Thinking about it this way, it seems possible. Wang Yehao didn't know why Zhou Lezhi was so obsessed with opening the port. He thought it had something to do with "handling official affairs." Zhou Lezhi's prophecy is that in the future, ministers who have good relations with each other and handle official affairs will become very popular in the imperial court. If they can take the lead in this, their future will be unlimited.
Wang Yehao was skeptical about this statement and asked Zhou Lezhi several times whether it was written in the heavenly book. However, Zhou Lezhi vaguely said that this was the opinion of his master.
Even if it is not written in the Heavenly Book, it is difficult to say that it must have happened; but the Heavenly Book was written by Zhou Lezhi's master.
This logical problem stumped Wang Yehao, and he could only remain doubtful.
He could still trust Mr. Zhou¡¯s prophecy. Even though he had doubts, he followed Zhou Lezhi¡¯s instructions and made corresponding preparations. The first thing I did was to recruit many poor descendants of my family and Qi family to study at Kunshu in my hometown of Jinhua. Fortunately, Hangzhou is just around the corner. All the books related to Kun Studies in Wanbi Bookstore are collected in the family study, and the children "study by themselves."
To say that Kun Thief is really considerate, he seems to know that someone wants to learn by himself. Wanbi Bookstore actually has a "Self-study Series", a set of dozens of books, ranging from astronomy to geography, arithmetic, geology, agriculture and agriculture ¡nothing is left unprepared. Not only does it have beautiful pictures and text, it is also easy to understand. Wang Yehao was amazed when he saw it.
As for the results of this self-study, Wang Yehao knows after thinking about it - after all, his disciples don't even have teachers. Fortunately, Zhou Lezhi said that when it comes to handling Kun affairs, it must be a mess at the beginning, and there is a shortage of talents everywhere, so even if you are "self-taught", you can still do it when the time comes.
"The master said that there is a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. As long as the number is large enough, there will always be a few talents."
This seems to be true. Fortunately, the Wang family is rich now. Even though it costs a lot to engage in various conspiracies, it is still a piece of cake to feed hundreds of children. What if it is really what Zhou Lezhi said?
"What you said seems possible." Wang Yehao hesitated, "It's just that now Wucheng is thinking about how to deal with Fushe, and he is probably not interested in opening a port."
"We can only discuss it after Wucheng passes away as Prime Minister in June." Zhou Lezhi said, "We should also leave more room for the master to operate."
Once Wen Tiren resigns, many of the things he has implemented will most likely fall by the wayside. It is better to wait until Zhang Zhifa takes over as the first assistant before making further calculations.
"The most important thing right now is to stir up public opinion about Zheng Kun." Wang Yehao said with a smile, "The stronger the trend in the court, the more the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will support the opening of the port, hahaha"
Zhou Lezhi smiled knowingly: "The master is right."
Wang Yehao returned to the mansion and immediately called Jin Wenchi into the study.
Compared with Kun Thief and Wen Tiren, he has a more important matter to deal with. It is related to the future situation of him and the entire small group.
Jin Wenchi was called into the study, but Wang Yehao didn't know how to speak for a while. After a long time, Fang said: "What do you think, sir, of what happened in December this year as mentioned in the heavenly book?"
This matter has become a major issue facing Wang Yehao Group since the end of last year. When Zhou Lezhi was interpreting the Book of Heaven, he was surprised to see the name of his employer: Wang Yehao was dismissed as Minister of War in December of the 10th year of Chongzhen.
¡°At the moment, the Ministry of War is actually headed by Yang Sichang. Mr. Wang¡¯s official position is the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, but he only has the title of Minister of the Ministry of War. But the matter of being dismissed from office and living idle is clearly stated.
The reason for his dismissal was that Chen Qixin, the official, reported that he and Jiang Fengyuan, the Minister of Rites, had recommended too many people during the exams for the Imperial College and the Imperial Academy. This implicated Jiang Fengyuan and Wang Yehao, the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and gave them to six people including Fu Yuanchu and Yu Haoshan; they demoted three people including Sun Jin and Li Youdan; they gave Liu Hanhui and Liu Xingxiu to others. Eleven people were demoted to the second rank for consideration.
Apart from that, there is no other word. It is said that there is no record of Mr. Wang in the Heavenly Book.
Neither the person involved nor Zhou Lezhi naturally wanted his official career to end. Mr. Wang is now the Minister of the Ministry of War and has held important positions for a long time. Whether at the central or local level, he has a lot of political resources at his disposal. If he just quits his job and lives idle, his influence will be far less than before, and he will only be able to dominate the province. Not to mention planning a "big cause".
Therefore, we must try to avoid the dismissal from office at the end of the year.
According to Jin Wenchi¡¯s idea, now that he knows the reason for his dismissal, all he needs to do is not be involved in the matter or recommend fewer people.
Wang Yehao is a veteran official, so he naturally understands that things are not that simple. Any official turmoil and dismissal of officials have deep-seated reasons. Speaking of which, the Ministry of War has indeed accomplished little in recent years, and it is natural for the emperor to be dissatisfied with himself. Chen Qixin's impeachment is just a pretext. He can escape the first day of the new year but not the fifteenth day.
"Chen Qixin, a lucky little man, is just a martial arts student. He founded Tsinghua University with the help of an essay on the three major diseases. I didn't expect him to have such a trick!"
Martial arts in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were despised by many people, not to mention that Chen Qixin only took the Huai'an Guards Third Military Examination, but he won the favor of the emperor with just one petition and was promoted to such an important position as Gui Shizhong. Most of the ministers in the DPRK and China disagreed, thinking that they were opportunistic people. Wang Yehao also feels the same way.
