Perhaps the Donglin Party was about to collapse, or perhaps Qian Qianyi was old and thin, but Gao Hongtu finally met him and talked with him for half the night.
The next day, as the Minister of Rites, Gao Hongtu asked to see the emperor.
When he ascended the throne in Nanjing, in order to win over people's hearts, which could also be said to be a check and balance, the emperor gave almost half of his official positions to those veteran ministers.
Among the six ministries outside the cabinet, Gao Hongtu was in the Ministry of Rites, Lu Daqi was in the Ministry of War, and Jiang Yueguang was in the Ministry of Husbandry.
The Ministry of Rites is in charge of imperial examinations and diplomacy. Although the actual power is not great, it is noble.
Zhu Yixi knew nothing but summoned him immediately.
Gao Hongtu is from Shandong, and his Mandarin is pure, comfortable and fluent:
"The Zheng family in Fujian has thousands of ships and tens of thousands of soldiers. Now your majesty has picked up the board high and doesn't know when it will fall. He is frightened, so he went to Qian Qianyi, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, to intercede and explain his difficulties..."
"In other words, if I don't express my position, Mrs. Zheng will be afraid that she will make an unwise move?"
Zhu Yixi sat up straight and was no longer as lazy as before. He squinted his eyes and said displeased: "Is this a threat to the court?"
"Your Majesty, now that the North refuses to establish slaves, how can it be possible that the Zheng family has messed up the rules?"
Gao Hongtu spoke sincerely.
Forcibly suppressing his dissatisfaction, the emperor changed his tone and said: "I heard that Zheng Zhilong's son came to Nanjing to dig holes, that's all, let him come to see me!"
Gao Hongtu breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Qian Qianyi is old, isn't Guangxi too far away?"
"As the capital of Guangxi, how can Guilin be like an ordinary place?"
The emperor said righteously.
He relegated these people to Guangxi, not counting them as human beings. He just wanted to use their reading ability to civilize the place.
Just like Han Yu went to Chaozhou, Su Shi went to Hainan, and Qian Qianyi contributed residual heat in Guilin, this is much better than killing them directly.
"That's it!"
The emperor sighed: "For the sake of Qian Qianyi's meritorious service today, let's appoint him to study politics in Guangxi!"
It's very merciful that I didn't finish it all the way.
Seeing this, Gao Hongtu had no choice but to give up.
Although it is still Guangxi, the academic and political affairs are second only to the Chief Envoy, which is not too aggrieved.
Of course, we still have to go to Guangxi.
In the blink of an eye, Zheng Sen received the instructions, packed up, and hurried to the palace.
Along the way, he could vaguely see some craftsmen, repairing roads, painting, and adding tiles from time to time. This showed that the renovation of the palace was not over yet.
The emperor is too poor!
When they entered the palace, apart from the magnificent bricks and tiles, the decoration inside was not half as good as that of his Zheng family.
Zheng Sen suddenly thought, no wonder the emperor would accept money from Huizhou merchants and salt merchants regardless of shame. It turned out that he was too poor.
"Student Zheng Sen, please pay homage to Your Majesty——"
Zheng Sen followed the eunuch step by step. When he saw the person in front of him wearing a red robe, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed in salute.
"Zheng Sen?" The emperor looked at him thoughtfully.
The future Mr. Guo is now only in his twenties, dressed like a scholar, with slightly dark skin and a slightly broad build, more like a martial artist.
At this time, he was just like Li Dingguo today, his mind was unstable.
As a member of a pirate family, Zheng Sen's eyes were still limited to the Zheng family at this time, but reading broadened his horizons, and he finally woke up.
"I heard that you are a scholar?"
"The student entered Nanjing the year before last and studied at the Imperial College."
Zheng Sen heard the clear voice and immediately replied.
"After the fall of Beidu, the provincial examination has not been held for many years. As a disciple of Qian Qianyi, I am afraid that you will be the one to be elected."
The emperor said calmly.
Zheng Sen lowered his head and did not dare to reply.
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"Get up!"
Zhu Yixi smiled. Although the two were similar in age, their status was so different that it was insignificant.
"I've also heard about your Zheng family."
Seeing that he still lowered his head and looked well behaved, Zhu Yixi nodded with satisfaction.
Perhaps it was precisely because of his ability in both civil and military affairs that Zheng Chenggong never truly rebelled, even though he was in the same camp.
His entangled heart is just like Cao Cao.
Confucianism is good at this point.
When he heard about his family affairs, Zheng Sen was shocked and listened carefully.
"Zheng Zhilong was originally an earl, but it was conferred by the late emperor (Hongguang). I don't want to change it, so he should remain an earl!"
"It's just that this earl is not hereditary, but a descendant. If you want to continue to be rich and powerful, you have to make more contributions to the Zheng family."
"In addition, I intend to form a Nanhai Navy, and let your father be the admiral!"
When he heard about the official title, Zheng Sen was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed: "Zheng Sen, on behalf of the Zheng family, would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."
"Yes!" The emperor nodded slightly.
Zheng Zhilong is old, the little rich is at peace, and the pirates have landed ashore, so the threat is greatly reduced, so he is not actually afraid of the Zheng family.
Only Zheng Sen, the future surnamed master of the country, he was quite concerned about.
Just to interrupt, in fact, the name Zheng Chenggong is wrongly pronounced, just like Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.
You can call him Zheng Sen, or Zhu Chenggong (the king of Tang gave him the surname Zhu after he became emperor), but if you call him Zheng Chenggong in person, it is considered a curse.
The common people and their subordinates respectfully call him the surnamed Lord.
His son Zheng Jing was actually named Zhu Jing. After the Qing Dynasty, his descendants changed his surname to Zheng.
"Zheng Sen, Zheng Damu!"
Looking at the person in front of him, the emperor felt confused.
"Since you are admitted to Nanjing Imperial College, you can also participate in next year's Enke?"
"Your Majesty, students can indeed do it."
Zheng Sen behaved himself.
The Imperial College was completely ruined after Yongle. Anyone with money could enroll, and they could be admitted to the imperial examination just like the imperial examination, but without the privilege of imperial examination.
"Then stay in Nanjing and participate in the first year of Shaowu Enke!"
Zhu Yixi waved her hand: "In addition, I would like to reply to your father. Since Nan'an is a small city, if your family members and children are not feeling well, please move to Nanjing as much as possible!"
Zheng Sen was stunned, this is the hostage.
However, the Zheng family never thought of rebelling, so he readily agreed.
The emperor was not in a hurry and immediately asked about the situation at sea.
Talking about the information obtained by Jin Yiwei, in recent years, there has been a famine in Fujian, and the Zheng family often transported people to Tainan to open up wasteland. Zhu Yixi nodded and said:
"So you are Gu Xiaojia, but in the end you saved the people, so let's forget about it."
Zheng Sen was frightened at first, then overjoyed.
Although the Zheng family's matter was tacitly approved by the officials, it was not in line with the rules. Now that they have been pardoned by the emperor, it is equivalent to avoiding future troubles.
"Get down!"
After waving his hand, the emperor smiled.
As the saying goes, the Zheng family plants trees and the court enjoys the shade. With his words, the Zheng family may be overjoyed and become even bolder.
After a few years, when Tainan is ripe for land reclamation, prefectures and counties will be established to receive the fruits of victory.
However, the Dutch in Taipei were stubborn and had to be dealt with repeatedly by Zheng Zhilong.
For now, we still have to deal with the Manchus first, and then deal with the Dutch.
Before fighting the outside world, you must first make peace with the inside.