Li You said: "Brother, everything you supervise must be implemented, and relevant personnel must be rewarded and punished clearly.

For officials who are promoted for merit, you must personally receive them. Even if you really have no time to meet these people in person, you must send your own confidants to meet them on your behalf and reward them in your personal name.

It doesn’t matter how much reward is. Even if it’s a penny or a piece of candy, those grassroots officials will regard it as treasures and treasure it.

You are the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the current governor, and the future emperor. This small action will make these little people feel like they are clinging to the dragon and attached to the phoenix. They will consciously regard themselves as your confidants, and will go through fire and water in order to get your attention."

Li Chengqian really didn't think of this. He devoted all his thoughts to winning over the ministers of the court. He now understood that those ministers were Li Shimin's ministers. As long as Li Shimin was in one day, these people would not really use it for him.

However, these grassroots officials will regard him, Li Chengqian as the object of his loyalty. Li Chengqian can select his confidant generals from these people in the future.

He nodded and said, "Fifth brother, I understand."

Li You said: "Brother, you may have overlooked one thing."

Li Chengqian asked, "What's the matter?"

Li You said: "What I said is that rewards and punishments are clear. What I just said is just rewards to win people's hearts. This is of course important, but punishment is more important in a sense. For those who should be punished, you must be ruthless. Those who should be dismissed from office should be dismissed from office, those who should be imprisoned will be imprisoned, and those who should be killed will not be ruthless."

Li Chengqian said hesitantly: "Will that offend people?"

Li You said: "You are the crown prince, the governor, and the future emperor. What you need is the awe of all your subjects.

Respect is important, but fear is also important. In many things, respect you, they will consciously support you. However, when the things encountered conflict with their own interests, it is not possible to rely solely on their conscious respect.

The fear of you will make them afraid to violate your will, and in a sense, it is even more important. Imperial power is part of the law, and the law is not something that people respect, but something that people fear.

Also, from a person's psychological point of view, there is no punishment for rewards. Those who are rewarded for supporting you, and those who are wronged or guilty are not punished, will not cherish the rewards you give to them.

In this sense, as long as you can master the degree of reward and punishment, you will basically be a qualified and good emperor.

An emperor cannot be good at everything. As the saying goes, the top scholar in every life should be done by those talents. As long as the emperor can master the two weapons of reward and punishment, it will make the subjects respectful, and under your leadership, he will do his best to solve various problems."

Li You's words were like a clear view of the sun for Li Chengqian, and he suddenly became enlightened.

In fact, from the day he became the crown prince, from Li Shimin, Empress Changsun, to the masters he experienced, he has taught him hundreds of methods, and has talked about the issue of rewards and punishments countless times. But no one has ever been able to explain so thoroughly that Li Chengqian can understand how he should do it.

When Chang He's son, who happened in the Flying Tiger Army, did not dare to punish him for gambling and reselling military horses, Li Chengqian did not dare to punish him and adopted a mixed method. Li You killed people in public, and Li Chengqian thought in his heart that Li You's approach was inappropriate and would completely offend people.

However, over the years, he found that although Li You acted ruthlessly and was a little stingy in many ways, his prestige between the government and the opposition was increasing. Li Chengqian had never understood what it was for?

Now he finally understood that he was cautious and blindly pleased others, dared not punish others, and tried not to do things that offend others, but he did not really get respect from people. Those who he wanted to win over could not really use it for himself.

A slight difference can lead to a huge mistake. True knowledge that emphasizes both kindness and power cannot be mastered by saying it. Now, Li Chengqian has learned how to do it.

As a master, Zhang Xuansu guided Li Chengqian to do his best to analyze the complex interpersonal relationships in the court all day long, telling him who should win over and not offend anyone. As a result, Li Chengqian was confused and didn't know how he should do it.

Now, Li Chengqian basically understood that he had mastered the most core way of dealing with subordinates as a superior. In the future, he would continue to summarize in practice and would gradually be able to be handy and at ease.

Li Chengqian looked at Li You and said sincerely: "The so-called listening to your words is better than reading ten years. I only realized today that this statement is not wrong."

He said to Gao Lian: "You go and notify the Secretariat. This afternoon, all the matters will be sorted out by them and handed over to the relevant departments for handling. No one is allowed to disturb me."

Gao Lian responded and went to send an order.

Li Chengqian said: "Fifth brother, my elder brother has a lot of confusion. Today, please help me solve my elder brother's doubts."

