Lord of Ming Dynasty

Although the Huaxia Army has a very new concept and a new model, the staffing is filled with people with old-fashioned ideas, so Zhang Qiang often tells Zhou Congee that it is generally difficult to implement Zhou Congee's implementation, or the effect is not as imagined ideal.

After listening to Zhou Porridge's complaints, Zhang Qiang carefully recalled the situation of some people in the Kingdom over the years. Although the Huaxia Army had achieved an incomparably brilliant victory, this victory was in military affairs, not civil affairs. It was a kind of stability during the most glorious period of the Ming Dynasty. Thanks to the actions of the Ministry of People's Affairs and the Ministry of Supervision, the officials of Huaxia Kingdom are not as lazy and corrupt as officials of other dynasties, but they are not very motivated. They are pushed away by themselves. .

"If we want to clean up our official system, do you think those officials should go in and those officials off?" Zhang Qiang pushed away the dishes on the table, picked up the jasmine tea served by the maid beside him and asked.

Zhou Porridge leaned against the side of the sofa, which was a sofa. There was Zhang Qiang, a traveler, a mere sofa. Of course, there was no need to make a fuss. Classical mahogany furniture, huanghuali official hat chairs, those cold wood furniture, all office locations of Huaxia Army have added desks, sofas, coffee tables, long sofas for hospitality, and even coat racks for hanging coats and hats .

Zhou Porridge dragged his cheeks, holding a teacup in one hand, and thought for a while, "I think a lot of officials transferred from Nanming Kingdom should be replaced. Li Guangdi, Li Guangxiong, Su Zhiqing, etc. don't need to be replaced, but some officials who eat vegetarian meals should not be replaced. They stay in their original positions, they have money and power, they just eat and drink, and then use their power to make profits for themselves, which makes many officials we have trained to learn from them. Corrupt our entire official system, so if I want to do it, I have to clean up these people.

But—you know, we need to pay attention to the impact of cleaning them up, because many people, in fact, they are officials of Ming Dynasty, if we clean up one, it’s okay, and the others may all laugh, but we need to clean up a batch, They will think, will we also lose our official hats at that time, maybe they will not resist and jump out to criticize us, but they will be passive and sabotage, which will affect the stability of our entire kingdom. The common people have not completely stabilized, and it is even less likely that the official system will fall into chaos. "

Zhang Qiang tapped the table with his fingers, and said in a muffled voice, "I thought of a way to dismiss these officials and send them to the Consultation Bureau."

Zhou Conge raised his head and looked at Zhang Qiang in surprise, "Consultation Bureau?" He immediately thought of something, and asked again: "But the Consultation Bureau is a yamen at the county level. There are quite a few Ming officials at the top level, such as chief envoys, are they going to be sent down? That would cause even more shock, who would give up their high-ranking official titles and stay in the yamen of low-level officials?"

Zhang Qiang shook his head, "If there is no high-level one, can we be promoted to one level? Now our county-level consultation bureau is doing quite well. Many problems of the people can be reported to the yamen through the consultation bureau, and other yamen will handle it as appropriate. We have communicated with the people below and made a lot of contributions to resolving grievances and grievances. Can we expand the county-level consultation bureau to the prefecture-level and state-level?

Add another Yushitai yamen to each department. Many things of the Consulting Bureau are actually done by the former Yushitai yamen. Although some things overlap with those of the Ministry of Supervision, we can divide them in more detail. Yushi The mistakes of officials found by Taiwan can be reported to the office of the Ministry of Supervision, and the Ministry of Supervision will deal with it according to the situation reported. Is it not good to give the common people an impression of incorruptibility? "

Zhou Porridge smiled, "Your Majesty, you are wise. I never thought that you would come up with such a best-of-both-worlds solution in such a short period of time, but it has troubled me for several years. I felt unable to control this gang all from Ming Dynasty a few years ago." The court of the officials is over, alas, I didn’t expect that your Consultation Bureau had been placed there long ago, paving the way for me, but I haven’t paid attention to it all this time, I’m so stupid.”

Zhang Qiang also laughed and said: "It's not that you are stupid, but I don't know if the consultation bureau can succeed. Why was it only implemented in the villages and towns at first, and then it was implemented in the county after a few years. It is to be done step by step. One is to test everyone's reaction. One is to let everyone accept this new thing. The Advisory Bureau is different from the Yushi Yamen of the previous dynasties. Its function is definitely not to be given to me, to give you a few memorials, and to impeach each other's opponents. Its main function It is to allow the people to choose their own spokespersons, to have a channel to communicate with the government, to have a place to display their talents, and the secondary role is to support idlers."

Chapter 6 Seventy

After Zhou Porridge talked with Zhang Qiang, within a few days, the entire Huaxia Kingdom officialdom suddenly became noisy, chattering, and churning like boiling water.

