Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 552
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being taken aback, he didn't expect that Li Mingrui, who had been obsessed with officialdom competitions and full of energy, would suddenly hand over such a resignation memorial.

Although, in order to balance the power, he has suppressed Li Mingrui, but this does not mean that he really hates this unparalleled minister of the country.

After all, Li Mingrui was Jian Ba's first trusted civil servant since he came to this world and became Emperor Tianqi.

From suppressing the Donglin Party to getting rid of the Northern Confucianism, implementing administration and controlling public opinion, and suppressing the changes in the literati in the south of the Yangtze River, on the way to control the real power of the government step by step, this man who had been refrigerated in the Imperial Academy for several years The Nanchang people all played a key role in it, and they also took a lot of infamy for themselves. They can be regarded as the most credited civil servants.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youxiao's feelings for Li Mingrui have never been relieved. Even if he knew from Dongchang that this tycoon secretly collected a lot of money and did many shameful things, but Even if he couldn't rub the sand in his eyes, he didn't let the people in Dongchang do anything to Li Mingrui.

Even when Qian Qianyi and Li Mingrui were fighting fiercely, Zhu Youxiao finally chose to support Li Mingrui, not only because Li Mingrui's political stance was consistent with his own, but also because there was no personal emotion.

It's just that Li Mingrui, the only one I'm not satisfied with, is to let him be the chief assistant.

But as a mature emperor, he must do this. In the important position of the first assistant, who has more and more power because of Zhu Youxiao's decentralization, he naturally has to be rational at all times to choose.

What's more, although Li Mingrui is good at plotting and planning, he is indeed not as good as Lu Xiangsheng in practice, and even Wen Tiren is not as good as him, so he naturally can't rashly let him be the chief assistant.

But now Li Mingrui saw that he could not be the first assistant, so he directly resigned from office to express his protest to himself, the emperor.

When Zhu Youxiao saw this, he was also a little annoyed, and directly threw Li Mingrui's memorial to the ground: "No!"

Seeing this, Li Mingrui couldn't help coughing. He naturally knew why His Majesty was angry, so he simply knelt down: "Your Majesty, please forgive the old minister's abruptness. If the minister intends to use resignation as an excuse to force His Majesty to do something, the humble minister will not." Don't dare to offend once, Wei Chen is really old, Wei Chen is already sixty-four! Now I can hardly chew my bones, my memory is not as good as before, and my eyes are blurred, Wei Chen still wants to go Look at the new changes in the Ming Dynasty, so I hope that His Majesty will return the old minister to his hometown for the sake of accompanying him for decades!"

As he spoke, Li Mingrui bowed down tremblingly, and couldn't help sobbing and crying.

Seeing Li Mingrui's sincerity, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help turning around and motioning for Wang Chengen to help Li Mingrui up.

Wang Chengen, who was also old but chubby, also staggered over tremblingly and helped Li Mingrui, who was as thin as a stick, to his feet: "Why do you do this, Mr. Ge, get up quickly, aren't you embarrassing Your Majesty by doing this?"

"Okay, old man, don't you just think that I didn't give you the position of chief assistant, so it's worth it. Forget it, if you want to resign from your old age and return to your hometown, I will allow you to resign from your old age and return to your hometown."

With that said, Zhu Youxiao sat down firmly.

But Li Mingrui quickly explained: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the old minister still has self-knowledge, if it is a matter of strategy and calculation, the position of chief assistant is related to the livelihood of billions of people, and the humble minister has never served in any place or military, so it is really difficult to be competent." , not to mention that the old minister is also an old bone. Over the years, he has realized that his current status is all due to the grace of His Majesty, and he dare not be as arrogant as before."

Zhu Youxiao didn't speak immediately after hearing this. He could tell from Li Mingrui's words that this guy did have some sense of enlightenment.

"Nowadays the world is undergoing great changes. Glass mirrors, soap and toothpaste, electric lights, trains, and bicycles. New things come out one after another. In addition to Confucianism, military art, and other schools of thought, there are also things like physics, chemistry, and biology. The brain is not enough, so it is not good to have a vegetarian meal in the corpse. This group of young people should help His Majesty govern the world, and the old ministers should take advantage of the few years when they can still walk to see more Learn and learn."

Li Mingrui then said with a smile.

"Forget it, it's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married, and I can't stop you, here's the memorial!"

As Zhu Youxiao said, he picked up the Zhubi and spread his hands.

Li Mingrui hurriedly handed the memorial to Zhu Youxiao.

After Zhu Youxiao personally approved the popularity, he said: "Recently, when the Fourth Army attacked Siam, they obtained a group of stunning ladyboys used by the Siamese royal family. I originally planned to kill all these men and women, but I heard that you In recent years, if you are especially good at this, I will reward you, but you have to take it easy!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Li Mingrui quickly knelt down and saluted.

Zhu Youxiao saw that Li Mingrui suddenly looked energetic again, and couldn't help but feel a little nauseous, so he quickly waved his hands and said, "Get up, you have been with me for so long, and you have made great contributions, so you became an official as the Taifu. For the study of structure, let him go to the Ministry of Industry and Construction to get a doctor's title!"

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao got up and patted Li Mingrui on the shoulder, and couldn't help but glance around the entire Xinuang Pavilion. Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Sichang, and Wang Chengen are all people who will shine even if they are not in this era. Only if this Li Mingrui is not He himself is simple, and in the original history he was a Hanlin official after all.

In a sense, Li Mingrui can be regarded as his true confidant, and it is also one of the achievements he has made in this era.

However, Li Mingrui has also gained a lot of benefits from his emperor over the years. Not only has his official position become bigger and bigger, but his family business has also grown bigger and bigger.

Now that he was awarded the position of Tai Tuo before his death, it is considered extremely respectful.

As soon as Li Mingrui left, Zhu Youxiao asked Yang Sichang to replace Li Mingrui, and at the same time added two new cabinet members, Yang Tinglin and Guo Zhiqi.

Among the cabinet members, Li Mingrui chose to retire and return to his hometown, and Cheng Jiming was also very old and was bedridden. It seems that the time is not long. There is a history that he passed away 16 years ago, but now he is 87 years old, and even resigned from Zhu Youxiao several times, but because of his irreplaceable in the field of science, especially mathematics and mechanics, Zhu Youxiao He didn't promise him, but he didn't let him manage government affairs either.

Therefore, only Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang, who dared to pass his sixtieth year, were still able to do things in the cabinet. Zhu Youxiao had to select a few more young people to join the cabinet.

Yang Tinglin served as the first military officer in the army, served as a governor in Mobei, served as a minister of the Ministry of Education, that is, managed the education of Ming Dynasty, and also served as a governor in Fusang and also has experience in colonial management, because he studied in the Royal Military Academy. However, he is no stranger to the field of natural science, so it is quite appropriate to enter the center of the empire.

Guo Zhiqi was recommended by Cheng Jiming. He is a standard traditional upright official, honest and upright, and hard working. One year before Li Mingrui retired and returned to his hometown, he was basically in charge of the Ministry of Rites. In the original history, this person was also regarded as a famous minister who resisted the Qing Dynasty, and he couldn't make a group of conservative ministers too frustrated. Zhu Youxiao didn't stop him from joining the cabinet.

Now in the entire cabinet, except for Yang Sichang, most of them are almost the same age as himself, which is rare in the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)