Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 236 Major Change
Winter month eighteen.

Osamu.

Counting to nine seasons, the north wind in the past few days failed to blow another snow this winter, but the weather was even colder, and many places around Jinling were frozen.

Imperial City.

Outside the Fengtian Gate, under the deep cold, the atmosphere in the early court today was very hot, because today the ten candidates for a series of ministers, servants and other official positions in the ten books of the new court were officially announced, and there were also other appointments for government offices.

It has been brewing for many days, and there are many games among them. The corresponding candidate is basically expected.

Minister of the Ministry of Officials: Yang Xian.

Household Minister: Yang Siyi.

Book of the Ministry of Rites: Qian Yongren.

Minister of the Ministry of Industry: Shan Anren.

Minister of the Ministry of War: Fu Yu.

Minister of punishment: Zhou Zhen.

This is the traditional six, not much to watch.

Then there are four new ones.

Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture: Kang Maocai, and also served as the envoy of the Yingtian Division under the jurisdiction.

Haibu Shangshu: vacant; Zhan Tong, a direct scholar of the Imperial Academy, is the servant.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce: vacancy; Qin Yubo, who was waiting to be made in the fifth-rank Hanlin, was the doctor, and he was ranked fifth-rank.

Minister of the Ministry of Medicine: Sun Shouzhen, who also served as the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, the original left and right envoys were revoked.In addition, Dai Sanchun, a colleague of the ether hospital, was the servant.

Although it is expected that many appointments have been known in advance, but overall, this list still has too many things to taste and consider.

For example, Kang Maocai, the governor of the metropolitan government, served as the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.

It is not without precedent in the previous dynasties to use leading generals as a minister.

Pei Xingjian, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, once served as a very noble minister of the Ministry of Rites. However, at that time, Pei Xingjian's identity was still biased towards a general.

Look now.

This time, although His Majesty the Emperor still did not remove Kang Maocai's position as the first-rank governor and magistrate, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Kang Maocai would be more inclined to be a civil servant in the future.

Regarding the reservation of the military post, His Majesty the Emperor specifically explained it when discussing the appointment with the ministers. This is to coordinate the next national farming affairs.Because it is necessary to adopt the militarized management mode of farming, not only to organize the landless refugees in various provinces, but also to recruit soldiers from the army on a large scale to serve as soldiers.

In short, the appointment of Kang Maocai is likely to be a tendency of the court in the future.

Because, this is not an isolated case, there is another one before.

Wu Liang.

Wu Liang, who guarded Jiangyin for ten years and made Zhang Shicheng dare not look west, is currently serving as the deputy envoy of Yinghai of the Guangdong Yinghai Branch of the Government Office in Guangzhou, ranking as the third rank.

The former leading general, except for this position, no longer holds military positions at all.

Now that there is Wu Liang and Kang Maocai, there must be more in the future.

Those who are in the court are all smart people. Everyone can see that His Majesty's move will not only take away the military power of the generals, but will not be criticized as a dead dog. It is better than Song Taizu's drinking and releasing soldiers. many.

Of course, there are also disadvantages.

The transfer of military officers to civilian positions will inevitably impact the political resources of traditional civil servants.

However, the founding of the country was only now, and the previous dynasty's strong suppression of Confucian scholars led to the lack of demonstration of the power of traditional civil servants.Regardless of the reform of the Ten Books of Zhongshu implemented by His Majesty the Emperor, or the transfer of military officers to civilian positions, there was not much resistance.

Except for Kang Maocai, who was transferred from a military officer to a civilian position, the other two ministers, the Ministry of Sea and the Ministry of Commerce, were not without efforts.

The various changes in the past year made everyone see the importance of these two films in the future. However, in the end, no one got it.

The first is the sea department.

Taking Zhan Tong, a direct scholar of the Imperial Academy, as his servant, His Majesty the Emperor also explained in private that he only asked Zhan Tong to coordinate the affairs of the camp and sea in the southeast.The center of gravity of the sea department is still on the coast, and the center only acts as a coordinating role, and will not interfere too much for the time being.

Next is the Ministry of Commerce.

In addition, only one doctor of the fifth grade is temporarily set up.

Moreover, everyone can also see that Qin Yubo is obviously only a transitional supporting role, because the former Hanlin waiter is 72 years old this year. Although he is still healthy, he cannot work for too long.

