Zang Feng did a good job as the Governor of Xuanda, but because of his unclear relationship with the new emperor, he got involved in factional disputes, and was ordered to return to the court without fulfilling his ambition.
The name given was not to ask for guilt, but to return to the court and continue to be his right minister of the Ministry of Justice, which is equivalent to depriving him of the position of Governor Xuanda.
When Zhu Si discussed the matter with the court officials, he obviously wanted to "protect" Zang Feng. He did not issue an order to hold him accountable. He only said that after Zang Feng returned to the capital, he would use Dongchang and Jinyiwei to investigate the case and would not falsely report military exploits.
Zang Feng was imprisoned for the crime.
As for the candidates to replace Governor Zang Fengxuan... there were originally two people, one was Li Kun, the right minister of the Ministry of War, and the other was Chen Jiuchou, the governor of Shaanxi.
Without exception, these two people were both Peng Ze, the current Secretary of the Ministry of War, which meant that Yang Tinghe wanted to place two of Peng Ze's trusted confidants as governors of Xuanda to gain control over the military and political power of Xuanda.
Zhu Si originally wanted to fight for this matter, but the problem was that he did not have a suitable candidate to control the army. If there were any, there were only two. One was Luo Zui to guard the border, and up to now he was still Dai Zui.
One is Wang Qiong, the other is Tang Yin.
Needless to say, Wang Qiong...
It had only been a year since he was convicted, and Yang Tinghe was still in the court. He would not allow his political enemy Wang Qiong to be re-elected, let alone sit in the position of Governor Xuanda as soon as he came up.
Besides, the situation in Xuanda was far from dangerous enough to require Wang Qiong, so Zhu Si couldn't win over it at all.
Let’s talk about Tang Yin...
That would be even more nonsense.
A court official with a civil servant background, who has only been a member of the Ministry of Industry for more than half a year, wants to be directly promoted to the governor of Xuanda? This is equivalent to an official position at the level of a minister, and you, Tang Yin, are not worthy of it.
Besides, do you, Tang Yin, have any impressive military achievements? Don't talk about guarding against bandits in Anlu. The court has not certified it, and there is no basis for what you say. Even if it is true, it can be said to be on the same level as the commander-in-chief.
Is it comparable to hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses?
So...
Not surprisingly, this position fell to Chen Jiuchou, the governor of Shaanxi.
When Zang Feng returned to Beijing, Chen Jiuchou was quickly transferred from Shaanxi to Datong to take office. However, correspondingly, the temporary administrative office of Governor Xuanda was changed to Datong, because Datong was closer to the three sides, so Chen Jiuchou could take office faster. After all, now
There are still sporadic fighting happening on the front line of Xuanda University.
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"I don't know what Mr. Yang Ge was thinking when he changed the commander before the battle. Didn't he think that this would lead to the corruption of the border war? If the external border collapsed thousands of miles away and the internal border was in emergency, could Mr. Yang Ge take the responsibility?"
In the official office, Zhu Si, Zhu Hao, Tang Yin, Jiang Lun and Zhang Zuo sat together to eat. The food was still spicy hot pot. Tang Yin took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead and expressed his opinions casually.
Zhu Si mixed sesame oil, minced garlic and coriander, stuffed a piece of crispy tripe into his mouth, and after swallowing it, he said with a smile: "Mr. Tang, in fact, all of this was what Zhu Hao expected. Now that the battle situation on the front line is announced, on the surface it seems
It doesn’t matter, there are even suspicions that local sporadic wars are being reported falsely to defraud the imperial government of financial subsidies. In addition, Peng Shangshu of the Ministry of War feels that Chen Jiuchou has rich experience in leading troops and will not cause trouble in the future.”
Tang Yin boiled a piece of mutton and ate it with sesame sauce, then he said: "That's right, Zang Zhongcheng was the governor of Cao before, and he didn't show the slightest ability to manage the army. I'm afraid the people in the Ministry of War looked down on him from the beginning. Now he's on the other side.
