My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

"Your Majesty, where did I go wrong? Where did I go wrong?"

After being picked up by several Jinyi guards, Zuo Guangdou was thrown out of Xiyuan while yelling.

"This guy is not suitable to be an official. He is suitable to be a contractor."

With his eyes closed, Zhu Youxiao shook his head helplessly as he listened to Zuo Guangdou's receding voice.

He didn't know if Yang Lian was a stick, but Zuo Guangdou was definitely a stick.

This servant's behavior is ridiculous.

He was asked to supervise the academic administration and exams, and gave his student Shi Kefa a first place.

Asking him to recommend people to become officials, he caused the first split in the Donglin Party.

His fellow countryman Ruan Dacheng was a disciple of Gao Panlong.

Before Fang Congzhe returned home, he filled many people into the cabinet.

In the third year of Tianqi, after Donglin's "defeat" and "destruction" were successful, Shen, Shi Jikai, Zhu Guozuo and others in the cabinet resigned, and the government became more prosperous.

At this time, all the civil servants were vacant, so Zuo Guangdou wrote a letter to inform Ruan Dacheng to come to the capital to supplement his supplies.

Then, there was internal strife in Donglin, and Zhao Nanxing gave the position in Like Shizhong to another student of Gao Panlong, Wei Dazhong, because Cha Dian was close and Dacheng was unavailable.

When Ruan Dacheng arrived in the capital, he found that his official position was gone. Zhao Nanxing and others gave him a junior rank in the sixth major and a middle position in engineering.

Originally, according to his seniority, Ruan Dajue had made great contributions in overthrowing Shi Jikai, and the official position was his.

The boss has become the boss, and Ruan Dayue is of course dissatisfied.

In anger, Ruan Dajue voted for Wei Zhongxian and joined the eunuch party.

But at this time, Wei Zhongxian's power had not yet reached the level where he would later dominate the government. Although he was given a position in the official affairs, he himself failed to live up to his expectations.

Within a month, under the huge pressure from Dong Lin, Ruan Dayue abandoned his official position and fled back to his hometown.

Zuo Guangdou is a man who cannot see the situation clearly and employs people nepotistically.

Apart from farming and building canals, he has no other skills.

I don’t even know how to be an official!

When the noise outside quieted down, Zhu Youxiao picked up a jade ruyi from the table and started playing with it.

Zuo Guangdou and Yuan Yingtai from Liaodong will play a large role in his next plan.

After all, if we want to improve canal transportation, we must first improve river channels.

After playing with Yu Ruyi for a while, Zhu Youxiao suddenly looked at Liu Shimin.

"A few days ago, I asked someone to find a capable person to set up a water transport business. Have you found the person?"

"Back to the emperor, I couldn't find a merchant who was doing water transportation, so Wang Daxuan found someone who was doing business."

"Da Xing? What is Da Xing?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was a little confused and looked at Liu Shimin with wide eyes.

"A guy who beats people for rich kids?"

"no no."

Knowing that the emperor hated being rich and unkind, Liu Shimin quickly shook his head.

"It's a trading company that escorts supplies to people."

With that said, Liu Shimin explained to the emperor.

Dahang first appeared in the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. It was often called Biaohang or Dahang. It was a non-governmental organization integrating transportation, thugs and security guards.

"Isn't this an escort agency?"

Listening to this familiar business, Zhu Youxiao began to think.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao found a note from the table and handed it to Liu Shimin.

"Let Wang Mo go see him and organize a trading company for me. Let's call it Longtong Trading Company."

"The slaves obey the order."

Looking at Liu Shimin's leaving figure, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but tap his hand on the table a few times.

"The big show is about to begin."

Accompanied by Zhu Youxiao's low voice.

Under the capital, an undercurrent gradually formed.

How powerful was the Ming Emperor?

If you leave it alone, it can make many people unable to sleep well all night.

During the water transport, after the emperor lit the fire, there was no further action.

In the court, after seeing the emperor's attitude, the quarrels between the various yamen became even more intense.

It was so powerful that Bi Ziyan was starting to lose control.

For this reason, Bi Ziyan could only call the chief officials and assistant officers of each department to the cabinet and have a frank talk.

Seeing that everyone was here and sitting on the second chair under Bi Ziyan, Yuan Shizhen spoke.

"Mr. Bi Ge, since Your Majesty copied the memorials of Zhao Yukui's impeachment against Li Sancai, Wang Ji, and Wang Zuo to the Six Ministries and Nine Temples, every government office has criticized it. I hope Mr. Ge will come up with an idea."

