Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

After Zhang Riyao retired, Chen Kejun, the dean of the academic department, came out and reported: "Your Majesty, the four Taixues in Zhejiang, Fujian, Dongning, and Guangdong have officially recruited students in September, and a total of 570 students have been recruited. Jiangnan Taixue recruited this year. Two hundred and seventeen. www [ ]”

The Tai students recruited at this stage are actually not qualified, but there is no way. The education system at the prefectural and county levels has just begun to roll out, and there is no qualified student source at all, so we can only make do with the eldest son from the dwarfs.Moreover, although Zheng Kezang intends to let them study for a long time, with the expansion of Zheng Fan's ruling area and the implementation of the government's government to the countryside in several provinces, the local officials are eager to fill the vacancies, forcing Taixue to compress In Zheng Kezang's eyes, these Tai students are actually neither fish nor fowl.But there is no way to do it. At this stage, we mainly solve the problem of availability, and at most we can go back to the furnace for further study in the future.

"The courses of Taixue still need to be increased." The only way to reduce the pressure of Taixue's teaching is to promote the specialized schools under its subordinates, but the number of teachers and professional ability are another problem, so Zheng Kezang had to withdraw after a long time. And the next best thing. "In addition, the Ministry of Education should urge local governments to effectively improve prefectural and county schools."

Chen Kejun gave a wry smile, but he always responded face-saving: "I understand."

Zheng Kezang asked him to step down, and then called out Lu Xuefang, who had just been implicated inexplicably, to stand out: "Lu Qing, how is the selection situation this year? How many officials have been recruited in the rural examination this year?"

The so-called selection and appointment refers to the situation that officials are selected to serve as officials. Out of the external demonstration effect and the internal consideration of not allowing subordinates to control local government affairs for too long, Zheng Fan promoted a large number of officials when the ruling area continued to expand and the government was sent to the countryside. Officials with relatively good reputations left their hometowns and counties to work in other places.The rural examination should have been controlled by the Ministry of Education, but Zheng Kezang considered that the rural examination was only a transitional link in the full implementation of the three-level teaching system of Taixue, Fuxue, and Countyxue, so he handed it over to the trial officials appointed and assigned by officials. , Now that the Court of Appeals has been restructured into the Ministry of Officials, it is naturally within the scope of the Ministry of Officials. [ ]

"Returning to the king, this year's Anthology of the Ministry of Officials has a total of 420 officials from Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. A few were transferred in the province, and 280 nine of them were ordered to be transferred to various departments of the shogunate." Although Lu Xuefang was transferred not long ago, she was the head of the secret service of the official department after all, and she is still very sensitive to numbers. "In addition, in the township examination in September this year, Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Zhejiang, Jiangbei, Jiangnan, Fujian, and Guangdong included a total of 120 scholars on the two lists. Hunan has also held a rural examination, but the number of candidates and admissions is not large, and there are vacancies for officials, and the Ministry of Officials is trying to find a way to fill them.”

"It's not bad." Zheng Kezang probably did it out of comfort. "The servant gave me a piece of money."

Those who understood were noncommittal about Lu Xuefang receiving the consolation prize, but there were also people whose eyes were spitting fire because of it. At this time, Zheng Kezang called out: "Lin Qing, Cai Qing, have the Supreme Court and Supervisory Yuan been set up?"

Lin Liangrui went out again and said: "If you go back to the king, except for the six provinces of southern Jiangxi, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, and Hunan, all the provincial branches and branches have been set up properly, and the prisons in various places have also been handed over. Jiangnan, Zhejiang, etc. The Dizhiyuan has also begun to patrol the localities to receive old files and lawsuits from the people."

Gannan is a newly designated province, and the branch may have been established, but the superior branch did not have the right manpower for a while, while Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan have just stabilized or are newly occupied areas, so it is normal to have no time to set up , As for the Grand Instance Court in Hubei, it was established earlier, but it was only a branch court. There are only two branches in Wuchang and Huangzhou. Of course, after the Grand Instance Court moved here, it can share some of the trial burden.

Cai Hanxiang, who had just been reprimanded, reported blankly: "The Overwatch Council has established branches in three provinces except southern Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou. courtyard.[ ]”

It is normal for the Control Yuan to be set up sooner than the Supreme Court. After all, you need to know the Law of the Ming Dynasty or the Law of the Qing Dynasty. For supervision, you don’t need to understand these things for the time being, but this is a transitional period. If you want to join the Control Yuan in the future, I’m afraid. Not only do you need to master the knowledge of the law, but you must also be familiar with the shady scenes and tricks of the local administration, otherwise you will not be able to do the supervision work well.

However, Zheng Kezang would not be demanding on them right now, but instead expressed some relief for the rude attitude just now, so he gave two more money, which made Cai Hanxiang's expression relax a lot.

After the two chief officials of the government departments retired, Chen Ke, the minister of the Ma Zheng Yamen, came out and reported: "Your Majesty, the captured Mongolian soldiers have been sent to overseas horse farms as slaves, and only those above Taiji The prince is in the hands of the staff secretary of the Privy Council."

"Prince and Taiji are useful alone, and you don't have to be like ordinary shepherds." Zheng Kezang had something to say, in fact, apart from asking the staff to interrogate repeatedly in order to obtain information on the Mongolian alliance flags and some inside information on the Manchu Qing, Zheng Kezang still had a chance Split the Manchurian-Mongolian Alliance, but this does not need to be elaborated on to outsiders.

