Lord of the House

In May, he went out to Jiangning to inspect the defense area. Lin Fu was following the order, and when he returned to Jiangning, he would have to repeat the order.

On the second day of the tenth lunar month, Lin Fu entered the palace to resume his decree. In a few cases, the queen mother is a little hunched, and the embroidered phoenix court clothes can't hide her old age. Yuan Yan and Song Jia are standing behind the queen mother. Compared with Song Jia's plump and mature and charming, Yuan Yan's slightly pointed face has a pressing face. of youth.

"... The fish and shrimp in this Hongze Puli are plentiful, and the minister travels in a boat, the boat swings in the water, the fish jumps out, jumps on the boat, or it does not stop every day. It saves the minister from fishing, and can also taste the beauty of fresh fish from time to time. In July, in Chaohu Lake, the rains burst, and many villages were flooded along the coast.

Lin Fuxin talked about the scenery and people he saw in the northern tour. Cheng Yuqian, Zuo Chengmu, Yu Xinyuan, Lin Xuwen, Zhang Yan, Yuan Guizheng, Shen Rong, Liu Zhi and others sat with them all with smiles on their faces and looked peaceful , It seems that many people in this temple have never had a gap, and it has never been a life-and-death enmity.

The so-called scenery and personal feelings are all off-topic, and Lin Fu always wants to talk about something to show that he is not greedy for extravagance or pleasure this time.

"The Privy Council's military strategy has also been seen by the poor family," Empress Dowager Liang's hand was as dry as a chicken's paw on the small table. After listening to Lin Fie for a long time, she turned back to the topic and asked, "This is already the case now. It’s October, and when I lie in bed quietly at night, I can hear the north wind whistling, when will Lin Aiqing send troops to destroy the rebels?”

People in Huaidong were worried that the Privy Council was not prepared enough, and the hasty raising of troops would cause great harm; the Queen Mother's lineage would prefer to see Huaidong suffer setbacks. Only in this way can they find a chance to turn around, as long as it is not like the last time Jiangning City was captured by others.

Lin Bie smiled slightly and said, "When the rice is harvested this season, the time to send troops will be ripe, and we will have to wait for the first ten days..."

One hundred thousand soldiers and horses must be gathered in the periphery of Shangrao, and a large number of mules and horses, as well as the people who are recruited to accompany the army, must consume more than one hundred thousand stone per month. Although there are more than 200,000 stone reserves in Wuyuan now, it is only enough to consume 100,000 soldiers and horses for two months, and it is still far from being able to support the Shangrao war in Lin Bing's plan.

In order to prevent the price of grain in Jiangnan from skyrocketing again, the real large-scale purchase and storage of materials can only be delayed until the rice harvest in Jianghuai and other places is on the market. At the same time, it can also prevent farmers from being damaged due to the centralized listing of rice grains and the sharp drop in grain prices.

This is also true after Yue Lengqiu and Yue Lengqiu used it in Jiangzhou at the end of October.

Exactly how and when to use soldiers, Lin Fu has his own strategy, but when the Queen Mother asks herself, she always has to answer one or two, and give a little explanation.

"Oh, that's why I thought about it like this. It's a woman's knowledge, and I'm a little eager," the queen mother said, changing the subject and asking, "Have Lin Aiqing heard about the recent court ministers discussing the establishment of a crown prince?"

Lin Bie glanced at Yuan Jianwu, Emperor Yongxing, and saw that his hand holding the cup while drinking suddenly tightened his muscles, and said, "It is the emperor's family business to establish the crown prince, and it is inconvenient for the minister to say more..."

Emperor Yongxing looked at Lin Fu with complicated eyes.

Zuo Chengmu said: "The establishment of the reserve is the foundation of the country, and rash discussions will cause trouble..."

In addition to the emperor's eldest son who was entrusted by Emperor Yongxing as King Shou to Shouzhou and was protected by Huaixi, the other son he brought back to Jiangning was named King Min, who was only five years old; the empress dowager's family proposed this When the crown prince was established, it was obvious that Yuan Jianhai, the king of Hailing, should be established as the emperor's younger brother.

