Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 307: People become better with age (4k)

In this incident of subordinate official reform, Li Shanchang was indeed standing opposite Zhu Yuanzhang.

But Zhu Yuanzhang knew in his heart that Li Shanchang sat in the position of Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province and sometimes had to do this.

That day in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Li Shanchang was indeed speechless and offended him in person.

But these little things are nothing compared to his contribution to Ming Dynasty.

Considering the friendship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang, how could he deal with him just because Li Shanchang contradicted him in person?

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to take back the rights of scholar-bureaucrats, and even had to do so in preparation for further taking back the power of the prime minister.

Today, Li Shanchang took the initiative to retreat.

Zhu Yuanzhang also took off his guard against him in the past, and replaced it with the sincerity when the emperor and his ministers first met when he was conquering the world.

"Shan Chang, in the past, the ministers of the Zhu Kingdom had to resign and return to their homeland, and the emperor would insist on retaining him again and again. Do you think it is necessary for us to do this?" Zhu Yuanzhang pulled Li Shanchang to sit next to him and said with a smile.

All the shortcomings of Hu Weiyong mentioned by Li Shanchang were nothing to Zhu Yuanzhang.

First of all, he used irony to successfully put Hu Weiyong in power. Hu Weiyong must not remember him for the rest of his life.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and did not reply.

Li Shanchang's operation can be said to be a genius.

"Shan Chang, after you leave, who can take over your position?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked.

"Yang Xian!"

"We have several candidates, please help us weigh them up."

Students and teachers, soldiers and ministers.

And because of Jin Yiwei, he was even more convinced of this.

The relationship between the two at this time seems to have returned to its original starting point.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly. He and Li Shanchang agreed on Wang Guangyang's views.

Zhu Yuanzhang soon returned to his posture as the Hongwu Emperor, because the next thing he had to do was related to the Ming Dynasty.

"What about Hu Weiyong, the political advisor of the Zhongshu Provincial Government? He is still your student?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

But the truth between the two of them is limited to this moment.

After all, he was born as a cowherd boy, and later became a monk and a beggar.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang hired Li Shanchang as his teacher to supplement his knowledge.

"Who?"

After listening to Li Shanchang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang directly decided on Hu Weiyong.

Li Shanchang's expression and state at this time was also extremely relaxed.

He smiled and waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no."

"Shang Shu, how is Wang Guangyang?" Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and asked.

Now that he has returned to his home, the eldest son of Zhongshu Province is his disciple, and everything will be convenient for him from now on.

"Your Majesty, please don't use him."

Isn't this exactly what he wants?

"Your Majesty, Hu Weiyong is even worse." Li Shanchang waved his hand and said firmly. "It is precisely because he is my disciple that I understand him better. Although this boy is talented and courageous, he is hot-tempered, reckless in doing things, too utilitarian, self-willed, and must repay grudges. He is unreasonable to be an assistant minister. Well, if you put him in the position of Prime Minister, sooner or later the situation will overturn."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Shanchang replied.

"Okay, then we are going to retire and return home. Zhang Shicheng, there was a Wu Prince's Palace in Hangzhou back then, no less than the Qianqing Palace. We will reward it to you now." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

I was in Dingyuan at that time.

"I thank Heaven for your grace!" Li Shanchang stood up, knelt down and said loudly.

Li Shanchang has a great contribution to Zhu Yuanzhang's good calligraphy.

At this moment.

"I have a candidate in my heart who is qualified to assume the position of prime minister." Li Shanchang said.

One of them is a sincere gift, and the other is a sincere thank you.

Li Shanchang shook his head, and almost without thinking, he replied: "Wang Guangyang is narrow-minded and shallow. Official of the Liubu Hall is already his limit. He has some abilities, but it is not suitable to be placed in the position of Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province."

If a perfect guy like Yang Xian comes to power, how can he take back this power in the future? !

Because of the reform of subordinate officials and the feud between Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong, everyone in the civil and military dynasties knew about it, and Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang's words came from his heart and did not use any imperial tricks.

After joining the rebel army, it was all about swords and blood, and there was no time to study at all.

"Get up, get up." Zhu Yuanzhang personally stepped forward to help Li Shanchang up and said. "Also, you don't have to think too much. We gave you Prince Wu's Mansion not to detain you in Hangzhou. You've missed us since. You've missed the capital. Just come back and I'll drink tea and chat with you."

One is a student who sincerely asks for advice, and the other is a teacher who sincerely gives advice.

