As for the third first assistant, that is more surprising.
Xu Jue, later known as Xu Youzhen, was Zhu Qiyu's third appointed chief assistant.
Although Xu Jue swayed from side to side and often did ridiculous things, he was too strong to be able to resist this person.
Just talking about water control, one hundred and twenty years from now and eighty years from now, during the two hundred years in total, there is no one with better ability to control rivers than Xu Jue.
The extremely rare ability of river management alone was enough for Zhu Qiyu to tolerate Xu Pei indefinitely. Although Xu Jue participated in the coup in history, if you want to become a famous king through the ages, you have to grit your teeth and endure some things.
Just like Wei Zheng also participated in Li Jiancheng's planning before and after the Xuanwu Gate Incident, but Li Shimin still gritted his teeth and admitted it.
Moreover, Xu Jue was a rare civil servant and earl in the Ming Dynasty. Although Xu Jue committed a series of suicide attempts, he still died a good death in the end, which shows that his talent and political ability should not be underestimated.
Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu asked: "Where's Xu Jue? I asked him to control the river before. Has he left Beijing now?"
Huang Pu replied: "This humble minister knows that Xu Jue has not left the capital. He said that there is no way to start construction of the river in winter, and there is nothing to do now. So these days, he has been active in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, asking experienced people Senior asked me how to regulate the river."
Zhu Qiyu shook his head and smiled: "This great talent is quite humble, and he actually knows how to ask others for advice. But I can understand him going to the Ministry of Industry, but what does the Ministry of War have to do with him? Why is he going to the Ministry of War?"
Huang Pu replied: "Xu Jue said that it is enough to build the river and mobilize the officers and soldiers. There is no need to torment the people."
"This is in line with my idea. Go and notify him and ask him to attend tomorrow morning."
After Huang Pu received the edict, Zhu Qiyu further ordered: "I'm going to entertain the generals tonight. You two should attend together. Ningxiang, go to the backyard to make some food and bring it over. Let's eat some first."
So everyone rested and ate separately. In the evening, the generals entered the mansion one after another.
The performance of the military generals was completely different from that of the Xungui Group. Whether it was the commanders of the battalions such as Shi Heng, Fan Guang, and Sun Boring, the emperor's personal guards such as Xu Tong, Gu Zhong, or the imperial horse supervisors Liu Yongcheng and Hao Yi, none of them He didn't come when he was sick.
After all, everyone wants to be made a count or a marquis, and the allocation of these titles is just a matter of the emperor's decision.
Zhu Qiyu did not mention the fact that the army went out to provoke Oala today, but only advised the generals to drink. Then he revealed some post-war arrangements one after another. In short, he promised to give him enough titles and power, and then let the generals go to the border to garrison separately to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty.
The demands of the military generals were met, and the meal was enjoyed by the guests and the host until late at night, when everyone dispersed.
A night of silence.
At dawn the next day, the civil and military ministers arrived at Prince Qi's Mansion early.
The Ming Dynasty went to court very early, and the ministers were already used to it. Zhu Qiyu complained while rubbing himself in bed: "Who set the time for going to court? I have tried my best not to stick to the rules. Why are the ministers still coming so early?"
Ningxiang could only smile and coax: "Husband, you'd better go back quickly. I'll warm the bed and wait for my husband to come back."
"Hey, let's kill him quickly. That's enough."
Zhu Qiyu got up while cursing, got up, dressed neatly, and came to the West Flower Hall.
After lying down on the soft couch, Zhu Qiyu looked around at everyone. Two people who didn't show up often came here today, one was Xu Jue and the other was Fengcheng Hou Li Xian.
Zhu Qiyu had to lament the efficiency of the nobles. He had just driven away a group of people, and the nobles immediately introduced new spokespersons.
Moreover, the Marquis of Fengcheng was still very senior: his family was a founding noble, and during the Xuande period, Li Xian was already leading the affairs of the former military governor's office. In the Zhengtong year, Li Xian served as the chief military officer of Datong Prefecture, and now leads the affairs of the Nanjing Chinese Army Governor's Prefecture.
