The consequences would be serious, not something they could afford.

They don't want to see this situation happen, so it is a headache.

How can we not tear ourselves apart with Mr. Bi Ge and stop some of Mr. Bi Ge's "backhands"?

The hearts of the three were turbulent, and they looked at Bi Ziyan with complicated eyes.

The actions of the cabinet could not be hidden from Zhu Xu's eyes. He stood at the top of the cabinet hall, facing the spring breeze, looking at the clear sky in the south, dazed.

Cao Huachun stood behind Zhu Xu, hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although Mr. Bi Ge has some selfishness, but selfishness is not selfishness when it comes to state affairs, so you don't have to worry about it."

It seems to be comforting Zhu Xu, but in fact he is interceding for Bi Ziyan.

Zhu Xu put his hands behind his back, looked back at him, and continued to look at the sky with a somewhat inexplicable expression, and said slowly: "Since the beginning of the founding of my Ming Dynasty, the emperor and his ministers have been suspicious, and with the subsequent series of changes, the outer court does not believe in the emperor. The emperor is also full of doubts about the foreign court, and he is wary of each other, protecting each other, which is a kind of sickness..."

Seeing what Zhu Xu said, Cao Huachun silently stopped talking.

Bi Ziyan was not so much wary of Sun Chuanting, who was about to take over, as he was worried about Zhu Xu. He was worried that Zhu Xu, who was not restrained, would be a wild horse, and he didn't know where he would lead Daming.

Zhu Xu felt the chilly spring breeze, and the fingers behind his back kept beating, just like his heart.

He didn't worry about what Bi Ziyan would do, and he didn't care about the uproar in the government. He was thinking about how to unify the emperor and the cabinet, eradicate the boundary between the inner court and the outer court, and permanently eliminate the internal friction of Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 1239 Breakthrough

Jingzheng five years, Chongzhen ten years in history.

In April, many things happened inside and outside the Ming court, especially the violent shock in the officialdom, which made everyone in the world feel that a storm was coming.

On April [-]th, Bi Ziyan, Sun Chuanting and others left Beijing one after another to supervise government affairs. Then Wang Qiaonian, King Jing and others also left Beijing in various ways. In addition, Fu Changzong had gone to Shaanxi before. In the cabinet, only Sun Chengzong, who didn't manage government affairs very much, stayed behind.

The new secretary of the cabinet, Li Youtang, is already familiar with the operation of the cabinet, sitting in his classroom, handling his official duties.

At this time, a Wen Dianlang came in, holding a thick notebook, and said: "My lord, the documents from Liaodong are about the plans for land reclamation and city building in the next three years."

Li Youtang looked up at him, took it over and said, "Any new ideas?"

Wen Dianlang said: "Liaodong plans to expand the city of Vladivostok. The population there has already exceeded 50. The port also needs to be expanded, and there are a lot of ships passing by. In addition, another eighteen cities will be built to accommodate the population that is constantly moving there. The population of Liaodong is rapidly increasing. Breaking through millions, we need a city..."

Liaodong is a virgin land. In recent years, the number of people flowing into Liaodong has continued to increase. The "Crossing the Guandong" has set off a gold rush, and disaster victims from all over the country are also flocking there without the organization of the imperial court.

Li Youtang has some understanding of the situation in Liaodong, flipped through the memorial, and said: "Basically, Liaodong does not need blood transfusions from the imperial court. Since they played the memorial, they must have a plan. Old Bi Ge and others are no longer in the capital, so they will transfer this memorial. Go to the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and ask the two ministries to discuss it and return to the cabinet."

"Yes." Wen Dianlang took the memorial and said again: "The projects of the Ministry of Industry will basically be completed this year. If it is possible, the lower officials suggest that those peasants and craftsmen be sent to Liaodong to continue working. Second, they originally Even the disaster victims, if they can settle down and settle down in Liaodong, it would be a good thing.”

Li Youtang thought about it, and said: "The Ministry of Industry has employed millions of civilians in recent years. It would be a good thing if it can be placed in Liaodong. However, it still needs to be discussed carefully. Let's talk about it when Mr. Bi Ge comes back."

Wen Dianlang also knew that this matter needs to be coordinated and managed, so he agreed to quit.

Li Youtang suddenly said again: "Zhang Rongji went to the General Chamber of Commerce, what's the matter?"

