novelraw Chapter 776 The Carpenter Emperor 31
Chapter 776 The Carpenter Emperor 31
After Zhang Wenda sent dozens of officials from the original six divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate as censors to assist the Ministry of Households in verifying Yintian, Huang Kezuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, fulfilled his wish after handing over the memorial for the replacement Looking intently at Zhou Jiamo who came to the door.
Seeing Huang Kezuan laughing at him, Zhou Jiamo pretended not to know. After a while, he still couldn't help but speak.
"Shaofu, the Son of Heaven can hold Zhang Wenda without any effort, do you want to know how to do it?"
Huang Kezuan shook his head, "Mingqing, we just need to follow His Majesty to do things. I just want to wait for this autumn's taxes to be paid to the capital, and then build a few more cannons."
"You! If you are always thinking about building artillery, you should be transferred to the Ministry of Industry." Zhou Jiamo shook his head.
"I don't want to go to the Ministry of Industry right now. Let Wang Zuo build the Emperor's Mausoleum first. Are you planning to recruit someone to the Ministry of Punishment? I remember that when Fang Shoufu was the first emperor, he recommended many people to recover. For those who arrived in Beijing earlier, you should call more of them to the Ministry of Punishment. There are too many things accumulated over the years."
Zhou Jiamo shook his head, "I came here to talk to you about this. Most of those people were relegated because of their outspoken words of 'struggling for the country'. The spirit is enough, but they are not suitable for the Ministry of Punishment. The officials sent to the Ministry of Punishment are doctors and above The first thing is to be proficient in the criminal law. If you really want to add people to the criminal department, it is more suitable to choose from the censor."
Huang Kezuan shook his head, "It's better to choose from the censors. But you can see that Yao Zongwen and others are from the censors, but I think that when he impeaches others, he is sharp and fierce in all aspects. When it comes to him, he himself is Zhang Ba's candlestick."
"You can exclude all those who participated in the impeachment of Xiong Tingbi and Fang Congzhe this time."
"Should we also exclude those who have only passed the sixth subject? If I dare to choose this way, Zhang Wenda will come to my yamen. There are only so many censors under his command."
Zhou Jiamo spread his hands, "Look, it's not that I don't send you someone from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to let you choose from the most suitable candidates who can succeed you. You dare not choose."
Huang Kezuan was immediately saddened, "It's rare to live in the [-]s. It's time for us old fellows to prepare to retire."
Zhou Jiamo patted Huang Kezuan to comfort him.
"I'm still a few years older than you, and I don't have the intention of becoming an official now. The late emperor suddenly let go, and didn't leave a backup man for the young man's new king. We have taken on the important task of Gu Ming, and we must prepare five years for the emperor. People who will be available in the next year, ten years from now.”
"God knows and the earth knows you and I know. Your mind is afraid that one of us will suddenly fail."
Huang Kezuan exposed Zhou Jiamo with a smile.
Zhou Jiamo was not annoyed, and continued with a smile: "It's good that you understand my thoughts. When the new king is determined to make progress, promote talented and righteous people to the corresponding positions of ministers. I suggest you start from The selection in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also because I think those few are good, and I want you to transfer people by your side to watch for a few years. If you do this, you can feel at ease even after you become an official, right? "
Huang Kezuan nodded, "You're right, you've considered everything thoroughly."
Seeing that Huang Kezuan accepted his suggestion, Zhou Jiamo immediately felt relieved.
"The other thing is that the old man thinks that His Majesty is a person who respects the rules and despises the rules. If there are any laws that hinder him, even Hongwu's laws, he will change them. If it is useful, he will also search through the pile of old papers. Yes. So I think it's better to focus on the criminal law when you teach His Majesty?"
Huang Kezuan nodded, thinking that Zhou Jiamo was right.Just looking at the fact that Xinjun dared to change his son-in-law to be able to take a real job, it is clear that he despises stereotypes and vulgar customs, and is bold.
"Okay, I'll go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to discuss with Zhang Wenda first, if you can't give me a ready-made servant, it's good if you can come over and be a doctor."
Zhou Jiamo settled down on the side of the Ministry of Punishment, and then went to the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.He could see clearly that Xinjun attached great importance to the Ministry of Household's money and grain, but the new monarch's focus was not to make profits by exploiting ordinary people in Shengdou, but to devote himself to establishing a tax standard that was fair to everyone in the world.
This requires that the future Minister of the Household Department can keep up with the thinking of the emperor, and he must have a way to make money and be a person of high character.
He is optimistic about a few good candidates for the servant.Judging from the assessments over the years, the ability is good, and the character and character are not bad so far.But still the same sentence, you have to hit it off with the current minister of the headquarters in order to continue in accordance with the current practice of the emperor.He didn't want to pick and choose, and promoted the servant who was contrary to the emperor's ideas in terms of money and food.
Li Ruhua, Minister of the Household Department, has been busy since the new king came to Dabao.These days, every time I see Zhou Jiamo, I want to make up for him.Now that Zhou Jiamo is willing to come to the household department, he immediately asks his entourage to make his favorite tea.
Seeing that Li Ruhua's eyes were bloodshot, Zhou Jiamo suddenly felt guilty.
"Moff, you can't do that. Doing everything yourself will wear you out."
Li Ruhua took the hot face towel from Chang Sui and wiped the sky, then let out a long and comfortable sigh.
