Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 292 Summoning Ministry of Industry Officials (Third Change)

Since Zhu Youjian already believed that the 19th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty would be a constructive year, he naturally wanted to convey his thoughts to the Ministry of Households a year ago.

After all, the Ministry of Household Affairs is now in charge of Daming's money bag, and is the planner of the empire's economic construction in the coming year. It is even the department most valued by Chongzhen Zhu Youjian among the six departments. Otherwise, Zhu Youjian would not let the chief assistant of the cabinet and the householder The post of Minister of the Ministry.

Liu Wanchun, the left servant of the household department, and Qi Biaojia, the right servant of the household department, accompanied the chief assistant of the cabinet, Fan Jingwen, the minister of the household department, to leave the Qianqing Palace. The three of them walked step by step in the snowflakes with Chongzhen Zhu Youjian's instructions, and sometimes discussed with each other After a few words, until Fan Jingwen got into the sedan chair and Liu Wanchun and Qi Biaojia got on the horse, the three of them parted with a lot of satisfaction.

Han Shoujing, the eunuch who supervised the ceremonies and the governor of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty, and Wang Jiaqin, the right servant of the household department, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty, also discussed in low voice when they resigned from Chongzhen Zhu Youjian.

Only Yang Mingshen, vice president of Daming Central Bank, the right servant of the household department, placed the order and ran up to salute Han Shoujing. aside.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian just smiled. The textile industry is at the forefront of the industrial revolution, and the two textile companies Han's and Yang's still compete fiercely with each other.

It's normal for Han Shoujing not to like Yang Mingshen. Fortunately, the officials of the household department don't have such a big internal conflict. Although Fan Jingwen is an official from the north, and Qi Biaojia and Liu Wanchun are both officials from the south, there is no suspicion at all.

Chongzhen Zhu Youjian watched them for a while and returned to the hall under Chen Yuanyuan's persuasion.

He had already decreed that because of the cold weather, when it was three feet frozen, in order to show compassion for all officials, officials of the second rank and above could enter the Qianqing Palace directly in sedan chairs, and those below the second rank could enter the Qianqing Palace on horseback.

Before the officials admired Chongzhen Zhu Youjian's sympathy, Zhu Youjian naturally just showed some consideration for the officials.

Now the snow is knee-deep, even teenagers can't stand the cold of this severe winter, let alone a group of middle-aged and elderly people who are frail.

If the Ministry of Households is the planner of the empire's economic construction, then the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites are the executors of the imperial economic construction and even other aspects of construction.

Therefore, after summoning the officials of the Ministry of Industry to discuss the matter, Zhu Youjian immediately summoned the officials of the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of the engineering construction and industrial manufacturing of the entire empire, a department with a very strong atmosphere of science and engineering.

Although it has always been a very fat yamen, it has not been paid much attention in the past dynasties. In many cases, cabinet ministers are mostly selected from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, and rarely selected from the officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Now in the eyes of Chongzhen Zhu Youjian, the status of the Ministry of Industry in the administrative departments of the entire empire is naturally different from before.

Especially in the non-war period, the basic transformation of the empire requires the overall planning and arrangement of the Ministry of Industry in order to apply the wealth of the empire to national production in an orderly manner.

Xu Shiqian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, has submitted his resignation to Zhu Youjian after the winter solstice.

Maybe it was because he was dissatisfied with Zhu Youjian's attack on the gentry class, or maybe he really couldn't adapt to the atmosphere of science and engineering in the Ministry of Industry, especially after Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian moved to the south, he always had nothing to do and ordered some science and engineering projects to the Ministry of Industry Xu Shiqian, who originally hoped to make some money while working as a minister of the Ministry of Industry, had to request an order to resign his old age and return home.

Zhu Youjian naturally agreed to Xu Shiqian's resignation, and was directly promoted to Song Yingxing as Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

He also feels that the Ministry of Industry is a highly professional department, and only Song Yingxing, who has relatively strong knowledge of science and engineering, can keep up with his rhythm and understand his intentions, while the simple Confucian who came from the top two rankings is obviously not suitable for leadership. The affairs of the Ministry of Industry.

Song Yingxing's official career in the imperial examination was only from a family background, and now he was directly promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry in less than two years, which can be regarded as a miracle in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen Zhu Youjian's move undoubtedly stimulated the interest of the entire Daming scholar class in natural science.

Because from what happened to Song Yingxing, everyone can see that His Majesty the current emperor seems not very interested in Confucianism, but more interested in the studies of Mohism and other miscellaneous schools.

Chongzhen Zhu Youjian has now broken the long-standing civil service system of the Ming Dynasty, and no longer determines the appointment of officials based on the background and qualifications of the imperial examinations. However, in order to block the mouths of the world, Zhu Youjian still changed his method. Give you a Jinshi background and then promote your official position.

Since then, the number of Jinshi in Ming Dynasty has increased, and it has become less and less valuable. It has also made people in the world understand that if you want to win good achievements, you don't just rely on the imperial examination, as long as you can get into the eyes of the emperor , Fame and official position can still be obtained.

Bi Maokang has been cured under the action of Cinchona cream. He should have passed away last year. He is still alive in this time and space, but his body is still very weak. Zhu Youjian specially approved him to enter the palace in a sedan chair. And still, Wei Guogong's mansion will support Bi Maokang with the ability of the whole Guogong's mansion.

Zhu Youjian has also appointed Bi Maokang to directly serve as the left servant of the Ministry of Industry.

Tang Ruowang, the former doctor of the Fire Gun Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, was also promoted by Zhu Youjian to the right servant of the Ministry of Industry because of his achievements in manufacturing Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock guns.

It is the first time in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty that Yixiyangfan is appointed as a senior official of the ministry.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian is now regarded as an enlightened emperor who uses talents eclecticly.

And Tang Ruowang has almost forgotten his missionary career now, and began to focus all his attention on industrial manufacturing. The pleasure brought to him by power has surpassed the pleasure brought by spreading religion.

Although it was still extremely cold outside the Qianqing Palace at this time, the inside of the palace was still as warm as spring.

Bi Maokang, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, received the preferential treatment from Zhu Youjian and sat on the official hat chair covered with three layers of mink fur, with his thin face drooping, still a bit afraid to be too casual in front of His Majesty.

Song Yingxing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhu Youjian are both monarchs and friends who study natural science, so they are much calmer than Bi Maokang.

Tang Ruowang, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, did not look at Zhu Youjian but kept mumbling about something, thinking about the technical difficulties encountered in the process of improving the technology of the flintlock.

At the same time, Fang Yizhi, the president of the Daming Academy of Sciences and Zhan Shi's Zhan Shi, was also in the palace.

Song Yingxing, Bi Maokang, Tang Ruowang, and Fang Yizhi can be regarded as Zhu Youjian's most important people in the field of science and technology. Zhu Youjian Shengxue had the deepest influence.

Today's Song Yingxing's knowledge level in science and engineering is no less than that of an undergraduate student, and even some aspects have surpassed it. Don't believe it, before Zhu Youjian came into contact with Song Yingxing, he already knew that sound is produced by vibration in the original history. laws of physics.

Now Zhu Youjian is just perfecting his basic framework of natural science and knowledge structure system, so that Song Yingxing's theoretical knowledge is not so messy.

(End of this chapter)