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Zhou Wu has been staying in the capital recently. Besides the social obligations and interpersonal relationships in officialdom after his promotion, there is something even more important: the development direction of Dongji.

It was clear that the court, including the emperor, did not have a high opinion of Dongji. This was mainly because Dongji was too far away, and based on Dongji's previous performance, it could be summed up in one word: poor and uncultured.

The people of Japan in this era were short in stature and lacked good local resources, let alone any enlightenment or education.

"First and foremost, cultural education is essential."

To change a nation, one must first start with its ideological education. While preserving their original culture, one must then indoctrinate them with new ideas. By repeating this process for several generations, the Japanese nation will eventually disappear completely from the annals of history.

Zhou Wu was alone in his study, deep in thought. Ideological education came first, followed by economic recovery. Once the economy recovered, all other problems would be solved.

With great effort, Zhou Wu wrote several lengthy documents outlining the future development plans for Dongji. Since these plans were ultimately for Dongji's future, Zhou Wu sent someone to deliver them to the palace.

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royal palace.

"Your Majesty, this is Lord Zhou's memorial."

The emperor had specifically instructed that important and urgent documents, as well as memorials from several trusted ministers, should be reported to him immediately. Zhou Wu was clearly one of them, so when the eunuch saw Zhou Wu's memorial, he immediately took it out from the many memorials and presented it to him separately.

"Oh, bring it here."

Over the years, Zhou Wu has played a pivotal role in the development of Da Long, something Li Tiancheng is well aware of. Therefore, Zhou Wu has long held a very important place in Li Tiancheng's heart.

However, when Li Tiancheng finished reading Zhou Wu's memorial, a hint of disappointment inadvertently appeared in his eyes.

Originally, everyone thought Zhou Wu had some good plan to strengthen the Great Dragon Army or increase national tax revenue, but unexpectedly, it was just a development strategy for the Eastern Pole. To be honest, even Li Tiancheng wasn't very interested in the Eastern Pole. It was an island nation surrounded by the sea, and apart from some silver, it had almost nothing to covet. So, in everyone's eyes, the Eastern Pole was a piece of chicken rib, tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away.

"allow."

Li Tiancheng glanced at it briefly and then made his comments.

Since Zhou Wu was so interested, Li Tiancheng didn't mind doing him a favor.

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After receiving the emperor's approval, Zhou Wu immediately began to develop more detailed plans for the development of the easternmost region.

To be honest, the Eastern Pole region is indeed too weak, basically lacking everything. Judging from the attitude of the court officials, it is unlikely to receive financial and material support. Therefore, Zhou Wu can only rely on the South China Sea under his control to help.

"Ugh, there's no one available."

Zhou Wu sighed and leaned back in his chair.

We have very few capable people at hand, and we are already struggling to keep the South China Sea running.

The area of ​​Dongji is much larger than that of the South China Sea. The problem of grassroots technical personnel is relatively easy to solve because there is the South China Sea Technical Academy. However, the management cannot be managed by one person alone, and it is certainly impossible to support the Japanese to take the lead. Therefore, Zhou Wu is also having a headache in the face of this problem.

A pair of skillful hands gently touched Zhou Wu's shoulders and neck. Without a doubt, it was a maid from the mansion who saw Zhou Wu's distress and could only massage him to relax him.

"Song'er, where do you think I can find an official to help me manage the Eastern Pole?"

Song'er was Zhou Wu's most beloved maid in the capital. She didn't talk much, but she was very thoughtful in everything she did, which made Zhou Wu's life much easier.

"Master, I am just a lowly maid, how could I know anything about national affairs?"

Song'er said sweetly from behind.

Indeed, Song'er is just a maid; how would she know these things? Zhou Wu was just asking casually.

"However, sir, you can go to the Ministry of Personnel to inquire."

"Ministry of Personnel?"

"Yes, I've been seeing a lot of officials waiting to be appointed lately, walking around in front of the various officials' residences with gifts, probably trying to build connections."

Although Song'er didn't understand the affairs of the imperial court, she often saw officials waiting to be promoted giving gifts and trying to pull strings when she went out.

"Officials on standby?"

Zhou Wu, an official awaiting appointment, knew that the Great Dragon had previously annexed a lot of territory. At that time, the court had officially appointed all officials awaiting appointment, but there was still a large shortage. They had even consulted Zhou Wu for advice back then, but unexpectedly, there was now a surplus.

Thinking of this, Zhou Wu decided to go to the Ministry of Personnel to find out what was going on.

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Ministry of official affairs.

Zhou Wu went to see the Minister of Personnel, but the minister did not want to see him. This was because the civil officials had recently clashed with Zhou Wu. Although the minister had no conflict with Zhou Wu, he did not want to appear out of place.

"Just say I'm not here."

"Yes."

He made up a random excuse and ordered the clerk who came to report to send Zhou Wu away.

"Wait, do you know why Zhou Wu is here?"

The Minister of Personnel suddenly stopped the clerk who was about to leave. He was really curious as to why Zhou Wu had come to see him. Everyone in the court knew that Zhou Wu was the kind of person who would not do anything without a reason.

"It seems they want to ask about officials on standby."

"What! Go and invite them in."

Upon hearing that the other party was there for officials awaiting appointment, the Minister of Personnel quickly instructed a junior official to invite the other party in.

The Minister of Personnel was in charge of the promotion and evaluation of all civil and military officials in the court. It could be said that as long as one was an official, one had to be managed by the Ministry of Personnel. Therefore, the Ministry of Personnel was definitely the most sought-after among all departments.

However, the Minister of Personnel, who appears to be a figure of great prestige, also has an untold trouble: officials awaiting appointment.

In the Great Dragon Dynasty, there were generally two paths to officialdom: one was recommendation by high-ranking officials, which was rare.

Another option was to continue using the imperial examination system of the previous dynasty. This system was most popular among scholars. However, because the number of official positions in the early Long Dynasty was limited, even though many people had successfully entered officialdom through the imperial examination, the court still did not give them a formal position. They could only be kept on standby and were called "waiting-to-be-used officials".

Later, the Great Dragon Dynasty won a battle and annexed a large amount of land, so all the long-awaited officials were able to be assigned, and there was even a shortage at one point. However, since the Great Dragon Dynasty did not expand outwards in the past two years, the number of officials waiting to be assigned has been squeezed again.

Since Zhou Wu mentioned officials awaiting appointment, and considering his recent appointment as the first administrative head of Dongji, it's not hard to guess his purpose.