After a series of discussions, the candidate proposed by Zhou Chong, who was in charge of the organization department, was recognized by everyone.
The candidate he proposed was Hu Wei, the current Yin of Daxing Prefecture.
He believed that Hu Wei performed outstandingly in the daily work of Daxing Mansion. He did a very good job in the expansion of Zhongdu City and the rural work around Zhongdu City. He was also responsible for some work of the Fuxing Association. He was a person with outstanding administrative and Officials with organizational skills.
Su Yonglin also asked for the opinions of everyone at the meeting. Everyone said that Hu Wei's political achievements were outstanding and there was nothing to criticize. He had local and central work experience and rich experience, so he was a very suitable candidate.
Su Yonglin nodded and did not give an order immediately. Instead, after the meeting, he called Hu Wei into his study to talk alone and give him an interview.
He asked Hu Wei about Zhongdu City's population, urban construction, commerce, and agricultural work in the Zhongdu area. Hu Wei gave detailed answers one after another, as well as accurate data support. He was sharp-minded, very talkative, and had no stage fright. Obviously, He is a very good management talent.
Su Yonglin still remembers that Hu Wei was the director of the Tai'an Prefecture Renaissance Association branch.
Tai'an Prefecture was the first place where he began to implement various political reforms, and it was Su Yonglin's earliest base. Hu Wei served as the branch director of the Renaissance Society here, which shows the firmness of his beliefs.
At the same time, he is also a key figure in pushing the Xiao Cui incident into the central field of vision.
It was his report that exposed the difficult situation of female workers in Tai'an Prefecture, symbolized by the Xiao Cui incident, to Su Yonglin. He was one of the key men in Su Yonglin's wave of rectification movements, and it can be said that he had no political problems.
Su Yonglin thought it was feasible for him to go to Goryeo and serve as the key figure to save the situation.
So he smiled with satisfaction.
"Hu Wei, I called you here this time. Do you know why?"
Hu Wei shook his head honestly.
"have no idea."
"Do you know about the Korean War?"
"I know, I heard it was a good fight."
"The battle has been won. Goryeo has no power to fight back."
"That would be great!"
Hu Wei looked happy: "The small country of Goryeo does not know the power of the Ming Dynasty and dares to provoke the Ming Dynasty. It should be taught a lesson."
Su Yonglin nodded.
"Now that the battle is won, it can be said that Goryeo is in a mess. The Goryeo warriors who usurped power massacred Goryeo civil servants twice. This time before our army arrived in Kaesong, the leader of the thieves Li Yifang even killed the king and killed the King of Goryeo. Sui and Wang Huo were both killed, and more than thirty families of Goryeo dignitaries were killed, and the palace was set on fire."
Hu Wei was shocked.
"Regicide? This is no small matter. Although the King of Koryo is cowardly, if he dies, no one in the Central Government of Koryo will be able to keep his word. If the Central Government cannot be stabilized as soon as possible, Koryo will be in chaos. This chaos, The people who are suffering the most are us people."
"Yes, the people are suffering the most, so Ming Dynasty decided to intervene and take over the central power of Goryeo to prevent Goryeo from falling into chaos, lest the final situation be difficult to deal with."
Su Yonglin stretched out his hand and pointed at Hu Wei: "So, it has been decided at the recommendation meeting of the Imperial Staff Department and the Organization Department of the Renaissance Society that you will be the Prime Minister of Korea."
Hu Wei was stunned.
"Me? Prime Minister of Korea?"
"Well, because now there is no authoritative figure in Goryeo who can speak in the central government. As the suzerain state of Goryeo, the Ming Dynasty should naturally do this and take over the central royal power of Goryeo. Otherwise, once Goryeo collapses, will the Ming Dynasty be of any benefit?"
"this……"
Hu Wei hesitated for a moment and nodded with a wry smile: "That's true, but there is really no precedent for doing this. It seems a bit unreasonable for the suzerain country to send someone to be the minister of the vassal country?"
"There are many things that have no precedent. If they are done, there will be a precedent. We revolutionaries must dare to be the first for the world!"