So, the supporting role, who is supporting?

Well known.

A certain young man Pingzhang is the candidate for the clan king.

Looking at the appointments of the entire ten ministries, most of them are vaguely related to a certain young Pingzhang, such as Shan Anren, Sun Shouzhen, and Kang Maocai... the former envoy of the Ministry of Agriculture , is completely a proposal from the other party.

Even the shrewd idea of ​​turning civil servants into military positions was obviously proposed by the other party.

These undoubtedly show that although it is from the middle book Pingzhang of the first rank, the influence of a certain person on the various ministries is really much greater than that of the left minister Li Shanchang of the first rank.

Ok.

is too much!
After all, watching this year, everyone is not blind, and can feel that Prime Minister Zuo has been left out in the cold by His Majesty the Emperor.Although he is still in charge of many affairs at the moment, such as the recent survey of acres in the north, but, as the head of the hundred officials and the head of Zhongshu, Prime Minister Zuo can smoothly instruct the newly appointed chief officials of various ministries...none of them.

Just say Yang Xian, Minister of the Ministry of officials.

The Ministry of Officials is the first among the traditional ministries, and the arrangement in the imperial decree has not changed this time, which shows that it is important.However, Yang Xian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, not only did not agree with the left minister, but also confronted each other over the years.

There is also Fu Yu, Chen Youliang's former minister, because of this status, he was quite excluded before and almost resigned, but now he is in charge of the Ministry of War.

Ministry of War!
The military... that is the foundation of the Huaixi Department.

Although the authority of the newly established Ministry of War is far lower than that of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, since it is established, it will inevitably form a constraint on the military in the future.

In addition to the determination of the officials of the ten ministries, several other reforms and appointments in the early court today also attracted people's attention.

Mainly five universities.

Jinling University, Tao An, a scholar of the Hanlin University, is the principal, with a rank of three, and Qian Tang, a scholar of the imperial examination, is the vice president, with a rank of four.

Guozixue was changed to a national university, with Xu Chunren as the principal, ranking third.

Houhu Medical College was changed to Houhu University of Medicine. Sun Shouzhen, Minister of the Ministry of Medicine, continued to serve as the principal, ranking third, and Dai Sanchun, Minister of Medicine, concurrently served as vice president, ranking fourth.

Jinling Military University was newly established, with Zhongshu Pingzhang Zhengshi Chang Yuchun concurrently serving as the principal, with a rank of third rank, and Deng Yu, a doctor of the right censor, concurrently as vice president, with a rank of fourth rank.

Jinling University of Technology was newly established, with a vacancy for the principal, and Zhu Xiong Ding, who was ranked fourth, was the vice-principal and was responsible for the preparations.

There are five universities, and nothing else, just like a shadowless industrial university. It is normal not to have a principal for the time being during the preparation stage.

The issue is……

Chang Yuchun was the principal of Jinling Military University, which was too weird.

It is understandable that His Majesty the Emperor wants a military general to sit in the military university, and it is also understandable if the general has high prestige.However, if this is the case, the most suitable candidate should be Xu Da!

No one doubts that Chang Yuchun is the champion of the three armies, but... General Chang is illiterate.

Isn't it too messy for an illiterate person to serve as a principal of a school?
Besides, Deng Yu, the right censor doctor, has been busy recently, and let him take advantage of the opportunity to serve as the principal of the military university, from the first rank down to the third rank.

Doing this again is simply unnecessary!
can't read.

I really don't understand.

It even aroused some speculations, this... His Majesty the emperor, is he dissatisfied with General Xu, or is he dissatisfied with General Chang?

When in doubt, ask.

Unlike some other positions, the appointment of His Majesty the Emperor did not discuss with everyone before, and he announced it directly, so the civil servants could only question it on the spot in the early court.

Lao Zhu's answer was that Chang Yuchun had been fighting for many years and had worked very hard. He hoped that after the war in Central Shu, he would be transferred back to recuperate, but he should not be too idle, so he was given this position.

This reason is too reluctant.

Don't other generals work hard all these years?
Therefore, there are some hard-headed people who simply uncovered a certain problem: General Chang Da is illiterate, how to teach students?
Then he was slapped.

In any case, the establishment of the Ten Departments and Five Schools announced a major change in the structure of the court nearly a year after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the key behind all these changes was a little girl who was always sick and weak little boy.

(End of this chapter)