The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 590 New Paper
Of course, Lin Chao didn't know what was going on in Xun Yu's mind, and he still talked about his plan on his own.

"Now we have four states in our hands, and there will be more in the future, so it's time to divide the powers of the inner government in a more detailed way."

Hearing this, Xun Yu frowned and asked, "How to differentiate?"

Lin Chao took a sip of tea and replied with a smile, "Someone thinks it's better to expand the inner mansion after the court's Shangshutai."

"Shangshutai?"

"That's right, it's Shangshutai." Lin Chao nodded and said, "However, it can't be completely copied, and some changes are still needed."

As he spoke, Lin Chao took out a blueprint from his pocket and handed it over.

Xun Yu took a look and found that there were not only words on it, but also some sketches. Although the writing was ugly, the concise and clear style of painting made the affiliation relationship clear at a glance.

On this blueprint, Lin Chao put the inner government at the top, but set up five departments below to take charge of all government affairs.

Since there are five departments, it is inevitable that each department must have a head, and three of the departments are held by three current members of the inner government.

This system is a modified version of the official system of the later Ming and Qing Dynasties by the Lin Dynasty.

The advantage is that the authority is clearly defined, while the process of many things becomes simple, the processing efficiency can be greatly increased, and the government affairs will not be piled up.

Of course, institutions will inevitably become large and bloated.

Originally, if there were important government affairs, the four members of the inner government gathered together to discuss, and reported the results to Lin Chao. If Lin Chao still had difficulty making a ruling, he continued to report to Liu Bei.

Of course, in the process of reporting to himself, Lin Chao almost never used this power, and most of the time he asked the inner government to report directly to Liu Bei.

But now that the inner government has expanded, the four members of the cabinet have all transformed into the heads of various departments, and the power in their hands is naturally greater.

In other words, the expansion of the inner government this time is actually recruiting people to fill the five departments, and it is impossible to rise to the position of the head of the five departments.

Of course, in addition to the expansion of the inner government, other aspects of the official system have also been reformed.But Lin Chaoxian didn't intend to disclose it to Xun Yu alone, but waited until the public discussion to bring it up.

The original Shangshu Terrace of the Eastern Han Dynasty, under which there were Shangshu Ling, Shangshu Pushe, five Shangshu, Sangong Cao Shangshu, and two thousand stone Cao Shangshu, has become a game field for all forces.

However, in the reformed inner government of the Lin Dynasty, all these were eliminated, and only five departments were retained. Each department temporarily set up a minister and two ministers, and some administrative officials such as meritorious officials and Langguan were set up under them.

Lin Chao didn't bother to change the names of these five departments, so he simply copied them directly, and collectively called the five departments the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households.

As for the Ministry of War that originally existed, Lin Chao directly erased it.

The use of troops in war is a major matter for the country, so it is naturally impossible for the inner government, which handles government affairs, to make decisions.

After reading the sketch drawn by Lin Chao, Xun Yu immediately understood what Lin Chao meant, nodded his head and said, "This kind of reform can also work well and make politics clear."

"If there are no major problems, we will use this to expand the inner mansion. As for some minor details, we can slowly add them later." Lin Chao said with a smile, "But Wen Ruo, you have to pay attention, this addition of the inner mansion is to help the people of the three prefectures It's true, but the people you choose can't all be talented and virtuous.

After all, when we eliminate these people in the future, we still have to keep some, otherwise it will inevitably lead to rumors, saying that we have dealt with them unfairly. "

Lin Zichu, you now know how to lose face!

When I was pitting someone at the gate of the city before, I didn't see you being so thoughtful.

"Someone knows."

Xun Yu agreed, and seeing that Lin Chao had something to discuss with the Zhen brothers, he got up and left with the sketch after a while.

After Xun Yu left, Lin Chao called the Zhen brothers who were in the side hall over.

"Brother!"

The two brothers cupped their hands together with extremely respectful expressions.

Lin Chao nodded, motioning for the two brothers to sit down.

Although Zhen Yan is now one of Xuzhou's twelfth jobs and is also the minister of industry and commerce, he has always been courteous and courteous, and is not proud of his family background. up.

He knows that he can have the status he is today, not because of his talent, but because he followed Liu Bei earlier, and married his three younger sisters to Brother Lin Chao and Zhao Yun respectively.

It can be said that as long as he, Mrs. Zhen, does not commit the serious crime of treason, he will be prosperous and rich in this life.

In this way, there is no need to toss.

Rengui has self-knowledge, Zhen Yan is so sensible, Lin Chao has no reason to beat him, and after taking his seat, he just asked about some business affairs and the open source situation of Xuzhou's business.

Faced with these questions, Zhen Yan answered fluently without any pause, which shows that he has always been loyal to his work and never slack off.

