The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 409 Yang Yiqing

In fact, it is justifiable for Yang Tinghe to resolutely refuse to accept the position of Minister of the Ministry of Households.

After all, the cabinet was in a period of turmoil at this time, and several old cabinet ministers went to beg for bones, and the remaining Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also vaguely meant to retreat to the second line.

In this way, newcomers will definitely be recruited into the cabinet.

If he accepts the position of Minister of the Household Department, it means that it will be difficult to rejoin the cabinet in the short term.

After all, the Ministry of Households is not a leisurely office like the Ministry of Rites, but a department with real power.Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Officials is the most important, and the Ministry of Households is firmly in the second place.

Yang Tinghe thinks very highly of himself, but the new king is not included in the list of the first batch of cabinet members, so he inevitably feels unhappy.It is normal to lose your temper and lose your temper.

He can't beat Xie Shen, can't he beat Li Dongyang and Xie Qian?

One of the most important qualities in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is to be able to endure.If the competitors are in their seventies and eighties and have to resign, then it is considered a success.

If Emperor Zhengde had asked Yang Tinghe to be Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he might have agreed.After all, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is a heavenly official and a Dazai, and he can almost sit on an equal footing with a cabinet scholar.But if it was the second household secretary, the ostentation and status would plummet.

Sure enough, Emperor Zhengde had a strange expression when he heard Yang Tinghe's name.

"Why would you recommend Yang Qing, sir?"

Xie Shen sighed inwardly.It seems that Zhengde is still brooding over Yang Tinghe's refusal to serve as Minister of the Household Department.

"Your Majesty, I think that Master Yang has lived in the household department for a long time and is very good at raising money and food. The duties of the governors of Yansui, Liaodong, Xuanfu, and Datong are not in tactical assault, but in strategic layout and grasp of the overall situation. And Master Yang's Age is very appropriate for this position."

But Yang Tinghe was born in Tianshun three years ago, and he is exactly 47 years old this year.

For an official, this is the golden age.

Those who often hang out in officialdom have heard a saying called grass three, silver four, and gold five.

It means that 30 years old is the most worthless age, and officials of this age can catch a lot of them, and at most they can only make soy sauce.

At the age of 40, some politically talented officials began to emerge. After more than ten or twenty years of polishing, they became more and more adept at dealing with people, and they gradually became able to serve as ministers of the Six Departments and governors.

By the age of 50, life and officialdom have been basically seen through, and all kinds of things can be handled with ease, and he is a man of the prime of life, and he can still bear important responsibilities.This period is also the golden period for becoming a senior official of the ministry.

As for those in their sixties, they no longer have the energy and desire to fight. Unless they have the opportunity to join the cabinet, not many people will want to work hard, and it is not easy to get promoted.

Zhengde smiled wryly and said: "Never mind Yang Tinghe, sir, what do you think about letting Shaanxi governor Yang Yiqing be the governor of the four sides?"

Xie Shen was slightly taken aback.

Yang Yiqing?This is also a generation of famous ministers.

Xie Shen knew that Yang Yiqing's main political achievements came during his time as the governor of Shaanxi Province, so it stands to reason that if he served as the governor of the four sides, he should get started quickly.

"This memorial, please read it, sir."

After speaking, he actually signaled Zhang Yong to hand over a memorial to Xie Shen.

Xie Shen took the memorial and unfolded it respectfully.

