I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 357 Talent
"Caomin greets His Majesty, Long live Your Majesty!"

Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi stood at the front, leading a handful of demoted officials from Beijing behind them to meet the Ming Emperor in the side hall.

Their previous official positions were all fake, and they were not told what official positions they would be awarded before coming to Nanjing.

It didn't even say whether he would be granted an official position or how he would handle it if he was not granted an official position.

Therefore, when you meet the emperor, you can only call yourself a commoner first.

"Pingshen." Zhu Yijiong nodded slightly, without much fluctuation in his expression.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi took the lead and stood up to thank them.

Zhu Yijiong looked around and couldn't recognize who was who.

Well, I did recognize Li Fu, because this guy is the oldest among these people, he is just 50 years old this year.

Regardless of the aspect, just looking at the temperament, it is obvious that there is a significant difference between those who are only 40 years old, or even less than [-] years old.

The two leaders were definitely Mei Yingcheng and Fan Shouyi. There was almost no need to identify them because Fan Shouyi wore a cross pendant on his chest.

Zhu Yijiong said: "Are you Fan Shouyi?"

Fan Shouyi hurriedly stepped forward and raised his hands and said, "The common man is Fan Shouyi."

Zhu Yijiong asked with great interest: "Cross, are you still a Catholic?"

Fan Shouyi thought that this emperor, like Kangxi, didn't like Catholics, which was normal. Not even a Chinese emperor would like the crazy operation of the Holy See.

He quickly said: "Your Majesty, although the common people are Catholics, they are not as paranoid Catholics as the Holy See. The common people also worship their ancestors."

Zhu Yijiong waved his hand and said: "Don't panic, I have arrested a few of those bigoted believers you mentioned before. You can take the time to chat with them later. Maybe we can have something in common?"

Fan Shouyi thought it was the emperor who was giving him a task, so he quickly said solemnly: "The common people obey the decree."

Having said that, I couldn't help but secretly wonder, could this be the reason why the Ming Emperor asked him by name?

Just because he had been to the Holy See in Europe and stayed there for 12 years, he naturally knew a lot about Catholicism, but how did the Ming Emperor know this?
"Ah."

Zhu Yijiong nodded. He had indeed wanted Fan Shouyi to contact those envoys from the Holy See as a religious figure.

After all, those few have been imprisoned by him for more than a year, and they cannot remain imprisoned forever.Although there is no shortage of this food, it is troublesome to leave it alone.

Zhu Yijiong said: "I heard that Fan Qing traveled to Western countries for twelve years and wrote a "Record of Personal Experiences" about his experiences on the way?"

Fan Shouyi was stunned at first, and then ecstatic.The emperor just called him Fan Qing, which clearly stated that he would be given an official position.Regardless of where the emperor learned about the "Shen Jian Lu", he quickly said: "Reporting to your Majesty, I have indeed written the "Shen Jian Lu" about my previous experiences in Western countries, but this book has not been written since it was written. It was taken away by the late emperor... no, by the false emperor Kangxi, but the original remains here. If your majesty wants to read it, weichen is willing to dedicate it to your majesty."

Zhu Yijiong just casually mentioned that it doesn't matter if he didn't write it. With this person here, there is no need to worry about whether "The Record of Personal Experience" will be published.

"That's very good." Zhu Yijiong nodded and said: "Fan Qing has been working as the Secretary of the Imperial Academy since he came here. As for the "Record of Personal Experiences", it was sent directly to the Propaganda Department, which was responsible for publishing it all over the world."

After Fan Shouyi heard this, he was immediately shocked. He originally thought that the emperor summoned him just because he was interested in Western affairs (it was true), but he didn't expect that he would actually publish "The Record of Personal Experiences" to the world.

Since this book was written, it has been hidden in the palace of the Qing Dynasty and was only circulated within the royal family.

From this point of view alone, the emperor's mind is many times stronger than that of Kangxi, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Fan Shouyi was touched and immediately knelt down to thank him: "I thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

Zhu Yijiong was naturally not out of ambition, but simply wanted to take this opportunity to let the gentry and common people of the Ming Dynasty have a good understanding of the vastness beyond the world.

After all, in later generations, this "Record of Personal Experiences" will be compared with "Records of the Buddha Country".The author of "Buddha Kingdom" is the monk Faxian of the Jin Dynasty. It also records his travels during his 14-year mission to Tianzhu, which is of far-reaching significance.

Moreover, if we look at the current era, Fan Shouyi's role is even greater than that of the monk Faxian.

