Chapter 107: Yang Pu Bingzheng

Needless to say, go to court or something.

It's just going through the motions.

After the early dynasty, Zhu Qizhen immediately summoned Yang Pu and agreed to Yang Pu's plan.

Resolved to dismiss the two Shangshu. That is, Guo Jin, the secretary of the ministry, and Liu Zhongfu, the secretary of the household department.

Yang Pu immediately said: "The minister thinks that the evidence of Guo Jinzongzi's bribery is conclusive, so he should stop it and investigate the corrupt ministers among the officials." It should be strict and serious, but the household department should be slower, and the court of each other uses it a lot, and the turmoil is too much for a while, which affects the operation of the court and government. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I agreed." I intend to summon Zhou Chen, the governor of Jiangnan, to Beijing as the secretary of the household department, before Zhou Chen arrived, everything in the household department was as before, as for the ministry, let the ministry's servant Wei Ji temporarily replace him, how about it? ”

Zhu Qizhen does not attach great importance to the Ministry of Officials, but he attaches more importance to the Ministry of Households, because now the projects in various places, I don't know how many things have to be supported by the Ministry of Households. The household department really can't be messed up, as for the official department.

Zhu Qizhen had no intention of interfering, and now Yang Pu is also an old minister, so he naturally knows how to measure.

Yang Pu's heart moved slightly, and he said secretly: "This must be Wang Zhi's idea." However, Yang Pu naturally knew that he had just become the first assistant of the cabinet, and there were many people in the court who opposed him.

Nature will not be in this fact, with the emperor hard top. said: "Shengming has no past Your Majesty. It's just that the minister has something to play. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Speak." ”

Yang Pu said: "Now the following report on the locusts, the minister thinks that it is necessary to pay attention to it, in order not to repeat the mistakes of last year, when the minister is sent to patrol all over the place, in charge of the matter of exterminating locusts, Zhili, Henan, Fengyang, Shandong, Shanxi, all need to send people to inspect. ”

"The minister thinks that he should select the squires of each department, and the chief will go out on patrol."

Zhu Qizhen said secretly: "Is this a big blood exchange?" ”

It seems that Yang Pu has spared no effort to clean up Yang Shiqi's influence.

Because even if Yang Shiqi has personal integrity, he may have some flaws, but Zhu Qizhen has always recognized his ability to govern the imperial court.

In other words, perhaps among the six departments of the Ming Dynasty, there are some people who have a little problem, such as Guo Jinzongzi taking bribes, which is true.

But more often than not, there is no problem, or no problem can be found.

Yang Pu wants to carry out his influence, what should he do? If you can't find an error, you won't be able to deal with it.

For example, Yang Pu now suggests.

In terms of proposals, Zhu Qizhen could not find a reason to object.

Quite simply, locusts are the larvae of locusts, and eliminating one now will reduce the harm of locust plague in the future. Send ministers to the provinces to supervise the extermination of locusts.

There is also a precedent for this matter.

Even if Zhu Qizhen can guess, Yang Pu may have selfishness in his heart. But in the overall situation, Zhu Qizhen is not allowed to object.

Zhu Qizhen

After thinking about it, he said, "I agreed, and asked the cabinet to issue a list." I have said in the first place, all meritorious people, after returning, must be promoted, this point must be understood by everyone. There is a reward for doing a good job. ”

What happens if it is not done well? The ministers below can naturally understand Zhu Qizhen's unfinished words.

Zhu Qizhen asked the cabinet to issue a list, but the cabinet is not Yang Pu alone. Even if this list is biased, it is impossible to sweep away all of Yang Shiqi's people.

If you really have the ability to make a meritorious contribution in this locust extermination, let Zhu Qizhen know, and Zhu Qizhen will really reward him. As for the finished ones, they are not good.

That's not ability, Yang Pu took advantage of the situation to let go of the foreign official, and Zhu Qizhen couldn't say anything.

Zhu Qizhen put down this matter first and said: "Today's matter is still the matter of Hebei water conservancy, but I don't know what Mr. thinks, what is Yu Qian's title?" ”

Yang Pu said: "This matter, the minister is trying to talk to His Majesty, the minister thinks that Yu Qian's ability is enough to serve as a university scholar, but what does His Majesty want to add to Yu Qian's title and establish a new palace?" ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment, indeed all the scholars have it. Zhu Qizhen wanted to give Yu Qian a new university scholar, but Zhu Qizhen had other ideas in his heart.

