"What does Wang Ruoxu want to do?" Yang Tinghe looked sinister.
Liang Chu sighed: "Jiefu hasn't noticed yet? Wang Er is your Majesty's man from beginning to end!"
Yang Tinghe said extremely depressed: "Then why did he ask to marry Huang Mingyu's daughter? And he is very close to my family member Yong Xiu (Yang Shen)?"
"It's just to paralyze us," Liang Chu said.
"Then why did he frame me today? Could it be that when he saw me being ignored by His Majesty, he jumped out and wanted to break up with me?" Yang Tinghe still couldn't figure it out.
Liang Chu guessed: "Perhaps it is because of His Majesty's instruction to use Liu Dongchuan and Wang Ruoxu's mouth to beat you and me!"
Yang Tinghe gradually calmed down, nodded and said: "It's probably so... No, it's definitely so! Without His Majesty's permission, given Wang Er's current situation, he would never have said that!" Yang Tinghe looked lonely and lamented, "
Your Majesty, why do you and I, our monarchs and ministers, do this?"
Yang Tinghe was loyal to Zhu Houzhao, at least extremely loyal at this time. He also wanted to be famous forever and assist the emperor in reviving the Ming Dynasty, but his political philosophy was completely different from that of the emperor, and it was difficult to implement reforms due to various conditions.
Liang Chu reminded: "In the past six months, the priority is to stabilize the court, and it is not appropriate to have any further setbacks."
"It should be like..." Yang Tinghe suddenly shut up because the cabinet minister Fei Hong came in.
The Ming Dynasty cabinet had no quota.
The number of cabinet ministers was generally more than five, and often seven. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, nine cabinet ministers even coexisted.
What is even more bizarre is that in the Wanli Dynasty, for a period of time, only the chief minister was left in the cabinet, which was called the "independent prime minister" at the time. It was not that the chief minister wanted to take over power alone, but it was caused by Wanli's neglect of government. At that time, the vacancy in the capital reached one-third.
Second, the always tight real estate market in Beijing has collapsed.
Today's cabinet is also very depressed, with only Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, and Fei Hong.
In the Zhengde Dynasty, where the cabinet had not yet overwhelmed the six ministries, the smaller the number of cabinet ministers, the smaller the influence of the cabinet. This situation made Yang Tinghe very upset. He requested the emperor several times, hoping to increase the cabinet to five people, but Zhu Houzhao
Always pretending to be deaf and dumb.
There are only three cabinet ministers left in total, but Fei Hong is still a cultivator.
Fei Hong never takes the initiative to express his position, and he never opposes anyone. You can say that he is a vegetarian. This guy is extremely capable and can handle difficult situations quickly.
Sometimes, Yang Tinghe felt that Fei Hong was one of his own, and sometimes he felt that Fei Hong was from the imperial party. Anyway, it was unpredictable and difficult to judge accurately, and it was so foggy that it was difficult to understand.
Fei Hong walked in and said: "After the dynasty was dismissed, His Majesty called me to come up with some countermeasures. He talked about the opening of schools in Guizhou and asked me how many quotas should be set for Guizhou's candidates."
Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu looked at each other. Three cabinet ministers. What does it mean that the emperor summoned Fei Hong alone?
"How do Wen Xian answer?" Yang Tinghe asked.
Fei Hong said: "I think it can be determined as twenty-three people."
Yang Tinghe accepted this number and said: "Wen Xian is mature and prudent!"
Fei Hong added: "Your Majesty said that it seems that there are too few, and it is not easy for Guizhou scholars. He asked me to come back to discuss with you two."
Liang Chu said: "Then let's have twenty-five people."
Yang Tinghe was already suppressed by the emperor and couldn't hold his head up. How could he dare to cause trouble again? He could only hold his nose and admit it: "It's just twenty-five people, no more."
In the past, the quota for Yunnan-Guizhou candidates was fifty, including thirty-one from Yunnan and nineteen from Guizhou.
When Liu Jin came to power, he made a fool of himself and promoted the Zhongbang and Beibang areas together, increasing the number of people in Yunnan to 34 and Guizhou to 21.
After Liu Jin was overthrown, the quotas in other provinces returned to the old system. Only the Yunnan-Guizhou rural examination quotas remained unchanged under the leadership of Li Dongyang, which was regarded as following Liu Jin's policy with the purpose of strengthening control over the southwest border.
Now that Guizhou is opening its courses, the number of places has been increased to 25, which is equivalent to another increase of four!
"What is the quota for Yunnan?" Fei Hong asked again.
Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu suddenly had a headache. The imperial examinations in Yunnan and Guizhou were originally integrated, but Guizhou has increased them. Can Yunnan not express his gratitude?
