an environment, there are still quite a lot of people who are in the pile of books and do quite pure research. Such people do not meet Ye Tao's requirements.

But how can we distinguish these people? Whether they have the ability to solve problems and are suitable for those jobs cannot be seen at a glance.

After thinking for a long time, Ye Tao simply came to Lord Situ Huang Xuping's house to ask for advice.

"Mr. Huang, I want to ask... what would happen if the method of selecting officials was a little different from before?"

Huang Xuping looked at Ye Tao with his head tilted. He knew that in the mind of this young man he had always valued quite, there were some thoughts that would never come into the mind of any other person. He smiled and said, "How is it? In fact, no matter what, those censors and censors will inevitably have opinions. The words are said by people. But do you care? And will Your Majesty let you, the governor, step down for any reason?"

Ye Tao smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty must have finally waited for the opportunity to force me to work hard. I hope Your Majesty will go to my position as governor immediately."

Huang Xuping friendlyly patted Ye Tao on the shoulder and said, "That's it. Speaking of which, what rules are not set by people? There is no written rule in Dongping's official system so far. Everyone can follow it with stern apology, but it's nothing more than habits, practices and precedents. Since others can create precedents, you can naturally do it too. What's more, aren't you always good at doing this kind of trick?"

Ye Tao chuckled and said, "As a censor... they have been staring at me for a long time or two. Let them quarrel, but it has nothing to do with me anyway. What I worry about is that I am not very sure about my own ideas, and I don't know if it will be effective or how big it will be. I am afraid that if the effect is not good, it will become a precedent. Sometimes, this situation will become a reason and excuse for some people to do some inappropriate things in the future, which is not good."

Huang Xuping nodded and said, "Actually, you are not as good as you think you will not be an official. It is not easy to think of this. Don't worry."

Huang Xuping stood up, took a few steps in the study, and said firmly: "I am also a successful young man. His career has been smooth sailing. He has stood firm in the Dongping Constitution Hall since he was forty-year-old, and he became one of the three ministers like Situ at the age of forty. Ten years have passed. Look at my body, it is probably not a big problem to stay in the Constitution Hall for another ten years, right? Ten years are not enough for our ambitious Your Majesty.

Let the Prince make the situation more interesting? And these ten years are not enough for me to lay a foundation for Dongping and our eternal foundation? I do not have the ability to command the army to conquer cities and plunder land, nor do I have the wisdom to plan for the major affairs of the country, but I can do it for Dongping to summarize an effective set of rules. Moreover, it is also what Your Majesty asked me to do. Do you think if your method is not good, will I let it go?"

Ye Tao said respectfully: "Mr. Huang, you are too modest."

Huang Xuping was not as incompetent as he said. In military affairs, Huang Xuping, who only read some military books, was competent, but he had a very clear understanding of national plans, economy, people's livelihood, laws and policies, etc. He was able to stay in the position of Situ for ten years without any progress because there was almost no position above his head to get promoted. He could hold the position of Situ for ten years, and his political wisdom should never be underestimated.

Huang Xuping waved his hand freely, then turned around and asked Ye Tao, "Can I know, what is the solution you have come up with?"

Ye Tao also stood up and said confidently: "Take an exam."

"Exam?" Huang Xuping frowned, "It seems like...it's like the exam in the Imperial Academy that tests whether students are familiar with the rules?"

Ye Tao shook his head gently and said, "Of course it's different. Perhaps the exam cannot tell whether a person can handle the specific situation well when encountering specific situations, but at least it can tell whether a person is smart enough."
Chapter completed!