"What the master means is"
"I can't stay in the Ministry of War any longer." Wang Yehao said thoughtfully. To avoid being dismissed and idle, the only way is to seek transfer as soon as possible. The Ministry of War now not only has many things going on, but also has Yang Sichang, a popular figure in front of the emperor. If he stays here any longer, sooner or later he will be dismissed due to other matters.
"Is the master looking for a transfer?" Zhou Lezhi asked.
"I don't have a plan for where to go. Sir, can you give me some ideas?"
"It would be more appropriate for Mr. Jinshi to plan this matter for me, but according to my students, none of the six central ministries are permanent residences. If you want stability, you can either be transferred to Nanjing's Xiancao Lengyamen or be transferred to a local governor."
There are also many idle officials in the capital, but most of the officers are of low rank and cannot accommodate him, a second-rank official.
If you don¡¯t seek advancement, but only seek official position, Nanjing Liubu is an excellent place. It's just that if you go there, you will have a vegetarian meal at the corpse place, which is no different from staying idle.
"I intend to transfer him to a local governor. But it's not easy to appoint a local governor!" Wang Yehao sighed.
In the ten years from the Ming Dynasty to Chongzhen, there were ten shortages of governors and thirty-three shortages of governors. Among them, the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi were not appointed because the two places were lost, and Xiong Wencan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, acted as his deputy.
The governors and governors of the Ming Dynasty were different from those of the Qing Dynasty in that they were more military than civil. They are often specially set up in places with strategic locations, critical military situations or turbulent public sentiments.
Of the more than forty vacant positions in total, only a few places such as Nanzhi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, and Shanxi can be said to be generally stable. The rest of the governors were either suffering from bandits or barbarians, and they were all tired of running for their lives. The imperial court would be furious if they lost the battle, and they might even die on the battlefield.
A place that is too inland is not worth visiting even if it is peaceful. The Wang Yehao Group now spans the north and south of Beijing, with deployments in Beizhi, Nanzhi, and Guangdong. If the place where Mr. Wang works is too remote and has inconvenient transportation, it will be very difficult to command.
" Among these places, Zhejiang was my hometown, and there are many people who want to go south. Why don't I seek Fujian?" Jin Wenchi suggested.
Fujian is quite stable. After Zheng Zhilong defeated the heroes, and then the bandits defeated Zheng Zhilong, the coast of Fujian was peaceful. Even if there were some bandits and refugees in the mountains who occasionally made trouble, it was not a climate. Because the province is almost entirely covered with mountains and rivers, there is very little fertile land, a small population, and it is not a major transportation thoroughfare, so it is strategically considered abandoned land.
Another good thing about Fujian is that the thieves have no intention of seeking gain. After they eliminated Zheng Zhilong's main force and captured Anping, they could have occupied the center and left. But they only "returned after a big plunder". Later, they attacked Guangdong and Guangxi. In fact, Fujian didn't have many troops, and they only stopped at Xianxia Pass. This shows that they have little or no interest in Fujian. Going to Fujian, although it is very close to Kun, is very safe.
Now Zheng Sen is eager to find a way out. Regardless of whether the final plan of moving to Shanghai can be achieved, all branches of the Zheng family are targets that can be used.
"Fujian Taiping is Taiping, but it is very barren, and only the Zhang and Quan areas are slightly wealthy." Wang Yehao obviously did not like this place very much. "Fujian's aristocratic families are all engaged in maritime trade, and now they all look up to the Kun thieves. I If you become a governor, wouldn't you be asking for trouble?"
"Don't you want to handle the Kun thief? Since you have to do it, the closer you are to the Kun thief, the better." Jin Wenchi said, "My lord, when you were the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, you had to deal with the Kun thief. This Kun thief is easy to deal with. .¡±
"That's true." Wang Yehao nodded, "Kun thief is trustworthy and reasonable. It would be great if he could obey the imperial court's orders! Eh!"
"Plan it slowly."
"It's just that there are no vacancies in Fujian at the moment" Shen Youlong's term has not yet expired, and he has not committed any dereliction of duty.
"How is Shandong?"
"You can't go to Shandong. Sun Yuanhua's place is just a den of thieves." Mr. Wang has already shaken his head. "Although I am staying in Jinan, Denglai is related to Liaodong, which is the most critical. We have to deal with him at all times. If the Dongchuang incident happens in the future, I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t be able to escape the involvement either!¡±
"Sir, having Sun Yuanhua in Shandong can ensure the safety of the province. Since the Denglai rebellion was put down and Sun Yuanhua returned to Denglai, the situation in Shandong has been the most stable among the northern provinces. Whether it is local banditry or foreign bandits, Mr. Sun's invasion has As soon as the Lai people and horses arrived, they were instantly wiped out. I went to Jinan to rule the country. If the court wanted to handle the affairs, it would be close to the water."
Wang Yehao was moved by saying this. He thought about it carefully and said, "Yan Jizu from Shandong will be full of office next year."
Jin Wenchi understood and said: "That's good. Let the students carefully plan something for Dong Weng."As soon as it arrived, it was instantly wiped out. The master went to Jinan to rule the country. If the court wanted to handle affairs, it would be close to the water. "
Wang Yehao was moved by saying this. He thought about it carefully and said, "Yan Jizu from Shandong will be full of office next year."
Jin Wenchi understood and said: "That's good. Let the students carefully plan something for Dong Weng."