After Emperor Yongxing returned to Jiangning, his health was not very good, but if Yuan Jianhai was to be established as the heir, he might die of a sudden illness. Zuo Chengmu was always unbearable.

For Lin Fu, Emperor Yongxing was quite cooperative after returning to Jiangning, so there was no need to make extra efforts. Even if something happens to Emperor Yongxing, there won't be too much turmoil when he supports the young emperor or holds Yuan Jianhai, so he doesn't pay much attention to the matter of Li Chu. Besides, if there is no heir, there will be Cheng Yuqian and Zuo Chengmu fighting between King Min and King Hailing, and it will save them from causing other troubles.

For Emperor Yongxing, although he became a puppet after returning to Jiangning, as long as he did not establish a reserve, he still felt somewhat secure in his heart.

Lin Fu did not support it, and Zuo Chengmu clearly opposed it, so the matter of establishing the reserve could not be discussed.

Seeing that the atmosphere was frozen, Cheng Yuqian coughed lightly, changed the subject, and said to Lin Fu: "It is often said that elite soldiers and simple administration are the way to hold the country, but since the establishment of the Privy Council, new divisions have been established every month, which seems to be contrary to this way, and officials Most of them are from the right path, and Master Lin has any insights?"

The Privy Council was originally set up to hold the military and political power. Except for the military affiliates, it was not accommodated by the six ministries and the various supervisory temples, or many new or independent departments. Lin Fu also put them under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council.

The ordnance supervisor specializing in ordnance manufacturing, the postal transmission department specializing in transmission, the shipping department specializing in shipbuilding, the metallurgical department specializing in iron smelting, and the Yingtian department specializing in field and water conservancy can be said to be the supervisors. It is directly related to the military and is naturally placed under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council.

The Lijin Bureau specializing in industrial and mining tax, Changping tariff and external tariff, and the mining supervisor specializing in coal and iron mines, etc., can be said to control the central financial lifeline of the Ministry of Household other than the tax and guotianfu under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household. Not to be interfered with by others.

In addition, the Department of Education and Administration, which implements the new school, the Coin Raising Bureau, which is responsible for the issuance of coins, and the Haidong Department, which specializes in Haidong affairs, including the newly established Machinery Manufacturing Department, are also under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council.

The office space of the Privy Council occupies the territory of the former Minister of Internal Affairs.

In the past, although the Ministry of Internal Affairs was said to be outside the six divisions, it served the inner court, was in charge of the guards, and had the authority of the emperor to feed the ministers. The organization was huge and far beyond the six divisions. The Ministry of Internal Affairs should take up more than half.

To this day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been given the edge, and the number of court servants in the inner court is strictly limited to less than 600 people. The space vacated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is occupied by the Privy Council, which is suitable for the increasingly large organization of the Privy Council.

In addition to separating the affairs under the jurisdiction of the original six ministries and setting up a separate supervisory division to achieve the purpose of restricting the six ministries, the officials in the original six ministries tended to be Huaidong, who agreed with the Huaidong New Deal and were pragmatic and capable. It was also gradually absorbed into the Privy Council. In particular, the Ministry of Industry, the officials at the principal level, almost had to give up the Privy Council.

At present, there are more than 2,000 officials in the central government, and the Privy Council at least accounts for 40%; in addition, the Privy Council also has many officials who are assigned to supervise special affairs in various places, and the number is also more than 200.

After the imperial examination was interrupted, the regular recruitment of officials stopped; but on the other hand, the Privy Council continued to send outstanding personnel from the schools under its jurisdiction to the Privy Council or assigned various places to serve as officials. There is a trend to replace the imperial examination.

These are all unbearable for Cheng Yuqian and others.

"The affairs of the state are only difficult, and there are many places devastated by war. There are hundreds of wastes waiting to be rebuilt, and everything is waiting to be done. It is difficult to simplify the administration," Lin Fu sighed, "When it comes to officials, there is a mess all over the place right now. People are helpless. Yanji, Jin, Lu, Henan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Guangchuan, Lake and other places are in enemy territory, or the road is blocked. If you want to conduct scientific examinations, are there any good strategies to ask scholars from these areas to gather in Jiangning to take the test? Yes, only expedient measures can be taken, Cheng Xiang thinks what this court is saying, does it make sense?"

