About two months ago, the list of auxiliary officials of the cabinet drafted by the Ministry of Personnel was handed over a blank paper. For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and asked the chief assistant Xue Guoguan to make an order to spread the world. As long as a person with both moral integrity and talent, or who has minor faults but can make great contributions to the country, he can come to Beijing to report. Once the verification is true, the court will immediately recruit the best without using the previous method of being an official.

Under the influence of this decree, Zhang Guowei, the governor of Yingtian Prefecture, presented 28 volumes of the "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book". The book contains the general water conservancy maps of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and other prefectures, as well as the water types maps of the prefectures and counties. In addition, it also compiles water sources, water names, edicts, edicts, chapters, reports, discussions, prefaces, notes and songs.

This book can be said to have a comprehensive summary of the water conservancy construction in the Jiangnan region over the past dynasties, and also summarized Zhang Guowei's own experience in it. He once presided over the cultivation of Jiuli Shitang, looking at the inner and outer ponds, Changzhou Zhihe Ponds, repairing Songjiang to defend the sea, and urging Zhenjiang and Jiangyin Cao Canals. It can be said that in terms of water conservancy, he has truly achieved the combination of theory and practice, and has rich experience in water conservancy.

Originally, this book "The Complete Book of Wuzhong Water Conservancy" will not be presented until July. However, under the butterfly effect, it is May in advance. After Emperor Chongzhen finished reading it, he carefully read the information about Zhang Guowei and was overjoyed.

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

However, he is a real expert in water conservancy. If you want to fight against natural disasters, the best way is to build water conservancy to reduce the impact of natural disasters. Now, this person has appeared.

It can be said that Zhang Guowei submitted the "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book" this time, which was indeed a good time. Emperor Chongzhen had just confiscated many wealthy households and had money on hand. After the order to seek talent was issued, he was the first to respond, and it was the kind that Emperor Chongzhen liked. Therefore, even if he wanted a thousand gold coins, Emperor Chongzhen would give preferential treatment.

So, an order was issued immediately, and Zhang Guowei was appointed as Minister of Works and Grand Secretary of the Dongge, and entered the cabinet to lead the world's water conservancy, and was awarded the title of "Master of Water Conservancy". In this way, Xue Guoguan finally ended his unique prime minister for a month and finally had a companion.

In terms of qualifications, this is not a special promotion. After all, Zhang Guowei is already a governor and a magistrate. To go to the front, there is no precedent for positions such as the Six Ministers of the Ministry of Justice.

However, in the original history, he did not have the chance to enter the cabinet. The reason was that although he presented the "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book", Emperor Chongzhen had no money! So, in the Southern Ming court, he became the Minister of War. After the Qing army advanced south, he was unstoppable and could not turn the tide. He wrote three chapters of the desperate poem, namely "Blacking the Country", "My Mother", and "Instructing 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. However, the talent he was good at was not able to display. If it were not in troubled times, but in the Taiping period, it might have benefited the people more.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy because he needed experts in water conservancy like Zhang Guowei. At this time, he was in the Little Ice Age. If the water conservancy was properly developed, the impact of the Little Ice on agriculture could be minimized.

What he didn't expect was that sometimes, when luck comes, it can't stop it.

Emperor Chongzhen was happy when an eunuch came to report that the candidate official Chen Zilong presented the agricultural masterpiece "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" by the late Grand Secretary Xu Guangqi.

Hearing this, he was stunned and then recalled. The "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" was famous even in later generations. However, after he traveled over, he was busy with military affairs. In addition, from the original memory of Emperor Chongzhen, he did not have the impression of the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs", so he didn't think much about it. But suddenly he heard that he would be unhappy. So he quickly issued an order to summon Chen Zilong to meet him.

