Chapter 10 Heavy snowfall

In fact, there are two advantages of Chen Xun mentioned by Zhou Chen, the first is that he has deep qualifications, and among the cabinet scholars who have the ability to take over as the first assistant, Chen Xun is the most senior.

Choosing Chen Xun can make a smooth transition.

Second, Chen Xun is obedient. Chen Xun is not a trend, but he is also a normal bureaucrat. This is shown in many things.

For example, after the fall of Cao Nai, Chen Xun made a decision immediately and took Zhou Chen's path. That's where we are today. Therefore, Chen Xun has a speculator's temperament in his bones.

There is no way to compare with ministers like Yu Qian and Cao Nai.

As long as Zhu Qizhen maintains his glory and wealth, he will not insist so much on many things.

Zhu Qizhen sighed in his heart, between the monarch and the minister, it was originally a game.

When Zhu Qizhen first ascended the throne, the weak lord was naturally the strong minister, but now that Zhu Qizhen can skillfully use the power of the emperor, he has become a strong party.

Therefore, he can only get along with a weak Shousuke if he partners with a weak Shousuke, otherwise Shousuke will not be in a clear position, and I am afraid that there will be a storm in the future.

Zhou Chen did not say a word about the cabinet supplement and the future affairs of the family.

After Zhu Qizhen read it, he felt sad in his heart. He said: "According to Zhou Shoufu's meaning, the cabinet is under Chen Xun's view. In the future, we will discuss the matter of adding a new cabinet. ”

At this moment, it suddenly snowed outside the window, and the heavy snow sprinkled Beijing City, and it seemed that God was also sad about Zhou Chen's death.

Zhu Qizhen lost the nature of handling government affairs for a while, and put all government affairs on hold.

I didn't see anyone for a while.

Chen Xun is now in his sixties, with a dignified appearance, and he has a gentle and elegant temperament in the Hanlin Academy. It's just that at this moment, he can't hold back his emotions.

Because he knew that in the emperor's words, what he meant by letting him look at the cabinet was to imply that he was the next cabinet chief, and he was naturally overjoyed. immediately asked to see him, and after getting His Majesty sad because of Zhou Shoufu's matter and not seeing anyone, Chen Xun immediately went to Zhou's house.

The heavy snow and the whiteness of the Zhou family reflected each other, and it was a little more desolate, and when Chen Xun arrived, the Zhou family was already in the market.

After all, it is the first assistant for many years, especially in various crisis situations, to keep the car of Daming driving smoothly.

Zhou Chen's reputation is still quite good among the people.

As for some people who suffered losses in the hands of Zhou Chen, but also because Zhou Chen's holy favor is still there, he also needs to give face.

After Chen Xun saluted in front of Zhou Chenling, he comforted the family again, saying that he would urge the Ministry of Rites to do a good job, and then retreated.

"Gong Chen, the next official is Xu Youzhen." A minister leaned over and approached, it was none other than Xu Youzhen.

Xu Youzhen returned to Beijing this time to report on her work.

Xu Youzhen was in the court as an envoy during the Battle of Haixi

Xian urged the Korean monarchs and ministers to cooperate, and he can be regarded as a meritorious minister. Later, the officials promoted Xu Youzhen to the next level, but he was placed in Haixi Town.

The reason is very simple, Haixi Town was founded by Yishaha, but after Yishaha's death, it became a separate military town, but how can this work?

It does not conform to the political principles of the Ming Dynasty.

As far as the political principles of the Ming Dynasty are concerned, every military town in the Ming Dynasty will have eunuchs, civil servants, and military generals to check and balance each other.

Zhu Qizhen will not break this rule until the system of judges is not perfect and independent.

In Haixi Town, Zhu Qi Town, there was a town guard eunuch, but he was more responsible for the affairs of Shaofu, and the Jiapigou gold mine was the largest source of wealth in Haixi.

Therefore, the cabinet felt that it was necessary to send a civil servant to Haixi, and Xu Youzhen opened a council in Haixi in the name of Liaodong according to the envoy. Army supply, civil affairs, Xu Youzhen is qualified to intervene.

By the way, Haixi Town is now under the jurisdiction of Liaodong Province.

Jiubian Military Town is not the same as the province, just like Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province has Gansu Town, Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town, and in the future, Yulin Town and so on.

Today, Liaodong is just one province and two towns.

Xu Youzhen is a capable minister.

In the sixteenth year of orthodoxy, the Liaohe River in eastern Liaodong was not very peaceful in Haixi, but Xu Youzhen inspected the river and built ditches, but instead of loss, he cultivated a lot of rice fields.

