December 1629.

In Beijing in winter, the temperature has dropped below 0°. However, in an elegant attic in the south of the city, mist is steaming and dense. In the white mist, you can vaguely see the greenery in the yard, and the entire city of Beijing at this time

The main colors of gray and white are completely different.

"Hahaha, Brother Weifu is really enjoying it. There are actually ground dragons outside. Hey, it's really rare to see green leaves in the winter in Beijing."

"Haha, although I am from the north, I have been an official in the south for many years. I have never forgotten the evergreen scenery in the south. Therefore, although I have limited financial resources, I have indeed spent a lot of money on this garden. Please, please

Looking at this thermometer, the normal temperature is kept at around 20 degrees. This will naturally ensure that the plants here will stay green all year round."

During the exchange of greetings, the five people in the attic sat down, and servants from Brother Weifu's family came in and set out tea and food.

"Let me introduce to Brother Weifu. This young man's name is Yuan Chonghuan, with the courtesy name Yuan Yuan. He was a Jinshi in Chen Zizhuang's department in the 47th year of Wanli. He served as a county magistrate, and later as a promotion official. Now he is Shang Baocheng. But this position

, Brother Weifu knows that it will be gone soon."

After saying this, the owner named Wei Fu smiled slightly: Why did the other party come here today? At least one of his purposes was clear.

The so-called Wei Fu is the epitome of Fang Guiwei, the current minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Ming Dynasty. This man is from Anxin County, Baoding Prefecture, North Zhili. In terms of historical standards, he can do things: in 1621, the Henan section of the Yellow River burst its banks, which was

He led his people to block it. He was also loyal enough: in 1636, the Qing Dynasty once again entered the pass to plunder and captured Anxin. He led his tribe to defend the city and died heroically in battle.

However, he is a traditional scholar after all, so in terms of value orientation, he still prefers the traditional scholar-bureaucrat class. In terms of history, he single-handedly promoted Donglin Party members such as Yang Lian. But he is not a Donglin Party member.

, so when Lao Wei was bloodbathing Donglin, he just asked him to resign.

In this plane, due to the emperor's dictatorship and the early suppression of the aggressive Donglin Party at the top of the Ming Dynasty, the power struggle in the central government was far less intense than in the historical plane. Therefore, neutral officials such as Fang Zhuangwei

, his official position also steadily and gradually rose. By the twelfth year of the Apocalypse, he was already the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. During this major adjustment of the central organization of the imperial court, he was responsible for assisting Sun Chengzong in specific work and had considerable real power.

As a result of the reform of the imperial court organization, so many official positions suddenly became available. There is no doubt that officials from all parties are working hard to find a good position in the new organization. Those who have connections with the Imperial Master Party will naturally

He went to find Wen Tiren, Yuan Keli and others. But for those who couldn't get in touch with him, he thought of the actual organizer like Fang Guiwei.

Therefore, the house of the Chamberlain has been very lively recently.

Because there are so many people who come to seek an official position, naturally not everyone can meet the Fang Shilang. However, the people who came to visit today are of too high a seniority and cannot be met by the Fang Shilang in person.

Han Xu, courtesy name Yuchen, was a Jinshi in the 20th year of Wanli and the last Donglin boss in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Heming, whose courtesy name is Yuanping. This is a typical waste-level official who "keeps his hands down and talks about his nature, and when in danger, he will die to report to the king." But you can't stand him because of his seniority: he was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Wanli, which is already 42 years ago.

.In the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom, there are only a few such senior Jinshis alive now.

Therefore, although these two men have been in office for a long time now, the powerful and powerful Fang Shilang still has to spend precious time to meet them in person.

However, this Yuan Chonghuan can actually invite two seniors, Han Xu and Zhang Heming, to be lobbyists. I wonder, he is also a capable person, right? Then, let’s investigate?

"Elements."

"The official is here."

"It's my fault, you and I have both served in the capital, but we haven't been able to move around much these years. Um, um, which county magistrate did you serve in the past?"