"Your Majesty, Huoquan Yamen has completed the "Law of the Money Industry." After Chen Ke, Zheng Kezang finally received good news. "It is expected that Taishun will be issued in the first year of the country. At present, the Department of Internal Affairs has reported the establishment of two major banks, Sihai and Tonghai, and has applied for the issuance of remittance banknotes such as Sihai Lianpiao and Tonghai Golden Notes. 100 million sticks."

Speaking of which, this is also moving from Zheng Kezang's left pocket to his right pocket, but without the 100 million private money, Zheng Fan's finances may not be in deficit but directly bankrupt.

In this regard, Zheng Kezang asked with great interest: "Apart from Sihai and Tonghai, are there any other banks that have applied for opening?"

Tang Kaishan, Minister of the Kuoquan Yamen Association, responded with some embarrassment: "Not yet."

"That's their loss." Zheng Kezang was taken aback for a moment, and then said in a tone that seemed to be supported by all the courtiers. "It will be too late for them to regret it when the Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a lot of money." Speaking of this, Zheng Kezang warned again. "In addition to the "Law of Money Industry", the "Law of Insurance" must also be prepared and drafted."

"I must step up my supervision when I go back."

After saying that, Tang Kaishan saluted and returned to the queue, and Lin Weirong, the Minister of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Governor-General, took a step forward: "My lord, the negotiations between the Fanyang Yamen and the Japanese side are not progressing very smoothly."

This is another piece of bad news: "The Tokugawa shogunate forcibly banned drugs in the country despite the opposition of the vassal, and the silk and sugar prices were repeatedly lowered by the Silk Cut Nakafu Office.

Lin Weirong reported anxiously: "In addition, there is news in Nagasaki that Uncle Min Qing has passed away in Japan."

Zheng Kezang's face suddenly turned ugly. Although Zheng Zhi had a bad relationship with him, and he arranged for him to go to Japan, he was a relative after all, and he couldn't write two characters of Zheng in one stroke, so he just died in Japan for no apparent reason. How could he explain to Zheng Ming and Zheng Cong.In addition, what is more critical is that the business in Japan is not going well, and the revenue from opium has plummeted, which not only affects the customs tax revenue but also affects his own private money, which cannot but make him feel malicious.

But when he thought of the current distressed financial resources, Zheng Kezang sighed slightly: "As long as Japan does not cut off the normal trade route, and put it aside for a while, as for the drug, I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to handle it properly."

Then Zheng Kezang asked, "Are there any incidents in Jinlan and Xiboni?"

"Jinlan now has a population of 20, and Xiboni has [-]." The vast majority of this number are fugitives from Chenla, Champa, and Annan. In addition, there are also black slaves and Japanese immigrants resettled by Zheng Kezang. As for the Han people, there are only [-] to [-], and more than half of them are under the control of Yang, Chen, and Yan, the immigrant generals in Meilan, Hexian, Jiading and other places. As for Xiboni, the situation is better, but the proportion of Han people Still not high.

"It's not easy to create something like this." Although Lin Weirong has the merits of leadership, Zheng Kezang did not reward him, and Lin Weirong didn't dare to care about it. After all, he just sits and enjoys the benefits. "Any more books to play?"

"The minister has his own play." Lin Xian, the right minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said. "The admiral of the Yangtze River Fleet of the Navy, Huang Chuxu, reported that he wanted to expand the Yangtze River Fleet. There will be three inland lake squadrons in Dongting, Poyang, and Taihu Lake, and another squadron in Hanshui, Jingjiang, Jiujiang, and Nanjing."

"This?" Zheng Kezang frowned. He has already promised to comprehensively reduce the military expenditure for the next three years. At this time, the Ministry of War is asking for military expansion. Isn't it a bit embarrassing, but the Yangtze River Fleet is indeed very important, especially in the case of the separatist regime in central Sichuan. , but it is necessary to fortify between Yichang and Wuchang, so he had to look at Zhang Riyao. "What does Zhang Qing think?"

"I don't know the budget of the Ministry of War yet." Zhang Riyao came out and responded. "But it's definitely not going to work this year, and the budget for next year is almost done. Even if we must expand the army, I'm afraid the king will have to pay for it."

Zheng Kezang gasped, and asked me to pay the bill again. How could this be? The internal treasury is not the meat of a Tang monk, so he could only say to Lin Xian: "I am not alone, but there is not much silver in the internal stockpile, and next year will cost a lot." However, the income is insufficient, so the Yangtze River Fleet will not be expanded for the time being, but will be maintained with the original force."

Lin Xian is naturally dissatisfied, but the Lu division is completely useless, and the navy can still get four cruisers with [-] materials. If he continues to make trouble, I am afraid that the Du branch will not make trouble, and Zuo Shang Lin Heng of the Ministry of War will jump first Get up and fight him over the budget.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian had no choice but to retreat: "So, I have no choice but to persuade Vice General Huang."

"The Ministry of Industry petitioned to build a track in Huainan to facilitate coal transportation in Huainan"

"The Ministry of Punishment Reported the Arrest at Sea"

"The Ministry of Rituals' new "Noble System""

Zheng Kezang sat in the upper seat and patiently listened to the reports of the courtiers, and the time passed unknowingly.