Cheng Yuqian couldn't refute Lin Fu's words, that in his homeland, only half of the country was left, and the imperial examination was difficult, and he was also trapped by reality.

Yu Xinyuan said, "It's also a fact that there is a shortage of manpower in the six supervisory temples at the moment, but there are still many people who have sharpened their heads to drill into the Privy Council. We can't make the six divisions become empty shelves!"

"When this is a difficult time, we should only be based on talent and record only by use," Lin Fu said. "The six ministries are short of manpower, either promoted from the locality or recommended by the locality, all of which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, and it is difficult for this court to What advice do you give Cheng Xiang and Yu Xiang..."

"The imperial examinations cost a lot, and in the short term, the current national capacity can afford it," Lin Xuwen said. "The six divisions and monasteries have such a large plate of salary and salary. Officials say that it is difficult. The grievances below will reach the sky again..."

When it comes to excuses, money and food can be used at any time to block other people's mouths.

Today, 70% of the revenue of the Ministry of Household is spent on raising soldiers and defending the war. If you want to do other things, you must be extremely tight. Including the inner court palace attendants are also limited to less than 600 people.

In the past, Emperor Yongxing felt that the palace city was overcrowded, but now he felt that the palace city was empty. However, he returned to Jiangning and seldom left the dormitory to walk around.

There was no result in the discussion of all matters. On the Privy Council side, Lin Fu did not allow Cheng Yuqian and the others to interfere.

In fact, Lin Fu is to build the Privy Council into a state affairs department that can implement the New Deal in addition to the traditional six departments, and finally achieve the purpose of replacing the traditional six departments.

During Lin Fu's absence in Jiangning, major issues that could not be decided by the Privy Council's supervisors were also decided by Lin Mengde convened by the chiefs of the supervisors.

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After repeating the decree, and after a lot of unnecessary words, Lin Fu returned to the Privy Council.

In the palace, he rubbed his lips with Cheng Yuqian and others, but there was still a lot of things to do in the Privy Council. Lin Meng made them all wait here, watching Lin Fu leisurely walk into the atrium, and asked, "Why are you in the palace? Delayed for so long?"

"I finally caught the lord back, how can there be peace of mind?" Gao Zongting explained Lin Fu with a smile, holding a few silver coins in his hand, and said, "I have seen this silver coin with Duke Song, and it can indeed be widely used. To implement..."

When the world's money transactions, mainly rely on copper and gold and silver, copper money has become a custom, but gold and silver are used for trading, mainly to raise ingots for weighing. In the early days, the court had gold and silver coins as rewards, but the amount of money raised was very small.

When gold and silver ingots are used for trading, they often need to be weighed by reaming shears, which is very troublesome, and there will be additional losses when shearing and weighing. In fact, all of the above have seriously hindered the development of commerce and trade.

When Huaidong was forging Huaidong copper coins, the coin-making technology was already mature, and gold and silver were easier to forge into coins than copper.

The use of pure silver chips to make large and small silver coins and copper coins as auxiliary coins will not have any impact on the current currency system. Moreover, the pure silver chips are made into silver coins, and the coins are buzzing and identification is easy.

Once silver coins are popularized and farmers pay taxes, they can avoid giving local excuses to exploit them with fire.

Lin Fu took the silver coin. The front of the big silver coin was engraved with the words "one yuan, supervised by the Coin Raising Bureau of the Privy Council of Dayue", the back was engraved with the words "one tael of pure silver, and a thousand dollars", and many small silver coins were engraved on the front with "one dime, two yuan, five yuan". ” and other words, the silver weight and the value of copper coins are also marked on the back, and there are hammers, hoes, spike flowers and other decorations, which are beautifully printed, comparable to the silver coins used in the inner court.

This silver coin is said to be pure silver, but it is actually the ratio of silver to nine coppers. The collected silver ingots themselves also have impurities, and the coins are also lost, and copper is also an inevitable move. The key is to determine the doping ratio, and the thickness and size have certain specifications, so as to have the identification effect of blowing coins.

