So, Zhang Mingwei nodded, smiled and said to Emperor Chongzhen, "These days, looking at the archives, I do think of a few more. The first one I want to recommend to His Majesty is Min Hongxue, a fellow countryman who was formerly the first assistant Wen Tiren. ”

This Min Hongxue, a Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, served as a local official, once patrolled Yunnan, and also managed military affairs in Jianchang, Bijie, Dongchuan and other places, and supervised the salaries of Sichuan nobles. And in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places to build roads, promote schools to educate the young people, in this way to assimilate the natives in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, reduce the chance of rebellion, reduce the cost of transferring troops to quell the rebellion.

Later, he was promoted by the first assistant Wen Tiren and made him the secretary of the ministry to grasp the power of the DPRK, but it attracted the fierce impeachment of the Donglin Party and the Zhou Yanru Party, so he was forced to resign and return to his hometown after serving for a short time. Later, Wen Tiren was also kicked out of the court. Therefore, Min Hongxue was completely forgotten by the court. According to the original historical development, in the year of the death of the Ming Dynasty, Min Hongxue also died.

In his introduction to Emperor Chongzhen, Zhang Mingwei mainly explained Min Hongxue's local governance, especially the policies of road construction and education in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. This is a fundamental solution to the rebellion of the young people in the southwest, but in later generations, there are not many public voices. Just like the Battle of Changli, it has no reputation in later generations.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Mingwei said with a little emotion, "It's that this Min Hongxue is a little old, and he was kicked out of the court, and Wen Tiren, a fellow villager, even if he became the first assistant, eventually died." I wonder if he is still willing to go out of the mountain? ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly turned red. The dismissal of these important ministers of the court naturally has to go through his nod. Obviously, he was once again blinded by his courtiers and made the wrong decision.

After a little embarrassment, Emperor Chongzhen said sincerely, "When the Ming Dynasty is in danger, talents are urgently needed. I personally wrote a will, and I will ask him to help me again! ”

Indeed, if there is enough sincerity, it is estimated that there will be no problem.

After Zhang Mingwei nodded and said that it was okay to do so, Emperor Chongzhen asked him again, "Sir, is there anything else?" ”

"There's one more!" When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he said to him again, "Fang Yuegong, the prefect of Songjiang, is now arrested and imprisoned for embezzling 3,000 taels of silver. However, as far as I know, during his tenure as the prefect of Songjiang, he not only attacked with heavy fists to pacify the thieves and pirates in Songjiang Prefecture, but also built a stone pond for the local people to prevent the tide of the sea, and even in my time in later generations, the local people were still grateful to him......"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's face was a little gloomy, why did all good officials suffer misfortune? This is another person who can do practical things, but he ends up in prison again.

“…… When building the nine-mile-long stone pond, the local government must not have so much money, so he visited the local squire every day, and applied both soft and hard measures, stipulating that those rich households who had 100 acres of land should be persuaded to give eight cents of silver per mu for the purpose of building the pond, and he took out the silver from their hands to repair the stone pond......"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately remembered what Zhang Mingwei had said before: Lu Xiangsheng's policy of food and Sun Chuanting's policy of replenishing salaries in Qingtun were the same as this method of Fang Yuegong, which was essentially to find money from the rich squires, without increasing the burden on the poor people.

“…… In addition, Fang Yue Gongge eliminated the drawbacks, did not allow the yamen, tolerance layer by layer, and visited the supervisors at any time to check whether all the silver taels issued were received, so that the stone pond project was successfully completed. ”

When Zhang Mingwei said this, he commented with a little emotion, "In this troubled era, this is one of the few practical things that can be done, a meaningful thing!" However, it was also because of this that he offended a large number of powerful people, so he became a person who embezzled three thousand taels of silver and was imprisoned. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was about to speak, but he heard Zhang Mingwei say again, "According to some records, I don't know if it's true or not." said that when Li Zicheng went to Beijing to recover stolen goods and help him, only this Fang Yuegong Mansion could not find a little silver, and no matter how he tortured him, he did not gain anything. In the end, Li Thief had to admit that this was a clean official and let him go, but he then hanged himself. ”

Later generations recorded this Fang Yuegong, mainly focusing on the stone pond he built when he was in Shanghai to benefit future generations. It's just that this thing was realized in the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it was indeed not easy.

Emperor Chongzhen heard this and sighed. But soon, he perked up and said, "I will make an order immediately, return him to his innocence, and let him do something meaningful for me!" ”

At this point, he asked with eagerness, "Sir, is there anything else?" ”

has fired so many officials at one time, although there is indeed no shortage of officials, but what he wants is an official who has the ability and ability to help him prosper the Ming Dynasty, not another group of officials who are vegetarian.

For this reason, even if he will be proven blind again, it will not be a matter of concern.

Zhang Mingwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen's expectant expression, thought for a while, and said, "This time, so many officials were dismissed, which can be regarded as showing the majesty of Your Majesty." However, thunder alone cannot last, and rain and dew are needed to do it......"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but nod and quietly listened to Zhang Mingwei.