From You Haibo came the news that the officials in the entire officialdom were about to adjust. This news spread across the country like a rocket in an instant. Waiting for the big staff to wonder whether they will be adjusted.

Well, the Huaxia Army still retains some of the official titles of the original Ming Dynasty. Although Zhang Qiang has adjusted a lot, some yamen have changed their names and not changed their medicines. Something has changed, things have become more subdivided.

Everyone was inquiring about the news, and the person who was inquiring was Yu Haibo who sent the news. For a while, the sedan chairs and carriages in front of Yu Haibo's mansion were almost lined up at the corner of the street, and the whole street was almost his home. Hospitality Square.

But You Haibo, who was sitting in the lobby, was feeling ups and downs and couldn't keep his balance. While chatting with the visiting officials, he was thinking about the meeting that Zhou Porridge called their two deputy prime ministers to decide the future of the officials of Huaxia Kingdom and Ming Dynasty. Yes, Zhu Yujian has retired, and Zhu Dadian, who once defended the officials of Ming Dynasty, has also retired. In the past, as Zhu Dadian's uncle, Zhou Zhu, Zhu Dadian's former master, Zhou Porridge still has a little bit of self-restraint, but this As soon as the two of them got together, Zhou Porridge was about to attack the faction of officials of the Ming Dynasty.

This may be King Zhang Qiang's request, or Zhou Porridge's own idea. He needs to fully control the court.

Of course, it is impossible to fully control, because Zhang Qiang will not allow one faction to dominate, but it is still possible to clean up a group of Nanming officials who were originally weak in the court. After the cleaning, he can push some of his confidants To control the court situation, Zhang Qiang's prestige will not be used to maintain his control of the cabinet as before, but he has no local influence.

To be honest, he was very dissatisfied with Zhou Congee. If he hadn't been Zhang Qiang's confidant and Zhang Qiang's spokesperson in the cabinet, You Haibo would have united with some former Ming officials, as well as some former Ming powers whom he had promoted over the years. Now, officials with the status of squires launched an attack on the prime minister of the cabinet. Now that he is the deputy prime minister, he also wants to become the prime minister.

Not to mention other states, but he is in Fujian Province, Zhejiang Province has a lot of strength, and there are many alliances. He has already received olive branches from Zhang Huangyan, Zhang Mingzhen, He Jin, Liu Liangzuo, Lin Chengcheng and others. Some alliances were made.

If he hadn't become the deputy prime minister, they were just some alliance friends, but as the deputy prime minister, these relationships became his reliance, and his opponent was of course Jin Sheng.

Compared with Jin Sheng, his strength is weaker. Jin Sheng used to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Many Nanming officials, Yongli officials, and most importantly, those Huaxia Army talents who were trained before. Juren, these grassroots officials are all Jin Sheng's Students, these people are at least the fifth rank at present, from the fourth rank to the state government officials, it can be said that Jin Sheng's power and reputation are much higher than him.

He is just a powerful man in Jinhua. Jin Sheng’s family was a Ming official from the beginning. In terms of local reputation, Jin Sheng is well-known in Anhui, Suzhou, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places. Later, Jin Sheng went to manage it himself. In Guangdong Province, the students in Guangdong Province are all his protégés and former officials. It can be said that Jin Sheng actually did more than half of the prime minister's work in the position of deputy prime minister.

He is in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of War, Headquarters of the Grain Line, Headquarters of the Garrison Commander, Director of Recruit Training, and You Haibo is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Education and Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and Mulberry, Punishment Battalion, Militia Headquarters, and the Advisory Bureau.

This is the basic division of labor between the two, and there are other minor divisions of labor, but in terms of importance, he feels that he is inferior to Jin Sheng.

This meeting made him very upset, because his team was officials from Nanming State, Lu Jian State, and some of his village-level officials in Fuzhou Mansion and Jinhua Mansion. Obviously, they want to vigorously promote the officials who were originally trained in their training class, which happens to be Jin Sheng's advantage.

You Haibo sent some people away and was thinking about these issues when the butler came over, "Master, Chief Inspector Du Ge is here."

Du Ge came, and You Haibo stood up. Du Ge was his former servant, but now he is Zhang Qiang's confidant, and he is also another high-level helper he relies on. With him, he will not be marginalized. This time he was transferred back to the center from the position of governor of Fujian Province, which is the evidence. He still has weight in Zhang Qiang's mind. After all, he is an old courtier who fought the world together. I have supported him. , but how can I say that I came back later.

In the current situation, You Haibo needs Du Ge's support even more. Although Du Ge is very unstable and has a feeling of being careless, but after all, he is his former confidant, servant, how can I say that he has a layer of incense In it, Du Ge didn't have any team or garrison. He and him relied on and helped each other. He was also supported by himself at the beginning, so he became a general of the Jinhua Rebel Army.

