Chapter 10 Old Minister Yu Qian

Zhu Qizhen, as a mature emperor, before the change? No, before doing anything big, it's always people first.

Extraordinary things must be treated by extraordinary people. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said this. It must be considered at all times.

Things are made by people, otherwise even if it is a good thing, it will be done badly.

Therefore, in order to change the law, Zhu Qizhen had to change officials on a large scale.

Zhu Qizhen wants to be quiet and complete his personnel layout from bottom to top. But what does Lee Hyun do? He was born in the Ministry of Officials.

When Zhu Qizhen interfered in some personnel arrangements on a large scale, Li Xian obviously felt that something was wrong.

Without him, Zhu Qizhen would not generally interfere in the arrangements of too low-level officials, which were all the power of the Ministry and the Cabinet.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen doesn't have power arrangements, after all, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor's power is almost unlimited. But only if you can take care of it all.

And Zhu Qizhen generally has the spirit of division of labor, except for cabinet ministers, six books, governors of various places, and generals of various towns. did not interfere much in personnel, this very unusual move naturally attracted Li Xian's great attention.

The field between Zhu Qizhen and Li Xianjunchen is not only a cooperative relationship, but also a mutual opponent. And Li Xian also has the responsibility of overseeing the overall situation, Zhu Qizhen meddled in all the layout of personnel, and it was impossible to hide it from Li Xian.

Since Li Xian knew, he naturally wanted to persuade Zhu Qizhen, and the two sides had played right several times in private, and after almost every time they played right, Li Xian had a move to say goodbye to the old man.

At the beginning, it may really be a threat to retreat.

But then I got some discouragement.

If it weren't for the eventful years of the country. For example, Tibet, the stability of northern and southern Xinjiang, such as the war in the capital, such as floods and droughts. These things occupy a considerable part of the affairs of the state.

Now, from the perspective of the whole world, the newly occupied northern and southern Xinjiang and Tibet are already in a state of peace.

The time has come to resolve the differences between the monarchs and the ministers.

For Zhu Qizhen, Laneige was in charge and had to be removed.

The crown prince said: "Father, can you consider being too public?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Yu Qian? ”

The prince said: "Exactly, Yu Gong is an old minister of the society and an important minister of the country. If Yu Gong is allowed to enter the cabinet, it will be a blessing for the world. ”

The reason why the prince recommended Yu Qian was that although he was selfish, he was more public.

First of all, thirty years of Orthodoxy. More than 30 years have passed since the Yongle period of Xuande. Over the years, the old ministers in the Yongle period of Xuande have withered.

If Yu Qian is still a junior in the early years of orthodoxy. But at this time, he really deserves the title of a veteran minister at home.

And Yu Qian was in the Xuande period, and he had the famous Qingtian name,

The people of Shanxi, Henan still miss Yu Qian. Later, he served as the governor of Zhili, built Hebei water conservancy, served as the governor of the river, built the Yellow River embankment, and renovated the canal, although it did not really solve the fundamental problem, but it ensured that the flooding of the Yellow River was not big in recent years.

Later, he went to the northwest and served as the governor of the three sides, not to mention his contribution to the tea tax reform, but only to say that Yu Qian promoted water conservancy in the northwest, revived the Han and Tang canals, abolished and rectified the horse farms and guards, and encouraged the local construction of water conservancy. For several years, the troops have accumulated in the valley.

After the Western Regions were captured, the consolidation of the Western Regions made great contributions. even sat in Hami for a time, and led the north and south of Xinjiang. The jurisdiction covers almost half of China, including Shaanxi and Tibet.

Although he soon stepped down. But in the hearts of the people and officials, Yu Qian is a different minister.

Especially in the hearts of the people, almost everywhere Yu Qian goes, he can settle grievances and develop people's livelihood. The people look forward to him like their parents. The prestige is rare in the world, even if it is not known elsewhere now, but in the territory of Shuntianfu, there are people who worship Yu Qian.

Yu Qian's entry into the cabinet is indeed expected.

Even Zhu Qizhen was moved

It's just that he doesn't know if he can convince Yu Qian.

If Yu Qian could stand on the same front as him, things would be much easier. If Yu Qian strongly objected, Zhu Qizhen was helpless.

