I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 310
"Your Majesty, General Yang and the others have already set off."

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao, who was concentrating on reviewing the question book, paused slightly after hearing Wei Zhongxian's story. Then he put the question book aside and said thoughtfully:

"It is estimated that it will take more than half a month before there is any news about Yang Zhaoji's army going south. In comparison, Chen Liangbi's side will have results soon."

"Your Majesty, Yongning Mansion is not very far from the capital, only two or three days' journey. I estimate that you will receive a letter in a few days."

Zhu Youxiao nodded when he heard this. He was just watching their performance now, and there was no point in worrying about it.

"By the way, has Yuan Keli's edict been sent out?"

Now that he was mentally prepared, Zhu Youxiao would not pay too much attention. Instead, he asked about Wei Zhongxian's appointment of Yuan Keli.

"Don't worry, your majesty. As soon as you gave your instructions yesterday, I had someone draft an edict and send it to the cabinet. The elders of the cabinet issued it directly without any objection. It must have reached the General Affairs Department by now."

Naturally, Wei Zhongxian would not neglect this matter. He knew that the emperor attached great importance to Yuan Keli.Zhu Youxiao's face was expressionless when he heard this, and he was still thinking about Yuan Keli's matter.

He fulfilled his previous promise and directly appointed Yuan Keli as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang after the Enke Examination, taking charge of customs duties in the southeastern provinces.This position is not unimportant, and the court does not know how many pairs of eyes are staring at it.Especially after Shen Guan learned about this, he always wanted to put his own people in, but he was stopped by excuses given by himself.

The purpose is to allow Yuan Keli to be able to perform his duties without being constrained.Fortunately, Liu Yisui, Ye Xianggao and others recognized Yuan Keli and others, so it was possible to make it happen.

In addition to Yuan Keli, Wang Yingjiao also sent officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to follow Yuan Keli. Yuan Keli would assist the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs in piloting customs ports in the southeastern provinces.

At that time, a special customs office will be established and officials will be re-selected so that the Ministry of Household Affairs can directly take charge of customs duties and reduce local bullying.

This is actually the first step for Zhu Youxiao to regulate tariffs. As long as the pilot proves to be effective, it can be extended to other places.

"That's very good. When Yuan Keli leaves, you can send it off for me."

"The servant understands."

Seeing that nothing happened, Zhu Youxiao picked up the question book in his hand and read it. This was the list of Jinshi appointments sent by the Ministry of Officials.

After passing the imperial examination, No. 1 in the first class is awarded the number one scholar and is awarded the title of editor (from the sixth grade) of the Hanlin Academy. The second and third places are ranked second and third respectively, and is awarded the title of editor and editor of the Hanlin Academy (the seventh grade).

Both of these are extremely noble positions. Their main responsibilities are to compile historical records, record the emperor's words and deeds, lecture on classics and history, and draft documents related to ceremonies.However, because he was in the Hanlin Academy, which was the emperor's secretariat, he often met with the emperor, and could also see various decrees and documents of the imperial court. He had a general understanding of the current situation of the imperial court, so his status was very important.

Because of this, and the fact that all those who can enter the Hanlin Academy are at the top of the imperial examination, this has gradually formed the political rule that "non-Jinshi are not allowed to enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin are not allowed to be prime ministers." The Hanlin Academy is known as " Storage phase".

Therefore, the three people Lu Xiangsheng at the front of the title book naturally serve in the Hanlin Academy. Zhu Youxiao does not care about this matter. What he wants to adjust is the appointment of the second and third grade candidates.

After first-class Jinshis directly enter the Hanlin Academy to work, second- and third-class Jinshis go to major ministries and monasteries to observe government affairs for half a year. This is similar to an internship period, mainly pre-job training and internship.

During the period of watching the government, the second and third grade Jinshi have to write articles based on their own knowledge. As long as they can write five good policy essays, they will be qualified to participate in the Hanlin Academy's "Library Selection Examination", and then more than ten outstanding ones will be selected. Called "Shuji Changshi", or "Shujishi" for short, they can study in the Hanlin Academy for three years with Lu Xiangsheng and others.

As long as you perform well within these three years and take the examination, those who pass the examination can stay and work in the Hanlin Academy.Those who were born as second-class Jinshi were first taught as editors and editors in the Hanlin Academy. After that, their official career was similar to that of the second-ranked scholar and the third-ranked scholar.

Others who have not passed the examination can directly become officials, or be awarded to officials such as Shizhong, Chief, Zhongshu Sheren, Xingren, Dr. Taichang, Dr. Guozi, etc., or they may be awarded to local government officials, prefectural magistrates, county magistrates, etc. Officials such as magistrates and county magistrates can basically guarantee the official position of the seventh rank.

Therefore, his performance during the administration period is extremely important and can even directly determine his future promotion.What Zhu Youxiao cares about is the place for these second and third graders to observe politics.

As a person who has traveled through time, Zhu Youxiao naturally knows that there are many professional talents among the Enke Jinshi this time, such as Song Yingxing, Zhang Weixin and others, who are the leading rare talents in all walks of life, but the Ministry of Officials is arranging for them to observe the government. Upward, Zhu Youxiao was not very satisfied.