Li You was also very happy to see that Li Chengqian got enlightened. He said, "Brother, I will finish my suggestions first, and then let's discuss it slowly."

Li Chengqian said, "Okay, you say."

Li You said: "There is a good opportunity to cultivate a large number of grassroots talents right now."

Seeing Li You's mouth dry mouth, Li Chengqian poured him a cup of tea with his own hands. He said, "Fifth brother, take a break, come and have a cup of tea. There is some time, and I will listen to your explanation this afternoon."

"Thank you, brother." Li You took the teacup with both hands respectfully and said.

Then, Li You came up with an idea for Li Chengqian.

As the imperial court further expanded its territory and boundaries, a large number of new land and people were added, and a large number of grassroots officials were urgently needed to manage it. Due to the lack of systematic measures, the method of demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall was temporarily transferred to manage the newly developed areas.

Not only are these officials in short supply, but they are not well-qualified because they have not received careful selection and systematic training.

This is understandable. The various states and prefectures in the mainland received orders from the court to recommend talents and officials who served in new areas. They often elect those who are dissatisfied with them and dislike them. If there are not enough, they will elect candidates with inexperienced alternate officials. The overall quality of this group of people is relatively poor.

This problem has existed for many years and has not been truly solved.

For example, the Western Regions have been under control for so many years. There are not many officials who have been working from the mainland to the Western Regions to serve. The management of the Western Regions mainly relies on local people to manage. This greatly weakens the court's real control over the Western Regions.

This problem exists in Northwest Road, as well as in Jiaozhi area where Li Ke is located and Linyi Kingdom.

On the Korean Peninsula, Silla is currently an autonomous country. In addition, Baekje and Goguryeo, which are about to be captured, both face this situation where a large number of qualified officials are required to manage it.

The matter of systematically cultivating a large number of officials who are familiar with ethnic affairs should be mentioned on the agenda.

To this end, Li You suggested that a college of ethnic affairs management should be established immediately to specialize in the training of officials in newly developed areas.

Students are divided into senior classes and junior classes. Senior classes train county-level and above officials, and junior classes train grass-roots officials.

After the establishment of the college, officials currently in the Western Regions, Northwest Road, Lingnan, Jiaozhi and Linyi will also be trained to improve the overall management level.

Li You suggested that the newly established School of Ethnic Affairs Management will be dean of Li Shimin and Li Chengqian will be deputy dean, and will be responsible for the management of the college.

In this way, all students in the Nationalities College are disciples of the Emperor, and in fact they are Li Chengqian's disciples.

Li Shimin is just a nominal dean, and he will not participate in the specific things of the college. This college is actually Li Chengqian. Li You hopes that Li Chengqian should pay attention to the things of the college and care about the lives of the college students. When students enter school and go to work in the future, they will meet them in person.

During the study process, you should visit the college frequently and give speeches. You should care about the students' accommodation, diet and study conditions, arrange their family affairs, relieve their worries, and care about their growth after taking office. Most of these large groups of people will become Li Chengqian's direct descendants.

After these people grow up, they can select outstanding people from them, enter the court or work in important places in other places. This is the solid foundation for Li Chengqian to take charge of the world in the future.

Li Chengqian naturally agreed with such suggestions, and he raised two questions. The first is how to avoid Changsun Wuji and others from interfering in this matter and installing their troops on the issue of students' selection.

His concerns make sense. Because most of the local officials are under the control of Changsun Wuji and others, the students they inserted will not be used by Li Chengqian.

The second question: Li Chengqian is a state-controller after all, so who should be the real executive dean of the School of Ethnic Affairs Management?

Li You said: "The first problem is not difficult to solve. The current Minister of Personnel is Hou Junji, the Minister of Personnel is Xiao Dongchang, the Minister of Education is Lord Xiao, and the Minister of Education is Lord Xiao. The three of them are absolutely their own people, and it is not the turn of others to intervene.

This time, all students adopted voluntary registration and jointly conducted assessment by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Education, so that they can ensure that the students’ backgrounds are clean and not those who were inserted by others.”

The Ministry of Personnel is responsible for the selection and appointment of officials below the sixth rank. Li Chengqian and Hou Junji used to turn their attention to the court, but they actually ignored the important organization of the Ministry of Personnel.

After Li You's analysis, Li Chengqian was completely relieved about the first question.

Next, it is about the candidates for supervision by the School of Ethnic Affairs Management.

Li You said: "I suggest that your master Zhang Xuansu will serve as the supervisor."