He identified seven people in the cabinet. The British minister also has a place in the cabinet, and Zhu Qizhen wants to maintain this habit. That is, he wanted to keep the cabinet as a cabinet of six scholars, one honorable.

Now it is small to add one more scholar, and it is estimated that the cabinet will be seven scholars in the future.

Zhu Qizhen is used to thinking about many things in the long run, and he must not leave a gap in future generations, after all, many ancestral systems are used by civil officials to play on topics and take words out of context.

Although Zhu Qizhen also knows that everything is over when people die, and he can't control the rest of the matter, he is still cautious, and he would rather think more than leave a big loophole.

Zhu Qizhen hesitated, asked Yang Pu, and said, "What does Mr. think?" ”

Yang Pu said: "Your Majesty's order is to listen, otherwise, let Lord Yu wait and talk." ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he immediately said: "No, the matter of water control is imminent, if you don't strengthen Yu Qian's authority, why should the world pay attention to this matter, this matter, Mr. promised me." ”

What to drag what? Zhu Qizhen didn't believe Yang Pu, maybe Yang Pu dragged it and dragged it, so he dragged this matter out.

Yang Pu said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, what the minister promised, he will never regret it." The minister asked His Majesty to hold a large court meeting, convene the five officials and above in the capital, discuss the matter in Fengtianmen, make a decision in front of the emperor, and make a clear edict to the world, so as to show the importance of the imperial court to this matter. ”

After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he said, "Okay." ”

In fact, Zhu Qizhen has long wanted to finalize this matter, although he expressed this attitude in the orthodox five-year Zhengdan edict.

But in the Zhengdan edict, there is too much content.

More is the division of Zhili Province, changed to Beijing, and so on. Politically, these things are bigger than water control.

Therefore, the matter of water control did not continue to be a clear decision of the imperial court.

Yang Shiqi disagreed with Zhu Qizhen on this matter.

And Yang Pu's approach, the policy of water control, can really rise to the level of a national policy. And even if Yang Pu wants to regret it, it is impossible.

After Yang Pu became the first assistant of the cabinet, he made such a statement, which can almost be equated with Yang Pu using his personal prestige to endorse this matter.

If you want to overturn this policy, you must first defeat Yang Pu.

It's like the Queen Mother, the national policy led by the Queen Mother, and everything that is not in a hurry is rested with the people. It was precisely because the Empress Dowager faded out of the government that it ended.

Yang Pu said, "In this way, the imperial court needs to pay attention to Yu Qian, who presides over the policy of controlling the water, and the minister thinks that the university scholar cannot be obtained for a while, so it is better to add the title of the Ministry of Industry." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry already has two books. Yu Qian's addition to the Ministry of Industry is probably not just a title. ”

Yang Pu said: "Wu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is old and frail, and he is too old to be used by the imperial court. Now the power to govern the water lies in Qian, and the minister thinks that Yu Qian should be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the power of the water department. ”

"So the power is one."

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "Is this in line with the imperial court system?" ”

The Metropolitan Water Division is also known as the Metropolitan Water Clearing Division, and many times, he is in charge of the funds for water control below, as well as the write-off of funds. Now Yu Qian is in charge of water control and is also responsible for the write-off of funds.

That is, spending money with one hand and writing off accounts with the other.

Even if Zhu Qizhen believed in Yu Qian, he felt that this power was too great.

Yang Pu said: "Your Majesty, if you don't do this, it doesn't show that Your Majesty values Yu Qian, otherwise, it's not enough to make Yu Qian's power unified, and deal with the matter of water control in Hebei as soon as possible." ”

"The minister has a word, and I have to remind Your Majesty. Even if Your Majesty thinks that the matter of controlling the water in Hebei is the Zheng Guoqu of this dynasty, you must also worry about whether the six countries of Kwantung will break through Tongguan first. ”

"The matter of river water control, some small water conservancy projects, can be put into the first place, by the descendants to build, but now it is to seize the time to complete the trunk first."

"The affairs of the north are too variable."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he suddenly felt heavy in his heart.

It's true, although Zhu Qizhen feels that the tile spur will not go south immediately, but history is history, reality is reality, and many things, who can say accurately.

What if you think you have something to take advantage of and insist on fighting?

The imperial court does not have much money and grain reserves, although Zhu Qizhen still retains some money and grain at the bottom of the box, but after all, it is impossible to have a big battle with the tile spur while supporting the water conservancy in Hebei.

In other words, what Yang Pu said is right, we must first repair the main major projects, and it is not too late to repair the remaining small projects slowly.