It may be more beneficial to stabilize the situation at the front if civil servants with background background supervise the military affairs of Xuanda, but they have never considered the conflicts between the three sides and Xuanda, which may be counterproductive."
In the past few years, the three sides have had a long-standing feud with the Xuanda garrison.
Originally, the defense level of the three sides was always higher than that of Xuanda, and the governors of the three sides often took charge of the military affairs of the nine sides. However, because Zhu Houzhao lived in Xuanfu for a long time after he became emperor for a few years, and Jiang Bin was from Xuanda, the strategic level of Xuanda was
He was directly promoted, but overpowered three sides and one, and the bilateral competition continues to this day.
Previously, when the imperial court asked Zang Feng to serve as governor of Xuanda, it did not recruit officials from three sides, but considered using Zang Feng to balance bilateral relations.
This time, Chen Jiuchou was promoted from the governorship of Shaanxi Province to the governorship of Xuanda. He did not dare to take office directly in the Xuanfu, but moved his administrative office to Datong.
, which shows that Yang Tinghe and Peng Ze considered that their footing would be unstable after Chen Jiuchou passed away, and they would be easily matched by the Xuanfu generals, so they made a compromise choice.
Zhu Si ate happily and kept laughing.
It seemed that he lost this time, but he knew very well that everything was planned by Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao deliberately changed the topic and said: "Mr. Tang, Xuan Da Military Affairs, everything is okay at the moment... I wonder how the mining situation in Yongping Mansion is going?"
Tang Yin was startled.
Why did we directly discuss business matters at the dinner table when it was nothing to do with us?
The opening of the mine in Yongping Mansion is about Zhu Hao's plan to mine iron ore near Tangshan in later generations. As one of the most important advisers around the emperor, Tang Yin was qualified to participate in the manpower there, the progress of the project, etc., but Tang Yin
Obviously he doesn't want to take care of it and rarely asks any questions.
"fine."
Tang Yin looked at Zhu Si first and then gave Zhu Hao a nonchalant answer.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Sir, please be careful. Now that our coal production has increased, if we can't speed up the iron ore production, why are we mining so much coal? Only when the iron ore production keeps up can we make full use of it..."
Zhu Si interrupted: "Zhu Hao, how is our work on opening a shipyard in Bohai Bay going?" As an emperor, Zhu Si was not interested in mining or anything like that. What he was interested in was shipbuilding, which had nothing to do with Zhu Hao.
It has something to do with the "sea power theory" that was instilled in him from the beginning.
Zhu Hao looked at Tang Yin again and asked Tang Yin to answer.
Tang Yin knew that Zhu Hao was posing a problem for himself, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, after more than half a year of preparation, a shipyard has been established in the bay near Tianjin Wei. It is just that it is still in the trial operation period. At most, some wooden jigs will be built.
, it is difficult to build a big ship for a while."
"It's so slow."
Zhu Si was not satisfied with the progress.
Zhu Hao asked: "Mr. Tang, can you build the first big ship with the money at the end of the year?"
Tang Yin stared at Zhu Hao, as if to say, don't you know better than me whether it can be made?
You actually have the nerve to ask me?
He was a little impatient, but he knew that Zhu Hao was creating opportunities for him. After all, he was now a big figure. In the nomination for the position of Governor Xuanda, Tang Yin was actually qualified to be a candidate.
He was taken down, but at least it showed that he could reach a high position.
It seems that the position of Foreign Minister of the Ministry of Industry is not the end of his official career.
"If everything goes well, it can be built before the end of the year, but it depends on whether the wood from various places can be transported in time, because there are pirates in some places in the south. If the wood is transported by sea, it may be attacked by pirates. If it is transported by canal, then...
…There is a long path that is difficult to transport, and a large amount of manpower is required…”
Tang Yin made an analysis.
Zhu Si asked: "Isn't it possible to use local materials?"
