In front of the Ganqing Palace, Hong Chengchou stopped and looked at the majestic and magnificent Ganqing Palace in front of him. Hong Chengchou subconsciously sorted out the black official robe on his body, took a deep breath, and then stepped out and headed towards the Ganqing Palace.

Stepping onto the steps, the figure of the emperor behind the table in the hall immediately reflected Hong Chengchou's vision.

Although I have only seen the emperor once, my face has been remembered. After seeing him again several years, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but feel an indescribable sense of changes in the world.

"Me, please see your Majesty!"

Hong Chengchou bowed and shouted loudly.

"No gift!"

The emperor waved his hand and signaled the palace maid who was waiting on the side to retreat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Hong Chengchou shouted, standing with his head down.

"Time flies so fast. My dear has been in Jiangnan and has been working for five or six years, right?"

The emperor stood up, and walked towards the side hall from behind the table.

"Report to Your Majesty, I was transferred from you to Jiangnan during the Ming Dynasty."

Hong Chengchou followed the emperor respectfully and slowly spoke.

"It's been a while!"

The emperor chuckled, pointed to the chair beside him, and signaled Hong Chengchou to sit down.

The emperor asked casually:

"Do you know why I summoned you to Beijing?"

Hong Chengchou immediately said: "I am obeying Your Majesty's will."

"Hahaha……"

The emperor smiled and shook his head: "Your mouth is so tight."

After the words came, the emperor sat down, leaned against his seat and pointed to the map hanging in the hall. This time, the map was not a military public image, but a disaster situation and engineering map. On the map, the places of natural disasters were marked, and the names of each project were also marked in detail.

Hong Chengchou looked over curiously. After seeing the content of the map clearly, his pupils couldn't help but shrink, and the emperor's words that followed made his heart tremble.

"Take this picture back and study it carefully."

Hong Chengchou tried hard to suppress the excitement in his heart and bowed his hand to respond: "I...I obey the order!"

The emperor didn't care, so he moved his body and chose a comfortable position to sit down: "My dear has been in Jiangnan for five or six years, and I believe he has a deep understanding of the land in Jiangnan..."

"Now that Jiangnan is about to be pacified and governance is imminent, tell me what is the situation in Jiangnan?"

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou immediately organized his words, pondered for a while, and then slowly spoke: "The land of Jiangnan..."

The emperor did not speak out, and listened silently to Hong Chengchou's statement. Since this time, he has never been to the Jiangnan area. His understanding of Jiangnan is also from the memorials of officials and generals from all over the country, as well as reports from the Jinyiwei, General Staff, and the inner court.

As for the officials' report in person...

It is obvious that there is no one who dares to tell the truth.

The emperor really hoped that Hong Chengchou could tell the truth and tell something he wanted to hear, rather than the same fake and empty words.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food. Many things can be seen through.

This is also the most important reason why he finally created the eunuch intelligence agency.

He not only needs to monitor the world, so as to eliminate the remaining poisons of the previous Ming Dynasty, but also needs to understand all over the world.

If an emperor or an emperor does not have a clear and detailed understanding of his own country, then he will not talk about governing the country and building a strong country, nor will he think about creating a prosperous era. It is impossible.

The sage emperor ruled with his pride. This kind of prosperity has never been the prosperity of the people of the world, but the prosperity of literati and gentlemen, and it is the cruel exploitation of being disguised by the blooming flowers.

Hong Chengchou's voice still sounded in the hall with pronunciation. He obviously did not disappoint the emperor, and he spoke word by word.

The emperor asked a few questions from time to time, and the two were both kings and ministers, and questions and answers. Time passed quickly.

The sky outside the hall was getting darker and darker. It was late at night that Hong Chengchou, led by eunuchs, headed outside the palace.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou also had a public map of disaster and... the position of Minister of Works!

"master!"

The butler was still waiting outside the palace. When he saw Hong Chengchou walking out, he quickly came over.

"Go to the Ministry of Works."

Before the butler could speak, Hong Chengchou immediately ordered.

The housekeeper couldn't help asking, "Master... won't you go back to the house to rest? The lady is waiting in the house..."

"No, go to the Ministry of Works directly!"

Hong Chengchou was full of energy and was not exhausted from rushing thousands of miles away: "Send me to the Ministry of Works first, and then go back to the house to tell his wife that there are important things in the court these days, so I guess he can't go back to the house."

The housekeeper was surprised and asked quickly: "Master, have you been promoted?"

"Hahaha."

Hong Chengchou laughed heartily, unable to hide his joy: "Your Majesty has issued an order, your master is already the Minister of Works!"

"Congratulations to Master!"

"Okay, okay, go to the Ministry of Works first. This position is occupied by the master. There will definitely be many people who are dissatisfied. Master, I am working in the capital for the first time, so I have to figure out the situation first..."

Hong Chengchou waved his hand and quickly got onto the carriage. Then the carriage drove slowly and headed towards the Ministry of Works.

Even though it was late at night and it was a curfew, the news that Hong Chengchou came out of the palace and headed straight to the Ministry of Works quickly reached the ears of everyone who was interested.

In the Qianqing Palace, the emperor held the information about the residences of officials from various departments in the capital that had just been sent by the inner court, but couldn't help but smile.

Humans are really very complex creatures.

People always like to use one thing or another characteristic to completely define a person.

Like those people recorded in history, loyalty and treacherous, virtuous and incompetent.

Either black or white!

But how can such a complex creature be either black or white?

Just like those officials in the Southern Ming Dynasty, aren’t they loyal ministers?

It is obvious that most of them were able to risk their death and death and help Nanming up to help them up at the risk of death.

However, loyal ministers are also human beings, and they have interests.

If there are interests, there will be disputes.

Disputes will affect the national destiny of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The two extremes that seem contradictory are not at all contradictory.

If later generations recorded that the large number of officials and generals in the Southern Ming Dynasty would probably be labeled as incompetent, but would they be really incompetent?

If you can rise and fall in the officialdom for decades, how many people will be incompetent!

Just like the current Daheng court, how many truly incompetent people are there?

They all have talents, but they all have their own interests, and these interests are destined to be useful or not!

Just like Hong Chengchou took office as Minister of Works, it would inevitably infringe on the interests of many people.

The counterattack will inevitably harm Daheng's interests.

But if those people are allowed to achieve their interests, they may be useful ministers.

but……

In contrast, the emperor is obviously willing to choose someone who has shown usefulness.

This kind of interest demand, such interests, and interests are damaged, and interests are involved in this court and the world, happening all the time.

At least, the emperor has not yet discovered that there is a true moral brilliance and a true selfless person in the world.

The entire Daheng World has been moving forward stumblingly under such a combination of endless interests.

And no matter how much cleaning or strict supervision is, it is impossible to eliminate these.

At every moment, he also needs to focus on watching, suppress checks and balances, supervise and inspect, and ensure that the interest involvement is not imbalanced or out of control.

“There is selfless…”

The emperor whispered softly and sighed quietly.

Today’s Daheng needs Hai Rui!
Chapter completed!