Domineering Daming

Zhao Ratejiao lowered his head in thought and raised his hand, "The allied forces of the Han tribe have already dispersed. There are [-] cavalry who are caught by surprise. With the help of the big basket and the Sky Eye, they will definitely be caught off guard!"

After hearing what the two said, Zhu Xu turned to Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting and the others, and asked, "What do you think of the staff?"

Sun Chengzong and the others looked at each other and said, "It's not impossible to return to the emperor, it's just that my Ming cavalry is hard-won, and we need to plan a perfect plan."

Zhu Xu nodded, and said, "Hurry up, we must not let Jiannu do it first!"

Hou Jin's cavalry was too fast. Once they moved, the news would reach the capital and they would be on the verge of attacking the city. There was no extra time to react, so they had to act first.

"Follow the order!" A group of people responded.

Zhu Xu was quite at ease with this group of people. With them around, he could also rest assured about Liaodong's affairs, and he still had to concentrate on rectifying government affairs.

Zhejiang, Hangzhou Prefecture.

In a large and luxurious restaurant by the river, the hall was full of people.

Everyone is dressed exquisitely and luxuriously, burns the best incense, and serves the best food and wine. A group of people gathered together, laughing like a wave, and drinking happily.

All of you present here are celebrities, even living in high positions.

There are Li Zhizao, the former Shaoqing of Taipusi, Jiang Yihong, the current governor of Guangdong, Chen Yingyuan, the governor of Zhejiang, Wang Xiangjin, the governor of Zhejiang, Lin Zhi, the governor of Guangxi, Zheng Maohua, the governor of Fujian, Huguang, etc. , Participate in politics, act as an envoy... plus some officials in opposition, there are more than 20 people.

When the wine was half drunk, everyone stopped their glasses tacitly.

Wang Xiangjin looked at Li Zhizao who was sitting not far away, and said with a smile: "Master Li, you came back from the capital city. I can't see clearly the crowds and crowds in this capital city. I hope you can give me some pointers."

Li Zhizao, who was originally the director of the capital of the Ministry of Industry and concurrently served as the Shaoqing of the Taipusi, later disobeyed Wei Zhongxian and was dispatched to Nanjing, coincided with the restructuring of Nanzhili, and was "laid off" as a result, and returned to his hometown in Hangzhou.

He has been baptized and entered the Catholic Church, and he is devoting himself to compiling various books on literature, calendars, firearms, etc. from the West.

He is also approaching sixty this year. He is very thin. He may have joined the Catholic Church. He has a compassionate and humble attitude that is rarely seen in Ming officials. Hearing Wang Xiangjin's words, he smiled slightly and said, "Li left Beijing four years after Tianqi. , I also don’t understand the current court situation, you are looking for the wrong person.”

Jiang Yihong looked at Li Zhizao's smiling expression, and approached him and said, "Master Li, I heard that you and Master Xu Guangqi are inseparable friendships, but we heard that he is going to be the minister of the Ministry of Jin Industry. Now who doesn't know, he can enter the sixth department?" Yes, but they are all the confidantes of the current emperor..."

Li Zhizao glanced at Jiang Yihong, shook his head and said, "Master Jiang, don't embarrass me, Li really doesn't understand the court situation in the capital."

Not only Li Zhizao didn't understand, but everyone present didn't understand.

In the past, the government situation was very clear, and the party members of each faction could also distinguish, and it was clear what path to take.

But the current court situation is really foggy for them, the big officials in the frontiers. They can't figure out the way, and no one knows what the court is going to do now.

Zheng Maohua, the right minister of Guangxi, is a short and fat middle-aged man with big eyes, which are very conspicuous on his round face. He glanced at those present, and said to Li Zhizao, "No matter what, I still hope to give some advice. , Now the governors of Shandong, Jiangxi, Henan, etc. are all transferred to Beijing according to the inspectors, and they are arranged in the Governor's Council. So far, there is no rank. I heard that Zhejiang will soon have a new governor. "

"Yeah, now there is only the governor's office, and there is no chief secretary at all. According to the inspection department, the capital command department has also been replaced by the governor's office..."

"Also, the taxation has also changed, and there is a third-level yamen, the magistrate, and the county government that don't even have the power to try cases..."

Li Zhizao sighed silently when he heard the words of several people. He is also a rare smart person. Although he can't distinguish the court situation, he knows that the fierce and terrifying party struggle a year ago is gone.

