Lianchengbi was in Qinzhou without knowing that he had been appointed as the second assistant to the cabinet by the King of Tang, and Zhang Xiaoqi did not know that he had become the little nine ministers. Zhou Shiqi ordered people to send a letter to Qinzhou, asking Lianchengbi and Zhang Xiaoqi to come to Guangzhou to attend the state ceremony of the King of Tang, and to perform new positions at the same time. Together with this letter, a brigade from the First Town was also a brigade from Qinzhou. This move was clearly told to the two governors, that you should be more tactful.

After Duke Xiang of Song entered the cabinet, Liao Ruixiang took over as governor of Guangdong, and Wang Zhangjun, the governor of Guangzhou, was promoted to the governor of Guangdong, and the remaining officials were promoted in turn.

The cabinet and the six ministries, the Tongzheng and the envoys of the Great Nine Ministers were all set up in the Governor's yamen. The structure inside the gate was slightly changed, and everything was simple. The Xiao Jiuqing Ministers' yamen was remote in the Governor's yamen. The structure of this yamen was naturally not as good as the Chongzhen Dynasty or the Hongguang Dynasty. After all, the Nandu was originally the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, and all the yamen were set up. After more than two hundred years, not to mention the inner world, the storefront must be good, which is incomparable to Guangzhou. But compared to the Yongli court, the newly released Tang court in Guangzhou was much better. At least the yamen looked small, with limited office space and few staffing facilities, but at least it was stable, unlike the Yongli Dynasty. When the Yongli court was in Anlong, many yamen were directly placed in thatched huts. Not to mention the six ministries and nine ministries, even the cabinet was a mud-made yamen.

Zhou Shixiang had tried his best to establish the imperial institutions according to the wishes of the King of Tang, and the King of Tang had no choice but to ask him to do much. After all, most of the country was still trapped in the hands of the Qing Dynasty. After more than ten years of military disaster, Guangdong was also devastated. Even though it was about to be upgraded to Guangzhou City, the number of people had just recovered to 200,000. The conditions were limited, and the King of Tang knew that Zhou Shixiang had done a good job.

On the third day after the list of Xiao Jiuqing was delivered, Guo Zhiqi came twice on behalf of the King of Tang, with the purpose of negotiating with Zhou Shi to discuss the candidates for the six ministers.

In his words, Master Fu apologized for Xiao Jiuqing not having the person in the bag of Zhou Shixiang, but also said that Xiao Jiuqing had nothing to do with the key points. The Tang King ordered those people to serve as Xiao Jiuqing, but only showed that he was still a minister of Yongli and had no suspicion and guard against Zhou Shixiang. I don’t know if it was because of the King of Tang’s explanation or Guo Zhiqi’s own decision, he told Zhou Shixiang with certainty that after the King of Tang was supervising the country, Zhou Shixiang’s opinions were still resolute, and the court and the King of Tang would not interfere. In this regard, Zhou Shixiang was naturally frightened and said that since Your Highness had been supervising the country, the affairs of the government should be handled with full authority. As a minister, how dare he arbitrarily abducted his power?

Whether what Zhou Shixiang said is true or false, he has a number, and Master Fu also has a number. The two of them were tacitly aware of it, and they did not mention the matter about the candidate for Xiao Jiuqing.

Guo Zhiqi did not feel much guilt about the words of Emperor Yongli Emperor Yongli for transforming himself from a Grand Secretary to a cabinet assistant for the Tang Dynasty regime. If the Grand Secretary was silent before the Tang Dynasty was supervised, he was active now. I have to say that Guo Zhiqi is indeed a capable person. In just a few days in Guangzhou, he has made all the laws and regulations of the court, and some aspects are even better than those in the Zhou Shixiang Army General's Mansion.

Guo Zhiqi mentioned some names, all of which were appointed by the Yongli court in the past. He meant that the King of Tang believed that these talents were available. Now the court is at the right time to employ people, so it is better to entrust them with important tasks.

Zhou Shi smiled but said nothing and asked Master Fu what he thought. Guo Zhiqi pointed out the two of them and casually talked about their deeds back then, which was also very appreciative in his words.

