Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 141 Ting Tui Governor
"It's too late this year. The implementation of the policy outline will begin next year."

"First recommend Yunyang Fuzhi and confirm this candidate."

"Try to use the old ones as much as possible, and put stability in the place first."

After setting this requirement, Zhu Youjian asked Jiuqing to start the selection.

For him, stability is paramount. As the year of ascending to the throne, there cannot be chaos.

Moreover, after the term system is established, governors across the country will have to be replaced every three years at most. Zhu Youjian has plenty of time to adjust and replace him with the suitable candidate in his mind.

With the condition of enabling the old governor, Jiu Qing made some recommendations, and the one who was recommended as the positive one was Bi Maokang, the former governor of Yunyang.

Zhu Youjian had the impression that this person was a firearms expert. Bi Maokang made his own fire gun, which is said to be the earliest flintlock gun in China.

He was a little surprised and immediately appointed:

"Bi Maokang is good at ordnance. He went to Beijing to observe politics at the Ministry of War and was appointed as the right minister of the Ministry of War."

"Accompanying and recommending Wang Jiazhen, the former governor of Gansu, to serve as governor of Yunyang."

The ministers were in an uproar, and Fang Guiwei, Yuan Keli and others finally figured out that the emperor was ambushing here.

As usual, ministers need to be accompanied, but the emperor took advantage of the governor candidate's period in the capital to appoint a minister.

This kind of temporary addition of candidates will naturally leave the capital as the candidates are recommended as governors. However, the emperor was able to place his favorite candidates in various ministries during this period.

If this person does a good job, he will naturally be given priority when the ministries are able to convince the public and the court recommends the minister.

For a time, the ministers all advised and believed that the emperor could not directly appoint the minister. Even if it is an additional comment or a temporary observation of the government, it will not work.

Zhu Youjian had no intention of using Guanzheng to cause trouble. He just saw that Bi Maokang was a rare talent and put him in the Ministry of War.

Seeing that the courtiers in the court were as guarded against the emperor as they were against thieves, and even had to argue over such trivial matters, Zhu Youjian's anger rose and he frowned and said:

"It's just a matter of adding a minister to watch the government, do you still need to be promoted?"

"How else do you want to change the governor's approach?"

"In other words, I will appoint officials to act as local governors first, and then I will wait for you to come out with the results."

Seeing the disputes in the court reappear, Fang Guiwei, who had finally settled on the appointment of governor for a long time, said:
"The method of governor's court promotion has been set and it is not appropriate to change it again."

"The governor usually adds a minister of the Ministry of War, who is responsible for observing the affairs of the Ministry of War."

Yuan Keli did not want to have another dispute in the court, so he also stood up and said:
"Bi Maokang is good at ordnance and should serve in the Ministry of War."

"In the future, Tingtui, Minister of War, should be included in the candidate list."

The two ministers supported it, and the matter finally passed. Bi Maokang served as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, Guan Zheng, and Wang Jiazhen served as the governor of Yunyang.

Then came the governor of Datong. Just as he was about to start his court promotion, Qin Shiwen, the former governor of Xuanfu and now the acting minister of Taipu Temple and the right minister of the Ministry of War, said:

"The governor of Xuanfu and the governor of Datong are mainly in charge of military affairs. I think they should be changed to military guards, who will be selected by the Ministry of War."

"The Yanghe Military Command, Datong Military Command and other military commanders should be changed to Protector Commanders, and their superiors and subordinates should be clearly defined with Protector Envoys."

Directly change the two governors to military envoys and incorporate them into the Ministry of War system.

Being judged as a traitor by Zhu You and demoted to stay in office, Qin Shiwen was holding his breath and wanted to wash away this shame.

However, the act of building a temple could no longer be changed, and the emperor's punishment would not be withdrawn, so he was determined to make great contributions and use his achievements to wash away his shame.

As the former governor of Xuanfu and the right minister in charge of the military station, Qin Shiwen's words naturally had some weight, and the ministers were talking about it for a while.

Without two governors, there were two military guards. Naturally, the civil servants in the court were not very willing.

However, Qin Shiwen was extremely determined. Based on his actual experience in Xuanfu, he believed that the two governors should be changed to military guards.

They even think that the Governor of Xuanda should also be reset. Mangui, the Great Wall Admiral stationed in Xuanda, should be changed to the Admiral of Xuanda, and then a Xuanda Military Envoy should be established, separate from the Great Wall Governor.

This proposal finally made the civil officials in the court notice that after the appointment of the governor of Xuanda, Mangui, the Great Wall Admiral stationed in Xuanda, was the de facto person in charge of the Xuanda area——

Neither the governor of Xuanfu nor the governor of Datong had the power to restrict Admiral Mangui of the Great Wall.

This discovery made the civil officials understand that Qin Shiwen changed the governor to the military envoy in order to restrict Mangui.

