In a blink of an eye, it was already winter, and Zhu Youxiao and his party also came to Zhaoqing, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

The southwest delegation was basically over. Although during this process, Zhu Youxiao killed Long Yinglin, the chieftain of Panshui, and even the imperial court was deeply influenced by it, fortunately the war did not spread to other governors, which was not hindered by the overall situation.

What satisfied Zhu Youxiao was that most of the literati who were exiled in the southwest and had been against him could be transformed, and their edges were obviously smoothed out. These arrogant scholars who used to claim to be the pride of heaven had completely tasted the hardships of the people at the bottom, and no longer had the utmost attention, but began to obey the rules and transfer empty talk to practice.

But there are still some people with relatively tough tempers who are still very arrogant. Master Zhu Youzhao must not let them continue to suffer. For those who still miss the prosperity and begin to realize the sudden enlightenment, Zhu Youzhao will also let them take advantage of their remaining energy in a better position, such as converting into a royal literati.

With the increase in literacy rate and the rise of urban culture, the role of public opinion in political society and even cultural society is becoming increasingly important. They are also one of the weapons used by the lower class people to express political views and one of the most effective ways for upper-class rulers to operate political purposes.

As an emperor, Zhu Youxiao, an emperor who wanted a long-term dictatorship, had to have a huge group of imperial literati. These people were responsible for guiding public opinion and leading in a direction that was conducive to Zhu Youxiao's rule over the Ming Dynasty.

As an emperor, it is impossible to sit on one side of one class, so it is very likely to be defeated by another class. If you want to maintain stability and balance, you need to use public opinion to help him maintain a state of "on two ships" all the time, take into account the interests of all classes, and try to cover the losses in the external world that does not belong to this country.

Since Cao Sicheng was demoted to the newly established governor of Gansu by the court and the first to implement the imperial court's order, Shang Zhou Zuo, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, who implemented the policy of further opening up trade in the sea, was transferred to the capital as the left censor of the Left Capital, and the new governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was replaced by Qu Shixi, the former governor of Guangxi.

In original history, Qu Shishihui shone brightly in the later Yongli period of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Although it was a bit pedantic and unrealistic. As Qian Qianyi's student, he had many problems with Donglin people, but fortunately he was still a loyal and righteous person. After the failure of the anti-Qing Dynasty, he died heroically with Zhang Tongchang.

Now in this life, Qu Shisi is still a disciple of Qian Qianyi. Because of Qian Qianyi, he was able to become the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He is considered a relatively important official in the conservative school.

However, although Qu Shisi was a conservative figure transformed from the former Donglin Party, he was pedantic but not self-enclosed. He also had a lot of contact with Western culture and even had a good relationship with missionary Ai Ruluo. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youxiao placed a person like him as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Today, Macau and Guangzhou have the most exchanges with Western Affair, and the Pearl River Estuary is also one of the most developed places in the sea trade. There is no official who does not understand Western Affair as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Zhu Youxiao is worried.

Perhaps it is precisely because Qu Shixi was once a student of Qian Qianyi and was considered a conservative figure, Li Mingrui, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet who was responsible for the inspection and planning, deliberately used his power and did not tell His Majesty Qu Shixiu that specific time for Zhu Youxiao to enter Guangdong and Guangxi, which made Qu Shixiu not have time to prepare for the appointment.

Because most of the maritime trade is now concentrated in the estuary of the Pearl River, the position of Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has become a fertile water yamen that is as famous as salt courses, copper mines, etc., and the taxes handled every year are almost half the treasury. Because of this, behind these reformists is the officials of the big merchants who are worried that this position is being sat by conservatives, because in this way, it is difficult for them to boldly evade taxes.

Therefore, any reformist official wanted to replace Qu Shisi at all times, and even some court officials wanted to promote him to the position. However, Zhu Youxiao disagreed, and the ministers had no choice but to use this matter to give Qu Shisi some eye drops.

Because there are countless spies from the East Factory distributed throughout the world, Zhu Youchao knew the open and secret struggles between these officials, and knew what Li Mingrui was planning, but Zhu Youchao did not expose it. The emperor, as a conservative and innovative, has been almost used to this kind of competition between the conservative and the reformist in recent years. As long as it is not too out of line, he will not be too strict.

"Your Majesty, this Qu Jiantai is quite arrogant. We all arrived at the city gate, but none of the officials came to pick him up."

Looking at the gate of Zhaoqing City, countless people living down the city were entering and leaving the city gate continuously. The public security (public security forces, also known as police officers) composed of some elite veterans cut off from the original garrison soldiers guarding the city gate. Liu Rushi, who stopped some vendors and merchants to collect tips, saw that no official appeared at the city gate. The entire city gate was also a little angry because there were too many people mixed with various colors and some messy scenes, and he couldn't help but bury his head.

Li Mingrui and Wang Chengen were both silent. In this case, women like Liu Rushi were suitable for complaining, but they were not able to express any ideas. His Majesty would be suspected of being deliberately slandered by His Majesty, and his Majesty would be suspected of being colluded by His Majesty if he pleaded for Qu Shishi. Therefore, the older the official, the more he had to learn to be silent.

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and couldn't help but look at Li Mingrui, feeling in his heart that although Li Mingrui is not inferior to Lu Xiangsheng in terms of courage and wisdom, and his ability to obey and flatter himself is no less than Qian Qianyi, and he is even better at coordinating conflicts of interests in all aspects than Lu Xiangsheng and knows himself better than Qian Qianyi, Zhu Youxiao has never let Li Mingrui be the chief assistant of this cabinet, not only because he is a leader of the reformist faction, but his power in the financial world is no less than that of himself and his son-in-law Gong Yonggu, and it is also related to his incorrect mind and not pure enough, and he likes to plot against others.

Today he was plotting against Qu Shixiu, and Zhu Youxiao didn't know when he would be plotted against by this cunning old fox.

"Go into the city. I have already said that this inspection does not require a big fanfare. The Governor Qu Shixi of Guangdong and Guangxi is just following the order." As he said that, Zhu Youxiao walked over first, but at this time, a series of ringtones came. When Zhu Youxiao looked back, he saw a group of people riding their bikes towards the city gate.

The bikes these people rode were bikes recently made by Royal Industries, but now they are called Apocalypse.

This kind of bicycle that is very common in later generations is a rare thing at this moment, because even the Ming Dynasty, which had already had an initial industrial foundation, building such a semi-automatic car is a relatively test of the level of mechanical processing.

However, although this bike is expensive, its sales are quite amazing as soon as it was launched, and it has earned a lot of money for Zhu Youxiao. Now I didn’t expect to see such a car in the distant Lingnan.
Chapter completed!