Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

"Hiss... They've already started fighting?"

On the carriage back to Chang'an, Li Tai looked at the report delivered by the Embroidered Uniform Guard in his hand, and couldn't help but gasp, rubbing his forehead.

His gaze then drifted to his elder brother, who was riding in the same carriage, leisurely sipping tea.

“Your Majesty, Pei Ruocai and Qiang Mubai clearly have different ideologies. If we let them each take sides now, won’t the Jiangnan region be in turmoil in the future? How can the people rest and how can production be developed?”

He was somewhat confused by his elder brother's actions.

However, Li You, the Prince of Chu, who was sitting to the side and returning to Chang'an with him, saw it clearly enough.

With a faint smile, he began to explain before Li Chengqian could answer.

"Fourth Brother, that's not right of you. Qiang Mubai is a young talent from Jiannan Circuit under Father's rule. According to Father's temperament, compared with the talents under my brother's command, he must be a genius with real skills."

“How could Yingcai not know what Father Emperor and his elder brother were doing sending them to Jiangnan Circuit?”

"If they ruin the affairs of the nation because of fighting, they wouldn't be able to afford to lose a hundred heads. How can they be considered talents?"

Li Chengqian looked at his younger brother, who had become much thinner and darker, with satisfaction, nodding repeatedly with admiration.

"Not bad, not bad, Fifth Brother, you should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation. You have indeed not disappointed your elder brother!"

Li You smiled sheepishly and scratched his head.

Besides visiting his mother, he also had another matter to attend to when he returned to the capital.

He should get married.

Li Chengqian has already sent someone to Lingnan Island to inform the family of Duke Feng Ang of Yue that the wedding of the King of Chu will still be held in Chang'an. It has been three years since the two families got engaged.

It's time to let this young couple be together; they're already inseparable.

Li Chengqian smiled faintly and looked at Li Tai.

"They will indeed compete with each other, but I think this competition is a healthy one. After all, they all know that the final determination of which political view is superior will be based on the political achievements of the two places a few years later."

"I even think that, in order to surpass each other, they might even learn from each other..."

He looked almost exactly like Li Chengqian.

When Li Shimin, who was setting off to return to Chengdu, received this news from the Hundred Cavalry Division, he simply smiled faintly.

"Let them fight. If Jiangnan Dao wants to catch up with the development of the other Daos as soon as possible, it needs a strong medicine. The only question is whether, in a few years, the North will overpower the South, or the South will push the North over?"

Li Shimin was quite looking forward to it. After all, if a few years later, the Jiangnan West Circuit under the rule of Qiang Mubai and others surpassed the Jiangnan East Circuit in terms of political achievements, wouldn't it be fair to say that he, Emperor Zhenguan Li Shimin, was more talented and better at recognizing people than Crown Prince Li Chengqian?

"Ha ha ha ha......"

Upon thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Just then, another cavalryman from the Hundred Cavalry Division arrived, caught up with Li Junxian who was standing next to Li Shimin's carriage, handed him a document, and whispered a few words to him.

Li Junxian was taken aback, then leaned close to Li Shimin's carriage window and bowed to report inside.

"Your Majesty, Chancellor Fang has sent a letter..."

A hand reached out from behind the carriage curtain.

Li Junxian immediately handed over the letter respectfully, and the next moment, a surprised murmur came from inside the carriage from Li Shimin.

"We need someone...who is this Di Renjie?"

......

"This man is truly talented!"

Jiangnan Circuit, Hongzhou Prefecture.

Regarding the full-blown fight between Qiang Mubai and Pei Ruocai, neither Fang Xuanling nor Dai Zhou showed any concern or tried to stop it. In the past few days, they had been spending a lot of time reviewing and screening the personnel records sent by the Ministry of Personnel in Chang'an.

However, as they gained a deeper understanding of the political achievements of figures like Qiang Mubai and Pei Ruocai...

Fang Xuanling and his group felt that none of the people on the list sent by the Ministry of Personnel were capable of holding down the reins of Huainan Circuit.

Just when everything seemed hopeless, and Fang Xuanling even considered making do,

Li Daozong, who was standing to the side, suddenly let out a joyful shout.

Several people looked up.

The latter quickly walked over with a resume and handed it to everyone.

"Prime Minister Fang, what do you think of this man?"

Fang Xuanling took a look, and his eyes gradually lit up.

"Di Renjie was born in Taiyuan Prefecture, Bingzhou in the first year of the Wude era. His father was Di Zhixun, the current Prefect of Kuizhou in Jiannan Circuit. He studied at home in his youth and was quite intelligent. In the ninth year of the Wude era, he entered the first official school in Taiyuan Prefecture. He first entered the children's class, then moved to the village school class after half a year, and entered the examination class in the second year."

"In the second year of Zhenguan, I interned for a year at the Commerce Department of the New Policies Bureau in Taiyuan Prefecture and was rated as first-class in performance."

"In the third year of Zhenguan, he entered the Taiyuan headquarters of the Royal Bank for an internship and was rated as first-class."

He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Imperial University in the same year.

"In the fourth year of Zhenguan, his father, Di Zhixun, was transferred to Kuizhou in Jiannan Circuit. Di Renjie then took a leave of absence from the Chemistry Department of the Imperial University and went to Jiannan Circuit with his father. In the same year, His Majesty was in charge of the Sichuan and Chongqing region. Di Renjie then entered Chengdu Prefecture and served as the Prefectural Magistrate and Clerk. He read through the case files and solved several long-standing major cases."

"In the fifth year of the Zhenguan era, His Majesty established the Western Expeditionary Military Academy. Di Renjie resigned from his post in Chengdu to study military affairs..."

"Holy crap..." Even Fang Xuanling couldn't help but mutter a vulgar curse after seeing this resume, which was so glaringly impressive.

Dai Zhou was extremely excited.

"Prime Minister Fang, not bad! This man is truly remarkable. His father's achievements bear many traces of his involvement, and his previous performance evaluations were all top-notch. He is indeed a promising talent!"

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly: "He has the academic style of the new policies of Taiyuan Prefecture, and has also served in Bashu under His Majesty's rule. It can be said that he has absorbed the advantages of governance in both the North and the South. He comes from Taiyuan Prefecture in Bingzhou, but his father is now serving in Jiannan Circuit. He is simply the perfect candidate to balance between Qiang Mubai and Pei Ruocai!"

however.

Li Daozong, standing to the side, cleared his throat and a smile appeared on his face.

He glanced at Di Renjie's resume at that moment and spoke softly.

"You two have overlooked one point..."

"Di Renjie's two cousins, Di Rengui and Di Renquan, are currently serving under His Highness Prince Liang in important positions in Silla. They are both exceptional talents. If we were to have them stationed in Huainan Province, this personal connection would likely save the court some financial expenditure in Huainan Province."

"The only problem now is that, although he is not exactly a commoner, he is practically the same. He has an official title but no real power. If we directly put him in charge of Huainan Circuit, there will probably be some discontent."

Fang Xuanling snorted coldly.

"Dissatisfied? Fine! Let the one who's dissatisfied go up there! If he messes things up, I'll chop off his head!"

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PS: This is a fictional world, and the ages of Di Renjie, Wu Zetian, and the main character have been adjusted.