"The lower official is the magistrate of Shaowu, Fujian." After bowing and saluting, he looked up at Fang Guiwei. Seeing that the other party had no intention of continuing to speak, Yuan Chonghuan lowered his head again: "Shaozhong Prime Minister Rongchen, Shaowu is located at the southern foot of Wuyi Mountain, with many mountains.

The forest is dense and there is very little arable land. Xianguan went there and took the local people to mine the towering trees in the mountainous area to supply the Binhai Shipyard of Songjiang Prefecture. In recent years, our Ming Dynasty's navy has become famous all over the world, thanks to Shao Wu's efforts.

Xiaguan also saw the dense bamboo forests in the local area, so in the same year he stayed in Beijing, he joined forces with the Materials Laboratory of Fangshan Academy of Sciences to develop bamboo pulp paper. The new bamboo paper factory was built two years after Xiaguan left office. Now, the local people of Shaowu

, relying on this bamboo and paper factory, life is prosperous and the people are happy. Xiaguan Yanyan told Shaozhong Zai a new local saying: "Yuan's parents came, built a bamboo paper factory, and saved a county, and became the most happy in Fujian."

"

"hehe."

Hearing the majestic and noncommittal roar of the diagonally upper room, Yuan Chonghuan felt tight and bowed again: "In addition to trying his best to improve the local people's livelihood and make the people happy, Xiaguan also attaches great importance to local education. In the first year of Tianqi, Xiaguan took office.

In the second year, the ancestral hall of Li Gang, the famous prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, was built."

"Oh, this is because I am ignorant. It turns out that Li Gang, who presided over the fight against the invasion of Jin soldiers in the late Northern Song Dynasty in Kaifeng, was from Shaowu, Fujian?"

"Back to Shaozhong Zai, exactly. So I feel that if Shao Wu has such a heroic figure, how can he..."

"Element, what do you think of this major overhaul of the imperial court's organization?" Before Yuan Chonghuan could continue, Fang Zhuangwei started a new topic on his own.

"Well... I feel that this major reform will have great achievements in the future and benefit the present. Shaozhongzai, the various departments of the Ming Dynasty could only cross each other and restrain each other. Although this also ensured that there would be no powerful ministers, but this

However, the efficiency of doing things cannot be guaranteed. After this major reform, the newly established ministries and bureaus have clear powers and responsibilities and do their own thing, which will inevitably greatly improve the efficiency of our Ming court."

"It seems that the words "Element" were all mentioned in newspapers, right?"

"Uh..." Although he had taken off his thick coat when he entered the door, the sweat on his forehead was still pouring out unconsciously in the room where the earth dragon was installed. Yuan Chonghuan smacked his lips and desperately secreted some saliva to lubricate it.

He checked his mouth and said: "Let me give you an example. In the past, all departments in the Ming Dynasty collected taxes and spent money. Although the emperor established the Royal Bank more than ten years ago and abolished the warehouses of each department,

Now, all the revenue and expenditure of each ministry are uniformly reflected in the bank's accounts, but the authority is still not clear. This time the Ministry of Accounts is split into the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation, one is responsible for spending money, the other is responsible for collecting money, and the other ministries

All revenue and expenditure powers have been taken away. In this way..."

"This seems to have been mentioned in the newspaper."

"I am ashamed of myself!"

Hearing Fang Zhuangwei's words, Yuan Chonghuan almost collapsed: It's not that I want to repeat what the newspaper said, but the significance of this major organizational adjustment. The Yanjing Daily has said all the good things. What can I do? I am also helpless.

ah!

In the first year of Tianqi, he, Chen Zizhuang and other Guangdong scholars went to Beijing to participate in the joint examination. As a result, Chen Zizhuang became the number one scholar that year, but he became the last among the top three. This was Zhu Youdong's intention, because the time-travelers were afraid of this big man.

If you fail the exam, you can fool new vassals such as King Fu and King Gui. If you really let such people preside over the government of a kingdom, a lot of things will happen if you don't do it well.

I'd better give you someone who was born as a Jinshi, and then tie you to the country. As long as I'm here, you can't harm anyone.

