"Have you heard about the organization department?"
"Wei Chen has heard a little bit about it."
Yan Yingyuan was shocked, suppressed his emotions, and bowed his head.
"You should learn a thing or two first!"
When the emperor saw this, he didn't say anything and waved his hand to ask him to leave.
This is a very clear signal.
Yan Yingyuan had to retreat.
After leaving the villa, I could hear the drill horn from the martial arts hall nearby. The sound was loud and the morale was high.
Two days later, the imperial court used the expansion of Shuntian Prefecture as an excuse to compare it to a province and promoted Shuntian Prefecture Yin to the second rank of Cong, and the other assistant officials were promoted to the first rank.
From then on, Yan Yingyuan's rank was the same as that of a provincial chief envoy, so it was natural for him to be promoted to minister.
This move is really beautiful and eliminates the worry of Yan Yingyuan's rapid level jump.
Also promoted at the same time was Tianjin Prefecture. As the gateway to Beijing, its magistrate was the fourth rank. If he was promoted to the third rank, he would also rise to heaven in one step.
Now everyone knew that the emperor preferred Yan Yingren to serve as the minister of the Organization Department, and the contenders immediately focused on the soon-to-be vacant Shuntian Prefecture Yin.
Suddenly, the cabinet issued an edict and made some changes to the six ministries.
Lu Daqi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was still busy patrolling the nine sides. Du Yinxi, the Minister of the Lifan Academy, had just taken office, and the other five ministers made a big change.
Wang Yingxiong, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, moved to the Ministry of Hubu; Zhu Mou, the Shangshu of the Hubu, moved to the Ministry of Rites; Gao Hongtu, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, moved to the Ministry of Personnel; Jiang Yueguang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, was appointed the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments; Feng Xianzong, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, was qualified to be the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works.
This immediately broke the six-part structure that had existed since the first year of Shaowu, and the central government fell into a running-in period for a while.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhenfei, the censor of the right capital, was transferred to the governor of Western Liaoning to guard Yongping Mansion; Sun Changzhou, the governor of water transportation, was appointed governor of Xuanda and was responsible for the Xuanda defense line.
As soon as he responded to the official vacancy, he was replaced one by one, which immediately refreshed the situation of the court that had been stable for many years, and the move was huge.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's family members, including the puppet Zhang Huaiyan, were rushed to Beijing at high speed.
Although the court was slightly turbulent, the cabinet remained stable, suppressed everything, and agreed on terms of appeasement.
Zhang Huaiyan was granted the title of Marquis of Shuntian, and was given a house and fifty hectares of land to appease his heart.
"In my opinion, the imperial court has recruited many generals from the Western Army. If Zhang Huaiyan is left in the capital, I am afraid there will be trouble in the future!"
Yan Chongxin's face was solemn, and he suddenly spoke, expressing his worries.
As soon as these words came out, the side hall fell into silence.
The emperor sat high and looked incomprehensible.
According to the cabinet, although the Western Army is not as good as the Beijing Camp, it has been on the battlefield for many years and has rich combat experience.
Especially those who are familiar with the terrain of the south are suitable for suppressing the rebellion of the Miao and Yi chieftains.
Therefore, ten thousand people were selected and organized into the capital camp, and the rest were reorganized into patrol camps in various counties to suppress local areas.
If you want to safely employ the tens of thousands of Western troops, you really can't spare this Huaiyan.
"Your Majesty, you can follow Taizu's advice and order him to go to Korea and let the King of Korea settle him properly. In this way, you can stay away from China and enjoy wealth and wealth. Isn't it convenient for both parties?"
Zhang Shenyan was handed over. As a conservative representative of the imperial court, everything he said and did was consistent with traditional Confucianism.
He was a little unhappy about the betrayal and proposed a compromise plan.
"Shan, when North Korea becomes more stable, let his family go to North Korea!"
Zhu Mou expressed his approval of this compromise plan. Compared with murder and assassination, this method is much better.