“…… The Martyrs' Shrine is almost completed, for Lu Xiangsheng's name, enter the Martyrs' Shrine and enjoy the Ming incense forever, Your Majesty might as well come with great fanfare, let the world know, what Your Majesty likes and dislikes. Zhang Mingwei said while thinking, "In addition, the Lu Xiangsheng family has died more than 100 people in order to resist the Jianyu. Several of his brothers are also dead. It is better to promote them with grace and let them uphold Lu Xiangsheng's ambition and serve the imperial court. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he thought that with these brothers of Lu Xiangsheng, it would definitely be better than those corpse vegetarian meals. So, without saying a word, he agreed.

Subsequently, when he still wanted to squeeze Zhang Mingwei, the three people waiting for the decree outside the palace gate had already arrived.

So, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to let go of this thought and interview the three people recommended by Zhang Mingwei first.

Zuo Maodi and Du Yinxi are both in their forties, and they are basically about the same when they see and learn something. Naturally, in the conversation with Emperor Chongzhen, they showed their actual level and won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen.

In particular, Emperor Chongzhen's understanding of the imminent death of the Ming Dynasty, as well as Zhang Mingwei's analysis of the fall of the Ming Dynasty that he popularized, from the questions and assessments of these aspects, the answers of these two people also satisfied Emperor Chongzhen.

After the interview, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zhang Mingwei, and said with a smile, "The talent recommended by Mr. is very suitable!" ”

Hearing him say this, it was even more confirmed that it was Zhang Mingwei who recommended them for their benefactor. In this regard, whether it is Zuo Maodi or Du Yinxi, they are very grateful to Zhang Mingwei in their hearts.

Because they themselves knew from the conversation with the emperor that they were doing well, and it was time for the emperor to have a chance to reuse it.

However, the two of them never imagined how useful their reuse was!

I saw Emperor Chongzhen turn his head, first looked at Xiang Zuo Maodi, and said to him cordially: "I have just dismissed the inactive officials and scholars, and I am in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials in the world and the assessment. Is Qing willing to rectify the heavy burden of rectifying the rule of officials? ”

"......" Zuo Maodi could hardly believe his ears. He is the imperial history of the seven-grade officials in the household department, and it stands to reason that he is patrolling the world, and at most he is a feudal official such as the governor and the governor. Unexpectedly, the emperor wanted to appoint him as the secretary of the ministry.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty stipulates that the appointment and dismissal assessment of officials below the fifth grade are all under the control of the Ministry of Officials. The official department is still in the book, which has the honorific title of "Heavenly Official", and when it comes to power, it can compete with the first assistant. There are even some officials, if they can be chosen, they would rather have the position of secretary than the first assistant.

But then again, with great power comes great responsibility. The Ming Dynasty officials are corrupted like this, and the officials will never escape responsibility. And if you want to change the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it is too difficult.

Zuo Maodi, who came back to his senses, naturally knew how heavy the burden of rectifying the rule of officials the emperor said, and looked at the emperor staring at him, suddenly, he straightened down his clothes, and did not care that this was the middle order, and immediately replied, "Weichen must do his best to take care of the officials for His Majesty!" ”

When they entered the palace just now, they had already seen so many officials being kicked out by the Jinyi Guard, and from the official's point of view, the risk of becoming an official in the Chongzhen Dynasty was actually quite high. But he didn't think about it at all, so he agreed.

Seeing that Zuo Maodi was actually promoted to the secretary of the ministry at once, Du Yinxi and Yan Yingyuan were dumbfounded, how much of a promotion this has to be!

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen didn't do this thing, Zhou Yanru was promoted by him by skipping the ranks, and he didn't have a few years of officialdom qualifications, so he was promoted to the first assistant.

At this time, I saw that Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at Gu Yinxi again, and said to him, "Are you willing to enter the cabinet to lead the affairs of the world, to serve as a counselor for me, and to control the world for me?" ”

The cabinet assistants, who were originally the emperor's secretaries, slowly evolved into "foreign ministers", and the votes in their hands for the world's chapters, that is, to give corresponding disposal opinions, are the emperor's most important reference and affect the situation in the world.

In other words, the most important thing for the emperor to deal with the world's major affairs is to follow the advice of the cabinet. Even if the emperor is lazy, the affairs of the world are actually in charge of the cabinet. Of course, in terms of the balance of power, the Celebrant will check and balance the power of the Cabinet.

However, for example, Zhang Juzheng, he leveled the celebrant supervisor, and he had the power to dominate the world.

Compared with Zuo Maodi's calm acceptance, Du Yinxi is only the prefect of Changsha, and he has never been an official in Beijing, so he is about to enter the cabinet, which really shocks him.

"Weichen is shallow, and if he suddenly enters the cabinet, I am afraid that he will live up to His Majesty's high expectations!" I don't know why, Du Yinxi was sweating profusely at this time.

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