On 10 December, after discussing with the Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department to dispose of some government and military affairs, Zhu Daming had just returned to the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace when he received news that Qiao Yunsheng, the newly appointed secretary of the Criminal Department, and Yuan Keli, the governor of Caoyun, had requested an audience and his majesty's resignation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qiao Yunsheng had been a secretary of the criminal department for several years before, and in the early years of the Apocalypse, he had already been recommended by the court as the secretary of the ministry, but Wei Zhongxian was more jealous of him being the secretary of the ministry, so he tried his best to say bad things about him in front of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and assigned some imperial historians to constantly impeach him, and finally Qiao Yunsheng saw that the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not have the intention of protecting him, so he was disheartened and resigned and went home.

Now that five years have passed, Qiao Yunsheng is seventy-three years old, and he has no hope for recovery, but he didn't expect that the new emperor would not be able to ascend to the pole for a long time, so he issued an edict to resume him and continue to be the secretary of the criminal department.

As soon as the emperor's decree arrived, Qiao Yunsheng soon set off for Beijing accompanied by his eldest grandson Qiao Qitai and several loyal servants, and the group went to Linqing, Shandong, preparing to transfer the canal to the north.

Yuan Keli is now sixty-four years old, in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian was impeached from the Nanjing Military Department, and was dismissed.

Now, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to restore him as the governor of Caoyun, and Yuan Keli, who was extremely disgusted with the court party struggle during the Apocalypse, wanted to refuse, but received a letter from Sun Chengzong within a few days.

Although Yuan Keli is five years older than Sun Chengzong, he attaches great importance to Sun Chengzong's talent, Sun Chengzong is the secretary of the military department, and during the period of Ji Liao, Yuan Keli was the governor of Denglai at the time, and actively supported Sun Chengzong's Liaodong strategy, attacking the east and defending the west, attacking and defending the land by water, ensuring the stability of Liaodong for several years, which is the most stable period since the corruption of the Liao affair, and Sun Chengzong has been appreciating and contacting each other since then.

Now after being recommended by Sun Chengzong, he also received a letter from Sun Chengzong, and after thinking about it, Yuan Keli still decided to make a comeback, taking his second son Yuan Shu and a group of cronies and servants to go to Beijing by canal.

The governor of this era was not just in charge of canals or transportation. The governor of Caoyun in the Ming Dynasty, the general name is the governor Caoyun and the military governor Fengyang and other places in charge of the river, not only to manage the canal and the river area on both sides of the river from Zhejiang in the south to the north to Beijing, but also to serve as the governor of Lufeng, to manage Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou, Xuzhou, Hezhou, Chuzhou and other state capitals, in the late Ming Dynasty, the governor of Caoyun also controlled all the military towns south of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River, and the power can be imagined.

Yuan Keli and Qiao Yunsheng received the holy decree of the imperial court almost at the same time, but Qiao Yunsheng set off soon after receiving the holy decree, while he hesitated for a few days, and learned the news of Qiao Yunsheng's recovery from Sun Chengzong's letter, so he also intended to wait for him in Linqing.

On the second day after Yuan Keli and his entourage arrived in Linqing, Qiao Yunsheng arrived. Because Qiao Yunsheng is the secretary of the Criminal Department, he went all the way to the official post, and when he arrived in Linqing, he also wanted to transfer to the official ship on the canal, but when he arrived, he knew that the section of the canal north of Linqing had been completely frozen and could not sail, so this wish was disappointed, and he had to stay in the post house on the side of the canal for the time being.

And Yuan Keligui is the new governor of Caoyun, and the entire canal and its surroundings are his territory, as soon as Qiao Yunsheng arrives, there are officials in charge of the river who immediately come to report. In this way, a criminal department secretary and a Caoyun governor entered the Beijing division together.

For these two old ministers, Zhu Daming respected them from the bottom of his heart, so when Wang Chengen led the two old men into the Qianqing Palace, one after the other, Zhu Daming also got up and left his seat, came to the door of the Dongnuan Pavilion, and greeted him in advance.

Qiao Yunsheng has white eyebrows, a tall figure, big ears, and a dignified appearance, while Yuan Keli has a clear face and a thin body, and he looks calm and capable when he walks, neither humble nor arrogant. Although the two are old and senior, they can be regarded as old ministers of the four dynasties, but they are both standard Confucian gentlemen, so no matter how old they are, no matter how young the emperor is, the emperor is also the monarch's father, Zhu Daming couldn't stop it, so he had to accept their visit.

