The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 701

Huang Jingfang's heart moved when he heard the words, the emperor is going to make a big move, good news!I can just gather courtiers to hinder this matter. As long as the emperor does not give in on tax collection, the Ministry of Commerce cannot be established smoothly.

He winked at several leaders of the "anti-tax faction", cleared his throat, and was about to stand up to protest, but the emperor pointed at him, "I'll talk about the other things later."

Then Zhu Lin turned to look at the courtiers, "In addition to the Ministry of Commerce, there is another important national policy.

"The land of Huguang has been in turmoil for a long time, and urgently needs someone to manage it diligently. However, Huguang occupies a very large area, and the chief envoy's office is located in Wuchang Prefecture, which is thousands of miles away from the southwest of Chu, which is not conducive to the smooth flow of government orders.

"After thinking for a long time, I decided to divide Huguang Xuancheng Chief Envoy Division into two parts.

"Bounded by Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River. In the north, Wuchang is the governing place, which is renamed Hubei. In the south, Changsha is the governing place, and the name is changed to Hunan.

"Since then, the two chief ministers and envoys have been assigned to one place, and the administration is nearby, and the government orders are conveniently uploaded and issued. It is easier to recuperate in the original Huguang area and recover as soon as possible."

As a province, Huguang is indeed too large.Even if it is divided into Hunan and Hubei, each of them is not smaller than Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces.

After the split, the Central Plains lost a behemoth, and it was also possible to avoid the emergence of a big-tailed governor like He Tengjiao.

Just now that Huguang has just been brought back to the imperial court, and now it is being split up, the local resistance is also the least.

Zhu Linmi didn't wait for the courtiers to react, and said to Yang Tinglin: "The Ministry of Commerce and the Hunan Chief Envoy Division all need a large number of subordinates. The Ministry of Officials will sort out and report the new official positions to me."

Yang Tinglin was still in the fog, and hurriedly said: "I, I obey the order."

Zhu Linming deliberately raised her voice and said, "Mr. Yang Ge, the Ministry of Commerce and Hunan will need two to three hundred officials, right?"

Yang Tinglin finally realized that the emperor wanted to draw a big cake and put it in front of the courtiers!
From the attitudes of Huang Jingfang and others just now, he could see that these people were going to attack him as the leader of the "Supporting Grain Faction".

After Hou Maoyi and An Yu were sent to remote mountainous areas, he is now firmly tied to the cart of the emperor's tax collection. If he can't get through this hurdle safely, his political career may end here That's it.

He immediately "climbed along the pole" and said: "Going back to the emperor, I roughly calculated that the two places add up to at least three hundred officials, or even four hundred."

Although the Ministry of Commerce does not need too many people, Hunan is a newly established province with an area of ​​more than 700 million square meters. How can it manage without more than 200 officials?
As soon as Yang Tinglin's words fell, the court hall was immediately filled with whispers.

Just at the moment just now, more than 300 and nearly [-] high-grade real gaps appeared!You know, most of them are official positions of the Ministry of Commerce and the Minister of Xuancheng, and their ranks are not low!

Not to mention those courtiers who were originally focused on climbing up were greatly moved, even the older people who could no longer climb up had to think about their nephews.The worst ones also want to find a future for their disciples and old officials, so as to improve their power in the court.

In short, in front of the Wenhua Palace, almost everyone's hearts became hot, thinking about how to get a bigger share of the gluttonous feast of hundreds of officials.

Huang Jingfang had been preparing for a whole day to launch an attack at today's court meeting, but he was shocked to find that "the building was led crooked"...

He anxiously winked at the allies of the "tax resistance faction", but those people were either discussing in low voices or contemplating deeply, and had no time to pay attention to him.

He was stomping his feet in anger, but saw the emperor wave his sleeves and leave, Ma Wensheng then shouted in a drawn out voice: "Back to court——"

He hastily grabbed the few courtiers who had secretly discussed with him that day, "Master Zhang, something happened suddenly today, let's go another day..."

The man was thinking about how to find a job for his youngest son, so he dealt with it: "Ah, Mr. Huang, I have something urgent to do, so I'll take my leave first."

"Well, Master Jin, look... Hey, why are you leaving? Master Hai..."

Huang Jingfang turned around, but no one stopped him, so he had to go home in disgrace.

After the courtiers left the Forbidden City, most of them got together in twos and threes, and the topic was naturally how to distribute the three or four hundred real vacancies.

"The relationship between the officials must be gone!"

"Master Hu, you are acquainted with Mr. Song, the official doctor, so you have to help the brothers!"

"Easy to say, easy to say."

"It's just that the threshold of the Ministry of Officials is about to be trampled. Shall we go and find Huang Butang of the Ministry of Commerce?"

Another person said: "Brothers, you have forgotten Qian Chengzhi, Tang Xian and others. Didn't they fill Huguang's vacancy just now?"

As soon as he said this, the eyes of the few people in the banquet were all brightened, yes!How did these dozens of people get to Huguang?The above table voluntarily pays food!

It only costs more than a hundred taels a year, and for a family with a lot of land, it is only four to five hundred taels. If you go to the official department to give a gift, you will have to start with a thousand taels.In comparison, paying taxes on the table not only pleases the emperor, but also fights for a share of the real shortage, which is not too cost-effective!

There are thousands of senior members in the court, but there are only three or four hundred vacancies, so you have to act quickly!

Everyone was thinking in the same way, they threw away their chopsticks where they were still interested in drinking, and hurried home to prepare a memorial.

Before the time of You arrived that day, there were already several stacks of chest-high memorials piled up on Wenyuan Pavilion's case.The dozen or so cabinet officials in charge of sorting were so busy that they went crazy. They didn't even look at the contents carefully. They fetched three jars, glanced at the memorial, shouted "Please pay for the food", and threw them into the jar.

That night, Yang Tinglin entered the palace according to the emperor's call, but he didn't bring the three tanks with him, he only copied a copy of the register and put it on his body.

The names in the thick book cover almost all officials in Nanjing who are qualified to be on the list.

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