Chen Zilong, a Jinshi in Chongzhen for ten years, was originally the manager of Huizhou Prefecture, Guangdong. However, before he took office, his mother died of illness and returned to her hometown to attend the funeral. During the past two years, she had been sorting out her manuscripts. After hearing Hu Zhengyan's name, she rushed to the capital to ask Hu Zhengyan to publish what he had sorted out. Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived in the capital, she saw the newly issued title announcement by Emperor Chongzhen. Recalling the emperor's previous order to seek talents, she decisively submitted the report in the name of Xu Guangqi.

In Wenhua Hall, Chen Zilong met with him. At this time, he was in his early thirties and was in his prime. The sixty volumes of the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" submitted by the eunuch were placed on the imperial case. Emperor Chongzhen immediately turned it over and found that the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" was divided into twelve chapters, including agricultural books, field system, agriculture, water conservancy, agricultural tools, arboriculture, sericulture, wide variety of sericulture, planting, pastoral care, manufacturing and wasteland. Not only did it summarize and retain the experience of ancient Chinese agricultural technology, but it also absorbed and developed the current new technologies, such as the sweet potatoes that had just been introduced to the Ming Dynasty, and promoted them in detail.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen finally remembered. Xu Guangqi had once appeared on "Sweet Potato Sauce", but many people at that time had objections to this and felt that this kind of thing was useless. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not allow Xu Guangqi to be responsible for the farming, but instead asked him to train troops, and did not pay military salaries. He was useless to do anything until his death.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh that in the original history, the ultimate demise of the Ming Dynasty had a lot to do with the lack of understanding of the people. In such a large country, even if there were eight-legged scholars criticized by later generations, various talents could still emerge. However, these talents would not be properly developed and would be submerged in the long river of history.

Just imagine, if the original Emperor Chongzhen valued Xu Guangqi and asked him to perform well in farming, there would not be so many thieves who took risks in the Ming Dynasty. If Zhang Guowei was asked to devote himself to water conservancy, I don’t know how much the impact of the natural disaster would be reduced!

Fortunately, I have traveled through time by myself, and history can be repeated again.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this and showed an uncontrollable smile on his face. He asked Chen Zilong about the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" with affectionate information, and received more news.

Xu Guangqi was too busy when he was alive. The book "Agricultural Studies" he had been devoted to was not completed, and most of them were just drafts. After hearing this, Chen Zilong got these drafts from Xu Guangqi and Sun Xu Erjue, and reorganized and supplemented them. Finally, the book "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" was published.

In the original history, it was also published in the 12th year of Chongzhen, but this has not changed. What has changed is that the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs" was published on the imperial case of Emperor Chongzhen as soon as it was published.

After listening to the publication of the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs", Emperor Chongzhen smiled and sighed: "If Xu Qing knew that his hard work could be passed down from generation to generation, I believe that his spirit in heaven would be satisfied."

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to agree." Unexpectedly, Chen Zilong said unexpected words, which made Emperor Chongzhen stunned. He looked at him and didn't know why he said that, "Your Majesty, I think that if the master knew that these could benefit the people, they might get what he wanted!"

Speaking of this, he saw the emperor seemingly stunned, and then said seriously: "What teachers and teachers have learned in life are proficient in heaven and man, and they are all practical. As for farming, they are particularly dedicated to it. They think it is the source of cultivation and the foundation of prosperity and strength of the country. It's a pity that they die before they can fulfill their ambitions!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, closed his smile, nodded seriously and said, "Yes, I didn't do it well before. Now, are you willing to uphold Xu Qing's will and work hard for the strength of our Ming Dynasty and the people and the rich?"

This was the original blame for Emperor Chongzhen, but it didn't matter to him, and he would take it as soon as he took it.

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

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

Just as he was thinking, he saw Chen Zilong excitedly and passionately again, with the passion of young people, and he told Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, today's Ming Dynasty, civilized scholars are ancient rather than the present, and scholars pick up the beauty and abandon the truth. They are all empty talk. The world is anxious, and the right and wrong, gain and loss, and they have not put their heart into it. Most of the scholars today have no real knowledge as seen by me. Therefore, I and my friends wrote a book called "The Complete Works of the Emperor Ming Jingshiwen", which is a total of 504 volumes, which are divided into military salaries, horse governments, border defenses, border feelings, fire weapons, tribute markets, foreign ships, famines, farming, desertification control, water conservancy, sea transportation, grain transportation, finance, salt law, criminal law, money law, tax law, service failure, imperial examination, etc., and want to offer it to Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Where is this book? It is presented to me quickly!"