Waiting for the two old ministers to sit down, Zhu Daming said: "The two Qing families have a tiring journey, and there is no need to worry about Your Majesty's resignation. ”

Qiao Yunsheng and Yuan Keli looked at each other, bowed down and said: "The ministers are waiting for Your Majesty's grace, reusing and reusing, and just tired, why worry about it, Your Majesty has nothing to worry about." ”

Zhu Daming nodded and said: "It's okay, now is the critical period for the imperial court to investigate and deal with the eunuchs, and the three law divisions will review and convict, the affairs of the criminal department are heavy, Qiao Aiqing recuperates for two days, and he can go to the ministry director without coming to his majesty to resign." Yuan Aiqing recuperated in Beijing for a period of time, and came back to his majesty when he left Beijing. ”

Among them, Qiao Yunsheng is over 70 years old, and he is not allowed to do things for a few days off, which is not a gift for preferential treatment of old ministers, and Yuan Keli's Caoyun Governor Yamen is in Huai'an, and he just came to Beijing from Suiyang, so he left Beijing and rushed to Huai'an, which is not the case.

Zhu Daming focused on telling Qiao Yunsheng about the principle of punishment for the eunuch case, and also initially told Yuan Keli a few things, such as selecting young and strong people from the Cao soldiers and Cao Ding and the canal and river workers, preparing for the establishment of the Cao Yun Governor's direct supervision standard, and then selecting and training Cao soldiers, expanding the Cao camp, and recruiting displaced people from Shanxi and Henan.

When Yuan Keli heard this, he was also surprised in his heart, the emperor had so many ideas, it seems that things are really as Sun Chengzong said, he can do a lot of things as the governor of Caoyun, and it is the time to make great achievements.

For some people, the tasks arranged by the emperor are too many or too heavy, which is a kind of pressure and a burden, but for Yuan Keli, who takes self-cultivation and governing the country and the world as his own responsibility, does not seek to be promoted and make a fortune, does not want to live a comfortable life, and only wants to make meritorious contributions to morality, only to leave a name in history and keep Dan in mind, the more affairs the emperor arranges, the heavier the burden, and the greater the power he gives, the more energetic and high-spirited he is.

Yuan Keli is such a person, he has never been afraid of complicated affairs, he is only afraid of too many constraints, but now that the emperor has so much trust in him, he not only allowed him to expand the Cao camp, but also allowed him to establish a direct supervision, and offered to let him recruit the southrunners of the southern Shanxi River to reclaim along the river, which suddenly aroused the ambition that had been dormant for a long time, and under the surging heart, he immediately left his seat and knelt down to thank him. Because Sun Chengzong had written to him beforehand, he knew a little about the new emperor's thinking, but he didn't expect the emperor's idea to be so grand and long-term, and it was impossible to come up with a specific strategy for a while, so he could only talk about it when he left Beijing, and the emperor gave him a period of rest in Beijing, and it is estimated that he also gave him time to consider various measures after taking office. Thinking about it this way, Yuan Keli found that the emperor gave his courtiers not only full trust, but also heart-to-heart understanding.

After the audience, Zhu Daming gave Qiao Yunsheng and Yuan Keli mansions in Beijing respectively. Previously, the Wei family and its henchmen in Beijing were confiscated, not only a large amount of gold and silver granges were copied, but also hundreds of official residences and private residences of the Beijing division, most of which are now idle, and they are distributed to the newly reappointed courtiers or meritorious ministers who have contributed to the death of the Ming Dynasty in history, which can be regarded as making the best use of things. At the same time as getting the mansion, Qiao Yunsheng's eldest grandson Qiao Qitai, who accompanied him to Beijing, and Yuan Shu, the second son of Yuan Keli who accompanied him to Beijing, also got the position of Jinyi Wei, Qiao Qitai, who had no meritorious fame, was made up as the official of the hundred households of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, and Yuan Shu, who had the fame of being a student, was made up of the Qianhu official of the Jinyi Wei Su Rape Division in Xuanfu Town.

What is the final ending of Qiao Qitai in history, Zhu Daming doesn't know, but Zhu Daming knows the ending of this Yuan Shu. In history, when Chongzhen died, Yuan Shu was an official in the Nanjing Military Department, and in the second year, the Manchu Qing soldiers besieged Nanjing, and many ministers of the Hongguang Dynasty surrendered, while Yuan Shu actively recruited troops to resist, and returned home and committed suicide after defeat. Now that Yuan Keli has brought this second son, who is quite strategic and virtuous, to Beijing to meet him, Zhu Daming naturally has no reason not to stay and reuse it.