"Mingqing, although I've been very tired these days, I'm very refreshed. As long as I follow His Majesty's suggestion thoroughly, the people of Li will not be hungry anymore. Let me tell you, Your Majesty sent the Ministry of Household Affairs to fetch sweet potatoes from Fujian. , I asked the master from Fujian, and he said that the yield of sweet potatoes per mu does not need to be fertilized, and more than a thousand catties can be harvested. Since Wanli more than [-] years ago, this product has been planted everywhere in Fujian."
"That's great. Keeping the world free from hunger is a great achievement."
Li Ruhua took a sip of hot tea, "With sweet potatoes, next year more than half of the arable land will not need to give so much salary to the vassal. As long as I think about this, and think that the Ministry of Households will have surplus silver next year, I, the Minister of the Household Department, will It’s a job well done.”
Zhou Jiamo had a high opinion of Li Ruhua in his heart, he is a gentleman who does practical things, is not party and selfless.
"I know you are capable, but you must be the first among the 50-year Hubu ministers I have seen to be able to survive in history."
Li Ruhua shook his head, "Mingqing is not because I am capable, but because of my good luck. Although I entered the official position later than you, it has been 40 years. To put it bluntly, if the first emperor was in power, would he check Yintian like this, would he be royal? Paying taxes together? It means that Zhang Taiyue himself is still connected with Qianmo. By the way, I ask the people you want, you may send them here recently? Let me tell you, we must not those who are famous and can’t do practical things. Although the Ministry of Households looks There are many people, but one radish and one hole, each person has to take care of the affairs of a province."
Zhou Jiamo took out the candidate list of household servants and doctors from his sleeve pocket, and handed it to Li Ruhua.
"I have read their assessments over the years, and they all have experience in governing. At present, their character is good, and their talents meet your requirements. Whether they are suitable for your household department will be used after they are used. Got it. You can see if you agree with these candidates, or if you have other candidates, you might as well bring them up.”
After Li Ruhua read it carefully, he returned the candidate list to Zhou Jiamo.
"Mingqing, I don't like those people in Donglin. I don't want to join Donglin here. Otherwise, there will be internal quarrels, and the entire household department will soon lead to a faction. People are arguing about right and wrong. , I only need to concentrate on doing practical things here.”
"Maofu, not everyone in Donglin is like what you said. Look at Yang Lian, he has done very well this month."
Li Ruhua immediately shook his head, "No way. I heard that Yang Lian also participated in the impeachment of Fang Congzhe. I know that he is a Minister of Gu Ming who was highly valued by the late emperor and was exceptionally promoted. He can point out the faults of the late emperor. Expected a lot from him.
But he lacks the vision to see the general situation and do things.
With His Majesty's character and means of doing things, Fang Congzhe is the best as the chief assistant.Impeaching Fang Congzhe from the position of the chief assistant is bound to push the court to be the chief assistant. Every time the court pushes, it will cause unnecessary quarrels. In the end, the courtiers often impeach each other in chaos, and then everyone forgets the business at hand. . "
Zhou Jiamo knew that what Li Ruhua said was right, but he couldn't bear to cross Yang Lian out of the selection of the household doctor.Feeling sorry for him, I continued to persuade Li Ruhua.
"Yang Lian used to be the magistrate of the county and the department of the household department. He is a well-known and honest official. He is one of the most suitable candidates for you to be the doctor of the household department, regardless of his character and talent. I heard that after your majesty asked him to go to the Qing Palace , He and Zuo Guangdou immediately withdrew the memorial to impeach Fang Congzhe. He has only been in office for 13 years, and he has not returned to the court for a long time, unlike you and me who have stood in a high position and watched for a long time, this old man in the court."
Seeing that Zhou Jiamo tried his best to persuade Li Ruhua, he had no choice but to give the Ministry of Officials a written letter.So he reluctantly said: "Since you are so optimistic about him, let him come to the household department to be a doctor. But I can promise you that if he engages in Donglin's tricks in the household department, I will ask you to settle the score." .”
"Okay, okay, if that's the case, I'll send him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and be the censor with those people from the Sixth Division."
Seeing that Li Ruhua had approved a doctor, Zhou Jiamo let out a sigh of relief.Continue with him recommending others he chooses.
But Li Ruhua said: "I accepted Yang Lian because he is the minister of Gu Ming, you can consider other people later. Your Majesty wants to transfer all the people from the Six Departments of Nanjing here, and you can give me more details."
"Maofu, I really deliberated over these few things."
Li Ruhua saw that Zhou Jiamo refused to give in, so he had no choice but to speak out to him.
"Mingqing, I am optimistic about Wang Yingjiao, the Secretary of the Ministry of Accounting in Nanjing. It's just that the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Accounting is a bit inferior regardless of his qualifications and ability."
Zhou Jiamo was dumbfounded.
"Maofu, you really dare to think. He should be 70 years old. Going to Nanjing Liubu is also for the elderly."
"However, His Majesty wants to bring together the Six Departments of Nanjing. It is impossible for him to come here to be a minister. Even though he is a servant of the left, it is better not to become an official directly. Otherwise, you can ask His Majesty what he means, and then ask Wang Yingjiao himself if he is willing?"
Zhou Jiamo had no choice but to accept Li Ruhua's suggestion, and took his hard-picked list of ministers who were urgently needed to be supplemented, and went to Qianqing Palace to ask to see the emperor.