Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1887, being an official means suffering

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper!"

"Spain, Persia and North Korea broke out in a sea battle on the Gold Coast of West Africa. Spain won miserably. Persia and North Korea lost more than 70 warships and lost more than a dozen colonial strongholds."

"The Ottoman Empire defeated the Egyptian and Persian coalition forces in the Mesopotamia and recaptured the city of Baghdad!"

In the morning of the capital city, accompanied by the yelling of newsboys, it gradually became lively and noisy. People who went to work hurriedly bought a few steamed buns and steamed buns, and rode their bicycles to the factory while eating. A spectacular bicycle team formed on the road. .

A few people got on their motorcycles and blasted the streets with the roar, leaving a puff of black smoke under the envious eyes of countless people.

As for the teahouse here, it is already overcrowded, and cars are parked beside the teahouse, and only these rich people can drink tea, read newspapers, and chat in this teahouse leisurely.

As for ordinary people, they are still running around for their lives every day.

Here in the imperial palace, the ministers in the court were already ready to go to the court early. Emperor Hongzhi was no better than His Royal Highness Zhu Houzhao, he was a diligent emperor.

It’s been almost a year since I went out to play. After returning to the capital, my work has become more active and meticulous. He has seen and known many things. It is very difficult to deceive him as easily as before. up.

Moreover, no one knows exactly where Emperor Hongzhi went to Daming for nearly a year, and inspected those provinces, places, and areas of Daming. Whether or not something has been found out, everyone is not sure at all. No, so everyone was trembling, for fear of making some mistakes at this time, which would cause them to be exiled to the Black Soil Province.

"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing!"

Inside the Golden Luan Hall, a eunuch opened his throat loudly.

Xiao Jing was old and could no longer serve Emperor Hongzhi, so a eunuch named Li Quan was replaced to serve Emperor Hongzhi, but Xiao Jing was still in the hands of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but he was too old, unable to move, and in poor health.

This Li Quan did not leave any record or reputation in history. Of course, he was single-handedly promoted by Xiao Jing, and he was similar to Xiao Jing. He was one of the very few eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty who were more upright and not too greedy for money. .

"Your Majesty, the King of Korea and the Emperor of the Persian Empire have asked me, Ming Dynasty, to mediate the conflicts in the Gold Coast Colony in West Africa!"

As soon as the words were finished, Mao Ji, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and played.

The original old Minister of Rites, Fu Han, died of illness, and then Liu Chun, who was the Minister of Rites, met Ding You and went home, so Mao Ji became the Minister of Rites. He is relatively young, and he is only now. In his fifties, he has already been an official with six ministers, and he is also somewhat competitive with Li Dongyang back then.

There are basically old men above the court, everyone is suffering, it depends on who can't bear it first, and if there is a space, then they can move up.

In his fifties, he is already a minister of the Ministry of Rites. It can be said that he has a bright future, and he has a great hope of becoming a cabinet elder in the future.

It's just that the current three elders of the cabinet, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, and Zhong Zhong, Liu Jin is only in his thirties, and Wang Shouren is only in his forties. It is estimated that as long as they make extraordinary mistakes, they can still work for decades.

Only Zhong Zhong was over seventy years old, and his health was getting worse and worse recently, and he couldn't come to the early court. Emperor Hongzhi was already considering letting him go back to his hometown to spend his life.

However, Han Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is already in his seventies. If Zhong Zhong goes home to retire, he is almost certain to join the cabinet.

So he is still too young, and he has to continue to suffer. After he has passed the Korean language, it is estimated that he may have a chance.

Because there are still talented people like Yang Yiqing and Jiang Mian waiting in line and suffering, Mao Ji may never have the chance to enter the cabinet in his life, and he has reached the extreme of being an official with six ministers.

No way, who made Liu Jin, the chief minister of the cabinet in his thirties, and Wang Shouren, a cabinet elder in his forties, appear in the court.

The promotion of these two great people is really too fast. Hongzhi only started to be an official in [-] years, and now it is only [-] years since Hongzhi. In two years and [-] years, he has achieved a height that no one can achieve in a lifetime. .

The most important thing is that both of them are too young.

Liu Jin, who is in his thirties, many people are still struggling on the road of scientific research at this age, Wang Shouren, who is in his forties, many people may still be petty officials somewhere at this age.

The two of them went directly to the cabinet.

This made countless veterans in the court vomit blood, because all the cabinet bosses in the Ming Dynasty were old people, and Li Dongyang was considered very young when he entered the cabinet in his fifties.

