In Wenyuan Pavilion, a distribution of power happened as quietly as in early spring.
The three people, Ren Hengtai, Xie Jin, and Gao Yangzhi, had a tacit understanding and peaceful division of power in Wenyuan Pavilion with the subtext hidden in their words.
As the first person to receive the emperor's oral order to lead the Wenyuan Pavilion and supervise the New Deal, Ren Hengtai was indisputably the first to join the Wenyuan Pavilion and began to lead the Imperial Pavilion.
experience.
As a person who has always been in Wenyuan Pavilion and signed imperial memorials, Xie Jin also walks in Wenhua Palace and is a bachelor of Hanlin Academy. He is the second person in Wenyuan Pavilion after Ren Hengtai.
As for Gao Yangzhi, the youngest feudal official in the empire, because of his official qualifications, he could only sit on the round stool with him.
On the couch, in front of piles of memorials.
Xie Jin played the role of distributing state affairs tasks. Top priority matters, such as today's changes in the court in Yingtian City and the northern border expedition that had already begun, were all sent to Ren Hengtai in advance.
As for the affairs of the fourteen bureaucracies of the Ming Dynasty, they were kept by Xie Jin, and the affairs of the Tianxia Prefecture and counties were then sent to Gao Yangzhi's hands.
Gao Yangzhi was a little uncomfortable with it, and felt a little uneasy looking at the affairs of the local prefectures and counties that were ten times the size of Jiaozhi Road.
He entered the capital yesterday, and before he even received the decree, he was already in Wenyuan Pavilion drafting matters to be submitted by officials from all over the world, which really made him a little frightened.
Even though it must have been explained in the palace, it does not comply with the rules of the court.
"The magistrate of Huan County, Qingyang Prefecture, petitioned the court to collect cotton, cloth and other materials for the use of border residents and border military guards in the winter this year. I wonder how the court should respond to such a petition?"
Gao Yangzhi picked up the first memorial, read it from beginning to end, thought for a few times, and finally chose to ask.
At this moment, Jie Jin was lowering his head to review the votes and prepare to annotate the memorial in hand. Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile, then he stopped and looked up at Ren Hengtai opposite.
Ren Hengtai was reviewing the plan to fill the vacancies in the imperial court sent by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. After hearing the questions, he noticed the attention and put down his pen and raised his head.
He reviewed the situation for a moment, frowned and said: "Where did the border people come from in Qingyang Prefecture, and where are the border troops? In the north are the Ningxia Guards, and the Yulin Guards guard the north gate of Shaanxi Road. Under the rule, the Anbian Station is also allocated grain and grass by the Shaanxi Xingdu Si Yamen
Supplies. Where did they get their faces from?"
Ren Hengtai, who entered the Wenyuan Pavilion on his first day, unknowingly had the majesty of an imperial civil servant.
Gao Yangzhi was still thinking about Ren Hengtai's suggestions and what could be regarded as official teachings.
Xie Jin looked at Bai Yuxiu on the side with a smile: "Bring him the memorial that Shaanxi Dao recently requested."
Ren Hengtai continued to point out: "It is not easy in the court, and the local government will never consider it. The court needs to worry about the fourteen prefectures and counties in the world, but the local government only needs to take care of the people under the government. Can we get more from the court?
If they get one point, they will be able to live a better life and achieve better political results. At this time, the court must have a clear vision and know the local foundations, and cannot be fooled by them without a memorial."
This is based on experience.
Raise your head high, stop arching and cup your hands, which counts as memorizing everything.
At this time, Bai Yuxiu had already taken various memorials from Shaanxi Province from last year to the present from the desk shelf on the side, and sent them to Gao Yangzhi.
He even carefully separated out several memorials from Qingyang Prefecture and surrounding prefectures and counties.
Gao Yangzhi took the memorial and after reading several copies, his face became a little ugly.
"Is Qingyang Mansion the same from top to bottom? What is going to be done in March?"
Xie Jin chuckled: "No one else can complain about suffering. No matter whether they are suffering or not, they must let the court know that they are suffering."
Ren Hengtai frowned, shook his head and said: "Let's make a comment on the ticket. Qin Tianjian mentioned it a few days ago that there will probably be a severe cold this winter. Please allow it to be discounted by 30% to prepare for emergencies. If nothing happens, you can Send it to the border troops on the spot for use. After His Majesty approves it, it will be reported to the Shaanxi Xingdu Division for notification."
After finishing speaking, Ren Hengtai paused and thought for a moment, then looked sideways at Xie Jin opposite.
"Spring Breeze, Renge said this to uphold the country. You should learn more and listen more in the future." Xie Jin spoke softly and taught earnestly.
Gao Yangzhi followed the good advice and wrote down Ren Hengtai's draft opinions word for word on the memorial to Huan County of Qingyang Prefecture.
Afterwards, the three of them continued to vote on the memorial.
Many state affairs still need to be drafted one by one before the few remaining officials in Beijing enter the palace and sent to the Holy Father.
