Today we have four guests at home, namely Zhang Cong, Yan Song, Wang Zan and Tang Bohu.
After Zhang Cong failed seven times in the general examination, he finally passed the examination this year with great difficulty. The article in the imperial examination was originally ranked in the second place, but Zhu Houzhao abided by the Hangzhou agreement and actually gave Zhang Cong a second place.
By doing this, Zhang Cong was labeled as a Party of God as soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy.
If Zhang Cong is the imperial party, then Yan Song is the "concubine party". During the period when the imperial concubine was supervising the country, she relied heavily on Yan Song and promoted him to the third rank of general affairs envoy. Because the imperial concubine always recruited Yan Song to consult with the government, she also took the general affairs department with her.
Everything has improved, and it is no longer just a decoration like it used to be.
In the past two years, the six ministries have changed, and Wang Zan has also been promoted. He is currently the left minister of the Ministry of War, taking over Huang Ke's previous position.
Comparatively speaking, Tang Bohu had the lowest official rank. Because of his good erotic paintings, he was deeply loved by the emperor. Not only was he brought back to the capital, he also entered the Hanlin Academy and became an eighth-grade doctor. From time to time, he was recruited by the emperor to paint in the palace.
You will soon be promoted to the seventh grade review.
Among the four, Zhang Cong and Wang Zan belonged to the reformists, Yan Song had become a veteran, and Tang Bohu was just a lucky minister.
What's more interesting is that although Zhang Cong was only a new scholar and an editor at the Hanlin Academy, Wang Zan, who was older than him and was the left minister of the Ministry of War, always followed Zhang Cong's lead.
When someone spoke ill of Zhang Cong and ridiculed Zhang Cong for his luck in getting into second place, Wang Zan would retort righteously: "Zhang Bingyong is a great scholar in Zhejiang. Although I was also born in second place, I am not as good as Zhang Bingyong."
Compared to the second best, my talent, knowledge and knowledge are nothing to mention. Zhang Bingyong can be my teacher!"
After everyone had a drink, Zhang Cong asked: "Shilang Wang, there are major disasters in the provinces this year. Is the imperial court's money and food sufficient for disaster relief?"
"It's definitely not enough," Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "The disaster relief effort is just to save a few lives. Jianghuai has become a 'people cannibal'. It can't be saved by just relying on relief. Speaking of which, I also have some responsibilities."
Wang Zan said: "If you are innocent, don't take the blame for yourself. This is a natural disaster."
"There are also man-made disasters, and I am the chief culprit," Wang Yuan said with emotion. "The Physics School has improved textile machines many times, and I took the lead in opening up the sea in Hangzhou. People in the world who are pursuing profit must abandon food and plant cotton instead. Now South Zhili
The grain output in Zhejiang and Zhejiang has been greatly reduced. In good years, it can still be purchased from other provinces, but this year there are disasters in all provinces. With the disaster in Jianghuai, where will there be enough food? If it is hoarded by merchants again, it is expected that people will starve to death."
Wang Zan said categorically: "But the sea must be opened, otherwise Jiangnan will be in chaos, and the long-term pain will be worse than the short-term pain."
The evaluation of Wang Zan in history books only says that he is magnanimous, upright, magnanimous, and does not care about personal grudges. But Wang Zan is a radical reformer. He not only advocates opening up the sea, but also suggests changing water transportation to sea transportation!
Zhang Cong said: "Having said that, we still need to try to ease it, otherwise it may trigger a civil unrest."
Yan Song suddenly interjected: "Jiangxi's grain tax has increased sharply this summer. Don't you want to promote Jiangxi's policy of clearing fields across the country?"
Wang Zan nodded and said, "That's exactly what I meant."
"Absolutely not," Yan Song advised, "I am not doing it for my own selfish interests, and my family doesn't have much land anyway. However, the reform of land administration in Jiangxi has caused heated discussions, and the ministers in the DPRK are shouting 'please kill Chen Yong'."
This is already the case in one province, and adding several more provinces may lead to party strife, just like Wang Anshi’s reform!”
Wang Yuan smiled and said, "You really should slow down."
Wang Yuan wanted to wait for a few more years and wait until conditions were more mature before leading the Ming Dynasty to carry out comprehensive reforms.
But the radicals under their command could not wait any longer. Gui E and Chang Lun were both promoted to prefectural magistrates and were continuing their reforms in the new territories. They were very unhappy with the local magistrates. Hangzhou magistrate Liu Zhishu wanted to implement it in the entire Hangzhou Prefecture.
Reform encountered a crazy counterattack by the gentry in various counties. If Wang Yuan had not helped to bear the pressure, Liu Zhishu would have been transferred to another place by the Ministry of Personnel.
Chen Yong's reforms in Jiangxi were even more difficult. If he hadn't cleared the land under the pretext of checking out Ning Wang's remnant party and preventing the recurrence of banditry, Jiangxi's Third Division would not have paid any attention to him as the governor.
There has been "civil unrest" in Jiangxi!
