In the next two days, the Minister of Military Aircraft, the British Gong Chang Weixian, together with Wu Weiying, the envoy of the Imperial Court, and the eunuch Chu Xianzhang, the eunuch of the Celebrant Bingbi, met with Kim Sang-young, the envoy of the Korean state, Li Tinggui, the judge of Licao, and Yin Xuan, the secretary of the Anping Prison, on the one hand, to listen to the pleadings and pleas of the Korean lord Li Cong, and on the other hand, to convey the will and arrangements of the Ming Emperor for the land east of the Yalu River and west of the Datong River. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past two days, Emperor Chongzhen also summoned Nan Juyi, the new governor of Zhili, who came from Tongzhou, and Bi Maoliang, the new governor of Hubu Cangchang.

Nan Juyi, is a native of Weinan, Shaanxi, and is also a typical official eunuch family in the late Ming Dynasty, his ancestors and fathers were all born in Jinshi, and in his generation, several brothers were also born in Jinshi, such as Nanjuye and Nanjuren, all of whom were Jinshi in the Wanli period.

This person not only made great achievements in the post of governor of Fujian, but also found that he was very virtuous and ethical.

When Chongzhen was sixteen years old, Nan Juyi, who had been exempted from official duties and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion, heard that Li Zicheng had broken the Tong Pass and was about to occupy Xi'an, and was about to enter Weinan, so he said that the Nan brothers who lived in seclusion in the township together scattered their family wealth, recruited thousands of soldiers, and confronted Li Zicheng's army, but in the end they were defeated and captured.

Although Li Zicheng is a member of the party, he does not attach importance to the merits of scholars and humanities, but after all, he is in Shaanxi, and he has admired the names of the Nan brothers for a long time.

Therefore, after he occupied Xi'an, he wanted to recruit the Nan brothers for his own use, so he sent his henchmen to persuade him to surrender, but Nan Juyi and others were unmoved, some were killed on the spot, and some were taken away and imprisoned, and Nan Juyi himself died of hunger strike in prison after being imprisoned by Li Zicheng for several months.

In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng occupied Xi'an, and then called the emperor, people like Nan Juyi should actually be able to see that the Ming Dynasty at this time has gone, but he did not rush to surrender Li Zicheng, who was in the middle of the sky at that time, as many other ministers did, but chose to die.

It's a pity that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many such ministers who did not get the consistent trust of Emperor Chongzhen during their lifetimes, and finally died in obscurity for the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen in this life will naturally not be like this, after Nanjuyi recovered, he was appointed to such a key position as the governor of Hubu Kuraba, and the result did not live up to his expectations.

From the thawing of the canal in February to the freezing of the canal in December, for more than nine months, there was no idle time in the Hubu warehouse, and the grain sent along the canal from Nanzhi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Huguang and other southern provinces was continuously filled with hundreds of granaries on both sides of the canal inside and outside the city of Tongzhou.

And the 2 million population of the Ming Jingshi, as well as the true colors of the civil and military officials of the imperial court, the Lu rice of the soldiers of Jingying and Xuanda Jiliao, etc., must be supplied from here, it can be said that the position and responsibility of the governor of the household department and warehouse are not much easier than the governor of Zhili, and they can do these things clearly, and there is no problem at all, and they are definitely not ordinary people.

Nan Juyi, who is 50 years old this year, is such a talent.

On the second day after the decree was issued to the Yamen, the governor of the Kuraba of Tongzhou, Nan Juyi went to Beijing to see His Majesty.

Although this time, the emperor did not give him the position of entering the court and the cabinet that he had always hoped for, or the position of Minister of Military Aircraft, but being able to appoint him to the position of the governor of Zhili, he once again clearly felt the special trust that the emperor had in him.

Nan Juyi, who was fifty years old but had gray temples, had great respect for the emperor, and when he arrived at the door of the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, he just crossed the high threshold, and knelt on the ground in his robe, and performed the great gift of three kneels and nine bows, so that several cabinet ministers and ministers of military aircraft who accompanied him to meet were not sitting or kneeling.

Emperor Chongzhen asked him to be exempted, but he didn't do it, so he could only let him go. But by doing so, Emperor Chongzhen did respect him a little more in his heart.

For the traditional Confucian kind of scholars who take the world as their own responsibility, that is, the real style of ancient gentlemen, this Chongzhen Emperor still appreciates and admires it very much.

After Emperor Chongzhen gave him the throne, he first spoke highly of his actions and contributions to the post of governor of Hubu Kuraba, and then told him about the powers and responsibilities of the governor of Zhili, in addition to the military affairs of the three border towns of Xuanfu, Jizhou, and Shanhai, including civil affairs such as recruiting people and reclaiming people and reconciling displaced people in more than a dozen prefectures in the entire northern Zhili, not to mention the important task of ensuring the stability of the Gyeonggi Quartet.

