Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 224
How could Wang Yingxiong not know that Wen Tiren was putting eye drops on him, he retorted and said: "People in the world say that the first assistant is too intentional, and he is deeply hidden, and he dare not criticize the rebels, but is used to flattery; looking at it today, is it true?" Dare not to criticize Nilin, it is simply that I have never had the heart of rebellion! Every time the chief assistant encounters a major event, he must first look up to the Holy Spirit, and never has the responsibility that the chief assistant should have; he handles errands in the cabinet every day, and specializes in eliminating dissidents , must want to make no one who is honest, gentlemen, and useful people stand on the side of the king, and his heart is quick, and such a chief assistant is also a rare official in the Ming Dynasty!"

The ministers saw that the first assistant and the second assistant had torn their faces in front of the emperor, and most of them were secretly delighted: a dog bites a dog.Two veterans have been stealing the cabinet for many years, blocking my way to promotion, and today they are biting each other, it is really a happy thing!If you annoy Imakami, it's best to get out together!
Wen Tiren replied with an unchanged expression: "Wen used his articles to punish the Forbidden Forest. Fortunately, the sage was promoted to this high position. During the day, he always acts with trepidation and a mentality of walking on thin ice, lest he make mistakes in his errands and make mistakes in state affairs; today There was a sage king in the Ming Dynasty, and he knew that wisdom, thinking and thinking were far inferior to those in today's world, so he acted according to his will. Looking at some wise actions in recent years, all of them are actions that are in line with the disadvantages of the times. Follow the example! Tiren once thought to himself in his spare time, if our ministers conspire and offer wisdom, the outcome will be far from the best! How can Wen’s deeds be judged by flattery? He has served in the cabinet for many years , may I ask, have you ever had a wise strategy to offer to the Holy One?"

I know that my IQ is not as high as that of the Holy One, so I only follow the Holy One's wishes in my daily affairs.In recent years, several policies issued by Ming Dynasty have achieved remarkable results. These are all the ideas of the Holy Majesty.You, Wang Yingxiong, have also been in the cabinet for many years, but have you come up with any good ideas for the country and the people?

Wang Yingxiong wanted to continue to refute Wen Tiren's remarks, but Zhu Youjian interrupted impatiently: "The chief assistant is shrewd, agile, honest and self-disciplined, and he is also pertinent, diligent, and dedicated in state affairs. I have never heard of him being ruled out. An act of dissent is an exaggeration for the second assistant! I see that there are only three members in the cabinet, and the ministers are already old, so it is inevitable that they will not be able to cope with the daily affairs of the court. Therefore, I intend to increase the number of cabinet members to five. In order to divide the work of the princes in governing the country! All the ministers in the palace are important ministers of the country. After the court is over today, you can go back to Yasi and candidates, and choose an opportunity in a few days to push!"

Zhu Youjian didn't care whether Wen Tiren was suspected of being seductive, in his opinion, in terms of ability alone, old Wen was far better than Wang Yingxiong, Zhang Zhifa and others.

There was a secret report in Jinyi: Every time the cabinet votes were drafted, and every time the criminal name, money and grain were encountered, there were many names and surnames, and the clues were complicated. Both Wang Yingxiong and Zhang Zhifa looked at each other and frowned, feeling very embarrassed; Then the bills were drafted and submitted to the Supervisor of Rituals, and the big clangs in the inner court immediately approved them and distributed them, with few mistakes or omissions.

Zhu Youjian knew that the three members of the cabinet were at odds with each other, and Wang Yingxiong forced himself to come forward because of personal interests involved in business and tax matters, and he hated him even more in his heart.

It is not the blessing of the community that the people who are in the position of corpses steal the high positions and suppress the useful to be promoted.

Wen Tiren was overjoyed when he heard the words.It can be heard from the emperor's words that no matter whether the emperor adds cabinet ministers or not, his position as chief assistant cannot be shaken. On the contrary, the positions of Wang Yingxiong and Zhang Zhifa are somewhat dangerous.

Wang Yingxiong saw that the emperor was trying his best to protect Wen Tiren, and he was already bored with himself in his words, and he suddenly felt bad.

If his position as a cabinet minister is not guaranteed, then he is really picking up the sesame seeds and losing the watermelon. The commercial tax is not only collected by himself, why should he make such a head?On the surface, the emperor wanted to increase the number of ministers in the cabinet. In fact, he wanted to find a good candidate. Once he was familiar with the cabinet process, he would kick out those who were an eyesore from the cabinet. What should we do!
All the ministers were very moved by the big sweet date thrown out suddenly by the emperor.All the people who originally planned to go along with Wang Yingxiong and make Wen Tiren smeared in front of the emperor all put away their thoughts.

Entering the cabinet and becoming an extremely powerful minister is what scholars all over the world dream of, and it represents supreme glory and great power.A few years after the original cabinet minister Cheng Jiming became official due to illness, the emperor finally ordered to increase the number of cabinet members, and two people were added at once, which meant that everyone in the palace had the opportunity to join the cabinet.

