Because he was in charge of food and wages in Henan, Huang Ke was quickly promoted from the right minister of the Ministry of Husbandry to the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Although they are both right ministers, the former is a leader in charge and specializes in supervising the warehousing of the household department. The latter is a standing official and belongs to the right ministers in the Eight Classics. That is, the "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that ministers have one left and one right, and the "right"
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The first thing Huang Ke did when he took office in the Ministry of Justice was to find out the cause of death of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Feng Zhen.
There are serious differences between the reports of the military and the imperial censor!
The military said this: The rebels stationed troops in Luonan, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Feng Zhen led his troops across the river to attack them. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Shi Yuan, Generals Shen Zhou, Jin Fu, Yao Xin and others led their troops to follow up. Due to the pursuit all the way,
The horses were hungry and thirsty and took the initiative to drink water when crossing the river. As a result, the cavalry troops were unable to move forward and the following infantry were blocked from crossing the river. Suddenly it was windy and rainy, and the troops were even more confused. Yao Xin was originally a rear sentry, but ended up at the front. Jin Fu was originally a right sentry.
, and ended up not crossing the river at all. After Yao Xin's troops were defeated, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Feng Zhen died in the battle alone, and all other friendly troops were watching the show on the other side of the river.
However, the censor of the capital and the censor of the patrol heard a report saying that the rebels were surrounded by officers and soldiers, throwing money on the ground, and the officers and soldiers grabbed money and caused chaos. The rebels took the opportunity to rush into the battle, killed the deputy commander-in-chief Feng Zhen and broke out of the siege.
The imperial censor's report angered General Feng Zhen, Yao Xin and his men. The two of them fought bloody battles with the rebels, while the friendly troops were watching the show on the other side of the river. They were already holding back their resentment. It's better now, censor.
They even said that they lost because they grabbed money at the last moment. Not only did they lose their credit, but they even lost their hard work!
Huang Ke has found out that the two censors are fooling around, thinking that the war is a romance, and throwing money away from the rebels, causing chaos among the officers and soldiers. But now that the main force of the rebels has been eliminated, the two censors have made meritorious deeds and will atone for their sins.
No reward or punishment.
Zhen Jin, the eunuch guarding Henan Province, did nothing in the face of the rebels. He neither knew how to fight against the rebels nor dared to take credit from civil and military officials. He was attacked by civil officials, military attachés and eunuchs at the same time, and became the only unlucky person to be dismissed from office in this incident.
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Huang Ke was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Justice on the battlefield, and he investigated the matter thoroughly before returning to Beijing. As soon as he came back, he encountered a huge battle.
"Why does father sigh so much?" Huang E asked.
Huang Ke didn't want to talk about political affairs with his daughter: "You don't need to ask more about court affairs."
Zhu Houzhao was so confused by Jiang Bin that he wanted to transfer Sibiang Town to Beijing. Li Dongyang directly requested to resign, and Yang Tinghe personally wrote a memorandum to object. The eunuchs of the Secretary of Ceremony and the Royal Horse Supervisor were silent in response.
From civil servants to eunuchs, no one supported the emperor's actions.
The more this happened, the more insistent Zhu Houzhao became, forcing the cabinet, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War to take action on the matter.
Was the Ming emperor cowardly?
Among the thousands of years of feudal dynasties in China, the power of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty ranked among the top three, second only to the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty! Even though the ceremonial supervisor and the cabinet usually made the decision, no matter how big or small, they did not need to go through the emperor, but once the emperor wanted to
No matter what you want to do, no one can oppose it.
Huang Ke's previous duty was to supervise the warehouse of the household department, and he knew how difficult it was for the household department. Seeing that the chaos of Liu Liu and Liu Qi was over, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but the emperor suddenly played this trick again. He simply wanted to
The big bosses in the DPRK were driven crazy.
However, Yang Tinghe, unable to persuade him, made a deal with the emperor. In the name of relieving the war and cultivating his health, he asked Zhu Houzhao to dissolve the imperial villages and shops in various places, and distribute the land of the imperial villages to the war-torn refugees.
In order to train troops for war, Zhu Houzhao actually agreed to abolish most of the Huangzhuanghuangdian in Hebei and Henan.
Seeing that his father didn't want to say anything, Huang E bowed and left, taking the maid with him to go out.
"Stop!" Huang Ke scolded.
Huang E asked: "What is your father's instruction?"
Huang Ke asked: "Where do you plan to go?"
Huang E gritted his teeth and said, "You are just having fun outside."
Huang Ke sneered: "I heard from your mother that during this period, you have to go out almost every day?"
Huang E ran back, holding his father's arm and acting coquettishly: "Not every day, my daughter only goes out occasionally."
"Go to see that Wang Erlang?" Huang Ke obviously already knew the truth of the matter.
Huang E immediately avoided the important matter and changed the subject: "Dad, Scholar Wang is very powerful. He has created a wax printing machine that can benefit poor scholars all over the world."
"I know," Huang Ke will not be led around. "I'm asking you, as a lady, why do you hang out with men all day long? Do you know how bad your reputation is? No one will dare to propose marriage in the future.
Got it!"
Huang E muttered: "I never thought about marrying someone else."
Huang Ke was so angry at these words that he almost vomited blood. He subconsciously waved his hand and wanted to hit her, but felt sorry for his daughter and took back the slap. He ordered: "From now on, without your eldest brother accompanying you, you can't even step out of the house!"