Tang Yindao: "There are too many timbers in the north that are not suitable for shipbuilding. Even if it can be built, the newly felled wood cannot be used for shipbuilding immediately without drying... And after the seven voyages of the Sanbao Eunuch to the Western Seas, the Ming Dynasty built ships in Nanjing Longguan Shipyard and Suzhou
Taicang Shipyard stores a large amount of high-quality wood from Fujian and Guangzhou, which can be used after being transported to the north."
"oh."
Zhu Si suddenly understood and then smiled, "Mr. Tang knows so much."
Tang Yin's face was full of shame. Zhu Hao had taught him these things little by little.
In the past, he only cared about poetry and articles, or picking up a pen to paint, no matter what kind of wood he was using?
But things are different now. After studying coal mines, we have to study iron ore, and we also have to study saltpeter and sulfur, and then we have to study muskets and machinery. Now we even need to care about iron smelting and shipbuilding.
This is also the reason why Tang Yin feels so hard. Just being exposed to these new things makes him have a head with two heads.
Zhu Haodao: "Now we are building wooden ships. When our steel production increases, we will build iron ships and equip them with cannons to conquer the world."
"well."
Zhu Si was very happy.
Jiang Lun didn't know why and asked: "What is the whole world?"
Zhu Si said disdainfully: "Uncle, if you have nothing to do, learn more."
With all this knowledge, you don’t even know what the world is? In fact, the place we live in is a sphere. If the fleet keeps going east, it will eventually return to the Ming Dynasty from the west. And most places in the world are seas, and there are many countries overseas.
, it’s not just the Ming Dynasty and surrounding barbarians.”
"Now some countries in the west are studying large ships and artillery. If we can't prepare in advance and conquer them first, they will invade the Ming Dynasty in the future!"
"ah?"
Jiang Lun was dumbfounded.
What is this all about?
Where did the new emperor hear this?
Tang Yin looked at Zhu Hao, and he naturally knew that Zhu Hao had taught the emperor this.
From childhood to adulthood, Zhu Hao was Zhu Si's closest teacher. Zhu Hao taught Zhu Si longer than the other teachers combined. Zhu Hao taught a small part of the Four Books and Five Classics, and also a subset of classics and history, but most of them were
Such weird knowledge.
Ordinary people would never listen to such nonsense, but Zhu Si admired and trusted Zhu Hao very much.
Zhu Hao's life plan for Zhu Si is being realized step by step. If what Zhu Hao said is in line with reality, or has become a reality, then must the knowledge that Zhu Hao taught is like a fantasy must also be correct?
No wonder Zhu Si didn't believe it.
Tang Yin asked: "From the current point of view, if a ship is made of steel, it must be heavy, and the draft will be very deep, and it will be difficult to make an iron hull that is too huge, right?"
Zhu Haodao: "Mr. Tang, do you know what the biggest problem is when we go overseas?"
Tang Yin was momentarily stunned by the question.
"There are so many places overseas, with islands, reefs, and indigenous people. If our ships are too small or not strong, a reef can capsize and sink our ships. No matter how many ships we bring, we can't hold them.
The ships can only carry a few thousand people...Are you sure that these people can conquer those overseas countries and make them submit to me, the Ming Dynasty, for generations?"
Zhu Hao's words made Tang Yin not sure how to answer.
Now that the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty have not been resolved, they want to send troops to go overseas?
Are you too anxious?
Zhu Hao said to Zhu Sida: "In terms of technology, if others cannot provide it, I will list it out, and a large number of craftsmen will be hired to make improvements. Now that Mr. Tang is staying in the Ministry of Industry, his main task is not to supervise the mining of ores and what to make, it all depends on him."
The current status is suitable for discovering and recruiting craftsmen. In the future, His Majesty can give those craftsmen a certain status and status to stimulate their subjective initiative."
"The most important resource of the Ming Dynasty is not dead objects, but its numerous talents!"