At this moment, a little Huangmen hurried in from outside the palace holding a memorial, came to the throne and knelt down, raised his hands and raised the memorial and reported loudly: "My lord, today there is a memorial from Jing Haibo and the governor of Fujian." This book has been delivered, I respectfully invite the emperor to read it!"

After Wang Chengen walked down the imperial steps quickly, he took the playbook and returned to Zhu Youjian's side, and handed the playbook to him with both hands.

"Zheng Zhilong is on the books? Could it be that the Dutch on Taiwan Island can't get things done?"

Zhu Youjian opened the playbook and quickly browsed through it.

"So I took it for granted! If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong and Zou Weilian's book, my strategy might have caused even greater disasters."

Zhu Youjian gave a self-conscious smile, and ordered: "Circulate it to all the ministers and workers, and then discuss this matter!"

"What Jing Haibo and the governor of Fujian said in the memorandum are all true. This is my negligence. Fortunately, the victims of the disaster in Shanxi have not mobilized in large numbers. There is still time to make up for this matter! I suggest that all kinds of craftsmen be selected from the victims of the disaster in Shanxi and moved to Taiwan first. , The Fujian government sent officials to the island to coordinate and command, to explore suitable land boundaries to build houses and residences, and wait for the follow-up immigration matters!"

Wen Tiren keenly found the crux of the problem.

Since there is a large-scale immigration, the craftsmen among the victims should be moved there first, and there is no need to hire craftsmen from Fujian, which will cost more money and food, and increase the pressure on the court.

Those who can build houses, burn bricks, burn lime, forge furniture, and forge iron. These craftsmen are not hard to find among the victims. The government in Fujian only needs to prepare food and medicinal materials and arrange good people to go to the island to manage them. Disaster victims will do.

"Wen Qing's words are very reasonable. Later, the cabinet will issue a document to the Shanxi Governor's Yamen, and let him handle it accordingly!"

Zhu Youjian praised.

"The soldiers of the local guards in Fujian have been scattered for a long time. If they encounter troubles with foreign barbarians as mentioned in the playbook, they may be difficult to resist; the soldiers of Shaanxi, Xuanda, and Liaodong should not move lightly. The officers and troops of the Shandong Aid and Suppression Army participated The battle to wipe out the trespassers is quite powerful, and now they are stationed in a single county, so I suggest that [-] soldiers be stationed in Taiwan to guard against and wait for an opportunity to kill the barbarians on the island!"

As Minister of the Ministry of War, Yang Sichang knew the emperor's intention to use troops on a large scale in the coming year; Zheng Zhilong mentioned in the memorial that the Dutch's firearms were sharp, implying that the imperial court needed to send strong troops to the island to fight against them. Yang Sichang naturally thought of Huang Degong's Ministry in Shandong.

"What this soldier said is very much in line with my wishes! According to what I have heard, although the number of red barbarians on the island is small, they use their firearms quite exquisitely; the shape of the Zeelandia city they built on the island is completely different from that of our Daming city. The same! The red barbarians call it a bastion, and it is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack! Although Shandong Huang Degong is strong, it is equipped with a little less firearms; From the Military Weapons Supervision Department, a thousand guns of new-style firecrackers, a number of shocking thunders, and thirty small Frang machine guns were dispatched, and corresponding gunners were dispatched from the Beijing camp to accompany them. In order to protect the immigrants, the second is looking for an opportunity to kill the Hongyi on the island or drive them away from my land of Ming Dynasty!"

Yang Sichang led the decree to list.

"I suggest that the Four Seas Trading Company buy a large number of cattle from outside the Great Wall and transport them to the island. We hope that slash-and-burn cultivation will not be effective in opening up wasteland and fields, and a large amount of animal power will be needed to help!"

As the Minister of the Household Department, he naturally didn't want to take money from the Taicang Bank to buy cattle. Hou Xun directly suggested that Sihai Commercial Bank buy cattle. It was the emperor's private property.

　Thanks to book friends Good Fortune Zhong Shenxiu and Natural Wind 6 for their rewards.

　　This book friend, Zhong Shenxiu, should be from Shandong, right?

　　Concerned about the problems of the world, Zheng Zhilong immigrated about [-] people to Taiwan in the past few years. The large-scale emigration from Shanxi was to overwhelm the opportunities he seized in Taiwan. The next step is to establish a government in Taiwan, and the imperial court will send people to manage it.

　　Reply to the question about the lotus root earthen pots of book friends, Hainan immigrants can also be used. Now Hainan has a population of more than 800 million, and the total population of about [-] million at the end of Ming Dynasty. Mergers are not the main problem.

　　To answer the question from book friend Jiangdong Buyi, there were Dutch and Spaniards in Taiwan at that time. There were not many of them, but their combat effectiveness was relatively strong. The main bastion was difficult to conquer. I may write about how to fight against them in the future. Everyone will play like this, no I can't even write.

　　Replying to the book friend is the problem of Emperor Chongzhen. This is a novel. In this novel, someone can become a loyal minister, but in another book, someone may become a traitor. It all depends on personal imagination and play. The last celebrity, many people and stories are fictitious.

　　
　
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