Why don't other people understand Cheng Guoxiang? Today's Ming Dynasty is already troubled, and His Majesty is still doing things so aggressively. They feel extremely uneasy in their hearts.
"But this is His Majesty's will. Do we, the ministers, want to disobey the Emperor and violate His Majesty's will?"
Song Yingxing was not as good at political affairs as the other three people present here, but at this time, he still couldn't help but speak out. In his opinion, there was not much difference between the governor of this province and the governor.
It is indeed a bit outrageous for a governor to be in charge of the military and political power of a province, but the governor is upright.
After Xu Guangqi read the letter carefully, he put it on the table quietly, and then said worriedly:
"In my opinion, whether it is a governor or a governor, it is just a name change. Your Majesty's real purpose is not an official position, but military power!"
"Military power is your Majesty's real goal, and it does not lie in one official position!"
"His Majesty also wrote in the letter that all the eunuchs who were guarding Taiyuan were executed this time. Except for one of the eunuchs in charge of guarding who took the initiative to confess, none of them were left behind. However, Your Majesty did not mention the matter of taking over as guard at all."
Xu Guangqi's words instantly brought the other three people's thinking back to normal.
Yes, if it were not for military power, there would be no need to establish a governor, because apart from the military affairs, the governor is no different from the governor.
Although the imperial court has the post of Governor Xuanda, it has not been appointed for four years since the forty-fifth year of Wanli.
The emperor wanted to have more military power, but they also began to hesitate. Being too martial was really not a good thing, and it would have a huge impact on their scholar-bureaucrats.
Song Yingxing saw the hesitation and worry in their eyes and sighed secretly in his heart. His Majesty was indeed right. There is only one good and selfless official like Hai Rui.
He comes from a poor family, so his way of thinking is naturally different from those from rich families, so of course they cannot understand each other.
Especially Wang Xiangqian, at such an old age, the loess was buried up to his neck. For the sake of future generations, he did not want to get involved in too much right and wrong, lest future generations suffer.
Cheng Guoxiang was simply worried about the country's finances. The Ministry of Household Affairs was already unable to make ends meet. This year's taxes and grain had not yet been confiscated, but all ministries had already reported next year's budget to him, and they were all asking for money.
If this is an additional expense, then it's okay. He, the Minister of Household Affairs, doesn't need to do it anymore.
Xu Guangqi didn't have any objections. On the contrary, he was more supportive. Although he was also a Confucian culture, he was not too brainwashed.
He has been mixed with Westerners since he was a child and has been influenced by foreign culture. Compared with most traditional literati, his thoughts are more open and enlightened.
Moreover, he was not only interested in armament matters, but also had in-depth understanding and research.
When he first received the order to enter Beijing, he planned to advise the emperor to build a new army, mainly with firearms. However, who knew that the emperor had already taken action and built a secret arsenal, which really surprised him.
Under the persuasion and enlightenment of Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing, Cheng Guoxiang finally stopped objecting, and Wang Xiangqian also tacitly supported it.
The official position of Shanxi Governor was thus decided.
After some discussion among the four people, they agreed that Chen Qiyu, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, could take on this important task.
Chen Qiyu has a reputation in the official circles as knowing soldiers, and he is also trusted by the emperor. During the last northern expedition, he was stationed in Miyun, and his performance in controlling the central dispatch and logistics support was also remarkable.
And according to the current situation in the court, only he is the best candidate for the first governor of Shanxi.
Among the senior officials of the imperial court, Chen Qiyu, who was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli Dynasty, happened to be a man who dared to fight and fight. There were some things that really could only be accomplished by young people.
I believe the emperor will also be satisfied with this choice.
The post of Governor of Shanxi was settled, and the four prime ministers all turned to another important point: whether Sun Chuanting, whom the emperor mentioned, was qualified for the important post of governor.
Judging from what the letter said, he was just a county magistrate at this time. Is the emperor going to break the rules again and appoint someone outside the rules?
None of the four prime ministers had any impression of this Sun Chuanting. After consulting the files from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, they learned that this was another "new person", a Jinshi in the 48th year of Wanli.
He had just started his career as an official last year. I don't know if he has understood the intrigues and intrigues in the officialdom. How dare your Majesty let him serve as the top leader of Taiyuan Prefecture.
Then they called in several officials from the Ministry of Personnel, as well as officials who were Jinshi in the same year as Sun Chuanting or from the same hometown for questioning.
Although they all believe that the emperor's vision is not bad, after all, he has promoted so many young officials in an unusual way, and nothing has gone wrong until now, they still feel that it is better to be cautious and at least understand what kind of person this person is.
But the answer they got greatly eclipsed them. All the officials who knew him and were familiar with him spoke well of him, and he was already well-known in the local area at a young age.
He entered the village school at the age of six. He won the first prize in the boy's examination at the age of thirteen and became a student member. Since then, he has ranked first in various school examinations.
In the forty-sixth year of Wanli's reign, he passed the first provincial examination and passed the imperial examination. In the forty-seventh year, he went to the capital to take part in the joint examination and imperial examination. Although he was only the same as a Jinshi, he passed the high school entrance examination in one go. I think his talent will not be bad.
What surprised them the most was that this man was born with supernatural powers and had practiced riding, archery and martial arts since he was a child. According to one of his fellow villagers, he could draw an eighty-pound bow with both hands while riding a horse, and his martial arts skills were unparalleled.
Since he was appointed as the county magistrate, he has been worried about state affairs. The old slaves in Liaodong committed crimes such as burning, killing and looting. Whenever Sun Chuanting heard the news of the defeat of the Ming army, he would look up to the sky and sigh, deeply hating that he had no martial arts but could not kill the enemy to serve the country.
Moreover, this man had a long-term vision. After he became sensible, he knew that he could not pacify the world by just writing articles and poetry, so he began to study the art of war and strategies.
After so many years of hard work, I think I have achieved some success.
After listening to this, the four prime ministers also determined in their hearts that because Sun Chuanting was diligent and studious and took the world as his own responsibility, he had already surpassed 80% of the current officials. There should be no problem in serving as the prefect.
Now what they were wondering was, how did the emperor know such a person?
Moreover, he knew everyone by name and workplace. Could it be that he had started paying attention to it a few months ago?
After deliberation, the four prime ministers immediately drafted two imperial edicts and stamped them with the official seals of the Prime Minister's Yamen and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Then he took the emperor's letter and the drafted imperial edict to Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony. After being confirmed by Queen Zhang Yan, Wei Zhongxian was responsible for stamping the jade seal!