Mr. Duan is right. Feng Ziying was really busy during this period, and she didn't even have much thought to ask about the affairs of the family. Anyway, she had already applied to the Ministry of Rites, which was just a matter of procedure.
He needs to make many perfect and proper arrangements for many things before leaving.
Everything that needs to be done must be done, everyone must be seen, and what must be said must be said. Although I can still control some things through letters in the future, many of them can only be done on the spot.
For example, "Internal Reference".
Fang Youdu entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Zheng Chongjian and Wang Yingxiong entered the Ministry of War. Then "Internal Reference" must be handed over to others in the next three years.
There are several suitable candidates. Xu Qixun, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, Fu Zonglong, and Xue Wenzhou are all classmates of Qingtan Academy.
There is also Ma Shiying, who came second in high school in the palace examination. In theory, this talent should be the most suitable candidate.
I have met Feng Ziying several times, and she is very personable in dealing with people. Although she is only more than a year older than Feng Ziying, she feels like a spring breeze when I get to know her. I didn’t feel it before during the test, but after the palace test, I immediately showed that she was extraordinary.
However, Ma Shiying came to Qingtan Academy from Guizhou to study after Feng Ziying and others were already in high school in this subject. Therefore, she did not have much contact with Feng Ziying, the senior fellows who practiced state affairs in Yonglong for five years, and there was not much friendship.
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However, although Feng Ziying knew that this person was very famous in the late Ming Dynasty in his previous life, he was quite controversial. After having met him several times, he felt that this person was relatively pragmatic in his speech and behavior, which Feng Ziying also appreciated very much.
However, people like Fan Jingwen, Fang Youdu and others do not agree with handing over the post of editor-in-chief of "Internal Reference" to the other party. They think it can be handed over to Chen Qiyu or Song Shixiang or even Sun Chuanting and Xu Qixun. After all, these people are more trustworthy.
However, Lian Guoshi agreed with Feng Ziying's opinion, believing that since we want to do big things, we should be broad-minded and no longer blindly limited to regional views, but should have the spirit of embracing all rivers.
Wang Yingxiong, as the representative of the central and southwestern scholars of Qingtan Academy, also agreed with Ma Shiying as the editor-in-chief. He believed that Ma Shiying had a down-to-earth work style, and his articles were meaningful and worthy of the great responsibility.
Finally, Feng Ziying and Lian Guoshi also discussed it and felt that the editorial department of "Internal Reference" could be reorganized and an editorial committee should be established. The editorial committee is composed of the chief editor, deputy editor-in-chief, and three chief editors, and is responsible for handling all "Internal Reference" affairs.
, among which Ma Shiying serves as the chief editor, Chen Qiyu serves as the deputy chief editor, and Song Shixiang, Sun Chuanting, and Xu Qixun serve as the chief editors.
In this way, one scholar from the Southwest serves as the chief editor, one scholar from the North serves as the deputy editor, and the remaining three chief editors are two scholars from the North and one from the Jiangnan. This can be regarded as relatively balanced. Neither
Is it the advantage that the scholars who went to the Northland have a dominant position? But it also enhances the status of the non-Northern scholars among the Qingtan students.
"Sit down, Yaocao." Feng Ziying stepped down to greet him. Ma Shiying was also very excited.
He also knew that this legendary figure from Qingtan Academy, who was a former scholar, was about to be promoted to an official position and go to Yongping Mansion to serve as a co-president. This also caused great controversy in Qingtan Academy.
But based on Ma Shiying's understanding and observation of Feng Ziying, he feels that Feng Ziying may not have been "exiled" because of "betraying" the interests of the northern scholars, as some people say, nor is it a disguised form of behavior as some people say.
Protection? It feels more like Feng Ziying’s proactive strategy and devolution.
What Feng Ziying said publicly was that he preferred to go to local areas to polish and train. After being familiar with local affairs, Ma Shiying felt that there might be some factors in this regard. But there must be other more important hidden reasons.
In Ma Shiying’s view, Feng Ziying is willing to take the initiative to go to the local government in her current capacity. If she really wants to hone herself and become familiar with local affairs, then she is really planning a big deal, and her goal is to become a cabinet boss in the future.
The prime minister must originate from a prefecture or county. Although this sentence may not be completely applicable, if an official has experience in a prefecture, he will undoubtedly be more valued by others, and he will naturally have more trust from officials who have experience in a prefecture.
Although Ma Shiying is also the second among Jinke's first-class Jinshi, Ma Shiying is very self-aware. No matter from which aspect, he is inferior to the one in front of him.
Look at this group in the fifth year of Yonglong, which is said to have gathered the best talents of the Great Zhou Dynasty among the five subjects before and after. Whether it is the leader of the North who practiced state affairs, the Huguang hero Yang Sichang, or the Jiangnan elite Huang Zunsu, Feng Ziying must be one or two, just one
The strategy of opening up the sea promoted great changes in the imperial court, which was enough to make Feng Ziying famous in history. This was simply not what other scholars could compare with.
“Yao Cao has met your lord.” In front of Feng Ziying, Ma Shiying did not dare to neglect him at all.
“Well, we are all classmates, how can we say it to the adults?” Feng Ziying waved her hands repeatedly, gesturing for the other party to take a seat, “You and I will address each other by words, you can just call me Ziying.”
“How can this be possible?” Ma Shiying was a little excited.
"We are all members of the Qingtan family. We usually call each other by names, including Jun Yu, Fei Xiong, and Ke Yao. Jun Yu is slightly older, so we call him brother. There is a difference of three to five years, so it is best to call each other by names.
Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Come, try this Mengding tea from your southwest. The spring is early on the top of Mengshan Mountain, and the water from the Yangtze River is delicious. I can't get the water from the Yangtze River, but the tea is authentic Mengding."
Top tea."
Ma Shiying happily picked up the tea and took a sip, nodding slightly: "Ziying is indeed an elegant person."
"Haha, it is hard for a saint to restrain his appetite. The southwest hinterland is rich in products and has outstanding people. It is a place that cannot be lost in the Great Zhou Dynasty..." Feng Ziying looked at Ma Shiying and said, "How about the dispute between the Liutu and the Liutu in today's Science Palace Examination?
Yaocao will naturally have more experience in cracking the problem. How to implement the combination of suppression and appeasement? What are the difficulties? Does Yaocao have any good strategies?"
Ma Shiying's heart trembled. He also knew what Feng Ziying's intention must be in inviting him today, but he still hadn't figured it out for a while.
Unexpectedly, the other party directly mentioned the dispute between Liutu, a big question in the palace examination. He was obviously very concerned about the situation in the southwest. No wonder Wang Yingxiong said that Feng Ziying had always been very concerned about the situation in the southwest.
I proposed a strategy of using both suppression and appeasement on this issue. Well, in fact, most scholars also proposed a strategy of using both suppression and appeasement, but they differed in the focus of their subsequent elaborations.
Some advocated that suppression should be the main method, some advocated that pacification should be the main method, some advocated courtesy first and then military force, and some advocated suppression first and pacification later, and suppression promoted pacification.
Ma Shiying did not dare to answer easily for a while.
Although the other party would say that he is now his senior in the academy and is slightly younger than himself in terms of age, Ma Shiying has never regarded him as an ordinary classmate. The influence of the other party in Qingtan Academy and among the scholars in Beidi is not trivial. In Ma Shiying's view,
Come on, even the current mountain chief Zhou Yongchun and the commander Bi Ziyan may not be able to overpower each other.
At this time, the other party wants to ask questions themselves, which is more like an inspection and evaluation. Your answer may also directly determine your impression in the other party's mind.
After pondering for a while, Ma Shiying said carefully: "Ziying, since you mentioned how to resolve the Liutu Controversy, you must have some understanding of the situation in the southwest. Brother Fei Xiong has been paying close attention to Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan while he was observing politics at the Ministry of War the year before last.
The activities of chieftains in the three places were considered to be extremely risky. I also asked Yaocao whether he had any relatives or friends in Guizhou to understand the situation. At that time, I was very surprised. This should have been a official from the Ministry of War or the Guizhou Qing Dynasty from the Ministry of Punishment.
How come you have to use personal relationships to understand the situation if you are not responsible for the company’s duties?”
Feng Ziying nodded slightly but said nothing. No wonder he stood out from the crowd. It is true that outstanding people are like being caught in a bag, but they appear immediately.
Ma Shiying paused for a moment, "Yao Cao heard that in order to strengthen the defense of the Nine Borders, especially Liaodong, the DPRK intends to allocate troops from Huguang, Southwest, and even chieftains. If this plan is implemented, I'm afraid that
The southwest will be unstable. Take the Shuixi'an family as an example. Their family has been entrenched in Guizhou for thousands of years, and the local government has nothing to do with it. The Shuidong Song family's situation is not much different..."
"Strengthening the defense of the Nine Borders has been planned for a long time, and the deployment of guards from the mainland has also been considered, but it has never been mentioned that the troops of the Southwest Chieftains will be used. If there are such rumors, I am afraid that someone with ulterior motives is deliberately causing chaos.
That’s what people’s hearts say.” Feng Ziying frowned.
"Ziying, no matter whether the court has this strategy or not, from Yaocao's point of view, the chieftains are also the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the chieftains' soldiers and civilians are also members of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the court needs it, they must obey it. Of course, the court should also act according to the actual situation.
It depends on the situation, and you cannot drain the lake to catch the fish, but if you refuse the imperial decree on this basis, then the country will be ruined, and you must look at it squarely."
Ma Shiying’s attitude was in line with Feng Ziying’s wishes, so this test was passed.
"So Yaocao thinks how to solve the hidden danger of flowing soil in the southwest?" Feng Ziying didn't expect that a scholar who had just passed the Jinshi examination could come up with many practical and useful strategies. He could have a rough idea and see the other side.
idea.
However, Ma Shiying could tell from the word "hidden danger" in Feng Ziying's words that the imperial court was already worried about the southwest. Wang Yingxiong had asked him this in the past two years, but this year Wang Yingxiong did not mention it much. This was obviously not what the imperial court thought.
The dispute over the southwestern flow of land has cooled down and there is no danger, and I am afraid that preparations are being made quietly to deal with it.
"Ziying, this question is too big. Yaocao doesn't have the ability to answer it. However, Yaocao believes that if the Liutu War is going to break out sooner or later, we should make preparations now. Feixiong has already had some
Is it targeted? But Yaocao believes that the reason why the southwest chieftain can be independent from the imperial laws is not how powerful he is, but the key is that he occupies the right location and the right people..."
Feng Ziying secretly sighed in his heart, I am afraid that it is not just the right place and the right people, but also a talent. Jianzhou Jurchen and the White Lotus Sect in the North are all looking for opportunities. Wu Yaoqing reported to him that the power of the White Lotus Sect in Yongping Prefecture is huge.
, which made Feng Ziying feel a little on pins and needles even before she took office.