Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 348 Layout
Fortunately, Zhu Youjian has long been prepared for such a huge investment.

He has already planned that the initial investment in the work of Sinong Temple will be borne by internal funds, and Taicang will bear it after everything is formalized.

Now there is too much money in the internal funds, and the salt profit alone is as high as more than two million taels a year. The indirect benefits generated after the money is invested will be immeasurable.

The profits brought to him by the Four Seas Commercial Bank every year are far more than the tax revenue of Taicang before.And this kind of income is not exhausted, but is growing at an astonishing rate every year along with the continuous expansion of the Four Seas Trading Company.

The stalls of the Four Seas Trading Company have covered all the bustling prefectures and counties of Daming, and the industries and commodities involved are also complete.The large and small shops in these prefectures and counties do not seem to have a lot of profit individually, but the accumulation of the number makes these figures scary.

Under Zhu Youjian's instructions, Gong Fanwu has already rushed to the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, preparing to expand the single cargo ship that initially ran sea trade to a fleet of about ten medium-sized ships.

For this reason, Jin Yiwei specially set up Qianhu Office in Quanzhou and Guangzhou as the strong backing of Sihai Commercial Bank to suppress any possible improper competition against Sihai Commercial Bank.

In fact, to put it bluntly, as long as someone poses a major threat to the development of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, Jin Yiwei will divide and attack them until the Four Seas Commercial Bank becomes a giant in the sea trade.

Zheng Zhilong, who knows the details of the Four Seas Trading Company, will definitely make the wisest choice. As long as the Zheng family makes a gesture, I believe that other local tyrants and gentry who operate maritime trade will follow the wind and make their own decisions.

If everything goes well, after a few years, the sea trade of Four Seas Trading Company will bring Zhu Youjian more profits.

What Zhu Youjian is worried about now is not how to make money, but how to spend the money in his hands. This will not only benefit the people, but also subtly change all aspects of Daming.

Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh food, if the fire is too big and too fast, it is easy to burn the vegetables in the pot.

This sentence of the sages is still a universal truth until later generations.

For such a huge empire, any reforms that are eager for success are the way to death.

The idea of ​​making significant changes in all aspects of Ming Dynasty within three to five years is just a dream. The reform of official administration alone will require a long process, and clear official administration is the greatest weapon to promote social progress.

The establishment of the Sinong Temple will not arouse the opposition of the courtiers. In this society where everyone knows the importance of food, agriculture always occupies the most important position. The emperor's emphasis on agriculture will win the appreciation of the world.

Zhu Youjian originally wanted Song Yingxing to take up the position of Da Sinonong, but after considering his status as a candidate, Zhu Youjian gave up this plan.

Although Song Yingxing is indeed talented, it is not a good thing for him to suddenly push him to a high position before the overall environment has completely improved.

Song Yingxing is now carrying out various researches with the title of Zheng Liupin Guozijian Division Industry.

Zhu Youjian asked Liu Chao to select twenty teenagers ranging in age from eleven to fifteen to sixteen from the orphans in Huangzhuang, and follow him as Song Yingxing's students and attendants.One is to learn some knowledge, and the other is to broaden their horizons and ideas, and stimulate their creativity and imagination, which can be regarded as planting a batch of seeds for the technological progress of Ming Dynasty.

According to the information obtained by Zhu Youjian, under his instruction and guidance last year, Song Yingxing led people to test repeatedly in the kiln for burning bricks and stones in the suburbs of Beijing for several months. basic properties of cement.

But now everything is just a prototype, and the stability of the fired finished product is still not enough. The firmness and viscosity cannot meet the requirements proposed by Zhu Youjian. It will take a period of time to know the results. There is still a big gap in the application.

Zhu Youjian is not in a hurry, he is not yet 30 years old this year, and he still has a lot of time to guide Daming's technological level to a higher level.What he has to do now is to strive to lead and train more people to turn their energies to creation and innovation, so as to lay a good foundation for future technological progress.

"The Holy Majesty's restoration of the Sinong Temple is indeed a far-sighted move. This move has shown the world the will of the imperial court to emphasize agriculture and promote agriculture. Therefore, officials in prefectures and counties will also pay more attention to persuading farming and mulberry and building water conservancy. In this way In a few years, the people of our Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about food shortages, and our Emperor's Ming Dynasty can expect a revival!"

Wen Tiren was the first to stand up and express a warm welcome to Zhu Youjian's restoration of the Sinong Temple.

When he heard Zhu Youjian's proposal to establish a new Sinong Temple, he already knew that his second child had a new place to go.The emperor made it clear that after he became an official, the Wen family would not break away from the official and gentry class and opened their mouths.

