Chapter 528: New Cabinet

After dispersing, Zhu Youzhen walked like a fly, walked to a no-man's land, and finally couldn't help but be excited, and laughed three times in the sky: "Hahaha!" "Those civil and military ministers above the main hall have been looking at them unpleasantly for a long time, and they have long wanted to clean them up, but they have never had the opportunity or the ability. With a nameless fire in his heart, this emperor is really inseparable from the support of these civil and military forces. Now it's different, these people who couldn't live without before have suddenly become less important, and they naturally want to vent when they have the opportunity.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen didn't do things absolutely, after all, these people are really the foundation of his rule. Ruling and governing an entire country cannot bypass these people. Even if they are a bunch of waste, they can only use them to transition first, and then slowly discover and cultivate new talents.

"That's all I can do!" Zhu Youzhen was excited, and talked to himself helplessly. For other things, he has to wait for the next generation, and he can only lay the foundation.

Chen Xie was originally reluctant to enter Beijing from Dengzhou, and Zhu Youzhen said very directly that the safety of the Beijing division could not rely on those wastes, considering the situation in Liaodong and Mongolia, Chen Xie had to compromise. The meaning of putting an elite cavalry team in Beijing, Zhu Youzhen did not say it, and Chen Xie could also feel deep trust and dependence.

Zhu Youzhen's character can do such a thing, which shows how hard the country's situation has hit him in recent years. In the face of disappointment after disappointment, Chen Xie who stood up was the only bright spot. No matter how dark the emperor's mental tricks are, when he treats Chen Xie, Zhu Youzhen can't be dark. To be honest, it also depends on the person.

With a strong army at hand, the rest is much easier. Zhu Youzhen also wanted to see those rice buckets in Beijing. After seeing the Dengzhou battalion enter Beijing, how would you react when faced with a sense of crisis?

The affairs of Jingshi are too complicated, which is probably the reason why Chen Xie is reluctant to stay in Jingshi. Master Chen is now accustomed to simple and rough methods in doing things, and he is really uncomfortable in that kind of unproductive environment. But some people feel like a fish in water, and this is the place to stay.

After the dispersal of the dynasty. Hong Chengchou had a dark face, he was the title of the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the position of the scholar of the Eastern Pavilion, the second lowest rank in the cabinet, one place higher than Yang Tinglin. The reason is very simple, he started from the grassroots level, and his military merits are relatively heavy. Among the cabinet ministers in this dynasty, he and Lu Xiangsheng both started by suppressing thieves, and neither of them was born in Hanlin, so they can be regarded as a representative. Yang Tinglin also worked as a Shujishi. It's not their own.

The relationship between the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was very complicated, what township party, what same year, what teacher, anyway, it was complicated. There is even the number of Donglin, which is completely gathered together because of the similarity of political claims, and later there is a bundle of interests mixed with interests. After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he hated the so-called party struggle. The reason why Wen Tiren was taken down was because of "the party". How was Qian Qianyi unlucky? Or because there is a party. But when it comes to "friends". Even an emperor doesn't like it.

Does Chen Xie have a party? There is definitely no party in politics. This product is just a free party, and it doesn't mix in at all. He only sits on what he wants to do, and it's not something that anyone who wants to win over Chen Xie can pull in. Hong Chengchou undoubtedly didn't expect to get closer to Chen Xie, and the hatred between the two had already been buried. Even the hatred that can't be resolved, it's just that Chen Xie seems to have forgotten about it, and Hong Chengchou also pretends that the previous things didn't happen. The harmony of the face is to be maintained. It's hard to say how to do it in private. However, the current Hong Chengchou does not have the strength and courage. In his bones, he is afraid of Chen Xie.

Hong Chengchou, who is full of ambitions, is very different from what he thought before after taking office, and his loss can be imagined. He didn't care about the lives of the noble ministers who were engaged in the grain trade, but he suddenly found that the balance between the monarch and the minister did not appear with the new policy. Zhu Youzhen, who gave up some power. On the contrary, it is more aggressive and proactive. This is undoubtedly not in the interests of Wenchen.

There are five members of this cabinet, the first assistant is Zhou Yanru, the second assistant is Chen Yan, followed by Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Yang Tinglin. This combination is an over-combination of hand-picks, and the next cabinet is the product of the real meaning of the court. In the past, the court pushed the officials to first take a list of qualified qualifications, but now this qualification has been clarified, if you want to become a university scholar, you must come all the way from the grassroots level, and then at least a third-grade member. In this way, the room is much larger, and the competition is more intense.

Hong Chengchou could think of it with his toes that Tingtui four years later would now enter the competition stage. And there is a loophole in the rules of this court push, that is, ten people are elected, and the emperor selects five, and finally the seats are decided according to the number of votes. This rule is really pitiful, and Hong Chengchou feels that the emperor is making it clear that he wants the ministers to fight to the death first. If you don't fight, you can't do it, otherwise you won't have a chance to get to the position of a university scholar. And this current college bachelor is not having a good time now, how many eyes are staring at the position under their butts.