Combining large and small silver coins with copper dollars and traditional copper and iron coins, the currency system is relatively complete in the current world.

As for banknotes, counterfeiting is on the one hand, and the more difficult to control evil result is that when the central finance is tight, it is difficult to control the impulse to spam.

"Tell the Ministry of Household to take a look. If it is feasible, then we will officially replace silver with coins." Lin Fu said.

Zhou Guangnan took the silver money from the side and went to the Ministry of Household yamen. The sooner this matter is implemented, the more benefits.

Lin Fu walked to the public hall with Lin Mengde, Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others to discuss other matters.

Song Fu and Shewenzhuang were both known as the two heroes of East Fujian. Naturally, they were very talented and knowledgeable. Before attaching to Huaidong, he also paid close attention to all kinds of innovations in Huaidong. Deeply, after being with him for the past year, he can truly appreciate the various innovations that Lin Fu has done, which has long been beyond the scope that the predecessors could imagine.

Of course, all the innovations that Huaidong can perform are also based on the miscellaneous craftsmanship that Lin Fu admired in Jiangning early on.

Gold and silver things can be changed into ingots to raise coins, which is convenient for the public to trade in the market, and there are also various conveniences for the government to collect silver and pay taxes. The advantage of this is not that the world can't think of it, but that the traditional sand-turning method was a waste of money. It was suitable for copper and iron, but not for gold and silver, so it was not implemented. Gold and silver money can only be used for the palace in a small area. reward.

"The news of the establishment of the Machinery Manufacturing Division spread in a small area, and some people came to ask whether the four-wheeled carriage made by Huaidong was allowed to be built, and whether the spinning machine was allowed to be built. If these two are taken out, they will raise 108,000 taels of silver. , there should be no problem." Lin Mengde submitted another matter.

"Naturally," Lin Fu said, "since I recommend everyone to abandon the sedan and ride the carriage, this carriage will be built in batches. The Privy Council can't do everything, so it has to raise funds from private companies. This is my original intention... …”

Song Fu secretly said: The New Deal and many changes are based on new learning. The "abandoned sedan car ride" to be advocated is actually related to the maturity of Huaidong's car-making technology over the years; now that the roller has also been made, the car-making craftsmanship can be improved to a higher level.

In the past, mules and horses were mostly used to carry goods, and people sitting in them were far less comfortable than carrying sedan chairs. The four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage made by Huaidong, with its axles and discs made of fine iron, was convenient for walking and steering. On the wheel axle, it is sturdy and sturdy, and it is comfortable to ride, and the movement and movement are all organized.

Exactly why this is possible, the details of which are all sealed in the reel, the craftsman in the ordnance supervisor said nothing, and no one else could understand it.

Of course, this four-wheeled carriage uses a lot of fine iron chips. The axle discs and other components made of fine iron are as light as two or three hundred catties, and as heavy as five or six hundred catties, while the axle discs of the large carriage with four horses are more than a thousand catties. , can withstand such consumption.

Lin Fu remembered something and asked Lin Mengde, "What about others, Mr. Jiang?"

Lin Mengde said, "Master Jiang has been accompanied by Jingxuan to Hekou, and it should be time to return."

Lin Fu said to Song Fu: "The key part of the axle plate of the carriage made by Huaidong is still the credit of Mr. Jiang. This time, the machine maker is set up. Mr. Jiang is willing to abandon the high position of the Tianjian and come to lead the machine. The manufacturing department can be the biggest surprise since I returned to Jiangning."

Song Fu had heard about Jiang Yue, the nephew-in-law of Chen Xinbo, who only concentrated on academics. In a world where craftsmanship and miscellaneous studies were suppressed, Jiang Yue was famous in the world for creating the armillary sphere when he served in the Sitian Supervisor in his early years.

Donghu seized the city of Yanjing and sent people to search for Jiang Yue; Jiang Yue and his family gave the Huaidong Military Intelligence Department to sneak into Yanjing's secret room and moved to a dark place earlier, mixed with the refugees, and then tossed and turned repeatedly before escaping to Jiangning.

