Zhu Youxiao did not talk too much about state affairs with them, so as not to put too much psychological pressure on them.
Finally, based on their personal abilities and character traits, Zhu Youxiao reasonably arranged these three people into the officialdom.
Song Xian went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to serve as the head of the Complementary Examination Department.
This is the most important department of the Ministry of Personnel, because of the promotion, rating, etc. of all officials.
The merit examination department is responsible for statistics and reporting.
The purpose of Zhu Youxiao asking Song Xian to go was to let him investigate secretly.
Over the years, most of the officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs are members of the Donglin Party, and the power of inspection and rating is in their hands.
Zhu Youxiao wanted to see who had taken a shortcut through this method.
Once they are really found out, all their cronies can be wiped out.
Li Jin, on the other hand, has been sent out. He will follow the teams of Jin Xuezeng and Chen Jinglun to the northwest region to learn the planting and research of new crops.
As for Lu Xiangsheng, Zhu Youxiao would naturally want to stay by his side to train such an outstanding person.
He was awarded the post of Yuanwailang of the Ministry of War.
Zhu Youxiao's idea is also very simple, that is, to get him familiar with military affairs as soon as possible.
Now he is not the well-known civil and military commander who oversees the world's military forces.
"When I have free time, my beloved, you can read more military books and study the strategies and tactics of famous generals from ancient times. You may be able to use them in the future."
"Our Ming Dynasty is currently experiencing troubled times. There are slave slaves causing trouble outside the country, and rebellions are rising domestically."
After hearing the emperor's instructions, Lu Xiangsheng immediately agreed.
When word spread that Zhu Youxiao appointed these three people, it caused an uproar.
Not only the officials are discussing, but also the common people are talking about it.
Because the emperor's behavior has already broken the rules, which is equivalent to breaking the ancestral system.
Even if he is the number one scholar, there is no precedent for him to be directly appointed to an official position in the Six Ministries. Didn’t everyone start from the Hanlin Academy?
Therefore, they united again and wrote memorials one after another, asking the emperor to take back the holy order.
Although they knew the possibility was almost impossible, they still did it.
Zhu Youxiao also maintained his consistent attitude and ignored such memorials submitted by officials. He did not even have the opportunity to enter the Qianqing Palace.
As soon as they arrived at the door of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, they were all burned down under the order of Chao Fu.
It was this move that made Chen Liangxun and others even more nervous and anxious.
For them, this is a signal that the emperor will never retreat, and will take bigger and bigger steps.
The emperor has already deployed his own people, and has assumed real power since then. They can no longer wait and see what happens.
"Write a letter to Yang Hong immediately and ask him to take action. Don't wait any longer."
Several main planners met again, and after a brief discussion, they quickly reached a consensus.
"Mr. Cheng, this matter is of great importance. You must do your best when the time comes and you must not hold anything back."
"Don't worry. Although we and others have no military power now, we are still the founding heroes, so we can still speak our minds."
"As long as you can make it impossible for the emperor to return to the capital, we will have a way to support Prince Guang's successful accession to the throne."
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Fujian
A village near the coastline was already in flames.
"The pirates are coming, run for your life."
“It’s a Japanese pirate, it’s a Japanese pirate~~”
Some people in the village who narrowly escaped shouted while running.
A group of people wearing strange clothes but speaking fluent local dialects were burning, killing and looting here.
"Give me a bigger fire, so that it can be seen for dozens of miles around."
"Don't kill everyone, release some people and let them spread the news."
A man standing on the hill watched all this and said.
A man standing behind him said:
"Brother, it's more comfortable to pretend to be a pirate. You can do whatever you want. It's much more fun than following behind those old men."
The leader looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
At the same time, in many places in Fujian, outside the coastal areas, including the central areas, either peasant uprisings broke out or pirates and Japanese invaders invaded.
And the scale is neither big nor small, ranging from a few hundred to two thousand people.
And just a few days later, the government had just reacted and had not had time to investigate and quell the rebellion.
The pirate Deng Maoqi, who had been committing crimes in the waters surrounding Fujian for several years, also appeared in Funing Prefecture.
It is said that he had tens of thousands of people, who came all the way from the coast to burn, kill and loot. In just a few days, he penetrated hundreds of miles into Fujian and committed all kinds of evil.
At this critical moment, the governor of Fujian suddenly fell seriously ill and was unable to govern.
The huge Fujian Province suddenly lost its backbone.
It's okay for those little thieves and bandits. With just over a thousand people, the local prefecture and county officials can still protect themselves.
But this Deng Maoqi was different. Not to mention others, he had tens of thousands of men under his command, so he had to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress him.
But the governor, who was the only one with the power to mobilize the army, seemed to be dead at this time, which made all the officials extremely anxious.
They had no choice but to jointly write memorials and send them to Nanjing and Beijing respectively, waiting for decisions and decisions from above.
But they also know that they must do something, otherwise they will be held accountable no matter what the outcome is in the future.
At this time, Geng Gu, the censor of Fujian Province, came up with an idea.
He ordered all the prefectures and counties in Fujian to close their city gates tightly, then open their arsenals and distribute weapons to the people and residents in areas close to the bandits, allowing them to protect themselves.
This suggestion has received support and approval from many people.
The Governor of Fujian Zuo wanted to refute, but seeing that he was weak and weak, and not wanting to take the blame, he held back the words that came to his lips.
News of rebellions in many places in Fujian soon spread to Nanjing.
When Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War in Nanjing, learned that the officials had done nothing, he became extremely angry and cursed them as incompetent and mediocre officials.
Later, when he learned that the governor of Fujian was seriously ill, he immediately realized that the matter was not that simple.
It's just that the current situation doesn't allow him to think too much, and he doesn't have time to investigate.
Putting down the rebellion and stabilizing the situation are the top priorities.
Cui Chengxiu acted vigorously and resolutely, issuing several appointments and military orders.
Officials were dispatched from Nanjing to Fujian to take charge of countering the rebellion and mobilizing troops.
At the same time, they also found Li Zhicai, hoping that he could send troops to reinforce Fujian to quell the rebellion.
He has also been the Minister of the Ministry of War for several months, and he has some knowledge of the actual situation of the current garrison in the south.
Knowing that relying on them was nothing more than pacification, we could only place our hope in Li Zhicai.
Li Zhicai refused on the spot:
"Da Sima, it's not that I don't want to give you face, it's just that without His Majesty's order, let alone go out to fight."
"With this one soldier, we can't even leave the city of Nanjing."
"Da Sima should send a fast horse north to the capital as soon as possible to report to His Majesty."