For him, he felt that there were too few talents available. At this time, he heard that there were such a group of scholars who felt that there were too many sour scholars in the Ming Dynasty, and most of them were empty talkers. He sorted out practical books by himself. No matter what, these people were considered a group of ambitions. He was naturally happy when he heard this.

Chen Zilong was naturally prepared for this matter when he brought the book to Emperor Chongzhen. He brought it with his servants outside the Forbidden City. Therefore, this set of "Imperial Ming Jingshi Wenbian" was quickly submitted to the imperial court, and Emperor Chongzhen immediately took a quick look at it.

In fact, this "Huangming Jingshiwen Collection" mainly collects a collection of articles from the Ming Dynasty over the past two hundred years. It was excerpted and edited by editors like Chen Zilong and others who thought it was useful for governing the country at present. Of course, the value of this book is not as valuable as the "Complete Book of Agricultural Affairs". There are many of them. In fact, it is just a general discussion and hearsay, but it is undeniable that this is indeed useful for today's troubled times. If someone engages in research and practices this, there will definitely be results.

After a brief browsing, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile to Chen Zilong with an expectant look on his face: "I admire the aspiring people very much. It seems that all the others are also interested. In this way, I will find them all, and I plan to meet them."

Chen Zilong was looking forward to this sentence. When he heard the emperor's promise, he was very happy and quickly agreed.

In the original history, these friends were also good and bad. Some died to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and some surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and some were more famous in later generations. As for Chen Zilong himself, he also died of rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. Even so, the Qing Dynasty did not let it go, and he picked it up and then scattered it. This shows the hatred of the Qing Dynasty towards him.

Emperor Chongzhen was not aware of these things, but this did not hinder his reward to Chen Zilong. Considering that Chen Zilong himself was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen decided to set up an agricultural department in addition to the Thirteenth Department of the Ministry of Revenue, which was dedicated to the national agricultural production, and the chief official was the sixth-rank official. Chen Zilong was the first member of the Agricultural Department.

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

Emperor Chongzhen then issued another decree, posthumously conferring Xu Guangqi as the Grand Master of the Agricultural Bureau, and was the first title of "Master" of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, if he was alive, he might have only the title of "Master of the Agricultural Bureau".

As soon as this second decree was set, it immediately sent a signal to all parts of the country. That is, the emperor attaches great importance to talents from all walks of life, and as long as he has talents, titles are not a problem. For example, at present, there are already military weapons masters, water conservancy masters, and agricultural masters; this greatly stimulates those skilled craftsmen, scholars, etc.

Emperor Chongzhen had reason to believe that in the near future, more talented talents should come to the front desk to use it for his own use. He hopes that all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty can bloom and contend with a hundred schools of thought, and reproduce the glory of Ming Dynasty's technology.

However, what Emperor Chongzhen did not expect was that before he could turn his mind to the Hetao area, a memorial broke his happy mood.

This memorial was submitted to the imperial court after many twists and turns. In the memorial, he reported that Zhang Xianzhong was polite to kneel on the surface of Gucheng, but in fact he ordered soldiers to treat armor and sticks, and did not release troops, and should not be transferred, and he did not enter the government office, and was arrogant and unruly.

Ruan Zhidian concluded that this thief would rebel. Therefore, he reported to Xiong Wencan, the governor of the six provinces, but was severely scolded by Xiong Wencan. So he directly submitted a report to the court, hoping that the court would take action as soon as possible to suppress Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the time and said that this memorial was delayed for at least a month on the road. From what he said in his memorial, it seemed that Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion was very obvious. This month has passed, what is going on in Gucheng?
Chapter completed!