The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 480 Development Plan
Yang Peng appeared in Beizhen Fusi with brisk steps.

When he was in charge of Dongchang, he often came to this place. Although he is now serving as a eunuch in the Royal Horse Guards and looks less prosperous than before, because he is now a member of Zhang Zhou, he will soon be transferred to Liaodong as a senior official to guard the side. He is still full of expectations.

"Fairy Master."

When Yang Peng saw Zhang Zhou, he did not kneel down, but his respectful attitude showed that he regarded Zhang Zhou as his direct superior.

Zhang Yu just glanced at Yang Peng, and then Guo Ang personally led people to escort him down.

In the lobby of Beizhen Fusi, Zhang Zhou and Yang Peng were left, and beside them stood Wang Mingshan, who had nothing to do with her.

Zhang Zhou said: "Eunuch Yang, it is a hard job to be transferred from Beijing to Liaodong. Your Majesty asked me to give you a few words before you leave to let you know what to do after you go to Liaodong, but I am not sending it to you. When it comes to errands, just treat me as an ordinary Six-Bus Minister."

"Where is it? Immortal Master, your little guidance will be of great benefit to my life." Yang Peng paid homage to Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou smiled.

Since Li Guang's downfall, Yang Peng has been trying to survive in the cracks. He has been able to survive until now because he thought he was a good friend. Yang Peng and those who dare not touch Yang Peng know this well.

He didn't explicitly support Yang Peng, but everyone thought he would support Yang Peng, so Yang Peng got to where he is today.

"The Three Duoyan Guards, also known as the Three Uuliangha Tribes in the mouths of the soldiers and civilians in Liaodong, are now weak. The large areas of land outside Liaodong are no longer grazed by people. The Ming Dynasty will gradually begin to extend to the east of the Chahar Tribe, and some small and medium-sized tribes and use them as a barrier."

"Yes."

"The Jurchens in Jianzhou are now either destroyed or moved inland to southern Liaoning to reclaim wasteland. The Ming Dynasty will achieve self-sufficiency in Liaodong in the next two years, including establishing shipyards and transportation transfer stations along the coast of Liaodong. At the same time, Adding some iron-making workshops in Liaodong requires you to implement them."

"This is."

"Originally, His Majesty intended to move 30 soldiers and civilians from Shandong, Henan and other places to Liaodong to increase Liaodong's defense. However, because it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the people are unwilling to move, my opinion is to develop Liaodong first, and then wait there. If the conditions are good, people will naturally be willing to go there. This requires your efforts, Eunuch Yang."

Yang Peng couldn't help but ask: "How far will it develop?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Didn't I ask you to visit Xishan a few days ago? How do you think Xishan is developing now?"

Yang Peng swallowed and said, "Very good. There are... a lot of people in that place, and many people have passed there. Now it looks... like a small capital city."

"Yes." Zhang Zhou nodded and said, "In the future, Liaodong will benchmark itself against Xishan."

"what?"

When Yang Peng heard this, he said, good fellow, only Xishan can be developed at the feet of the emperor. In addition, Xishan is supported by coal and has a strong industrial system. The key point is that the consumer market is right next to it, and there is also the imperial court. Various military orders.

And in a place like Liaodong, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away... how many lifetimes of development can it develop into the prosperity of Xishan?
Zhang Zhou said: "I don't mean to give you a problem. To develop Liaodong, it is natural to rely on some industries. First of all, we must establish transportation. You also know that Ming Dynasty now has an additional governor of the Bohai Sea, that is, Tang Yin. He will soon be When he comes to the capital to report on his duties, some sea ferries will be established around the Bohai Sea, and Liaodong will also be one of his stops."

"Yes." Yang Peng didn't understand.

"The new governor of Liaodong, Han Zhong, has been transferred to Liaodong, and the former governor of Liaodong, Lu Wan, will be transferred back to the capital. The Liaodong Army will soon undergo a purge. The action will not be too big. You must learn to restrain yourself after you go there, but don't... …hehe."

Zhang Zhou was reminding Yang Peng that with your urine, you would be the second Ren Liang in the northwest, or even worse than Ren Liang.

Yang Peng quickly expressed his position: "I should take the orders of His Majesty and Master Zhang as my top priority and not dare to make mistakes."

"His Majesty's will is still dangerous. As for my instructions, haha, just refer to them." Zhang Zhou smiled and looked at this "loyal" subordinate, "But, we cannot mess with the general policy. Now With the situation in Liaodong, it is difficult to provoke a big war. Even if there is, it will be the slave's job. You go there just to build a great Liaodong."

"Construction?" This word is new to Yang Peng.

Zhang Zhou said: "It means turning Liaodong into a fertile land. In the future, Liaodong may be separated from the Shandong Chief Envoy Department. Also, we need to build more key passes and fortresses in Liaodong. And... we must strictly manage the Jurchens to prevent them. There will be evil intentions against Ming Dynasty in the future."

"Oh, I understand, I understand." Yang Peng still seemed to understand.

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Cabinet value.

Xie Qian went out all morning, and finally got the exact news when he came back, and informed Yu Liu Jian and Li Dongyang of the news.

"It has been decided that the governor of Liaodong and other places will be Yin Han Zhong of the former Shuntian Prefecture, who also serves as the right deputy censor of the capital. His Majesty the Zhongguan will choose Yang Peng, the eunuch of the former governor of Dongchang. This Yang Peng has a considerable background. Everyone should have heard about it, right?"