Jiang Yue didn't care much about political affairs. When he went to Jiangning, he first served as the junior supervisor of Sitian, and then he was changed to the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Come.

When Lin Fu returned to Jiangning this time, he wanted to set up a new machinery manufacturing department, so he dared to ask Jiang Yue to come out.

Si Tianjian is a high-ranking official of the fourth rank. The newly established supervisors of the Privy Council are all temporarily dispatched. Except for a few who have set official rank, most of them have not been approved by the court. Fortunately, Jiang Yue was not in the rank, after thinking for two days, he agreed to serve in the Privy Council.

Although Ge Fu and other old people are also brilliant, their age is also a fact that cannot be ignored; moreover, very few people can compare with Jiang Yue in terms of their real level of academic research.

Song Fu thought about Lin Fu's appointment principle, and put practicality first. Those who can be pragmatic are most admired by Lin Fu and get promoted the fastest.

After entering the public hall and talking about everything, when the sun was about to set, Sun Jingxuan and Jiang Yue came in, and Ge Fu also came with him.

Lin Fu stood up to greet him, looked at Jiang Yue, and said with a smile: "Jiang Gong went to see the river mouth, how do you feel?"

Hekou Town was destroyed during the war, but as soon as the war ended, Hekou Town was rebuilt early.

Both Huaidong and Dongyang Township Party regard the Jinchuan Estuary, where Lin Fu first emerged, as their spiritual home. In just eight months, Hekou Town has been completely renewed.

However, what is different from the main business in the past is that the rebuilt Hekou has concentrated the relocation of the Ministry of Industry and the relocation of many factories from Chongzhou. Many new machines that Huaidong has put into practice over the years can be seen in the Hekou workshop.

Jiang Yue's essentials of the Machinery Manufacturing Division, the secret of craftsmanship mastered by Huaidong, naturally won't hide it from him. The only way to show these to Jiang Yue is his talent to make them further improve and improve in the future.

Jiang Yue has a clear face and is in his prime, but he has been involved in a lot of party disputes over the years, and he has experienced wars and chaos. Give Jiang Yuesan three or five months to ask Master Ge for advice~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Otherwise, I won't dare to say anything and be ridiculous..."

"Speaking of craftsmanship," Ge Fu said with a smile, "Ge Fu and all the craftsmen combined are far inferior to adults. Xiao Lao'er has nothing to point out to Lord Jiang..."

"It's true, it's true, the adults have spared no effort in advocating the art of craftsmanship in Jiangning, creating a first of its kind in a generation. The merit is in the future." Jiang Yue said, in his eyes, Huaidong's victories over the years are not as good as those of Lin Fu's original The behavior is brilliant.

"No, no, no," Old Man Ge Fu shook his head and said, "The matter of cultivating studies is not what Xiao Laoer cares about. Xiao Laoer is only obsessed with small things, but when Lord Jiang hears the idea of ​​the marquee , then you know the difference between high and low, the little old man is more than one level worse than the adults!"

"Marquee?" Jiang Yue asked suspiciously.

"..." Lin Bie laughed, and it was difficult to elaborate on the marquee for a while, so he only said to Sun Jingxuan, "You will handle the matter of the Machinery Manufacturing Division, and use a few competent officials for Jiang Yue to share the trivial affairs. ," he said to Jiang Yue, "If it weren't for the troubles, I would also like to get along with Ge Lao day and night, it's much more interesting than Lin Meng's and them. It's not too early, Jiang Gong and Ge Lao will follow me first. When I go back to the mansion for a banquet, after the banquet, I will invite Duke Jiang to watch the marquee..."

Next, I talked about raising money from private companies and setting up workshops. Although these matters are under the jurisdiction of machinery manufacturing, Lin Fu does not want Jiang Yue to be entangled in trivial government affairs. 's deputy.

The establishment of the Machinery Manufacturing Division is of course not limited to the manufacture of four-wheeled carriages, but to promote most of the practical new machinery since Lin Fuxing’s Craftsmanship and Miscellaneous to the people, and according to actual needs, can be further improved. improvement of.

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