After talking a lot, Lin Chao warned again: "My dear brother, now the Industrial and Commercial Office is in charge of commerce and trade, and it is known as the most lucrative office in Xuzhou. You have to keep your eyes open, so as not to cause trouble to Xiao Qiang."

Lin Chao was naturally not afraid of Zhen Yan's corruption. Although his Zhen family could not be said to be as rich as a country, it was still one of the largest merchants in the world today.

Lin Chao was afraid that Zhen Yan's lax command would lead to serious corruption in the industrial and commercial government. When Tian Feng and Cui Yan joined forces to bite people, even Lin Chao would not be able to keep him.

Hearing this, Zhen Yan immediately stood up, bowed his hands to Lin Chao very seriously, and said: "Please rest assured, brother, although my younger brother is humble, I dare not betray my lord's entrustment. In the Industrial and Commercial Mansion, if there is a greedy person from the younger brother , my younger brother is willing to resign from office and apologize!"

"You don't need to be so excited, I just said something casually, let's sit down and talk." Lin Chao said with a smile, "Besides, did you bring that thing?"

Hearing this, Zhen Yao quickly took out a stack of papers from his pocket, and handed them to Lin Chao with both hands.

Zhen Yan smiled and said: "The paper invented by my brother has been improved by my craftsmen in the past two years, and now it has achieved initial results. Please appreciate it!"

Lin Chao took the stack of paper, observed it in his hand for a moment, then stretched out his hand to touch the texture, and a smile appeared on his face.

As early as when he first entered Xuzhou, Lin Chao taught the Zhen brothers the rough method of papermaking.

However, Lin Chao didn't know much about this, so he could only provide a direction. Fortunately, with this direction, in the past two years, the craftsmen of Zhen's crafts improved their craftsmanship over and over again, and finally reached this level.

Although the quality is much worse than the paper produced by later generations, it is enough for writing.

Touching the paper in his hand, Lin Chao asked again: "What is the output, cost, and manpower of this product?"

Zhen Yan cupped his hands and replied: "Brother, this paper is made of trees and bamboo, and the cost is only manpower. Take a hundred people as an example, you have the best product in your hand, and it is not a problem to produce a hundred sheets a day. Thousands."

Of course, the hundred people mentioned by Zhen Yan refers to the manpower required for the total process from cutting down trees and bamboos to making paper, and then converting it into days.

Hearing this, Lin Chao couldn't help but nodded again.

In today's world, the most indispensable thing is manpower, and the most indispensable thing is weeds and trees.

Having such an output proves that there will be no shortage of writing paper in the future.

What paper means, no one knows better than Lin Chao.

With this thing as a carrier, academic knowledge will be more easily disseminated, and the big project of developing people's wisdom can be more effective.Only after a period of large-scale activities to open up people's wisdom will there be soil for the survival of imperial examinations.

At that time, knowledge, the most precious thing in the world, will not be the patent of certain people and certain families, and it will better illuminate the way forward for future generations.

And everything starts with these two thin sheets of paper in hand.

Lin Chao sighed: "The research and development of this thing, the merits of the two of you are in the present, and the benefits will be in the future!"

Zhen Yan hurriedly said modestly: "This thing was created by my elder brother. My younger brother is only following orders and dare not say credit for it!"

"If I say you are meritorious, you are meritorious. You don't need to say more." Lin Chao waved his hand and said, "Since you have meritorious service, I will not treat you poorly. achievement.

In addition, I want you to open a large workshop outside the city and rush to make paper day and night. The more people you invest, the better.There were not enough people, so they went outside the city to recruit refugees, and recruited corvees from the government to produce, but the wages could not be deducted. "

Seeing that Lin Chao was going to be serious, Zhen Yan immediately looked serious, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Obey!"

After finishing speaking, Zhen Yan suddenly said with embarrassment: "It's just... how many people should be recruited, and whether the wages will be provided by the state government, please let me know."

Tan County is the capital of Xuzhou. If too many people are recruited, Zhen Yan is worried that the impact will be bad.

As for money, it's not that the Zhen family is short of money, it's just that for such an important thing, if he, the Zhen family, pays for it, who owns the things produced?

Losing a little money is a trivial matter, but the paper is in Zhen's hands, will it cause dissatisfaction with other people and even Liu Bei?

Zhen Yan weighed his small body, as if he couldn't handle these problems at all, so he wanted to ask Lin Chao for some advice.

Lin Chao naturally understood Zhen Yan's meaning, and said with a smile: "This thing is very important, and it will naturally be brought back to the government camp like salt, iron and grain. But I won't let you suffer, and the production of this thing is all produced by your Zhen family. money, but it is also up to you, Mrs. Zhen, to open the market and sell it.

As for profit, how about your two states and eight capitals? "

Hearing this, Zhen Yan immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, brother!"

