Zhu Houzhao put a pile of memorials in front of him and asked with a smile: "Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu believes that your teacher has made great achievements in quelling the rebellion and recommends him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing. What do you think of this?"
Wang Yuan replied: "Since it concerns my mentor, it is inconvenient for me to say more."
"Don't avoid relatives when promoting virtuous people, I'll let you say it." Zhu Houzhao said.
Wang Yuan's face was neither sad nor happy: "I believe that Yang and Liang, the two cabinet ministers, are selfless in serving the country."
Zhu Houzhao said: "Then their suggestions will be approved."
If there is no one in the government, the job in Nanjing is to provide for the elderly.
If there is someone in the court, any title of minister in Nanjing is an excellent springboard for transfer to the central government. For example, Li Xunxue, the minister of the Ministry of Rites at this time, was the minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing before. Because he went to Beijing to report to the emperor and was approved by the emperor, he stayed directly.
In the capital, he was transferred to the position of Minister of Rites.
Although the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing has little real power, he is far inferior to the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. But as long as Wang Yangming can work peacefully for a few years and Wang Yuan does not make any mistakes in the central government, he can be transferred to Beijing as Minister at any time when the turmoil in Qingtian, Jiangxi subsides.
This is really a promotion for Wang Yangming. The promotion is only temporary, but it gives Wang Yangming a chance to gain seniority.
Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu had nothing to do. Their contribution to quelling the rebellion was too great, even as much as killing the little Mongolian prince. If they were to arrange the position of a capital official, they would either be the second-in-command of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or the left minister of the Sixth Department.
These are key positions that Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu are really reluctant to give.
Then we can only send the plague god to Nanjing!
To transfer Wang Yangming to Nanjing, only the top leader of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six ministers of Nanjing had enough weight. The position of minister should not be given too low, either from the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Personnel. The other ministers are simply insulting.
"Your Majesty, Jiangxi Qingtian cannot give up halfway!" Wang Yuan said with cupped hands.
Zhu Houzhao asked: "Your teacher has caused a stir in the court because of Qingtian, and all the officials are hurriedly trying to transfer him. Who else is qualified for such an offending job?"
Wang Yuan replied: "Chen Yong, the envoy of Guizhou Zuobu."
"I have an impression of Chen Yong!" Zhu Houzhao recalled instantly. He was very satisfied with Chen Yong's work and rewarded Chen Yong with three sets of unicorn suits at once.
Chen Yong is also from Yuyao and belongs to the same hometown as Wang Yangming.
Moreover, Chen Yong was born in the Chen family, a prominent family in Yuyao, and had moved to Yuyao for sixteen generations. In the Song Dynasty, there was a minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was posthumously presented to the Duke of Jin. However, in the Song Dynasty, there were only three official ministers.
Chen Yong is still a direct descendant of the head of the Chen family in Yuyao. He used to follow Xie Qian. After Xie Qian became an official, he followed Li Dongyang. When Li Dongyang retired, he was ostracized by powerful officials and now had no choice but to rely on Wang Yuan.
Chen Yong is not a reformist, but a practical person.
When Li Dongyang became an official, he had correspondence with the reformists and practicalists under his command, allowing them to choose to move closer to Wang Yuan. Strictly speaking, Chen Yong surrendered without any psychological pressure, and Wang Yuan could be regarded as inheriting Li Dongyang's political legacy——
Li Dongyang's subordinates were mixed, and both clear-minded and speculators took refuge in Yang Tinghe.
By the way, Li Dongyang was already dead, and Wang Yuan was serving as governor of Zhejiang at that time.
After getting married and returning to Beijing last year, when passing through Huguang, Wang Yuan took his wife, children and classmates to pay homage to Li Dongyang's hometown.
Wang Yuan said: "Chen Yong was a general of Mr. Xi Ya (Li Dongyang) in the past. Although he comes from a prominent family, he can be ruthless and attack the local gentry."
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "If he does well in Qingtian, Jiangxi, he will be transferred to Qingtian, Nanzhili. Anyway, he will get a lot of grain for the court. With grain, I can conquer the grasslands in the north and send troops overseas.
colonial."
"Actually, I have formulated a series of plans," Wang Yuan said. "Starting from coining money, reforming the currency and tax systems, and supporting local land clearing, it must be a three-pronged approach. First..."
