Daming Military Empire

Chapter 491
As soon as the news of Huang Daozhou's tongue-in-cheek battle came out, it became a hot topic of discussion among the people in the capital.

This guy is fierce, with the emperor's acquiescence, he almost sprayed all the bosses in the capital city with just one mouth!

The issue of the establishment of the Ministry of Education is almost done so far. Once all the officials are in place, various tasks can be carried out, and Zhu Cijiong doesn't have to worry about it. Only the Ministry of Commerce is a headache for him.

Why does he have a headache?Because Sun Quan refused to accept the call!

He sent several telegrams to Sun Jiazhou, but if Sun Quan didn't come, there was nothing he could do.

Why didn't Sun Quan come?It's not that he wanted to resist the edict, he really couldn't come because he was in Ding You.

Dingyou is filial piety, which generally refers to the system that officials must stop their duties after the death of their parents or grandparents.

In ancient times, after the death of their parents, children were required to hold mourning for three years according to the etiquette. During this period, marriages and marriages were not allowed, and auspicious ceremonies were not expected.

This system originated from the Han Dynasty and was often used for people with official status. During Ding You's period, Ding You's people were not allowed to be officials. If there were no special reasons, the state could not force Ding You's people to be officials. Ding You's people are officials, called "Duoqing".

Three years of filial piety may seem a bit unreasonable, but it actually makes sense.

What is Ding You's reasoning?It is to repay the kindness of parents, because children cannot live without their parents within three years of their birth, and need their parents’ care all the time, so when children grow up, they must do their best for their parents in their later years, and when their parents pass away, children should always be grateful Their kindness, at least three years of filial piety.

This is not only filial piety, but also the maintenance of the inherent goodness of human nature. The kindness of parents is the most important thing. If you can forget the kindness of parents and let him love others, love society, and love the country, how can it be possible.

As for seizing love, most emperors seldom do it, because it violates filial piety, even if seizing love to keep people, it may not necessarily lead to good results.

Zhang Juzheng of the Wanli Dynasty is a good example. In the fifth year of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng’s father passed away. Wanli also admired him very much, so the two hit it off and fell in love!

This seizure directly won Zhang Juzheng's self-expansion, and began to transform from a virtuous minister to a powerful minister.

Later, when Wanli grew up, he found that he had been deceived by Zhang Juzheng. From then on, he almost stopped trusting any officials.

Those who study the history of the Ming Dynasty often say that "Ming actually died in Wanli". Tracing back to the source, it is precisely because of Zhang Juzheng's confusion between power and filial piety that caused the distortion of Emperor Wanli's character, so that the government changed from day to day. Daming's vitality was exhausted bit by bit.

Zhu Cijiong didn't dare to let Sun Quan win his love casually. For this reason, he specially invited his mentor Xu Guangqi and senior brother Chen Zilong to ask for their opinions.

These two people are also against allowing Sun Quan to win the favor. With Sun Chengzong's prestige, if Sun Quan wins the love, he does not know how much pressure from public opinion he will face. It is difficult for him to concentrate on his work under the criticism of the world, so it is better to find someone to come replace him.

Who are you looking for?Zhu Cijiong really didn't have any suitable candidates in mind. When it comes to court affairs, no matter what it is, he can find so many suitable candidates. Only in business, it is really difficult to find suitable candidates, because in traditional thinking In the concept, doing business is a cheap business, who would study this!

Xu Guangqi and Chen Zilong have done some research in the field of business. The problem is that neither of them can go. Xu Guangqi will not talk about it. The person who took over the prime minister of the cabinet was also responsible for the training of the prince. It was simply overkill for him to manage the Ministry of Commerce.

Fortunately, Chen Zilong happened to know such people, and there were more than one. He directly recommended two to Zhu Cijiong.

These two are the famous Loudong Erzhang, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai.

Zhu Cijiong has a little impression of Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai. Many years ago, when he went to Jinling to clean up the corrupt officials of the Donglin Party, he ran into these two people. He heard that they organized some kind of restoration society. And with a bit of momentum, he immediately sent all the people who were rehabilitated to the disaster area in the northwest without hesitation.

From the looks of it, Chen Zilong should have met these two people in the northwest, and he was familiar with them, otherwise he would not have recommended them to him.

Sure enough, Zhu Cijiong asked casually: "Are you familiar with them?"

Chen Zilong blurted out: "When I return to the emperor, I know them very well. When I first arrived in the northwest, they were only the magistrates of Fenzhou and the county magistrates of Jiexiu, but the whole Fenzhou was under their governance. The business is prosperous, the people are prosperous and the wealth is prosperous. It doesn't look like a disaster area at all. Therefore, the minister transferred them to Taiyuan Prefecture, one Ren Zhifu and one Ren Tongzhi. As a result, Taiyuan Prefecture quickly improved under their governance , it will almost catch up with Fengtian Mansion in the future. Therefore, I have the courage to directly mention them as the left and right political envoys of the Shanxi Chengxuan Political Commissioner. Now the prosperity of the Shanxi Chengxuan Political Commissioner is almost catching up South Zhili is here!"

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, his eyebrows twitched, and he asked seriously: "Then what about their rehabilitative society? They won't rely on crony relationships, link up with each other, tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, bring up their political achievements, push them up right?"

Chen Zilong quickly shook his head and said: "No, no, I have talked to him specifically, they have disbanded the Fushe long ago, in their words, the establishment of the Fushe was also due to treachery and arrogance in power, and the government was changing, so they dismissed everyone. Get together to discuss the strategy of saving the country and the people. After the emperor's governance, the government is well-organized and the people are harmonious, and a thousand things are waiting for prosperity. They don't have the mind to criticize the current problems, so they simply disband the Fushe and focus on local construction. "

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, and asked with great interest: "Oh, how did they make the people in the disaster area prosperous?"

Chen Zilong knew it well and said: "This humble official has also learned that there is a tradition of doing business in Shanxi. After they took office, they not only encouraged business, but also discussed with the merchants how to do business. At the beginning, they organized the merchants to do business. Beizhili and other places nearby bought grain and sold local specialties such as sauce and vinegar; when the grain in the disaster-stricken areas was sufficient, they organized merchants to go to Monan to exchange grain, cloth, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and other daily necessities for leather goods and take them back for processing Clothes, shoes and hats are then sold to other provinces. Now there are almost as many processing workshops and merchants in Shanxi. As long as the common people are not lazy, they can get enough food and clothing, and almost all of them who work hard can make a fortune."

So powerful, so there is no hesitation. Zhu Cijiong slapped his hands and said excitedly: "Okay, who of them is more familiar with business?"

Chen Zilong thought for a while and commented objectively: "Zhang Pu is very capable of governing, and he is a good hand in governing the local area. In terms of business research, Zhang Cai is better."

Zhu Cijiong directly made a decision and said: "Well, first transfer Zhang Cai to be in charge of the commercial department. As for Zhang Pu, there will be plenty of positions in the future. I'm not afraid that they are capable, but I am afraid that they will form a party for personal gain and not do their job properly."

(End of this chapter)