Yang Sichang reported the success and Shen Shuren made meritorious contributions, but Chongzhen first demoted Shen Ting's official position to Yang Mingsheng.

This is not that Chongzhen's mind is not clear and muddy, but that there is no need to rush the promotion of Shen Shuren, and he can discuss it slowly.

The promotion of Shen Tingyang to an official involved the imperial court's conclusion on the coffin of the new policy of Li Jin, which had just been tried for two or three months.

As long as Shen Tingyang's official position is nominally promoted, it means that the policy of centigold is affirmed, and the system can be transformed from a pilot to a long-term policy.

"The Great Age of Genes"

Those who did not oppose Shen Tingyang's promotion today will be embarrassed to bring up the old matter again tomorrow and oppose the promotion of Li Jin alone, so this matter is just mixed up.

After the court discussion ended, Shen Tingyang, who was standing in the civil official train, was still a little dizzy in his head.

In the past few months, he has been very diligent in his official duties for the reform of the gold and the Cao Yun. In each province, he conscientiously inquired about the progress and effectiveness of the reform, checked and made up for the shortcomings, and fine-tuned them.

After all, he was born as a businessman, even if he is not good at the Four Books and Five Classics, he still has a strong ability to calculate accounts and reduce costs. If you do something that is professionally appropriate, it is easy to get results.

He felt that he was "without merit, but also with hard work".

But Rao is like this, he didn't expect that his final promotion to Nanjing Hubu Shilang came so quickly.

And he was once again assisted by his son's meritorious service, because "it shows that after the implementation of the centijin policy, the efficiency of local military salary distribution has improved, the morale of the military has improved, and the combat performance has improved", so he completed the promotion of the final kick.

Regardless of whether the reason is far-fetched or not, the result is good anyway.

This kind of promotion is really dreamy.

Shen Tingyang couldn't help pinching his thighs several times, wanting to confirm whether all this was true.

"I have been an official for 12 years, and it took five years to be promoted from cabinet secretary to director, and another five years to be promoted from director to outsider. It only took a year to be promoted from a foreigner, and it only took a year to be promoted from a waiter.

God bless our Shen family, in the past two years since Lin Er opened his mind, our family has really prospered in official fortune, and it has been promoted once a year. I'm afraid that the ancestral tomb is smoking, after returning to the south this time, I must go to Suzhou to repair the ancestral tomb. ”

Shen Tingyang couldn't help but be cranky in his heart, so that everyone else retreated, and he was still stunned and didn't react.

But fortunately, Wang Chengen, the most trusted eunuch by Chongzhen's side, also came over at this moment and quietly commanded him, which just alleviated Shen Tingyang's disgrace and embarrassment.

"Shen Shilang, Your Majesty asked you to stay for a while, and there will be a separate pair after the dispersal of the dynasty."

Shen Tingyang hurriedly thanked him.

After a while, the other civil officials dispersed, and Shen Tingyang also came to the Wenhua Hall next door and continued to accept the emperor's questions.

Chongzhen didn't have anything else to do, purely before letting Shen Tingyang take office, he had to explain a few words, and by the way, he would test his character by the end.

Chongzhen's suspicion is undoubted, and others keep persuading him that "although the gold is good, it is easy to lead to the autonomy of local financial rights", Chongzhen is also a little worried in his heart.

After letting Shen Tingyang go this time, there was no one in the Shen family in the capital, and his intuition still made Chongzhen a little worried.

He didn't even realize the real reason for this layer buried deep in his subconscious, which was purely panicking.

Therefore, he subconsciously asked: "Shen Qing, this time you were promoted to Nanjing as a household servant, it can be regarded as a bright rise and a secret descent, and you won't complain about me, right?" ”

Shen Tingyang was sincerely afraid: "Your Majesty's holy grace, how dare the ministers speculate indiscriminately, the squire is noble, how can it be said that it is a bright rise and a dark fall." The minister was born in a merchant and neglected the righteousness of the sage, if he stayed in the capital, he was afraid that he would not be worthy of serving as a squire in this life. ”

A hint of suspicion flashed in Chongzhen's eyes: "It seems that you like to go to Nanjing to be an official." By the way, Zhou Shipu's words against Li Jin's policy, you won't hate him for it, right? He said that the gold will eventually lead to the division of the feudal town, which is perverse, do you think? ”

After Chongzhen asked, he actually had some expectations in his heart. This question is very tricky, if Shen Tingyang wants to hide his dissatisfaction with his political opponents, and deliberately says it very kindly, it will seem very fake.

Fortunately, Shen Tingyang is also realistic, and he has never held a grudge against Zhou Shipu. So he took a deep breath and sighed:

"Your Majesty, these words, when discussing the pros and cons of the Lijin policy, the minister and the dog also said it to Your Majesty, how could the minister hate Zhou Shangshu because of his words today, what he said was the truth.