Li Chengqian said: "Master Zhang Xuansu is a suitable candidate. However, I don't know if he is willing to hold this position." Then, he talked about the conflict between himself and Zhang Xuansu.

In the past two years, the conflict between Li Chengqian and Zhang Xuansu has become more and more serious, and the two have caused some unhappiness from time to time. Now, Li Chengqian is a little doubtful whether Zhang Xuansu is united with him.

Li You still knows Zhang Xuansu. He said: "Brother, you don't have to doubt his loyalty to you at all. He can definitely trust him."

Li Chengqian asked, "Why? He changed his ward many times?"

Zhang Xuansu was once the county magistrate of the Sui Dynasty. Later, after following Dou Jiande, he became the master of Prince Yin Li Jiancheng, and now he has become the master of Li Chengqian. According to his resume, he is easily considered a fence-bearer.

Li You patiently analyzed Zhang Xuansu's situation with Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian felt relieved. He said, "Fifth brother, I have some problems communicating with him now. You can talk to him about this."

Li You said: "Okay, brother, I will definitely resolve the conflict between you."

Then, Li Chengqian asked: "I think my father will agree to establish the National Affairs Management College. I wonder if the ministers will agree?"

Li You asked: "Brother, what do you think?"

Li Chengqian thought for a while and said, "I think it should be. The war in Goguryeo is about to end and a large number of management talents are urgently needed. In this case, I think no one will object to this suggestion."

"Yes, brother, this matter is a good opportunity for you to establish authority. I suggest that the main ministers in Chang'an, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Zeng Wenben, Gao Jingming, Huangfu Rui and others, you should personally seek their opinions. If you propose it in the court, you will definitely respond to it." Li You said.

Li You originally wanted to secretly do the work of these ministers for Li Chengqian, but now he thinks that Li Chengqian should be trained by himself and decides not to interfere in this matter anymore.

Li Chengqian was very excited. He raised all the confusion he could think of, and Li You answered them one by one.

Finally, Li Chengqian couldn't remember any other questions that needed to be asked by Li You, so he asked an unspeakable question in his mind.

He said, "Fifth brother, I want to drive Li Tai out of Chang'an. Don't you think that I am ruthless, do you?"

Li You smiled and said, "Brother, you are right. Li Tai is just a fly and a borer. Such a person must not give him a chance to turn over."

Li Chengqian was in a very comfortable mood when he heard Li You say this. He said, "Fifth brother, you know that you are not a ruthless person, but Li Tai is really bullying people too much."

Li You said: "Brother, you are generous to others, and everyone recognizes it. The same thing is, do what you should do when you decide, and say what you want to say. Don't worry about so much."

Li Chengqian said: "We talked about this last time. I considered your opinion and felt that I still couldn't mention it to my mother. Let my uncle talk as you said.

But I was still a little worried whether my father and mother would have any opinions about me.”

Li You said: "Brother, I just said you don't have any scruples, why are you?"

With a "bang", Li Chengqian slapped heavily on his forehead.

He said, "Oh, fifth brother, I am really, why can't I change the problem of indecision? OK! As long as you say, as long as you have a clear conscience, you will be scruples and be a real man with integrity."

Li You said, "This is my eldest brother. Brother, don't worry, I will always stand with you, and the sky falls and carry it with you."

Li Chengqian was extremely moved and said, "Fifth brother, brother doesn't say anything. In a word, we will always be good brothers."

After saying that, he smiled and said, "Okay! Fifth brother, my elder brother's knot has been untied. Let's not talk about these boring things anymore. I have recently rehearsed a new dance in the palace. Let's enjoy it together."

"Okay, brother, I'm busy all day long, just thinking about relaxing." Li You said with a smile.

Li Chengqian suddenly remembered something, and he said, "Fifth brother, when it comes to singing and dancing, I have an idea: Li Ke's southern army is also fighting bloody battles on the front line. I want to send a condolence group to condolence them. What do you think?"

Li You stretched out his thumb and praised: "Brother, a good idea. Everyone knows that you have had a gap with the third brother. If you can do this, your father and mother will definitely be happy. The third brother will also appreciate your affection, and the ministers will also praise you for your open-mindedness.

High, really high!"

Li Chengqian was even more interested. He ordered: "Prepare a banquet and chant and dance."

...

A few days later, the Northwest Prince's Mansion.

Zhang Xuansu bowed and said, "My minister Zhang Xuansu has met Your Highness."
Chapter completed!