For a time, the ministers all thought that Governor Xuanda should be re-established and Mangui should be turned into a subordinate. Seeing the civil officials in the court unite to suppress the generals, Zhu Youjian also had a headache.

He placed the governor of Mangui out of the Great Wall in Xuanda in order to give the generals authority and improve their status.

Now that civil servants have noticed, this quiet approach will no longer work. Otherwise, Man Gui will not cooperate and things may go wrong.

So after thinking about it, Zhu Youjian decided:
"Both the Xuanda and Jiliao Great Walls need to be renovated and the defense lines should be planned in a unified manner."

"Before the renovation of the two Great Walls is completed, they will be under the unified management of the Great Wall Superintendent."

"Therefore, it is not appropriate to reset the position of Governor Xuanda for the time being."

Denying the resettlement of Governor Xuanda, Zhu Youjian said again:
"The governor of Xuanfu and the governor of Datong can also be changed to the guardian of the army, but they are not two, but combined into one."

"Set up a member of the Xuanda Protectorate. Like the Great Wall Protector, he is a subordinate of the Great Wall Superintendent. He will be stationed in the Xuanda area and be responsible for the defense of the Great Wall."

"Xuanfu and Datong set up military commanders to serve as subordinates to the military envoys of Xuan."

"The Protector of Xuanfu protects and supervises the Admiral of the Great Wall, the Captain of the Guard of Xuanfu protects and supervises the General Soldier of Xuanfu, and the Captain of the Guard of Datong protects and supervises the General Soldier of Datong."

"The subordinate soldiers will be changed to the captain of the army or the captain of the army."

Regarding this decision, although the ministers regretted that the two military guards became one, they felt that it was more important to rein in Mangui. Instead of continuing the debate, they elected Xuanda to protect the army.

At this point, the two positions of governor of Xuanfu and governor of Datong became history, and were replaced by the military envoy of Xuanfu, the captain of the military guard of Xuanfu, and the captain of the Datong military guard.

The twenty-six governors also became twenty-four, eight of whom were replaced every year.

The newly created position of Xuanda Protector was recommended by Jiuqing Ting, the former governor of Shanxi, Liu Ce.

Zhu Youjian was not familiar with him and did not care about it. He appointed Liu Ce as the military envoy of Xuanda, along with Man Gui, the admiral of the Great Wall.

After this episode, the next push went much smoother.

There was still one year left in the term of governor of Huguang, and Min Hongxue, the former governor of Yunnan, was recommended by Jiu Qing to serve as governor. After resigning as governor of Yunnan in February, this person asked to return home three times, so he was elected to this short-term position.

After these positions with one or two years of terms left have been filled, the next four positions are the governor of Shuntian, governor of Shanxi, governor of Henan, and governor of Jiangxi, whose terms are still three years old.

Governor Shuntian was pushed out by the court first. Zhu Youjian looked at the name of Cheng Zhengji and felt very satisfied——

Putting aside everything else, the name Zhengji just sounds nice.

Zhu Youjian saw that he had served as governor of Baoding and should have some knowledge of the affairs of governor Shuntian. Cheng Zhengji was immediately appointed governor of Shuntian to assist the Great Wall Supervisor in reorganizing the Great Wall defense line.

Then he became the governor of Shanxi, and was elected by the ministers to serve as the former governor of Liaodong, Yu Anxing.

The governor of Jiangxi was elected by the ministers as the former governor of Jiangxi, Guo Shangbin.

The governor of Henan was elected by the ministers to serve as the former governor of Henan, Cheng Shao.

Although Zhu Youjian felt that Cheng Shao was already seventy years old, which was a bit too old, but considering that he only served for three years, and this man also resisted officials from building temples in his hometown of Dezhou, he should be rewarded. Therefore, he was appointed governor of Henan and asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to select capable officials to assist him.

At the same time, it was clearly stated that governors and military guards with military responsibilities, regardless of whether they were civil servants or military ministers, were not allowed to worry about the Jin Revolution during the war.

During non-war periods, they are allowed to change the year by month and attend funerals in three months.

If some civil servants do not want to, they may not serve as governors or military guards.

Then the ministers were asked to recommend vacant ministers, with priority given to those with experience in governorship and the rank of envoy.

　"Donglin Dianjianglu":
　　Cheng Zhengji, the censor of the capital of Zuoqian, has an iron face and an iron face.

　　Liu Ce, the right servant of the Ministry of War, has no face.

　　Cheng Shao, the censor of the capital of Qiandu, is the jade-arm craftsman of Diqiaoxing.

　　Li Banghua, the right minister of Wei Chi's military department, was ill with Di Yongxing.

　　Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Linlong University, came out of the short-term star.

　　Zuo Chunfang, the prodigal son of Tianqiaoxing, Zuo Yude, Qian Qianyi.

　　Liu Zongzhou, the red-haired ghost from the different stars in the sky, was the envoy of Zuo Tongzheng.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)