Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Wuchang in early September is still a scene of late autumn. Standing on the balcony facing the highest part of the Fenghuang Mountain Palace and overlooking the surrounding low hills, you will find yellow and green, and there are fiery red maple leaves in between. , reflected in the rivers and lakes glowing with microwaves, layer upon layer, like a three-dimensional oil painting, it is really beautiful.

However, Zheng Kezang, who was standing on the facing balcony, was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery. His eyes looked through the empty space to a certain port in the south, as if he had seen several sons who were waiting to sail away, more than 50 years old. The year-old Zheng Kezang clearly has care and reluctance that cannot be seen in ordinary times.

"Your Majesty," the chief of the servants who were serving at the side gently put a crane mantle on Zheng Kezang's body, and at the same time advised cautiously. "It's windy on the top of the mountain. The Holy One is just recovering from his illness. You have to take care of the dragon's body."

Hearing the warm words of the servant who entered the palace in the Dongning period, Zheng Kezang, who looked away, subconsciously asked: "Tie Qi, tell me, have Liu Guogong and the others already set off?"

Gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, water and fire are the surnames given by Zheng Kezang to the servants. It is roughly based on the ranking of Jin Jiu, the head of the servants who served Zheng Kezang the earliest. However, the gold and silver generations have almost passed away, and even the bronze generation Most of them are also retired, so that the iron generation is already a big crotch level existence in the palace.

Tie Qineng stood out from the crowd of servants and became one of the closest eunuchs around Zheng Kezang. It is a skill that must be mastered by observing the words, watching the "color" and trying to figure out the meaning. Therefore, he did not simply answer Zheng Kezang's question, but instead Taking the opportunity to persuade: "Since the Holy Majesty is worried about your Highnesses, why not call them back."

Zheng Kezang would have been furious if others had persuaded him, but Tie Qi started from the perspective of family affection, and his tone was extremely sincere, so Zheng Kezang just shook his head lightly: "You don't understand, the young eagle wants to spread its wings and grow taller." Fei, how can I be kept in a birdcage, if I don't personally experience the hardships of building a country, how dare I entrust these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains."

Speaking of this, Zheng Kezang cheered up a little and said, "I'm not an ordinary old man who only misses his children and grandchildren. Besides, if I want someone to be happy with me, I can still find Du Guan and Chun Guan, not to mention the emperor's grandson." , Liu Guogong and the others did not bring their family members with them."

Tie Qi muttered, "The twelfth prince, the thirteenth prince, and several older grandsons have all entered the junior martial arts school."

Zheng Kezang glared at Tie Qi: "Also, is it because I am spoiled by petting? Is I so weak in your eyes?"

Criticizing your lord, this is a crime of disrespect by analogy. Don’t look at Tie Qi is now a Huangmen supervisor of the same fifth rank—the Chinese eunuchs are divided into nine ranks, which are the Huangmen order of the fourth rank and the second rank of the fifth rank. Huangmen Supervisor, Huangmen Zuocheng of the same sixth rank, Huangmen Youcheng of the same seventh rank, Dahuangmen of the same eighth rank, Huang Menlang of the same ninth rank, Zhonghuangmen of the first rank in Tongliuwai, and Tongliuwaiwai The second-class Huangmen Yezhe, the third-class Xiaohuangmen, of course, these are all official ranks, and the specific assignments are divided into Duzhi, Zhangshi, Fengyu, and Long Follower - still the same. Got to get on my knees.

Before Tie Qi could plead guilty, Zheng Kezang waved his hand: "Okay, don't pretend to be pitiful, I'm not in the mood to listen to your mourning."

Only then did Tie Qi get up tremblingly, and persuaded again: "My lord, it's very cold here, let's go back to the Imperial Academy."

"You old man, you are really annoying." Zheng Kezang, who didn't want to vent his emotions too much, thought about it and finally agreed. "Okay, go back." A black servant immediately knelt down in front of Zheng Kezang, asking him to lie on his body so that he could carry his back down the mountain. "I'm not too old to walk." Zheng Kezang glared again. "Get out of the way, I just have a bad cold, if I can go up, I can go down naturally"

Back at the Imperial Academy, before Zheng Kezang had time to pick up today's newspaper to read carefully, Prime Minister Lin Weirong handed over a sign to see him.Naturally, the prime minister had to see him, but he couldn’t meet in the inner palace, so Zheng Kezang had no choice but to go down to the outer study in a carriage. At this time, Lin Weirong had been waiting for more than half an hour.

"Lin Qing asked to see you, why?" Zheng Kezang asked after Lin Weirong paid homage.

Lin Weirong, who was sitting on the brocade bench with his buttocks on his back, reported: "In November last year, the matter of reorganizing the various ministries and offices proposed by the Holy Majesty, after the elders of the Bute Academy filled in the gaps, has now come to a conclusion."

While speaking, Lin Weirong handed over a memorial. Zheng Kezang took it and watched it while listening, and then he heard Lin Weirong say: "The cabinet thinks that it is necessary to change the three yamen, such as Yantie, Duzhi, and Agriculture and Forestry, into three departments, and the Ministry of punishment is not appropriate. Instead of arresting and stealing the yamen, it is feasible to upgrade the imperial hospital to the health and welfare yamen, but the imperial court will have to spend more in the future."

