Hangzhou.
On this day, the Shibosi Yamen was crowded with officials who came to congratulate him. All local officials in Hangzhou and everyone who could be present came.
"Congratulations, Prime Minister!"
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"Congratulations, Mr. Prime Minister, on returning to Zhongshu!"
Listening to the congratulations in the hall, Ding Wei couldn't help but smile with joy.
Yesterday, the edict summoning him to return to Beijing was delivered to Hangzhou.
After leaving, he will succeed Ren Zhongzheng and be transferred to the post of Councilor for Political Affairs.
Although he only participates in politics and is not the prime minister, participating in politics is only one step away from becoming the prime minister.
I heard that Kou Zhun has been in poor health recently and fell ill some time ago.
Considering Kou Zhun's age, it is estimated that Kou Zhun will abdicate in the near future.
When Kou Zhun retreated, all the princes in the hall were asked, who was more qualified to take over Xiangyin than Ding Wei?
not a single one!
The next prime minister is none other than Ta Dingwei.
After all, he has merit!
The total income of the Bosi yamen in the three cities has increased nearly three times, and military medals are at least half of his, if not half, but one third.
And this is just the beginning.
Given the current atmosphere among the people, it will definitely not be a problem for sea trade to double or triple in scale in two to three years.
If nothing else, just look at the shipyard's orders and you will know that an expansion of one or two times is just a conservative estimate.
During the promotion of the Municipal Shipping Department, Ding Wei not only encouraged merchants to go to sea, but also issued a call for craftsmen from all over the country and organized a shipyard with more than a thousand people.
In order to prepare for the shipyard, Ding Wei worried a lot.
For a period of time, he didn't even go back to the shipbuilding department's office very often. He only ate, drank and lived at the shipyard.
In addition, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of shipyard craftsmen, or to cater to the official mentality of attaching great importance to technical personnel.
Ding Wei boldly made a suggestion, directly placing the shipyard under the name of the Ministry of Industry, and suggested that technical personnel be granted official positions.
Although it is only a selection level from the ninth rank, no matter how low the official rank is, it is still a selection.
When this memorial was sent to the capital, it immediately caused a large-scale controversy.
There is no problem in granting official posts to shipyard technicians.
Trickster, yes!
Selecting people for official rank?
Absolutely not!
No matter how low the level of selection is, there is a clear path to promotion, and the upper limit of selection is much higher than that of a trick officer.
The candidates were either from imperial examinations or from Enyin.
Neither the former nor the latter can be compared to a craftsman with a mud-legged background.
Because of this incident, Ding Wei was impeached a lot.
But impeachment is impeachment. Who made Ding Wei grasp the holy will?
Li Jie has always planned to improve the social status of technicians. By coincidence, Ding Wei's memorial gave him an excellent opportunity.
After overcoming all opinions and agreeing to Ding Wei's memorial, Li Jie also split the Houyuan Arts Academy from the palace.
And, this is not a simple split.
Li Jie not only allocated a large area of land for Houyuan Arts and Crafts Academy, but also gave the Academy of Arts and Crafts a standard, changing Houyuan Arts and Crafts Academy to the Royal Institute of Technology.
There is one more word "Xue", which is very important.
From then on, the Royal Institute of Technology was able to recruit apprentices reasonably and legally.
The chief officer of the Royal Institute of Technology, with a rank of C8, is officially included in the bureaucracy. ….
In the future, the Royal Institute of Technology no longer only served the royal family, but its function changed from service to research.
Firearms, steam power, textile technology, smelting technology, etc. are all research areas of the technical college.
In order to support these studies, Li Jie also specially selected several mathematical experts to teach at the Royal Institute of Technology.
In fact, Ding Wei's ability to return to the center has a lot to do with his previous memorial.
I have to admit that Ding Weichui
Mo Shengyi's abilities are outstanding.
With such a person by his side, it is much easier for Li Jie to do things.
Although Kou Zhun can handle some things, in recent years, Kou Zhun has been under tremendous pressure because of the easier access to exams and Yinzi methods.
Rumors are more powerful than tigers!
Even though Kou Zhun had Li Jie's support behind him, and even though Li Jie had never doubted Kou Zhun's loyalty, the groundless criticism still made Kou Zhun miserable.
Originally, Kou Zhun could live for ten or eight years, but after what happened, his remaining life was probably only four or five years.
It’s really hard to fight with your life.
Three years have passed, even though Li Jie's heart is as strong as iron, he can't stand it anymore.
Therefore, he thought about it and decided that in a year or two, he would let Kou Zhun retire and let him have a peaceful old age.
At that time, with special conditioning, Kou Zhun can live for two more years.
Now that there are plans for Kou Zhun to take office, the successor must be considered in advance, and Ding Wei has entered the sequence.
Ding said that although he was not a good official in the standard sense, he was certainly capable.
Moreover, in recent years, Ding Wei has also stopped taking bribes and has basically never accepted bribes.
He doesn't accept money, not because he doesn't love money anymore, but because Ding Wei has found a faster way to get money.
As the chief officer of the Song Dynasty Shipping Department, no one knows better than him how profitable maritime trade is.
Although the risk of sea trade is also high, if you are just going back and forth between Goryeo and Japan, the risk is not too high.
Last year, Ding Wei, or the Ding family, formed an ocean-going caravan.
Although Ding Wei was very careful, the matter was still discovered by the Imperial City Division.
Fortunately, Ding Wei was not greedy to the point of smuggling. He did not take advantage of the caravan during the trip, and he paid no less tax.
In view of this, Li Jie did not have much control over Ding's participation in maritime trade.
After all, this is part of the plan.
What works and what works!
When the upper echelons join the sea trade one after another, the people below will naturally follow suit and join the sea trade one after another.
In the initial stage of sea trade, there is no need to crack down.
It is not too late to wait until the cross-sea trade matures and then slowly manage it.
Of course, Li Jie will definitely not let it go completely and manage while developing. Anyway, Li Jie still has a long life.
A few decades would be enough time for him to avoid any accidents.
How could a mere sea trade escape his control?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
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Bianliang.
Before the second year of Tiansheng, when one was a Jinshi or later, the most important thing was to send out officials. In order to find a good place, people who ran around had to use their brains.
But now, the situation is very different.
Three years have passed, and the inspection system has become increasingly perfect. In the past, new scholars were as afraid of remote areas as tigers.
Nowadays, they are flocking to them.
The reason for this is entirely because of a new regulation.
If you go to a remote area, you can skip the grade in future assessments. In ordinary areas, the exam is once every three years, while in remote areas, it is twice every three years.
In this way, it is equivalent to saving three years. This is a rare opportunity for those who aspire to be in the court.
Therefore, the duty of patrolling remote areas suddenly became a popular one. .
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