Wen Dianlang felt a little awkward, thought for a while, and said: "This general chamber of commerce is not an organization of the cabinet, but was established by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Royal Bank, and the State Administration of Taxation. The purpose is to conduct maritime trade. It is said that there are more than 30 Chambers of commerce from all over the country are involved, but they are not officials, and the lower officials really don’t know what Zhang Rongzhen is doing inside, maybe you have to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs.”

Li Youtang gave a "hmm" and said casually, "Understood, let's go."

"Yes." Wen Dianlang took the memorial and turned to go out.

Sitting there, Li Youtang took the playbook casually, but his mind was a little out of place.

Zhang Rongzhen is the direct prince, or the prince, the uncle of the future emperor. The General Chamber of Commerce under his jurisdiction involves the Ministry of Households, the General Administration of Taxation, the Royal Bank, etc. These are absolutely vital departments of the Ming court.

Is this also the emperor's intentional deployment?

Li Youtang had been outside the court, watching with cold eyes, not so much, but in less than a month after joining the cabinet, he already deeply understood what Bi Ziyan was worried about.

Today's plans are too far-reaching, some they can see, and there are too many they cannot see. The arrangement of Zhang Rongzhen alone is enough to make them terrified.

What Bi Ziyan was worried about was the court situation after he became an official, and Li Youtang was already worried about the new king.

Nowadays, business is very important. Will there be any other arrangements for Zhang Rongyu to go to the General Chamber of Commerce?

In the entire Ming Dynasty, except perhaps the emperor himself, no one knew what was going on in his heart, but who knew, I never did things for one purpose, and everything on the surface was just an illusion.

Li Youtang deeply felt the worries of elder Bi Ge, thought for a while, got up and left the classroom, went upstairs, and entered Cao Huachun's classroom.

Li Youtang is a secretary in the cabinet, and in the eyes of the government and the public, he is also a hot and important person, but here, he still raised his hands and bowed, saying: "Eunuch."

Cao Huachun had a good opinion of the new cabinet secretary, he was quite a gentleman of Confucianism, calm and moderate.

"Master Li, what's the matter?" Cao Huachun said politely.

Li Youtang pondered for a while, and said: "Eunuch, the affairs in Shaanxi are almost finished, and there is no one in charge of the cabinet at present. I would like to ask, do you want Mr. Fu Ge to return to Beijing as soon as possible?"

Cao Huachun looked at Li Youtang with calm eyes.

The atmosphere in the cabinet has been a little tricky lately. This time, Bi Ziyan left Beijing suddenly with a group of cabinet ministers, which is extremely unusual in itself. Now Li Youtang wants to invite Fu Changzong back, what is his plan?

Cao Huachun picked up the teacup, and then said: "Well, Fu Ge always has a letter to the emperor, and he will return to Beijing in three to five days at most. The cabinet should not be empty for too long."

A smile appeared on Li Youtang's face, and he said: "That's great, if you have Lao Gonggong, I will resign as an official."

Cao Huachun looked at Li Youtang's back, and frowned unconsciously.

Things became more and more subtle, and he could no longer see clearly.It's not who is making trouble here, it's not who is against whom, but a group of people have their own plans, and the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea each show their magical powers.

Cao Huachun unconsciously turned his head to look at the left wall, not far away was Zhu Xu's classroom.

"Perhaps, only the emperor can understand." Cao Huachun whispered to himself.

After saying this sentence, he continued to bow his head and picked up the notes in his hand.

These playbooks were sorted out below and sent to him further. There are records in other places. There is no way to hide them. They can only be carefully reviewed and let them go where they should go.

It is naturally unusual to be able to get into the hands of Cao Huachun.

On the other side, Zhu Xu is also busy. The "New Deal" has been going on for nearly ten years, and it has entered the most critical moment. There are too many things that need to consume energy, and it is impossible to relax for a moment.

What he is looking at is the report sent by the Royal Bank, which is about the issuance of new coins and the forecast of currency capacity, as well as the plan for additional issuance this year, etc.

After all, Fu Tao is not the young man he used to be. He has already studied the money market of Ming Dynasty very deeply.

After reading it for a long time, Zhu Xu was able to figure it out, but there were still many problems, and he needed to have a face-to-face chat with Fu Tao.

"Send a letter to Fu Tao and ask him to come see me tomorrow." Zhu Xu said without raising his head.

"Yes." The inner eunuch who was waiting on the side immediately responded, and ran out quietly by himself.

Immediately Zhu Xu said again: "Wait, there's no need to enter the palace, let's stay outside. I haven't been out of the palace for a long time, go for a walk."

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