On August 16, Zheng Xunrui was ordered to enter the Qianqing Palace.

The controversy of the early dynasty has long been spread, and the impeachment cannot be resolved, on the contrary, Liu Zongzhou and others were reprimanded, so that Liu Zongzhou was sick in the mansion and was about to resign from the position of the Ministry of Works.

On August 15, the cabinet was supposed to announce the cabinet adjustment, but unfortunately because of the impeachment of Liu Zongzhou and others, as well as the emperor's anger, the early dynasty did not directly announce it, probably the emperor also took it into account, if it had been announced, it might have caused a greater controversy.

After Zheng Xunrui knew this qiē, he felt funny and sad.

The adjustment and change of the ministers of the imperial court, which is the power of the emperor, has reached a situation where it cannot be directly announced, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty's official system has developed to the point of deformity, in fact, in the Zhengde and Jiajing years, this kind of signs have emerged, it is said that to the matter and supervise the imperial history, the grade is not high, that is, the officials of the seventh grade, but they can directly impeach the cabinet ministers, and even directly contradict the emperor in public.

The so-called backbone of the Ming scholars, also developed to the point of rigidity and pedantic, the thing that impressed Zheng Xunrui the most was the matter of the great etiquette during the Jiajing period, Emperor Zhengde drowned, no heirs, his younger brother Emperor Jiajing succeeded to the throne, and the Wenchen represented by Yang Tinghe asked Emperor Jiajing to recognize Emperor Xiaozong as his father, and call his father uncle, Yang Tinghe and others are still Cheng Zhu Lixue, of course Emperor Jiajing will not agree, and it is also a great etiquette dispute that lasted for 20 years.

Although Emperor Jiajing took relatively bloody measures in this great ceremonial dispute, beating many ministers to death with a cane, and finally insisted on his own opinion, the so-called practice of the Ming Dynasty scholars to focus on the overall situation and abandon family affection and ignore human ethics made no one understand. Their pedantry has reached the point where they are unkind to the ancients.

The abnormal development of the official system, by the time of the Wanli period, was already very strict, so that there was a struggle between cabinet ministers. They can be impeached regardless of the facts, which is similar to stirring up nonsense, and the targets of impeachment include the first assistant of the cabinet and hundreds of civil and military officials. It is a pity that most of these speech officials were born in the Hanlin Academy, and after a few years of study in the Hanlin Academy, they entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Departments. There is no innovation, and I don't know that the times are advancing.

It is for this reason that the imperial examination is highly valued by the upper officials, and through the imperial examination to become a teacher or a jinshi, a teacher for one day and a father for life, then naturally they can influence the scholars from their words and deeds, whether they enter the imperial court or are scattered in all strata of society.

Interest groups such as the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party were born under such circumstances, and the rise and fall of the country and the suffering of the people have taken a secondary position among these party groups, and striving for the maximization of their own interests has become the primary task. Therefore, the situation of the same party and different battles emerged in an endless stream, becoming the biggest chronic disease of the Ming Dynasty and could not be eliminated.

I want to change that. It's not an overnight thing, unless it's a big move, but it's a pity that the emperor doesn't have such courage, and I'm afraid he doesn't have such ability.

Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Fengyi, Qian Shisheng, Zhang Zhifa, and others stood in front, and Yang Yipeng, the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Hou Sui, the governor of Caoyun, Huang Shijun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, He Fengsheng, the left attendant of the Nanjing Rite Department, Kong Zhenyuan, and others, stood a little behind.

Among the bunch. gathered the best among the scholars, Huang Shijun is the champion of the 35th year of Wanli, Qian Shisheng is the champion of the 44th year of Wanli, Zheng Xunrui is the champion of Chongzhen's 44th year, He Fengsheng is the 44th year of Wanli, and Kong Zhenyuan is the 47th year of Wanli.

The young Zheng Xunrui stood in this group of people, particularly conspicuous, although he was the champion of the palace examination, but at the age of twenty-two, he still had a taste of standing out from the crowd.

At the end of the day, the emperor appeared in the Qianqing Palace.

Behind the emperor were the eunuch Wang Chengen and Gao Qiqian, Wang Chengen was holding the holy decree in his hand, there was no expression on his face, when Gao Qiqian followed into the Qianqing Palace, he glanced at Zheng Xunrui and quickly lowered his head.

Soon, Wang Chengen began to announce the decree.

Zheng Xunrui, who was kneeling on the ground, was a little annoyed, every time he came to the capital, after entering the Qianqing Palace, he always inevitably knelt, this very ordinary action in the eyes of everyone, in his opinion, it was not normal, and he always felt that his self-esteem had been challenged.

This decree is indeed extraordinary.

Zhang Fengyi was awarded the title of Scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, given the crown prince Taibao, and became the second assistant of the cabinet, Yang Yipeng, Hou Sui, Huang Shijun, He Fengsheng, Kong Zhenyuan and others were awarded the title of Dongge University Scholar, and the crown prince Shaobao, and the counselor of the aircraft.

The cabinet suddenly expanded to eight members.

