Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Deliberation after adjournment is a wonderful word,

The degree of magic of this word can be as wonderful as the relevant yamen, because this word can be used anywhere, whether it is used to set aside conflicts, delay time or disgust people, it is very easy to use.

The reason why Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei opposed the upgrading of the water conservancy yamen was simple: the six departments of the imperial court, Zhang Haogu's Zhang Dang had already occupied the four departments of officials, households, officials, and workers.

The Donglin Party currently only has a criminal department and a military department, but these two departments are also related to Zhang Haogu.

Under such circumstances, if one or two more yamen are promoted, the old Zhang Party will really cover the sky with one hand, and the Donglin Party members will really have no place to stand.

Think about what other yamen can be upgraded right now?
From the Ministry of Households, there is now a tax office that tends to become its own department, a commercial office that has been separated from the Ministry of Finance, and a water conservancy office that has been separated from the Ministry of Industry.

These six have become nine, and the Zhang Party is still covering the sky with one hand. Does this still let the Donglin Party members live?
Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei will think for the sake of the court, and sometimes also consider the overall situation, but all of this will not affect their status. The old party headed by the Donglin Party still has room for survival.

Even though Zhang Haogu's Zhang Party is powerful now, the Donglin Party also controls the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War.

If they watched Zhang Haogu's proposal go through, upgrade a water conservancy government office today, a commercial government office tomorrow, and a tax office the day after tomorrow, and look at the whole court, it's all about Zhang Party, what should they do?
Therefore, regardless of their status in the old Donglin Party or their current cabinet status, even if Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei were unwilling to provoke Zhang Haogu, they would not just watch Zhang Haogu be promoted to a new department.

Nothing but self-interest.

The two elders both opposed the upgrade of the water conservancy office, so Zhang Haogu just smiled and didn't mention it again.

Zhang Haogu didn't expect to be promoted to a new department at all, he just mentioned it casually to see the reaction.

When this issue was temporarily put on hold and postponed, the communication among the cabinet assistants became harmonious again.

In fact, as long as no personal interests are involved, Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei have little objection to Zhang Haogu's administration. Now Zhang Haogu is the chief assistant, the second assistant is Zhang Ruitu, the first assistant is the second assistant, and the official and household departments are all in Zhang In the hands of Haogu, they are also unwilling to provoke Zhang Haogu, after all, the living space of the old party in Donglin is not much visible to the naked eye.

Don't look at the Donglin old party still occupying half of the southern part of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact this is a rootless apple. If Zhang Haogu makes any moves, they have no ability to resist.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care about these small disputes between the new party and the old party at all. What's wrong with the conflict between the old and new parties?
Now that the Apocalypse Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful, Zhu Youxiao has gradually transformed into a real emperor. His support for the implementation of the New Deal does not conflict with his disregard for the small disputes between the old and new parties.

After returning to the topic, Zhang Haogu said again: "Everyone, with the implementation of the new policy, the current system of governors in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty and the governorship of thirteen provinces is a bit out of date."

"At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, we established Zhili and thirteen chief secretaries in the north and south of Ming Dynasty. Although the thirteen chief secretaries of Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Fujian relied on Yamagata There are still many unreasonable things about the water potential, now that 260 years have passed, it’s time to change it.”

Wei Guangwei immediately retorted: "I have two capitals in the north and the south, thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and even the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu. Now the people of the world have been accustomed to such divisions for 260 years. How can they be easily changed?"

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "If the ancestral system cannot be changed, what about the current reform of the imperial court?"

"Reform, change is the law of the ancestors. If the law of the ancestors can last for a long time, how can the Han, Jin, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties be changed?"

"The old law of the ancestral system is out of date and must be changed. It must be changed. Now that there are thirteen chief secretaries, it is no longer in line with the current situation in the world. Why can't it be changed?"

"The area of ​​Huguang Chief Secretary is too large; Nanzhili spans Huaibei; Huainan, Jiangnan, Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Hangzhou, the three prefectures in the Taihu Lake Basin are included in the Zhejiang Chief Secretary; Suzhou Prefecture is also in the Taihu Lake Basin, and the It does not belong to the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang; the Chief Secretary of Henan occupies part of the area north of the Yellow River; the Chief Secretary of Guizhou is sandwiched into a gourd with a narrow middle and wide sides."

