Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 214
About two months ago, the list of cabinet ministers drafted by the Ministry of Officials was handed in blank papers. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and asked the chief assistant Xue Guoguan to draw up a decree for the world. However, if they can make great contributions to the country, they can come to Beijing to report. Once the verification is true, the imperial court will immediately select the best and hire them without having to follow the previous method of being an official.

No, under the influence of this decree, Zhang Guowei, governor of Yingtianfu, submitted 28 volumes of "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book".The book contains the general water conservancy maps of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and other prefectures, as well as 53 water species maps of prefectures and counties in each prefecture. , Proposal, Preface, Notes and Ballads.

This book can be said to be a comprehensive summary of the water conservancy construction in the Jiangnan area over the past dynasties, and Zhang Guowei's own experience is also summarized in it.He has presided over the repair of Jiuli Stone Pond, Pingwang Neiwai Pond, Changzhou to Hedeng Pond, Songjiang River and Sea Conservation, and Zhenjiang and Jiangyin Canals.It can be said that in terms of water conservancy, he has truly combined theory and practice, and has rich experience in water conservancy.

Originally, this "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book" would not be submitted until July.But now under the butterfly effect, it has been brought forward to May.After Emperor Chongzhen read it, he carefully read the information about Zhang Guowei and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This Zhang Guowei is the governor of Yingtian, holding military and political power.But he is not good at military affairs, so that Zuo Liangyu is arrogant and domineering in front of him. He likes to listen to his orders, doesn't listen to orders at all, and doesn't care about him at all.And he couldn't do anything about Zuo Liangyu, he could only complain to the court.

But he is a real expert in water conservancy.To fight against natural disasters, one of the best ways is to build water conservancy projects to reduce the impact of natural disasters.Now, this person appears.

It can be said that Zhang Guowei's submission of "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book" is indeed a good time.Emperor Chongzhen had just confiscated the homes of many wealthy households, and he was the first to respond after the request for talents was sent out, which was the kind that Emperor Chongzhen liked.Therefore, even if it is for a daughter, Emperor Chongzhen will give preferential treatment.

Therefore, a decree was sent out immediately, and Zhang Guowei was granted the title of "Water Conservancy Master" by ennobling Zhang Guowei as Minister of Industry and Dongge University Bachelor, joining the cabinet to lead the world's water conservancy.In this way, Xue Guoguan finally ended his one-month solitude, and finally got a companion.

In terms of qualifications, this is not a special promotion.After all, Zhang Guowei is already the governor and a great official in Xinjiang.Going one step further, it is not without precedent that the position of the six ministers can be admitted to the cabinet.

However, in the original history, he had no chance to join the cabinet.There is no other reason. Although he contributed the "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book", Emperor Chongzhen has no money!So, in the Nanming court, he became the Minister of the Ministry of War.After the Manchu and Qing troops marched southward, they were in dire straits. Unable to turn the tide, they wrote three chapters of a fatal poem, namely "Losing the Country", "Remembering the Mother" and "Commanding the Son", and died in the water at the age of fifty-two.

It can be said that among so many ministers in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhang Guowei was really a rare civil servant with integrity.It's just that the talent he is good at has not been displayed. If it is not in troubled times, but in peacetime, it may be more beneficial to the people.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy because he needed water conservancy experts like Zhang Guowei so much.At this time, we are in the Little Ice Age. If water conservancy is built properly, the impact of the Little Glacier on agriculture can be minimized.

What he didn't expect was that sometimes, when luck comes, nothing can stop it.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when a servant came to report that Chen Zilong, a candidate for official, had presented the great agricultural work "Complete Book of Agriculture" by Xu Guangqi, a late academician.

Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it.This "Agricultural Policy Complete Book" will be famous even in later generations.However, after he crossed over, he has been busy with military affairs, and from the memory of the original Emperor Chongzhen, he didn't have the impression of "Nongzheng Quanshu", so he didn't think much about it.But how could he be unhappy when he suddenly heard about it.So, he quickly issued an order to summon Chen Zilong to see him.

Chen Zilong, a ten-year Jinshi in Chongzhen, was originally released as the manager of Huizhou Prefecture in Guangdong.But before he took office, his mother died of illness, so he went back to his hometown for the funeral.During the past two years, I have been sorting out the manuscript.Hearing of Hu Zhengyan's name, he rushed to the capital to ask Hu Zhengyan to publish the things he had sorted out.Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived in the capital, I saw the new title announcement issued by Emperor Chongzhen. Thinking of the previous emperor's order to seek talents, I decisively played it in the name of Xu Guangqi.