Just when the Ming Dynasty was making great efforts to govern, Hong Chengchou, who was forced to return to Liaodong from North Korea, accepted Dorgon's inquiry.
"The first reason for the defeat of Korea was that our army lacked strength. The Ming army had tens of thousands of troops in the Beijing camp, while our army only had 10,000 people. We were outnumbered..."
"Secondly, the Ming Navy's elite navy is hard to match, and North Korea's thousands of miles of coastal defense are incomparable..."
Dorgon was dressed in regular clothes, with a round face that was quite haggard. Although he was still sitting where he was as before, he couldn't tell how old he was.
While Hong Chengchou was reporting, he was thinking about his body and felt quite worried.
Many years of military career, going through life and death at the age of fifteen, making a living on the battlefield, coupled with years of accumulation of political affairs, put Dorgon's physical burden on him more and more.
Perhaps the ministers around him couldn't tell, but Hong Chengchou, who had been away from Liaodong for nearly two years, immediately saw that something was wrong.
This is only the seventh year of Shunzhi, and the regent can no longer hold on?
"You have been in Korea for two years. With 10,000 troops, you mobilized tens of thousands of troops from the Southern Ming Dynasty and moved hundreds of thousands of money and grain into Shengjing. This is already very good."
Dorgon looked at Hong Chengchou's tired body and nodded with satisfaction.
Since asking Hong Chengchou for advice, Shengjing has been faithfully implementing his plan. He went north to plunder the Sauron people, gave birth to Jurchens, included them in the Niulu, and collected tribute to restore his vitality.
In just two years, the Eight Banners restored 600 Niulu and more than 20,000 men. The Xianghongqi, Zhenglanqi, and Xiangbaiqi, which had suffered heavy losses, also recovered 80% of their strength.
As for the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty, they naturally had to be mobilized on a large scale, and each reached a new high - 500 Niu Lu (one Niu Lu recorded 300 to 500 people), each with 20,000 soldiers and horses.
Now, excluding the old and weak, the Manchu and Qingming forces are no less powerful than the eight banners of Manchu, Mongolian and Han before they entered the Pass, with a total strength of more than 120,000.
Of course, due to the large number of new recruits, it is not as good as before entering the customs.
It is precisely because of the large-scale expansion of the army that Liaodong has become a little barren, with insufficient population and land, and financial constraints.
Hong Chengchou's southward policy plundered a large amount of gold, silver, money and grain from North Korea to satisfy the increasingly scarce imperial treasury.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the number of Korean Eight Banners alone exceeded 10,000 households, which effectively supplemented the labor shortage after the expansion of the army.
As for scholars and craftsmen, there are more than a thousand households.
"I have arranged for the craftsmen from North Korea to enter Longshan Lake, which is right next to the Yalu River. Once the boats are repaired, they can directly enter the Yalu River and then go down to the Bohai Sea."
Dorgon has always been worried about the weakness of the navy.
This time in North Korea, how could they have failed if the Ming army had not continuously transported food from the sea?
A landing at Inchon directly hit the lifeblood of Seoul. The role of the navy was too great.
Since you are powerful, you should learn it, just like firearms, there is no shame in it.
Hong Chengchou was slightly humble and did not dare to take credit.
Although the war into Korea failed to achieve its ultimate goal, it plundered a large amount of materials and people and gained a lot of benefits.
There is no credit, there is always hard work.
"Just add a marquis!"
Dorgon was not stingy either. He waved his hand and said proudly: "Add another bachelor to serve in the cabinet."
"I still believe in your vision."
"Thank you, Prince Regent——"
Hong Chengchou showed a smile and finally entered the center of power.
From the Battle of Jinzhou to now, nearly ten years of hard work have finally come to fruition.
Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou showed a hint of bitterness:
If it were in the Ming Dynasty, in these 10 years, I would have climbed to the position of first assistant.