Daming Military Empire

Chapter 226

This time the palace examination is called Enke, and there is no such thing as number one, second place, or third place. It is purely for the selection of talents. Of course, it is inevitable for those selected by our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong to get promoted and get rich. Now everyone in Daming knows that the emperor The promotion of officials is eclectic, as long as he is attracted to him, the speed of promotion is absolutely like a rocket.

In fact, Zhu Cijiong was not promoted indiscriminately. The ones he likes are basically the great loyal ministers with a long history. These people themselves have both talent and loyalty, and they have passed the test of history. Naturally, there is nothing to worry about when using them.

But this time he had never heard of these two, so he didn't promote them immediately, but let them go back to rest first. As for the official position, he had to wait until he finished reading their materials.

The people who came to the palace test this time have already passed the strict inspection of Dongchang. Their personal resumes are naturally investigated by Dongchang. It's just that there are too many materials, and Zhu Cijiong didn't bother to check them one by one in advance. Will be promoted, and it will be much easier to look at the information of the selected person when the time comes.

After Zhu Cijiong returned to his private study, he ordered Cao Huachun to fetch the materials of Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi. Cao Huachun went out and gave orders, and soon two eunuchs came in with a stack of materials, knelt down and raised their hands in front of Zhu Cijiong. .

These two people will be very important in the future, and there cannot be any problems, so Zhu Cijiong took a serious look after receiving the information.

As soon as he opened Xu Fuyuan's information, Zhu Cijiong was stunned. This Xu Fuyuan was from Huating, Songjiang, Nanzhili. That was the hometown of his mentor Xu Guangqi. He and his mentor were from the same place, and both had the surname Xu, so they could not be any relatives. Bar!He quickly looked back, and it turned out that the two were not relatives, but Xu Fuyuan was not from a low family background. His great-grandfather's elder brother turned out to be Xu Jie, the chief assistant of the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties!

Since he is from a famous family, there should be no problems with his conduct. Sure enough, this Xu Fuyuan always has the heart of serving the country, studies hard, and tried to edit the "Huangming Jingshi Wenbian" with Chen Zilong, the magistrate of Fengtian. After high school, he went to Liaodong with Chen Zilong. He served as the magistrate of Haizhou and worked hard. Although he was the honor of a state, he often went to the fields to work with the common people and encourage production. It can be said that Liaodong's great harvest is due to him.

Talent, Zhu Cijiong didn't expect that he selected people to learn electromagnetic knowledge, but he selected such a hard-working official. To get such an evaluation from Dongchang, he must be an official. Naturally, such a person must be promoted vigorously.

Being able to find such a good talent, Zhu Cijiong was in a great mood. He didn't have such high demands on Xia Yunyi behind him. He just thought about it and took a look. As long as there were no big problems, he taught them together. Anyway, teaching one Teaching, teaching two is also teaching, just let him be Xu Fuyuan's deputy after teaching.

He casually flipped through Xia Yunyi's information, and almost bit his own tongue. This Xia Yunyi was also from Huating, Songjiang, Nanzhili!

It's just that he is not from a famous family, but he is more famous than Xu Fuyuan. Chen Zilong regards him more highly than Xu Fuyuan, so he directly dragged him to Fengtian Mansion as a deputy, and served as the magistrate of the prefecture.This person was more diligent in his work and assisted Chen Zilong in managing the states and counties under Fengtian in an orderly manner. It can be said that the great harvest in Liaodong was the result of his and Chen Zilong's presidency.

There is such a coincidence in the world. These two people include Chen Zilong. Is there anything special about Songjiang? There are so many talents. Although it is the Shanghai Bund of later generations, it is just an ordinary small county at the moment , there is nothing special about it, what is the reason?

Just as Zhu Cijiong was feeling strange, Cao Huachun's announcement came from outside: "Report to the Emperor, Xu Guangqi, Master Xu, please see me."

Coincidentally, the mentor is also from Songjiang, so I happened to ask him, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly said: "Quickly declare."

Soon, Xu Guangqi appeared at the door, he did not come alone, followed by Wang Chengen and five eunuchs, and the five eunuchs were holding a square wooden plate in their hands, neatly placed on the wooden plate With a pile of memorials.

Is this for Zhu Cijiong to review the memorial?Of course not, our Emperor Chongzheng didn't have the habit of reviewing memorials, and he got a headache when he saw memorials that had more homework than elementary school students, so why would he do that drudgery.

It seems that his royal reviewer, Prince Zhu Youjian, has gone to Europe, and this memorial must be reviewed every day, what should we do?

Naturally, Zhu Cijiong couldn't be troubled by this matter. The eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies in the palace, also specially helped the emperor to review the memorials. He simply asked several eunuchs to review the memorials in turn. It is completely handed over to the eunuch Bingbi, who is indifferent to state affairs. He stipulates that after the daily memorials are reviewed, they must be brought over for him to inspect.

However, his inspection is not a comprehensive inspection. Except for a dozen or so important memorials that he has to look over, he only selects a dozen or so ordinary memorials to look at. This is the same as inspecting large-scale products in later generations. Or randomly check one out of a thousand pieces. If there is a problem in the spot check, then this batch of products will be in trouble. Similarly, if he spot checks a memorial with a problem, then the eunuch holding the pen will be in trouble.

In addition, he also arranged for the Cabinet Scholars to take turns to supervise every day, and the approval of each memorial has been checked by the Cabinet Scholars, so that the possibility of problems under double inspection is almost zero, and the eunuch who holds the pen does not dare to rely on it. The power to review memorials has come and gone.

