This time, Zhang Dai did not win.

Yang Tinglin eventually became the second chief minister.

Under the instruction of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Ming Dynasty, Gu Meisheng, Gong Yonggu, Bi Maoshi and other royal capital agents chose to vote Yang Tinglin, allowing Yang Tinglin to defeat Zhang Dai with a slight advantage and become the new cabinet chief.

At this time, the entire upper-level political circle of the Ming Dynasty suddenly realized that it was the current emperor who had always decided the election results.

But they could only secretly complain that His Majesty is too sarcastic and openly does not interfere in the election of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and even hides directly in a place where everyone is missing. However, they did not expect that the final decision of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet was a group of housekeepers he trained himself.

However, what is even more surprising is that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao, actually took the initiative to publish a congratulatory message to Yang Tinglin in the Daming Daily.

In his congratulations, he highly praised Yang Tinglin's contribution to the Ming Dynasty before becoming the prime minister, and explained his past experience in his career. He also believed that Yang Tinglin was competent to serve as the prime minister, and would be able to cooperate well with himself as an emperor and be able to make the Ming Dynasty stronger.

Everyone can see that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao, was congratulating Yang Tinglin on his face, actually telling the world why he chose Yang Tinglin.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, Yang Tinglin served in the army, had a department in charge of the central government, had also joined the cabinet, and even served as a governor in the newly occupied areas. He also served as a governor in Guangdong and Guangxi, the most developed economy and trade. He has rich political experience and is clear about all aspects of the Ming Dynasty, so he is competent for the position of chief minister.

Zhu Youxiao's reasons are sufficient and his resume is indeed richer than Zhang Dai, but it still makes many people sigh helplessly while excited. After all, it turns out that the final decision is still in the hands of His Majesty.

However, now Yang Tinglin has become the de facto prime minister, and no one can refuse to admit it.

Yang Tinglin became the second cabinet chief elected by the whole people after Yang Sichang. Because he had the same surname as Yang Sichang, later historical books called this period of time the "Big and Big Yang Era". Big Yang naturally refers to Yang Sichang, and little Yang refers to Yang Tinglin.

The era of Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang was the period when the Ming Dynasty conquered the entire Eurasian region and was built for several years, while the era of Xiao Yang was the era when the Ming Dynasty continued to advance into the Americas.

According to the new rules, Yang Tinglin succeeded as the new Ming Prime Minister and needed to re-recommend the officials of various departments and cabinet members to the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the so-called formation of cabinets. This is the power of the new Ming Prime Minister.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty generally would not deny the recommended candidates for the new chief minister. After all, this would be conducive to the implementation of the policy of the new chief minister.

Therefore, after Yang Tinglin became the chief minister of the cabinet, the people who visited Yang Tinglin were crowded with people, and the phenomenon of Yang Tinglin becoming the most powerful minister of the court was fully interpreted.

However, Yang Tinglin would do things and directly avoid these people. Moreover, the first thing he did after taking office was to express his respect and gratitude to His Majesty Zhu Youxiao through the Daming Daily, and said that he would do his best to be loyal to His Majesty the Ming Dynasty and devote himself to the Ming Dynasty. He even proposed a series of goals, and even mentioned the matter of developing America at the forefront, and he also kept it a secret and said that he would further increase his investment in the medical care and pension benefits of imperial citizens.

For a moment, the people were overjoyed when they heard it, and Zhu Youxiao was quite satisfied when they heard it. However, after a closer look, they found that what the new prime minister said was just a general term. In fact, it is still unknown how many people's interests can be met.

When Yang Tinglin was running for the prime minister of the cabinet, he had already started to secretly plan to serve as prime minister and let those senior officials of the ministry continue to stay and should be replaced. Therefore, when he became the new prime minister, he did not delay for a long time. He handed over the list within almost a decade and began to focus on the urgent tasks accumulated by overtime.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the people on his recommendation list and was very satisfied, so he passed it directly, but he still smiled and said, "My Min'er, if you want to be a member of the cabinet, you can't count on Zhang Dai. You have to count on your husband, I understand, don't you? Yang Tinglin won't let you enter his cabinet because you are my woman."

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao looked at the name of Prince Zhu Cirong for a few more glances.

After Yang Sichang became the first prime minister of the cabinet, he directly recommended Zhu Cirong as the Minister of Revenue, and let the crown prince serve as the chief official of the ministry, which caused an uproar at the time, but Zhu Youxiao was very supportive, believing that Yang Sichang was a successful national plan and that he wanted the crown prince to experience more government affairs.

Now Yang Tinglin has also continued this rule and also recommended the Crown Prince Zhu Cirong as the Minister of the School. In Yang Tinglin's view, investing in economic construction and education will be the major plan of the Ming Dynasty. As the crown prince, he should pay more attention to these things so that he can pay more attention to this aspect after ascending the throne in the future.

This is also a privilege of the cabinet chief, which can influence the future crown prince's political ambitions in this way.

After Yang Tinglin was the prime minister in the second year, he began to prepare funds and manpower to start a plan to cultivate America.

Now the Ming Dynasty's rule on the Eurasian continent has stabilized, and there is basically no need for rebellions to occur in various places. Therefore, the time for the development of the Americas is ripe.

For a time, the entire shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty once again entered a prosperous era. According to Yang Tinglin's preliminary plan, it was necessary to establish a larger navy to meet the goal of establishing a military base in the Americas in advance.

Originally, Yang Tinglin's purpose was to develop North America, but after being told by His Majesty that South America also needed special attention, he changed the plan and prepared to build the Panama Canal.

According to Yang Tinglin's plan, the first stage of developing America was to first send the navy and army to the Americas to expand the control area, and then the second stage was to move some people, mainly first and second-class citizens, to reclaim wasteland and build farms and other workshops in batches. Then, the second stage was to move a large number of scholars, especially the former Donglin and Fushe members who are still exiled in the southwest to continue to burn their passion.
Chapter completed!