Chapter 40 The Court Meeting (Part 2)
Xu Guangqi looked at the expressions of the ministers around him, and knew that these people were willing to go to the prosperous capital to that hard place, and their minds couldn't help but floated to the distance...
But I remembered the letter from my eldest disciple Sun Yuanhua that I received a few days ago. Most of the letters were thanking my teacher. However, although one of them was gently described, Xu Guangqi saw some tricks, that is, the errand of choosing and training the navy. Xu Guangqi didn't remember it much at that time, but suddenly he had some ideas. Sun Yuanhua was his first disciple and had been following him for so many years. Although Sun Yuanhua was very dedicated to the research of firearms, he knew that this warship was actually Sun Yuanhua's favorite. However, at that time, the court had issued a ban on the sea at that time, but Sun Yuanhua had no chance to contribute to the court. Now it was a good opportunity. Maybe there was no hope for this strategy, but it should be possible to be a governor, and that was where he could better play his talents.
Then he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the so-called talented people do not avoid relatives. The weak minister dared to recommend his disciple Sun Yuanhua to take on the position of governor of Denglai!"
"Sun Yuanhua, oh, it's the one I selected from the research institute to Liaodong a few days ago. But this one is to choose the navy training. Does he have such experience?" Zhu Youchao still had some impression of Sun Yuanhua, but that was only in the research institute. As for the candidates for this navy, he can't be careless. The navy is what Zhu Youchao cares most about the most.
Xu Guangqi also knew that this was a bit unrealistic. Although those short-sighted people could not see the power of this governor, they were not all corpse-positioned people in the court. The competition for this position must be very fierce. He said: "Your Majesty, I have never been to the battlefield to train the new army in Tongzhou. Is it not impossible for Sun Yuanhua to serve as the governor of Denglai?"
Zhu Youxiao had always admired Xu Guangqi in the past because Xu Guangqi had made great progress in his thoughts and greatly exceeded the level of feudal literati of the same era. However, there was a little bad that he could expand his Catholicism. He always tried his best to recommend his Catholic church members and disciples to Zhu Youxiao. Zhu Youxiao was a little dissatisfied with this. Although Zhu Youxiao had no major disgust for these Catholics like the previous Ming emperors, he was always a little awkward.
So he ignored Xu Guangqi and asked the ministers in the hall: "Dear ministers, are there any suitable candidates? I will choose one from the cabinet if I see the candidates. I see it, Sun Chengzong's beloved ministers will serve as the other party. Now that the Pingliao Navy has just been established, someone will be responsible for the mobilization in the capital. As for Denglai and the governor of Qingdao, all the ministers will be elected."
The ministers in the hall bowed their heads and whispered again. It was obvious that they had spoken first when they saw Xu Guangqi, and they didn't dare to compete with Xu Guangqi for the position of governor of Denglai. As for Qingdao, they had never heard of it. These officials were even more reluctant to go. Of course, those who were willing to go were not qualified to stand in the hall. The jealous Pingliao Naval Master Strategy was appointed by the emperor, and no one was out of the list. This made Zhu Youxiao a little embarrassed. He wanted to use the words of other ministers to block Xu Guangqi, but he did not expect that this was the case.
So he said to Sun Chengzong: "Sun Chengzong, I have appointed you as the position of Pingliao Naval Commander, and there are also several candidates for this governor. In addition, Xu Aiqing elected Sun Yuanhua, I will choose two of them."
Sun Chengzong was originally a senior minister of the cabinet and had no power in the court. Even if he had it, he was a civil servant in the Hanlin Academy, so it was difficult to choose any other position as a military general. He said: "Your Majesty, this time he is going to choose a naval army. Naturally, he has to choose some generals familiar with naval warfare. As for the governors of the two places, it seems that Sun Yuanhua is a good candidate. Weishen will choose another person. Yuan Chonghuan, the magistrate of Shaowu, is now in the capital. This person has the talent of heaven and earth, and is more than enough to serve as the governor."
Yuan Chonghuan! Zhu Youxiao was happy when he heard this. Although Yuan Chonghuan had admired him for a long time, he didn't realize that Yuan Chonghuan could be as powerful as in history, so he didn't deliberately dig it out and wanted him to train for a few years. However, now he is actually delivered to the door, so I'm not polite. Let him be a governor. I guess he will be a famous general in a few years, hehe!
However, Zhu Youxiao was not shocked. Every day, so many great people were wandering around and had long been immune. So he said again: "There is still a minister who wants to elect a candidate?"
