On the morning of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the first day after the New Year of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Zhi first mentioned Yan Jinxuan's "Water Jing Beizhi" after accepting the worship of hundreds of civil and military officials.

"It can be called the best book of water control I have ever read, it will give a very detailed introduction to all the rivers and their distribution in the Ming Kingdom, especially the analysis of the important rivers, not only give specific and feasible dredging and improvement methods, but also introduce their geographical structure and the reasons for their formation in detail, which can provide great help for future generations to study rivers and geography, and the Ming Dynasty has this book of rivers without worry!" Zhu Zhi said with a relieved face.

The civil and military officials nodded one after another, but Yan Shichong and his henchmen naturally had no good face.

And Zhu Zhi has always appreciated Yan Jinxuan's ability, so he wants to take the opportunity to promote Yan Jinxuan.

Judging from Yan Jinxuan's official position as the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry, the next rise is the Ministry of Industry, but Shen Jiahui, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, has also been conscientious in the past few years, and he can't catch any problems with him, so Zhu Zhi is not good to directly mention Yan Jinxuan to Shen Jiahui's position. The candidates for the Shangshu of other ministries have also been decided, and it is unlikely that they will be replaced at present.

Then, if you want to promote him, you can only consider it from a position outside the six departments.

Zhu Zhi pondered.

Suddenly, Zhu Zhi's eyes lit up, and after a little consideration, he said loudly to Yan Jinxuan: "In view of Yan Aiqing's achievements in recent years, I have decided to appoint you as the governor of Zhongshu Province, and you will officially take office from May this year. ”

The Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar.

The governor of Zhongshu Province is equivalent to the deputy prime minister, and his position is second only to the cabinet scholar, and he can directly participate in the emperor's various political affairs, and the emperor actually handed over this important task to a young man who is only twenty-seven years old? Moreover, Dong Teng, the incumbent governor of Zhongshu Province, has no intention of resigning.

After learning the news, Yan Shichong was the most surprised, and he immediately motioned with his eyes to Yan Tong, the secretary of the ministry, to come out to stop him.

Where does Yan Tong dare to disobey. Hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the position of the governor of Zhongshu Province is not trivial, and it must be held by someone with considerable experience. ”

Immediately, two other henchmen of Yan Shichong came out to oppose Zhu Zhi's use of Yan Jinxuan on the grounds that Dong Teng in this position was competent in all aspects.

Yan Jinxuan's face was calm.

A year ago, he had already planned the direction of his development this year.

At that time, he knew that it would not work for him to be directly promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, because Shen Jiahui was a competent secretary. In addition, he also recognized Shen Jiahui's personality and thanked him for cultivating himself. So I don't want to have a conflict of interest with him.

So he began to carefully consider other positions.

Soon he thought of the post of governor of the government, because Dong Teng was already fifty-three, and he could only stay in this position for one to two years at most. And as long as he can get the results of other officials in the next two years, he will have a great chance, so he thought of writing "Water Jing Beizhi".

Now that the emperor is appropriating him at the time of the release of "Water Jing Beizhi", it can be seen that he also wants to take this opportunity to find someone who can balance Yan Shichong, so he will not retreat at this moment.

But of course, at this time, it would be too unbearable to come out and defend yourself in person. Therefore, he calmly listened to the rhetoric of Yan Shichong's henchmen, and thought of a way to deal with it in his heart.

"It's nonsense to say that Yan Shilang is not calm enough. Is it not calm enough to successfully handle floods every time? Can you successfully round up the Seven Princes? Moreover, he recommended Du Chenghuan as the secretary of the military department and wrote the "Water Jing Beizhi" and other things, which also shows his foresight and extraordinary talent. And Yan Shangshu, I'm afraid it's unfair for you to decide on a person's appointment and dismissal based on age rather than ability, right? "Out of the list is Zhou Junpu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works.

In just a few sentences, it is as strict as pig's liver.

Zhu Zhi laughed when he heard this, and said with appreciation on his face: "Zhou Aiqing is reasonable. As for the statement that Dong Aiqing is still in office, and Yan Aiqing cannot be mentioned in this regard, I have added that Dong Aiqing has submitted a letter of resignation to me yesterday. Therefore, I will give him a few months to make the handover, and when he hands over the affairs to Yan Aiqing, I will approve him to return to his hometown. ”

No one dared to object to this time.

Zhu Zhi immediately sent someone to send the will to appoint Yan Jinxuan as the governor of Zhongshu Province to the Sherenyuan, and the Zhongshu Sheren drafted a formal edict.

Yan Shichong couldn't help but sigh in his heart - Zhu Zhi is really a veritable duplicitous. On the one hand, they reuse me and on the other hand, they secretly find someone to deal with me, but I won't give in so easily. Back then, if I could lift you up against all odds, I would have had a way to pull you down.

Thinking like this, Yan Shichong's face flashed slightly.

However, he knew very well that now was not the time for him to openly oppose Zhu Zhi. So he had to endure.

Yan Shichong's expression didn't hide from Yan Jinxuan's eyes, Yan Jinxuan smiled slightly, knowing in his heart that there would be a good show to come.

Knowing that Yan Jinxuan was promoted, Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Lu were very happy, and went to the ancestral hall to burn incense and thank their ancestors that night.

After eating, the father and son of the Yan family went to Hemingxuan to chat again.

However, there are only three people today - Yan Jinrui has not returned yet.

"In the future, you will be a direct subordinate of the cabinet, and there is never a shortage of invisible gunpowder smoke in the palace, so you have to be extremely careful." Yan Yunpei looked at Yan Jinxuan and said earnestly, on the one hand, he was very proud of his son.

To be honest, he didn't expect that the emperor would nominate Yan Jinxuan as a governor of political affairs, after all, this position is very senior.

In his opinion, Yan Jinxuan's ability is understandable, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in qualifications.

Yan Jinxuan smiled and said, "Got it." ”

The three of them who were talking suddenly heard the sound of talking from the side of the weeping flower door, and immediately silenced and listened carefully.

"The third master is drunk, come and help out." A maid said urgently.

The father and son of the Yan family immediately rushed over.

"Third child, what happened to you lately?" After placing Yan Jinrui on the bed, Yan Yunpei asked with a serious face.

Yan Jinrui, who was in a daze, did not answer.

Yan Yunpei, as a cabinet scholar, naturally didn't care about the affairs of the Xiyi Pavilion, so he didn't know that Xu Qingqing had left. As for Xu Qingqing, he had observed her from afar a few times after his son mentioned it to him.

It is undeniable that she was indeed a beautiful woman with elegant manners. But it was still difficult for him to accept her background.

Yan Yunpei was not good at comforting people, so he glanced at Yan Jinrui who was lying on the bed and walked out.

He was going to wait for him to wake up and talk to him properly.

"Third brother, now that the two of us are here, just tell me what you have on your mind." Yan Jinhao patted Yan Jinrui on the shoulder and said. (To be continued)

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