"Lord Du knows everything, and nothing can be hidden from Lord Du! That's exactly what it is, so our Ming Dynasty needs to have a navy that is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, your Majesty and the royal family, and it is a powerful navy. There will also be many municipal shipping departments in Qiongzhou Prefecture."

Hearing Gu Heng's answer, Du Yinxi added: "Then, the position of chief envoy of Guangdong is very important."

"Why do you say that?" Gu Heng asked puzzledly.

"Princess, don't you know the civil finance and taxation of the Ming Dynasty's provincial governors?" Du Yinxi asked rhetorically.

"I know this, but I don't understand why there is a Municipal Shipping Department in Qiongzhou Prefecture. What does it have to do with the Chief Envoy of Guangdong?" Gu Heng asked doubtfully.

"Princess, I will show you a map of my Ming Dynasty's territory and you will know."

After Du Yinxi finished speaking, he asked his entourage to go to his carriage to get the map.

Du Yinxi then said: "Princess, wait for a moment, the territory map will be sent over soon."

While Gu Heng was waiting, he couldn't help but ask: "Master Du, why do you always have a territory map in your carriage?"

"That's because Wei Chen is a local official, and because he often travels far away and takes up posts in other places, Wei Chen usually prepares a map of the territory, so that he is prepared for any trouble." Du Yinxi replied.

"So that's it! Lord Du is so attentive!" Gu Heng exclaimed.

"Princess is honored! Princess..."

Before Du Yinxi finished speaking, his entourage brought the map over. Du Yinxi hurriedly said: "Princess, the territory map has arrived. Please take a look at it first."

"OK."

Gu Heng took the map and discovered that it turned out that the area under the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary of Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty was quite large. It included parts of today's Guangdong Province, Hainan Province, Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangxi, and the Chief Secretary's Yamen was stationed in Guangzhou.

There are 10 prefectures and 1 Zhili Prefecture.

"I understand. The Chief Envoy of Guangdong originally controlled the Qiongzhou Prefecture area, so this position is indeed important. I wonder if Mr. Du can recommend a suitable candidate?" Gu Heng asked.

Du Yinxi looked at Gu Heng in surprise. He did not expect that Gu Heng would ask him who would be more suitable for the position of Governor of Guangdong. After all, he was not familiar with Gu Heng.

Although I don’t know why His Majesty suddenly asked me to be at the disposal of the princess in front of me, but what this princess did seems to be to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, so I’d better not think so much and recommend someone realistically.

So Du Yinxi opened his mouth and said: "Princess, the original Hu Ke gave the matter to Qu Shichun, whose courtesy name was Qitian and whose name was Jiaxuan. The ministers felt that this person had outstanding political achievements during his tenure and was good at doing things. He was outspoken and dared to give advice when Wei Eun was in power, or

He can be the chief envoy of Guangdong."

Gu Heng thought about Qu Shishu for a moment and realized that this man was indeed a capable minister in the late Ming Dynasty. He had served as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and Minister of the Ministry of War in the Southern Ming Dynasty. Now that he came to be the chief envoy of a certain place, he should not be incompetent for the job.

What's even more rare is that, compared with the vast majority of civil servants who betray their country and seek glory, this person extended his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty to the last moment of his life. So there is nothing to say about his character.

The position of chief minister is related to money, and a person who is both honest and capable is most suitable.

So Gu Heng immediately agreed with Du Yinxi's opinion.

"Lord Qu is indeed a good person. I will advise His Majesty on this matter. But..."

At this point, Gu Heng frowned and sighed with a sad face.

"What are you worried about, princess? Maybe I can help you with your worries."

Gu Heng raised his head and glanced at Du Yinxi, walked quickly to the door and closed it, saying in a very serious tone: "Although Qu Qitian is talented, don't you think everyone in Donglin will see that you and Qu Qitian have heavy responsibilities?"

, do you think the Donglin Party is about to rise again? Will there be trouble at that time?"

"This..." Hearing this, Du Yinxi tugged his beard and felt quite convinced. Among the Donglin officials, he knew the habits of some people better than anyone else.

These people always like to turn disputes about right and wrong and opinions in the court into party disputes, and then gradually evolve into simple mutual strife and exclusion. Anyone who is a member of the other party must be suppressed.

In doing so, we actually lose the role of mutual supervision, mutual checks and balances, and common development between different groups, and it is just for the sake of "fighting for fighting."

But when the princess in front of her asks herself these questions, how should she answer them?

Just when Du Yinxi was confused by the question, Gu Heng said again: "Master Du, do you know that His Majesty doesn't like ministers forming cliques?"

When he mentioned the word "form a party", Gu Heng specially emphasized the pronunciation. Du Yinxi was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and said: "Princess Mingjian! I have no intention of forming a party for personal gain!"

Seeing Du Yinxi like this, Gu Heng quickly asked his confidants to help Du Yinxi up, and then said with a smile: "Master Du, don't be so nervous, I still believe in Master Du! I just want to remind Master Du of one or two things!"

"Princess, please make it clear!" Du Yinxi wiped a few drops of cold sweat from his frightened forehead and replied with great respect.

Du Yinxi no longer dared to underestimate the princess in front of him! Because it was already early winter, but the princess in front of him was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat!

The word "party" is something that no matter which dynasty, generation or emperor wants to hear!

When ministers form cliques and are discovered, it is usually a matter of losing their heads, so Du Yinxi did not dare to say anything anymore, but respectfully asked Gu Heng to tell him what to do.

Seeing that he had successfully frightened Du Yinxi in the first step, Gu Heng said again: "Master Du only needs to remember two points. The first point: always be loyal to the Ming Dynasty! Be loyal to the people of the world!"

"The second point is to do practical things for the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world, do good deeds, and achieve results!"

"Wei Chen, please remember that you must do your best to do it." Du Yinxi replied solemnly.

Gu Heng was relieved when he saw that Du Yinxi understood what he meant and showed that he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world and would not join the party struggle at will!

Gu Heng actually also knew that the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty "began in Donglin", and the Donglin Party was responsible for the demise of the Ming Dynasty from then on, which led some people to start hating the Donglin Party.

In addition, although most of the Donglin Party members are ambitious, idealistic, and honest literati, not all of them are. There are also some who are looking for opportunities to profit under the banner of the Donglin Party.

For example, Qian Qianyi, the famous scholar in the late Ming Dynasty who was not as good as Liu Rushi, the brothel girl, and the famous leader of the Donglin Party.

This man himself claimed that he would throw himself into the river to die for his country, but as soon as he washed his toes, he said "Oh, the water is too cold!" and turned around and surrendered to the Manchus. The existence of these people also ruined the reputation of the Donglin Party and caused some people to start

I hate the Donglin Party.

The formal formation of the Donglin Party began with Gu Xiancheng. He was originally a minor official in the Ministry of Personnel. He opposed Wanli in the Guoben dispute (the dispute over the establishment of a prince during the Wanli period), which caused Wanli's dissatisfaction. Later, when recommending the chief minister of the cabinet,
Chapter completed!