Bai Yuxiu and Wang Xinling called the clerks from Wenyuan Pavilion to come forward to serve them, and then they quietly exited the main hall.
"Senior, why do you think your husband gave up the top spot in Wenyuan Pavilion? This Wenyuan Pavilion was clearly the one that your husband walked in first."
When he got outside, Wang Xinling saw that there was no one around, so he frowned in the corner and started fighting with Mr. Bai Yuxiu.
Bai Yuxiu had a smile on his face. He was very satisfied with this junior who had taken over the official position he had vacated in the General Affairs Office.
Bai Yuxiu said softly: "It is an indisputable fact that Mr. Ren has been in Wenyuan Pavilion for several years, but what about being in the court? Mr. Ren is a bachelor and the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Your Majesty wants him to enter Wenyuan Pavilion. Is it because he wants him? Falling behind Mr. So, where are the country’s rules?”
Wang Xinling curled his lips: "Then it should be Zhai Butang who has been admitted to Wenyuan Pavilion, but it turns out that the person from the Ministry of Rites is here."
"Your Majesty...or rather..." Bai Yuxiu paused twice obviously, but did not say anything after all. Instead, he changed his words and said: "The impassioned speech Mr. Ren made in front of the Meridian Gate that day was probably what he could do." Probably the reason for entering Wenyuan Pavilion."
The young governor was still unhappy, probably because he felt that his husband was the best in the world.
Bai Yuxiu got in front of her junior student, suppressed the words that came to her lips, and said comfortingly: "You have to understand, the height of the seat in the court is not necessarily the same as the height of the seat. Now in this Wenyuan Pavilion, Can you say that the elder of Ren Pavilion is the dominant one and everything is dominated by him? If that were the case, Gao Yangzhi would not be able to enter Wenyuan Pavilion in advance without the will today."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wang Xinling suddenly became quiet, and after a while, his eyes flashed with light.
When he raised his head, there was already a smile on his face: "The palace must maintain balance in Wenyuan Pavilion! The old master of Ren Pavilion is in charge of Wenyuan Pavilion, but with Mr. Gao and Senior Gao here, it is impossible to let Wenyuan Pavilion."
Yuan Pavilion has become a one-spoken institution. And since Mr. Gao and Senior Highness have the trust of His Highness, matters in the imperial court can be assured."
Bai Yuxiu nodded, but then shook his head: "There is one more thing, you probably forgot."
"One more thing?"
The young governor's face showed confusion.
Bai Yuxiu explained: "The imperial court is now implementing the New Deal. Where did the New Deal come from? It seems that Ren Ge always leads the Wenyuan Pavilion, but under the New Deal, how heavy will be the responsibilities and burdens on his shoulders? You can
Have you ever thought about how many scoldings will be made in the world when the New Deal is implemented?
Today in Wenyuan Pavilion, the gentleman and the seniors treated Mr. Ren Ge so politely, which means they know what is going on here. To say it is respect, it is better to say that the sir and seniors express their gratitude to Mr. Ren Ge."
Wang Xinling opened his mouth, with an expression of sudden realization on his face.
Bai Yuxiu stretched out her finger and pointed on Wang Xinling's forehead, smiled and shook her head and said: "You are senior Chunfeng and don't know about the affairs of Qingyang Mansion?
A few months ago, many memorials in the imperial court were copied and sent to Chunfeng Academic Director. This was the intention of His Highness Taisun. Earlier, the fate of today's Wenyuan Pavilion had already been determined.
You and I still have a lot to learn from Mr. and Senior Chunfeng."
Bai Yuxiu sighed for the last time.
It seems to be expressing his shallow official experience, and also seems to be lamenting when he will be able to step into Wenyuan Pavilion from the youngest feudal official in the empire like Senior Chunfeng.
Wang Xinling's eyes were completely confused.
Everything he heard at this moment was really hard for him to digest.
In the end, with a trace of pure longing, I could only turn my head and look sideways at the hazy main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion behind the window paper.
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Dawn is rising.
A new day slowly arrives in Yingtian City.
Today, the number of officials in Beijing who can enter the Meridian Gate can be described as sparse.
The officials in the six departments, five temples and three Dharma divisions are relatively neat, but when it comes to the ministers, young ministers and other officials below, there are only a handful of them.
After passing through Fengtian Gate, the officials headed towards the Huagai Hall where today's meeting will take place.
At this time, there will be a scene that makes people laugh uncontrollably and laugh out loud.
The officials who were promoted from the third-grade position of Shanglin Yuanjian just two years ago, but today the officials who entered the palace to participate in the court meeting appeared to be the neatest among the officials.
A large group of people, wearing a first-grade crane red robe, led by Yuan Sutai, the supervisor of Shanglinyuan, looked like the first yamen of the Ming Dynasty, holding their heads high and looking out of place with the surrounding colleagues in the court.
Ren Hengtai, the Minister of Rites, was on duty at Wenyuan Pavilion, and Zhai Shan, the Minister of Official Affairs, was still recuperating in the Imperial Hospital.