In the Wenhua Palace, Chen Zilong had an audience. At this time, he was only in his early thirties, and he was in his prime.The [-] volumes of "Nongzheng Quanshu" forwarded by the servants were placed on the imperial case. Emperor Chongzhen immediately flipped through them roughly, and found that the "Nongzheng Quanshu" was divided into agricultural book, field system, agricultural affairs, water conservancy, and agricultural affairs. Twelve chapters on utensils, arboriculture, sericulture, broad categories of sericulture, planting, animal husbandry, manufacturing, and famine management.It not only summarizes and retains the experience of ancient Chinese agricultural technology, but also absorbs and develops the current new technology. For example, the sweet potato that was just introduced to Ming Dynasty is explained in detail and promoted.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen finally remembered.Xu Guangqi once published "Sweet Potato Shu", but many people had objections to it at the time, thinking that this kind of thing was useless.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen refused to let Xu Guangqi be in charge of farming, but instead let him train soldiers without paying the military salary.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help feeling very emotional. In the original history, the final demise of Ming Dynasty had a lot to do with Emperor Chongzhen's ignorance of people.In a country as big as the Ming Empire, even if there are stereotyped scholars who are criticized by later generations, all kinds of talents can still emerge.It's just that these talents are often not properly utilized, and they are submerged in the long river of history.

Just imagine, if the original Emperor Chongzhen had reused Xu Guangqi and allowed him to perform well in farming, Daming would not have so many thieves who took risks.If Zhang Guowei is allowed to devote himself to water conservancy, the impact of the disaster will be reduced by how much!
Fortunately, I traveled through it myself, and history can repeat itself again.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this, with an uncontrollable smile on his face, and kindly asked Chen Zilong about the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", and got more news.

When Xu Guangqi was alive, he was too busy. The book "Agronomy" he had been writing with great concentration was not completed, and most of it was just a draft.After Chen Zilong heard about it, he got these drafts from Xu Erjue, Xu Guangqi's second grandson, reorganized and supplemented them, and finally this "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" came out.

In the original history, it was also published in the 12th year of Chongzhen. This point has not changed.What has changed is that the first issue of the "Nongzheng Quanshu" was sent to Emperor Chongzhen's case immediately after it was published.

After listening to the publication of the "Nongzheng Quanshu", Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said with emotion: "If Xu Qing knows that his hard work can be handed down to the world, I believe his spirit in heaven will be satisfied."

"Your Majesty, I don't agree with you." Unexpectedly, Chen Zilong said something unexpected, which made Emperor Chongzhen stunned. Seeing that he didn't know why he said that, "Your Majesty, I think that if the first teacher Knowing that these things can benefit the common people, it may be possible to get what you want!"

At this point, he saw that the emperor seemed to be stunned, so he said seriously: "My master, what he has learned in his life, and his extensive research on heaven and man, are all focused on practical application. As for farming, he is particularly attentive. It is for the sake of livelihood and education. The source of the country's prosperity and strength. It's a pity that he died before his ambition was realized!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, put away his smile, and nodded seriously: "Yes, I didn't do a good job before. Now, are you willing to carry forward Xu Qing's behest and work hard for the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty?"

This is the fault of the original Emperor Chongzhen, but to him, it doesn't matter, if he recites it, he will recite it.

Chen Zilong didn't expect the emperor to admit his mistake face to face, which was a bit beyond his imagination.When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help being very excited, and immediately bowed and said: "This is the wish of this humble minister!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded again in satisfaction. This Chen Zilong is available!

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Chen Zilong excitedly impassioned again, and with the blood of a young man, he played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, in today's Ming Dynasty, vulgar Confucianism is ancient rather than modern. Holding the handicapped and defending the deficiency, looking for sound and color, are all empty talkers. World affairs are urgent, when right and wrong are gained or lost, and they do not pay attention. From what I see, most of today's scholars have no practical learning. Therefore, Weichen and a friend co-authored a book , named "Huang Ming Jing Shi Wen Bian", a total of [-] volumes, divided into military pay, horse administration, frontier defense, frontier affairs, firearms, tribute market, Fanship, disasters, farming, sand control, water conservancy, sea transportation, water transportation, Finance, salt law, criminal law, money law, tax law, confiscation, imperial examination, etc., I want to dedicate to your majesty."

