The court meeting started normally, as usual, the ministers made suggestions, everyone discussed, and the final decision was reached in a period of bargaining.
After everything was discussed, Prince Lu Chenghong recommended Yang Xuan as the head of the Trade and Purification Department.
This Shengfa Company was established by Yang Xuan, so it is reasonable and reasonable for him to be the principal.
But precisely because of this, it also encountered opposition from the ministers.
The doctor who is now in charge of the Commerce and Trade Department, that is, the top leader of the Commerce and Trade Department, is a member of the Jin Party.
Because when the deposed prince controlled the government, he crazily grabbed money and made the Jin party miserable. So when the emperor came back, they were the first group to support him, so the emperor gave them a big benefit.
As for the Qi Party, the Chu Party, and the Zhejiang Party, they also occupied important positions in the Department of Commerce and Trade.
They are very aware of Yang Xuan's business methods. If Yang Xuan is allowed to come in, the leaders of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, and even the doctor of the Jin party, may not be able to guarantee their status.
Especially the Jin Party. Yang Xuan cheated them of more than 20 million taels of silver in the tobacco contract, which greatly damaged their vitality, so they were very afraid of Yang Xuan.
Yang Wending snickered from the side: "You see, you are the enemy of the whole court. Tell me how unpopular you are."
"Hey, they are afraid." Yang Xuan rolled his eyes and said: "Afraid that I will steal their jobs, a bunch of chickens and dogs, bah!"
At this time, the emperor had listened to the objections of those people and turned his attention to Yang Xuan: "Yang Xuan, all the ministers are opposed to you becoming the head of this commerce department. Tell me, what are your opinions?"
Yang Xuan took two steps forward and bowed his hands to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I don't have any objections. Since they don't let me come, then I won't come. At worst, I will start over again and open a Shenglong Company. Shengxing
Company, Shengfa Company or something like that, with just their stuff, I can make Shengfa Company bankrupt within three years, let’s see what else they fight for.”
As soon as these words came out, the ministers were in an uproar. The emperor also curled his lips slightly, but he still covered it up well.
"Yang Xuan, don't talk nonsense in the court."
"Your Majesty, I'm not talking nonsense. I've done some research in Shengfa Department Store in the past few days. All the people in high positions are drunkards. Maybe they are proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, but when it comes to business, they are basically laymen. I just said that they have been too young for three years.
If they are too conservative, if they are allowed to run Shengfa Company, they may be able to bankrupt Shengfa Wan within three years."
The emperor gave Yang Xuan a look and said that he had done a good job.
"My lords, although Yang Xuan's words are fierce, do you have a suitable candidate who is better at doing business than Yang Xuan?"
The ministers were collectively dumbfounded. Even Jin Dang, who was accustomed to doing business, did not dare to put Yang Xuan down lightly when facing him.
If this guy really sets up a new business, this Shengfa Department Store will probably be killed by him.
It's like the emperor wants to send troops to go on an expedition and wants Yang Xuan to lead the troops. Then everyone disagrees, and Yang Xuan refuses to accept and fights, and these people all wither.
At this moment, Lu Chenghong stepped forward: "Everyone, Shengfa Company was founded by Yang Xuan, and its achievements are obvious to all. If he manages it, it will definitely maximize the interests of Shengfa Company, and the person in charge is also an official of the imperial court."
What Lu Chenghong said is very obvious. You want to make money anyway. Let Yang Xuan come and he won't drive you away. The company has made more money, so you can make more money.
This was a step up for everyone, so the ministers stopped talking.
The emperor looked around and immediately announced: "I have appointed Yang Xuan as the head of the Department of Commercial and Cleaning of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"O minister, I thank Heaven for his kindness, and I will do my best and die."
The emperor rolled his eyes. He kept saying this on his lips every day. This matter would be difficult to deal with, right?
"Retreat from the court..."
After the emperor left, Yang Xuan pouted at Yang Wending beside him: "Let me just say it, you are a bunch of chickens and dogs, why are you arguing with me?"
Yang Wending gave him a thumbs up: "Let me tell you, my granddaughter..."
Yang Xuan waved his hand and stopped Yang Wending: "Old man, you are a student of sages, and your granddaughter is also a well-educated person. How could you like a businessman like me who is full of copper odor? Don't mess around here.
It’s time to finish the music, okay?”
"I...you..."
Yang Wending was speechless and had nothing to say. After a lifetime of learning, why is it so difficult for him to hug someone with thick legs when he is old?
The son is a loser, and the granddaughter is spiritual and talented, but she is a woman. Is it possible that the old Yang family will decline in his hands?
Yang Wending was unwilling to give in. If his plan failed, he tried another plan. He invited the boy to his house for dinner another day and let the two of them meet.
Yes, just do it.
After retiring from the court, Yang Xuan directly received the official uniform, official seal and fish tag, indicating that the matter had been settled a long time ago, and turned around and went to the Ministry of Revenue.
The Hubu is located in the imperial city. From Chengtian Gate, there is a long street called Qianbu Corridor. In the row to the east is the Liubu Yamen. The first one is the Zongren Mansion, followed by the Liubu, but the Xingbu Yamen is not among them.
Column, together with the Supervisory Office and Dali Temple, are collectively called the Three Law Divisions.
Because the Department of Commerce is a newly established department, it does not have its own government office yet, so the office is located in the government office of the Ministry of Revenue.
Yang Xuan was no stranger to the Hubu Yamen. When he first established the Commercial Department, he had a lot of contacts with Xu Qingyuan, the Secretary of the Hubu. All taxes collected and so on were directly handed over to the Hubu.
The Minister of the Ministry of Finance is the second-rank official. At first, he was the third-rank official, which is the same level as the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Hubu.
Now when you come to Hubu, the first thing you have to do is to pay a visit to the pier.
In addition to the doctor from the commerce department who is his immediate superior, there are the minister and the two ministers.
One of the two ministers is from Qi Dang and the other is from Chu Dang. The Department of Commerce and Trade is a directly subordinate department, so there is no need to ignore them, but Xu Shangshu still needs to go here to say hello.
Yang Xuan hurriedly said that the entire Hubu Yamen was a little depressed. No one was making any loud noises, and no one was seen chatting. All the people coming and going were walking quickly, looking busy.
Even when a subordinate encounters his superior, he just greets his superior with a raised hand, Mr. x, and then continues working without saying a word.
After passing several houses, I saw people inside lying on their desks and immersed in books.
All the way to the lobby where the minister was, he was stopped by several guards. After asking about it, he found out that this guy didn't come to work?
A guard told him that unless they had very urgent official duties, these senior officials usually went home to catch up on their sleep before coming back.
Yang Xuan suddenly felt that he was an honest person, especially because of this operation.
But that's right, the morning service is at the fifth watch every day. If you convert the time, it will arrive at three o'clock in the morning. Waiting outside the palace gate for the morning service at five o'clock is not enough sleep at all.
Of course, this is the kind of treatment that only big men receive, and ordinary officials do not.
However, in addition to the great dynasty, those officials who are not high enough to go to court in the morning do not need to go to court. Even Yang Xuan, a sixth-rank official, is theoretically not qualified to go to court.
Returning to the office of the Department of Commerce and Trade, alas, the head of the Department of Commerce and Trade, Mr. Meng Pingmeng, the doctor, was not there either.
How can you, a fifth-rank official, be qualified to go home and sleep?
So Yang Xuan, an honest man, decided to go home and take a nap first.