Most of the people who enter the cabinet are at least over sixty years old, and basically they can only enter the cabinet when they are over seventy years old.

Because I am very old, it is impossible to work in the cabinet for too long. It may work for a few years, and my health will fail, and then I will go home to retire.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian have been working for a long time, especially Liu Jian. He is the teacher of Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi promoted him to the cabinet not long after he became emperor. The chief assistant of the cabinet has been working for more than ten years. time.

In the past few years, it was also because his health was really bad, he was too old, and he was in his eighties, so he went home to take care of the elderly, which made Liu Jin the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Originally, everyone is old. You have retired for a few years, and everyone else has the opportunity to be a minister and a cabinet. Let’s not talk about the issue of power. At least, these are six ministers. , Cabinet ministers can be regarded as extremely human ministers, Guangzong Yaozu.

Going to my hometown this time can also be a very beautiful thing.

Now that I meet two young men, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren, in the cabinet, if nothing else happens, they will probably work for ten or twenty years casually.

This made countless ministers in the DPRK want to cry without tears. When encountering this situation, many people's hopes of becoming a cabinet were directly shattered.

Can people in their [-]s and [-]s survive boys in their [-]s and [-]s?
Although Mao Ji achieved the position of Minister of Rites in his fifties, he is far behind these two great men. If he wants to enter the cabinet in this life, he still has to pray that his health is good enough to be able to I survived people like Han Wen, Yang Yiqing, and Jiang Mian.

It is estimated that this suffering may last more than ten or twenty years, and I will be in my seventies by then, so I still have some hope.

"This matter has been discussed many times before, there is no need to discuss it again, and we will do it according to what was set before."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he said without thinking.

North Korea and Persia wanted to eat meat in West Africa and provoked the Spaniards, but they couldn't beat Spain, and now they came to ask the Ming Empire to come forward. How could there be such a good thing in the world.

Daming sold a lot of warships to North Korea and Persia, as well as a lot of arms and weapons. They still couldn't beat the Spaniards. It's really embarrassing for the Orientals.

There is no need for the Ming Empire to intervene. It is a good thing for them to continue fighting, so that the Ming Empire can continue to sell arms and weapons to both sides, which is in the best interest of the Ming Empire.

"Yes~"

When Mao Ji heard this, he quickly replied.

In fact, he received a lot of benefits from North Korea. There are beauties, ginseng, gold and silver jewels from North Korea in his home, so he is willing to help mention this matter to the court. In fact, he has already expected it.

Da Ming will not interfere in the affairs of West Africa, because this is not in the interests of the Ming Empire.

"Your Majesty, the Ottoman Empire banned the entry of our Daming cloth, sugar, grain, etc., which has seriously violated the agreement in the Erzincan City Agreement that our Ming merchants have free trade rights."

"Originally, my Ming Dynasty had already sent a warning letter to the Ottoman Empire, but the Ottoman Empire's sultan ignored my Ming's warning and continued to go my own way, prohibiting the entry of my Ming's related products."

"At the same time, the war indemnity that the Ottoman Empire should have paid to the Ming Empire this year has never been paid. I have been looking for excuses to push back and forth, intending to tear up the armistice agreement signed that year."

At this time, Jin Gui, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood up and played.

Originally, the Ministry of Rites was responsible for this external matter, but because it involved war reparations, it had something to do with the Ministry of Households. In addition, the Ministry of Households was in charge of the world's money, food, taxation, and the capitalists, factory owners, and commercial firms in Ming Dynasty. Waiting for a lot of contact, I also know that the Ottoman Empire banned the entry of Ming products.

For this reason, Jin Gui also discussed with Mao Ji, Minister of Rites, and the cabinet, and issued a stern warning to the Ottoman Empire, but who knew that the Ottoman Empire would not even bird the Ming Empire for a few months, and for the They don't seem to want to pay this year's war reparations.

This is not possible, war indemnity is now an important income of the Ming treasury, Japan, Siam, Malacca, the Ottoman Empire, England, France, Portugal, etc. all owe war indemnity to the Ming Empire, adding up every year Tens of millions of taels of silver is a huge sum.

If the Ottoman Empire took the lead in not paying the war indemnity, other countries would most likely follow suit, and the Ming Empire would lose tens of millions of taels of silver a year.

Of course, with the treasury revenue of more than one billion silver in the current year of the Ming Empire, tens of millions of taels of silver is nothing. What is really unacceptable is that the Ottoman Empire is now provoking the majesty of the Ming Empire.

This is not just a simple matter of commodity trade and war reparations.

What matters is the hegemony and majesty of the Ming Empire!
(End of this chapter)