"What? Got stuck?" Zhu Youzhen frowned.

"There are no difficulties, but Luzon is a long way away, and the climate is hotter and humid than Lingnan, so I'm afraid the people below are not very happy to go."

Even though he was a little unhappy to see Zhu Youzhen, Fan Jingwen still told the truth with his neck.

"Oh? Could it be that officials still allow them to pick and choose? If you dare to complain and disrespect the will, you will be dismissed."

"No, Your Majesty." Bi Ziyan also spoke. "Your Majesty just wants to select talents to govern Luzon, if it is enforced, and the elected officials will do nothing, won't it be counterproductive?"

"So what do you say? A place as big as Luzon has to be taken care of, right?"

Zhu Youzhen rubbed his head, looking extremely headache.

"In my opinion, gather officials at all levels of the ministries and draw lots to decide. Catch who's who!" Fan Jingwen said with a smile.

"Princess, how can the appointment of court officials be such a child's play!?" Jiang Dejing, who has always been decent, was not happy when he heard it, and he didn't care that Fan Jingwen was the first assistant, so he directly questioned it.

"What then? Why don't you go?"

"Go, go! Isn't it still scared?"

"Okay, just wait for your words!" After speaking, Fan Jingwen looked at Zhu Youzhen. "Your Majesty, since Jiang Zhongbao volunteered, let him go! The cabinet ministers took the lead, and all the problems were solved!"

"Gentleman, this cabinet can't leave Zhongbao." The more Bi Ziyan looked at Fan Jingwen, the more strange he became, how could the dignified cabinet chief assistant look like a scoundrel in the market?

"What do you say? Why don't you go? The cabinet is taking the lead, and the appeal is even stronger!"

"You..."

Originally, he came out to persuade him, but he talked about it for a long time.

"Bi Ge is already old, how can he withstand such bumps?" Lu Zhenfei couldn't stand it anymore.

"Where are you going?" Fan Jingwen squinted at Lu Zhenfei, still saying the same thing.

Get! Do not say.

Lu Zhenfei simply shut his mouth.

Everyone stared at Fan Jingwen strangely and didn't speak for a long time.

This Fan Jingwen has taken the wrong medicine today! How to get who bites whom.

"That's it!"

Seeing that everyone was fighting a little stiffly, Zhu Youzhen, who was silent on the side, spoke:

"All the ministers are the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and no one can go. But I know your concerns. Is it just that they are afraid that Luzon is far away, and the climate is different from that of the interior, so they are afraid that the officials will not adapt to it when they arrive? This concern can be completely eliminated. But Zhuqing, you only know that Luzon is far away, so do you know how far it is? Do you know how long it will take to get on the boat?"

How many people looked at each other, how far? Why do you have to have a few thousand miles?

You have to take a boat, why can't you float on the sea for two months to get there?

"Don't know, right? I'll tell you. From Tianjin to Manila in Luzon, it is about 5,500 miles!"

So far?

How long does that have to be at sea?

Among them, the farthest hometown from the capital belongs to Jiang Dejing, who is a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, and is a fellow countryman with Zheng Zhilong. Quanzhou is only more than 2,000 miles away from the capital, and Tianjin to Manila is twice as far as Quanzhou! And it's a waterway!

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words came out, everyone didn't want to go.

"Are you scared? I tell you, don't be afraid! Riding the latest steam warship of the Ming Dynasty will greatly shorten the distance of sea voyages! Guess how many days it took Xie Xuelong's First Fleet to Manila?"

Few days?

Everyone only knows that His Majesty secretly trained the army at sea, and it is said that the combat power is extremely strong, and he has made great contributions on the battlefield of Luzon. But there's more to it than that.

"Nine days!"

"What?" Except for Fan Jingwen, everyone's eyes widened.

"Don't believe it? Those red-haired people don't believe it either, how about now? All of Luzon is ours! So, the long journey is not an excuse! I sent a ship to the officials who went to take office

Go! In addition to that, you can also enjoy one month of paid vacation every year! During the tenure of office for 13 months, if the assessment is qualified, the year-end bonus will be issued at the end of the year. Will this condition work?"

"Okay! Your Majesty! With such favorable conditions, officials who are willing to go are afraid that they will be like carp crossing the river! In less than two years, Luzon will surely become another granary of the Ming Dynasty!" As soon as Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, Fan Jingwen was the first to sing praises.

"Granary?" Zhu Youzhen smiled. "Luzon is not only rice crops three times a year, but also has extremely rich mineral resources. And the most of them are copper mines! And then there's the gold mine! What can all this bring to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty!"

Everyone heard that there were copper and gold mines in Luzon. The spirit has also come.

As long as it is not a wild and barren land, being an official is a rich way after all.

Zhu Youzhen did not believe this, he has seen from the data that the Philippines has 4.8 billion tons of copper reserves, which is a considerable figure. In any way, it is very necessary to make this place a part of the Ming Dynasty permanently.

So, he's going to add another trick.

"In addition, I am going to change the appointment mechanism of the cabinet assistants. The future Cabinet must include an official with a resume of serving as a first- or second-in-command overseas for at least three years."

I have to say that everyone was shocked by Zhu Youzhen's words again.

There are only five people in the current cabinet, and if there must be one of them with overseas experience in the future, it will inevitably increase the hope of some people who would not have had the opportunity in the first place. Or rather, a shortcut.

"Your Majesty, what kind of places are you referring to overseas?" Jiang Dejing asked.

"Right now, there are only three places: North Korea, Taiwan, and Luzon. There will be more in the future."

North Korea, Taiwan, Luzon...

Several people secretly pondered the officials of these three places.

Needless to say, Yuan Keli is very old, and according to people who have returned from North Korea, his health has deteriorated day by day. Maybe one day he will go to the west, and it is naturally impossible to enter the cabinet. There are no candidates in Luzon, and there is only one Taiwan left.

Shi Bangyao!

According to His Majesty's wishes, the future cabinet will definitely have a place for Shi Bangyao. In that case, Luzon's position is really crucial.

Power is the most enthusiastic pursuit of human beings throughout the ages. Although they have reached the top, they know how much temptation they can bring to people. A place that no one wants to go to is probably going to become a sweet spot.

Wait a minute!

There will be more places like this in the future!?

My Majesty, you don't intend to stop at all!

"In this way, will you still feel embarrassed?"

"Your Majesty!"

Several people echoed and joked, the emperor has already promised such generous conditions, if you don't know what to do, let alone unwilling to go to Luzon, whether the official hat can be kept or not.

Is this majesty in front of you still some kind of soft-hearted person?

Didn't you see that Fan Jingwen sang and harmonized just to cooperate with His Majesty?

Bah!

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