Although both of them are technically religious, Fan Shouyi has been to South America (a small country in the south of Mexico, and this year the new president even broke out an armed counterinsurgency, which made the news).

Zhu Yijiong said again: "Where is Mei Yingcheng?"

Mei Yingcheng stepped forward and cupped his hands in response: "The grassroots are here."

Zhu Yijiong said: "Mei Qing, together with Fan Qing, joined the Imperial College when he first arrived. He was responsible for teaching calculus, astronomy, etc. in the Imperial College. How about promotion in the future?"

Mei Yingcheng immediately knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty for your kindness!" Although the Imperial College Secretary Ye may not sound very powerful, he can manage the country's official schools.The official position is also from the fourth rank, and he is also a high official in the capital who can go to court.

The most important thing is that as a Manchu who came from Beijing and was demoted, it is obviously quite polite to receive such treatment.

The remaining Manchu demoted officials who accompanied him at the rear all had envy in their eyes and some eagerness.

Zhu Yijiong glanced at them and said, "Li Fu, Sun Jiagan."

Li Fu and Sun Jiagan were shocked and stepped forward and said, "The common people are here."

Zhu Yijiong said: "Li Qing is the Prime Minister of the Imperial College, and Sun Qing is the Chief Registrar of the Imperial College. Is there any objection?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

Li Fu and Sun Jiagan quickly thanked him.

As someone who was not demoted from the Qing Dynasty by name by the emperor, he was lucky enough to still be an official, so naturally he did not dare to raise any objections.

To be honest, these two people, although they were once Manchu officials, were impeccable in terms of their moral character and personal conduct.

At least this is the case at this stage. Among them, Li Fu has never been greedy for a penny in his entire life as an official.

Don't doubt it, Yongzheng wanted to kill him on corruption charges several times because it was too irritating.

But it's a pity that Yongzheng couldn't find any evidence of this guy's corruption. Not only was his family impoverished, he had nothing to offer.

To say that the most upright official in the Qianlong Dynasty was definitely not Liu Yong, but rather Li Fu.

Of course, Zhu Yijiong is not a collector, but if there are talents who don't use them, and they are the kind of honest and upright talents, then it would be too much.

At this stage, these two people will be placed in the Imperial College first. After all, they were demoted from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and cannot be promoted at once until they are ready later.

Li Fu was transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Yongzheng was so ruthless that he dared to attack Tian Wenjing.

Nian Gengyao once wanted Li Fu to facilitate his son, but Li Fu sternly refused. In a blink of an eye, Nian Gengyao retaliated and demoted him.

It can be said that as long as such people are used well, they are talents who are good at organizing officials.Because this is a mad dog that is not afraid of death and bites whenever it sees greed.

There is also Sun Jiagan, this person is a talented person in water management, and he cannot be discarded casually because of this alone.

Historically, during his tenure as an official, Sun Jiagan did almost nothing bad except preventing Yongzheng from coming to power. It was Sun Jiagan who abolished the ban on private wine making.

It was only when he was the governor of Huguang that he was dismissed because of his improper handling of the Xie Jishi case.

Moreover, it’s not Sun Jiagan’s fault.

Zhu Yijiong said: "The rest of the people will temporarily serve under the Propaganda Department."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The remaining people were a little disappointed when they heard this, but they still gave thanks.

There were all idle official positions in the Propaganda Department, and they had already expected that even if they could become officials, they would probably go to the Propaganda Department.

It's just that Sun Jiagan and Li Fu gave them hope, and then they had illusions.

Little did they know that Zhu Yijiong used Sun Jiagan and Li Fu because these two people were indeed capable and had never done evil.

Li Fu was the first model of upright official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he used them both.

The remaining people, if they had not helped Beijing restore people's livelihood, would have surrendered and cooperated with the Ming army to take over the city of Beijing.

Zhu Yijiong was lucky enough to help them check their family background and sort things out.

In fact, it is almost a liquidation now, because these people came to Nanjing with their families, and all the family property in Beijing should be confiscated.

From now on in Nanjing, I will definitely only be able to live in official residences.

There were official residences in Nanjing during the Ming Dynasty. The Ministry of Industry directly consolidated the housing near the offices and gave them money to move there.

An entire area of ​​houses has been converted into official residences. Officials in Beijing must live in official residences except when they are on duty.

Otherwise, if Nanjing is so big and has so many departments, all of them would go home to live, and any emergency situation might not even be that urgent.

Is it possible to search the streets all over the city?
(End of this chapter)