Du Ge walked in very coolly. He was not wearing the Chinese tunic suit that officials of the Huaxia Army like to wear, but a mandarin gown. He walked like a scholar, steady and gentle, with a hint of smile.

During this period of time, he was very proud, and finally found a place to display his abilities. The Supervision Department, he enjoyed the feeling of controlling other people's life and death. The Supervision Department can not only supervise small local officials, but also high-ranking officials at the ministerial level , which made the other ministers all smile when they saw him.

This feeling of being respected and flattered is more intoxicating than fighting on the battlefield and commanding thousands of troops.

You Haibo’s Department of Officials, Zhang Huangyan’s Department of Household Affairs, Li Guangdi’s Department of Education and Administration, Xiao Dazhuang’s Department of Punishment, Qian Bingdeng’s Ministry of Rites, Zhang Mingzhen’s Ministry of Agriculture, Zhu Panpan’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Li Guo’s Ministry of War, Wan Siyuan’s Ministry of Industry, Zhang Liang’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of People’s Affairs Huang Tao, Wei Wuji of the Ministry of National Defense, Du Ge of the Supervision Department, and Milin of the Military Intelligence Department, all the departments are fully equipped.

Another: Director of Recruit Training, Tian Xian, Vice Minister of Military Intelligence Tian Bin

Members from all parties, Zhang Mingzhen from Zhejiang Province, Li Guangxiong from Fujian Province, Jinsheng from Guangxi Prefecture, Mi Chun from Jiangxi Prefecture, Tang Dianfeng from Huguangzhou Province, Gu Yuesheng from Hubei Province, Fang Yizhi from Henan Province, Qian Bingdeng from Yunnan and Guizhou Prefecture, Lin Chengcheng from Anhui Prefecture , Liu Liangzuo, Yunnan Prefecture, and Zhu Dayou, Governor of Baodao.

Chapter 671 Hello, Master

"Hahaha,"

Du Ge was very proud. He didn't expect that the former master and the current deputy prime minister, You Haibo, would also start to curry favor with China. Although this sentence was said in a calm and steady manner, there was still some self-deprecating and pleasantries, but it was also You Haibo. Bow to yourself, please, maybe You Haibo won't really bow to himself, but the meaning on the surface is also very obvious, this is to sell his own face, after all, he is different today from the past.

Sometimes it's good to have power.

The Ministry of Supervision does have the mission and right to supervise officials. Although it cannot directly supervise the Deputy Prime Minister, how can it be said that it has the right to make the Deputy Prime Minister afraid? If this right is used well, the Deputy Prime Minister has to bow to himself. You Haibo looks calm now, but if he uses his subordinates and disciples for surgery, he will still be sure.

Although under Zhang Qiang's high-pressure policy, Huaxia Kingdom appears to be more honest than other dynasties, but sometimes people are the kind of animals that prefer to face difficulties. They always like to challenge authority. Some people really commit crimes against the wind. Maybe the methods are not so drastic. Maybe it's not so obvious, but it's procrastinating, procrastinating, sometimes not as active as before, your leader sees that I haven't made any big mistakes, and you can't do anything to me, just criticize a few words, this matter is about to be taken When it came to the Ministry of Supervision, it really wasn't a big deal, and it wasn't a big deal when the Ministry of People's Affairs found out, but it had a lot of negative effects on the exercise of power of the imperial court.

This kind of influence caused Zhou Porridge to be happy for a period of time, and things were explained. Many times, the implementation was not so smooth. Sometimes, there were policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Many good governance proposals were extremely distorted. The army is slipping into the habits inherent in a dynasty.

Zhou Porridge saw this situation, but he couldn’t solve it. Sometimes he wanted to adjust it, but the following style of work had already formed, and many talented people joined in, so it was difficult for him to adjust. He found it was useless, so he was very depressed. Later, he had the idea of ​​adjusting the entire group of officials, but he didn't have the courage to do it. The high-ranking officials in the court are all Ming officials, and many ideas are beyond his control. The grassroots below Officials are also old-fashioned scholars and scholars. Although these are new-style officials of the Huaxia Army, they are more suitable for the old Ming officials' way of doing things.

Zhou Porridge has been working hard to change this atmosphere and habits. This is also Zhang Qiang's request, but it is really difficult for him to change it alone. Wei Wuji and himself are brothers and comrades-in-arms, but he is not in the cabinet. He is an official under Zhang Qiang's direct management. Not getting involved in the infighting of the cabinet, because Zhang Qiang is directly in charge of the army, so there is no major problem from the guard brigade to the guard division, to the field brigade. Promotion is based on talents, and there is not so much trouble. Although Zhang Qiang added a post of chief of staff and divided Wei Wuji's rights, Wei Wuji's rights are originally to contribute strategically and support the army logistically. The Chief of Staff has done a good job in urging the generals below to implement the combat plan in detail.