The emperor also asked Sun Chengzong to hand over all the affairs he wanted to do but did not finish when he took office as the governor of Zhili to Nanjuyi in front of him.

And Nan Juyi also showed Emperor Chongzhen, the cabinet, and the military aircraft department that he was obedient and did not easily change the rules established by Sun Chengzong, and Emperor Chongzhen also appreciated this.

If he has any worries about Nan Juyi as the governor of Zhili, it is that he is worried that he will do something else after he takes office.

This problem was very common in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and many things were messed up because of this. And the original Chongzhen Emperor in history did not pay attention to this problem, often a minister was replaced because of someone's words or a whim of his own within a few days of becoming a governor or Shangshu.

Therefore, many government and military affairs do not have long-term plans, and even officials do not have a clear base on how long they can work after taking office, so they dare not make too long-term plans.

In the 17 years of Chongzhen alone, the cabinet chief assistant has changed more than 50 people, and the secretary of the military department has been changed constantly, and as a result, good policies have not been continuously and forcefully implemented, there is no continuity in government affairs, and many things are people who go to tea and give up halfway.

It can be said that the historical Chongzhen Emperor with his impatient and aggressive personality perfectly interprets what it means to be quick but not reachable.

Therefore, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of history, this is what Emperor Chongzhen is most worried about.

It wasn't until Nan Juyi told about his future governance ideas in the governor of Zhili that Emperor Chongzhen finally turned this chapter with confidence.

However, the next question of the emperor made Nan Juyi a little unexpected, and he was also a little uncertain.

After listening to Nan Juyi's governance ideas, Emperor Chongzhen said: "What Nan Aiqing said is exactly what I wanted. But I have another question.

"During his tenure as governor of Fujian, he reorganized his coastal defense armaments, fought against the Dutch Hongmaoyi at sea with naval ships, and captured its leader. I looked through the old documents of the imperial court and was quite excited about this.

"I don't know what Qing knows about the Hongmaoyi people outside the southeast sea of the Ming Dynasty? And how do you think about it? ”

The emperor's questioning also made the cabinet chief assistant Li Guowei, cabinet minister Xu Guangqi, and the ministers of military aircraft Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua a little surprised, because this was a topic other than the arrangement of His Majesty's meeting.

As for these questions asked by the emperor, of course Nan Juyi had considered them before, but it had been several years since he stepped down as governor of Fujian, and now his attention was no longer on coastal defense affairs.

Because of the fact that the Hongmaoyi of the Taixi countries came to the east to carry out colonial trade and repeatedly violated the Ming Maritime Frontier, he wrote many times during his tenure as governor of Fujian to appeal to the imperial court to pay attention, but often there was no news of the stone sinking into the sea, not only the emperor did not think so, but even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not take the Taixi Hongmaoyi who crossed the sea to trade in their eyes.

Later, he reorganized his army and fought a war, and after defeating the Dutch in the Penghu Sea, the Dutch turned to Dongfan Island to set up some trade with Japan, which made the civil and military ministers above the court relax their vigilance against the Hongmaoyi people.

Now that the emperor suddenly asked, Nanju Yi saw that all the important ministers present had nothing to say, so he thought for a while, and then replied: "Your Majesty, the ministers have no detailed understanding of Taixi Zhuyi. During the governor of Fujian, the Dutch Yi wanted to try my Penghu and Xiamen, and the minister had a sincere discussion with the maritime merchants of Fujian and Guangxi in order to understand its origin, only to know that the Dutch Yi and the Francoji Yi had come to the east in a big way decades ago, and now most of the foreign states outside the south of the Ming Dynasty, such as Luzon, Java, Manlajia and other places, have been occupied by the Hongmaoyi people.

"And there are many Hongmaoyi ships on my Daming Sea Frontier, its hull is large and sharp, more than three masts and soft sails, riding the wind, fast as a galloping horse, this Fujian-Guangzhou maritime merchant so-called Manila galleon, or sail Galen ship.

"In the eyes of the ministers, the red-haired Yi, the overseas mongrel, the blue-eyed, red-haired and white-skinned, has not been able to pass through Middle-earth since ancient times. It came from the land of Taixi across the sea, although it is said that trade is profitable, but its heart is unknown. If Your Majesty wishes to open up, you need to be cautious. ”

Speaking of this, Nan Juyi looked up at the emperor looking at him intently, hurriedly lowered his head, pondered for a while, and continued: "The minister has a word, he has been thinking about it for many years, and he is a saint today, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”

After listening to what Nan Juyi said just now, Emperor Chongzhen already had a different understanding of him.