The only people walking in front of the civil officials were Yu Xin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Wang Jun, the Minister of the Ministry of Works. After that, there were the Zhengyintang officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the General Affairs Secretary and other yamen.
Yuan Sutai did not move forward, and just silently led the officials from Shanglinyuan Prison to follow the crowd, but his eyes looked around from time to time.
Then, Yuan Sutai looked intently at another group of people in the middle of the crowd who were incompatible with the officials in the DPRK.
It was the group of craftsmen led by the great craftsman official Zhang Ergong who joined the government.
Zhang Ergong, who is wearing a seventh-grade green robe, and a group of craftsmen who are in a ninth-grade green robe, can be easily recognized among the crowd.
They looked somewhat slovenly, and each piece of their official robes still had indentations, indicating that they rarely wore official robes on weekdays.
With his dark cheeks and palms covered with scars and calluses, he was clearly wearing official robes, but he did not look like an imperial official.
Yuan Sutai looked sideways at the Shanglinyuan prison officer beside him.
The other party immediately moved to Zhang Ergong and others.
After a while, Zhang Ergong seemed a little frightened and led his craftsmen and officers to merge with the officials of Shanglinyuan Supervisor.
Zhang Ergong was very nervous at the moment. In front of him, Linyuan Supervisor Yuan Sutai's red crane robe was covered with water, which made him breathless just looking at it.
But he also felt a little curious about Yuan Sutai, who was wearing the red crane robe but never walked in the front.
Yuan Sutai was more calm than Zhang Ergong, and said softly: "I heard that the master craftsman has been traveling frequently in the three places recently, and it is very hard. There are countless things to do in the country, so the master craftsman still needs to take good care of his own body."
Such thoughtful words made Zhang Ergong feel at a loss for a while.
Zhang Ergong hurriedly raised his hands, lowered his head and whispered: "I am... I am thinking of you, Inspector Xie Yuan. It's just that there are too many things to do. If you don't do them today, you will have to do more tomorrow, which will make you even more tired."
Yuan Sutai showed surprise on his face. He glanced at the officials from Shanglinyuan who were also surprised and couldn't help laughing twice: "In the court, you are the only one who can say that you are tired so directly. You are the only one who can say that you are tired."
You are qualified to say this."
Zhang Ergong didn't know how to answer, so he could only keep nodding his head. He felt that this was not good, so he started to shake his head.
Yuan Sutai turned his eyes and changed the topic: "I heard... the master craftsman's steam ship is almost ready? I wonder how powerful that new ship can be?"
As soon as professional matters were mentioned, Zhang Ergong's eyes suddenly lit up.
His answer also became faster: "Back to prison, the steam ship will be launched in two months. I am thinking about going downstream from the Longjiang Shipyard to Songjiang Prefecture.
If nothing happens, let the steam ship go out to sea and go to Hangzhou. If nothing happens, then rush to Jiaozhi Road.
After a round of back and forth, it will probably take until the end of the year to determine whether there are still any changes that need to be made.
It will probably not be until this time next year that the specifications and technology of the steam seagoing ships can be finalized, and new steam seagoing ships will be launched one after another by the end of next year."
Yuan Sutai was not in a hurry, and just listened quietly to Zhang Ergong's introduction to the steam ship.
After finishing talking about the construction period and arrangements, Zhang Ergong swallowed his saliva and took the initiative to continue: "Now, according to the plans of the subordinates, this steam ship can carry three thousand materials. When the steam ship returns from Jiaozhi Road this year,
Later, Xiaguan and others planned to increase the load to 5,000 materials.
Wooden sea-going ships have too many limitations. Xiaguan and others are still studying how to further increase the load capacity of sea-going ships and ensure that sea-going ships can tread flat ground on the ocean.
Bigger sea ships, more stable sea ships. Xiaguan and others hope that the imperial court will soon have large ships with tens of thousands of materials, and even large ships with tens of thousands of materials built by Xiaguan and others.
If so, the imperial court can also build it into a warship. If there is trouble overseas, just a steam ship, fully loaded with officers and soldiers, can quell the chaos."
As Zhang Ergong spoke out precise numbers one by one, the eyes of Yuan Sutai and others began to shine with light.
The large ship with five thousand materials is already comparable to the largest treasure ship in the hands of the imperial court today.
Even three thousand materials is a rare carrying capacity for ships traveling between Jiaozhi Road and Yingtian.
And most sea-going ships, such as those owned by the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion who are in charge of sea-going freight, only have one thousand or two thousand materials. Even if they have three thousand or four thousand materials, they are still few.
There are several boats.
Now, Zhang Ergong has directly launched a ship with 3,000 materials, and will strive to increase this number to 5,000 materials next year to compare with the Ming Dynasty's treasure ships.
He even predicted without any false pretense that in the future the Ming Dynasty would be able to build large ships with tens of thousands of materials from their own hands.
A large ship worth tens of thousands of dollars, loaded with officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, went to sea to suppress the unrest?
Although Yuan Sutai was the Supervisor of Shanglin Garden, his words here only made his blood boil for a moment.