After all, Yu Qian has such a reputation, he doesn't dare to say that he has an undefeated golden body, at least Zhu Qizhen can't move him easily. Otherwise, the impact is too great.

Zhu Qizhen did not return to the prince directly, but turned his head and asked Huai En, "Where is Gong Yu?" ”

Zhu Qizhen has also summoned some important ministers from other places to Beijing this Christmas, even if they are retired, they can't be too modest.

Huaien said: "Dongchang news, originally Yu Gong should have entered Beijing today, but when crossing the Yellow River, he suffered from the wind and cold, and rested for two days. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed lightly in his heart and said, "Mr. Yu is also old. ”

Yu Qian is older than Li Xiandu. Now he is sixty-six years old. Hearing this, the body is not very good, which is another worry in Zhu Qizhen's heart.

After all, the affairs of the cabinet are very heavy.

However, in any case, Zhu Qizhen added a Yu Qian to the list of candidates for the first assistant to the cabinet. Liu Dingzhi didn't know that he had a strong competitor.

Yu Qian didn't know that he still had a chance to enter the cabinet.

It's just that he doesn't necessarily want this opportunity anymore.

Because people are different.

Some people are like Hu Hu, even if they are eighty high-necked, their faces are already full of red light, and they have a childish face. He has been retired for several years, under the leisurely spring of his hometown.

In the past few years, it is said that he has studied medical skills and learned from local famous doctors.

There is a lot of progress, and at the age of ninety-one, he still walks without help, his thinking is not chaotic, and his speech is orderly.

It is the oldest one among the old ministers invited at this longevity banquet.

It is said that when the Ministry of Rites set the list at that time, it did not invite Hu Hui. Without him, Hu Hu is too old, and he is from Jiangsu, too far away from Beijing. I am afraid of running thousands of miles, and suddenly the happy event becomes a funeral.

That's not going to be easy.

Unlike Qianlong, who held a thousand banquets, I don't know how many old people were tossed to death.

But he didn't want to, Hu Hu personally sent his son to ask, why did he invite others and didn't invite him, is he, a former cabinet scholar, not qualified enough?

can only make up for Hu Hu.

For Hu Hui, the first half of his life was full of rivers and lakes looking for Jianwen's whereabouts, and the second half of his life was condensed in these 49 cities.

And the Ming Dynasty is so prosperous now, he wants to participate in it even more, even if he dies and sees Emperor Taizong, he has something to say.

But Yu Qian is different.

Yu Qian started from the construction of Hebei water conservancy, and most of his efforts were on water conservancy.

These things that deal directly with the local area are laborious. Yu Qian practiced it even more and did not dare to slack off in the slightest. I really thought that the local officials and officials were innocent people, and when they saw the respected Yu Qian, they were obedient.

Naturally, Yu Qian used means to suppress them, making them frightened and afraid, and they didn't dare to do anything about the project, which was the only way to achieve such great results.

But this kind of big project can be described as a thousand things.

Sometimes things that seem to be logical, how can outsiders know about the mental energy consumed?

Nothing should be taken for granted.

So this kind of exhaustion accumulates on Qian's body, and at this moment, Yu Qian's hair no longer has a trace of black hair, and the whole person looks a lot older.

Maybe it was because of the fatigue of traveling all the way, and another illness, and after coming to Jingshi, he was extremely tired. Just hurriedly visited Zhu Qizhen.

Seeing Yu Qian like this, Zhu Qizhen didn't say much, but just arranged for him to take a rest, and it was not too late to talk about something after Christmas.

Yu Qian returned to his home. Although Yu Qian has never been in Beijing, he has been given a title in Beijing.

He just fell asleep in a groggy sleep, and the next day at dawn, he was called up left and right. Without him, today is Christmas, although he doesn't have to go to the morning court, but when the military parade, he also has to attend.

Yu Qian didn't dare to slack off, cleaned up, put on court clothes, and waited in line outside the Forbidden City. And there are already a lot of people waiting here, and almost all of the Jinyi guards are dispatched to seal the rewards on Chang'an Street very tightly. It is absolutely impossible for the people to get close to the Chengtianmen Tower.

In the audience of the military parade, only the ministers and honors and hundreds of officials, which highly overlapped with the personnel of the Thousands of Birthdays Banquet.