It’s not that these officials covet this position and want this official position. The position of Minister of Personnel can only be appointed by the emperor, and they can’t even covet it.

If it were the original Emperor Chongzhen, it would be possible. It is not uncommon for the court to draw lots to decide the appointment of senior officials of the Ming Dynasty. Even if an unsatisfied official is a senior official, he will attack unscrupulously, thereby affecting the judgment of Emperor Chongzhen, which is even more common.

However, on this plane, Emperor Chongzhen's prestige was here, and the world was arbitrary. Those seemingly "democratic" court pushes would not have been drawn at all. If they dare to attack senior officials of the Ming Dynasty without evidence, the cold land was waiting to welcome educated officials to enrich their population.

Therefore, the officials below are actually "colorful, but not lustful," and can only discuss in private. At most, they hide in their own homes to draw small circles, hoping that the new Minister of Personnel will meet their "taste". Especially those older officials, those with more conservative thoughts are even more serious, and they look forward to ushering in "liberation".

"You said, who will the emperor choose to be the Minister of Personnel?"

"This is hard to say, the Sacred Heart is hard to predict! But no matter how you choose, no one should care more about science and technology knowledge than Lord Xu, right?"

"Yes, Lord Xu is the first person to promote scientific and technological knowledge in the Ming Dynasty. Others are not as good as others, so I can finally breathe a sigh of relief!"

"You said, will the Minister of Rites be transferred? Lord Sun also agrees with scientific and technological knowledge very much! And it is natural to be transferred from the position of Minister of Rites to be the Minister of Personnel, and there is no major change in the level."

"This is unlikely. The Ministry of Rites is also the most important yamen. The emperor is afraid that Lord Sun will not want Lord Sun to leave the Ministry of Rites!"

"The one who is most dedicated to scientific and technological knowledge should also be Song Yingxing, the doctor of the Qing Technological Department. But he is just a doctor now and is promoted to the Minister of Personnel. This span is too big and impossible. Even if you go to take over the Minister of Rites, there is no possibility of this!"

“…”

The speculation about the position of Minister of Personnel was not only spread among officials, but also among the people in the capital. Or because the people in the capital naturally care about political affairs, or the position of Minister of Personnel is too important and the scientific and technological knowledge has a great influence. Whether the candidates for the Minister of Personnel will insist on promoting scientific and technological knowledge or perfunctorily promote scientific and technological knowledge has a great impact on everyone, this topic finally fermented in the capital. In the end, even the cabinet began to discuss.

Finally, when the chief assistant Wen Tiren met Emperor Chongzhen, he raised this matter: "Your Majesty, Xu Shangshu has not recovered from illness for a long time. The position of Minister of Personnel has been suspended for a long time and has an impact on the affairs of the court."

The Minister of Personnel is also called the Heavenly Official. It is a very important position to be in charge of the assessment and promotion of middle and low-ranking officials. In the cabinet, except for the chief minister and secondary assistant, if other cabinet ministers are possible, they are even willing to not be the auxiliary minister but be the Minister of Personnel. Among the seven ministers, only this Minister of Personnel is so attractive. This shows the importance of the position of Minister of Personnel.

Emperor Chongzhen had factory guards for his eyes and had not paid the chat group. He was actually clear about whether it was the private chats of officials below or the public opinion direction of the people in the capital. Therefore, he nodded and said, "I know that the new Minister of Personnel will be able to take office soon."

Wen Tiren was a little stunned when he heard this, then came to his senses and immediately remembered someone. He immediately asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, is Sun Chuanting, the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces?"

Before that, Emperor Chongzhen had issued an order, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and Zheng Zhilong, the commander of the Southeast Navy, came to Beijing to meet. Wen Tiren always thought that the emperor wanted to commend them for their military achievements in the South China Sea. Because he had heard the whim from the emperor, Zheng Zhilong would also be awarded the title of Earl for his merits this time.

"Well, I am going to appoint Sun Qing as the Minister of Personnel!" Emperor Chongzhen did not hide his chief minister, and immediately admitted.

When Wen Tiren heard this reply, he quickly replied: "Your Majesty, who will take over as the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces?"

The governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces can also be said to be of high power and ranks among the top officials among the border officials. He couldn't figure out who would take over this position for a while?

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled and shook his head and said, "No one took over. The governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces was set up to open the sea. In the past few years, the matter of opening the sea has been on the right track. I feel that there is no need to set up the position of governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces to open the sea. If it weren't for the war in Southeast Asia, I would have transferred Sun Qing back long ago."