From the first year to the fourth year of Tianqi, he served as the county magistrate in Shaowu. He personally presided over the construction of Li Gang Temple, but his other political achievements were really lackluster: it was the job of Funing Town to transport wood from deep mountains to the Changsha Shipyard to build warships.

It has nothing to do with being a county magistrate, except that the logging location is in the mountains of Shaowu.

As for the Bamboo Paper Factory? It was run by his successor, a new Jinshi from Fangshan, and had nothing to do with him.

But he was really anxious. Chen Zizhuang, who is so dark and ugly, has now become the teacher of the eldest son of the emperor! Moreover, the section on succession to the throne in the Emperor's Charter is clearly written: New

The emperor is directly appointed by the old emperor!

This means that Chen Zizhuang is very likely to become the emperor's master in the future!

This really made him feel extremely unbalanced: I think back then, I always called you Jisheng Xiandi, and you respectfully called me Elemental Brother. Why is there such a big gap after so many years?

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and leaned down even lower: "Shaozhong Zai Rongchen, speaking of this major organizational change, it is absolutely right for the imperial court to abolish the position of Shang Baocheng. I used to be a county magistrate.

Working every day to do all the affairs of a county is very tiring, but also very fulfilling. But after I came to Beijing and became Shang Baocheng, I had nothing to do every day, and I felt like I was wasting my time. Such redundant officials should be dismissed!"

"Haha, the element said this very sincerely."

Having said this, old bureaucrats such as Han Xu and Zhang Heming quickly stood up and left on their own under the pretext of visiting Fang's magnificent small courtyard.

After there were only two people in Nuan Pavilion, Fang Guiwei said: "Where does the element want to go?"

"As a minister of the emperor..." After making a scene, Yuan Chonghuan lowered his waist again, and his hands almost touched the floor: "The official looks at me, and I want to trouble Shaozhong Zai to transfer the official to the General Administration of Military Service."

"General Administration of Military Service? Why do you want to go there? You also know that the emperor means to establish a national compulsory military service system based on the Yellow Book. From now on, my Ming Dynasty will only maintain a standing army of 300,000 people responsible for foreign operations and military operations during non-wartime conditions.

The 500,000-strong armed police force is specifically responsible for local security, firefighting, border defense, transportation, and precious metal mining matters. The task of the General Administration of Military Service is to recruit new recruits to replace veterans and supplement casualties every year. It can be said that this matter is complicated and very difficult.

"If you do it well, that's your duty, and you won't see any results. If you don't do it well, those officials in the Privy Council will make trouble, and it will be easy for the officials of the General Administration of Military Service to suffer."

"Xiaguan has always been fond of military affairs. He once dreamed of commanding a military regiment and opening up territory for the imperial court. Unfortunately, the emperor has abolished the practice of civil servants overseeing divisions. Xiaguan is not young anymore and cannot go to the imperial court again.

The Military Academy is studying in the Military Academy, so the only choice is to go to the General Administration of Military Service to select high-quality soldiers for the imperial court. In the future, if the imperial court wins a foreign war, and the thought that these soldiers were selected by the subordinate officials, then the subordinate officials will feel the same in their hearts.

How proud."

Hum. Fang Guiwei glanced at Yuan Chonghuan condescendingly: Don't follow me like this. Nowadays, the benefits of being a soldier are excellent, and the social status has also been significantly improved. Therefore, many men in the Ming Dynasty are now willing to serve as soldiers.

, but the imperial court currently has no major foreign wars, and the number of soldiers recruited every year is extremely limited: when there are too many monks and too little food, the power in the hands of the chief officer of the General Administration of Military Service is huge!

Besides, if the service period is up, the military service bureaus in various places will be responsible for resettling them after they return from the army. With so many veterans, who wouldn’t want to go to a good place. But where to go, it’s not the people in the military service bureau who have the final say?

There are simply not too many benefits between entering and exiting!

Not to mention, as an official of the Military Service Bureau, I can have in-depth contact with almost all leading military generals and expand new contacts.
Chapter completed!