Yang Sichang, the Minister of Personnel, invited Zhang Pu, naturally, did not dare to be negligent. He quickly raised his foot to Yang Sichang, but as he walked, he suddenly realized a problem. It seemed that he was sitting in the second place in the left head.

For nothing else, it is because the third one in the left is Wu Jianye.

You can't sit randomly these days. If you don't have a good position, you may offend someone. Even if you don't offend someone, you may leave a bad impression on others and make others think you are too arrogant.

He and Wu Jianye were both Jinshi in Xinwei, but Wu Jianye was the top scholar, and he was only a second-class Jinshi. In terms of fame, he was not a little worse than others. Moreover, Wu Jianye was a Beijing official and a local official, and his status was different. Even if the two were both Shangshu, he should be the leader of Wu Jianye.

After a few short steps, he thought a lot and came to Yang Sichang. He first bowed and said, "Please sit down, the official came late, sorry, sorry."

Upon hearing this, Yang Sichang sat down with a smile and said, "Mr. Zhang was joking. Everyone was the Minister of Shang, so Yang did not dare to call himself a master."

Zhang Pu bowed to Yang Sichang again, then turned to Wu Jianye and bowed: "Mr. Wu, it's been a long time since I saw you, I don't know if the top scholar still remembers it."

Upon hearing this, Wu Jianye quickly stood up and said, "You are polite, Mr. Zhang, the famous one among the same subjects," Lou Dong and Zhang, "Why can't Wu remember? We talked about you when we were drinking with Mr. Zhang Caizhang two days ago. The political achievements Mr. Zhang made in Shanxi are really admirable."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Pu hurriedly said modestly: "Mr. Wu is too famous. Now no one in the world knows the "Beijing News". Especially the articles written by Mr. Wu are rare masterpieces. Zhang always read them intoxicatedly and can't bear to let go."

Wu Jianye couldn't resist this praise anymore. He quickly pulled the topic and said, "Mr. Zhang is over-reputable, hurry up, please sit, please sit."

Zhang Pu shook his head and said, "How dare Zhang take the top scholar to the top scholar, and ask the top scholar to take the top scholar to the top scholar."

Wu Jianye is so embarrassed. Sometimes the title of No. 1 pick really makes him suffer. Not only is it praised by others for no reason, but someone always insists on him. He really wants to say that No. 1 pick is just a title, not a grade, okay!

Just when he didn't know how to deal with it, the eunuch's voice suddenly sounded outside: "The emperor arrived."

Now, there is no need to explain, and it is too late to change seats.

Sure enough, when Zhang Pu heard the emperor coming, he quickly bowed his hand awkwardly, then quickly pulled open the second seat on the left and stood respectfully at the conference table.

At this time, the others also stood up quickly and waited with respectful faces.

Zhu Cijing has been in a very good mood recently. Wars all over the place ended with the victory of the Ming Dynasty. The implementation of the new policy was extremely smooth. In addition, the concubines in the harem have added him a few lovely princes and princesses. So many good things have accumulated together, so that he walks with a full face.

After the king and his ministers met, the problem of liking pranks was recurred. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Everyone, do you know why I brought everyone together?"

Everyone here is indeed very curious. Didn’t they discuss the issue of the establishment of a new yamen? Why did they recruit all the person in charge of the royal business?

The emperor seemed to be trying to tell the reason, and everyone couldn't help but wait and listen carefully.

As a result, Zhu Cijing said as if nothing had happened: "Let's talk about this issue later, let's discuss the issue of the establishment of the new yamen first."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. The emperor seemed to have nothing wrong with what he said, but what everyone wanted to know was why the person in charge of the royal business was also recruited!

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Zhu Cijing couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and then he held back his smile and continued: "The main thing to discuss this time is the establishment of the Ministry of Transport and Communications Department, so why should we discuss the establishment of these two yamen together?"

Now everyone sitting there was no longer stupidly waiting for the emperor to reveal the mystery, but they started to think about it.

However, everyone really couldn't think of what commonalities these two yamen have, or what they have in common.

Fortunately, Zhu Cijing did not suck their appetite this time, but directly explained: "These two yamen are actually closely related to the lives of ordinary people. Now it can be said to be a war era, so whether it is transportation or communication, they are mainly serving the war. However, the war will definitely pass, and transportation and communications must ultimately focus on serving the people. The purpose of my establishment of these two yamen is to better serve the people and let the common people enjoy the benefits of national development."

This is easy to say, but difficult to do. There are many officials in history who are worried about the country and the people or the people, but at most they are just working on the construction of water conservancy and tax reduction and exemption. No one has ever thought about setting up two major yamen like this to serve the people. Of course, ordinary officials do not have this power, so they can't even think of this level.

Zhu Cijing knew that this was indeed a bit ahead of the times, and he didn't expect these people to be able to see through it at all. Seeing everyone's confused expression, he guided directly: "Look at it, how do these two yamen serve the people? Just say whatever you think, and discuss it is to express everyone's ideas and discuss it."

Everyone knows that the emperor doesn’t like the silence. The more you speak, the more he likes it. So, as soon as his words were finished, someone began to express his opinions.

The first speaker was Wu Jianye, the new Minister of Communications Department. He coughed and carefully proposed: "The Tongzheng Department had already opened a business of sending letters to ordinary people, which allowed relatives and friends from two places to understand each other's situation and was highly praised by the people. The Weishi suggested that the telegram be opened to the ordinary people, so that anyone who has something important can immediately notify relatives and friends who are thousands of miles apart."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, "Yeah, Meicun's proposal is very good, and the telegram is time to open to the common people."

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Cai, the Minister of Commerce, coughed again and suggested: "Now there are more and more vendors doing business in Kuazhou Province. Weichen suggested opening some fixed freight routes, just like between Beijing and Dongdaying, there are trains coming and going every day, so it will be much more convenient to do business."

This really makes sense. Zhu Cijing praised: "Well, it's a good idea to receive the first proposal. Opening a fixed freight route is one of the purposes of the establishment of the Ministry of Transport."

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Pu, the new Minister of Transportation, also coughed and said with emotion: "It took less than a day for Weichen to take the special train from the Ministry of Revenue to raise food and grass to the capital from Taiyuan Prefecture. It was very relaxed and there was no fatigue at all on the journey. If it were to be replaced by the past, even if it was riding a carriage for more than a day, the bumps on the way could make people feel sore all over. Therefore, Weichen thought that if a fixed passenger route could be opened in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, it would definitely be a great thing for the people."
Chapter completed!