Huang Jingfang's heart moved when he heard this, the emperor is going to make a big move, a good thing! He can gather the courtiers to hinder this matter, as long as the Son of Heaven does not make concessions on the matter of tax collection, he will not be able to let this Ministry of Commerce be built smoothly.

He glanced at several "anti-tax faction" leaders, cleared his throat, and was about to stand up against it, but saw the Son of Heaven pointing at him, "I'll talk about it later." ”

Then Zhu Linmiao turned to look at the courtiers, "In addition to the Ministry of Commerce, there is another important national policy.

"The land of Huguang has been in turmoil for a long time, and it is in urgent need of someone to manage it diligently. However, Huguang occupies an extremely wide area, and the political envoy is in Wuchang Mansion, which is thousands of miles away from the southwest of Chu, which is not conducive to the smooth access of government decrees.

"After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to divide the Huguang Xuancheng Political Envoy into two parts.

"It is bounded by Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River. To the north, Wuchang was the place of governance and renamed Hubei. South, with Changsha as the governing place, renamed Hunan.

Since then, the two political envoys have each signed in one place, and the government is governed nearby, and it is convenient to upload and issue government decrees. It is easier to recuperate in the original lake and recuperate as soon as possible. ”

As a province, Huguang is indeed too large in area. Even though it is divided into Hunan and Hubei, each is not smaller than Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces.

After the split, there is one less behemoth in the Central Plains, and it is more able to avoid the appearance of a governor like He Tengjiao.

It just so happens that Huguang has just been returned to the imperial court, and now it is being split, and the local resistance is also the least.

Zhu Linmiao didn't wait for the courtiers to react, and said to Yang Tinglin: "This Ministry of Commerce and the Hunan Political Envoy Division that has been separated need a large number of subordinates, and the Ministry of Officials will sort out and report the new official positions to me. ”

Yang Tinglin was still in the clouds, and said busily: "Ministers, ministers obey orders." ”

Zhu Linmiao deliberately raised his voice and said: "Elder Yang Ge, the Ministry of Commerce and Hunan combined, when two or three hundred officials are needed, right?" ”

Yang Tinglin finally reacted, the emperor is going to draw a big cake and put it in front of the courtiers!

He could see from the attitude of Fang Cai Huang Jingfang and others that these people were ready to attack themselves as the leaders of the "Grain Acceptance Faction".

After Hou Maoyi and An Yu were sent to remote mountainous areas, he is now firmly tied to the emperor's tax-collecting cart, and if he can't get through this hurdle, I'm afraid his political career will end here.

He immediately "climbed down the pole" and said: "Back to the emperor, the ministers are roughly calculated, and the two places add up, at least more than three hundred officials, or even four hundred." ”

Although the Ministry of Commerce does not need too many people, Hunan has newly established a province with an area of more than 7 million yuan, and how can it be managed without more than 200 officials from top to bottom?

As soon as Yang Tinglin's voice fell, the court immediately turned their heads and ears.

In the moment just now, there were more than 300 and nearly 400 real shortages of grades! You must know that most of them are the official positions of the Ministry of Commerce and the Xuancheng Political Envoy, and the rank is not low!

Not to mention that those courtiers who were originally determined to climb up were greatly moved, even the older people who could no longer climb had to think about their children and nephews. The most unfortunate also wanted to seek a future for their protégés and former officials, so as to improve their power in the DPRK and China.

In short, in front of the Wenhua Palace, almost everyone's hearts became extremely hot, thinking about how to get an extra share of the gluttonous feast of hundreds of official positions.

Huang Jingfang prepared for a whole day to make a move at today's court meeting, but was stunned to find that "the building was taken crookedly"......

He anxiously glanced at his allies of the "anti-tax faction", but most of them were discussing in whispers or contemplating thoughts, and they didn't have time to deal with him.

He was so angry that he stomped his feet, but when he saw the Son of Heaven waving his sleeves away, Ma Wensheng then shouted in a long voice: "Retreat from the dynasty-"

He hurriedly went to find a few courtiers who were secretly discussing with him that day, "Lord Zhang, something happened suddenly today, let's do it another day......"

The man was thinking about how to make a gap for his third child, and said: "Ah, Lord Huang, the lower officials still have urgent matters, so I will leave first." ”

"Well, Lord Kim, look...... Eh, how did you go? Haida-sama......"

Huang Jingfang turned around, but no one stopped him, so he had to go home in disgrace.

And after the courtiers left the Forbidden City, most of them got together in twos and threes, and the topic was naturally how to distribute the three or four hundred real shortages.

"The relationship between this ministry must go!"

"Master Hu, you are familiar with Lord Song of the Ministry of Langzhong, but you want to help the brothers!"

"Well said, well said."

"It's just that it is estimated that the door of the Ministry of Commerce is about to be broken down now, should we go to find Huang Butang of the Ministry of Commerce?"

Another humanitarian: "A few brothers, have you forgotten Qian Chengzhi, Tang Xian and others, didn't they just make up for Huguang's shortcomings?" ”

As soon as he said this, the eyes of several people at the banquet lit up, right! How did these dozens of people get to Huguang? The above table is a voluntary payment!

I pay more than 100 taels a year, and the top of the family is only four or five hundred taels. In comparison, paying taxes on the table, pleasing the emperor, and fighting for a real shortage, is not too cost-effective!

There are thousands of members in the court, but there are only three or four hundred shortages, so you have to do it quickly!

Everyone was in general mind, and wherever they were interested in drinking at the moment, they all threw away their chopsticks and hurried home to play a sparse performance.

Before the time of the day arrived, there were already several stacks of chest-high pieces on the desk of Wenyuan Pavilion. The dozen or so cabinet officials in charge of sorting were so busy that they stopped reading the contents in detail, but took three jars, glanced at the chapters, shouted "Please pay for food," and threw them into the jars.

That night, Yang Tinglin was summoned to the palace by the emperor, but he didn't bring the three cylinders, but only copied a roster and put it on his body.

The names in that thick booklet covered almost all the officials in Nanjing who were qualified to be on the list.