Thinking of this, he picked up the ink pen and sketched it on the title book. Song Yingxing's household department arranged to go to the General Affairs Department to observe the administration. Zhu Youxiao ticked the ink pen and then wrote on the side:
"You can go to the Ministry of Industry to observe the government. The Ordnance Bureau is the place where people are employed. You can let them go and see more. Xu Guangqi should give more support to the on-demand people."

Song Yingxing was the focus of Zhu Youxiao's attention. As a famous scientist in the late Ming Dynasty, his knowledge of agriculture and handicrafts far exceeded that of others. He could go to the Ministry of Industry and even the Bureau of Ordnance to observe politics, allowing him to learn better.

As Minister of Industry, Xu Guangqi happened to have the same character as him. He was very interested in agriculture and handicrafts, and he also practiced it. He not only tried planting rice in Tianjin and other places, but also vigorously promoted sweet potatoes from the Americas. and other crops.

So Zhu Youxiao wanted to bring the two of them together and let Xu Guangqi guide him more, which would definitely make Song Yingxing improve quickly.After checking off Song Yingxing, Zhu Youxiao checked off the names of Shen Tingyang and Yu Zhishu. The former advocated shipping and launched a sea ban, and the latter had financial management skills. Historically, he was able to manage the household department. To change the old bad rules, I have accumulated a lot of money and have a lot of money. They are all rare talents, so it is best to let them go to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

In addition, there were Wu Linzheng, who was assigned to the Ministry of Justice by Zhu Youxiao, and Zhang Guowei, who was assigned to the Ministry of Household Affairs.Finally, there was Mao Yuanyi, but he was arranged reasonably. Maybe he was too famous and was directly assigned to the Ministry of War.

By the time Zhu Youxiao finished sketching, the entire topic book had been sketched beyond recognition. He was also very tired. Then he put down his pen and took a long breath and said to Wei Zhongxian:
"Give this question book to the officials and ask them to draft a new one based on these changes."

Wei Zhongxian watched the emperor sketching on it and quickly bowed forward to take the question book.

"The slaves obey the order."

"Well, let's go."

Zhu Youxiao watched Wei Zhongxian bow and leave, and finally had time to stand up from the seat he had been sitting on all day and stretched out.

However, he looked down at the mountains of question papers piled up on the papers, and his head suddenly felt heavy. He felt so tired and didn't want to deal with government affairs anymore.So he said to Zhang Chang and He Ning who were serving beside him:
"Let's go, I won't deal with government affairs today, and go ride a horse in the grass field."
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Unlike Zhu Youxiao who had the leisure time to ride a horse to relieve his boredom, as the khan of the "Great Jin Kingdom", Nurhaci now had a terrible headache.

In the guard office of Fushun City, he, Huang Taiji, the five ministers and others were all sitting in the lobby. Seeing that Khan was sitting at the head without saying a word, everyone did not dare to speak for fear of offending Nurhaci. After waiting for a while, Nurhaci calmed down. Xu spoke slowly and asked Huang Taiji about his son Daishan's injury.

"How is Daishan's injury?"

Huang Taiji, who is sitting in the bottom position, looks quite haggard. Now that Mang Gurtai, one of the four Baylors, has been deposed, Daishan could still compete with him.

But now he was defeated by the Ming army and returned. When the rangers who arrived saw him, he was already scarred and seriously injured and fell to the ground unconscious.

So now the four most powerful Baylors have passed away, and the only ones left are Amin and him.But Amin's father was executed by his father, Khan Nurhachi, so naturally he would not be reused by Nurhaci.

Therefore, recently, Huang Taiji was given high priority by Nurhachi and was in charge of all military and political affairs of Jianlu, which also made him very tired.

"Father, my second brother is awake now, but the Han doctor said that he can't move lightly yet and that he still needs to be nursed back to health."

Seeing his father asking questions, Huang Taiji immediately stood up and answered. Daishan was still his brother after all, and no matter how much he disliked him, he couldn't show it.

"Things that are not reused! It's better to die. I underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, causing me to lose my fighter planes and wasting the advantage created by Yue Tuo. I am really angry."

Nurhachi snorted coldly when he heard this. Hearing Daishan's anger, he turned around and asked He Heli, the assistant minister:

"Have the Xitai and Kezha family members been dealt with?"

"Reporting to the Khan, I have ordered people to ransack their homes. No one in the family escaped. The men were made into armored men and the women were demoted to coated slaves as punishment."

"They really took advantage of them and took advantage of them. If the two of them hadn't tipped off the information, how could our army have suffered such a defeat."

Hearing what He Heli said, Nurhaci immediately felt relieved and put aside his worries to prepare to discuss today's main issues.After thinking about it, I stood up and looked at the map behind me.

His eyes gradually focused on the northwest direction of the map, where the characters "Inner Khalkha" were written in Manchu.

"Has Yue Tuo returned from sending a message now? According to his previous message, he should be facing off against Zatru's troops by now."

"Khan, according to the time, it's only been a day or two. Yue Tuo Beile took the initiative to attack the Zarut tribe while the Chahar cavalry arrived. There must be no big problem. Khan just needs to wait for good news. ."

The words of the military general E Yidu did not make Nurhaci relax his brows. On the contrary, he looked even more sad.

"I just don't know if the Jitsut tribe has gone south. If they and the Zarut tribe come together, the Inner Khalkha problem will be completely solved. Otherwise, they will always be a big worry."

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