I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 26 Yang He's Suggestions

Zhu Youjian had a general impression of Yang He.

According to the later "History of the Ming Dynasty", this Lord Yang Heyang was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli.

Yang He's son, Yang Sichang, was also a famous minister in the Ming Dynasty. He was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War in the tenth year of Chongzhen. figure.

However, both father and son had tragic endings.

"What is Yang Aiqing's play?" Zhu Youjian asked expressionlessly.

Everything is settled, what else do you, a loyal minister, want to do?Believe it or not, promote your father and son to the "Daming Engineering Bureau" to be the chairman and general manager!
"Your Majesty, I believe that the establishment of the Daming Engineering Bureau is a good thing, but it is necessary to prevent officials from the Ministry of Industry from intervening frequently and enriching some people's pockets..." Yang He looked upright, and Zhu Youjian was embarrassed when he said it
Isn't this idiot emperor himself the biggest prodigal son and moth in the Ming Dynasty?

Who is this old man scolding?
"What Yang Aiqing said is very true, then you can recommend someone to me to be in charge of the Daming Engineering Bureau." Zhu Youjian's move is very insidious.

He just couldn't understand these loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. When he was spending money recklessly and wasting extravagantly, he would "take part in the performance" at every turn, and he was very annoyed by giving orders to him, the emperor.

You, Yang He, said that you were worried that others would enrich their own pockets and become corrupt officials, so why not just recommend us a clean and honest person.

Zhu Youjian dared to guarantee that if this old man Yang recommended one person, he would offend a large number of people.

Just think about it!
Let you obstruct my prodigal act!

"My minister recommends one person, Du Yushi, Yang He, the right servant of the Ministry of War!" Yang He said loudly.

Zhu Youjian: "..."

The other officials, especially Qian Qianyi and other civil servants looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Yes, this old man is not ordinary.

This is tantamount to letting go: Everyone here, except me, Yang He, you are all corrupt officials!

Moreover, this line of thinking is also quite strange, the dignified imperial censor and the right servant of the Ministry of War are also considered to be a famous figure above the Ming Dynasty, so why should he resign from office and go to take over the project to do business?

"Yang Aiqing, if you work in the Daming Engineering Bureau, you don't enjoy the imperial salary." Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "Maybe, if you can't earn enough money, you may even have problems eating."

The ministers burst into laughter.

However, Yang He held an important position, but no one dared to mock him face to face.

"Your Majesty, I have been familiar with the biographies of Huo Zhi since I was a child. Although I was born as a Jinshi and now holds an important position as the right servant of the Ministry of War, in fact, what I am best at is not leading troops to fight, but doing business and negotiating business."

Yang He knelt down solemnly, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, and continued: "There is another reason why I recommend myself to join the Daming Engineering Bureau, and that is that I secretly think that our Daming is facing internal and external troubles, famine is raging, and bandits are making trouble. The reason for this is nothing more than the extreme famine, and the people are in dire straits.

Originally, I wanted to ask myself to go to Shaanxi and Gansu to use work as relief, and organize civilians to build water conservancy projects, dredge rivers, and reclaim wasteland. Now that the imperial court wants to set up the Daming Engineering Bureau, I just thought about it carefully and felt that I could barely do it..."

Even Zhu Youjian was embarrassed to laugh at what he said.

The right servant of the Ministry of War, under the official position system of the Ming Dynasty, he was a senior official of the third rank, and he was allowed to go anywhere, and he transformed into an official of the frontier.

In this capacity, he is willing to join a newly established "Daming Engineering Bureau" that clearly stipulates that there is no court salary?
This move surprised Zhu Youjian.

Thus, Yang He took office as the first 'chairman' of Daming Engineering Bureau.

Zhu Youjian was quite satisfied with this result, and thought to himself: "Chairman Yang He has always been kind to the people, he is in charge of the army but he doesn't know the soldiers, so in the future, he will do a good job of doing projects for me and making money, and don't fight and kill people." In the end, I lost my old life. '

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From the afternoon to midnight of the same day, two to three hundred officials were drinking and having fun on Qionghua Island in Xiyuan, completely forgetting the bandits and rebellions in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

For the first time, Zhu Youjian saw that those scholars were quick-witted, and they could make a few clichés in every mountain, every river, every plant and every tree, which aroused applause from the crowd.

This made the idiot emperor feel very moved, and felt that he had indeed traveled to a good era.

These officials of the Ming Dynasty pretended to be serious in the court hall, but when they played in private, they actually had a lot of tricks. In this afternoon, Zhu Youjian learned a lot of strange postures...

However, not everyone is addicted to wine and sex.

Wei Zhongxian went in and out several times, passed down seven or eight secret orders, and was busy cleaning up the East Factory, determined to do a big job;
Four people including Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, Qian Qianyi, and Yang He occupied a small pavilion by the water by themselves, with serious expressions, they kept discussing matters related to the 'Daming Academy' and the 'Daming Engineering Bureau'.

These people are all cadres, and they were not very proud during the Wanli and Tianqi dynasties.

Therefore, being reused by Long Live Lord this time, I rolled up my sleeves and prepared to do a big job.

"Master Yang, my Ministry of Industry planted a tree, and you picked the fruit directly. From now on, you need to take care of me, Qian Qianyi." Qian Qianyi said in a good mood, half joking and half serious.

As long as the Daming Engineering Bureau does not fall into the hands of the eunuchs, everything will be fine.

This Qian Qianyi is really open-minded.

"Lord Qian, don't make fun of me. From now on, Mr. Yang will still want to take over many major projects of the Ministry of Industry. Don't Lord Qian want to ask for cards and blackmail me." Yang He laughed.

The atmosphere is very harmonious.

"By the way, Mr. Qian, regarding the preparation of the Engineering Bureau, His Majesty said that Mr. Qian will take care of it all. Although Yang has robbed Mr. Qian of your Ministry of Industry, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice." Yang He laughed.

"That is, money, food, and job recruitment, all of which are covered by me," Qian Qianyi took care of everything, and said with a smile: "I will buy a few small wines and dishes in the evening, and I will also invite the three adults to appreciate it.

In addition, I invited a few wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as a few clan nobles, to directly contact them about money and food. No matter how you say, this is a major event in our Ming Dynasty for decades, and someone Qian is duty bound! "

Xu Guangqi and Yang He smiled slightly, and they were obviously very relieved about the money and food preparations of this Donglin Party remnant.

Above the Great Ming Dynasty Hall, the officials were clearly divided into several major forces such as the Eunuch Party, Donglin Party, Chu Party, and Zhejiang Party. In fact, what they were fighting for was nothing more than two words: the country.

It is also a matter of supporting who is the emperor.

It's like a gambler sits at a gambling table and uses the prince and prince as dice to start planning and betting in advance.

If the bet is successful, the people of this faction will be able to prosper, their strategy of governing the country will be thoroughly implemented, and their fundamental interests will naturally be protected.

And once the bet fails, the whole game may be lost, and people will beat the dog in the water.

At present, Zhu Youjian, the 'idiot emperor', was originally supported by civil officials such as the remnants of the Donglin Party, but as soon as he entered the palace, he was preempted by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, which seemed very subtle.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that the emperor is not partial to anyone. In this way, the officials of several major forces are more cautious and start to compete to show their talents...

Of course, Zhu Youjian knew nothing about all this.

He was hiding in a painting boat, studying his character panels.

Inexplicably, nearly [-] "prodigal value" arrived in the account. While Zhu Youjian was delighted, he inevitably wondered: "Who is helping me to prodigal?" '

(End of this chapter)