Huang E said: "Then my daughter will never marry."
"You...you...are so unfilial!" Huang Ke felt his heart ached. Even before the pig came to support him, his cabbage ran away on his own initiative.
Huang E lowered his head and remained silent.
Huang Ke is actually a temperamental person, and he is very accommodating to his wife and children. He knows that his daughter has a stubborn temper, so after much thought, he simply broke the pot and said: "Go, I am too lazy to care about you as a father. But remember,
You must not cross the line between men and women. If you have the ability, you can trick Wang Erlang into being my son-in-law!"
Huang E's cheeks turned red immediately: "Dad, what are you talking about? My daughter has been studying the books of sages since she was a child. How can she cross the line between men and women? Moreover, this lie is too ugly."
Huang Ke thought for a while and then said: "Bring your brother with you. He probably won't be able to pass the exam in this life. He might as well learn physics from Wang Erlang. In a few years, he can learn some skills. Let's see.
Can you give him a low-level official position in the Ministry of Industry?"
In the Ming Dynasty, officials of third rank or above could request to give their sons Yin Guan.
Generally speaking, a civil servant can either serve as a supervisor of the Imperial Academy or serve as a royal guard for hundreds of families (not hereditary, and only receive a salary). But if you want to be an official directly, you can also serve as a minor ninth-grade official, but the big bosses
They all looked down upon him and basically sent his son to the Imperial Academy for a few years while he waited for some leisure duties to be arranged.
Huang Ke is now a third-rank official. His son's Imperial College student was admitted through the formal process, and his qualification as a shadow has not been used yet. If his son can really learn his skills, he will be a ninth-rank official and rely on his father to dominate the court.
No matter how hard you work, you can slowly be promoted to level 8 or above, or even from level 7 to level 7.
In fact, it is just a bet on Wang Yuan. The father will follow Yang Tinghe, and the son will follow Wang Yuan. Yang Tinghe represents the present, and Wang Yuan represents the future. They just serve as leg pendants for the big guys.
If he hadn't made good friends with Yang Tinghe, how could Huang Ke have been promoted three times in one year!
However, Huang E ignored these twists and turns and immediately followed his father's order to find his eldest brother, dragging Huang Qiao along to study with Wang Yuan.
"Xueshi Wang, this is my eldest brother Huang E, whom you have met before." Huang E said to Wang Yuan with a smile.
Wang Yuan cupped his fists and said, "Brother, you are polite."
Although Huang Qiao was quite dissatisfied with Wang Yuan because of his marriage proposal, due to his status, he could only apologize and said with a smile: "I don't dare to do it."
The brother and sister quickly came to the laboratory and found that Yang Shen was also there today.
Yang Shen naturally came here for the wax printing machine. He wanted to get a machine for the Lize Conference so that it would be more convenient to publish conference journals in the future.
"There is still a problem. The wax paper is too brittle and easily broken," Wang Yuan said.
Yang Shen asked: "Can't we improve further?"
Wang Yuan replied: "When I was selecting paper materials, I found that only mulberry paper and wolfberry paper were barely suitable. I also asked papermakers to work carefully for two months to create the thinnest paper possible. The paper on the market cannot be used as wax paper.
Mo! If we continue to improve, I’m afraid it will be difficult to gain anything for a while.”
Yang Shen took over everything: "I'll discuss it with the craftsmen to see if there are any other ways."
Unfortunately, Wang Yuan is a civil engineering geek and knows nothing about papermaking methods.
The traditional Chinese papermaking process is mainly based on the lime method, and the strength of the paper is already very impressive. However, if you want to make mimeograph wax paper, because the paper is too light and thin, you must use the sulfate method to make paper. The paper made by the lime method is easily broken.
It is easy to wax the original paper. There was a mature technology in the Tang Dynasty, which was continuously improved until the Ming Dynasty. Lantern paper, copy paper... these are all wax paper, and Wang Yuan does not need to worry about it at all.
Now the emperor has ordered the Ministry of Industry and the Supervisor of Ceremonies to come to Wang Yuan's laboratory to learn wax printing technology, and to document the entire process, which will be disseminated and promoted by the government to various places.
The flaw of wax paper being easy to break will definitely cause headaches in the future, and private people will naturally improve it, without Wang Yuan having to work hard on it himself.
The matter of recruiting Si Bianzhen to Beijing has made Jiang Bin the number one sycophant and the main target of attack by the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
how to say?
Jiang Bin has now become Wang Yuan's shield. No matter how outrageous things Wang Yuan does, it is acceptable to the officials. Playing in the Cuju League to lose one's ambition? Haha, recruiting Bianzhen to Beijing will bring disaster to the country and the people!
What's more, Wang Yuan also invented a wax printing machine that was beneficial to education, and many civil servants praised him. Compared with Jiang Bin, Wang Yuan is so cute, no matter how you look at it, you find it pleasing to the eye.
After Zhu Houzhao suppressed his big move, there was no memorial to impeach Wang Yuan in the court, and all the attacks were directed at Jiang Bin.
Academician Wang is a capable minister. He has the ability to suppress thieves in the past, and he has the ability to educate and teach later. He is a perfect model for civil servants!
Wang Yuan also has to thank Jiang Bin. If it weren't for this mess, how could he have such a good reputation?