He was also sober, these people came here for his relationship with Xu Guangqi, with a kind smile on his face, he said: "My lords, Li really doesn't know what's going on, the current emperor is benevolent, there is no serious crime, he will not have murderous intentions, don't worry .”

Everyone's expression remained the same, and they were all slandering in their hearts. Are we afraid of death?

We are afraid of losing our position, losing power, and losing power!

Li Zhizao had a strict mouth and couldn't find anything, so they had to find another way.

A few days later, as soon as Zhu Xu came out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, Cao Huachun rushed over and said, "Your Majesty, something has happened."

Zhu Xu smiled, and asked nonchalantly as he walked, "What happened to make you so flustered?"

Cao Huachun followed Zhu Xu and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, accidents happened in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Guangxi. The playbook has arrived at the imperial study."

Zhu Xu turned his head and glanced at Cao Huachun, seeing that he was really flustered, so he hurried back to the imperial study.

On his imperial table, there were more than a dozen memorials neatly placed. Zhu Xu sat down, glanced at Cao Huachun, and flipped through them casually.

The first is Jiang Yihong, the right minister of Guangdong, who said that the disaster in Guangdong this year is serious, and the estimated summer grain harvest will be in short supply.

Zhu Xu frowned, this Tang Li was selected by the Ministry of Officials and placed in Guangdong to check the situation in advance and cooperate with the political reform.

To be precise, it was Zhu Xu's man!

"Is it true that Tang Li broke the law?" Zhu Xu frowned, instinctively feeling that something was going to happen.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yingyuan, the procuratorate of Guangdong, impeached the third division who had just entered Guangdong, violated the ancestral system, interfered with their government affairs, and requested the recall of the third division.

Zhu Xu looked down, and picked up the next one.

This was written by Wang Xiangjin, the right chief minister of Zhejiang Province. He impeached the governor, accused him of interfering in local political affairs, and made the people miserable, so he asked for his dismissal.

Then Zheng Maohua, the right minister of Guangxi, impeached the governor of Guangxi for arbitrarily exercising power and plotting wrongdoing, and asked the court to investigate thoroughly.

Then there are memorials in Jiangxi, Huguang, etc., all complaining, and then impeaching local officials.Most of these important officials were dispatched from outside the capital, and more than half were Zhu Xu's deployment in various places to prepare for the early stage of political reform.

Zhu Xu read all these memorials in a row, and finally understood. From Nanzhili to Jiangsu, to Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, other provinces finally noticed and began to plan to resist him.

"It's coming after all." Zhu Xu said to himself, and immediately sneered, he had already swept the Donglin Party into the Governor's Council, and there was no force in the capital to hinder him, so could he be stopped outside the capital?

Zhu Xu tapped on the table with his fingers, his eyes were stern, he looked out the door, pondered for a while, and said: "Decree, Zhou Weijing will be transferred to be the governor of Zhejiang, Fu Zonglong will be the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Huang Chengyuan will be the governor of Guangdong, and Wang Yongguang will be the governor of Guangdong..."

Cao Huachun was terrified when he heard the orders one after another.

Excluding the few provinces that have been rectified, the rest of the provinces are going to go hand in hand and reform together!

Such a large scale, if it causes local resistance, the consequences will be extremely dire, not only affecting the summer grain, but also causing local chaos!

Cao Huachun complied with the order, but he still hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to discuss this matter with your lords?"

Zhu Xu glanced at him, then paused and said, "That's fine, the decree of the six ministers, King Jing, and King Xin are here to see me."

Chapter 403 Nine Provisions

Inside the imperial study.

Zhu Xu pushed the pile of playbooks in front of him expressionlessly, Cao Huachun stepped forward and distributed these playbooks to the people standing in front of the imperial table.

Standing opposite Zhu Xu, there were six ministers including Fu Changzong, as well as Zhu Youjian, King Ping, and King Jing. These were basically the highest management of Ming Dynasty.

Everyone looked at it for a while and frowned.

Since the Ming Dynasty's civil fortress, its control over the localities has become weaker and weaker. The chief envoys, inspectors, and command envoys of each place are like the emperor of the land. The imperial edicts are not easy to use on one-third of an acre of land.

This time, such a large-scale performance was only dissatisfaction with the capital, and the local people did not know what happened.

There used to be records that the third-rank imperial envoy who was attached to the deputy imperial envoy died on the way to Fujian, and then the imperial court sent two imperial envoys to investigate one after another, but nothing happened.