As he spoke, Zhang Haogu took out a map and drew out the boundaries of each province: "Big fellow, do you really think that the current [-] provinces are very convenient for the governor to govern?"

"Maybe it's okay to say that the map of one county and one prefecture is placed in a province, with unclear boundaries and unclear divisions. Isn't it a waste of the imperial court's resources?"

"This cabinet discussed with the emperor before, intending to revise it, changing the current 24 provinces in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty to [-] provinces in the north and south, and setting up governors of each province to supervise the reform of new policies, people's livelihood and officials, business taxation, and education promotion. Wait."

"This is also to clearly delineate powers, distinguish boundaries, and better govern the world."

Zhu Youxiao also spoke at this time: "Regarding the change of 24 chief secretaries to [-] provinces, Master has indeed discussed with me before. I have discussed with Master for a long time, and I have also considered various issues."

"New deal, new deal, reform and innovation. As long as I am here, the new deal will be implemented for a day. Even if I am gone, my prince will continue to implement the new deal and stick to it to the end."

"The law of the ancestors needs to be changed, and the system of the ancestors must also be changed. I have already agreed to the plan to change the 24 provinces to [-] provinces. Now the thirteen provinces will definitely be changed."

Hearing that the emperor made it clear that the chariots and horses wanted to support Zhang Haogu, Wei Guangwei stopped talking. The emperor had expressed his attitude, so what else?
Moreover, it is not a bad thing for the Donglin Party to change the 24 provinces in the north and the south to [-] provinces.

Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei looked at each other, and decided to see what Zhang Haogu said next. After all, changing 24 provinces to [-] provinces is undoubtedly an extra eleven provinces. These eleven provinces are always impossible. Let the Zhang party take over, right?
Even if Zhang Haogu had this idea, how could the emperor allow Zhang's party to become so powerful?
Huang Liji asked slowly: "The emperor and the chief minister plan to change the thirteen provinces to 24 provinces. I don't know how to change them and how to divide them?"

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "About the plan to change the 24 provinces of the Ming Dynasty into [-] provinces, the two Ge elders don't have to worry too much. At present, the imperial court will not make too drastic changes to the existing [-] provinces."

"However, there are still some places that need to be changed. The main design is Liaodong, Mongolia and other places. As for the thirteen provinces today, what should be demolished and what should be divided."

"For example, Huguang, the huge Huguang is a separate province, which is a bit inappropriate. This cabinet means to divide it into two provinces, Hubei and Hunan; Jiangnan and the land of two rivers, in addition to Zhejiang and Jiangxi, Anhui is also established. The two provinces of Jiangsu; Northern Zhili were separated from Hebei Province; Liaodong has fertile land and sparsely populated land. In the future, a new province will definitely be set up after the pacification and establishment of slaves. Liaodong, Liaonan, and Liaobei will all be separated.”

"Therefore, the 24 provinces plan is a step-by-step promotion. Now, we will first promote the changes within the Great Wall, such as Huguang, Liangjiang and other places; outside the Great Wall, it involves two places for the time being, one is southern Liaoning, and the other is Balian Nadu in Mongolia."

Huang Liji nodded slowly: "The chief assistant is old enough to seek the country. With this statement, the pavilion is relieved."

Wei Guangwei asked again: "Your Majesty, Chief Assistant, this will gradually change from thirteen provinces to 24 provinces, and we will also set up another governor. The governor is equivalent to the power of a province and is above the governor. How dare you ask the governor?" How many grades are there in the official residence, and who will arrange for it?"

If you say this, the meaning is obvious, and it will be fruitful.

Of course, Wei Guangwei also knew that in places like Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Liaodong, Gansu, Shaanxi and Mongolia, it was impossible for the Donglin Party to steal high positions.

Now that the entire north of Ming Dynasty is fully promoting the New Deal, and its tentacles have extended to the south of the Yangtze River, the old Donglin Party may not even be able to keep Nanjing Liufu.