"Wen Qing's words are exactly the purpose of setting up the Sinong Temple. If we want to make our people no longer suffer from hunger and suffocation, the Sinong Temple should take on the heavy responsibility! In view of the importance of the Great Sinong, it is also for the local officials Pay more attention to the laws and decrees issued by him, and I intend to take Wen Qing as the chief minister! In view of the busy work of the cabinet, Wen Qing can go to the office of the Si Nong Temple to inspect and guide in his spare time. The daily affairs of the Si Nong Temple are controlled by Shaoqing Responsible!"

Zhu Youjian's remarks surprised all the officials, and Wen Tiren got up out of surprise and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

Since the Ming Dynasty had its own cabinet, there had never been a case where the chief assistant concurrently served as the chief of other departments. I didn't expect the emperor who liked to be unconventional to make such a sudden move.

Some time ago, the Department of Health was newly established and it was subordinated to the cabinet. Now there is a chief assistant and chief minister. Is this cabinet going to ride directly on the head of the department?
"May I ask your lord, who are the Shaoqing and other officials who are in charge of Sinong Temple? Where is the location of the office? The chief minister is busy with official duties and may not have time to take care of Sinong Temple. As for the handling of daily affairs, we must choose a strategy that is familiar with the farmland. It is only a capable minister who can be proficient in calculating the cost of various outputs of the field, I don’t know who the Holy One wants to take on this gist?”

Apart from Wang Yingxiong and Zhang Zhifa, who are like clay-bodied wood sculptures, the one who is most concerned about the promotion and transfer of officials is naturally Zhou Yun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

According to common sense, the emperor personally appointed officials above the fourth rank, but the most numerous officials below the fifth rank were arranged by the Ministry of Officials.Now as long as the emperor confirms the left and right Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, he and the two servants will be responsible for filling the rest of the vacant positions. This is the right of the Ministry of Officials.

Zhou Yun's words made Wen Tiren's heart lift up.

He knew that it was impossible for the second son to be promoted to the position of Shaoqing by jumping several ranks with the grade of the seventh-rank Zhongshusheren, but the position of the fifth-rank Si Nong Sicheng was the most suitable position. If the emperor only chose two young Empress Qing will not interfere with the rest, then it would be disrespectful for him to go to Zhou Yun to ask for an official position.

"Sinong Temple, Zuo Shaoqing, I intended to be appointed by Lang Zhongli, a Qing official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the office was built next to the Guozijian. After Hou Qing returned, he could decide on suitable candidates among the ministries. The Ministry of Industry immediately sent people to investigate the terrain and choose an auspicious day. The construction started! You Shaoqing was appointed by Song Yingxing, the Secretary of the Imperial Academy, and the rest of the officials of the fifth rank and lower were discussed by the Ministry of Officials and Wen Qing! Wen Qing is the chief official in charge of temple affairs, and the appointment of personnel must naturally be approved by Wen Qing !"

Zhu Youjian's order made Wen Tiren completely relieved, but made Zhou Yun feel a little dissatisfied.

Zhou Yunsheng was afraid that Wen Tiren's hand would be stretched too far, and then he would take advantage of the power of the chief assistant and Da Sinonong to suppress the official department and directly interfere with the appointment of all the remaining officials. Wouldn't he be worthless as the minister of the official department?After spreading the word, the prestige of the head of the official department will be greatly reduced.

"Qizou Shengshang, the old minister has a favorite for the position of Chancellor of Sinong Temple, and the selection of other officials should be based on the official department! The minister is the head and assistant, so we can't break the court rules!"

Of course Wen Tiren could sense the dissatisfaction in Zhou Yun's heart, so he expressed his position directly in front of Zhu Youjian: I only want the position of Si Nong Sicheng, and I don't interfere with the rest.

"Very good! Wen Qing is worthy of being the chief assistant, and knows the rules in dealing with things! Just follow Qing's words!"

Zhu Youjian and Wen Tiren's statements made Zhou Yun secretly heave a sigh of relief. He saluted Zhu Youjian and Wen Tiren and sat back in his original position.

Fortunately, Shoufu's posture this time is very high, and he only occupied one seat, and he has no greed for the remaining positions. This is a reasonable thing, and it is not excessive at all.In the future, no matter who the chief assistant wants to use, the official department will naturally fully support and approve it, even if the first assistant's own father is the prime minister of Sinongsi, it will be no problem.

　Thanks to the book friends for the reward that no one has used this account.By the way, are you unwilling to join the group? I mustered up the courage to build a group for a few days, but no one applied. Hahahaha, how embarrassing!It seems that the book review section has been lifted from today.

　　
　
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