Chapter 167: Changes in the Imperial Court
On the second day after the Emperor's New Year's banquet, Liu Bianque hurriedly took his assistants and students to Hunan together on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Because of this, Su Xiaosong, who came to the capital to visit Liu Renhuai, also hurried back with him to help them.
Fortunately, Hunan started preparing before the New Year, so it would not seem at a loss.
In fact, Su Xiaosong was skeptical about the two medicines invented by Liu Mingqi to treat schistosomiasis.
After all, this is too mysterious.
He looked at the pills made by Liu Mingqi, which were small white round particles, and they didn't look like any medicine.
Liu Mingqi said that taking it for seven days will roughly improve greatly, and it should be cured in fourteen days.
Such a therapeutic effect is simply unimaginable.
But Su Xiaosong did not object, because the sulfonamide powder invented by Liu Mingqi before was like this. It was ordinary and in large quantities, the production was extremely effective and could be called a magical medicine.
Originally, Liu Bianque wanted to take Miao Xiuxiu to Hunan with him.
Miao Xiuxiu is willing to go there himself.
In the end, Liu Mingqi dissuaded them.
If Miao Xiuxiu is not around, it would be uncomfortable if the two little princes had colds or something.
Although both princes are lively and look good now, children have a little less resistance and must be cautious.
Over the past year, Liu Bianque has been in the capital and has been teaching Miao Xiuxiu. Therefore, Miao Xiuxiu, who is good at gynecology, has made great progress in pediatric research.
So she was able to stay and finally calmed down the emperor. At the same time, she also complained that Liu Bianque was simply not a human being and did not give him the emperor any face.
But in order to allow Liu Bianque to return to the capital in the future, Emperor Jing He could only defend himself and approve his leave note with a smile, and sent many Qianniu Guards to protect him.
Being an emperor is so frustrating that there are not many people except Jing Hedi.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor started the dynasty for the first time. Liu Renhuai was indeed appointed as deputy prime minister in the dynasty and took over Zhong Chang's original powers to coordinate the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Rites.
Zhong Chang focused on leading the Ministry of Revenue.
Over the past two years, in addition to his position, Zhong Chang has also taken over Nangong Ji's Ministry of Revenue, which has made him very busy.
In addition, the Ministry of Revenue has had problems one after another, and natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, and various wars have occurred, so Zhong Chang was so busy that he was exhausted.
Now that he has his good friend Liu Renhuai comes to other positions, if he specializes in the Ministry of Revenue, he can focus more on people's livelihood and greatly improve Dakang's grain and money warehouses.
This is no trivial matter.
Once Dakang has enough money and food and the people live and work in peace, even if they come to the next ten large-scale battles from the previous year, Dakang can survive.
So this is also an important reason why among Dakang’s deputy ministers, one of them has always devoted himself to the Ministry of Revenue.
Another deputy minister had to devote himself to the Ministry of Personnel. The choice of this official was also very important, so there must be a special person to manage it.
Ge Songdao, the deputy minister, paid more attention to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works, which shows a direction for Dakang in the future, that is, on the one hand, to build roads and water conservancy construction, and on the other hand, to teach those cruel and vicious neighbors a lesson.
But unlike before, Liu Renhuai has another task, which is to vigorously expand maritime trade business.
This is understandable.
Since last year, Dakang has cut off transactions with Shiwei, Xiqiang, Uighurs, Qiyan, Japan and Nanzhao, which has reduced the commercial tax by one third.
If it weren't for the strong domestic demand last year and the demand continued to increase, Dakang would have to tighten his belt for another year.
The blockade against the enemy cannot be stopped, but there must be a good income increase point, otherwise it will not work until it depends on domestic demand.
Liu Mingqi told Jing He about this matter, and also talked about it with the prime ministers.
They also think that sea trade is a very good method.
After all, you can go far away to do maritime trade, and more people can buy it, and more merchants can do maritime trade.
Hundreds of maritime merchants in Jiangnan, Fujian, and Guangdong are doing business overseas.
Now the annual tax revenue of the sea trade is about 12 million taels.
If this number can be doubled, it is likely that the loss can be covered on land.
Liu Renhuai was the Governor of Jiangnan before and knew a lot about sea trade, so this time he was asked to take charge of the entire sea trade, so everyone was relieved.
And because of the experience of the Governor of Jiangnan, he didn't have to worry about the people below who came to deceive him.
Oh, right.
Su Feng has been officially recognized as the governor of Jiangnan.
On the one hand, it was Liu Renhuai's recommendation. At the same time, the court considered that Su Feng's ruling philosophy was similar to that of Liu Renhuai, so he could continue to maintain the development of Jiangnan.
In addition, we must vigorously develop maritime trade in the future, so Su Feng will definitely be able to cooperate with Liu Renhuai.
Last but not least, although Su Feng is not qualified enough, for example, he should go to another place to serve as the governor of Jiangnan before he can take over as the position of the No. 1 governor in the world.