"On all sides of Shaanxi, Yansui occupies dangerous areas, and Ningxia and Gansu strangle rivers and mountains. However, from Huamachi to Lingzhou, the territory is wide, the castles are sparse, and the invaders destroy the walls. Guyuan, Qingyang, Pingliang, and Gongchang are all affected. At the beginning of Chenghua, Xu Tingzhang, governor of Ningxia, built the side wall, which stretched for more than [-] miles; in Yansui, Yu Zijun repaired the side wall and strengthened it. Therefore, the invaders did not enter the Hetao area for more than [-] years. In the last years of Hongzhi, Kou even invaded until now. Qin Mian only faked four or five small forts and seven hundred miles from Jinglu to Huanqing to rule the moat, which was not enough to defend the enemy. Chen Jiu was an official in Shaanxi, and he was quite aware of the situation. Kou Dong said tens of thousands, The traffic is sudden, and before the conscription is over, there will be a lot of trouble. After the call for reinforcements, if you want to fight, the opponent will not come, and if you persist for a long time, our teacher will be old. The minister thinks that there are four strategies for defending the frontier: build beaches, walls and moats. Strengthen the frontier defense and add guards to strengthen the frontier soldiers. The manager Lingxia attached himself to the interior and refurbished Weizhou to prevent foreign invasion. Today, Hetao is surrounded by dangers on three sides, and it should be a shelter for thousands of miles. At the beginning of the country, the Hetao was abandoned and Wei Dongsheng was lost. One side is dangerous; after that, it stops at Dongsheng to reach Yansui, and then uses one side to cover thousands of miles of rushing; thus, the fertile soil of Hetao is used as a nest for bandits, and the deep mountains and great rivers are there. The outer danger of Ningxia and Nanbei River , the problems on this side are inextricably linked. Sincerely, it is advisable to stick to Dongsheng, because the river is solid, and Datong is connected to the east, and it belongs to Ningxia, so that the land of thousands of miles in Hetao can be classified as farming and animal husbandry, and millions of acres of farmland can be transferred to the interior of the province. , is the best policy; if it is not possible, build more defensive borders now, and if the enemy comes to defend, it will be even more helpless."

The memorial is very long, and its central idea is to build side walls in Shaanxi and other places.

Since becoming the governor of Shaanxi, Yang Yiqing has made a lot of achievements, and he has made great achievements in frontier defense and horse administration.Now he submitted another memorial to Emperor Zhengde, asking the emperor to decree to build the side wall.

The Ming Dynasty did not lack clean streams, but lacked officials who were willing to put their minds to work.Yang Yiqing is such an official.

No wonder Zhengde mentioned Yang Yiqing. It turned out that he was the one who put forward constructive suggestions.

"Your Majesty, Master Yang's memorial is very reasonable."

Xie Shen also had to admire Yang Yiqing, the writing of this memorandum was penetrating, making it hard to find any mistakes.

However, he still insisted on his opinion that Yang Tinghe was more suitable to serve as the governor.

"However, I think Governor Yang may not be as good as Yang Shilang in terms of coordinating the overall situation. This is not contradictory. It is better for His Majesty to appoint another governor of the three towns, and let Yang Yiqing go to govern the three towns of Ningxia, Guyuan, and Yansui. To Yang Tinghe Yang Shilang reduced the burden and let him concentrate on managing Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong."

"Let Yang Tinghe manage Xuanfu, Datong, and Liaodong, and let Yang Yiqing manage Yansui, Guyuan, and Ningxia? There is some truth to this."

A gleam flashed in Emperor Zhengde's eyes.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Xie Shen flattered him.

It has to be said that it is more appropriate to assign Yansui to Yang Yiqing.After all, Yang Yiqing is very familiar with the situation in Shaanxi, and he doesn't need to adapt to the time to control Yansui.

As for Ningxia, the solid reason is that it is closer to Shaanxi and it is suitable for Yang Yiqing to share the management.

And Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong are large war zones, so it is more appropriate to send another person.

In this way, six of the nine important towns in the Ming Dynasty were controlled by two governors, which basically solved the embarrassing situation that the towns did not belong to each other.

Zhengde thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "What do Mr. Xie Ge and Mr. Li Ge think?"

"The old minister thinks what Siming said is reasonable."

"The old minister seconded."

The two old fried dough sticks said in a timely manner.

"Okay, let's make it so. As for the construction of the side wall in Shaanxi, ask the Ministry of Households to discuss it and come up with a charter to see how much money it will cost. I gave Yang Yiqing the governor of the three towns, and he can't mess with it." Spend my money."

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