Since there is no substantial difference between the Ministry and the Yamen today, and the rank of the Minister and the Minister of the Council does not affect the position of the Cabinet Minister. Ke Zang is just a false proposition that disturbs the sight of the government and the public. Naturally, a group of ministers will not easily enter the hub.However, the reorganization of the Ministry of Criminal Justice into arresting and stealing Yamen really caused a lot of controversy. After all, one is in charge of the judiciary, and the other is only responsible for specific affairs such as public security. If the reorganization is easy, the power will only be tilted to the court of justice, which is not conducive to the internal balance of the three judicial departments. In the end, it was unanimously rejected by all the ministers of consultation.Only Tai Hospital's upgrade to the Health and Welfare Yamen has been recognized by the cabinet and the Bute Institute. This is because in the past there was no department dedicated to epidemic prevention and control. It is possible to trigger a civil uprising, so it is indeed necessary to establish a separate department for overall management.As for Zheng Kezang's so-called change of the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Culture and Education, Lin Weirong didn't mention it, obviously thinking that there was no need to discuss it at all.

As soon as Lin Weirong's words fell to the ground, Zheng Kezang immediately asked: "Then what is the cabinet's proposal regarding the establishment of a customs office, a competitive office, a large museum, and the dismantling of the industrial sector?"

"The cabinet believes that the two departments of tariffs are closely related to the departments of the Yantie Yamen, and it is not appropriate to set up a separate Yamen." This era does not serve the "government" statement, so the Yantie Yamen strongly opposes making its department the most important The power of the government was independent, and other ministers also believed that the establishment of a separate customs office would be too redundant. "The same is true for the demolition of the work department. The ministers are a little puzzled about what the post office does. If it is just to manage the post office and the horse office, it is really necessary. As for the competitive office that the Holy One said, it has never been seen before. I'm afraid it will damage the court's prestige." The cabinet's resolution almost completely rejected Zheng Kezang's proposal, and Lin Weirong was also a little terrified because of this. "It's not a problem to set up a large museum, but the Ministry of Education can't come up with the budget for it."

Zheng Kezang smiled coldly: "Since the Ministry of Education doesn't have the budget, the big museums should be listed under the Gezhi Academy."

In the view of Lin Weirong and others, the large museum will display all kinds of rare treasures, which should be the responsibility of the inner court treasury, and it is not easy for the outer court to pay for it. There is no problem at all, so Lin Weirong immediately said: "There will be no problem in this way."

But Zheng Kezang’s talk about the matter with the University Museum was only a strategic choice. He wanted to attack from the smallest place, and then overturned most of the cabinet’s resolutions: “As for the purpose of post office? I think there are three main things to do. One thing is to deliver civilian mail nationwide; the second thing is to detect roads and prepare for the establishment of arterial roads connecting the whole country in the future; the third thing is to take charge of domestic and foreign shipping.”[

Zheng Kezang has taught people to study steam engines for more than ten years, and he also invited people from England to recruit Thomas Seville, Thomas Newcomen and others, and introduced rubber trees from Portuguese Brazil.It is precisely because of Zheng Kezang's care and large sums of money that the steam engine produced by Huaxia is very close to the steam engine in the modern sense of Zheng Kezang's previous life, although it cannot be used in industries other than mine drainage at the moment. However, steam power that can be used on a large scale will appear within 15 to [-] years at the latest. If Zheng Kezang lives long enough, he can also see the use of trains and steamships in his lifetime. Railways are planned and prepared.

"Civil Post?" Lin Weirong didn't know the meaning behind the establishment of the post office, but was attracted by Zheng Kezang's previous sentence, and believed that Zheng Kezang was doing it to broaden the source of money. "Your Majesty, although the imperial court may gain a lot of profit from running the private post, but now that the private sector has its own urgent store and the People's Letter Bureau, I am afraid that if the imperial edict is not used, it will be very difficult for the imperial court to compete for profit."

Private postal service is a matter after the social and economic development. Zheng Kezang naturally cannot sell it to the market now: "How far can the Jijiaopu and the People's Letters Bureau undertake the delivery, and if it is entrained with property, it will be delivered safely. Guarantee of arrival? I'm not trying to win profits from the people, but I can't let the imperial court maintain the inn for nothing. Besides, the mail must have an address, and the imperial court can take the opportunity to establish a house number system and a mailbox system. Such benefits may be more important in household registration. I can understand."

"As for the establishment of the Customs Office, there is a possibility that the Yantie Office will be spared," Zheng Kezang snorted softly. "Tax collection is a special collection of taxes. What has it to do with the management of the company's mines and shipyards? It is not necessary to confuse taxes and fees, so that some subordinates can live comfortably."

Even though the weather was getting colder, Lin Weirong's forehead was still sweating: "Minister, I will arrange for the cabinet to discuss it again."

"The demolition of the industrial sector is one issue, and the customs office is another issue," Zheng Kezang said, counting his fingers. "As for the Ministry of Punishment, let's keep it according to the resolution of the cabinet, the competitive yamen." Zheng Kezang pondered for a moment. "The imperial court may not have a supervisor for the time being, but there must still be someone in charge at the local level. The cabinet will discuss whether it is better to hand it over to the general judge and the county magistrate, or to let the Ministry of War take care of it."

Zheng Kezang slapped Tianzao, to which Lin Weirong had no choice but to respond: "I understand, I will call a meeting immediately after I return."

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