Originally, Xu Guangqi didn't need to take shifts. After all, he was over 70 years old. Zhu Cijiong was afraid that he wouldn't get enough rest, so how could he be tired, but he insisted on taking shifts. Zhu Cijiong had no choice but to let him.

Xu Guangqi was not arrogant because he was the emperor's teacher, nor did he lose his etiquette because of his old age and frailty. As soon as he entered the study, he walked up to Zhu Cijiong respectfully, raised his hand and saluted, "My minister sees the emperor."

After that posture, he was about to kneel on the ground, Zhu Cijiong quickly stepped forward to hold Xu Guangqi's arm, and said earnestly: "Menshi, please forgive me, Cao Huachun, hurry up and give me a seat."

Cao Huachun in the back had already prepared the chair. Hearing this, he hurriedly moved the chair up and put it behind Xu Guangqi. Xu Guangqi was still waiting to back down, but Zhu Cijiong gently helped him to sit on the chair, and persuaded him with a smile: "Master, you are too old to stand for a long time. Sit down quickly and don't get tired."

Only then did Xu Guangqi sit down tremblingly, straightening his upper body as much as possible, pretending to be listening respectfully to the hadith.

Zhu Cijiong shook his head helplessly, returned to the main seat, and stretched out his hand, an eunuch raised the wooden plate in his hand, and knelt in front of him.

He picked up an important memorial with a special mark, looked at it and said, "Men, do you know Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi?"

When Xu Guangqi heard the words, he nodded and said: "If you go back to the emperor, I will know you."

Zhu Cijiong was just asking casually. He didn't expect Xu Guangqi to really know these two people. He couldn't help wondering: "Oh, maybe it was Maozhong who introduced you to each other?"

But Xu Guangqi shook his head and said with emotion: "I need Zilong's introduction there. They are all hard-working and studious children. During the years when Weichen retired from home, they often followed Zilong to Weichen's home to listen to lectures, whether it was astronomy, mathematics, agriculture or military affairs. They all studied very seriously, even though Weichen and them had no reputation as masters and apprentices, they never stingy with teaching them, and taught them almost everything they had learned in their lifetime."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong suddenly realized that it was not that there was anything special about Songjiang, but that there was a famous teacher like Xu Guangqi in Songjiang. The teacher was very powerful. He retired from home for several years, not only compiled the "Nongzheng Quanshu", but also brought out so many outstanding talents. .

All of a sudden, the scenes of getting along with Xu Guangqi appeared in his mind. Although the mentor did not really teach him any knowledge, he has been silently supporting him from behind. I don't know how many scapegoats I have borne for him.

After he became the chief assistant of the cabinet, his mentor worked tirelessly to manage the court in an orderly manner for him, and also helped him train batches of military industry talents, and gradually established the military industry system. It can be said that the reason why Ming Dynasty has Today, Xu Guangqi must definitely take the lead in making Zhu Cijiong what he is today.

Now my mentor is 74, and I have persuaded him many times to go home for the elderly, but he has been attached to him. Zhu Cijiong knows that his mentor is not attached to power, but worried about his disciple. Perhaps in his eyes, he will always be the one who just Ascend to the throne of God, the little emperor who needs help from others.

Zhu Cijiong secretly looked at his teacher's silver hair, and tears blurred his vision. He was really afraid that his teacher would leave suddenly one day, and how would he repay his teacher's kindness by then!

No, I can't leave permanent regrets, I must repay the teacher's kindness immediately!
Thinking of this, he put the memorial back on the wooden tray, waved his hand, and said with a sob: "Don't read it, send it on."

Hearing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly led a group of eunuchs out of the study with the memorial in their hands. Xu Guangqi was very familiar with Zhu Cijiong, so he naturally heard something was wrong with the emperor's voice. He immediately asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? What's wrong?" Comfortable?"

Zhu Cijiong secretly wiped away tears, cleared his throat, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, teacher, don't worry."

Xu Guangqi still didn't believe what he said, and while carefully looking at Zhu Cijiong, he advised: "Your Majesty, if you feel uncomfortable there, please tell the imperial physician as soon as possible, you can't hide your illness from the doctor!"

Zhu Cijiong didn't answer, but shook his hand, stood up and said loudly: "Cao Huachun, draw up the decree."

When Cao Huachun heard the words, he walked over quickly, took out a blank imperial decree, and waited with his pen.

Zhu Cijiong then said in a loud voice: "Xu Guangqi, the emperor's master, is loyal and diligent, and has made great achievements in hard work. He is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty and a model for all officials. He is specially awarded the title of Grand Master, named Zhu Guogong, and has an annual salary of ten thousand stones. It is hereditary and will not be replaced."

Cao Huachun naturally did not hesitate to write, but Xu Guangqi stood up in shock and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, you can't do it, how can a humble minister, how can he be worthy of the position of grand master? The position of the public, please take back the order of the emperor."

After finishing speaking, he knelt down, but Zhu Cijiong supported him, and said with tears: "Without a benefactor, there is no such thing as today's Zhen, today's Ming, the Grand Master and the Duke are not enough to repay the teacher's kindness. Master, please don't refuse."

After all, he winked at Cao Huachun, urging him to hurry up.

Cao Huachun quickly took out the big seal, slapped it on the imperial decree, and then blew on the imperial decree vigorously, and sent the imperial decree to Zhu Cijiong when the ink was slightly dry.

After Zhu Cijiong received the imperial decree, he stuffed it into Xu Guangqi's hands, and said firmly: "Master, I have made up my mind, so you can accept it."

Xu Guangqi was fooled by his sudden reward, he could only stare blankly at the imperial decree in his hand, and said in embarrassment: "This, this, this."

(End of this chapter)