"Thirty-five for Yunnan." Yang Tinghe only added one more place for Yunnan.
Before the cabinet decision was approved, Yang Yiqing suddenly went to court and demanded that the number of Yunnan rural examination places be increased to 40!
Yang Yiqing learned bad things and took the opportunity to come over to share the credit.
As a Sichuan native, Liu Chun turned his back on Sichuan scholars and actually supported Yang Yiqing.
As a result, a situation was formed in which the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites jointly dealt with the cabinet, and the emperor went astray and approved Yang Yiqing's appointment.
Since then, the number of rural examination places in Yunnan has increased from 34 to 40; the number of rural examination places in Guizhou has increased from 21 to 25.
Yunnan is actually the biggest winner!
Yunnan scholars will also like Wang Yuan in the future. Of course, they like Yang Yiqing even more.
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A few days later, Wang Yuan took Wei Ying to Baofang to meet the emperor.
After a friendly conversation between the monarch and his ministers, Zhu Houzhao was delighted, gave Wei Ying an extra level of salary, and gave him a bullfighting uniform to show his favor.
At the same time, on the grounds that Song Ren, the envoy of Youxuanwei in Guizhou, was seriously ill and had no children, Song Linger was ordered to temporarily take over the post of envoy of Youxuanwei in Guizhou, with full authority to handle the military and political affairs of the Nine Chiefs of Shuidong (three chiefs of the Song family were transferred to the local government).
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"Erlang, I heard that you are getting married. This is a wedding gift from me and the emperor's brother." Concubine Zhuang ordered someone to bring something.
Several eunuchs brought the gift, which was covered with a layer of red cloth.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "Open it and take a look!"
Wang Yuan took off the red cloth, and there was a red coral inside. It looked like a rockery and was so red that it dripped blood. This thing was probably worth thousands of gold!
Wang Yuan quickly said: "Your Majesty, Madam, this thing is too valuable."
Zhu Houzhao said: "You can accept what the overseas barbarians offer."
How could barbarians from overseas come from thousands of miles away and donate such valuable things? They just took a cut of the customs duty, and the money and food they took out were kept in the local area, while the rare items were presented to the palace.
Wang Yuan thought to himself: Your Majesty, if you really want to give a gift, then hurry up and make Concubine Zhuang's belly bigger. It has been half a year and there has been no movement. If you don't leave an heir, what will I, a lucky minister, do in the future?
Zhu Houzhao's thinking was very out-of-the-box. Just after giving away the wedding gift, he said out of nowhere: "Erlang, do you think there are gods in the world?"
Wang Yuan didn't understand what it meant and said vaguely: "Zi Buyu's strange power confuses the gods."
Concubine Zhuang explained at the side: "The Yellow River has burst. Liu Kai, the right deputy imperial envoy of the Prime Minister, did not want to build the river embankment, but instead offered sacrifices to the spirits of mountains and rivers. Li Kai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, thought that he made a mistake and should sacrifice
It was only right to worship He Bo. So Liu Kai went to worship He Bo again, and Li Hao still had the nerve to ask for credit for Liu Kai. Now the public opinion is fierce, and the officials are impeaching these two people."
Wang Yuan was speechless for a while. The Yellow River burst, the dams were not repaired, and only sacrifices were made to the gods. The minister of the Ministry of Industry actually had the nerve to ask for credit for the governor of the river!
Zhu Houzhao was probably tired, so he asked: "Erlang, do you think I'm that stupid? If I really want to reward Liu Kai, I'm afraid it will become an eternal joke."
Wang Yuan cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please strike Li Wei, the minister of the ministry, and Liu Kai, the governor of the river!"
Zhu Houzhao said: "I have to leave one or two ministers for the Ministry of Industry. I have to leave one or two ministers for Mr. Yang Ge. I will definitely replace the governor of the river. Do you have a suitable candidate for Erlang?"
I'm good at engineering!
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what do you think of me?"
Zhu Houzhao asked back: "Can you clean up the river?"
Wang Yuan said: "I am willing to give it a try!"
Wang Yuan dared to ask for orders, and Zhu Houzhao dared to appoint them. He said: "Okay, after you get married, you can go to repair the Yellow River as a censor."
Wang Yuan added: "Your Majesty, my mentor Bo'an Gong (Wang Yangming) once served as the Ministry of Work and supervised the construction of the mausoleum for Weining Bo. I request that Bo'an Gong be appointed as deputy envoy, and we, master and disciple, will work together to control the Yellow River!"
"It's accurate." Zhu Houzhao agreed simply.
With the success of controlling the Yellow River, Wang Yangming can be transferred back to the central government!