The facts did not exceed Wei Guangwei and Huang Liji's expectations. The governor of Shandong was given to Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Hebei was given to Tan Yong, the former governor of Shandong, and the governor of Gansu and Shaanxi was given to Shi Kefa, the former governor of the three sides. The governor of southern Liaoning was Yuan Chonghuan. Next, the governor of Henan is Zhou Jinyong, the former governor of Henan, and Cao Wenzhao, the governor of Mongolia.
The entire north is still full of members of Zhang Haogu's new party. It can be said that the new party has completely occupied the entire north.

What is left to the old party is the south. Of course, there are many places in the south. The governors of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi, etc., see Up much more than the north.

However, the former Donglin Party's think tank and now Zhang Haogu's best friend, Yingtian Governor Wang Wenyan was also promoted, and he was promoted to Jiangnan Governor!

This clearly shows that the next goal of the New Deal is the land of Jiangnan!

But Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei have no right to object, because Chu Xingyu, governor of Hubei, was also promoted to governor of Hubei, and the old Donglin party still occupies half of the southern country.

Faced with this situation, even if Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei knew that Zhang Haogu deliberately left them with the intention of eating away at the old party's power step by step, they could not refuse. I can't keep it.

After completing the division of the provinces, Zhang Haogu did not wait for Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei to take a breath and raised a new topic. Zhang Haogu is only 25 years old this year. He is young, strong and energetic. They raised questions and dealt with them, but Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei were getting older and couldn't hold on anymore.

Zhang Haogu was not impatient because of the dispute with Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei just now, and Zhang Haogu, who was still calm and calm, said very easily: "The imperial court has money in hand now, and the tax revenue of 5000 billion must not be kept in hand." Here, it’s going to be spent.”

"Last year, Henan's tax revenue increase was inseparable from Henan's infrastructure construction, road construction and canal construction. This year, the Ministry of Households can allocate another sum of money to Henan, so that Henan's development can catch up with Gyeonggi and Shandong and become another city. I am a tax-heavy place in Ming Dynasty."

When Huang Liji heard that Zhang Haogu wanted to allocate an extra sum of money to Henan, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, Chief Assistant, Huguang's tax revenue also increased last year. The so-called 'Huguang is ripe, the world is full', although Huguang Hunan, Hubei, but it is still the money and grain of my Daming."

"Moreover, because Huguang has separated their families, they should allocate an extra sum of money to Hunan and Hubei to restore their vitality and maintain the growth of money, grain and taxation."

This starts to compete for resources.

Looking at Huang Liji who was eager to grab money from Zhou Jinyong, Zhang Haogu took a sip of his tea and said quietly: "Old Huangge, it's not that the local government needs money, the imperial court will allocate it. Taxation, which one doesn't keep part of the balance for expenses?"

"Henan wants the imperial court to allocate funds, but it gave the imperial court a booklet, indicating in detail what the money will be used for. It is clearly written in every pen, how much is needed in total, where each sum of money is used, and this This sum of money is still a loan provided by the imperial court, and will have to be repaid in the future."

"If the two provinces of Hubei and Hunan need the support of the imperial court, the purpose of the money, the whereabouts of each money, etc., must be written down?"

Huang Liji was taken aback, and Wei Guangwei said immediately after seeing this: "It's all for the imperial court's infrastructure construction. Henan is located in the Central Plains and has sufficient products. The imperial court should allocate funds, but the land of Huguang is also an important place for the imperial court's money and food. Now we only provide support for Henan. It’s hard to justify not giving it to Huguang.”

"Since the imperial court provides the loans, then Hunan and Hubei will get the paperwork, right?"

Zhang Haogu nodded: "If it's Hunan, Hubei has written a document, indicating the purpose of use, and the Ministry of Households will submit it to the cabinet after review, and the imperial court can also allocate funds."

It's all about development, just like what Wei Guangwei said, the development of Henan is the same as the development of Huguangdu. The court is favorable.

This is also the difference between Zhang Haogu, Huang Liji, and Wei Guangwei. He is still obsessed with old and new party struggles, with different ideas. Obviously, there are old parties that oppose for the sake of opposition and fight for the sake of competition. Zhang Haogu has long focused on the overall situation and deployed the country. up.

If Huang Liji and Wei Guangwei are just politicians for the self-interest of cronies, Zhang Haogu is a politician for the interests of the whole country. The two sides have different visions and visions, and naturally have different hearts.