Of course, the prerequisite for transferring back is to Sun Chuanting to rescue the Ming people who had been plundered from Nanyang and restore their official positions so that they could avoid being attacked by others. Therefore, there was no movement to transfer Sun Chuanting back before.

Wen Tiren listened to Emperor Chongzhen's reply, thought for a while, and nodded in agreement. The Governor of the Ming Dynasty was actually not a fixed official position, and it was often established and laid off. For example, the Governor of Xuanda was established when the Mongolians made a big fuss, and when the Mongols were in turmoil, they would abolish this official position. From the second year of Jingtai to the demise of the Ming Dynasty, they were laid off eight times.

For Wen Tiren himself, he actually liked Emperor Chongzhen's position as Minister of Personnel. Because he, as the chief minister, was dedicated to supporting the emperor's decision, his butt was on the emperor's side, not on the side of the officials. To be honest, there were officials secretly criticizing him. However, the emperor's power was at its peak and he was a wise king and could not fool him. Otherwise, he would have been attacked by the crowd and he would probably have stepped down.

Sun Chuanting has a reputation in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, which is worse than that of him. Not to mention the stones in the pit, they are smelly and hard. Just by his nickname "cold-faced King of Hell", you can know that once Sun Chuanting takes the position of Minister of Personnel, the officials below will probably be tortured by Sun Chuanting to death. With Sun Chuanting, the dazzling Minister of Personnel, he, as the chief minister, will be much easier.

After asking about this situation clearly, Wen Tiren left with satisfaction. He didn't say anything, and was happy that Sun Chuanting would return to the capital. The moment the news was announced, he could surprise those long-awaited officials.

Compared to this matter, he didn't care about Zheng Zhilong's title of earl, and it was impossible for civil servants to be awarded title. Of course, this matter would definitely stimulate those generals. You should know that since the Ming Dynasty appointed Li Chengliang as Ning Yuan Bo in the seventh year of Wanli, he never awarded titles again.

However, during the Chongzhen Dynasty, several ranks of marquis had been awarded in succession. For example:

Man Gui, who was awarded the title of Zhongyong Bo for his merits in protecting the capital;

Qin Liangyu, who was the best at saving the king and the elimination of the Tonglu and Shanxi merchants, was named Zhongli Bo;

Cao Bianjiao, commander of the new army, destroyed Liaodong Jianlu, and was granted the title of brave Wubo;

Qin Liangyu fought south and north, conquered Dongwu, suppressed many chieftains in the south, and was granted the title of Zhonglie Hou.

This means that as long as Emperor Chongzhen made enough military achievements, he would be willing to reward the title. If Zheng Zhilong was named the Count again, it would definitely be jealous.

As expected, in September of the eighth year of Chongzhen, after Zheng Zhilong arrived at the capital under the order, he was immediately summoned by Emperor Chongzhen, commending his military achievements in command of the navy in Nanyang and was named Nanyang Bo.

As soon as this will was released, many people were surprised, especially among the generals, and they were all talking about it.

"Zheng Zhilong was just a pirate back then. I didn't expect that His Majesty would treat him so well. It was really surprising!"

"Yes, just a navy commander, I didn't expect it to be able to be awarded a title!"

“…”

There are also some people who can figure it out in such discussions.

"You can't say that. Now Nanyang is already the inner sea of ​​the Ming Dynasty. This contribution is indeed great enough. It seems that it is not that surprising to say that the title of title is not so surprising!"

"Yes, look at the few emperors who have been awarded titles today, there is no way to say about their military achievements. The battle to destroy the country is indeed enough to award titles!"

"It depends on the emperor's intention, but it is obvious that the emperor is very generous to the generals who have made enough military achievements, right?"

“…”

After discussing such a result, many generals were unwilling to accept it. For example, Wu Sangui, he thought that his ability was no worse than Cao Bianjiao. Back then, he became the general one earlier than Cao Bianjiao. And Cao Wenzhao was the same. Now he is a subordinate of his nephew, so he is not willing to accept it!

Not only them, but many people, to be precise, as long as they are military generals, they did not think about not wanting to be awarded titles. It’s just a pity that the Ming Dynasty seemed to have no enemies anymore, which left them without the opportunity to achieve military achievements. I have to say that these generals must have regretted it. If they had known this, they would have worked hard at the beginning, and they might have been awarded titles!