"What kind of criticisms are there?"

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Bi Ziyan looked at Yuan Shizhen and asked. "Most of them are talking about corruption and bribery by Wang and Li, and using public weapons for personal use."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shizhen immediately spoke.

"A bunch of nonsense."

Before Yuan Shizhen finished speaking, the cup in the hand of Xu Guangqi, Minister of Industry, hit the table.

"I checked the accounts of the Ministry of Works, but found no problems with the accounts submitted by the water transportation and river yamen."

"There's nothing wrong with what's sent up, but that doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with what's coming down below."

Hearing Xu Guangqi's words, Yuan Shizhen's eyes flashed and he turned to look at Huang Kezhan, Minister of War.

"Huang Shangshu, has the Ministry of War sent someone to verify the Cao Army under the control of the Governor of Water Transport?"

"This, not yet."

Seeing Yuan Shizhen asking himself, Huang Kezhan, who was drinking tea, was stunned.

He came today just to go through the motions.

"The Ministry of War will send someone to check. I heard that some Cajun troops transport goods to private merchants. They are so busy making money that they don't even bother to transport grain."

"Where did you hear that? Do you have any evidence? Water transportation is of great importance. If there is no evidence, don't touch it without permission."

Hearing Yuan Shizhen say the specific thing, Han Xu immediately opened his eyes.

"Then why not send someone to check?"

Hearing Han Xu's voice, Zhou Yingqiu, the official minister, spoke up at the right time.

"A few days ago, prices in the capital were fluctuating. His Majesty used internal funds to suppress the prices."

"Since Zhao Yukui is now impeaching the current and former chief officials of their water transport and river yamen, how about asking the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to send people to Fengyang to investigate?"

On the matter of water transportation, Zhou Yingqiu was just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously.

"If there are no problems, it will be a good opportunity to clarify the turmoil in Beijing."

"If there is really a problem, I will report it to the emperor and ask His Majesty to make a decision."

"No."

Hearing this, Han Xu immediately stopped him from exiting.

"As the saying goes, public opinion makes gold. If the court sends people to investigate, it will make some people think that there must be problems with water transportation and river administration. Even if the investigation is clear by then, it will not help."

"That makes sense."

After Han Xu finished speaking, Xu Guangqi nodded.

"It's already June now, and in August, grain will begin to be transported north. If we send people south at this time, it may cause people's hearts to wander."

"Today's grain supplies not only supply the capital, but also Liaodong. If the supply is not good, there may be big trouble."

"Xu Shangshu is talking about seeking the country."

Seeing Xu Guangqi opening his mouth to support him, Han Xu immediately gained support and said immediately.

"Besides, the Governor of River Channel and the Governor of Water Transport are both official positions of the second rank. If they are to be investigated, they must have His Majesty's will. The Ministry of Punishment cannot take over their power."

These words were directed at Zhou Yingqiu, the troublemaker.

"What Han Fu said makes sense."

He picked up the teacup and signaled to Han Xu, and Xu Guangqi arrived next.

"I am from Songjiang. When I was a child, I went to see the canal. It can be said that the river is full of boats and boats competing for thousands of miles."

"I read Zhao Yukui's impeachment memorial carefully, and most of it said that he asked the court's canal army to transport goods for him. Regardless of whether this happened or not, it shows that for the transportation of materials from north to south in the Ming Dynasty, relying solely on the court's canal transport was not enough."

"I was wondering if private merchants could set up trading houses to take care of water transportation, and the court would just pay to hire them."

"this..."

After Xu Guangqi's words came out, everyone in the hall fell into silence.

With a move of his fingers, Xu Guang opened the lid of the cup and turned the tea leaves away, looking at Han Xu.

"After all, it is a fact that water transportation is not working well now. Whether it is investigated or not, we must first solve the problem of difficulty in transporting grain to the north."

"..."

Hearing Xu Guangqi's words, Han Xu fell into silence.

This is the political deal proposed by Xu Guangqi, Minister of Industry.

I can express my support for not investigating Wang and Li, but you must support me in relaxing restrictions on water transportation.

"This policy may work."

After pondering for a while, Han Xu nodded slowly.

"can."

"can."

As Han Xu expressed his stance, everyone present spoke out one after another, including Yuan Shizhen, who had been eager to investigate Wang and Li from the beginning, and they all said yes.

In the future, whenever Han Xu recalled this meeting, he would be so angry that he could not sleep.

Routines, they are all routines. (End of chapter)