After the cabinet meeting, news spread that the Ming Dynasty had changed 24 provinces to [-] provinces. Soon, the appointment of the governors of each province was distributed to various places, and the governors of each province also went to Beijing to prepare for the holy ceremony.

The current governor of Jiangnan, Wang Wenyan, and the governor of Hubei, Chu Xingyu, are no exception.

Chu Xingyu was promoted from the original governor to the governor of Hubei, and he took power in a province, which was different from before.

After he came to the capital, the first thing he did was to visit his mentor, the cabinet boss Huang Liji.

When he came to Huang Liji's home, Chu Xingyu bowed respectfully and respectfully: "Students pay homage to their teacher."

Huang Liji stroked his beard with great relief and said with a smile: "Sit down quickly, come and watch tea."

After the servants made the tea, Chu Xingyu held the teacup and waited respectfully for Huang Liji to ask questions.

Huang Liji took a sip of tea slowly, and then said: "Zhou Guang, although Hubei's tax revenue last year was good, there is still a gap from Henan."

Chu Xingyu said quickly: "The student is incompetent, let the teacher down."

Huang Liji said: "Although Hubei's tax revenue is not as good as that of Henan, it is not far behind. After all, Henan has the support of Zhang Haogu, various grants from the Ministry of Households, and the assistance of King Zhou. It is normal for Henan to develop faster than Hubei. .”

"Although Huguang is separated now, it is also a good thing for us that you can control Hubei alone. With Hubei in your hand, as long as you can make achievements, the emperor will see it, and Zhang Haogu will not come to force it Grab the land of the two lakes."

Chu Xingyu nodded and said: "Students understand that students will work harder in the future and will not disappoint their teacher."

Huang Liji nodded, and put down the teacup: "Zhouguang, what you practice in Hubei is to allow gentry and farmers to set up farms in partnership. This matter must be persisted."

"With the support of the gentry, it is easy for you to govern in Hubei."

"He Zhang Haogu wants to allocate a sum of money to Henan to speed up the development of Henan. Your Hubei can't fall behind."

Chu Xingyu showed embarrassment: "Teacher, although the student has the help of gentry, Zhou Jinyong has Zhang Haogu behind him, and the imperial court has continuously allocated funds. Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains. It is an important place for the imperial court's money and food. It is very difficult for Hubei to catch up with Henan's development."

Huang Liji smiled and said: "Don't worry, Zhang Haogu can allocate funds to Henan, so can't this pavilion allocate funds to your Hubei?"

Hearing that he could get financial support from the imperial court, Chu Xingyu's eyes lit up: "If my teacher can allow the imperial court to allocate funds, that would be the best."

Huang Liji picked up the tea cup again, looked at the tea leaves floating in the tea bowl, and said slowly: "The money from the court is not so easy to allocate, even if you are a teacher's student, you have to follow the rules. "

"You have lived in the capital for a few days, hurry up and draw up a request for appropriation from the imperial court, specifying the current difficulties in Hubei, how much money is needed in total, what each sum of money will be used for, and when it will be accepted by the imperial court. The Ministry of Finance and the cabinet, this cabinet will give you approval."

After he understood it, Chu Xingyu said quickly: "Thank you for your support, teacher, the student understands."

Huang Liji took a sip of tea: "This one is a loan from the imperial court to Hubei, and it will be repaid in the future, but you don't have to worry, Henan also uses the imperial court loan. When Henan repays the imperial court, you follow. Neither early nor late."

"Right now, the New Party is competing with us everywhere. Now what the emperor values ​​most is taxation, money and food, and whether he can do practical things. The contest between Henan and Hubei is, after all, a contest between the New Party and us. It is Zhang Haogu and his teacher. Contest."

"You can use it in Hubei at ease. My teacher and Mr. Wei Ge will recruit you in the court. You have to do it well, work hard, and join hands with the gentry to run Hubei well. At the end of the year, you have to hand over a copy to the emperor." It's beautiful, and it can surpass Henan's answer sheet."

Chu Xingyu got up immediately: "Please rest assured, my teacher. The students have received the full support of the Hubei gentry during the time they have been operating in Hubei. Now there are teachers and Mr. Wei Ge who are recruiting for the students in the court. This year, the students will definitely manage Hubei well. , so that Hubei’s tax revenue exceeds that of Henan, and let the New Party see how good we are!”