Yang Sichang was greatly moved and immediately knelt on the ground to thank him loudly.
The surrounding officials looked at him with envy, especially the group of people who had just spoken out to recommend Li Sancai. They were extremely jealous.
But they did not dare to oppose the emperor's decision. Even if they were unwilling to do so, they could only let it become a fact.
Besides, their top priority now is not the candidate for the governor of water transportation, but the investigation of Li Sancai.
The emperor actually wanted to conduct an in-depth investigation again, which really caught them off guard.
But before they could recover, the emperor brought up a hot topic again.
"If we want water transportation to be smooth and smooth, there will no longer be problems of blockage or dyke bursting, and we will ensure that food supplies from Jiangnan can reach the capital!"
"I want to reinstate the Commander-in-Chief of Water Transport, and together with the Governor-General of Water Transport, he will coordinate all matters governing the canal and maintain the security and repair work of the river, so as not to ask the court for money every year!"
"Your Majesty, I think it's impossible. Isn't it difficult to talk about river issues? With the Governor of Water Transport and his officials, they can completely manage it!"
"Re-establishing a military commander-in-chief will only increase the burden and trouble on the court. Moreover, there are many conflicts between the military commander-in-chief and the governor. If the two of them cannot unify their opinions and powers, what should we do?"
As soon as he heard that the emperor wanted to reinstate the general military officer, Wang Dewan, the censor of Qiandu, immediately lost his composure.
When the Chief Military Officer and the General Staff Office were abolished, they, the Donglin Party members, planned carefully, spent all their efforts, and completed it under tremendous pressure.
It was also after that that the Donglin Party was able to gain absolute advantage, severely suppress the Zhejiang and Chu parties, and challenge the emperor.
But it has only been less than ten years, and the emperor is actually going to be restored? They absolutely cannot accept this reality and must stop it!
Zhu Youxiao immediately replied:
"Govern it well? How to govern it? Your governance is to ask me and the court for money, and use the money to plug the holes!"
"If you can manage the rivers for me and make the water transportation smooth, the court and I can sit back and relax. I am too full to take care of these trivial matters."
Wang Dewan was speechless by the rebuke. The emperor took Shang Shu's memorial and made a fuss. They really couldn't refute it.
The rest of the officials also knew that nothing could be done, and that the restoration of the Chief Water Transport Officer could no longer be stopped, and they did not want to waste their time doing such a thankless task.
So he didn't jump out to oppose it in public like Wang Dewan.
Now that the decision has been approved, the next step is to select the candidate, which is too critical.
Zhu Youxiao looked around among the distinguished people, sizing them up.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, felt very good about himself. He straightened his body slightly to stand out more.
He felt that the position of Chief Water Transport Officer must be his.
Because there are only three Dukes in the capital, the British Duke, who has the most trust and trust from the Emperor and has the highest status, has been entrusted with important tasks, so naturally it is impossible for him to be released outside.
As for Duke Ding, his status is equal to that of Duke Cheng, but he has no sense of existence, so this is the reason why he is most confident.
Moreover, his ancestor Zhu Neng was different from others. He was the leading general of Emperor Chengzu. Even with this weak relationship, the commander-in-chief of water transport was out of his grasp.
As long as he can serve as the chief water transport officer, wouldn't gold, silver and food be available inexhaustibly?
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that he had been directly blocked from sight by the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao's eyes remained on the group of marquis standing behind.
To be honest, apart from the British public family, there are really not many good people in the Ming Dynasty, especially those who were canonized for their merits in the Jingnan War.
It's really embarrassing for him to choose from these rotten people.
After thinking about it for who knows how long, Zhu Youxiao still couldn't think of any noble family who could take on such a big responsibility.
The position of the Chief Water Transport Officer was particularly important because he had to use water transport to suppress the officials and gentry in Southern Zhili.
To be qualified for this position, this person must first position himself correctly, just like the British Duke, and support him with all his strength.
In the end, he finally selected two tall men among the dwarves, and appointed Xuancheng Bowei Shixin as the chief water transport officer, and also in charge of the defense of Huai'an and the prime minister of the river!
Zhang Qingzhen, the uncle of Hui'an, was appointed as the defense general of the water transport army to assist the general officer of the water transport army in handling all matters related to rivers and transportation.
The two people Zhu Youxiao proposed were neither the founding heroes nor the Jingnan heroes. Xuancheng Bo was canonized by Emperor Wuzong, and Hui'an Bo was canonized by Emperor Yingzong.
Although the two are nobles, they are not like other nobles who form cliques with each other to seek personal gain.
The martial arts in the Ming Dynasty were also divided into hierarchical parties and were even less united than the civil servants.
The two noble groups of Founding and Jingnan are naturally closer to each other, because their ancestors also shed blood and fought together.
Those who were canonized during the rest of the period did not have a very high status in the big family of honors, and they had no partisan influence at all.
The reason why Zhu Youxiao chose these two people was that, apart from the fact that they were relatively clean and innocent, the most important thing was that both of them were loyal to the emperor.
The British government even had a team of hundreds of servants, but these two families did not have any armed forces except slaves and a small number of guards.
When Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Zhang Shize called on the nobles to organize all his bodyguards and fight to the death in the city.
But the two families' reply was that they had no servants at all, and even their desire to kill the enemy was useless. So when the inner city was breached, both families committed suicide and martyred their country.
Xuanchengbo and Hui'anbo, because these two families were not in the two noble groups of Jianguo and Jingnan, they also avoided a lot of unnecessary troubles.
When Zhu Youxiao announced that he and he would serve as the chief military officer and the staff officer respectively, some people among the distinguished people were already agitated.
No one would have thought that the emperor would appoint these two people who had no sense of existence. It was simply unreasonable.
The civil servants acted very indifferently and never said a word from beginning to end. The royalist officials knew that the emperor had his own ideas, so they did not recommend it.
As for other officials, they all care about matters that have nothing to do with themselves. They will never get involved in something that has no benefit to them at all.
Among the nobles, the one with the greatest mood swings was Duke Cheng, Zhu Chunchen.
He didn't expect that his dignified Duke Jingnan would be compared with two low-class earls. He really couldn't accept it.
Zhu Youxiao's keen eyes naturally noticed it, but he simply ignored it.
Sooner or later, he will have to show off this black sheep.
Wei Shixin and Zhang Qingzhen were already in a state of complete confusion.
They simply did not dare to think that the emperor would actually entrust them with important tasks.
However, the order was issued and the two of them accepted it readily. The emperor's trust was not so easy to gain.