Because of this battle to defend Beijing, Nanjing's army was also transferred to Beijing. Not long after the Fengcheng Marquis led a new batch of Qinwang troops to Beijing, he caught up with the emperor and launched a coup, driving away a large number of nobles in Beijing. .
Qualified nobles either died in Tumubao, were driven out of the capital, or, like Wei Guogong, had been guarding Nanjing.
So Li Xian suddenly discovered that among the nobles in Beijing who were close to the emperor, he was now the eldest and most prestigious one, and it was impossible not to be pushed to the front desk.
But Zhu Qiyu was no longer too lazy to be polite to these nobles who were close to the emperor. No matter how hard they tried, they still had this attitude, so there was no need to put a hot face on a cold butt.
Besides, the powerful nobles who are close to the Supreme Emperor, such as Jing Yuan Bo and Ning Yang Hou, are three to five thousand miles away. Those in the capital are all worthless trash and are not worthy of attention at all.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu's first sentence was to ask Xu Jue: "Xu Aiqing, do you have any ideas for river management?"
Xu Jue was a little flattered when he saw that the new king was the first to ask him, and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, I already have a general strategy.
But it’s a bit long to say. I believe that the previous river management strategy only focused on the immediate, not the long-term, and was completely treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.
For now, just because the Shandong section is breached, we cannot just think about strengthening the river embankments in Shandong. The imperial court should have an overall plan for the management of the Yellow River and canals, and then implement it day by day for decades. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction: "After the court meeting is over, Xu Aiqing will stay, and we, the monarch and his ministers, will have a detailed chat alone."
Xu Jue was overjoyed when he heard this. He was a Jinshi at the age of twenty-six. He was originally a young talent with unlimited future, but in the end, no one appreciated him and his years were wasted.
Poor Xu Jue was appointed editor of the Hanlin Academy of the seventh rank as soon as he became a Jinshi. However, sixteen years have passed, and in the fourteenth year of Zhengtong, the forty-two-year-old Xu Jue was only promoted to the sixth rank of the Hanlin Academy.
Xu Jue sighed in his heart: In the end, it was all thanks to the absurd new king. As soon as he came to the throne, he was inexplicably promoted to the fourth rank of the Du Cha Yuan You Qian Du Yu Shi, and finally entered the ranks of high officials.
Xu Jue took another look at the only two people standing behind him: He Yi and Huang Pu, and felt even more emotional. The civil servants present were all important officials of the imperial court, either ministers, ministers, or censors from the left and right, ministers of Dali Temple, and Taichang Temple.
He is only the censor of Youqiandu, and his official position ranks third from the bottom. The key point is that the two people behind him who have lower official positions than him have much better fortunes than him. Especially He Yi, who is only twenty-two years old now and is already the fifth-rank Zuo Chunfang Zuo Shuzi.
Although he is one level below me, he is twenty years younger. And as the direct descendant of the new king, the difference between them is nothing. He is simply more than a hundred times luckier than himself.
Zhu Qiyu looked at the people with different expressions and knew why the civil servants came early. He went straight to the point and issued the edict:
"Uncle Da Zong has left the capital, and the Ministry of Rites cannot be left without anyone in charge. The imperial court is in a troubled time, and it is helpless to have two ministers in one department.
Well, Yu Shiyue, the Minister of Dali Temple, was promoted to Minister of Rites, in charge of the general affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and still managed the affairs of Dali Temple. "
When Yu Shiyue heard this, he was greatly surprised and quickly knelt down to thank him.
Zhu Qiyu continued: "Zhou Chen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is also the bachelor of Dongge. He joins the cabinet to help me handle government affairs."
Zhou Chen was also deeply moved. The seventy-year-old minister finally made it to the cabinet.
These two appointments are still within the acceptable range, but they are satisfactory. So the ministers all concentrated and listened carefully to see who the position of the remaining cabinet minister would be in the end.
(End of chapter)