Zhou Shixiang listened quietly. When Guo Zhiqi thought he also recognized these people, Zhou Shixiang took out a list of people's names and handed them to him.

After taking it, Guo Zhiqi looked a little ugly. Because the names of the six people on the paper correspond to the various divisions, it was obvious that this was the candidate for the six divisions recognized by Zhou Shi.

The list was determined by Zhou Shixiang after thinking for a long time. Youdao said that when books are used, they will hate them when they are used, but now they will hate them when they are used. There are so few reliable civil servants in the bag that he can't find many available people for a while.

In the end, he appointed six people. Among the six people, the Minister of Rites was actually Hong Shiming, the son of Hong Chengchou; the Minister of War was Dong Changqing, the six officers of Zhou Shixiang; the Minister of Revenue was Guo Shao, the Minister of Justice was Xu Yingyuan, the Minister of Works was Cheng Hanbin, the Ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Personnel was Gui Yongzhi.

Among the six people, Xu Yingyuan and Guo Shao were both from Juren, and they were both detained in Annan. It goes without saying that Hong Shiming's origin was a student in Huizhou, and the Chaohui War made contributions. Cheng Hanbin came from the north and had great insights and great use in military weapons. It was very appropriate to be the Minister of the Ministry of Works in charge of military weapons manufacturing. Gui Yongzhi was originally aide-in-arms of Li Shutai, the governor of the Qing Dynasty and Guangdong, Guangxi, and was considered half a staff officer. He was originally an official among the six officials and was quite familiar with the information of civil and military officials of the Taiping Army. He was also considered to be a good use of the materials.

The six people have the character "left" below, which is obvious at a glance. Zhou Shixiang asked all six people to serve as the Left Minister of each department. In addition to the Chancellor of the Six Divisions, each had two Assistant Minister. The Ming system regarded the Left as the Supreme, so the Left Minister was naturally the boss of the Ministry second only to the Shangshu. Now the cabinet scholars of the King of Tang regime all served as the Six Divisions. In other words, these six Assistant Ministers were the real leaders of the Six Divisions.

Zhou Shi's face changed against Guo Zhiqi only pretended that he had not seen it, and asked with a smile: "Grandmaster thinks these six people can be used for it?"

"I'm afraid I'm a little weak in qualifications."

Guo Zhiqi knew that this matter could not be opposed, so why did the King of Tang choose all Xiao Jiuqing? None of them were given to Zhou Shixiang? Now Zhou Shixiang got six left ministers out by himself, which looked a bit tit-for-tat. There was no way to directly object, so the auxiliary tactfully proposed the biggest flaw of this list, that is, these six people were too young and had too shallow qualifications. The eldest Gui Yongzhi was only about forty years old, and he was surrendered to others. How could he be the six ministers of the Ming Dynasty?

Zhou Shixiang chuckled: "What Master said is that my Duke is very young and has no qualifications. Should I resign from the court as a Duke?"

"The Duke of Guangdong woke up the dreamer with his words. After careful calculation, I have the qualifications to serve as a supporting role."

Guo Zhiqi knew that Zhou Shixiang was bound to be the left minister, so he did not do useless work. He smiled and stood up to say goodbye to Zhou Shixiang, and went to show the list to His Highness the King of Tang.

After Guo Zhiqi left, four people came out of the back hall, but they were Duke Xiang of Song, who had just become the Grand Secretary of Wuyuan Hall, Yuan Kuoyu of Dongge Grand Secretary, Gui Yongzhi and Dong Changqing.

Yuan Kuoyu said forward with a flattering smile: "Master, Your Highness, Your Highness, have put a lot of thought into the past few days."

Zhou Shixiang looked at Yuan Kuoyu, smiled and shook his head: "Actually, there is nothing to blame for your actions, and he will put his heart in the same way. The road is far away and the horse's strength will be seen over time."

Duke Xiang of Song suddenly spoke: "The Northern Expedition is imminent. If the King of Tang always suspects the general, how can this matter be resolved?"

These words made Yuan Kuoyu and the others feel terrified and look at Zhou Shixiang at the same time.

Zhou Shixiang smiled, and did not answer Duke Xiang of Song, but asked them: "You see, am I still like a scholar?" (To be continued.)8
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