Zhou Shixian stopped talking again.

Zhuang Yanchao looked at him worriedly, thinking to himself, what happened to the prince-consort today. After Xu Yong just finished speaking, he stopped talking. Now it is my turn.

Zhou Shixian felt that the unexpected news he heard today was really one after another. In this case, hearing Song Yingxing's name was considered an unexpected surprise.

In the Ming Dynasty, he only remembered five people who could be considered scientists or close to scientists. Li Shizhen calculated one, pharmacy master, Zhang Jingyue calculated one, medicine master, and Xu Xiake calculated one, I don’t know what kind of family it was.

The remaining two can be regarded as contemporary masters.

One is Xu Guangqi, but unfortunately, he is no longer alive.

The other is Song Yingxing, the famous author of "The Creation of Things in Heaven".

Zhou Shixian focused on the matter of science and technology. Until the three words Song Yingxing came out of Zhuang Yanchao's mouth, he suddenly realized that there were great gods in China.

I haven't watched "The Art of Heaven"... What would Song Yingxing come from?

It seems that we can do everything, but at this time everyone in science is all versatile.

Build a gun? Find ore ore?

By the way, you will definitely grow sweet potatoes and potatoes!

If Song Yingxing and Johnson Chan get to know each other and let them cooperate with each other, I wonder if it will spark a spark?

It must be a pity that they met too late.

How about setting up a science academy?

Or the Ministry of Science and Technology?

Agricultural Science and Technology Commission?

He was still thinking a lot, and suddenly saw Zhuang Yanchao's expression of worry, and then he came back to his senses and finally spoke.

"This Song Yingxing, please keep an eye on him for me," said the prince-consort, "After twelve hours a day, you can't leave people around you... Didn't you say he wants to go back to Jiangxi? As long as he wants to leave the city, you must stop him first, and then report to me."

Zhuang Yanchao was stunned and thought to himself that this person surnamed Song was going to be in trouble. He had to come to me to talk about raw silk. Now he has somehow violated the taboo of the prince-consort and wants to deal with him. Speaking of which, I have harmed him.

"Yes." Zhuang Yanchao agreed, thinking that there is no need to mention the matter of raw silk.

"By the way, that one hundred and sixty bags of raw silk, please let your subordinates return it to his fellow countryman," said the prince-consum thoughtfully, "Song Yingxing is a poor official, and he is honest all his life and will not tell lies on this."

Zhuang Yanchao was confused again. Judging from the tone of the prince-consort, he praised the person surnamed Song very much.

Does the prince-consort recognize him?

"Yes, just follow the mark and explain it."

"Well, you have to remember to tell him that I was helping him plead for love, so you reluctantly agreed to let him go. After all, the amount is huge or something..." Zhou Shixian couldn't make up, "Whatever you say, in short, just let him see my love."

Zhuang Yanchao understood that it was to make Song Yingxing feel that he owed the prince-consort a huge favor.

"It's okay to save the bid," he nodded and agreed, "Leave everything to bid."

Seeing Zhuang Yanchao take the order and leave, Zhou Shixian felt relieved and felt that this day was really rewarding.

Unexpectedly, there was a surprise the next day. When Ruan Ming was approving official documents in his signing room on the second floor of the Central Army Governor's Office, he came in with a document.

"The prince-in-law, the deputy general of the navy stationed in Wusong, sent by Wu Zhikui, garrisoned by Wusong, to speed up the 400 miles," Ruan Ming said excitedly, "The eleven sea ships from Haojiang have been released under the order!"

Zhou Shixian took the document and read it carefully.

That is to say, firearms and mercenaries from Macau have entered the Yangtze River from Wusongkou. Judging from the date of the document, the fleet will be able to reach Nanjing in a maximum of four days.

"Great," Zhou Shixian thought for a moment and said to Ruan Ming, "I asked Shiba to prepare horses for me, and I'll go to the Ministry of Personnel."

His governor's mansion is not far from the imperial city, and he used his pocket watch to time it took only a quarter of an hour to get on the horse to the imperial city.

Among the six ministries, except for the Ministry of Justice, which is located near Taiping Gate with the Inspectorate, the other five ministries are all located in the south of the imperial city and are very close to the palace.

The reason he wanted to come to the Ministry of Personnel was to say hello to the Ministry of Personnel in advance for the upcoming mercenary officers so that he could handle the imperial position for these foreign officers at that time.

Of course, this matter has been asked for instructions from Chongzhen, and it will definitely be applied when handling the specific procedures. In terms of the authority to handle official positions, the first is the Ministry of War, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. However, these people are from foreign countries, so they must prepare individual cases in the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites is easy to talk about, but Gu Cichou is very familiar with him. He is a good man, and he is irresistible. He can say whatever he says, but there is no big problem. Gao Hongtu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, has never dealt with him much, and I don’t know if it is easy to be compatible.

The last time he heard Chongzhen say that after he pacified Liu Zeqing, Gao Hongtu once refuted the propositions of the court to appease the other three towns in the court, which gave him a good impression of Gao Hongtu.

The only thing I worry about is whether I will be affected by the orthodox mentality of opposing the use of these foreign soldiers and generals.

Unexpectedly, as soon as we met, these worries immediately disappeared.

"Great, the Ministry of Personnel will do whatever you want!" Gao Hongtu seemed to be happier than Zhou Shixian himself. "These soldiers and generals of the Franji Kingdom are all loyal and martyrs. They are cautious in obedience and education and are devoted to the Celestial Empire. They will definitely be helpful to major events. The Dengzhou incident at that time is a clear proof!"

This attitude made Zhou Shi look overjoyed, which shows that Gao Hongtu is different from Liu Zongzhou. He is definitely not the kind of old antique that only knows clever talk and is not pedantic and practical. No wonder he is also known as a famous official in history.

As for his inability to distinguish between Portugal and Spain, he would have concealed it by the country of Florence, which is nothing.

After the matters of the Six Divisions were sorted out, it was time to report this matter to the emperor. He asked Chongzhen to meet him and was summoned soon.

Chongzhen was very happy to hear that the fleet from Haojiang was really coming soon, but his focus was exactly the opposite of Gao Hongtu.

"That thousand soldiers are fine, those twenty-four regiment artillery are powerful?"

Chongzhen was fascinated by Western cannons, so he was very satisfied when he heard that he had bought the cannons.

"If you want to go back to your Majesty, these are cannons that can be used in field battles." Zhou Shixian said, "In terms of power alone, it is even more powerful than the cannons used when I attacked Liu Zeqing."

That's good, Chongzhen was satisfied and said something else.

"Shixian, Li Banghua is about to arrive in Beijing." Chongzhen said leisurely, "Shi Kefa is in charge of the Ministry of War, Ni Yuanlu is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. What do you think of Gao Hongtu?"

Chongzhen's words sounded like a slight jump, and it was unsolvable, but in Zhou Shixian's ears, he felt very bright in his heart, and he knew what the emperor was asking.

Chongzhen is about to form a cabinet.

Generally speaking, the Minister of Personnel is the head of the six ministries and is known as the Heavenly Official. Therefore, if the Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue can enter the cabinet, Gao Hongtu should naturally have the hope of the cabinet.

However, Ni Yuanlu was a great hero who protected the emperor and went south, and Shi Kefa was a great hero who led his troops to take over the emperor. In contrast, Gao Hongtu seemed not so eye-catching. I believe Chongzhen was hesitant and asked him more.

When it comes to evaluating people, you must be very cautious. Zhou Shixian thought for a while and answered four words.

"He's a pure minister."

"Yes." Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction with a smile.
Chapter completed!