Chapter XII: Council of State
The gentleman's ze, the fifth and beheaded. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Gong Jia died twenty years ago, and there are few famous figures in the world, but when it comes to the Qing noble family, there is still a public No. 1. And now the one who came back this time is also Gongdian, the third son of Gong Nai.
Not only that, in addition to Gongdian, Song Jicheng also met the famous first family in China: the head of the Qufu Kong family, and the current Yansheng Gong Kong Yinzhi.
The glory of the Holy Father, needless to mention. However, whether it is Song Jicheng, Gongdian, or the heads of the families in the Shandong Hall, they don't buy the Kong family. Except for greeting him coldly, he quietly walked a few steps away from Kong Yinzhi without a trace, as if he had seen a plague god.
At this time, Wang Xingzhi attracted a few more people in the hall. These people came in, which made the atmosphere in the hall quite strange. Because, this combination is obviously a bit awkward.
The leader was a man with a thin body and a faint smell of sea. Beside him, there was also a man with a fat figure who smiled before speaking, and a man who was wearing a slightly larger Zhuzi deep coat but had a rough tiger's mouth.
The atmosphere in the room was a little strange, but I still recognized a few people.
This is a shareholder of the expedition company from Shandong, Zhao Zhiyu, a native of Dengzhou, who has been back and forth in Dongying for more than ten years. This is the head of the Linqing Hong's firm. This is the owner of Jining Park's Garment Workshop. Wang Xingzhi introduced them one by one.
Song Jicheng looked at this scene, and the rumors in his heart were indeed true. It is rumored that this time the State Council not only had representatives of major families, but also representatives of all walks of life. Now, sure enough.
However, for this point, Song Jicheng is still quite mentally prepared. For example, he understood why he was able to board the ticket to Beijing this time.
This time, His Majesty personally sent chariots, horses, and ships to invite all participants to Beijing.
This is the emperor's majesty's move to repay the favor. The reason is that when the Shuntian Mansion implemented the integrated payment of grain by the gentry before, Zhu Cihong sent a signal: whoever pays the most imperial grain and national taxes will be qualified to communicate with His Majesty the Emperor.
This signal was transmitted, and it immediately caused a muffled thunder in the deep sea. It shook countless people, but it was not alarmed on the sea level.
Until now, this is transmitted to the stormy waves on the sea.
Zhu Cihong's meaning is very clear.
Only by paying taxes can you gain the right to participate in politics.
At present, the qualification to participate in the State Council is obviously the fulfillment of Zhu Cihong's original promise this time.
Today's Ming Dynasty is changing. In the former Ming Dynasty, Tian Fu was the most important financial aid. But now it is clear that industrial and commercial tariffs have begun to occupy an increasingly heavy proportion of the imperial court's tax revenue. The three people in front of him, a big businessman, a sea lord, and a big workshop owner, are all the new pillars of the court's tax revenue. Since His Majesty the Emperor has given the family the qualifications to discuss politics, how can he forget to encircle these emerging forces?
You must know that what these people usually lack the most is a sense of security, and as soon as Your Majesty is wooed at this moment, how can you not be grateful to Dade, and immediately become Your Majesty's most resolute basic plate.
What's more, His Majesty the Emperor may be the biggest businessman, the master of the big workshop, and the veritable ...... Lord of the Sea!
Originally, after three newcomers with different temperaments came to the Shandong Hall, where all the noble families gathered, the atmosphere in the room was slightly weird. However, they soon lost their minds. Soon, dozens of people came in a steady stream of people in the Shandong hall.
These are obviously not representatives of a wealthy family. Among them, there are famous scholars in the world, workers with honest temperament and strong figures, and craftsmen who look a little more bookish, do not smile, and wear dresses in the craftsman's courtyard. Of course, in addition to these people who Song Jicheng is not familiar with, there are also a few familiar people who have entered the State Hall. It's just that Song Jicheng can see clearly that those people are not the same as their families, they are sent in according to geography. They entered the State Council Hall together, and then they entered according to the nationality of each province.
Among the few people who came, Song Jicheng didn't know much, only three people.
One is Zhang Erqi, a great Confucian from Jiyang, and two people are a Buddha, obviously both of whom are figures in the religious circles.
Zhang Erqi and Song Jicheng have dealt with each other, a great monk and a great scholar Song Jicheng have only met each other, and there is no deep friendship. The great monk is Hui Yizhixu, and the Taoist priest is Zhu Qi, a member of the Bada Mountain.
Zhu Qi and Yu Yizhixu both went to other halls, only Zhang Erqi looked at the door number and entered the Shandong Hall.
Not long after, after a few people from Song Jicheng came, Wang Xingzhi, the eunuch who had sent Song Jicheng inside, walked in.
Wang Xingzhi didn't come alone this time, there was a man with stubble in front of him and capable of action.
This man seems to be the official in charge of the Shandong Department, and when he entered the hall at this moment, he first saluted, and then did not drag the mud and water, and said: "In Xia Han Chengwu, he is the person in charge of the Shandong Hall of the Preparatory Committee for the State Council." Gentlemen, just take my name Han Chengwu. His Majesty's announcement of the convening of this meeting is short, and the arrangements are extremely tight. We don't have much time, so let's not talk nonsense, but I think you understand what our State Council is and how many big things it can do. Of course, there are many people, and it is impossible to let thousands of people go to the book together, and Your Majesty will definitely not be busy. Therefore, in a short time, it will be officially announced that the nomination of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire for the nomination of the State Advisory Council has officially begun. Please check this note and grasp the precious nomination right in your hands! ”
After that, Han Chengwu began to work and distributed the precautions manual with Wang Xingzhi.
While posting, I have to deal with the questions of the people in the Shandong Hall.
At this moment, in the entire State Hall, the elites who came from all over the country were almost like this. After the training presided over by His Majesty the Emperor himself, this state council was vigorously launched.
Song Jicheng also sat in rows and got his own precautions manual in order.
This is obviously the instruction manual of this state affairs meeting.
"Your Majesty does things, but it is thoughtful and ......" On the side, Song Lian couldn't help but sigh after watching the thousands of people in the State Hall busy with each other. People who have never done anything will never know how much trouble, how much mess, and how many preparatory plans will be waiting for accidents when they actually do it.
What more so is it a high-level meeting of tens of thousands of people?
If it weren't for the fact that His Majesty the Emperor had been in the army for a long time and that there were many talented people under his command, I am afraid that such a high-level and complicated state council would not have been able to be organized.