Since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne at the extreme, it seems that even God has been against him. Disasters occur frequently, rebellions are everywhere, Jianli power is on the rise, intrigues in the court, mutiny, and taxes are difficult to collect...

What you can imagine and what you can't imagine happened in the two years when you first arrived at the throne.

It seems that apart from eliminating eunuchs and eliminating Wei eunuchs, there is not much to be happy with Emperor Chongzhen.

Faced with such a surging undercurrent and thunder everywhere, for Emperor Chongzhen, who had soul-wrenching, from October of the second year of Chongzhen to March of the third year of Chongzhen, after this six months of progress, planning, and choice, It gave him a lot of advantages, which was a good start.

The third year of Chongzhen in which I lived was not the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. It is worthy of the opportunity for Emperor Chongzhen to change. In fact, there are many more.

"Today, there are a few things to say to the family of the Lords."

Emperor Chongzhen sat firmly on the dragon throne, looking at the main hall of the Ganqing Palace, the cabinet ministers, the military affairs ministers, including the Minister of Personnel Wang Yongguang, said calmly: "One... is to be blessed by the ancestors of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, I Another imperial heir was born. In the cabinet, there was a discussion and drafting a memorial. I decided to give some grace to the world to know."

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!"

When the ministers standing in the hall heard this, they all bowed and shouted.

In the current uneasy situation, the emperor gave birth to another imperial heir, which is indeed something worth celebrating. After all, this also means that the country and country of the Ming Dynasty are loved by God.

If, like Emperor Xizong, even though he had a royal heir since the end of the Great Emperor, he would die prematurely or die without exception, it would be difficult to guarantee that rumors would spread everywhere.

"I believe everyone knows what happened between the government and the country in recent days."

After the ministers celebrated, Emperor Chongzhen looked calm and said calmly: "Especially during the turmoil in the capital, I found that there were many things that were not for my worries.

In such a special period, Shanxi suddenly had chaos, Shaanxi was in great power, Liaodong was rampant, Daming was in a position of the heart of the Ming Dynasty, Beizhili was in danger."

Han Dong, Wen Tiren and other cabinet ministers, Wang Qia, Wang Zaijin and other military ministers, including Wang Yongguang, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Personnel, all showed a solemn expression after hearing what the emperor said.

"I'm thinking sometimes."

Emperor Chongzhen lifted his sleeves and continued, "If Jianlu invaded the inner palace and the thieves rushed into northern Zhili, these two things happened at the same time.

With this complicated official position under the rule of Northern Zhili, the ministers felt that the state had hope to quell the rebellion and ensure the stability of Northern Zhili?"

Emperor Chongzhen's rebellious question, Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Wang Qia, Wang Zaijin, Wang Yongguang and other senior officials all showed different expressions, and their thoughts became mixed.

‘What is the intention of the emperor mentioning this? Is it necessary to abolish the governor? Is it possible to strengthen Lu Xiangsheng's authority?’

'What the emperor said is not impossible. After all, the situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi is so chaotic. Although the rebellion has been ongoing, the effect is not obvious.'

'It seems that if what the emperor thinks is spread in the court, some turmoil will inevitably arise. This time the emperor's summons...'

Looking at the ministers in front of him who looked different and silent, Emperor Chongzhen did not react much, but he thought about it secretly.

‘In terms of the current situation, while taking advantage of the remaining power of a group of honors and relatives, we should re-examine the basic structure of the Northern Zhili and the top-level power structure of the local government.

The positions of the governor of Shuntian, the governor of Baoding, the governor of Xuanfu, and other positions, as well as the establishment of Tianjin Zhili Prefecture, the deposed governor of Tianjin must be taken down.

The special Zhili Governor is a very necessary plan.

He was called Lu Xiangsheng, a pillar-minded talent, changed from the position of Governor of Ji Liao to the governor of Zhili to take charge of military and political affairs in Northern Zhili.

This plays a crucial role in the subsequent construction, development of Zhili, and clarifying Zhili.’

Speaking of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, in some special positions, they are often superimposed, which inevitably leads to an embarrassing situation of mutual shirking and unclear power.

But from the perspective of checks and balances, this must be done.

However, for Emperor Chongzhen, the basic board he chose, Beizhili, no longer needs to be broken down.

The Governor Shuntian, the Governor of Baoding, the Governor of Xuanfu, etc., plus a Governor of Ji Liao, came to restrain each other and shirk each other, which made some things impossible to promote.

To build Beizhili with the capital as the core, we must make it clear that the upper and lower levels must be issued. We must centralize the power and decentralize the power, rather than do redundant officials.

"Since you don't say it, then I will say it."

Emperor Chongzhen looked firm, looked at Han and the others, and said, "Once this happens, he will be unable to solve this problem based on the national strength of the Ming Dynasty and the guards.

To avoid the development of this situation, I decided to dismiss the Governor of Ji Liao, the Governor of Shuntian, the Governor of Baoding, the Governor of Xuanfu, etc..”

"this!!"

Han Yu, Wen Tiren, Wang Qia, Wang Zaijin, Zhou Yanru, Wang Yongguang and other senior officials changed their faces slightly and looked at Emperor Chongzhen in disbelief.

If so many important positions are removed, wouldn’t Beizhili be in chaos?

no.

Such things must not happen.

The rebellion of the bandits in Shanxi and Shaanxi and the rebellion of the Jianlu in Liaodong, the dynasty was in a relatively passive situation. If the emperor was allowed to act alone, wouldn’t the Ming Dynasty fall into a desperate situation again?

"I am determined to follow Shandong, Henan and other places to set up a governor of Zhili in Beizhili. The governor of Beizhili and other places supervise camps and fields and manage river channels and military affairs."

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Lu Xiang was dismissed from the position of governor of Ji Liao, promoted to the position of governor Zhili, and was appointed as Minister of War, and replaced me, replaced the dynasty, and governed the prefectures, prefectures, counties in Northern Zhili."

If you want to build Beizhili well, you must first clarify the highest local positions, and the military, political, river and other powers are all held by one person.

As for the current situation, it is definitely unrealistic to want to separate military and politically and to ask military generals to be on par with civil officials.

If this is really the case, there will be more places where the Ming Dynasty rebelled.

Furthermore, the old warlord habits were prevalent and were extremely serious. Emperor Chongzhen would not do this before he planned to build the desired military team.

The rice must be eaten bite by bite, and the road must be taken step by step.

Emperor Chongzhen was very relieved about Lu Xiangsheng's talent. He handed over Beizhili to his hands, which would help him share a lot of worries.

Comprehensively adjust the garrisons of the armies in the northern Zhili territory and guarding the border, several garrisons in key towns, and the garrisons under the prefectures, prefectures and counties.

Comprehensive adjustments to the rule of Northern Zhili, many ill-fated policies and chronic problems in various prefectures, prefectures and counties, including cash gates, post stations, taxation, river channels, and canal transportation.

Comprehensively prevent disasters that may occur under the rule of Northern Zhili. Once floods, earthquakes, locust plagues, epidemics and other sudden events occur, such as droughts, how to provide disaster relief, how to prevent, etc.

A comprehensive rectification of many matters such as corruption in various prefectures, prefectures and counties under the rule of Northern Zhili were carried out.

It can be said that Lu Xiangsheng really wants to serve as the governor of Zhili, and he has many teams under his command and is under great pressure, but this is a key step to control Northern Zhili in advance.
Chapter completed!