Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

In the winter moon, Zhou Jiamo and Huang Kezuan wished they could be stationed in Qianqing Palace these days, staring at Liu Shimin, the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies, every day, watching him prepare for the emperor's wedding.

Another one who is so busy is Gong Nai, he is the Minister of Rites, but there is no precedent for him to marry a queen in the Ming Dynasty, so he is so worried that his hair is about to fall out.

It was Zhou Ruqing, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, who couldn't bear to see his superior suffer so much, and suggested that he go directly to discuss with the emperor.

"Butang, although this is the emperor's marriage, it's not wrong to follow the Zhou rituals. Why don't you just ask the emperor what he means."

Gong Nai thought for a while and said, "The two of us have taught the emperor for so long, do you think it is feasible to ask the emperor? You are not worried that he will propose some unthinkable things, and then the Ministry of Rites will not follow suit, and the chief assistant Ye Xianggao will support the emperor? "

Zhou Ruqing was silent.

The chief assistant of the cabinet has become the most trusted person in the court by the emperor. It is far from being obedient to what he says, but most of Ye Xianggao's suggestions have been smoothly accepted by the emperor.The reason why Zhou Jiamo and Huang Kezuan stayed in Qianqing Palace was because they were afraid that Ye Xianggao would do something extraordinary to cater to the emperor at the emperor's wedding.

In fact, they all thought too much.Ye Xianggao didn't have the time to pay attention to the process of the emperor's wedding. All his energy is now devoted to next year's budget.Zhou Jiamo and Huang Kezuan are because their servants are responsible for the affairs of the two departments, and some of them are free.He is busy every day.

He grasped Wang Yingjiao first to smooth out the necessary items for spending money next year.

For example, the matter of immigrating from Shaanxi will continue next year; the Jinshi of the Ministry of Industry who have been sent to inspect the Weihe and Jinghe rivers have not yet returned to the capital, but the work of planting trees in the Yellow River Hetao must continue.

This is all a waste of money, and there is no short-term profit.

The matter of Xu Guangqi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is the most difficult to deal with.He wants more Jinshi who are good at mathematics as helpers, shipbuilding, cannon making, improving firearms...all need manpower.

He knew that Xu Guangqi's request was justified, and originally this matter also belonged to the Ministry of Officials to assess and arrange.However, Wang Yongguang felt that Xu Guangqi's examination requirements for admission to the Ministry of Industry were too high, which resulted in the Ministry of Industry not recruiting enough new science and political scholars this year.

These newly-disciplined Jinshi who observe politics are the most useful handymen in various ministries-high enough quality, obedient enough, and serious in their work.

Wang Yongguang began to hand over the recruitment to Xu Guangqi. After the exam, Xu Guangqi only hired five people who could get started.By the end of the year, Wang Yongguang found that there was a shortage of manpower.There are too many things to do in the Ministry of Industry, so what's the use of adding five new Jinshi.

There was no other way, Wang Yongguang had no choice but to find the Ministry of Officials and the cabinet, and wanted some good people to come to the Ministry of Industry as helpers.

Zhou Jiamo had no objection, and he directly said to Wang Yongguang: "Youfu, which good man do you like, the old man asked Zhu Zhaolong or He Ganzai to talk to him."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials went out to talk to the sages, who would dare to come down?But when this plan was reported to the cabinet, Ye Xianggao refused to pass it.

Shu Jishi has to go through a systematic three-year study. It is inappropriate for your Ministry of Industry to disrupt the study plan of Shuji Shi.Moreover, what Xu Guangqi wanted was special talents, not those who could be competent for the work of the Ministry of Industry if they wrote well.

Wang Yongguang's plan got stuck in the cabinet, so he went to the emperor to appeal.

After Ye Xianggao learned about it, Wang Yongguang became even more displeased

——The Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who follows the rules, can do it for others.He was considering whether to have a good talk with Zhou Jiamo, and suggested that the emperor should replace Xu Guangqi as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, so as to save the affairs of the Ministry of Industry from going around in Wang Yongguang's hands before sending it up.

The most important thing is that Xu Guangqi listed the matter of changing the Yellow River back to the old way in the Ministry of Industry's proposal for this year.New calcined lime powder should be used to build new embankments of the Yellow River and Weihe River.

This is another big expense.

In order to fight against Ye Xianggao, Wang Yongguang included the project of the Three Great Halls in the next year's plan of the Ministry of Industry.

Ye Xianggao has seen the total amount of silver received by the Ministry of Accounts this year, and what he wants most at this time is the spell of turning stone into gold. First, he will first satisfy Xu Guangqi's things that the imperial court has to do.

Wang Yingjiao was caught by Ye Xianggao and forced to watch the big event that must be done next year.Counting one by one, Wang Yingjiao lost his temper at Ye Xianggao.

"Jinqing, can't you make the old man happy for a few days? It's so easy for the money to enter the household department, and you show me how beautiful the money is. Don't you think about these things in the twelfth lunar month?"

Ye Xianggao bowed his fists to Wang Yingjiao, comforted him and said, "Brother Qianfu, although His Majesty said that he will consider next year's budget in December, how can we wait for the ministries to submit their plans before thinking about it. I'm not I want Brother Qianfu to calm down first, and relax a bit when the court prelude is right."

Ye Xianggao still had a small idea in his heart, he wanted Wang Yingjiao to come forward and cut down the plan of the three halls proposed by Wang Yongguang.He didn't want to get too stiff with Wang Yongguang.