In order to keep their positions in the cabinet, these scholars will definitely not give up the opportunity to be re-elected, and any comradeship at that time will be nonsense. When it's time to kill your opponent, you won't be relentless at all. So now this sense of crisis is already very strict, and Hong Chengchou prides himself on walking on thin ice. In such a comparison, Chen Xie outside is really happy. What is the difference between the governor of the three provinces and the emperor of the soil? is still the emperor of the soil who is chartered by the emperor, and this treatment is really envious of the dead.

When he returned to the office, before his ass was hot, a scribe came to invite him to Zhou Yanru's meeting, Hong Chengchou agreed, cleaned up, and walked to Zhou Yanru's office, and the others arrived first.

Zhou Yanru picked up a stack of notebooks in his hand and said, "There are a few things to discuss." When he said this, Zhou Yanru's heart was still very bitter, because the cabinet had also been improved, and the new system was carried out by Zhu Youzhen. Specifically, when the Cabinet is acting on major military affairs, it must have the support of three or more Cabinet Ministers. This is not like before, Shousuke's voice is very heavy. If you want to use your personal prestige to suppress these assistants, it is unrealistic to look at the current cabinet. Chen Yan is a little better, he seems to be an "echo worm", and Lu Xiangsheng is a donkey, the type who does not walk backwards. Yang Tinglin and Lu Xiangsheng are relatively close, and both of them have similar personalities. Hong Chengchou is a mature official, the problem is that Zhou Yanru did not find out his details, and before taking office, he sent someone to invite him to the mansion as a guest, but he was politely refused. It's all the new system!

Everyone sat down, with a copy of these things in front of them, picked it up and looked at it, and roughly knew what was going on, and then Zhou Yanru continued: "Let's come in order, let's talk about the first thing first, Your Majesty is very dissatisfied with the military war bureau in the inner government, and it has been suspended, and the craftsmen have been sent to Liaodong." Let the cabinet draw up a charter to ensure the quality of the ordnance manufacturing of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in the future. ”

When it comes to this matter, in fact, the one who has the most right to speak is Hong Chengchou, he came back from the war with his troops outside, and he knows what the Ordnance Bureau of the Ming Ministry of Industry is. Originally, it was an advanced weapon, but because the quality was too poor, it would inevitably explode within three rounds, and the army would rather use cold weapons. Well, the cannon is a little better, but it is also limited. The mass is bulky, and problems such as the barrel of the cannon are red after three or five shots are very common. At the beginning, Tang Ruowang worked in Beijing for a period of time, casting several red-clothed cannons, which still had some results. But that thing is four or five thousand catties at every turn, and it can still be used on the city, and it is a burden to pull it out for field battles.

Zhu Youzhen was very dissatisfied with this issue, and naturally there were very good reasons. What kind of equipment is the Dengzhou battalion? Pure firearm equipment, when have you ever seen a bore? Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, this Arsenal Bureau is too wide-ranging, and it is not a problem that can be solved with a word, unlike the inner government, which is managed by eunuchs, and the emperor will be destroyed in one sentence. All the craftsmen were assigned to Liaodong, and several eunuchs in charge of the affairs evaporated.

It can be said that the emperor is very angry with the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, but after the new and improved system, it is not easy for him to intervene directly. It seems to be a bit of a cocoon, but Zhu Youzhen still did it, which shows Chen Xie's influence on him.

As a cabinet, you have to give an explanation, continue like this, forget it if there is no comparison, now there is a Dengzhou Ordnance Bureau as a comparison. The four general soldiers of the entire army in Xiangyang are all equipped with Dengzhou equipment, why haven't they been replaced with knives and guns? The emperor is not stupid, he didn't know before, but now he knows, and he still has the ability to change.

"The ordnance made by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry is indeed inferior to that made in Dengzhou. When I was in Shaanxi, I had a few red-coated cannons in my hand, but I didn't bring them with me when I entered Sichuan. However, the four towns of the whole army in Xiangyang brought more than 100 artillery pieces, which were light and tight, and they were usually pulled by a horse, and two horses could also be carried on the mountain road. Of course, Hong Chengchou must reflect his strengths, and he should not be stupid in this right to speak. And he said it very artistically, and he didn't say anything too much, just said that there was a zài gap.

At this point, Hong Chengchou stopped and did not continue to say what to do. It's also the art of speaking.

Zhou Yanru was a little tired in his heart, what you said was something that everyone knows, so you didn't say it. I'm asking what to do, it's a bit offensive. The Beijing officials are bitter about Qing, especially the yamen like the Ministry of Industry, and there has been no major siege in recent years. Make some weapons to make a scene, and the army below doesn't like to use it. It used to be a harmonious atmosphere, and everyone pretended not to see it. After more than ten years of war, this matter has long been exposed. There was also a big explosion during this time. (To be continued......)