Han Zhong was not unfamiliar to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang. After all, Shuntian Fuyin was the highest local chief executive of the capital, and his rank was different from ordinary Fuyin.

Li Dongyang said: "As the right deputy censor of the capital and the governor of Liaodong, it can be regarded as a promotion." Originally, the governor of Liaodong was transferred from the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but now he is transferred to the censor of the right deputy capital. It is equivalent to saying that the defense of Liaodong has been improved by one level, which is higher than the governors of Jizhou, Governor Baoding, Neisanguan, Ningxia and other places, and on the same level as the governors of Xuanfu and Yansui.

Liu Jian's focus was not on Han Zhong. He said, "This Yang Peng has a lot of contact with Zhang Bingkuan. It is said that they even went to Jiangnan together?"

Xie Qian said with a smile: "That's what happened. Lu Wan is Zhang Bingkuan's man. I thought that by replacing him, Liaodong would do some sorting, but in the end, he turned around and replaced him with an internal official who was close to him. This is special. ah."

Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "Even if there is further contact between the middle-ranking officials and foreign ministers, to what extent can it be done? Isn't Zhang Bingkuan afraid of officials intervening to impeach him?"

Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty has given you permission, so what if you participate in the impeachment? In recent years, Zhang Bingkuan has suffered less criticism."

Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door outside, but someone from Zhongshushe brought in two boxes of memorials. Xie Qian went over to explain, and Xie Qian carried them to the side.

"Why so many?" Xie Qian seemed to complain.

Li Dongyang picked up a few copies and read them, and said: "Some of them were sent from Si Gang, the general affairs envoy, and some were from Liuzhong. His Majesty has been somewhat slack in approving memorials recently, especially after the northwest war started, which concerns Jiangnan, Jiangnan, and China. Your Majesty has been slow in approving the memorials concerning people's livelihood in Jiangxi, Gansu, Huguang and other places. The Supervisor of Ceremonies seems to be in turmoil now..."

Liu Jian stared at some memorials and said: "Your Majesty seems to have never even opened the recent memorials."

Originally, the cabinet had drafted the impeachment memorial, but what it looked like originally was what it looked like when it was sent back.

Xie Qian said: "Then what does this mean? Your Majesty wants us to re-draw the voting plan?"

"Just wait." Li Dongyang said, "The ones that have just arrived will be dealt with first. As for those who are delayed, there will be an edict telling how to deal with it... Wait, it seems to be related to the northwest..."

That's half the story.

Liu Jian basically classified most of his memorials into categories.

Then he discovered the "problem" like Li Dongyang, that is, many of the memorials related to the military and political affairs of the northwest had neither been approved nor were they included in the batch of memorials sent back. Even the most recent northwest local report was not included in the cabinet. Among the memorials that need to be dealt with urgently.

"I hope this is not the worst expectation." Xie Qian mentioned.

While talking, he glanced in the direction of Wenhua Hall.

That is the location of the "Shangting Office". After the establishment of the Shangting Office, the three people in the cabinet were afraid that the emperor would use the Shangting Office to divide the power of the cabinet. The emperor had also mentioned that major military affairs should be handed over to the Shangting Office. , but because Zhang Zhou, the chief minister of the Shangting Department, was not often in the Shangting Department, and the emperor did not have high trust in the other members of the Shangting Department, the Shangting Department now only had the right to know.

Some major events will summon members of the Shangqing Office to ask for their opinions, and the Shangqing Office currently has no direct decision-making power.

Now it's almost time for the emperor to implement it.

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In the martial arts hall.

Wang Qiong got the "lesson plan" given to him by Zhang Zhou that day, and he took Zhu Feng, Lin Ting, Liu Jin and others to teach "tactics" classes to the members of Yanwu Hall in Beijing.

The class this time was a debate class, and the debate was about one issue, whether the Tatars would "sneak in", and if the Tatars would come, from which direction they would launch an offensive, and how to defend themselves.

Before the debate class begins.

Zhu Feng took advantage of the instructor next to him to go out and hurried over and asked, "Shilang Wang, are you saying that the Tatars are coming to kill you?"

Wang Qiong said: "It's just a guess, not a calculation, otherwise the military would not have discussed it. This matter should have been discussed in the court, but because Cai Guogong had deduced it in advance, His Majesty was more inclined to adopt opinions. I obeyed Cai Guogong, so this matter was not discussed in the palace."

Zhu Feng muttered: "But Brother Zhang never mentioned it before."

Wang Qiong glanced at Zhu Feng and said with a smile: "Zhijie, if Cai Guogong asks you, will you be willing to lead the army?"

Zhu Feng was ashamed.

Now even Wang Qiong knows what kind of character he is. As one of the most powerful military figures in the Ming Dynasty, now he is just doing nothing but eating and waiting to die. He himself can't hold his head high.

"I discussed it with Cai Guogong before. He mentioned that if the Tatars want to take the opportunity to disturb the border, they will mostly invade from the surrounding areas of Ningxia. You once served as the chief military officer in Ningxia and are familiar with it, so you will be more familiar with the students in the future. There needs to be some guidance. Also, this question will be used for the selection exam of new students in the next two days." Wang Qiong said.

Zhu Feng asked: "Are you going to make it public?"

"Yeah." Zhu Feng nodded, "As of now, there is nothing to hide. It's for defense. Who could have done anything to get rid of the roundworms in the Tatars' stomachs? As for where to focus the defense... No one can say that Cai Guogong acted on his own will. Right? After all...this is not taking the initiative, but passively speculating on hostility."

(End of this chapter)