Zhu Houzhao was not interested in such trivial matters, and waved his hand and said: "You can do it, I just want to fight. Fight big battles, win battles, and be an instant emperor like Taizong."
Wang Yuan advised: "Taizong's northern expeditions in consecutive years were because he had a solid internal affairs and had sufficient money and food. Today's Ming Dynasty..."
Zhu Houzhao interrupted again: "So, I leave all the internal affairs to you, and Erlang must do a good job. Not to mention so many, there are too many backlogged memorials. Erlang, please help with them. I will go to Qiantang Navy to transfer.
change."
Most of the backlog of memorials in front of the imperial court are related to King Ning's rebellion.
The ministers of the DPRK requested that Prince Ning be escorted to Beijing quickly, and they also formulated a reward plan for those who had made meritorious service. The prince of the supervising state had no right to make the final decision on these major matters, and they had to be approved by the emperor himself.
Without Wang Yuan, Zhu Houzhao would not bother to approve the memorials, so he would leave them all to Zhang Yong and Jiang Bin, who would just sign them and it would be done.
Perhaps because of the successive betrayals, Zhu Houzhao was wary of Jiang Bin. Although he still favored Jiang Bin, he did not let Jiang Bin touch the memorial, and only allowed Zhang Yong and Wang Yuan to help deal with it.
The first thing to be approved was the reward given to Wang Yangming: he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, given a bullfighting uniform, and an English crown. In addition, Wang Yangming was promoted to a higher rank, his wife was given the imperial edict of Zhu clan, and his grandparents were posthumously given honorary official positions and edicts.
Wang Yangming's father, Wang Hua, also retired from the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing. The father and son held the same position one after another, and it became a good story.
In fact, it was a reward for Wu Wending: he was promoted to Jiangxi Inspector, given a unicorn uniform, promoted to a higher rank, etc.
More than a dozen officials were awarded one after another, and then the dead were rewarded.
This is a bit controversial. Sun Sui and Xu Kui died heroically because they opposed King Ning on the spot. It is normal to posthumously award them with official positions and ranks, and it is also okay to grant their heirs the title. However, some officials suggested that these two people should be given posthumous titles.
Temple construction in Jiangxi.
What's the meaning?
Just make them the City God of Nanchang!
Zhang Yong asked: "The ministers were quarreling fiercely over the memorial. Should we build a temple for the two of them?"
Wang Yuan replied: "Let's build it. Most of the officials of the Third Division of Zhejiang were forced to become thieves. This is human nature. After all, the knife was placed on their necks. But these two people, knowing that they would die, angrily criticized King Ning for being loyal to the emperor.
The desire to serve the country can be learned. Building temples and offering sacrifices to them can inspire the loyalty and courage of people all over the world."
Zhang Yong didn't care about this. Anyway, any number of Chenghuang temples could be built without spending his money. He only asked this question to build relationships and express his respect for Wang Yuan.
Therefore, under the joint decision of Zhang Yong and Wang Yuan, Sun Sui and Xu Kui were given three-level official positions and honorary ranks, and their sons were granted the title of Jinyiwei Baihu. A Temple of the City God was built in Nanchang, named "Jingzhong Temple", and Sun Sui was
The chief priest and Xu Kui are the accompanying priests. From now on, they will be the patron saints of Nanchang.
Wang Yuan found it quite strange that with a stroke of his pen, he actually sealed two folk gods.
The emperor Zhu Houzhao was very incompetent. Faced with such a big matter, Wang Yuan and Zhang Yong submitted the approved memorial. He only glanced at it casually and signed it - during the Zhengde period, there were no eunuchs with pen pens.
He does not have the right to approve red papers on behalf of the emperor.
After dealing with this pile of memorials, Wang Yuan felt the rise of a new faction. That was the "Yangming Party", or the "Suppressing Rebellion Party", with Wang Yangming as the foundation, the governors of Jiangxi as the trunk, and the governors of Jiangxi.
, the county magistrate is the branches and leaves.
Among these people, except for Wang Yangming, who was transferred to Nanjing, all the others were promoted to local bureaucrats with real power. Only nine of them were appointed as inspectors and deputy envoys, and participated in politics.
There were only two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty!
At the same time, Wang Yuan also discovered that Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu did not seem to pay much attention to local power. They were more concerned about official positions in the northern and southern capitals.