So, Zhang Mingwei nodded and said to Emperor Chongzhen with a smile: "These days, I have really remembered a few more times when I read the archives. The first person I want to recommend to His Majesty is Min Hongxue, the former prime minister Wen Tiren."

Min Hongxue was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli. He served as a local official. He once governed Yunnan, served as a military service in Jianchang, Bijie, Dongchuan and other places, and also supervised the military service of Sichuan and Guizhou. He also built roads in Yunnan and Guizhou and promoted schools to educate the young people, and used this method to assimilate the indigenous people in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty to reduce the chance of rebellion and reduce the cost of dispatching troops to suppress rebellion.

Later, he was promoted by the chief assistant Wen Tiren, who was appointed as the Minister of Personnel to control the power of the court, but it attracted fierce impeachment from the Donglin Party and the Zhou Yanru Party. Therefore, he was forced to resign and return home shortly after he served. Later, Wen Tiren was also kicked out of the court. Therefore, Min Hongxue was completely forgotten by the court. According to the original historical development, Min Hongxue also died in the year of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

In his introduction to Emperor Chongzhen, Zhang Mingwei mainly explained Min Hongxue's local governance, especially the policies of road construction and education in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. This fundamentally resolved the rebellion of the young people in the southwest, but in later generations, there was not much reputation. Just like the Battle of Changli, it had no reputation in later generations.

After saying that, Zhang Mingwei said with some emotion: "It is Min Hongxue who is a little older and was kicked out of the court again. Even if Wen Tiren, a fellow villager, became the chief minister, eventually died. I wonder if he is willing to come out of the mountain?"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's face turned red. The removal of these important officials in the court naturally had to pass through his nod. Obviously, he was blinded by his ministers again and made a wrong decision.

After a little embarrassed, Emperor Chongzhen said sincerely: "In the midst of the Ming Dynasty, talents are urgently needed. I personally wrote a decree and would like to ask him to help me!"

Indeed, if you have enough sincerity, there will probably be no problem.

After Zhang Mingwei nodded and said that this was OK, Emperor Chongzhen asked him again: "Sir, do you have any?"

"There is another!" Zhang Mingwei heard this and said to him again, "Songjiang Prefect Fang Yuegong is now arrested and imprisoned for embezzling 3,000 taels of silver. However, as far as I know, during his tenure as the prefect of Songjiang, he not only attacked heavily and pacified the thieves and pirates in Songjiang Prefecture, but also built a Shitang to prevent sea tides for the local people. Even in my later years, the local people were still grateful to him..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's face was a little sad. Why did good officials suffer misfortune? This is another person who can do practical things, but he ended up in prison again.

"... When building the nine-mile-long stone pond, the local government definitely didn't have that much money. He visited local gentry every day, using both soft and hard, and stipulated that those with a wealthy family who had a hundred acres of land would all persuade eight cents of silver per mu for the purpose of building the pond. He forced the money for the stone pond to be repaired from them..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately remembered Zhang Mingwei's previous statement about Lu Xiangsheng's strategy of making food and Sun Chuanting's strategy of replenishing funds in Qingtou. Just like Fang Yuegong's method, he essentially seeks money from wealthy gentry without adding burden to the poor people.

"... In addition, Fang Yuegong eliminated the disadvantages and was not allowed to deduct the tolerances from the yamen. He also visited the supervisors at any time to check whether all the silver issued was collected, so that the Shitang project was successfully completed."

When Zhang Mingwei said this, he commented with emotion: "In this chaotic world, this is one of the few practical and meaningful things that can be accomplished! However, for this, he offended a large number of powerful people, so he became corruption of 3,000 taels of silver and went to jail."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was about to speak, he heard Zhang Mingwei say again: "According to some records, I don't know whether it is true or not. When Li Zicheng came to Beijing to recover stolen goods and provide money, only this Fang Yuegong Mansion could not find any money. No matter how severe torture, he did not get any gains. In the end, Li Thief had to admit that he was a clean official, so he let him go, but he then hanged himself."

The records of Fang Yuegong in later generations mainly focus on the construction of the stone pond that benefited future generations when he was in Shanghai. However, this matter was indeed not easy to achieve in the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen sighed after hearing this. But soon, he was excited and said, "I will issue an order immediately to give him a cleansing innocence and let him do something meaningful for me!"

Speaking of this, he asked with a ardent heart again: "Sir, is there any?"

There were so many officials who were renovated at one time. Although there was indeed no shortage of officials, what he wanted was those who were capable and capable, who could help him revive the Ming Dynasty, rather than changing into another group of officials who were in vain.

For this reason, even if he is proven to be blind again, he will be unwilling.

