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Chapter 577 The first step

Chen Yan is not in charge of things now, just thinking about leaving quickly.

Listening to Gao Hongtu's words, he, the Minister of Revenue, did not say anything, and he didn't have to worry about what happened next.

Although others find it outrageous, they are not suitable for talking.

This is the case in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Any troublesome things can be pushed forward, especially upward.

Zhou Yanru felt his vague gaze, his face was hard, and he looked at Gao Hongtu and said lightly: "This matter will be discussed later. The Sansi Yamen will concluded the case of "Assassination of the Golden Palace" as soon as possible and show it to me. Without my permission, no judgment will be allowed!"

‘Conclusion’ means obtaining the file for confession and punishment, estimating how to judge the punishment, and waiting for the cabinet nod, then publicly make a judgment, and follow a process to show to all the people in the world.

Ma Shiying, Kou Huaiyi, and Li Heng leaned forward in a pretentious manner, but did not answer.

Zhou Yanru was too lazy to talk nonsense to them, so he set the tone and stood up and said, "The capital city is in ruins, and summer grain must be collected as soon as possible. The northwest needs a lot of money and grain to provide disaster relief. We have too many things to do and cannot delay it."

More than twenty people stood up together and raised their hands and said, "Sir, obey the order!"

At the end of the cabinet, Zhou Zheng's carriage also entered the city and slowly drove towards Zhou's mansion.

Xiao Ke'er was full of sleep, rubbed her eyes, and looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "Dad, you're hungry..."

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Don't imitate your elder brother, you will be disliked by your mother."

Shangguan Qing glared at him, carried Xiao Ke'er over, and whispered: "I'll go home soon."

The little guy was still a little confused and said oh.

Zhou Zheng returned to Zhou's mansion, and Sun Chuanting, Gao Hongtu, Zhang Heyi, Kou Huaiyi and others were already waiting.

Zhou Zheng arranged Shangguan Qing and Xiao Ke'er and came to the sidewalk.

Zhang Heyi and others talked about what happened just now in the cabinet and commented on everyone's reaction from time to time.

Kou Huaiyi thought carefully and said, "Sir, I think Yuan Fu seems to be very opposed to our innovation."

Ma Shiying said: "It's not just Yuan Fu, but his people are also determined to seek stability and do not want any changes. Zhang Sizhi and Chen Yan have the intention to leave. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel may be in trouble."

Gao Hongtu said: "This is okay. I heard from the cabinet that Yuanfu wanted to add cabinet ministers."

Gao Hongtu's words immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Nowadays, there are only Zhou Yanru and Zhou Zheng, and Zhou Zheng is almost unwilling to go to the cabinet. The cabinet is simply the world of Zhou Yanru. He also wants to increase cabinet ministers, but he just wants to increase authority and squeeze Zhou Zheng’s power space.

Sun Chuanting glanced at Zhou Zheng and said, "I heard that Qian Qianyi and others were on the way to Beijing. Yuan Fu shouldn't have received the news. In addition, Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou and others, Yuan Fu also intends to resume the news."

Hong Chengchou was impeached by the censor for killing indiscriminately, and eventually he was dismissed from office and rushed back to Jiangxi. Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia were impeached by the censor for "privately discussing peace with Jianlu". He was eventually deprived of his family and sent to garrison, and should now be in Gansu.

These people are somewhat inconsistent with Zhou Zheng, and they are also leaders of the army. Zhou Yanru's intention to revive them was very obvious.

After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, the air suddenly became quiet and the atmosphere became a little tense.

Zhang Heyi looked at Zhou Zheng with some caution and said, "Sir, Hong Chengchou is okay. At most, the Minister of War was the Minister of War, but Yang Sichang was a minister before. Restoring Qi would inevitably enter the cabinet. Moreover, he had a deep relationship in the military. Li Banghua, Zuo Liangyu and others were all his old subordinates."

Zhou Zheng's expression was as usual. Looking at the nervous expressions of everyone, he smiled and said, "Hong Chengchou is not available, I will not allow a resurgence. However, Yang Sichang, apart from being narrow-minded and unable to tolerate people, he has to say that his ability is in my Ming Dynasty, and I actually took advantage of him in the last battle in the northwest."

Everyone naturally thought that this was Zhou Zheng’s humble word, and they didn’t care, but they heard other flavors.

Sun Chuanting looked moved and said, "Sir, are you planning to allow Yang Sichang to resume?"

Zhou Zheng thought to himself and said, "We are not able to match the chess game in the world alone. We can't be busy with many things. If Yang Sichang could share some of it, it would be best, especially military reform."

Everyone was a little reluctant, but it was difficult to refute.

Zhou Zheng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, there is always something to talk about. Tell me about your preparations."

Zhou Zheng's reform plan was basically the first person in charge and the prime minister of the Zongli Yamen for the future reform affairs. He did not hesitate and said: "Sir, at present, we are picking people from each yamen and local governments to form sixteen departments involving household registration, land, commerce, agriculture, officials, taxation, etc. We are sorting out the relationship and contacting the local governments to implement it..."

As Sun Chuanting said, Zhou Zheng nodded slightly. Sun Chuanting had written a detailed official document for him before, but naturally he did not say it so carefully.

Everyone listened and thought about it. They were all in the discussion stage, involving all aspects of the Ming Dynasty, and there were too many complex issues that needed to be clarified before they could be promoted.

A group of people also began to interject, expounding their views in their respective fields, and also telling the dilemma faced by reality.

After a while, Zhang Heyi said in a concluding manner: "Sir, our innovation is from top to bottom, but the imperial court's control over the local area is not as good as before. Local officials are mixed up, and even the imperial edicts may not work, let alone us. I think that when working hard in the capital, we have to attack the local area."

Kou Huaiyi said: "Just you said, the local area is complicated and the gentry is powerful. If you change to a governor, a prefect, or a county magistrate, you have to find a way from a deeper perspective."

"What should I do? The gentry is not a royal family vassal king. There are hundreds of them. I will deal with it with it. The gentry is spread all over the Ming Dynasty, which is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty. How can I move?" Zhang Heyi immediately refuted. Both of them deal with Zhou Ji. Later, in Jiujiang Pavilion, they were the original "colleagues", with deep relationships and fewer scruples.

Sun Chuanting looked at the two of them and smoothed out: "Since the problem is clear and the differences in the handling methods are not important. As long as the goals are consistent and the direction of the journey is unified, there will always be a way."

Kou Huaiyi and Zhang Heyi also knew that they had said something, so they nodded to Sun Chuanting.

Zhou Zheng listened to their conversation and did not take it to heart, saying, "What do you think is the first step we have to do now?"

Ma Shiying hurriedly said, "Sir, you need to find an office place first. Mr. Gao said before that, he hopes that all levels of yamen outside the Ming Gate will be adjusted, cleared the five armed guards' palaces and given them to the Zongli Yamen."

Zhang Heyi said: "I think we can re-plan and build a large courtyard outside the Ming Gate, including all the yamen, to connect the people outside, and to the palace inside."

Gao Hongtu's eyes lit up and said, "This is a good idea. The yamen are ready-made and don't use much money. If you work in the same place, it can indeed save a lot of trouble and improve the speed and effectiveness of doing things."
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