"In my opinion, there is no one more suitable for the position of the first assistant of the cabinet than Zheng Aiqing!"

What Zhang Lingyang said was true, and Li Guangtai could not provide strong evidence to show that Zheng Yongji was not an upright minister.

After all, the matter of Yangzhou Salt was indeed exposed by Zheng Yongji.

No one can refute this.

Seeing that no one in the hall objected, Zhang Lingyang said: "From now on, Zheng Yongji, the secretary of the household department, will be promoted to the post of first assistant to the cabinet.

Chen Yiming, the secretary of the criminal department, was transferred to the secretary of the ministry.

As for the vacant Household Department Secretaries, Rite Secretaries, and Criminal Secretaries, which positions are ......"

After thinking about it again and again, Zhang Lingyang continued to speak: "Zhu Kaishan, the governor of southern Henan, has made meritorious contributions to the governance of southern Henan, and has been promoted to the secretary of the household department, Cao Rui, the governor of Liangjiang, is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Gao Pei, the governor of Liangguang, is the secretary of the criminal department. ”

"Do you have any different opinions?" Zhang Lingyang asked.

Seeing Zhang Lingyang arrange this, the ministers were all surprised.

After all, according to the past practice, most of the six Shangshu were taken over by the left and right attendants below.

But now it's good, Zhang Lingyang actually directly appointed three feudal officials as the six Shangshu.

Speaking of which, it is half a step higher, but the ministers all know in their hearts that except for Zhu Kaishan, the governor of southern Henan, who is considered to be promoted, the rest of the Liangjiang Governor Cao Rui and Liangguang Governor Gao Pei are considered to have risen and fallen secretly.

After all, whether it is the Criminal Department or the Ministry of Rites, the real power is not very large, and it cannot be compared with their previous feudal officials.

In the locality, they are the princes of one side, saying the same.

And once they arrived in the capital, they really didn't have enough to see.

For a while, no one objected, but frowned one by one, thinking carefully why the emperor would make such an arrangement?

The reason why Zhang Lingyang did this naturally has his reasons.

Whether it was the governor of Liangjiang or the governor of Liangguang, the areas under their jurisdiction belonged to the far away places of the Tiangao Emperor.

And the post of governor holds the military and political power of the two provinces, and once he has any thoughts that he should not have, he is afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable.

Especially the Governor of Liangjiang, the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang under his jurisdiction are the two richest provinces in the Great Zhou, how could Zhang Lingyang entrust these two provinces to the same person?

It's been more than half a year since he became emperor.

Zhang Lingyang vaguely found that the Great Zhou court's management of the southwest and southeast regions was getting weaker and weaker.

This may be because the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty is too far north.

In the previous life, the Ming Dynasty was because the capital was too far north, and its rule over the interior, especially the rule of the southeast coast, was actually a bit out of character.

In the Ming Dynasty in the previous life, after Zhu Di moved the capital, the rule of the nomadic people on the grassland was obvious.

But if you look at the history of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, we can see that from the Jiajing period, the military and political affairs in the southeast coastal areas have begun to erode.

Why is this happening?

Historians can give a range of reasons.

But after thinking about it again, Zhang Lingyang couldn't help but find out, why didn't this happen in the previous Central Plains dynasties?

In fact, the reason is very simple, the dynasty of the Central Plains, whose rule can radiate to all directions, makes those local gentry dare not act arbitrarily.

But it is obvious that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the gentry in the interior, especially in the southeast coastal areas, had some implication that they did not listen to the propaganda.

Combined with the history of the Ming Dynasty and other dynasties in his previous life, after some analysis, Zhang Lingyang sometimes wanted to simply move the capital to the Central Plains.

After all, the capital of the Central Plains can effectively rule the Quartet.

But Zhang Lingyang also understands that moving the capital is a major event and cannot be rushed.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang held back and secretly waited for the opportunity to move the capital in one fell swoop.

Having said that, the reason why Zhang Lingyang transferred these feudal officials to Beijing as officials was because he was afraid that they would become bigger in the local area.

What's more, once these feudal officials enter Beijing as officials, the forces in the court will inevitably be reshuffled.

Although Zhang Zhiyuan resigned, after Zhou Shanning and Zhao Ji were imprisoned, the forces in the court have begun to reshuffle.

But Zhang Lingyang hopes to shuffle the cards according to his own wishes, rather than by the ministers themselves.

This is also the reason why Zhang Lingyang promoted Zheng Yongji to the first assistant of the cabinet.

Because Zheng Yongji is obedient enough.

An obedient cabinet chief, compared with an assertive cabinet chief, Zhang Lingyang is obviously willing to see that the cabinet chief assistant is a person who listens to his own words.

And throughout the entire court, the minister who listens to himself the most is undoubtedly Zheng Yongji.

You can say that Zheng Yongji is too sleek and sophisticated, but there are many things that only such a sleek and sophisticated person can do.

Therefore, after Zhang Zhiyuan's resignation, the first candidate for the first assistant of the cabinet in Zhang Lingyang's heart was Zheng Yongji.

Everything was arranged, and it was already noon.

Whether it is the minister in the court or Zhang Lingyang himself, he is already hungry.

After all, no one had eaten breakfast before the early dynasty.

After going down to the court, after Zhang Lingyang hurriedly had some lunch, he called Feng Xi to give a few words, and then sent him out of the palace.

In the hall of Ning Guofu, several nobles and generals gathered together, and you were obviously discussing something.

In the end, Sun Ding'an stopped everyone's words and said: "Now that my Xungui Group has suffered heavy losses in strength, what can be put on the table, except for my Ning Guofu, there is only the Wuxin Marquis Mansion."

Fortunately, now the Chinese official group of the DPRK has also begun to reshuffle its cards, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to unify in a short time.

Taking advantage of this time, there must be someone among our nobles and generals to stand out, so that the saint can pay attention to our nobles again.

Otherwise, once the situation on the side of the civilian clique stabilizes, the spearhead will definitely be pointed at us and other nobles.

Therefore, the old man felt that Ma Jinzhong, the general of Zhengxi, should fight a big victory at this time to save the image of our nobles in the eyes of His Majesty.

And the rebellion in Yungui and Miaojiang must also be pacified in the fastest possible time. ”

"Grandpa Guo, if you do this, once Ma Jinzhong is eager for quick success, he is afraid that the result will backfire." A middle-aged man full of heroic spirit stroked his beard and said worriedly.

"Ma Jinzhong is alert, I don't think he would make such a big mistake!" Sun Dingan waved his hand.

As he spoke, Sun Dingan's brows furrowed slightly, "Compared with Ma Jinzhong, the old man is more worried about Zhang Guangzhi on Yungui's side.

Zhang Guangzhi's personality is a bit of a great achievement. Once Zhang Guangzhi achieves a big victory, he will often lead to a big defeat afterwards.

The Miao turmoil on Yungui's side has almost been quelled, and once anything goes wrong on Zhang Guangzhi's side, I am afraid that it will cause a chain reaction. ”

"Grandpa Guo's worries are not unreasonable!" The bearded man said, "However, from the point of view of his humble position, Grandpa Guo might as well send a scholar to Yungui to assist Zhang Guangzhi."

With the prince on the side urging, Zhang Guangzhi will definitely not make the same mistakes as before! ”