As the two were talking, Cao Huachun turned around and stood at the door, bowed and said, "Emperor, Zhou Yingqiu is asking for a meeting."

Zhu Xu smiled, sat up and looked at Fu Changzong and said, "Let's listen together."

Fu Changzong also knew that Zhu Xu wanted to control the Ministry of Personnel, the head of all officials, through Zhou Yingqiu. He smiled and stood up, walked behind the screen to hide.

Zhou Yingqiu was dressed neatly, stood respectfully in front of Zhu Xu, bowed and said, "Mr. Zhou Yingqiu pays homage to the Emperor."

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "Flat, come, give him a seat."

An eunuch moved a stool and placed it behind Zhou Yingqiu, and quietly retreated back.

Zhou Yingqiu thanked her for her kindness, then sat on her butt, bent down, and seemed to listen to the Hadith carefully.

Zhu Xu shook his shoulders to relieve his fatigue. He took the tea next to him and asked before drinking it: "Tell me, what are the plans for the Ministry of Personnel?"

Zhou Yingqiu stood up again and raised his hand and said, "Back to the emperor, I heard that the Ministry of Personnel is now buying and selling official positions, and corruption and bribery are prevalent. After I take office, I will first severely pursuing the administration. Once I find out, I will handle everything strictly according to the law."

Zhu Xu's expression moved slightly, thinking carefully about Zhou Yingqiu's words. Zhou Yingqiu was the leader of the "Ten Dogs" of the eunuch party in history. He was tolerant and extremely capable. When he came to say this at this time, he obviously had a vague statement of his reputation.

Soon, Zhu Xu heard the sensation that the most powerful person selling official positions now is the Donglin Party, who uses the banner of "exorcism and using justice". Most of the buyers come from the Jiangnan official and business groups. There are also Shanxi merchants, who are also a huge group.

If you really make a list and search your houses one by one, I'm afraid it's not less than the last time the court robbed the Beijing vendors.

Zhu Xu nodded slightly with satisfaction, knocked his fingers on the table, and said simply and clearly, "Don't hurry, take your time. What I want you to do is three things: First, no one who is promoted in the future must be a clique. Second, strictly control the children of officials and gentry as officials and bring more poor families. Third, the Ministry of Personnel must investigate from top to bottom and dig bones to cure poison. These must be hidden. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhou Yingqiu listened to Zhu Xu's words, understood them and said, "I understand."

After Zhou Yingqiu finished speaking, he looked up at Zhu Xu picking up the teacup and drinking tea leisurely, lowered his eyes and said, "Emperor, I think that the foreign minister may test you."

Zhu Xu slapped the teacup in his hand and raised his eyes and said, "Test?"

Zhou Yingqiu bowed slightly and said, "Yes, I infer that it should be your first court meeting after you ascend the throne. Once they can suppress you at the court meeting, then the court will be..."

"Well, I understand."

Zhu Xuheshou and Zhou Yingqiu's words are very clear. In fact, it is the running-in between the new king and the foreign minister. The first time is the most important, and the result will be a model that will continue. Once the foreign ministers gain the upper hand in the court and have enough voice, this voice will become stronger and stronger, just like the Emperor of the Tianqi, and everything will be discussed in the end, otherwise the government orders will be difficult to implement and the Forbidden City will not be able to leave the Forbidden City!

When Zhou Yingqiu saw Zhu Xu nodded, he said, "I believe that our Ming Dynasty now has three major tasks: tax and silver, administration, and rectification of border affairs."

Zhu Xu nodded with a smile. Although Yingqiu had a little bad character this Zhou, he still had abilities.

In addition to thanking each other, Zhou Yingqiu came this time, and also showed his ability. When he saw Zhu Xu nodding, he said several more, including Daojing Prefecture, Kedao, Mining Supervision, Salt Tax, etc.

Zhu Xu was so tired these two days, but listening to Zhou Yingqiu's words, there was still a lot of inspiration. After all, Fu Changzong was short in the officialdom and was far less experienced than Zhou Yingqiu. He was well aware of the three flavors and every sentence hit the nail on the head.