Su Yonglin smiled and said: "Furthermore, the court's plan is to have the supported King of Goryeo take the initiative to submit a petition to the court and request that the Ming Dynasty be included. By then, the Goryeo Kingdom will become Goryeo Province. Hu Wei, you are Goryeo The first minister of the province."
"I see……"
Hu Wei didn't seem surprised.
"Aren't you surprised?"
Su Yonglin asked Hu Wei curiously.
Hu Wei shook his head and said, "If the imperial court didn't have this plan, I think I might take the initiative to propose this idea when I was in office. Since I have become the Prime Minister of Goryeo, how can I give up the power again?"
We have worked hard to pacify Goryeo and restore production. After everything has been done, are we going to return the power to those random insects? Is Daming stupid? "
"Then it seems that you and the court have similar ideas."
Su Yonglin nodded and said with a smile: "Your main task in Goryeo is to let Ming completely control all aspects of Goryeo and turn Goryeo into a province. Then you have to pay attention to the fact that Goryeo will launch war in the future. As a springboard, you must focus on developing agricultural production and accumulate more rice grains."
"springboard?"
Hu Wei asked doubtfully: "What kind of springboard can Goryeo be? To the east is the vast sea. Except for a Japanese country, there seems to be no one... Is your target a Japanese country?"
"Take a look."
Su Yonglin handed one of the reports submitted by Wen Tianrui to Hu Wei. After briefly reading it, Hu Wei was a little surprised.
"All those traitors went to Japan?"
"Well, we didn't expect them to run away so completely before the war, but it is not unimaginable. The Japanese country is isolated overseas, and there has never been a precedent of conquering the Japanese country in the Central Plains. They will think that hiding in the Japanese country is safe.
And even without this incident, the Japanese country must still be conquered, because before we went south to destroy the Song Dynasty, many dignitaries and wealthy businessmen in the Southern Song Dynasty fled to the Japanese country in advance to ask for protection because they were afraid of the liquidation of the Ming Dynasty. They are currently living their comfortable lives in the Japanese country.
Moreover, according to the information that Tianwang Army spies found in the Japanese country, I learned that the Japanese country was rich in silver. When the Southern Song Dynasty was still there, they often used silver to Quanzhou to exchange for copper coins. Once they arrived, they would bring a lot of silver.
At that time, the Kingdom of Jin was still asking the Southern Song Dynasty for annual coins, and the annual coins included the requirement for silver. In addition to mining silver mines in the mountains of Fujian, the Southern Song Dynasty also traded with the Japanese country to obtain silver. With so much silver, I can You can't pretend you didn't see it. "
When Su Yonglin said this, Hu Wei became interested.
"There are remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty in Japan, and they still have so much silver? It seems that they really need to fight."
"So, when you are in Goryeo, you must build Goryeo as a springboard for the Ming Dynasty to conquer Japan. You need to reserve enough rice grains and war supplies to reduce the Ming Dynasty's need for transshipment from the mainland. But you can rest assured that there is still a lot of time."
Su Yonglin stretched out five fingers: "I give you five years, can you save war supplies for the Ming Dynasty for a hundred thousand troops to cross the sea for a year?"
Hu Wei took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, then closed his eyes and muttered something.
After a while, Hu Wei opened his eyes and nodded firmly.
"It will still be difficult in three years. In five years, as long as there are no large-scale natural disasters, it won't be a problem."
"good."
Su Yonglin walked forward with satisfaction and patted Hu Wei on the shoulder: "Gao Li is entrusted to you, don't let me down."
"Make sure to complete the mission."
Hu Wei stood up straight, his body unchanged from when he was still fighting in the army.
After Hu Wei successfully passed Su Yonglin's interview, Su Yonglin issued an order to the Organization Department and the Imperial Staff Department to get Hu Wei's temporary appointment as the Prime Minister of Korea. After going through a set of procedures, the appointment was given to Hu Wei.
With the specific appointments, Hu Wei and the first batch of twenty or thirty officials and revival members who had received relevant appointments took a boat from Tianjin Port and went straight to Kaesong, the capital of Goryeo, and took the lead in taking over the power.
