My father is Jiajing

Chapter 459 Just support

After talking with Hai Rui, Zhu Zaigui let him go back. Then, after a few days, the court finally made a new appointment for Hai Rui.

At the same time, Emperor Jiajing also agreed to Zhu Zaigui's request to establish the Shuntian Governor, and appointed Zhang Juzheng as the new Shuntian Governor and concurrently the Chief of the Special District of the Ministry of Justice.

When this decree was issued, everyone in and outside the capital was shocked, because at this time, even the dumbest person could see that the emperor was intentionally raising the status of the Beijing Special District. From now on, when the Shuntian prefect was compared with the governor of the Beijing Special District, he would have to stand aside, because he was the real "number one in the world"!
Inside Prince Yu’s Mansion.

Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Qiao Wanjin, and Gao Gong gathered together neatly.

Gao Gong still took the first seat closest to Zhu Zaigui, followed by Zhang Juzheng, then Hai Rui, and then Qiao Wanjin.

The four were summoned together by Zhu Zaigui. In fact, the purpose was very simple, which was to discuss the road toll idea that Zhu Zaigui proposed to Qiao Wanjin last time.

Zhu Zaiqi picked up the teacup and blew gently, took a sip, and then put the cup down, "Thank you for your hard work."

Gao Gong and his men quickly replied, "Your Majesty, your words are too serious. This is all within our responsibility."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "It is indeed my duty, but it is still very difficult to do. So I also ask you to overcome all difficulties and do this well."

"Hai Rui, you are now the deputy governor of the Special Zone, in charge of supervision and the planning and construction of roads in the Special Zone. You should have seen President Qiao's plan."

Hai Rui replied, "I have read President Qiao's plan early this morning and I think it is feasible. The Beijing Special District is willing to be the first to build a toll-paying hardened road from Beijing to the Tianjin Canal Port."

Zhu Zaigui hummed, "Since you are all so determined, I am relieved. Mr. Zhang, as the governor of Shuntian and the head of the Beijing Special District, must escort Hai Rui's work and ensure that this matter can be completed smoothly."

Zhang Juzheng immediately replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best."

Zhu Zaigui looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "When the Shuntian Governorship was first established, the area under its jurisdiction was several times larger than the original Shuntian Prefecture, covering 24 counties near the capital, as well as Tianjin Wei and Baoding Prefecture, covering more than half of Northern Zhili. In a sense, Mr. Zhang is now a proper frontier official."

"In the future, Mr. Zhang, please don't always focus on the Beijing Special District. You must have a vision of overall development so that the people near the capital can also feel the benefits brought by the development of the court. Don't let them just think that they are just vassals of the capital."

"So, your future work may be a little more difficult. I hope Mr. Zhang can stay the same, work seriously, and temper his mentality. You must know that the ancients said, 'Prime ministers must start from the prefectures and counties, and brave generals must start from the ranks.' Mr. Zhang and Mr. Gao are both outstanding people of their time. With this experience, their future achievements will surely be limitless!"

When Zhu Zaigui dealt with Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, it was easy for him to get the big cake and he could draw it as he said.

Moreover, after this big pie was drawn, both Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were excited and couldn't help swaying.

After all, how could someone who could pass the imperial examination and enter the Hanlin Academy not have some advanced pursuits?
Moreover, these noble Hanlin scholars also have an elegant nickname of "potential prime ministers", although only a few of them can actually enter the cabinet and become prime ministers.

But this cannot change the unspoken rules for entering the cabinet that have been formed since Bao Zong's second term. Therefore, anyone who can enter the Hanlin Academy can almost be said to have one foot on the threshold of the cabinet. As for who can actually take this half step, it actually depends on fate.

But judging from the current situation, as long as nothing unexpected happens to Zhu Zaigui, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng will almost certainly be the future cabinet members.

Now with Zhu Zaigui's words, they must be even more excited, because this sentence is also a guarantee for them.

Zhang Juzheng stood up and bowed excitedly, "I will live up to your expectations, Your Majesty."

Zhu Zaigui waved his hand to let Zhang Juzheng continue to sit down, and then said to Gao Gong and Qiao Wanjin, "The construction of toll roads in the Beijing Special District this time is actually a bold attempt to explore. The Ming Federal Reserve and the Northern Construction Bank must also provide follow-up financial support." "Once this is successful and becomes a regular practice, the power of the people will naturally burst out and take the initiative to assume the responsibility of building bridges and roads. At that time, they will inevitably borrow money from banks to speed up their own road construction process."

"Therefore, I hope that both the Ming Federal Reserve and the Northern Construction Bank will conduct the corresponding qualification review and corresponding loan and repayment plans."

"When this matter is fully implemented, the imperial court may even set up a new government office to manage road traffic issues across the country."

As soon as Zhu Zaigui finished speaking, everyone present was shocked.

Yes, over the years they have followed Zhu Zaigui and discovered a new pattern.

That is, the prince they are serving now likes to invent new government offices to take on new functions.

For example, the Beijing Special District is under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture and can be fully managed by Shuntian Prefecture.

However, in order to adapt to the new need of repairing the outer city of the capital, Zhu Zaigui created a special district government office, and now this special district government office is more powerful than Shuntian Prefecture.

Later, in order to adapt to the public security management in the Beijing Special District, Zhu Zaigui advocated the establishment of a new patrol office to replace the original office's functions such as constables.

And the subsequent Ming Federal Reserve also followed the same routine, although the Ming Federal Reserve seemed to be an alliance-like financial institution initiated by private capital.

However, with Zhu Zaigui's efforts and the court's active efforts, the Ming Federal Reserve now has powers comparable to those of the Ministry of Revenue.

Now, whenever Emperor Jiajing held a royal meeting regarding the court's expenditure budget, Gao Gong would definitely attend.

Moreover, he was the one who received the most attention in the imperial meeting. Many of the glory that originally belonged to the Ministry of Revenue have now been taken away by the Ming Federal Reserve.

It seems that the Ming Federal Reserve is the money pot of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ministry of Revenue can only be regarded as an accountant and cashier.

As for these functional changes, the Ministry of Revenue also wanted to rise up and rely on its power as a government office to forcibly manage the affairs of the Ming Dynasty's federal reserves.

But unfortunately, the power within the Ming Federal Reserve was so complicated that the Ministry of Revenue could not move against it. Moreover, Emperor Jiajing's treasury also had a hidden stake in the Ming Federal Reserve. How could the Ministry of Revenue easily control the lifeblood of the Ming Federal Reserve?

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty now has formed a dual-power situation of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ming Federal Reserve. But this is actually not the end of the matter, because as Zhu Zaigui has been regent for a long time, he has set up more and more new government offices.

Logically speaking, this approach would definitely cause dissatisfaction among some people, but every time Zhu Zaigui made such a suggestion, not only would Emperor Jiajing not refuse, but all the officials in the capital would also look forward to it.

After all, in the eyes of many officials in the capital who lived in poverty, this was also an opportunity. Who had been sitting on the bench in a poor government office, collecting information?
Moreover, some people who have no backing, no mentor or fellow villager to support them may not have a chance to come forward even if they sit on the bench for a long time.

So when these people saw that Prince Yu was going to do something new, their first reaction was to support him!

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Asking for a monthly ticket~~
(End of this chapter)