Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

On December 22, the [-]nd year of Wucheng, a report on the promotion of titles this year was delivered to the Huaxia Cabinet.

The nomination and preliminary review of title promotions were originally the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites. However, during the 19-year central institutional restructuring of Huaxia, the Ministry of Rites was downgraded to the Institute of Rituals and was only responsible for court ceremonies, sacrifices, and related professional knowledge training. Therefore, the promotion of titles by civil and military officials The nomination task was decomposed to specific government offices for implementation, and then reported to the cabinet for preliminary review after being summarized by the cabinet, and finally reported to Zheng Kezang himself by the cabinet ministers.

Like other government affairs, Zheng Kezang has the final decision on the promotion of titles. He may add or delete the number of titled persons on the list, change the titles obtained by the titled people, or even deny the entire list, but generally speaking, most Under the circumstances, Zheng Kezang will still confer titles of the year according to the preliminary review list reported by the cabinet, so the cabinet's preliminary review is the key to determining whether the recipients can enter Zheng Kezang's sight.

Compared with the future, the cabinet members of the 22nd year of Wucheng have not been able to enjoy the feast of power alone, but the cabinet ministers still carried out the review quite rigorously in order to ensure that the imperial court income would not be troubled by excessive tax-free land.

"Gu Shun, from the sixth-rank ordnance Cao Division member, the founding uncle, to nominate the county male." After putting down the paper in his hand, Chen Ke, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, asked Pang Xi, the Cabinet Minister and Minister of Military Affairs who was sitting next to him. "Pang Da, who is Gu Shun, actually bypassing the founding marquis and the founding marquis, and directly nominating the county man, isn't it a little too much?"

Xuan Ke, Zhengqing of the trial court who attended the meeting, echoed, "From the sixth grade, male from Jin County, isn't it a bit too much?"

Although Xuan Ke was also a member of the third rank, but because he was not a cabinet minister, Pang Xi ignored him at all, and simply explained to Chen Ke: "This man has made great achievements, so he should be promoted directly to be a county male."

"Great work? What kind of great work can you go up three levels in a row?" Chen Ke looked at Gu Shun's nomination document carefully, and asked with some doubts. "Why didn't the resume of Gu Shun reported by the Ministry of Military Affairs make it clear?"

Pang Xi replied succinctly: "This is a matter of military affairs, so it should not be spread outside the public. Please forgive me, the Prime Minister and all the adults." [

"It's about military aircraft?" Chen Ke shook his head, and casually took another piece of paper. "Then Wan Jun is also a great achievement."

"Wan Jun, from the sixth-rank ordnance director Cao, the former noble and founding uncle, nominated the county man. Hehe, except for the name, it is different from Gu Shun." Cai Tong, the cabinet minister and provincial servant, read it The file also laughed afterward. "Master Wan, the credit for Master Wan is probably due to the military aircraft."

"I'm afraid it's not just Wan and Gu." Yao Zepei, the cabinet minister and Minister of the Dushui Yamen, said with a serious face after turning over a few pages. "Zhang Yun, Chen Ji'en, Yuan Rongshan, Qiu Kejing, Ni Yaning, Wei Tao, Gan Xiping, good boy, the Ministry of Military Affairs has nominated nine county men and Pang Da people for just one ordnance officer. Are these all great achievements?"

Since the titles of the Huaxia Dynasty are all hereditary, and the titles attached to the titles are all tax-free, there are extremely strict requirements for the granting of titles, and the total number of nobles awarded each year is also limited to a certain extent. Nine county men were reported, and all the cabinet ministers unanimously expressed their incomprehension.

"Ordnance Cao?" Zhuo Wenyuan, Minister of the Cabinet and Minister of Justice, thought carefully. "That's not right. Before that, there were six people who were named Kai Guobo, eight people who were Jin named Kaiguo County Marquis, and four people who were Jin named Kaiguo Marquis." In fact, if the Ministry of Military Affairs' nomination this time was too outrageous, Zhuo Wenyuan would not have thought about it before. List of passed nobles. "Pang Da, are these operators also nominated for promotion because of their great achievements?"

Pang Xi replied dryly: "Exactly, they were also nominated for Jin because of their great achievements. In addition, the Ministry of Military Affairs also nominated a county magistrate this time, for the same military merit."

Now several cabinet ministers resigned: "Pang Da, this is unreasonable. No matter how great the credit is, you should not nominate so many recipients. Could it be that your lord is planning to repay more and get more? This is not possible."

Everyone present thought that Pang Xi was planning to report ten and get two, and win with the base number. However, they were going to follow suit next time, but they got a shocking answer from Pang Xi: "What? The ten Spykers must all Pass the first trial? Pang Da people, you are not joking, how is this possible."

Every year, Jinjue's plate is so big, and the Ministry of Military Affairs will take away ten shortlisted Shijue, so what should the other government offices do, so the voice of opposition suddenly escalated.

"Big man," Chen Ke asked with a headache looking at Pang Xi who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. "The old man knows that the Ministry of Military Affairs' nomination must be justified, but the number is too much, and it is really difficult to handle." Speaking of this, Chen Ke changed the subject. "Although it's related to military affairs, but such a great achievement, it's better for Pang Da to explain, otherwise, the cabinet will have to call back."

