Li had always attempted to recruit the most talented men to serve the kingdom, but almost all those whom he brought into service of the realm were scholarly types more accomplished in literature and oratory than anything else. On top of that, Li had made the mistake of executing the talented general Lin Renzhao.
加上後主雖欲招賢納士，然而所用多是一些空有滿腹文采或滔滔辯才的書生罷了，而大將林仁肇卻為後主所錯殺。