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard it, and quickly asked: "Where is this book? Present it to me quickly!"

For him, he felt that there were too few talents available.At this time, I heard that there is such a group of scholars who think that there are too many acid scholars in Ming Dynasty, and most of them are empty talkers. They sort out practical books by themselves. No matter what, these people are a group of ambitious people.When he heard it, he was naturally happy.

Chen Zilong was naturally prepared to mention this matter to Emperor Chongzhen.He brought the books with him, and they were at the servant's side outside the Forbidden City.Therefore, this set of "Huang Ming Jing Shi Wen Bian" was quickly presented to the imperial court, and Emperor Chongzhen quickly browsed it.

In fact, this "Huang Ming Jing Shi Wen Bian" mainly collects a collection of articles from the Ming Dynasty over 200 years ago, and editors like Chen Zilong edited the excerpts that they thought were useful for governing the country today.The value of this book is of course not as good as the "Agricultural Encyclopedia", many of which are actually just general talks and hearsay, but it is undeniable that this book is indeed useful in today's troubled times.If someone engages in research in this area and puts it into practice, there will definitely be results.

After a rough scan, Emperor Chongzhen smiled at the expectant Chen Zilong and said, "I appreciate people with lofty ideals very much. It seems that Qing is like everyone else, and he has a heart. So, let Qing find them all." Come, I plan to see you."

Chen Zilong was looking forward to this sentence, and when he heard the emperor's promise to see him, he was overjoyed and quickly agreed.

His friends, in the original history, were also good and bad, some died fighting the Qing Dynasty, some surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and some of them were more famous in later generations.As for Chen Zilong himself, he also resisted the Qing Dynasty and threw himself into the water to die. Just like this, the Manchu Dynasty would not let it go, and it would be too late to catch it.From this, it can be seen that Manqing hated him.

Emperor Chongzhen was not clear about these things, but this did not prevent him from rewarding Chen Zilong.Considering that Chen Zilong himself was a Jinshi in Chongzhen for ten years, Emperor Chongzhen decided to set up an agricultural department in addition to the thirteen divisions of the household department, which was dedicated to agricultural production across the country.And Chen Zilong was the first Agricultural Secretary Wai Lang.

For this, Chen Zilong was overjoyed again.It can be seen that the emperor attached great importance to this farming.Chen Zilong knew that as long as he could do well, he would have a bright future.He was only in his early thirties, and suddenly he was full of pride, and he made up his mind that he would live up to the emperor's entrustment.

Emperor Chongzhen then issued another decree, posthumously conferring Xu Guangqi the title of Grand Master of Agriculture, the first title of "Grand Master" in Ming Dynasty.Of course, if he is alive, he may only have the title of "Master of Farming".

As soon as the second decree was set out, another signal was sent to all parts of the country.It means that the emperor attaches great importance to talents from all walks of life. As long as they have talents, titles are not a problem.For example, right now, there are already military masters, water conservancy masters, and agricultural masters; this greatly stimulates those skilled craftsmen, scholars, and so on.

Emperor Chongzhen had reason to believe that in the near future, more talented people should come to the fore for his own use.I just hope that all walks of life in Daming can flourish and a hundred schools of thought contend, and reproduce the glory of Daming Technology.

However, what Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that before he had time to turn his mind to the Hetao area, a memorial broke his happy mood.

This memorial was presented to the imperial court by Ruan Zhitian, the magistrate of Gucheng County, after many twists and turns.He stated in the memorial that Zhang Xianzhong was courteous on the surface of kneeling in Gucheng, but in fact he trained the soldiers to control the armor and sticks, not to release soldiers, not to be transferred, not to enter the Jianzhi mansion, and not to follow the law with arrogance.

Ruan Zhitian concluded that the thief must turn against him.Therefore, he reported to Xiong Wencan, governor of the six provinces, but was severely reprimanded by Xiong Wencan.Therefore, he went directly to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would take action as soon as possible to suppress Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion.

Emperor Chongzhen checked the time, and the memorial was delayed for at least a month on the road.From what he said in the memorial, it seems that Zhang Xianzhong's opposition is very obvious.It's been a month, what's going on in Gucheng?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but worry.

　There must be another chapter today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)