It doesn't matter whether it is profit or not, the main reason is to rely on the name of the state capital, so that there will be no worries.

"It's not too late. A certain person will write a handwritten letter later, and you take it to the inner mansion and report it to Wen Ruo, asking him to draw up a regulation. That's more legitimate."

"As ordered!"

Zhen Yan clasped his hands again.

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After the Zhen brothers left, Lin Chao waited in the hall for a long time before finally waiting for the four wives and concubines to appear in their costumes.

Although they came out dressed up, but today they are going to visit the elder Zheng Xuan, and the four girls also restrained themselves and chose some clothes with more elegant colors.

To say that the happiest one is Xun Cai.

After all, both of Lin Chao's parents had died, and Zheng Xuan was the only one who could be called an elder. Lin Chao's visit today to visit his mentor and his willingness to take her with him also showed to a certain extent how much he valued her.

Looking at the two carts full of gifts brought by the Zhen brothers in the courtyard, Lin Chao couldn't help showing a smile.

"This time can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddha."

Lin Chao whispered to himself, and then ordered Uncle Fu to remove one and a half of the two carts of gifts, leaving only half of the cart as a gift for Zheng Xuan.

The door of the mansion was wide open, and a group of people walked out in such a mighty way.

As the seat of Xuzhou, Tan County originally occupied a large area, but with the continuous development in the past two years, the number of residents in the city has increased day by day, so the city has undergone several small-scale expansions.

The outside of the city where Zheng Xuan lived in the past has almost turned into the foot of the city wall.

Old man Zheng was naturally a little dissatisfied with this, thinking that the noise coming and going in and out of the city gate had made him unable to concentrate on studying knowledge, so he moved to a further place.

I haven't seen him in half a year, and now Lin Chao came to visit again, but he still didn't find Zheng Xuan.

Lin Chao asked Mr. Zheng's only son, Zheng Yi'en, and learned that Mr. Zheng had been so quiet recently that he went fishing by the river again.

If he couldn't see the rightful lord, there would be no one to take care of the meal at night, so Lin Chao asked his servants to lead the way, and went all the way to find Zheng Xuan.

But when he got to the river, he found three people sitting on the bank.

In addition to the teacher Zheng Xuan, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, Lu Zhi was also here, and the two old men were talking with each other again.

And the person who was waiting on the side, serving tea and wine for the two of them was none other than Senior Brother Cui Yan.

This scene was very similar to the scene when Lin Chao first met the two in Luoyang, the capital.

Thinking of this, Lin Chao couldn't help but stop, his eyes full of nostalgia.

Seeing Lin Chao stop, Xun Cai couldn't help asking curiously, "Zichu, why didn't you leave?"

"Uh... let's go, go to see the teacher and Lu Gong."

As he spoke, Lin Chao strode over, and when he got behind the three of them, he gave a very solemn salute, and said in a loud voice, "Greetings, Teacher!"

The four women behind him also saluted together.

Originally, Zheng Xuan was thinking about the direction of the chess game in front of him, when he heard Lin Chao's voice, he was almost taken aback.

When he saw that it was Lin Chao who came, he smiled.

"Zi Chu is back!"

I haven't seen him in half a year, but old man Zheng is still the same as before, but when he opened his mouth to laugh, Lin Chao clearly saw that another tooth seemed to be missing in Zheng Xuan's mouth.

Lin Chao stepped forward and saluted Lu Zhi and Cui Yan again.

Cui Yan nodded slightly, then continued to cook tea.

On the contrary, Lu Zhi's reaction was a bit extreme. Not only did he laugh loudly, but his movements of getting up were so exaggerated that even the chess pieces on the chessboard were messed up.

Lu Zhi patted Lin Chao's shoulder and said with a smile, "Zichu, I heard that you set up a big picture and killed Yuan Benchu ​​directly. I don't know if it's true or not!"

Hearing this, Lin Chao was a little dumbfounded.

This is indeed the case, but old man Lu, your description... no matter how you sound, it sounds like you are scolding me.

Zheng Xuan beside him said quietly: "Junior brother, regretting chess is not something a gentleman does!"

"What regrets, brother, don't blame me." Lu Zhi immediately retorted, "I just didn't see Zichu for a long time, I was a little excited, and accidentally messed up the chessboard. If brother is not convinced, we can play another game! "

Hearing this, Zheng Xuan almost laughed out of anger.

One more game?

Isn't this still regrettable chess!
"Junior brother, you have read poetry and books, and you have led troops to fight against rebellion. Although you are over fifty years old, you are still as shameless as you were back then. Brother Wei is really amazed!"

When Lu Zhi heard this, he immediately sneered and said, "Senior brother, don't talk nonsense. You are still the governor of Yanzhou. If you slander the court officials like this, what should you do?"

Zheng Xuan: ...

(End of this chapter)