The hall was even more quiet, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel annoyed. Is this still a court discussion? It turned out that when Fang Congzhe was here, Zhejiang and the Donglin Party were having a lot of fun fighting. Now, no one spoke, but it became a press conference of the cabinet. In this way, the cabinet's power is too great. It's troublesome. It seems that establishing a complete official selection mechanism is an urgent task. However, it seems that it is not a one-day effort. Now we will solve the problem of this navy first.
He said, "Since there is no election, then these two people, Sun Yuanhua is the governor of Qingdao and Yuan Chonghuai is the governor of Denglai. In this way, all the ministers have no objections! This is the responsibility of Sun Chengzong's love. OK, what else should I report?"
Zhu Youxiao saw that something was finally done. Although it was a bit unsatisfactory, the navy was established and equipped with some new warships and artillery, so that it could dominate the sea! It would be best to build an invincible fleet and develop the Ming Dynasty into an empire that never sets. As he thought about it, he had some longings, but Zhu Youxiao still understood that it was not possible to complete it overnight. Before this, although there were some naval troops in the Ming Dynasty, they were all small boats that could not go out of the sea, let alone any cannon boats. The huge invincible fleet when Zheng He was voyaging to the West was nowhere to be seen. From the beginning, he had just proposed to build a somewhat offensive naval army. Those invincible fleets would be thought about in a few years!
Just when Zhu Youxiao was thinking about it, Yang Lian from the Anti-Corruption Bureau stood up and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I have the right to report it!"
When Zhu Youxiao saw that it was Yang Lian, he immediately understood what Yang Lian meant. He had long said that Yang Lian would pull out all the officials at the court meeting to show the public. It seems that the Anti-corruption Bureau has gained some gains these days. Today, he has to respond to his call and replied: "Authentication!"
As a good-hearted scholar, Yang Lian was obviously very familiar with the rules of the Chaocheng, and now he was more confident. So he said loudly: "Master, since its establishment, the Anti-Corruption Bureau has actively investigated the various situations of officials in Beijing. Now, it has established clean files for most of the sixth rank and above in Beijing. At the same time, it has conducted a detailed investigation of officials with major corruption. During the investigation, officials from Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and six ministries were recruited to conduct a joint investigation. Finally, in recent days, the first batch of corrupt officials have been cleaned up. I beg for the order to be read!"
"Accurate!" Zhu Youxiao agreed without thinking.
Yang Lian said again: "These people are as follows. Now they have been handed over to Dali Temple for trial. Zhou Yingqiu, former Minister of Works, Cui Chengxiu, Chief of Personnel Li Kuilong, and Cao Qincheng, the Department of War Department,..................... Except for Zhou Yingqiu, the emperor personally pardoned and confiscated his family property, he was in charge of any minor official in the Anti-corruption bureau, the rest were tried by Dali Temple!"
Just when Yang Lian was happy, the hall was in chaos. Some of the officials were directly clicked on their names, while others were clicked on their friends. For a moment, the hall was filled with buzzing sounds, as if they had entered a beehive.
Zhu Youxiao frowned. At this time, the censor in charge of etiquette in the hall was immediately busy. After a moment, he became quiet. Zhu Youxiao turned to Huang Kezhang, the Minister of Justice, and said, "Huang Kezhang, how should this case be handled?"
Huang Kezhang immediately replied: "According to the emperor, as usual, these officials should be tried by the Three Justice Departments (Ministry of Justice, Censorate and Dali Temple), and then the emperor will select a official to wait for the inspection."
When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he said, "Then these officials will be tried by the Three Laws (as usual, I will send British Duke Zhang Weixian to supervise the case, and the result will be promulgated in one month!"
At this time, British Duke Zhang Weixian stepped forward and replied: "I respect the order, I will handle it impartially this time!"
"Zhang Aiqing, I can trust you. I don't want anyone to be a fish that misses the net. Zhang Aiqing is fine as long as he is honest and lenient and conceals strict rules. For those who are lucky, they will be punished with a higher level of crime." Zhu Youxiao thought that this was also a killer. If you don't kill more ruthlessly, you can scare those monkeys.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao said again: "Yang Aiqing has done a good job like this. Now we should strengthen the investigation and never let anyone go! In addition, we must remember that I don't want you to be a good person by mistake. I still believe that all the ministers in the court are still honest. If you take a wrong step for a moment, you can hand over the money to the Anti-Corruption Bureau. The money you hand over to the Anti-Corruption Bureau is not considered greedy silver."
Chapter completed!