However, Su Feng was very brave and calm in the battle against the Japanese pirates the previous year, greatly delaying the Japanese pirates' invasion of central and eastern Zhejiang and maintaining the most fertile territory.
It was this extra point that made many ministers agree to Su Feng’s promotion.
Once Su Feng becomes the governor of Jiangnan, he will enter Beijing and become the deputy prime minister after at most five years.
This is how opportunities change destiny.
If there were no Japanese pirates invasion, it would not be possible whether Su Feng could serve as the governor of Jiangnan in five years, let alone the opportunity to enter Beijing to become the deputy prime minister.
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The most troublesome personnel change in the court was actually not Liu Renhuai.
It is expected that Liu Renhuai will serve as deputy prime minister, and no force dares to stop him.
Even those who don’t like Liu Renhuai know that there is no way to do anything bad about this matter, the emperor will not agree in the first place.
If the emperor persists, it will end up with both sides, and no one looks good.
Not to mention that as early as twenty years ago, everyone knew that Liu Renhuai would join the cabinet and become the minister. It was just a matter of time.
At this time, what makes everyone distressed or makes everyone secretly compete for is the position of the Minister of Revenue.
It is hard for you to imagine that as one of the top six ministries, the Ministry of Revenue has not had a Shangshu in the past two years.
And in fact, those in charge of the Ministry of Revenue were not the deputy prime minister, but the former deputy prime minister Nangong Ji who had been dismissed from his official position.
Although Nangong Ji was dismissed, his position as a Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace is still there, so the Ministry of Revenue can barely pass the legal principles of the Ministry of Revenue.
Besides, Nangong Ji has worked in the Ministry of Revenue for decades. He came back to control the Ministry of Revenue. All the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue, no matter how big or small, are they able to play with them. What dares to fool the people below?
Therefore, for more than two years, Nangong Ji managed the Ministry of Revenue in an orderly manner. No matter how difficult the situation was, it was maintained without major problems. This was a great contribution.
It was also because of this contribution that the emperor and the prime minister decided to give him a marquis when Nangong Ji succeeded and retired, and give him the greatest decency.
Nangong Ji will be 64 years old this year. Because the country has had a lot of affairs in recent years and the Ministry of Revenue has suffered serious burdens, he has aged very quickly, and it will be the last one or two years to retreat.
Then now the problem is here.
After Nangong Ji, who will serve as the Minister of Revenue?
The Minister of Revenue not only controls the world's money and food, but is the largest God of Wealth in the world, but also the next step to enter the open and open path of Wenyuan Pavilion.
If you serve as the Minister of Revenue, as long as there are no big problems, it is a good thing to become the deputy prime minister.
Tell me, how could no one care about such a good location?
Of course, there are not many people who can think about this position, or the big guys behind it, who can launch them.
The most promising thing now is the two people.
The first one is Luo Nanjing, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
In the 31st year of Jinghe's granary case, countless officials from the Ministry of Revenue were arrested or killed, and the whole body was severely damaged.
But the Ministry of Revenue was not wiped out.
Luo Nanjing, a doctor in charge of the Ministry of Revenue at that time, was a rare highlight.
After repeated investigations by the Embroidered Yiwei, it was found that Luo Nanjing was upright, diligent and frugal, and had no bad habits.
At first, Gao Jing didn't believe it at all. After personally inquiring and reviewing the files, he confirmed Luo Nanjing's innocence and rareness.
So after Guan Haixing, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue at that time, was beheaded, Luo Nanjing became the second-ranked left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
It’s not that he is very capable, but because one of the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Revenue was killed and the other was exiled, and the other was in charge of the Granary Storage Department, who was entitled to the title of the Minister of Revenue, was also beheaded. None of them could be postponed to become the third-rank official of the Ministry of Revenue.
Therefore, Luo Nanjing, the fourth-grade master, has overcome the difficulties that many people cannot overcome in their entire lives. From the third-grade master, it goes straight to the third-grade master.
In the past two years, Luo Nanjing has worked diligently and implemented the specific things of the Ministry of Revenue very well, and has won Nangong Ji's trust and reliance.
As a direct Confucian scholar, he was of course highly praised by a group of Confucian masters, and wanted to follow the trend and become the second-rank Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
If you really get what you want, then Luo Nanjing also set a small record, he can be promoted to three levels in five years, and he started from the fourth level of the official position. This is even more amazing than starting from the seventh level of the official position and the sixth level of the official position and the third level of the official position.
Once Luo Nanjing becomes the Minister of Revenue, with his personality and his style of dealing with people, it is difficult not to become the deputy prime minister!
In the next fifteen years, the court will surely have two deputy ministers from the Legal family at the same time, and the power of the Legal family will surely expand wildly.
The appearance of Luo Nanjing is a move by Confucian masters.
Chapter completed!