After Huang Liji and Guo Yunhou walked out of the apse, Guo Yunhou suddenly stopped and whispered to Huang Liji: "My brother Fan, is it really good that we are on His Majesty's side like this?" The matter in Henan has been in an uproar, and the Donglin Party seems to be a little ready to move now. ”

Huang Liji also stopped, glanced back at him and said, "Who do you think the army entered the city the day before yesterday and the parade of the people in the capital was for?" His Majesty has already shown in front of the people of the capital the power he now has.

With the philistines of the Donglin Party who can only take advantage of their tongues, can they really make any big waves? What's more, if we don't stand on His Majesty's side now, do we still have to stand on the side of the Donglin Party?

We should be glad that now His Majesty has chosen us to weed out the gentry who should be abandoned, and not the other way around. ”

After Huang Liji finished speaking, he continued to walk forward. Guo Yunhou stayed in place for a while before following.

After nearly an hour of delay, today's regular cabinet meeting has finally convened. After discussing several routine matters, Zhu Youzhen suddenly inserted a temporary topic.

"In the past year, the city hall we have established in the capital has been in charge of public security, commerce, infrastructure, sanitation and other work in the capital. The work of the city hall has always been fruitful, so the appearance of the capital has also changed greatly in the past year.

However, in the practice of the past year, we have also found that the work of the Beijing City Hall has considerable overlap with the responsibilities of Shuntianfu, Wanping, and Daxing counties. If it continues, it is clear that there will be many conflicts between the two sides.

The purpose of the imperial court to set up the city hall of the capital was to solve problems, not to create new troubles. Therefore, I think the cabinet might as well discuss today whether the two counties within the city walls of the capital city should be merged with the capital city hall in order to solve the current chaos of many sects. ”

The eight ministers of the cabinet have mixed opinions on Bi Ziyan's letter, and these ministers are ignorant of the new gadget of maintaining the urban construction and development plan of the city hall, but the city hall has played a great role in promoting the development and construction of the capital in the past year.

Compared with the old county government in the past, except for judging cases and collecting taxes, all other policies to promote urban development were based on the consciousness of the current county officials, the city hall, which has been entrusted with the responsibility of urban construction and standardized development, is obviously more active in doing things, and the completed urban development plan has a special agency to implement it, and no one will be left because the official who formulated the plan has left office.

For those of them who live in the capital, they are clearly one of the beneficiaries of the urban development plan promoted by the city hall. After all, no one likes the old capital city with muddy feet on rainy days and dusty faces on sunny days.

However, although they recognized the work of the Beijing City Hall in the past year, they were not all willing to approve of Bi Ziyan's letter, which integrated the city hall with the parts of Wanping and Daxing counties within the city walls.

When the city hall was first established, it was mainly to arrange for the retired soldiers of the Beijing camp and Jinyiwei, and to transfer the funds for these personnel from the military supply to the local supply.

As a pilot body, the city hall was not handed over to the Suncheon Province, but was jointly managed by the Cabinet and the Cabinet of the Interior Government. After all, everyone thought that when these retired soldiers were settled, this town hall should be abolished.

However, in the past year, the city hall has not only greatly changed the appearance of the capital, but also the work of the city hall management has changed from the previous chicken ribs to fat differences. The construction of a railway around the city alone involves millions of dollars. How could the subordinate officials below the cabinet be willing to let go so easily.

As Bi Ziyan, who is the governor of Shuntianfu, of course, the letter he proposed should be considered for his subordinates. Therefore, the meaning of the above book is that in the merger, the two counties of Wanping and Daxing should be the mainstay, and the city hall should be completely turned into a subordinate of Suncheonfu, and from then on, it should be separated from the cabinet and the inner government.

Several cabinet ministers headed by Zhang Ruitu naturally actively opposed it, while one or two cabinet ministers including Qian Qianyi expressed their approval of Bi Ziyan's letter. Soon there was no statement in the conference room, and only the emperor, Huang Liji and Xu Guangqi remained.

Huang Liji looked at Chongzhen, who was sitting at the head of the long table, and then said unhurriedly: "The main content of Bifu Yin's book is supported by the minister. After all, it is not once or twice that the city hall has clashed with the governance of one government and two counties in the capital. Therefore, the minister thought that the merger of the city hall with Wanping and Daxing counties was imperative.

But merging this kind of thing is not about who has the most power and who should be the main one. The imperial court should also consider who will lead the merger, which is more in line with the current development needs of the capital. Let Wanping and Daxing take the lead in merging the city hall, so can Suncheonfu and the two counties ensure that the previous work and plans of the city hall will not be affected?

If after the merger, it is not as good as the situation before the merger, then I think it is better not to merge..."

Huang Liji tended not to support the merger, which made Zhang Ruitu and others very happy. Zhu Youzhen looked at the cabinet ministers waiting for him to make a decision, and couldn't help but smile and said: "I also think that what Mr. Huang said is good, this merger is indeed imperative.

Since everyone believes that Wanping and Daxing counties lead the merger of the city hall, it may not be conducive to the future urban construction and development of the capital. Then let's change it and simply let the city hall merge the two prefectures within the capital.

