As for why Lu Xiangsheng and Wen Zhenmeng were sent to join the General Staff Office, the reason was very simple. Lu Xiangsheng's ability was there, and it would be a waste not to send him to the General Staff Office.
As for Wen Zhenmeng, Zhu Youxiao wanted to use him as an example to tell the civil servants and students that the General Staff Office is also your place, not for the nobles and relatives of the nobles. This way, he could lower their defensive psychology and also divide them.
After all, this was obviously weakening the power of the cabinet. In such a situation, it was not easy to make things too awkward. One had to learn to unite one group and fight another, so Zhu Youxiao chose Wen Zhenmeng.
As for the remaining two, Song Yingsheng and Zhang Yu, it would naturally be more appropriate for them to go to the Hanlin Garden and follow the traditional civil service path.
Of course, the General Staff will select some more people, but those people are not worthy of Zhu Youxiao meeting them.
According to the official positions in the General Staff Office, the lowest level is the General Staff Office Clerk; followed by the General Staff Office Walker; and above that is the General Staff Office Chief of Staff, who are the ones with real power.
Zhu Youxiao was still considering whether to appoint a Minister of General Staff, or Chief of Staff. He had not yet decided which of the two names to use, or even whether to appoint one at all.
As for what the General Staff Office did, Lu Xiangsheng and Wen Zhenmeng naturally knew about it. You have to know that the capital was in an uproar during this period. Even if they had never seen it, they had heard about it at the time. They just didn't expect that they would one day enter this government office.
After hearing Zhu Youxiao's arrangement, Lu Xiangsheng quickly stepped forward and said, "I accept your order and thank you."
For Lu Xiangsheng, the General Staff Office is really a government office that suits him better, because it is a newly established government office, and it is also a place that students of the Royal Academy like him yearn for.
After all, the General Staff Office is in charge of civil officials and military generals, so people like Lu Xiangsheng, who are both civil and military, naturally want to join.
In addition to Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao and Wu Xiang will all join the General Staff Office this time, and can be said to be the new force of the General Staff Office.
Hearing Lu Xiangsheng say this, Wen Zhenmeng also hurriedly said: "I accept your command and thank you."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and nodded, then he looked at Song Yingsheng and Zhang Yu and said with a smile, "As for the two of you, enter the Hanlin Academy."
"You four are the top four selected from this year's imperial examination. You are also the first talents selected from the imperial examination since I ascended the throne. I value you very much, so do your best and don't let me down."
After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and the other three bowed and said, "We, your servants, will obey your orders and do our utmost to fulfill your wishes!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded, waved his hand and said, "Okay, then you can go back and prepare. I will always keep an eye on you."
"We will take our leave." After hearing this, the four people bowed and then retreated obediently.
After the four people left, Zhu Youxiao stood up with a smile on his face.
After seeing these people, Zhu Youxiao finally felt relieved.
The Ming Dynasty also has successors. These people are all talented. As long as we can use them well, there is still hope for the Ming Dynasty.
In the next few days, Zhu Youxiao presided over the establishment of the General Staff Office.
The General Staff Office has a total of five chiefs of staff, in addition to Duke Yingguo Zhang Weixian, there is also Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen.
Among the three dukes in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty, only Duke Ding was excluded, which makes people think deeply.
No one was surprised that the Duke of England was able to get the position of Chief of Staff, because the Duke of England had a relatively high status and had also made contributions to the court.
Moreover, the Duke of England had participated in the establishment of the General Staff Office. Under such circumstances, it was natural for the Duke of England to join the General Staff Office.
As for Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen, the reason is much simpler. The tax collection of the estates he set up a few days ago can be said to have won the favor of His Majesty. Although his ability is not that great, he is good at flattery, so it is not surprising that he is reused this time.
Everyone had originally thought that Duke Dingguo would also be selected; after all, with his prestige and qualifications, securing such a position would be no problem. However, to everyone's surprise, Duke Dingguo was not among them.
This was equivalent to slapping Duke Dingguo in the face, and at the same time telling all the nobles and relatives that the days of not making any achievements and just relying on past achievements to live off their past achievements were gone forever.
Apart from the Duke of Yingguo and the Duke of Chengguo, no other nobles or relatives of the nobles were selected for the General Staff.
As for the civil servants, one of those who joined the General Staff Office was Yuan Keli, who had made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion in the southwest and now had returned to join the General Staff Office.
Besides Yuan Keli, another person was chosen to the top, which surprised everyone. This person was Li Zhizao, the Minister of Revenue, who also became the Chief of Staff of the General Staff Office.
In addition to these people, Sun Chuanting also joined the General Staff Office and served as the Minister of Staff.
These five chiefs of staff are somewhat confusing, or it is unclear what the selection criteria are. Among them, Yuan Keli and Sun Chuanting may be understandable, as both of them have just returned from victorious battles.
Especially Sun Chuanting, who is a person in His Majesty's pocket. This time in the southwest, he not only did not lose His Majesty's face, but instead made a great show of his power. He can be said to be an extraordinary person. Although he is not very old, he has what he should have.
Besides that, the Duke of Yingguo and the Duke of Chengguo were more or less understandable. After all, both were nobles and had made contributions to the court, so their behavior was not surprising.
But what about this Li Zhizao?
It’s a bit hard to understand for a moment.
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