Although he failed to make Li Shanchang a king, he still gave him a palace, which was Zhu Yuanzhang's compensation for Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang said: "Yang Xian's ability to lead troops in battle is not inferior to Xu Da's, his ability to govern the country is better than that of minor ministers, and his scheming skills are better than those of Brother Bowen back then. All kinds of fantastic ideas and novel inventions are even more outstanding. It has never happened before. Such a scholar who can bring peace to the world with his writings and can make decisions with his military skills, I really can't think of anyone else who can be qualified for the position of prime minister other than him."

To put it bluntly, if something happened to Hu Weiyong in the future, I, Li Shanchang, would have been opposed to him taking over. Moreover, we have already drawn a clear line between master and disciple, as evidenced by the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.

Naturally, there is no so-called crime of recommendation. If something happens to Hu Weiyong, he will not be implicated.

And at the end, Li Shanchang did not forget to disgust Yang Xian.

Although what he said was all praise for Yang Xian, these were indeed facts. He just wanted to bring this matter to Zhu Yuanzhang, and he knew Zhu Yuanzhang. It was like planting a thorn in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

The more perfect Yang Xian he said, the deeper the thorn in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was buried.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was around, it might not be like that.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang believed that he could suppress Yang Xian, this was Emperor Hongwu's confidence in himself.

But what if Zhu Yuanzhang is leaving one day?

It's hard to say that things can happen unexpectedly, but Zhu Yuanzhang is already fifty years old this year.

Li Shanchang's words really kill three birds with one stone!

This is the kind of person that people become better with age.

Zhongshu Province.

Li Shanchang wiped the desk with reluctance in his eyes.

He took one last look at his work station and took nothing with him.

Only a piece of paper was left on his desk, with the words he left for Hu Weiyong written on it.

When he walked out of the house, officials from the Central Publishing House were already standing outside in the courtyard, except for Hu Weiyong.

"I pay my respects to the Prime Minister!"

Seeing all his colleagues from Zhongshu Province spontaneously bid farewell to him, Li Shanchang couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.

During the ten years that Li Shanchang was in power, he certainly accepted small bribes, but due to his caution, he never made any major political mistakes, so his prestige among ministers was extremely high.

He stood there, shook the clothes on his body, returned the salute to the ministers, and bowed to the ground.

Then he left without looking back.

At this moment, Hu Weiyong could only bid farewell to his mentor silently in the room. Even though he was as cold as he was, his eyes were still red at the moment.

What Hu Weiyong held in his hand was the warning left to him by Li Shanchang.

"Zhongshu Sheng governs the six ministries and controls the provinces and state capitals. The Prime Minister of Zhongshu Sheng has no words to be proud of, and he can control the world with just one word. After you take over Zhongshu Sheng, you should ask the emperor for orders on everything. You would rather let him feel that If you're tired, you can't act alone. The only sky above your head is Your Majesty."

"Remember, remember, remember!"

Remember the three tones, the sound is still in your ears.

Hu Weiyong put the paper in his hand on the light in front of him and ignited it. The paper in his hand quickly burned to ashes. The flames burned his hands without even noticing.

“The support and support you receive from me will never be forgotten!”

a few days later.

Imperial Palace, Fengtian Hall.

"It is the destiny of heaven, and the emperor's rule is said. I heard that the emperor is only good, and his virtues are harmonious. He must lose the knowledge of the three towers and use them to increase the weight of the nine tripods. He is a family member, and he is dedicated to Liangbi, and Hu Weiyong is involved in political affairs in Zhongshu."

In the main hall, when the chamberlain read this sentence, Prince Zhu Biao suddenly changed his expression and turned to look at the chamberlain who was reading out the imperial edict.

Li Shanchang resigned and went into seclusion. Zhu Biao naturally knew about such a big thing.

As soon as he learned that Li Shanchang was resigning and going into seclusion, Zhu Biao went to Zhu Yuanzhang and expressed his views on the candidate for the next Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province.

In Zhu Biao's mind, this person could only be Yang Xian.

Yang Xianzhi can be the master of the Ming Dynasty!

In Zhu Biao's view, a prime minister of Zhongshu Province might even be a bit unworthy of his talents.

When Zhu Biao ran to tell Zhu Yuanzhang about this, Zhu Yuanzhang clearly did not deny him.

He originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed with this matter.

That's why at this moment, in the Fengtian Hall, he was so shocked when he heard the chamberlain pronounce the words "Hu Weiyong".

On the other side, the reading continued.

"Hu Weiyong, who is a political advisor in Zhongshu, has clear knowledge and magnanimity, is a master of craftsmanship and literature, adheres to the rules of loyalty and righteousness, is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and upholds the integrity of Songjun. He prefers to live in the cold weather, and should inherit the honor of being bestowed with swords. His style allows for the hope of Jichuan. But Zuo Cheng, who has written a letter to me, is like the former official."