Zhang Mingwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen's look of anticipation, thought for a while and said, "This time, so many officials have been renovated, which shows the power of His Majesty. However, thunder alone cannot last, and it still needs the blessing of rain and dew..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded and listened quietly to Zhang Mingwei's words.

"... The Martyrs' Temple is almost completed. Let's make Lu Xiangsheng's name clear. Entering the Martyrs' Temple to enjoy the incense of the Ming Dynasty forever. Your Majesty might as well make a big fuss to let the people of the world know what Your Majesty likes and doesn't like." Zhang Mingwei thought, "In addition, the Lu Xiangsheng family died for more than a hundred people to fight against Jianlu. His brothers are also on the verge of death. It is better to give them a gift to promote them and let them uphold Lu Xiangsheng's ambition and serve the court."

Emperor Chongzhen agreed after hearing this. Using Lu Xiangsheng's brothers would definitely be better than those who were just sitting alone. So he agreed without saying a word.

Later, when he wanted to exploit Zhang Mingwei, the three people waiting for the order outside the palace gate had arrived.

So Emperor Chongzhen had to give up his thoughts and interviewed the three people recommended by Zhang Mingwei first.

Zuo Maodi and Du Yinxi are both in their forties, and their knowledge and knowledge are basically the same. Naturally, in their conversations with Emperor Chongzhen, they showed their actual level and won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen.

In particular, Emperor Chongzhen, based on his understanding that the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, and Zhang Mingwei's analysis of the demise of the Ming Dynasty that he had popularized, from these questions and assessments, the answers of these two people also satisfied Emperor Chongzhen.

After the interview, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zhang Mingwei, and smiled and said, "The talent recommended by sir is very suitable for me!"

Hearing him say this, it further proved that Zhang Mingwei recommended them to them for their benefactor. For this, whether Zuo Maodi or Du Yinxi were very grateful to Zhang Mingwei.

Because they also knew from their conversations with the emperor that they performed well, so they should have the opportunity to be reused by the emperor.

However, they never thought how much they use are!

Emperor Chongzhen turned around, first looked at the king of vassal Maodi, and said to him affectionately: "I have just dismissed the mediocre Minister of Personnel, and I am willing to take charge of the appointment and removal of officials in the world for me and assess the burden of rectifying the government."

"..." Zuo Maodi could hardly believe his ears. He was the censor of the seventh-rank official of the Ministry of Revenue. Logically speaking, if he was to inspect the world, he would be the governor at most. The governor and the governor were already amazing. But unexpectedly, the emperor had to appoint him as the Minister of Personnel.

You should know that the Ming Dynasty stipulated that the appointment and removal of officials under the fifth rank are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel. The Minister of Personnel has the honorary title of "Heavenly Official". When it comes to power, it can compete with the Chief Auxiliary. There are even some officials who, if they can choose, would rather have the position of Minister of Personnel than the Chief Auxiliary.

But then again, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. The Ming Dynasty's administration was corrupted so that the Minister of Personnel would never escape responsibility. It was too difficult to change the Ming Dynasty's administration.

Zuo Maodi, who came to his senses, naturally knew how heavy the emperor was in regulating the government. Seeing the emperor watching him, he suddenly corrected his clothes and had no concerns about this. He immediately replied: "I must do my best to manage the Ministry of Personnel for Your Majesty!"

When they entered the palace just now, they had already seen a large number of officials being driven out by the Jinyiwei. From the perspective of officials, the risk of becoming an official in the Chongzhen Dynasty was actually quite high. But he didn't think about this at all, so he agreed.

Seeing Zuo Maodi being promoted to the Minister of Personnel, Du Yinxi and Yan Yingyuan were both dumbfounded. How far is this promotion?

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen had either done this. Zhou Yanru was promoted by him to surpass the level. He had only a few years of official qualifications, but he was promoted to the chief assistant.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen turned to look at Du Yinxi again and said to him: "Are you willing to enter the cabinet to lead the affairs of the world, counsel my confidential counselor, and control the world for me?"

The cabinet assistant was originally the emperor's secretary, and gradually evolved into "external ministers". The bill of the world memorials in his hands, that is, giving corresponding disposal opinions, is the emperor's most important reference and affecting the situation in the world.

In other words, the most important thing for the emperor to handle major affairs in the world is to follow the advice of the cabinet. Even if the emperor is lazy, the cabinet is actually the decision of the affairs of the world. Of course, in terms of power balance, the General Administration of the State Council checks and balances the power of the cabinet.

However, for example, Zhang Juzheng, he settled the Silijian and became powerful all over the world.

Compared to Zuo Maodi's calm acceptance, Du Yinxi was just a mere prefect of Changsha and had never been an official in the capital. He was about to enter the cabinet at once, which really shocked him.
Chapter completed!