Never fighting for power and profit, Wei Wuji, a candidate for generals at all levels, proposed, and Zhang Qiang decided that the chief of staff had no right at all, he only had the role of execution.

Moreover, the generals at all levels are all selected by Zhang Qiang from the elite soldiers and professional officers he has trained. Although there is a military academy later, these generals are all the original grassroots generals at all levels, and they are all soldiers trained by Zhang Qiang. Zhang Qiang didn't have any other thoughts other than admiration and admiration. Therefore, Zhang Qiang and Wei Wuji cooperated with each other in the army, and there was nothing to worry about at all.

Ever since Zhang Qiang said that he wanted to overthrow a group of officials from the Nanming Kingdom, he knew that he had obtained Shang Fang’s sword, but he couldn’t carry out these things, so he handed them over to You Haibo and Jin Sheng. Jin Sheng is pretty good. But You Haibo's hesitation made Zhou Zhu very unhappy. He also knew that You Haibo was the backstage of the wealthy gentry, and he was also deeply involved with the old Ming forces. A group of officials are going to move later, he just mentioned to them that he wants to rectify the low-level Nanming officials, first get rid of these low-level Nanming officials, get them into the Consultation Bureau, increase the manpower of the Consultation Bureau, and then Then expand it and move the upper layer.

The Ministry of Supervision is the knife he wants to use, but Du Ge is from You Haibo's servant, which makes him a headache, so he just waits and sees the changes. Anyway, he has come here for more than ten years. The operation is still very good, Zhang Qiang's words are very good, slowly figure it out.

And Du Ge didn't know yet, although he didn't know what Yu Haibo was looking for him today, but he was very happy that Yu Haibo remembered him.

After having a haha ​​with You Haibo, the two of them sat down. You Haibo drove everyone out and poured tea for Du Ge, "Do you know?" He observed Du Ge and saw that Du Ge had no surprised expression , I don’t know if he already knows, or if he doesn’t know, Du Ge is a bit careless, which is why he has been disliked by Zhang Qiang in the upper echelon. He guessed that Zhang Qiang has not handed over this matter to the Supervision Department, so he continued. .

"Du Ge, how are you doing in the Ministry of Supervision?"

Du Ge said with a smile: "What else can I do? It's very good. Now that official is not afraid of me." Speaking of this, he squinted at You Haibo, and You Haibo looked at him with a smile, his eyes were kind and kind His attitude is just like the trust he had in him when he was a servant in his family, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, thinking that he can't use his attitude on him. After all, he is his master, even if he was the former master. But it is also because of his support that I have today's status.

Thinking of this, he said softly: "I would also like to thank you, Master, for your help and support..."

You Haibo lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then raised his head and said, "Well, that's good, have you heard? The Prime Minister is going to clean up the Nanming officials," Du Ge looked at him in surprise, but You Haibo didn't look at him, He didn't say anything, and continued: "They plan to clear these officials to the Consultation Bureau, but now the Consultation Bureau is already a far-reaching yamen, we can't make this yamen too large, it will affect the operation of the government, you know a lot Because of the Advisory Bureau, it is difficult for them to do their jobs," he said.

Du Ge nodded slightly. He also felt that the responsibilities of this department overlapped with his Supervision Department, which somewhat weakened the Supervision Department's responsibilities, and it was too noisy. Making fuss about the small things of officials made his Supervision Department revolve around some trivial matters all day long. What he wanted was to get a few high-ranking officials, so as to reflect his political achievements. He just sat in the Supervision Department It didn't take long before the Advisory Bureau interfered with his work even more than those supervisory censors at Yu Haibo's house who Yu Haibo told them about nothing. Targeting this and that made Daming die, this is what Yu Haibo told him, and Yu Haibo was quite dissatisfied with this situation.

"What does the master mean?" Du Ge asked while drinking tea.

"Abort this plan and keep it unchanged. I know that many officials are sent to the Advisory Bureau after they are passive. But how can the yamen with real power in the Advisory Bureau have more power? And it will be a big blow to our department. We can no longer compete with Jin Sheng in the court. If we are weakened, then Jin Sheng will become more powerful. Although I am in charge of the Advisory Bureau, I don't want to make the Advisory Bureau bigger. Those guys are always in a panic. people."

Du Ge nodded. Although he is rough and careless, he was born in a family of officials and powerful. Although he is a family member, he has seen factional struggles. Even the family members also have factional struggles. On the side of the winner of the faction struggle or his faction, now Yu Haibo is his master, what is more important than Jin Sheng.