But the minister still insists on the implementation of the gold, nothing more than that he feels that there is a priority, I am now worried about internal and external troubles, and I am in a hurry to follow the power, first pass the current difficulties and then say-

When Tang Suzong ascended the throne in Lingwu and faced the Anshi Rebellion, could it be that after he gave power to Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, it would be easy to lead to the secession of the feudal towns in the long run, so he didn't want to calm the Anshi rebels in front of him? As for the later changes in the Tang Dynasty, it is not the fault of Suzong Zhongxing. ”

After Chongzhen listened, he was shocked.

He really didn't expect that Shen Tingyang would be so sincere, and he said that Zhou Shangshu's words were right, and it was also a long-term view, but the distant water could not quench the thirst of the near.

And the key is that the example given by Shen Tingyang later made Chongzhen very useful.

He is not the culprit who caused the Ming Dynasty to fall to this point! When Da Ming was taken over by him, it was already eroded like this!

He has been diligent for 14 years, and every day he is trying his best to save Daming!

And Shen Tingyang's words are undoubtedly comparing Tang Suzong, who pacified the Anshi Rebellion and revived the Tang Dynasty, with him.

The Anshi Rebellion was provoked by Tang Xuanzong! Tang Suzong was not wrong, but he saved so much, even if the feudal town was divided in the end, can Tang Suzong be blamed?

Now the "Tang Xuanzong" of the Ming Dynasty should obviously be counted on the head of his grandfather Emperor Wanli!

Although he has been the emperor for forty-eight years, he is known as the longest reign of the Ming Dynasty and has not had any major events during his tenure, but in the end, the people are exhausted, there are signs of popular revolt, and there is a great defeat in Sarhu.

All of this can be compared with "Yu Yang Feng agitated"!

In Chongzhen's heart, he suddenly felt that he had never been so relieved.

This feeling is like an African uncle, there is a beautiful woman in front of him but there is no Taotao, originally he was still hesitant to go up, but now someone finally cheered him up:

"You live in a country where the average life expectancy is 30 years old, and you are still worried about infectious diseases? Do you live to the age of onset? That's all countries with good medical conditions to worry about! ”

Shen Tingyang can confess and analyze with him so honestly, and his loyalty is absolutely no problem.

Let him go to Nanjing.

……

After completely reassuring Shen Tingyang, Chongzhen began to think about how to arrange his son's merits and promotions.

This happened suddenly, and Chongzhen himself didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he had to consult a few cabinet elders in the cabinet first.

When Shen Shuren was given an official last year, the elders who were in power to handle personnel were Xue Guoguan, Cai Guoyong and others.

These guys were all Wen Tiren's henchmen at the beginning, and after Wen Tiren died in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, they also worked together in the center for two years.

But in the second half of last year, Xue Guoguan and the other two were also killed by Chongzhen for various crimes, so now the relevant posts of cabinet elders and main officials of the Ministry of Officials have become Wei Zhaocheng and Zhang Sizhi.

These two people have even less officialdom qualifications, and they were originally recommended by Xue Guoguan to join the cabinet. It is equivalent to that after his benefactor was killed by the emperor, he was replaced in turn.

And according to the original historical development, these two people will not be able to do it for a long time, and in more than a year, they will also be deposed by Chongzhen, but fortunately, they were not killed directly like Xue Guoguan, and finally picked up a life-

It can be seen that in the last three or five years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, being a pavilion elder was also a high-risk occupation, and it was normal to be killed and replaced in an average of one or two years.

In addition, in the original history, after April of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen had already begun to summon Zhou Yanru back to Beijing, and Zhou Yanru would also arrive in September of this year and serve as the first assistant.

But now, because of the butterfly effect of the Shen Shuren, the two defeats of Luoyang and Xiangyang have not yet happened, Yang Sichang has not died of illness, and the thief strategy of Yang Sichang's faction has not yet gone bankrupt. This caused the emperor to delay and ask Zhou Yanru to come back to clean up this mess.

(Note: Historically, Yang Sichang died of illness at the end of March of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and Zhou Yanru was called in April, which happened to be the month after Yang Sichang's death.) Yang Sichang in this time and space has lived three months longer than the same period in history. ）

Considering the fact that Zhou Yanru's comeback became late, Wei Zhaocheng and Zhang Sizhi in this life may be able to serve a few months longer than the same period in history.

The fate of these pavilion elders has changed, and they have no time to sigh for the time being.

Anyway, Chongzhen found Wei Zhaocheng and Zhang Sizhi, and asked them to stand in the position of the officials first, and negotiate a reward for Shen Shuren.

It is required that people must be able to make the best use of their talents, reward their merits, and not wronged capable ministers who fought for the country. It is advisable to arrange a position of real power to coordinate the cross-border crackdown on thieves.

And the reason why Chongzhen has such a specific requirement is also related to a description in Yang Sichang's report document-

Yang Sichang emphasized in the recital that after Shen Shuren led his troops to pursue and arrived at the Huguang and Henan provincial border checkpoints in Tongbai Mountain, he stopped the pursuit, and fortunately Liu Guoneng of the Henan garrison bravely pursued and flanked the attack, and finally besieged and destroyed the main force of Erhe.

