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It was the seventh day of the eleventh month in the first year of Qianyuan.

Nanjing.

Forbidden City, Tianxin Palace.

Liu Sheng was meeting with Zhang Guowei, the former governor of water transport in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Gongbi, the governor of Shandong, and Zeng Ying, the governor of Denglai, who had recently returned to Dawei.

After learning that the capital was conquered by the Shun army and that Chongzhen committed suicide by hanging himself, these three former Ming officials who had been persuaded by Da'e's envoys finally surrendered to Da'e.

After handing over the parts of Dengzhou and Laizhou Prefectures and Qingzhou and Yanzhou Prefectures they held and the troops and horses under their command to the Wei army, they sailed south by sea and went to Nanjing for an audience.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Without courtesy, you three gentlemen, please take your seats."

Everyone has certain habits, and the emperor is no exception. Liu Sheng's habit is to call many people sir. As for asking ministers to sit down and talk instead of standing or kneeling, this is purely influenced by the concepts of later generations.

Zhang Guowei and the others were not aware of Liu Sheng's habits, so they felt quite flattered. Although they obeyed the order and took their seats, they only sat on half of their buttocks.

"I already know the situation of the three gentlemen." Liu Sheng looked at Wang Gongbi with a pleasant look. "Mr. Mei He (Wang Gongbi's courtesy name is Zhiqing, also known as Meihe) was orphaned early. He cared about his mother and worked hard to keep the rules. The young man At that time, he was famous for his filial piety.

After Mr. Mei He became a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli, he successively served as a pedestrian, a county magistrate, the head of the camp and repair department of the Ministry of Industry, and a member of the Yuheng Department.

In the third year of Tianqi's reign, he served as the prefect of Ningguo and guarded Huining Road. During his tenure, he first proposed exempting miscellaneous taxes, reducing taxes on local farmers, and re-establishing township covenants to alleviate the poor.

When Wei Zhongxian was in power, he not only did not support the eunuchs, but punished the treacherous and evil deeds of the eunuchs locally, recovered hundreds of thousands of taels of stolen goods, and made the people of the area peaceful.

In the second year of Chongzhen's reign, Mr. Xiang was promoted to the right chief envoy of Henan Province. At a time when local bandits were rampant, he abolished the local excess servicemen and paid them with their rations. He set up a new brave camp to suppress the bandits and stabilize the area.

After that, he served in Huguang and Shandong. No matter ups and downs, he was able to suppress bandits and bring peace to the people and benefit the country. He can be said to be a capable minister and official in governing the local area. "

Wang Gongbi is fifty-eight this year. He has experienced the ups and downs of the officialdom for decades and has witnessed the treacherous nature of people's minds. He also knows that Da'ei Youxunfengwei has an intelligence agency that is more powerful than Jinyiwei. It is not difficult to investigate his background and resume.

It can be seen that Liu Sheng recounted his past political achievements one by one in person and praised him lavishly. He could not help but be moved in his heart, and even vaguely had the idea that a thousand-mile horse meets a bole, and a scholar dies for a confidant.

Therefore, after Liu Sheng finished speaking, Wang Gongbi couldn't help but stand up with red eyes and bowed: "Your Majesty is overly complimentary. I just tried my best to do my duty."

Liu Sheng was quite emotional after hearing this, "Do your duty well - it sounds simple, but how many people in the Ming Dynasty could do it before?

Either they don’t have the ability to do it, or they have the ability but don’t have the heart. There are very few people who are as willing and capable as Mr. Otherwise, why would hundreds of millions of people suffer for so many years? "

Wang Gongbi was an unexpected surprise to Liu Sheng.

Because in later history, Wang Gongbi was not well known to amateur history buffs like Liu Sheng, but he was indeed a capable official in governing the place and did a lot of good things for the people and the Ming Dynasty.

What's even more rare is to be able to grasp the balance and even benefit the country and the people.

For example, when he served as the right chief envoy of Henan Province, he abolished the excessive quota of soldiers and set up a new brave camp to exterminate local bandits, which was quite brilliant. As for using government power to provide relief to the poor, it is done frequently and has become very proficient.

Such a person is not only a rare frontier official, but he can also do a solid job even if he is transferred to the central government.

Of course, this refers to the official environment of Damei, not the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Sheng then motioned Wang Gongbi, who was a little excited, to sit down, and continued: "I know that Mei and your husband's family are still in Nanpi. Send it to Nanjing so that you can be reunited with your family."

Hearing this, Wang Gongbi was even more moved, and immediately bowed deeply again, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "If you really want to thank me, sir, you can do a good job for me in Da'ei - now that Da'ei has occupied Denglai and other places, it will be a matter of time before we take over Shandong.

My husband has been the prefect of Shandong for more than two years. Although he was beset by disasters and wars and it was difficult to achieve great results, overall he has done a good job.

I would like to appoint you as the governor of Shandong, but you will no longer be responsible for fighting against the Shun Army or other major enemies. You will be mainly responsible for local civil affairs, such as restoring local people's livelihood and economy. Will you take the post? "

After hearing this, Wang Gongbi immediately expressed his stance, "I am willing!"

Although he was still the governor, he seemed to have made meritorious service but was not promoted. However, since Liu Sheng still allowed him to serve in Shandong, it was a sign of his trust.

In addition, serving as governor in Damei must be a little different from that in Ming Dynasty. Wang Gongbi is still looking forward to it - he wants to do something practical for the people of Shandong seriously.