Hu Weiyong walked out from among the ministers, knelt down in the center of the hall, and said loudly.

"I accept the decree, thank you!"

After leaving the court.

Zhu Biao remained silent, left the palace directly, and boarded the rail train to Yangzhou.

Here in Yangzhou.

Yang Xian was very happy today because his research team finally completed the transformation of the coke furnace and conquered the converter steelmaking technology!

Although this is inseparable from the various design assistance he provided, it may be successfully implemented, which is still something worth celebrating.

Although the principle of converter steelmaking is very simple, there is not much technical threshold.

Simplicity and no technical threshold are relative. No matter how innovative smelting technology is, it is also a systematic project. If it is to be put into normal application, it still needs a certain period of testing and improvement.

Now the steelmaking industry is finally on the right track.

The next thing to do is to speed up the mining of iron ore across the country.

If Yang Xian remembers correctly, there will be a large amount of iron ore in Mongolia in later generations.

It seems that Zhu Biao must contact Zhu Di at some point, and the mineral resources in the Mongolian fiefdom must be utilized as soon as possible.

You must know that if you want to speed up the development of Ming Dynasty, the amount of steel required will be an astronomical figure.

Fortunately, with the current conditions of the Ming Dynasty, if there is not enough ore, just grab it directly, and the same is true if there is not enough people.

At this moment, Yang Xian suddenly received a report from his subordinates, saying that the Crown Prince was here.

Come at this time.

It should be that the imperial court has reached an conclusion regarding the new Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province.

A few days ago, Zhu Biao had compiled a book for Yang Xian, saying that he would definitely recommend Yang Xian to become the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province.

Of course, Yang Xian knew in his heart that this position would most likely not fall to him.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhu Biao walked in, it could be seen from his face that he was working hard.

Zhu Biao said apologetically: "Don't worry about Yang Qing. My father must have had his own considerations in choosing Hu Weiyong. In my heart, Yang Qing is worthy of being a great master of the Ming Dynasty. It is only a matter of time before he becomes the prime minister."

"Thank you, Prince. I don't have any expectations for the position of Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province. Hu Weiyong is indeed more suitable than me." Yang Xian smiled and said.

Yang Xian knew very well that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to use Hu Weiyong's help to completely eliminate the prime minister's power!

Therefore, the position of Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province is like a big coffin in Yang Xian's eyes.

A big, gorgeous and rich coffin!

It was only a matter of time before Hu Weiyong finished playing.

Zhu Biao looked at Yang Xian seriously and secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yang Xian's expression did not seem to be fake. At the same time, he admired Yang Xian more and more in his heart.

It happened to be while Zhu Biao was here.

Yang Xian took Zhu Biao and started to share the results of steelmaking with him. Of course, he did not forget to mention to him that Zhu Laosi would send people to explore for iron ore in the fiefdom.

Zhu Biao originally thought he was coming to comfort Yang Xian, but unexpectedly he got an unexpected gain.

Zhu Biao remembered everything Yang Xian entrusted him to do.

When I returned to Beijing, it was already night.

As soon as Zhu Biao returned to the palace, a chamberlain officer came to report: "This servant is here to see His Highness the Crown Prince."

"What's going on?" Zhu Biao, who was sitting on the carriage, looked at the chamberlain in front of him and asked.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has a decree. Please see him in the Royal Study." The chamberlain said respectfully.

Zhu Biao waved his hand.

The chamberlain who was following Luan Jia shouted loudly: "Okay!"

Royal study room.

It was already night, but the lights were still brightly lit.

"Your Majesty, the prince has arrived." The chamberlain reported.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not raise his head, but continued his work of criticizing the memorial.

"After the court was over, without even saying hello, he left the capital directly for Yangzhou and ran to the Shenhou Mansion. Why, it's my fault that I didn't discuss it with you beforehand."

"I don't dare!" Zhu Biao saluted.

"Hmph! It's weird if you don't dare!"

"I just don't understand whether my father wants to use Hu Weiyong because he is relatively junior or because he is from Huaixi." Zhu Biao raised his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang replied: "It's not only because he is from Huaixi, but also because his qualifications are very junior. Boss, you were born in the first year of Longfeng."

"Back to my father, yes."

"In the first year of Dragon and Phoenix, Hu Weiyong is the most junior among those people. He followed me in the first year of the year."

"You are right. In terms of merit, morality, and ability, Yang Xian is worthy of being the Prime Minister of the Left. It is not because he is not good, but precisely because he is too good, so this position is not suitable for him. In the future, you will You will understand what I am saying." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

(End of this chapter)