Wang Yingjiao sighed, "The Ministry of Households has brought in so much money this year, and we can't cut down on the things we need to do. Sigh. But the three sides of the Ministry of War can reduce their food and salaries."

Ye Xianggao looked at Wang Yingjiao in surprise.

Wang Yingjiao said mysteriously: "At the beginning of the year, Your Majesty paid the full amount of this year's grain and salary in the three sides, and the previous arrears were also repaid. Yulinwei is farming in Tumochuan again this year. After the three sides cleared up, with them The number of farmland and the number of existing soldiers should not need to be paid next year.

Moreover, after the Mongols in Hetao were driven away, there was no war in Hetao this year. Is there any money left to replenish ordnance? "

Ye Xianggao hesitated for a moment, "I can't save the trilateral ordnance, just in case I need to use it. Reserve a spare share first. The trilateral food and salary you mentioned is a big one, are you sure you can save it?"

Wang Yingjiao nodded.

"What do you think I sent the head of the household department and the new scholars who watched the government to do? It is to let them and the censors and governors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate check the grain output of Tumochuan and Ningxiawei. La."

Zhu Youxiao who was standing outside the door turned around quietly, Wei Chao was shivering with cold and dared not make a sound.He didn't understand why the emperor said he wanted to discuss something with Ye Shoufu, so why didn't he go in?It's freezing outside.well!It's starting to count to nine days.

Of course Wei Chao couldn't hear what was said in the room with his hearing, but Zhu Youxiao could hear it clearly.After a few months, he found that since the appointment of Ye Xianggao as the chief assistant, Ye Xianggao has been very active in handling political affairs, and the efficiency of the cabinet has improved a lot compared to when Congzhe was there.At the same time, Ye Xianggao also asked the officials of the cabinet and the six ministries to turn around.Even if he is a serious emperor, if he is replaced by an emperor who doesn't want to take care of things so much, he will not miss the state affairs if he lets go.

Daming's cabinet is really good.

It's great that Ye Xianggao is the chief assistant.

Zhu Youxiao listened to the corner for a while, full of emotion, and asked Ye Xianggao to deal with other things, but Wang Yongguang still found a way to appease him.He went straight to Qianqing Palace to find Zhou Jiamo and Huang Kezuan, to see if he could "equalize" a few new scholars who were observing politics from their two departments, and send them to Wang Yongguang for help.

The two old ministers are now in a semi-retired state, and the summary of the headquarters is basically left to the two servants.Then he also implicitly proposed to the emperor to become an official.Zhu Youxiao just wanted to have a good talk with them, and wanted to keep them in court for a few more years.With Zhou Jiamo around, not to mention Zhang Wenda's position as the censor of Zuodu, who required him to be a naysayer and pick faults, even Wang Yingjiao was not a veteran.

Zhu Youxiao is willing to enshrine these two old ministers with upright minds and upright conduct in the court hall as Dinghaishenzhen.

Zhou Jiamo's idea is very simple. He is about to be 80 years old. If he doesn't let go of his servant now, if he falls down and can't get up one day, it will be a major event for the court.Moreover, His Majesty vaguely intends to set 70 years old as the age for becoming an official. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he has straightened out the important positions of the six ministries of the imperial court and lined up the echelon of succession.If there is no accident, within ten or twenty years, the emperor will not need to worry about selecting candidates for the important positions of the six ministries, seven ministers, and cabinet ministers.There is nothing he can't let go of, and he offered to be an official, so as not to embarrass the emperor.

And Huang Kezuan was simply abducted by Zhou Jiamo's age when he became an official.He felt that he could not play any role in the court now.Xu Guangqi was the gun maker, and the emperor was the model shipbuilder. Qiao Yunsheng and Zhao Bingzhong, the two servants of the Ministry of Punishment, were both very capable.Especially for Qiao Yunsheng to be Minister of the Ministry of Justice, there is no problem at all, and he can't be delayed until he becomes an official with Qiao Yunsheng.

Anyway, the desire to be Minister of the Ministry of War and lead troops to war cannot be fulfilled in this life, so it is better to go home and entertain grandchildren, alas, grandson has grown up long ago, and go to teach great-grandson.

When Zhu Youxiao brought Wei Chao back to Qianqing Palace, the two old ministers were talking with Gong Nai and Zhou Ruqing who came to consult with the wedding ceremony.

Liu Shimin stood aside with a smile, beckoning Fang Zhenghua to take notes.

Cheng Zhu Youxiao had seen the wedding ceremony once, and he said it was pretty good.But Gongnai himself is not satisfied, so what can he do?

Zhou Ruqing was the first to see Zhu Youxiao coming, and he immediately reminded his boss who was engrossed in the discussion.

"His Majesty."

Several courtiers greeted the emperor immediately.

Zhu Youxiao asked Zhou Jiamo to sit down and asked Wei Chao to bring hot tea.Then he said to Gongnai: "Gongqing, I think your wedding schedule is very good. You can let yourself go."

Huang Kezuan nodded and said, "The old minister also persuaded him in the same way. This is as good as it gets."

Gong Nai was not very satisfied, he felt that his students were so outstanding, they handled the government affairs so well, and even quelled the hidden dangers that endangered Ming Dynasty in Liaodong.Especially how many things happened this year, the two rebellions in the Southwest and the Wenxiang Sect rebellion in Shandong failed to displace the people.

What I can do is to make the emperor's wedding impeccable in etiquette for future generations.