In the past few years, bandits, bandits, rebels, and slave-builders have taken turns wreaking havoc in Shandong. There have also been droughts, locust plagues, and plagues. The people of Shandong have been living in extreme hardship.

Liu Sheng then enumerated the political achievements of Zeng Ying, the former governor of Denglai in Ming Dynasty.

Zeng Ying and Wang Gongbi were Jinshi in the same year, but they are four years older. They are sixty-two years old this year. In the Ming Dynasty, there were many ups and downs in the officialdom for decades, and he served as a local assistant official for many times. However, Zeng Ying's capable military and political officials who governed the place were relatively average. Their main characteristics were that they were not afraid of power and were fair and honest.

In the history of later generations, Prince Bi once served in the Qing Dynasty, but Zeng Ying served in the two small Southern Ming Dynasties, Longwu and Yongli. Finally, when the Qing army broke through the city, she hanged herself and died. She was indeed loyal enough.

Therefore, in this time and space, even though Zeng Ying's hometown of Linjiang Prefecture in Jiangxi Province had long been ruled by the Wei army, it took a lot of effort for Xunfengwei and Damei envoys to persuade Zeng Ying to surrender.

Based on the principle of adaptability, Liu Sheng appointed Zeng Ying as the Huainan Provincial Inspector, the head of the Huainan Provincial Inspectorate.

Although the name of the inspector in Da'ei is the same as that of the Ming Dynasty Metropolitan Procuratorate, the first character is different, and the structure of the organization and officials have also changed a lot.

The Supervisory Office is a provincial-level branch of the Supervisory Yuan, and further down there are the provincial-level supervisory bureaus, that is, the prefectural and county supervisory bureaus.

Zeng Ying was very happy to learn that the inspector was responsible for inspecting officials and government affairs in a province to see if there were corruption, malfeasance and other illegal activities.

After so many years of ups and downs in officialdom, he also felt that this position, similar to that of the Ming Dynasty's imperial envoy, was more suitable for him.

However, he also understood that Damei's inspectors must be different from Daming's imperial envoys. If the responsibilities were basically similar, Damei would not need to change his official name.

After finishing talking to Wang Gongbi and Zeng Ying, Liu Sheng looked at Zhang Guowei, whom he valued most.

Zhang Guowei is ten years younger than Wang Gongbi, and is only forty-eight this year.

However, he has served in various localities for many years, especially in the past few years as governor of Jiangnan, prime minister of river affairs, and governor of water transportation. Everything he encountered was difficult, and he watched the Ming Dynasty gradually collapse. Zhang Guowei's heart has been very tired, so he has Lots of gray hair.

Liu Sheng naturally also enumerated Zhang Guowei's political achievements.

Finally, he said: "Needless to say, Mr. Sir's ability in governing local areas. When he was the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, he dredged rivers, built weirs, canals, and bridges. Later, he used this experience as his experience to write the "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book", which was even more beneficial. It is a great event that will last for generations to come.

It just so happens that I intend to regulate the Huanghuai waters in Henan, Shandong, and Huainan provinces and try to eliminate the Huanghuai floods. Currently, there is still a shortage of a river governor. Sir, would you like to appoint him? "

Zhang Guowei had already thought about it before he came to see Liu Sheng. As long as Liu Sheng did not let him serve as a military official, he would take any official position he was given.

As for water control, this is what he is interested in, and he does have the talent and experience in this area. He bowed happily at the moment and said, "I am willing to take up the post!"

At this point, Liu Sheng was about to ask Wang Gongbi and Zeng Ying to leave first, leaving Zhang Guowei alone to discuss the management of the Huanghuai waters.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the guards outside the palace came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Team Leader Bai has something important to report."

Liu Sheng knew that Bai Yu usually only delivered important telegrams in person when the telecommunications team received them, so he immediately said: "Let her in."

Bai Yu, wearing a female official's robe, walked in, making Zhang Guowei and the other two people look at him slightly.

They only knew about Liu Sheng's appointment of female officials.

Although they subconsciously felt bad, the three of them had just joined Da Wei, and they had just gotten along well with Liu Sheng, and even shed tears of gratitude, so it was hard to say anything at this time.

Moreover, they still don't know what this female official does - if it's just an insignificant position, it doesn't matter. After all, there were female officials in the Tang Dynasty.

There were actually female officials in the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that since the Hongwu period, female officials in the Ming Dynasty were only responsible for the internal affairs of the palace and were not involved in external affairs.

After Bai Yu bowed to Liu Sheng, he handed over the telegram he had brought and said crisply: "Your Majesty, Ruyang forwarded intelligence news from the capital's Xunfengwei - Li Zicheng led an army of 2 to 300,000 to personally conquer the former Mingshan Customs General Wu Sangui , the two sides fought on a piece of stone.

Unexpectedly, when the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, Jiannu suddenly came out and killed the Shun army. They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled for dozens of miles!

After Li Zicheng led some of the defeated troops to escape back to the capital, the next day he led the main force of the Shun army and a large amount of money and grain collected in the capital to flee westward. When the Xunfengwei intelligence was sent out, the capital was already a city without an owner! "

Liu Sheng had already expected the outcome of the historical Shunqing Stone War, so he was not surprised after hearing these words. He just took the telegram and read it carefully.

Zhang Guowei, Wang Gongbi and Zeng Ying in the palace were shocked when they heard this.

They never expected that the Shun army, which occupied nearly four provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi, broke into the capital, and was so famous for a while, would suffer such a sudden defeat.

Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui would join forces with Jian Nu.

Could it be that Wu Sangui has surrendered to Jiannu? (End of chapter)