Mingshi

Chapter 1521 Overseas Situation

"Yes, hahaha..."

Gao Gong laughed heartily, and now he was more confident in controlling the cabinet.Although Xu Jie brought Zhang Juzheng into the cabinet, Luo Xin also joined the cabinet. Luo Xin's ability and reputation absolutely crushed Zhang Juzheng, so with Luo Xin's support, the rivalry with Xu Jie was already invincible.

The more the two talked, the more speculative they became, and after they finally made an appointment to go to Taibailou for dinner, Gao Gong said goodbye and left.Luo Xin sent Gao Gong out of the door, just as he saw Zhang Juzheng coming out of Xu Jie's room, Gao Gong swept Zhang Juzheng lightly, and walked towards his guard room, Zhang Juzheng saluted from afar.

Luo Xin also turned around and went back to his valet room. Zhang Juzheng soon walked in, sat opposite Luo Xin, picked up his teapot, poured a cup of tea, took a sip, and said:
"No, why are you doing this? The cabinet needs peace."

Luo Xin raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then said calmly: "Why is the cabinet not at peace? Is it because Gao Ge was rewarded?"

"Shoufu is not Shangzhu Kingdom..."

"Why isn't he from Shangzhu Kingdom? Didn't you count it? Your Majesty ascended the throne, shouldn't you award meritorious ministers?"

"Ugh……"

Zhang Juzheng sighed, and felt that what Luo Xin said was very reasonable, and he had nothing to say.

At this time, it was approaching the end of the year, and the cabinet began to get busy. At the end of the year, the cabinet had to conduct various summaries and inventories.Since Gao Gong received the award, he was no longer as aggressive as before, and Xu Jie also forbeared a lot. For a while, the cabinet was much more peaceful.

The cabinet is so busy, naturally Luo Xin and Zhang Juzheng will not let Luo Xin and Zhang Juzheng do nothing, just sit there and watch others work, so they began to give them some work within their ability.

Zhang Juzheng is still concurrently serving as the left servant of the household department, and he needs to be familiar with the affairs of the household department, so the matter of checking the account books of the household department is handed over to Zhang Juzheng.Gao Gong reported back to Luo Xin, and handed Luo Xin the responsibility for reviewing the official assessment files sent by the Ministry of Rites. Originally, Ma Fang was supposed to be in charge of the Ministry of War because of his background, but now the money shortage has caused Ma Fang to be devastated, so Gao Gong After researching with Xu Jie, Ma Fang was asked to concentrate on the money shortage in the north.Handed over the affairs of the Ministry of War to Yan Na to be responsible for auditing the accounts.Gao Gong also proposed to let Zhang Juzheng concentrate on the money shortage in the south and hand over the affairs of the household department to others, but Xu Jie did not agree, and Gao Gong and Xu Jie each had their own share.

Of course, for Zhang Juzheng, the matter of the household department is a trivial matter, and the major matter is a matter of money shortage.

It's been a month, and there are still two months left before the three months given by Xu Jie.This is really a tight schedule and a heavy task.The most important thing is that neither Zhang Juzheng nor Ma Fang came up with a good solution.

Luo Xin completely forgot about the money shortage this month, and was so busy that he hit the back of his head with his heels, and truly experienced the hard work of the cabinet.Before he entered the cabinet, he really didn't know that there were so many things in the cabinet.

But it's not surprising when you think about it.

Many things, you are not high enough, it is impossible to know.The cabinet is the highest organ of the Ming Dynasty, and there are too many things that are only known to the cabinet, so people outside the cabinet naturally don't know the hard work of the cabinet.

And Luo Xin is different from Zhang Juzheng, those old cabinet members, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Yan Na and Ma Fang have no ministerial affairs and concentrate on handling cabinet affairs.But Luo Xin also served as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Juzheng concurrently served as the left servant of the Ministry of Households.

This work is even more onerous!
Originally, the Ministry of Rites had much fewer affairs than the Ministry of Households.

wrong!

It should be said that it is too little.The household department manages money and food, not only to take inventory of this year, but also to budget for the coming year. It is really a tiring department.But the Ministry of Rites is different.

But this year is different, because next year will be the year of the competition.This is a major national issue.It can be described as a lot of attention.There can be no negligence.In the two capitals and thirteen provinces, the chief examiner, deputy examiner, invigilator, and admiral of each examination room, including the scribes who copied the papers, all had to be dispatched by the Ministry of Rites.There is also the condition of each examination room, which needs to be inspected by the Ministry of Rites and then closed.Although it will have to wait until next fall.Well, it's autumn, of course.

However, the territory of Daming is vast, not a tiny place.So get busy from now on.

In this way, Luo Xin and Zhang Juzheng had to be busy in the cabinet and deal with the affairs of the ministry. They were so busy that their heels hit the back of their heads. They often worked overtime without overtime pay. When they were busy, they didn't have time to go home and slept in the university.

After finally returning home, she received a message from Lu Cuiqiao, which shocked Luo Xin.

It turned out that during his busy period, his Tang brother Luo Sheng was busier than him.

What is Luo Sheng busy with?
war!

According to the trend of history, since the king of Spain wanted to expand the colony from the Americas to Asia and turn the South China Sea into a Spanish lake, Spain has been diligently pursuing it. First, it conducted an expedition to the Philippines, and first occupied Cebu in the Luzon Islands. Island, which in turn is the springboard, directly threatens Luzon and Mindanao.Then there was a conflict with Portugal, another maritime power, and the two fought.

However, history has changed because of the appearance of Luo Xin.

Both Spain and Portugal have discovered a formidable enemy, the crooked Luo Sheng.Moreover, Luo Sheng's navy is very powerful, and Luo Sheng has already occupied Luzon, turning Luzon into his own territory.Spain and Portugal each played against Luo Xin, but both lost.So the two joined forces.

During this period of time, a fierce battle erupted at sea, and the coalition forces of Spain and Portugal fought against Luo Sheng's navy.

The territory that Luo Sheng now controls is really not small, Wanwan, Luzon, Ryukyu and Japan.

And the boats are really strong and powerful. At this time, Spain and Portugal are still wooden boats, and Luo Sheng's boats are already iron boats.Although it is not a real iron ship, it just has an extra layer of iron skin on the outside. Compared with the west, it can be regarded as a strong ship.

What is the fight?
If it is not that the weapon is too weak to the opponent, then it is the national strength that is being fought.Now that Luo Sheng has mastered Luzon, Wanwan, Ryukyu and Japan, the national strength is already impressive.How strong are Spain and Portugal?
Of course strong!
Every country has a fleet of more than a thousand ships, but the fleet of more than a thousand ships is not in one place. Now Spain and Portugal have a large maritime territory, and the thousand fleets are scattered in all directions. There are not many ships in a fleet.Take the fleet to the South China Sea as an example, each country has no more than a few dozen ships.It is not difficult for Luo Sheng to annihilate them, on the contrary, it is very easy.

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