When Zhou Yingqiu came to an end, Zhu Xu pondered and said, "From tomorrow, you can come to the side room on the left side of Wenzhao Pavilion and sit on the shift with my uncle."

Zhou Yingqiu was stunned. The Minister of Revenue had already handed over a memorial to resign. In fact, it was obvious that he was giving Fu Changzong a seat. Fu Changzong could not go further because he was a royal relative, but Fu Changzong seemed to be taking care of the Ministry of Revenue.

He understood in a flash that he had truly become the emperor's confidant when he was sitting with Fu Changzong. He hurriedly raised his hand, and said with joy on his face: "I thank the emperor for his kindness."

Zhu Xu smiled slightly, held the tea cup and sipped the tea.

Seeing that Zhu Xu looked sleepy and was about to leave, Zhou Yingqiu felt moved and said, "Emperor, Ni Wenhuan and Wang Shaohui are in the residence of their ministers at this moment."

Zhu Xu's brow moved, and then smiled and said, "I understand. Please send them away. I have my own arrangements."

"Yes, I'll leave."

Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Zhu Xu, took a few steps and turned around and walked outside.

Fu Changzong walked out from behind the screen and said to Zhu Xu, "This Lord Zhou is also an ambitious person."

Zhu Xu stood up, took a few steps on the ground, relaxed his legs, and said, "What I need now is not a loyal or a treacherous minister, but a person who can do things."

Fu Changzong looked at Zhu Xu, thoughtful, and quickly agreed. The Donglin Party sang high-profile, but rarely did practical things, but the eunuchs, because of their ambition, worked harder and harder, although it also contained selfish thoughts.

Thinking of the eunuch party, Fu Changzong looked at Zhu Xu again. He felt secretly: Wei Zhongxian is still in the prison, and Xu'er has always kept him. What is his purpose?

On the following day, Zhu Xu was waiting for the date of ascending the throne to arrive, but he couldn't stay idle at all. There were too many things he needed to decide and nodded.

He is not idle, and he is not idle outside the palace.

At this time, officials from all over the country came to Beijing to report their duties one after another. There were also Donglin Party members who were forced to retreat and deposed by the eunuch party before. At this moment, they entered Beijing and gathered in Yang Lian's mansion, including Zuo Guangdou, Gu Dazhang and others, who looked very enthusiastic about reopening and reorganizing the dynasty.

The eunuch party was even more frightened. Whether it was the new emperor, the trusted king or the imperial teacher, Yang Lian, was unlikely to let the eunuch party go, so they also acted more and more frequently.

As time went by, Beijing officials quickly formed three distinct forces, the "royal party" led by King Xin, the Donglin party led by Yang Lian, and the Gu party led by Gu Bingqian, Wei Guanghui, or the eunuch party!

As for neutral officials who did not form gangs or Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu and others, they all made explicit or secret statements that they would not participate in the party struggles and became the fourth force in obscurely.

On the last day of February, Zhu Youjian was walking slowly in a yard in the east of the city.

Wang Chengen followed him and said with a smile, "Prince, what about this yard? No matter how big or small or the location, I think it's very suitable."

Zhu Youjian walked around and said with satisfaction: "That's right, by the way, how much is the silver price in this yard?"

Wang Chengen said, "Prince, a total of 8,000 taels."

Zhu Youjian paused, turned his head and frowned and looked at him, "Where did the money come from?"

In just half a month, Zhu Youjian had already deeply felt the increasing difficulties of the Ming Dynasty. Every cent of silver was worth ten petals, not to mention that he knew the situation in his palace.

Wang Chengen smiled calmly and said, "Prince, have you forgotten the chamber of commerce you worked with the emperor?"

Zhu Youjian is a traditional scholar who hates the smell of money and businessmen. He used to avoid Zhu Youxiao's suspicion. Now, listening to Wang Chengen's words, his brows frown tightly, and he felt extremely strange in his heart.

Wang Chengen knew his master best, looked at his face and remained silent with him.
Chapter completed!