Pang Xi thought for a while, then slowly said: "According to the logic, this great achievement is related to military affairs, so it is not easy to make it public, but you are all important ministers of this court, so you will not spread it if you think about it."

The most powerful people in the Huaxia Dynasty listened carefully as if they were listening to gossip, and they heard Pang Xi say: "The above-mentioned nominees for promotion are all members of the Ordnance Cao Gunpowder Department. Specifically, they are developing new gunpowder." Yes, as for the explosive power of the new gunpowder, it can only be said to be several times greater than the old gunpowder, and His Majesty has personally inspected and accepted it."

What Pang Xi said is three to three points true and seven points to falsehood. The so-called new type of gunpowder is actually two separate research parts of nitroglycerin and thundermercury caps arranged by Zheng Kezang himself. The research on nitroglycerin also includes Production of sulfuric acid by contact method, purification of sulfuric acid, production of nitric acid, purification of nitric acid, nitroglycerin, absorption of nitroglycerin with diatomaceous earth, etc., are almost the last part of Zheng Kezang’s past life memory that can be copied directly in the present. For this reason, the Ministry of Military Affairs almost spent nearly 500 million guan, and even the production of manganese steel in Dongguan can be said to be for the replacement of the whole army after the use of new gunpowder.

"It can be said that once the new type of gunpowder is put into use, the combat power of our army will increase by more than ten times." Pang Xi can only say so much, as for the specific range, speed of fire and explosive effect However, it is difficult for him to reveal the improvement. "Therefore, this great achievement was bestowed upon the Division of Ordnance Cao Fireworks by His Majesty himself."

Hearing that Zheng Kezang personally awarded the great merit, all the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, so the nomination of the Ministry of Military Affairs passed smoothly. [

It's just that there are too many nominations from the Ministry of Military Affairs, so that the submission lists of various government offices have been greatly affected. It should have been passed without any problems, but it was forced to delay the next year. There was less resentment, so he became more and more critical of the registration form.

"The Privy Council nominated Niu Mingli to be promoted to the county male. Niu Mingli? This person, I seem to have heard of this person somewhere." Cabinet counselor Qian Wenzhao used to be a servant in the Ministry of Officials, so he overran the once sensational Ling Yamen There are still some residual impressions of the case. "Master Xuan, Mr. Pang Da, can you ask the Court of Justice and the Ministry of Military Affairs to investigate."

"You don't need to bother the two adults." Li Jing, Zheng Qing of the Overwatch Council who was present at the meeting, said suddenly. "I still remember this person." Then Li Jing said to someone sitting behind him. "My lord, tell all the lords to know."

"Yes." Wan Fengyun, who had gone to Ling Yamen to investigate the case as a special envoy of the Overwatch Council, stood up. "My lords, I have just looked through Niu Mingli's dossier. It is true that this Niu was one of the key criminals in the Lingyamen trespassing case back then. Why did it appear on the nomination of the South Privy Council for the nomination of the nomination again?"

Chen Ke's face suddenly changed, and he immediately looked down at Niu Mingli's nomination documents, and looked up at Wan Fengyun after a long time: "Master Wan, you must remember correctly, the nomination said that this Mr. Niu has been serving as the Secretary of the Privy Council, and he opened a vacancy, so it should be just the same name and surname."

"Prime Minister Mingjian, I clearly remember Niu Mingli Niu's birthplace, which is exactly the same as that recorded in the nomination. It may not be that the same Ningbo and Ninghai have two Niu Mingli Niu adults with the same name and similar age." Wan Fengyun's The response made everyone present shudder. "So, either the Southern Privy Council is deceiving the emperor, or"

Wan Fengyun only spoke half of what he said, but all the ministers still completed his brain.Yes, if the Privy Council hadn't tampered with the nomination documents, then the only possibility was that there was another mystery behind the Lingyamen trespassing case.But no matter whether there is another mystery, or the South Privy Council tampered with the nomination documents, this is a horrific case---the former deliberately provoked a border dispute, triggered a big war, and was suspected of exceeding its authority to interfere in politics, and the latter It is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor, and it is also unforgivable---its severity may even affect the entire court situation, so that the faces of the cabinet members who want to understand it are a little unnatural.

"Master Li." The prime minister, who was frowning, said to Li Jing in a discussing tone. "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and in the new year, the Holy Majesty is going to appoint a crown prince again. Is this unpleasant matter temporarily put on hold? Of course, the Overwatch Council will check it out. Just don't make a fuss all over the city. Let the Holy Majesty" worry."

Li Jing was a little silent. Based on the interests of the Overwatch Council, he must handle this major case, but Chen Ke was right. Zheng Kezang finally let go and said that he would have a crown prince next year. This is the current stage of the Huaxia Dynasty The most important thing is that this case cannot be impacted, so after thinking about it for a while, Li Jingting nodded and said: "I will report this matter to the Holy One with the prime minister later."

Chen Ke breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to the cabinet members: "My lords, do you want to continue?"

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