Emperor Ming Dynasty

Beijing in June became noisy amidst the joy of harvest.

The canonization of King Wu was no less than adding fuel to the flames. There were a lot of discussions in the market, and it could be said that there were endless debates about the position of the crown prince.

But for Zheng Sen, he didn't care too much about the prince. The emperor was in his prime, and it was too early to dispute the prince.

His old friend Huang Zongxi was transferred from the county magistrate to Beijing to serve as the Shandong supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Although he is still a seventh-rank official, it is a noble position.

The duty is to investigate and rectify the evil officials of the internal and external divisions. Some impeachment in public, some impeachment in sealed memorials, and checking whether there is any delay in the trial of the two capital prison cases, inspecting the military camp in Kyoto, inspecting Guanglu, and inspecting the warehouse. , inspecting the Neiku, the Imperial City, and the Five Cities, and taking turns on Dengwengu and other matters.

To put it bluntly, it is to find fault.

The most important thing is that he often acts as the examiner of the local examinations, the examiner of the joint examination, the invigilator, the examiner of the martial arts, etc., to put it bluntly, it is to brush the papers.

If there is a full-time job, such as patrolling salt, patrolling tea, patrolling Cao, etc.

"Shou Fu expresses his position like this at this time, I am afraid that his official career will not last long!"

In the same box, Huang Zongxi, who also had outstanding political achievements, became emotional.

The future of both of them is extremely bright.

"You mean, the position of chief assistant?" Zheng Sen said solemnly, "Mr. Zhao is a minister of the dragon after all, and His Majesty has always been generous..."

"It's not certain." Huang Zongxi said lightly, "After all, it's a taboo."

"As a minister, he is loyal to his work, and Mr. Zhao Ge is worthy of his duty."

"Unfortunately, now only the left and right censors and Qian censors can go to the emperor, we can only impeach all officials."

"It's not easy to serve these days, we are not qualified, let Shangguan go to Shangshu!" Zheng Sen disagreed.

For the current power, he is already satisfied.

However, it is really cool to be a supervisory censor. In this month alone, Huang Zongxi impeached the Shuntian Mansion three matters, and basically solved them politely.

This gave him great envy.

"We're leaving again at the end of the year." Zheng Sen sighed suddenly, "I'm going to be separated from Brother Huang again, so I suddenly feel a little bit reluctant."

They went on a mission to Ryukyu, and it would be more suitable for them to be in charge until the end of the year. With seniority on their backs, they had to start thinking about it now.

The new rule for Jinshi to be an official is the place-the capital-the place, and so on.

"When Beijing officials are devolved to places, it is customary to increase one level. This time, I am afraid that I will be the prefect of the sixth rank, or the governor of the prefecture, or the sixth department of the prefecture."

Huang Zongxi said softly, "Where do you want to go?"

"Tongzhi is a decoration, and the promotion of officials is only for adjudicating cases. Only the Sixth Department is involved in the operation of the yamen, so it is suitable!"

Zheng Sen said helplessly: "Let's go up slowly, the first level in two years, we can be regarded as relatively fast, and there are many people who only entered Beijing this year in the same year!"

For a while, the two chatted happily, and the future was bright.

When I got out of the teahouse, I saw a man in a long robe, in his thirties, in high spirits.

He walks with style, like a person in the officialdom, but there is a scar on his face, which attracts attention.

"Brother Huang, do you know him?" Zheng Sen asked after seeing his expression.

"Shaowu's four-year Jinshi, after entering the Imperial Academy, is now probably serving as a member of Zhongshushe in the cabinet."

Huang Zongxi was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly and said: "Because of the scar on his face, he is well-known among the same class. I heard that Master Wang scratched his cheek because he didn't want to be a thief."

"When I entered the Guozijian, I was almost turned away. I heard that it was a letter from Du Gong that resolved it."

"He has a personality." Zheng Sen nodded. He likes this kind of person with bones and has a bright future.

Although Wang Fuzhi has scars on his cheeks, it is precisely the key to a successful official career. He directly painted loyalty on his face, which is second to none.

For a moment, the two unexpectedly had the idea of ​​making friends at the same time.

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The crown prince Yi, who was attracting attention both inside and outside the court, finally came to an end with the canonization of King Wu, but the speculation about the chief assistant disappointed many people.

The emperor reused Zhao Shu as always.

He ordered him to be Wu Wangfu and became his teacher in name.

The trust in government affairs remains the same as before.

For example, on the issue of dealing with Sichuan, Zhao Shu supported the proposition of some ministers and decided to split up Sichuan Province.

After eliminating the western thieves in Jianchang, the imperial court established Jianchang Mansion in Jianchang.

In this way, the huge Sichuan has fourteen prefectures, six Zhili prefectures, and three counties of 110, with a registered population of more than 5 million people.

There are also a large number of chieftains, and they have built the basic governance of Sichuan.

This is such a huge sum that it is breathless.

This is still the result of placing Zunyi Prefecture under Guizhou, otherwise Sichuan would be even bigger.

One province in Sichuan is equivalent to two provinces, the administration is bloated, there are too many counties, prefectures, and government levels, and the management cost is too high.

"With Chongqing, Kuizhou, and Shunqing in Sichuan as the core, Shizhou in Hubei (formerly known as Shizhouwei) was added, making a total of four prefectures with a total of nearly two million people."

Zhao Shu said frankly: "These four prefectures add up to the new province. There is no shortage of localities and Dingkou. Please give me a name from your Majesty."

Due to its geographical location, Chongqing Mansion has always been one of the two poles of Sichuan. It is centered with Chengdu and can be described as extremely prosperous.

It is precisely because of this that the population of one prefecture accounts for [-]% of Sichuan's, which is more than that of Chengdu prefecture where the Chengdu Plain is located.

It is also appropriate to form a new province with it as the core.

Politically speaking, the division of Sichuan is also part of the centralization of power, and it is the in-depth governance of the eastern Sichuan region.

Nooks and crannies like Shizhou Mansion are not cared about in Hubei, but if they are assigned to the new province, the degree of attention will definitely be different.

"Just call it Chongqing Province."

The emperor hardly thought about it, and blurted out: "The provincial government is in Ba County."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

All the ministers praised, but they were quite touched in their hearts.

Nanzhili is divided into three, Huguang is divided into two, Shaanxi is divided into three (Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi), and now even Sichuan is divided, which is too scary.

Wang Yingxiong felt the deepest.

He was originally from Ba County, Chongqing, but he was originally from Sichuan Province, but he became Chongqing Province. This is too abrupt, and the genealogy has to be overhauled.

However, Ba County has changed from a prefectural city to a provincial capital. In a sense, it is also an improvement, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

It's just that he was interrupted as soon as he was promoted.

Lu Daqi pointed to the map and said, "Your Majesty, this Chongqing mansion is too big. There are only four mansions in Chongqing, which is too small."

"The Xuanfu Department of Youyang, which hangs down to the southeast, can be changed to Youyang Mansion, which governs Youyang, Qianjiang, Xiushan, and Pengshui counties."

uh-huh……

He moved his fingers in Peizhou, and suddenly heard a cough. It was Wang Yingxiong's voice.

That's all for Lu Daqi, he ended the division of Chongqing Mansion.