The Grand Imperial Grandson of Great Ming

Transmigrated into the body of Zhu Yunteng, the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, he is unwilling to accept a tragic fate for himself and begins to find ways to build power and prepare for rebellion.

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Chapter 56 Forming the Leadership Team

For example, having some capable and upright officials in the cabinet to help with the work can greatly reduce the emperor's burden.

When Zhu Yunwen thought of these officials, he thought of the Three Yangs, who were quite famous during the Yongle period.

These are Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu.

These three people can be considered to be highly talented.

Historically, they served four dynasties and assisted four emperors, thus possessing extremely strong abilities and could be considered the strongest cabinet team.

If Zhu Yunwen were to take these three under his command and have them help him govern the country and handle government affairs, it would be an extremely good thing.

However, these three talents were only gradually discovered during the Jianwen era.

It has been almost ten years since they were first discovered in history.

Zhu Yunwen clearly didn't want to wait, so he wanted to find these three people as soon as possible.

In his memory, Grand Secretary Yang Shiqi should be from Taihe, Jiangxi.

Because of his difficult childhood, he lost his father at an early age, leaving him an orphan and a widow, and his life was extremely difficult.

So after reaching adulthood, he used his life's knowledge to take on students and teach them, thereby earning some income.

Therefore, if Zhu Yunwen wants to find this talent, he will probably have to go to Taihe, Jiangxi, and search for him slowly.

Now, the position of the Crown Prince is secure.

Zhu Yunwen was eager to establish his own leadership team, so finding the three Yangs became a matter of great urgency for him.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang established the Zhan Shi Mansion for him and provided some officials to assist him in handling court affairs.

But these officials are worlds apart from the three Yangs.

It is absolutely not the work of a good emperor to not use readily available talent.

So after dealing with important matters for a few days, Zhu Yunwen went to find Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing memorials in his study when he saw Zhu Yunwen approach and asked with some confusion:

"Yunzhen, are you tired of dealing with these political affairs?"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said:

"It's alright, but I feel that handling court affairs in this way is still too slow."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "We know that, but as emperors, we must attend to every detail. If we, as emperors, do not do things personally, there will be big mistakes. And the consequences of that can sometimes be very serious."

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "Grandson understands this principle, but if we had a set of trustworthy, capable, and principled cabinet members, wouldn't things be much easier?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "That's natural. However, although there are many officials now, it's not so easy to select some who are extremely talented and trustworthy."

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "I know a few people who would be excellent at assisting with matters of state."

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked in confusion, "Oh? Who are these people you're talking about?"

Zhu Yunwen said, "I have no way to tell my grandfather directly, but I can assure you that the three people I mentioned are definitely capable of handling matters."

Therefore, this time, I intend to invite the three of them to the court to assist in handling affairs. When Grandfather sees their abilities, he will naturally understand.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately realized something.

When Zhu Yunwen traveled through time, Zhu Yuanzhang found a history book and would take it out to flip through it whenever he had free time.

Therefore, he was very clear about the three talented people in the early Ming Dynasty, namely the strongest cabinet team recorded in history books, the Three Yangs.

If there were any people in the Ming Dynasty history recorded in that history book who satisfied and impressed Zhu Yuanzhang, then the three Yangs of the Grand Secretariat would definitely rank among the top in his mind.

This also includes Yu Qian, who came later, and Zhang Juzheng, the Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty in the mid-Ming period.

These are some of the people that Zhu Yuanzhang admired after reading the History of Ming.

These were all remarkable figures who ultimately encountered rather unfortunate emperors.

Especially Yu Qian; Zhu Yuanzhang was furious every time he saw Yu Qian's fate.

They would all condemn Zhu Di, wondering why he had such an unreasonable and reckless descendant who actually killed such a talented minister.

After regaining his senses, Zhu Yuanzhang realized that the talent Zhu Yunwen was looking for was probably the Three Yangs recorded in historical books.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know why Zhu Yunwen knew about the existence of the Three Yangs, the only explanation was that in his eyes, Zhu Yunwen was the true chosen one.

It's not surprising that the chosen one knows some talented people, is it?

He never imagined that Zhu Yunwen was a time traveler from later generations.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunwen was also well-versed in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang always believed that the history of the Ming Dynasty was given to him by Heaven so that he could change the history of the Ming Dynasty.

This could be considered a little secret between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen.