Some people were surprised by this appointment, while others thought it was reasonable.
Because Zhao Zuoliang is still nominally Su Yonglin's superior, Zhao Zuoliang will not be relieved of his position as the nominal leader of the Liberation Army until Su Yonglin announces the formal founding of the country and changes the way the Liberation Army exists.
Moreover, Zhao Zuoliang himself also had administrative abilities, and as Su Yonglin's father-in-law and a person with a higher status than Su Yonglin, it was appropriate to serve as the de facto leader of the Shangshu Province, Pingzhang Zhengshi.
At least neither Yelu Chenghui nor Huo Jianbai dared to say that they were more suitable for this position than Zhao Zuoliang, nor did they dare to disobey him and confront him.
Just kidding, who is behind him?
Oppose him... because you think your political career is too wonderful?
Therefore, Zhao Zuoliang came to do Pingzhang political affairs. Although some people thought that this was a relative's interference in politics, they did not dare to say it openly, especially in front of Su Yonglin.
Su Yonglin is obviously appointing cronies to control the government. If you can't see such obvious things and still have to go against him, it would be better not to serve in the new government at all.
After this important appointment, Su Yonglin appointed Kong Zheng as the Minister of Rites, taking full charge of the work of the Ministry of Rites.
Then he appointed Kong Zheng's good friend Zhou Jiang as the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, which was regarded as a good assistant for Kong Zheng.
The only thing that added sand to the Ministry of Rites was the appointment of Yelujin, a former Khitan official of the Jin Kingdom, as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.
The three of them stood up one after another to express their gratitude to Su Yonglin.
Although Su Yonglin assigned a Khitan man to the Ministry of Rites, Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang were of the same mind. One of them was the Minister and the other was the Zuo Shilang, and they could crush Yelujin to death.
Yelujin never wanted to get ahead.
The Ministry of Rites looks like nothing, but the Ministry of Rites controls the entire process of the imperial examination. The officials recommended to the emperor are selected by the Ministry of Rites. Although the Ministry of Rites is personally controlled by Su Yonglin, as long as there are no problems with the selection of talents, the personnel power will be given to Su Yonglin. So what?
As a descendant of the Kong family, in the eyes of outsiders, Kong Zheng was truly worthy of his appointment as the first Minister of Rites of the new dynasty.
As for the Khitan Yelujin, he used to be an official in the Jin Kingdom's Ministry of Rites and was a cautious person. Now it is not surprising that he is now assigned to the New Dynasty's Ministry of Rites.
Despite this, some people still feel that it is a bit inappropriate to place a Khitan man in the Ministry of Rites, which is the home of the master of Chinese etiquette.
But Su Yonglin had decided this way, and it was hard for them to oppose it publicly. They could only say that they would ignore Yelujin in their daily work from now on, and either act like a mascot obediently, or get out of here.
After the problem of the Ministry of Rites is solved, the next step is the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance.
Su Yonglin appointed Yelu Yuanyi, a former Khitan official of the Jin Kingdom, as the Minister of Civil Affairs, Chen Jichang, who was born in Shandong, as the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Han Xianling, a Han native of Yanyun, as the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Yelu Yuanyi originally led the army. After the surrender, he took the initiative to leave the army. Along with Yelu Chenghui, he transferred to the civilian system and bid farewell to the army completely.
I have to say that his behavior was quite smart. In order to reward his intelligence and his hard-working achievements, Su Yonglin appointed him as Minister of Civil Affairs even though he didn't like him very much.
As for Chen Jichang and Han Xianling, of course they are very difficult to deal with, but it is rare for the second-in-command and third-in-command in a department to have a harmonious relationship, right?
Su Yonglin didn't care, as long as they got things done, Su Yonglin didn't care about how many conflicts and secret struggles there were in private.
If they went too far, the Skynet Army would naturally tell Su Yonglin everything.
Next comes the Treasury.
The Ministry of Finance is a large department that manages money and is of great significance. Strong emperors always regard financial issues as issues that they must manage. Even Emperor Jiajing, who has not been in court for decades, will be very concerned about financial issues.
So Su Yonglin thought about it and decided to give his people a chance.
He appointed Lin Jingchun, who was born in his own family, as the Minister of Finance, appointed Li Bao, a Bohai official, as the Left Minister of Finance, and appointed Cao Kai, who was born in Shandong, as the Right Minister of Finance.
Lin Jingchun had been helping him manage financial issues since they were still private salt dealers. After forming the army, he was also the leader of logistics and finance.
Over the past three years or so, the Liberation Army has faced financial difficulties, but Lin Jingchun has never made any mistakes.
He tried his best to maintain the normal operation of the finance, which can be said to be a great achievement for his hard work.
Therefore, other cronies could not support him, but Lin Jingchun, who was born in an ordinary farmer's family, was able to rise to the position of the new country's steward by relying on his own abilities.
There is actually nothing worth fighting for in the remaining Ministry of Works. Unless the intention is not to do government affairs but to make money, then the position in the Ministry of Works does have the possibility of making money.
Especially now, after the establishment of the new dynasty, the management of the Yellow River, which may be raging at any time, will become the primary responsibility of the Ministry of Industry. In this process, there will be a large amount of capital flow, and it is not too difficult to make a big profit from it. .
But at the same time, the Yellow River is also a huge time bomb. No one knows when and where the Yellow River will burst. When the time comes, the people will complain, officials will ridicule, Su Yonglin will be furious, and the Ministry of Industry will definitely take the blame.
Therefore, at this stage, no one was interested in the Ministry of Works, and even had a faint pity and gloating about the first Minister of Works.
Who will be this lucky guy?
However, no one expected that Su Yonglin would make a speech specifically about the Ministry of Works.
"The Ministry of Industry, since there were six ministries, the Ministry of Industry has been the one least valued, because there are always people who think that working is a despicable thing, and that people with skills such as skilled craftsmen are not good people, and they will not admit that they have anything. status.
But I have to say that this idea is completely wrong. Technology is really important, and skilled craftsmen are really important. Back then, gold thieves ravaged the Central Plains and killed countless people, but the only ones who survived were skilled craftsmen.
Savages outside the Great Wall like the Golden Thief all know the importance of skilled craftsmen, but we in China actually regard skilled craftsmen as bitches. Little do we know how important a skilled craftsman who can create powerful weapons is? How much contribution can it make to the army?
At that time, the craftsmen of the Xia State made the divine arm bow, which showed great power on the battlefield. The Song army was frightened and hurriedly studied and imitated it. It should be noted that powerful weapons have always been a powerful support for our Central Plains army to defeat the southward attack of the tribes outside the Great Wall. When did it become the turn of the Xia Dynasty? Did the Chinese craftsmen invent the divine arm bow before us? "
Su Yonglin banged on the table and said sadly: "I think that our ancestors thought that technological development was not good, maybe because they had suffered such hardships. It must have happened earlier that people were pursuing new technologies because of technological progress, but new technologies It's not perfect, and something tragic happens in the end.
From this, our ancestors came to the conclusion that new technologies will never be as reliable as our own hard work. Hard work can always make you have food to eat, but once new technologies fail, you will have nothing to eat. I think our ancestors should have come up with They have distrusted technology for the purpose of survival.
However, technological development is inevitable. It is obvious that new tools are more conducive to production than old tools. Some small problems can be constantly repaired, but they cannot be rejected. We cannot regard technological development as a scourge just because of a word from our ancestors. From now on, it will never be Do not believe.
This is overkill and wrong. This concept must be corrected. I feel very sad about the outflow of technology and craftsmen. I also feel very angry at the same time. I also know that none of you are willing to take over the Ministry of Industry. Things, so, Shizheng! "
"I'm here!"
Shi Zheng, the head of the Ordnance Department under Lin Jingchun, stood up.
"I will leave the task of Minister of the Ministry of Industry to you. Whether it is building city walls, building roads, repairing the Yellow River, inventing ordnance and manufacturing ordnance, everything is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and is also your responsibility. Lin Jingchun is your old boss, how to use the money, you communicate with him directly and cooperate sincerely!"
"Here!"
Shi Zheng looked excited.
Lin Jingchun smiled slightly and nodded, obviously very happy that the old subordinate he had single-handedly promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