Xu Youzhen has done a lot of things in Haixi, although Haixi is not yet self-sufficient and must rely on grain transported from the sea. But during Xu Youzhen's tenure, local grain production has increased greatly.

It's just that Xu Youzhen found one thing, then there is a limit to the development of Haixi.

It's not that there is a limit to land reclamation, it's that there is a limit to population.

There are large plains in Haixi, especially south of Xingkai Lake, and there are large swamps, but in Xu Youzhen's opinion, this is not a problem. As long as he has enough manpower, he can reclaim these places.

But the biggest problem is the lack of manpower.

There are no more than 100,000 men in Haixi Town, which is the total number of people who are attached to the local guards and Jurchens, and if you add the elderly, women and children, there can probably be hundreds of thousands.

But these hundreds of thousands of people, just Haixi City, Shuangchengwei, Jianzhou, and a few other places, are already not enough, let alone reclaiming the vicinity of Xingkai Lake.

He also found that if he didn't do something, he would be in Hercynian Town for most of his life.

Without him, here is extremely remote from the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a bitter cold place, it snows for more than half a year every day, and although the land route is open, it is extremely difficult to go over the mountains and mountains, and it is extremely difficult to go by sea, and it is far away from the wind and rain.

Who wants to go here?

Xu Youzhen was unwilling to waste his years in Haixi, he got a message and immediately felt that he had made a difference. Only then did he come to Beijing in the name of debriefing.

It's just that he thinks this

If he did not have the help of powerful people in the DPRK and China, I am afraid it would not be easy to pass through.

He wanted to see Shousuke, but he didn't want Shousuke to die.

Seeing Chen Xun, his eyes also lit up.

The two of them still have some origins, at least in the Hanlin Academy, he has also been taken care of by Chen Xun, and he is an old acquaintance.

It's just that in the original history, Xu Youzhen put Chen Xun on a ruthless side.

However, at this time, the relationship between the two was very harmonious.

It's just that Chen Xun has no intention of talking more with Xu Youzhen, after all, he has just been given the power of the cabinet to see things, although it is likely that this is a signal for him to take over as the first assistant.

But one thing is all too clear in officialdom, and that is that even the dust has settled on the fact that it is possible to be overturned, let alone such a pending appointment.

Therefore, Chen Xun and Xu Youzhen exchanged a few words and were about to leave.

Seeing this, Xu Youzhen was a little anxious, and stepped forward and whispered, "What is Gong Chen's intention to be the first assistant?" Please listen to me. ”

When Chen Xun heard this, his eyes shrank slightly, the matter of his temporary appointment in the cabinet on behalf of Zhou Chen has not yet spread, at least Xu Youzhen, who has just arrived in Beijing, is impossible to know.

However, this is the thing that Chen Xun is most concerned about now, and he paused slightly and said: "This is not the place to talk. ”

Xu Youzhen said: "Gong Chen, please look at this. ”

Immediately, Xu Youzhen handed a note from his sleeve to Chen Xun.

Chen Xun opened it and looked at it, and immediately frowned and said, "North Korea is a country that is not conquered. ”

Xu Youzhen said: "In our majesty, where is there no country that is not conquered, Chen Gongjiu is in the cabinet, how can you not know?" The lower officials only begged Chen Gong to say a few kind words on His Majesty's side, whether it was successful or not, it would be good for Chen Gong. ”

Chen Xun also understood that what Xu Youzhen said was reasonable.

For Chen Xun, this is his expression of moving closer to the emperor.

Who is the biggest main battle faction in the Beijing Division? Naturally, the emperor in the palace must be.

Other ministers are more of an option for the matter of opening the border, but Zhu Qizhen's attitude is a must-do, and he even broke the kettle and gambled on his reputation.

Now that he is dedicated to being Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, can Chen Xun be a close minister like him?

Before, he could have reserved his attitude, after all, he did not have much power in the cabinet, but at the moment he was only one step away from the first assistant of the cabinet. He could not but make a statement.

If he doesn't take a stand, but others do, it can't be said that the position of the head of the cabinet is someone else's.

And this letter, in Chen Xun's opinion, is just right. There is no need for him to go out in person, Xu Youzhen has done it for him, and His Majesty has been fighting hard in the past few years, so he may not be waiting for an opportunity.

Chen Xun said: "Then just play it as usual." ”

Xu Youzhen was overjoyed and said, "Xie Chen Gong." ”