Amid the regrets and regrets of the military generals, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly issued another decree, shocking the officials who had no thoughts, that is, those civil officials. The emperor appointed Sun Chuanting as the Minister of Personnel and abolished the position of governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces.

"Have you heard of it? The new Minister of Personnel has come out!"

"Who is the new Heavenly Official? It's better to be easy to talk to, it's better to have something to do, that's great!"

"I think beautifully! The new Minister of Personnel is the cold-faced King of Hell! Do you know the cold-faced King of Hell? Have you heard of it? I still think it's related, haha!"

"What? It's actually the cold-faced King of Hell! It's over, so why not be as good as the old official Xu!"

"Who said no! Oh, I've been looking forward to it these days!"

“…”

Although Sun Chuanting was the governor of the three southern provinces, his reputation as the cold-faced King of Hell has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. What’s more important is that everyone knows that the emperor admires him and protects him, which makes Sun Chuanting even more unscrupulous and does not give anyone any face!

In the past, it would have caused the three southern provinces at most. Now it is better. He became the Minister of Personnel and was in charge of all the middle and low-rank officials of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking of this, almost all the middle and low-rank civil officials were consciously doing things and did not dare to make any mistakes and were controlled by Sun Chuanting.

What was completely different from the mood of these middle- and low-ranking civil servants was that Sun Chuanting was drinking happily in his mansion, and he rarely showed a happy smile on his expressionless face.

Thinking back then, he remembered very clearly that he had not yet taken office, but he had to drink wine with the then governor of Yansui, Hong Chengchou, to discuss heroes.

"In this world, people are mostly people who do big things and cherish their lives, and who forget their lives when they see small profits. Only you and I have real talents and knowledge. The pillars of the country will definitely join the cabinet to assist in the government in the future."

Sun Chuanting still remembers this clearly. Moreover, he was even more energetic and once said to Hong Chengchou: "Sun reasoned that if the emperor transferred Sun to Fujian, there would be a big deal. Heng Jiu was in Yansui and wanted to plan the grassland. You and I should work hard together to see who will make contributions as soon as possible and who will advance to the cabinet first, how about?"

The scenes back then are so vivid!

When Sun Chuanting recalled that year, he couldn't help but feel very moved. Over the past few years, he has been working hard and met the Emperor Shengming. Now he has become the Minister of Personnel of the Ming Dynasty. Hong Chengchou is still serving as the governor of naturalization, and Lu Xiangsheng, who has made great achievements in military affairs, is still just the governor. As for his current official position, he is obviously one step ahead of them!

Over the years, my efforts have not been in vain! Sun Chuanting thought in his heart, and drank the wine in the glass in one go. Then he turned his cup upside down and looked at the bright moon from afar. He made up his mind: "We are the three of us to see who will be the chief assistant first!"

A few days later, Emperor Chongzhen held an imperial meeting in Wenhua Hall, where the Chief Lishui Superintendent, the cabinet and the seven ministers attended the meeting.

After the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen said to his ministers: "I believe you have already seen the train's capacity this month?"

The trains from the capital to Tongzhou are divided into freight and passenger transport. Sometimes, the carriages of freight and passenger transport are all pulled together. During this month, as long as you have eyes, you can see that the train's capacity is many times higher than those of horse-drawn carriages or something.

Therefore, when he heard Emperor Chongzhen’s question, the chief assistant Wen Tiren first came out and said, “I have opened my eyes. This train is indeed a magical tool for transportation!”

"Your Majesty's invention is unprecedented in benefiting the country and the people." Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, also immediately made a speech, "I congratulate you for your Majesty and for the Ming Dynasty!"

The benefits of trains have been recognized. Emperor Chongzhen nodded with a smile, and then continued, "In this way, I decided to extend the railway from the capital to Tongzhou and build it all the way to Liaodong. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, Liaodong is a cold place!" Wen Tiren was stunned when he heard this, and then quickly reminded: "It is better to build a railway to the south than to build this section of the road..."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he waved his hand with a smile, stopping Wen Tiren from continuing, and then said himself: "Wen Qing, don't underestimate Liaodong. It is not only a cold place, but also a treasure pot!"

"..." These officials in Wenhua Palace couldn't help but be speechless when they heard this.

In the cold and cold place in Liaodong where birds do not shit, can it still be a treasure pot? If this is true, the land of the enemy will not be "poor" until the country is destroyed.

Although they would not reveal what they thought, Emperor Chongzhen could guess their thoughts without thinking about it, and he didn't care.
Chapter completed!