After Wang Chengen announced the decree, Zhang Fengyi and others received the decree to thank him.

Then Gao Qiqian began to read the second decree.

Zheng Xunrui served as the governor of Caoyun, and concurrently served as the governor of Huai'an Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture and Chuzhou Prefecture.

Yang Tingshu served as the Yin of Yingtianfu, and Wei Chengrun, the young Zhan of Zhan Shifu, served as the governor of Shanxi, the right deputy imperial envoy.

Liu Zongzhou, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, was appointed as the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and Dong Qichang, the former secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites due to physical reasons.

Lu Xiangsheng served as the right deputy envoy of the military department, the governor of the five provinces, and the governor of Huguang.

After the decree was announced, Zheng Xunrui quickly became the focus of attention in the DPRK and China.

The two most important local positions of the Ming Dynasty, one is the governor of Caoyun, the second is the governor of Jiliao, these two positions, must be held in the position of the six Shangshu or the imperial history of the Imperial Palace, its power is very large, the governor of Caoyun concurrently serves as the governor of the four prefectures and three states, and has jurisdiction over all matters of the four prefectures and three prefectures in the south, and is responsible for all matters of Caoyun, and the governor of Jiliao leads Liaodong and Baoding, Shandong, Tianjin, Dengzhou and Laizhou, and other places, and controls the governor of Shuntian, the governor of Baoding, the governor of Liaodong.

The most important duty of the governor of Caoyun is to be responsible for transporting grain from all over the south to Beijing, Caoyun relies on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows through almost all the richest agricultural areas, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the most important economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty, and the grain supply in the north almost all rely on Caoyun.

Zheng Xunrui is too young, at such a young age, he is in charge of the Ming Caoyun, and as the head of the household department, he serves as the governor of Caoyun, which has to arouse everyone's amazement and curiosity.

Everyone knows the game in the court, and under such circumstances, the emperor gave Zheng Xunrui a heavy responsibility to make the young Zheng Xunrui a second-class high-ranking official, which should be a very bold decision.

Zheng Xunrui didn't care about a lot of discussions, after receiving the order, he went to see his parents and Erniang, he still has a lot of things to deal with, especially about Zheng Jiajun, this time to fight against the Liukou, Zheng Jiajun has made a great contribution, the military department will still Zheng Xunrui presented the twists and turns, appointing many officers of Zheng Jiajun.

Zheng Fugui's Ma family and Sun family have not seen Zheng Xunrui for many years, and they are used to life in the capital, a rich and comfortable life. Zheng Xunrui's future is closely related to their life in the capital, so they have always been very concerned.

After learning that Zheng Xunrui was appointed as the governor of the household department Shangshu Caoyun, Zheng Fugui was very happy, as a family, Zheng Xunrui was in a high position at such a young age, and he was the first person in the family, thinking about moving to Jiangning County, after many years, the Zheng family has not appeared in the talent, Zheng Xunrui can be said to be one of the leaders.

Of course, Zheng Fugui still has other ideas, thinking that Zheng Xunrui can care about other people in the family, the so-called one person has ascended to heaven, the Zheng family has talents, and the rest of the people will follow.

To tell the truth, the relationship between Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Fugui, Ma and Sun is not intimate, after all, they are people who have crossed over, and it is basically impossible to achieve a seamless blend with their parents.

The holy decree made it clear that Zheng Xunrui would take office on September 16, and the time was one month.

On August 18, Yang Tingshu returned to the capital and met with Zheng Xunrui.

Yang Tingshu's luck is not very good, as the governor of Shanxi, it is the time when Shanxi suffered a famine, he basically did not do anything in Shanxi, and this time he was able to serve as the governor of Shuntianfu, which was also unexpected by many people.

Zheng Xunrui and Yang Tingshu have been together for a full day, as for what they talked about, outsiders don't know, but everyone knows that the relationship between Zheng Xunrui and Yang Tingshu is by no means ordinary.

After only five days in the capital, Zheng Xunrui prepared to leave the capital and go to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, on August 20.

25,000 soldiers of the Zheng family's army, leaving 2,000 people to follow Zheng Xunrui, the rest of the soldiers have already gone to Xi'an Fucheng, Zheng Xunrui and Zhang Fengyi, the cabinet assistant of the main officer and soldier department, exchanged views, Zheng Jiajun followed to Huainan Mansion to station, Zhang Fengyi is very clear, Zheng Jiajun has become one of the most courageous armies in the Ming Dynasty, must be carefully cared for, Zhang Fengyi, who is familiar with military affairs, is even more clear that it is impossible for Zheng Jiajun to remove the chief military officer, and it is impossible for others to interfere in management, so that Zheng Jiajun can only make changes, The Qi family army back then was the best example.

Zheng Xunrui and Xu Wanghua also discussed that the Zheng family army must stay in Xi'an Mansion to guard a part of the sergeants, which is conducive to maintaining stability in Shaanxi and other places, but the vast majority of the Zheng family army sergeants must follow to Huai'an Mansion. (To be continued.) )