Because in Shen Shuren's previous official position, the prefect of Huangzhou could only do things in Huangzhou, and he couldn't even go to the state capital. The official position of Hubei military preparation can lead the troops to suppress the thieves.

But Suizhou to Xinyang is no longer as simple as Yuefu, but Yuezhou, so Shenshu people can't go. From a legal point of view, the coordinator of the previous battle was Yang Sichang himself, and Shen Shuren was Liu Guoneng, who asked Yang Sichang to send reinforcements.

Chongzhen is of course very unhappy with this kind of capable minister who "can obviously do more things for the Ming Dynasty", but he can't contribute more because of the constraints of authority.

Although he is emotionally unstable, as long as he feels that a person can use it, he still hopes to give full play to his talents as soon as possible and use them well, just like he trusted Yuan Chonghuan who boasted about Haikou at the beginning, what power do you want to give what power, but in the end things are not done and you want to kill.

After Wei Zhaocheng and Zhang Sizhi checked it, they were also quite embarrassed by the emperor's specific requirements.

After all, if you want to let the Shenshu people fight thieves across provinces, it is basically possible to get the level of governor, and the governor can supervise several provinces under normal conditions, but how can the Shenshu people be promoted to governor?

Even if it is the governor, with the current qualifications of Shen Shuren, it is far behind, and under normal circumstances, the governor can only take care of one province, and it is very difficult to fight across Huguang and Henan-

Let's put it this way, if it is an official in his thirties who has enough years of experience in the officialdom, and today he has made a meritorious contribution to the second congratulation, then it is still possible to be promoted from the provincial level to the governor.

But Shen Shu is only twenty-one and a half years old, and after the twenty-second year, the governor will be too fast, and he will not be rewarded for his achievements in the future. If he wants to be promoted to governor, he will at least double the credit of other officials in their thirties and forties.

Otherwise, the imperial court would rather only give real power, not rank treatment, or even give a knighthood rather than directly to the governor.

After Wei Zhaocheng and Zhang Sizhi repeatedly checked, they finally found a precedent from the pile of old papers and advised Chongzhen:

"Your Majesty, if you really believe in Shen Shuren and want him to contribute more to the country, it is better to compare the story of Chongzhen's nine-year history and law, first go to Shen Shuren as the prefect of Huangzhou, retain the Hubei military preparation, and then add the title of the imperial history of the capital, and indicate the scope of the imperial history of the capital.

If the follow-up performance is indeed outstanding, and the five battalions of the left are all eliminated, and the thieves in the dangerous places at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui are all destroyed, and then the governor of Yushi Jia will take the actual position. ”

Chongzhen actually doesn't pay much attention to treatment, he attaches importance to real power. In other words, as long as the people below can do more, wages and benefits are not important, and it is not impossible to do important power work with low salaries.

So after thinking about it, he just asked, "The imperial history of the capital generally can't be inspected across provinces, right?" ”

Wei Zhaocheng hurriedly played: "Your Majesty forgot?" Five years ago, when Shi Kefa was given the title of Imperial Historian, it was temporarily set up, so that he could inspect the Anluchi Taisi Prefecture in Nanzhili and Anhui, as well as Guangzhou, Gushi, and Luotian in Henan, Qizhou, Guangji, and Huangmei in Huguang, and Dehua and Hukou in Jiangxi.

At that time, Shi Kefa was temporarily sent this flexible dispatch because Lu Xiangsheng pursued the 5th Battalion of the Left Wing to this point, and the 5th Battalion of the Left Battalion fled into the deep mountains at the junction of the three provinces, and there must be a special person to manage the coordination.

Later, Shi Kefa performed extraordinarily, and only then did he take up the post of governor of Anlu in the following year. Now His Majesty had hoped that Shi Kefa would officially take over Zhu Dadian's post as Governor of Caoyun, and this was the beginning of the handover last year.

Therefore, the governor of Anlu will soon be vacant, and His Majesty can suggest that Shen Shuren make persistent efforts and do it first according to the treatment of Shi Kefa five years ago. After Lin Chengcheng and Ma Shouying were all destroyed, to ensure that there were no more thieves in the mountainous areas at the junction of the three provinces, they would give the Shen Shuren the governor of the Imperial Historical Facts, presumably the Shen Shuren would work harder and harder, and be grateful to Dade. ”

Chongzhen touched his beard, thinking that this was feasible and solved the problem that Shen Shuren was too young.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, when Shi Kefa achieved this imperial history, he was thirty-five years old, which was fourteen years older than today's Shen Shuren. Shen Shuren's credit so far is slightly higher than that of Shi Kefa five years ago, and in the final analysis, it is the loss of seniority.

"Okay, that's what to do first, and you go and draw up the will. Let's see if this Shenshu man has any other outstanding performances recently, and if there is, then find a way to reward him from aspects other than his official position, and he can't chill the heart of the hero. Chongzhen finally accepted this condition.