The gentry, who had lost a large amount of land, secretly ordered a group of tenants to directly kill more than 20 officials in clearing the land. Some officials died unjustly, because they made profits by clearing the land, which further aroused the anger of the gentry and the people.
So [Biquge www.biqugexx.info] the slogan "Please kill Chen Yong" appeared. It was not a matter of transferring or demoting the official, but the gentry wanted to physically destroy Chen Yong.
With this kind of political experience, even if Chen Yong has outstanding political achievements, he will never be able to join the cabinet or serve in the six ministries in his life. His only way to be promoted is through the Metropolitan Procuratorate, either as a governor in various places or as a big fan in the central government
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Wang Zan and Zhang Cong didn't worry too much. When they heard about the expansion of sea transportation, they immediately wanted to change water transportation to sea transportation. Of course, it was a gradual reform. How much grain was allocated every year to be transported from sea to Tianjin was equivalent to water transportation.
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Also at the Qiantang Navy, the officers and soldiers were trembling with fear at first, but after getting the benefits in Nanyang, their morale instantly became high. The officers and soldiers clamored for war and wiped out all the nearby small countries, just to grab more goods and land.
Especially on the other side of Temasek (Singapore), where the King of Malacca lived when he was in exile. There was a gold mine discovered in a river nearby. Manzheng wrote to Wang Yuan, looking for an opportunity to fight Malacca and take Johor (later the capital of Malaysia)
Johor Bahru) was occupied for gold mining.
The immigrants who were transported to Singapore were originally meant to farm. As soon as the news about the gold mine came out, they all crossed the strait to pan for gold. They were so angry that they asked the immigrants for seeds and farm tools for loans.
Li Long, the capital of Zhejiang who was initially opposed to the opening of the sea, now sent his confidants to engage in sea trade to make a lot of money. He found that Ningbo was not in the new opening city, so he immediately wrote to Wang Yuan to persuade Wang Yuan. Several big families in Ningbo also wrote letters, hoping that Wang Yuan
The minister ignored the previous suspicion and let Ningbo go.
Wang Yuan agreed and gave those guys a hard beating.
All the above made Wang Yuan deeply realize that there is no turning back in reform, and it is even difficult to stabilize it. Those with vested interests in the reform, as well as those who are the pioneers of reform, want to speed up the reform process once they take action. And those whose interests are harmed will
To counterattack, both sides will fight to the death, without any room for compromise.
This nationwide catastrophe gave Qingliu reason to counterattack.
Although Yang Tinghe did not come forward, Liang Chu, Mao Ji, Mao Cheng, Jiang Mian and others were very excited. The officials of science and education, impeachment and impeachment every day, are nothing more than competing for profits with the people, angering the people, and changing their ears.
The soft-hearted emperor had long been persuaded.
Attacks on Wang Yuan have become increasingly frequent. Some say that Wang Yuan is exploiting the sea to make profits, some are saying that Wang Yuan is using Qingtian to occupy land, and some are saying that Wang Yuan is engaged in smuggling in Tianjin.
Wang Erlang's official reputation suddenly became extremely bad, and many new scholars believed that Wang Yuan was a bad guy.
After a meal of wine, although they didn't say it explicitly, everyone knew it in their minds.
Yan Song continued to be in charge of the General Affairs Department and was aware of internal and external political information. He was equivalent to the eyes and ears of this small group - the sending and receiving of official documents from the court, the appointment and dismissal of civil and military officials, the recruitment of troops to the garrison, internal and external memorials and small reports, and the memorials sent back by the cabinet, all of which had to be obtained
The General Administration Department will follow the procedures.
Yan Song seems to have no decision-making power, but his right to know is extremely terrifying.
Everyone's expectation for Yan Song's future is to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In the future, we can look for opportunities to recommend Yan Song as the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and gradually let him climb to the position of Heavenly Official.
Wang Zan's short-term goal is to wait for Wang Qiong to join the cabinet and then be automatically promoted to Minister of War.
As long as Zhang Cong survives the three-year Jinshi period, it is certain that he will be promoted to a minister or a lecturer. Because he is older, has good knowledge, and is appreciated by the emperor, he can run the Hanlin Academy for a small group in the future.
As for Wang Yuan, his achievements have already been revealed, and it will take a few more years for him to be substantially promoted, unless he inexplicably makes another outstanding contribution.
It seems insignificant that Tang Bohu continues to be a lucky minister, but it is actually very important.
Zhan Ruoshui, who has just returned to Beijing, has been promoted to a bachelor's degree. He is also inclined to reform. Before Zhang Cong takes charge of the Hanlin Academy, Zhan Ruoshui can take the lead in the Hanlin Academy.
Wang Yangming, who is far away in Nanjing, also has to endure it slowly. Before Yan Song becomes the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, let's see if Wang Yangming can be sent to the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Anyway, Wang Yangming's career must be preserved.
Members of Wang Yuan's small group either pursue reform or pursue officialdom. Their common characteristic is that they are not accepted by Qingliu, so they spontaneously form a group to develop themselves. Wang Qiong, Minister of War, can definitely win over him, but not yet.
That was necessary because Wang Qiong was the emperor's confidant.