Chapter 318 Bi Maokang
Mao Yuanyi was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't dare to show anything on the surface and quickly agreed.
After Emperor Chongzhen sent them away, before he had any rest, he heard from his chamberlain that Nan Juyi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was requesting an audience.
Could it be that there is a candidate from the Arms Bureau? Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself and issued an order to summon him.
As he expected, after seeing the ceremony, Nan Juyi presented a memorial and reported at the same time: "According to the reforms of the Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau decided by His Majesty, I have thought about it and recommended a suitable candidate, but this Arms Bureau The grade… the grade…”
Emperor Chongzhen had just taken the memorial from the chamberlain, and when he heard Nan Juyi stuttering and hesitating, he couldn't help but look up at him and said, "How is your grade?"
When Nan Juyi heard this, he didn't care anymore. He looked back at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "The grade is a bit low!"
"Oh?" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen curled his lips slightly with a hint of humor. He neither rejected nor agreed. He lowered his head and looked at the memorial in his hand.
After reading this memorial, he understood why Nan Juyi said that the fifth grade previously assigned by the director of the Ordnance Bureau was low.
It turns out that in this memorial, Nan Juyi analyzed that in order for the Ordnance Bureau to compete with the Military Warfare Bureau, in addition to having to pass the quality test, he also emphasized that the weapons of the Ordnance Bureau must also reduce the cost, and finally It's good to have your own unique weapons, so that you can compete with the Arms Bureau.
To achieve this, he believed that the director of the Ordnance Bureau must be someone who is proficient in weapons. Therefore, he thought of a person, or to be more precise, he thought of two brothers who were talented in firearms, which was recognized by the court.
Therefore, he wanted to recommend those two brothers to be the directors of the weapons bureau. But the problem is that the official rank of the two brothers has already exceeded the fifth rank. If they were to be the director of the Arms Bureau, wouldn't this be a demotion?
Emperor Chongzhen took another look at Nan Juyi's resume in the appendix. He tended to recommend the younger one, Bi Maokang. He was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli. He is now fifty-nine years old and serves as the general envoy of Yingtian Mansion. He is a third-rank official. Senior official, one of the Nine Qings of the Ming Dynasty.
It was the practice of the Ming Dynasty that the appointment of important ministers must be publicly recommended by the nine ministers and governors and governors of other provinces. This was the court recommendation. Major national affairs and important matters that cannot be decided by each ministry alone must be decided by the nine ministers. This is the court meeting. For large-scale prison cases that cannot be decided by the Three Law Divisions, the Jiuqing will hold a meeting to determine the prison. This is called Tingju or Yuanjing. It and the Ming Cabinet constituted the administrative power center and decision-making core of the Ming Dynasty. However, the general affairs envoy of Yingtian Mansion actually has no real power and is equivalent to being a pensioner.
Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then looked at Nan Juyi and said with a smile: "Arms are really the most important weapon of the country. It doesn't matter if you pay too much attention to them. However, the position of director of the Arms Bureau requires you to know a lot. And arms There is no precedent for Bi Maokang being the first to be appointed as the first person to take charge of the bureau's reform. Bi Maokang is already old, is he likely to be qualified?"
"Your Majesty, Ambassador Bi Tong has rich experience, which is far beyond the comparison of ordinary young men. I believe that he is actually the first choice for the director of the Ordnance Bureau!" Nan Juyi insisted.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen stopped talking and nodded: "In that case, how about moving Bi Maokang to be the right minister of the Ministry of Industry of Yingtian Prefecture and the director of the Ordnance Bureau of the capital?"
In this way, the rank of the director of the Ordnance Bureau can remain unchanged. It can also solve the problem of Bi Maokang's excessive grade. After hearing this, Nan Juyi immediately nodded in agreement and had no objection.
Then the matter passed like this. Emperor Chongzhen watched Nan Juyi go to the cabinet and couldn't help but think of the war situation. This War and War Bureau is under the jurisdiction of internal supervision. If it competes with the Ordnance Bureau, it cannot be too weak. When necessary, you have to intervene.
While he was worrying about the war situation, Huang Taiji, who was still in Shenyang, received the eight-hundred-mile emergency report jointly signed by Daishan, Amin and others. When he heard that Lu Xiangsheng was transferred to the governor of Denglai, he also personally led The soldiers ambushed Daijin's grain transport team and annihilated a thousand troops twice. I couldn't help but feel distressed when I saw in the emergency report that 800 Jurchens had died in the battle.
At this moment, he once again felt the inconvenience caused by the absence of Shanxi merchants. If Fan Yongdou and other Shanxi merchants were still there, he would be informed of these personnel changes in the capital of the Ming Dynasty immediately.
When he was still in the capital, Huang Taiji had a taboo against Lu Xiangsheng. He knew that after that battle, as long as Lu Xiangsheng survived, it could be inferred that he would definitely be promoted since he was a civil servant and had made great achievements. But he didn't expect that he would be directly promoted to governor of Denglai.
This is a sharp knife in Dai Jin's back. Always beware of someone stabbing Dai Jin from behind. In the past, I finally got rid of Mao Wenlong, making this knife useless. Unexpectedly, this time, a more powerful operator came.
Huang Taiji once again carefully read the description of the two ambushes of the grain transport team, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought. At this moment, the personal guard came to report that Hanchen Fan Wencheng wanted to see him.
Just when I thought of him, he came! Huang Taiji thought so and asked his guards to bring people in quickly.
"Slave Fan Wencheng, come to greet the Great Khan!" As soon as Fan Wencheng entered the palace, he shook off his horse-hoove sleeves, showed respect on his face, and knelt down to salute skillfully.
Huang Taiji didn't show any concern at all. As usual, he waved his hand and said kindly: "Fan Qingpingsheng!"
After hearing this, Fan Wencheng stood up according to the words, and then said: "Master, I just thought of a plan that can further weaken the Ming Dynasty and strengthen the strength of our country!"
"Oh? Tell me about it?" Upon hearing this, Huang Taiji suppressed his worries and wanted to hear what kind of good methods this military advisor could give, which could further weaken the Ming Kingdom and strengthen the Jin Dynasty!
Just listen to Fan Wencheng talk about it: "My lord, the Ming Dynasty also has constant natural disasters. Fan Yongdou has reported before, indicating that there have been many civilian uprisings in Shaanxi. Among these people, there are disaster victims and border troops. The Ming army annihilated them. If one place arises, another place will arise..."
Huang Taiji nodded. He had heard of this before, but he didn't think much about it. When Fan Wencheng talked about it, he couldn't help but be curious. How could this weaken the Ming Kingdom and strengthen the strength of Dajin?
"My servant asked carefully. Those rebels do not stay in one place. They often move around to avoid the army. And when they move to one place, they loot the place and coerce the local good people to join the thieves. In this way, as long as the thieves pass by , there will be no peace in the area, and the thieves will become more powerful."
When Fan Wencheng said this, he looked at Huang Taiji with a light in his eyes and said: "I think that I, Dajin, should help those bandits so that they are no longer limited to Shaanxi. In this way, all the people in the Ming Dynasty will If tribesmen and thieves run wild, more places will be harmed. The Ming Dynasty will definitely be devastated by this. It will have to increase military expenditures, deploy troops to encircle and suppress, and also rescue the victims. This is an act to weaken the Ming Dynasty!"
Huang Taiji nodded repeatedly after hearing this. This method was good, but...he immediately frowned and said, "But Dajin is too far away from Qin, what can I do?"
I should be able to pay off the debt this afternoon!