I have always felt that the population of the capital is equivalent to the population of two or three local prefectures, but it is forced to combine one prefecture and two counties, which is really a bit unmanageable.

The biggest advantage of the city hall is that the lower situation is sent up, and the upper order is down. If we cut the city hall in half and stuff it into the old county government six rooms, it will only add a few idlers, and it will not do us any good.

And after the city hall is divided into two halves, how can a systematic and complete plan be made for the entire capital? I thought it was a regression in administrative efficiency.

I believe that if we want to be unified, we should install the personnel of Shuntianfu, Wanping, and Daxing counties into the city hall, carry out a comprehensive rectification of the old yamen six-room and staff system, and establish a new administrative body that conforms to the city's management. ”

The emperor's words suddenly silenced several cabinet ministers. After a long time, Zhang Ruitu said cautiously: "If it is changed according to His Majesty's requirements, then the city hall will have to manage the entire capital, will it make the personnel too cystic?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said without thinking: "Then set up districts under the city hall, set up four urban districts in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and no longer set up the old county office." The county governors of Shuntianfu, Wanping, and Daxing counties all withdrew from the city wall, and the city city was renamed Beijing City within the city wall.

The highest governor of the city hall is called the mayor, who is half a level lower than the governor of the Shuncheon Prefecture and is a subordinate unit of the Shuncheon Prefecture. Well, let's let that Liu Chongqing be the mayor. ”

Although Chongzhen's proposal was not well understood, several cabinet ministers determined that the cabinet still had direct authority over the newly established city of Beijing, and would no longer continue to dwell on this issue with the emperor. Of course, they all ignored it intentionally or unintentionally, and Shuntianfu lost a lot of rights and interests in this restructuring.

At the same time, in the farewell pavilion outside Chaoyang Gate, members of the Yantai Ten Sons Alliance were seeing Zhang Pu off. Zhang Pu looked at the few scholars in front of him who came to see him off, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, after all, the capital is not his hometown, and he has never been able to act like a fish in water.

Seeing Zhang Pu's silent appearance, Mi Shou, who came to see them off, couldn't help but persuade him understandingly: "Gong Yu, they are probably still on the way, Brother Qiandu might as well wait, say goodbye to them and leave later." ”

Li Wen, who was on the side, said in a weird manner: "Gong Yu is now a benevolent person praised by His Majesty himself, and he has been in the limelight among the scholars in the capital. I slammed the door with him, and it turned out to be his reputation alone.

If that's the case, that's it, yesterday he actually accused Brother Ximing at the banquet of returning to his hometown now, and he was suspected of escaping. It's really a turn of face and doesn't recognize people. ”

"That's enough, what you said. I am equal to the alliance between Yantai and Taiwan, and I vowed to support the government and sweep away the evil spirits. It's not that good now, isn't it too much for you to talk about friends in the company behind your back? Wang Chongjian immediately refuted Li Wen with dissatisfaction.

Seeing that Wang Jingzhai, who had been praised by Zhang Nai, the former director of the Guozijian Division, and Zuo Guangdou, who had been a scholar, spoke for Xia Yunyi, Li Wen could only keep silent. After all, the reputation of the other party is much stronger than him, and he is a Wanping person, and he has always been quite famous in the capital.

Zhang Pu looked up at the sky, and couldn't help but smile and said to everyone: "It's not too early at this hour, if you want to rush to Tongzhou today, I should also go on the road."

Whether the father comes or not, I can feel his heart, and there is no need to wait for him to come and see me off. When I returned to my hometown this time, I didn't mean to escape. It's just that the weather in the capital has changed greatly in the past year, and the study of the saints has shown signs of decay.

Instead of doing nothing in the capital, I thought it would be better to go back to my hometown and invite fellow believers. First, it can drill and develop technology; Second, you can look for opportunities to revive your studies.

Today, the princes of the court are like the statues of the gods of the wood-plastic clay tires in the temple, blindly submissive to His Majesty, and have no idea of revitalizing the court and maintaining the famous religion. If I continue to stay in the capital, it won't be interesting anymore..."

Zhang Puyang said a lot of things, vaguely pointing the finger at the emperor and the ruling power, which immediately made the rest of the scholars dare not answer again.

After Zhang Pu looked at the expressions of these friends, he hugged his fists and said goodbye one by one with a smile. When he boarded the carriage and left, Xia Yunyi hurried here with a few scholars.

When Li Wen and a few others saw Xia Yunyi's arrival, they didn't come forward to talk, so they got into their own carriage and left.

Only Wang Chongjian and Mi Shoudu stepped forward to talk with Xia Yunyi for a while, and relayed Zhang Pu's words when he left.

Not to mention the chagrin of Xia Yunyi and the others, Zhang Pu, who got into the carriage and left, actually didn't look as frank as he was in front of people just now.

Because the book not only did not win Chongzhen's favor, but also aroused Qian Qianyi's dislike for them during the conflict, Zhang Pu had to make a cut with the Yantai Ten Sons Alliance as soon as possible and return to his hometown to study, in order to show that he was not the leader of the Yantai Ten Sons Alliance.

He hoped that by this act, the emperor would forget his previous offense, so that he would not have any bad impression of him. After all, he studied the art of making in order to be an official, not really to be a scholar.