The morning court session on the sixth day of the lunar month ended quickly, but after the next court session, all the yamen were busy.
It is not just that each department is busy on its own, but under the coordination of the cabinet, multiple departments are working together in coordination.
For example, the Invalid Academy was theoretically the order of the Ministry of War and Taichang Temple, which managed heroes, but this matter could not be handled without the finance, engineering, and land-related departments.
Regarding the relevant tasks of the Labor Bureau, the imperial edict was sent to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate at the same time, requiring the Ministry of Civil Affairs to take charge and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to verify, but obviously the opinions of relevant engineering departments must be consulted.
The most important thing is probably the withdrawal of the vassal state, which requires the leadership of the cabinet and the collective cooperation of all departments, including the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the royal family consortium.
The one who seems to be the most leisurely is Honglu Temple, which should be busy. Waiting for the details and scope of the withdrawal of the vassal to be determined, it can just delete the corresponding vassal state.
Only the princes and ministers who participated in yesterday's imperial meeting knew that Honglu Temple was the leading driving force in this reform.
Zhu Jianyan took his son after the morning court and instinctively drove out of the palace to Honglu Temple, preparing to go back and teach his son how to negotiate.
The car exited Chengtianmen and turned left into East Chang'an Street. On the street are various central government offices.
The original central government offices of the Ming Dynasty were concentrated on both sides of the Qianbu Corridor outside Chengtian Gate, with civilian officials on the left and military attachés on the right. The total area was not as large as the Forbidden City.
The working conditions are really not that good. Coupled with the rapid expansion of the empire's central institutions after modernization, they will soon be unable to meet daily office needs.
After the Emperor Shizu was resurrected, Wenhua Hall was rebuilt and the cabinet was moved from the small courtyard under the south wall of the palace to the annex of Wenhua Hall. The office conditions of the cabinet suddenly improved.
The Central Government Office outside the Forbidden City has also been completely rebuilt and expanded.
Now the entire south side of Chang'an Street, from Chongwenmen to Xuanwumen, is the office area or reserved office area of various yamen.
They are all buildings with a traditional oriental appearance and brick-concrete structure. Later they were provided with water, electricity and heating, and now they are also equipped with electric fans like those in the palace. The office conditions are much better than before.
The headquarters compound of the Royal Consortium, as well as the headquarters of the Royal Bank as the central bank, are placed on the north side of the west end of West Chang'an Street.
It is the depression in the southwest corner of Xiyuan Palace City, which belongs to the Yongfang Street in Xiaoxiao. It is very convenient to communicate with the palace and various government offices.
Zhu Jianyan's car was on the way to Honglu Temple, and when it was near the entrance of the office area of the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Jingyuan suddenly shouted to stop:
"The driver stopped the car. Father, I'm going to the Ministry of Industry."
No matter what the driver has to do for His Royal Highness, the driver should always pull over slowly to ensure safety.
Zhu Jianyan looked at his son very confused and asked:
"Why are you going to the Ministry of Industry at this time? Your top priority now is to go to Honglu Temple with me to study while you still have some time."
Zhu Jingyuan explained seriously:
"Father, according to our discussion before going to court, in order to create pressure on the enemy, the court must announce reform measures and plan military operations at the same time.
"Now that the reform measures have been implemented, the momentum must be very huge, but there is no military action yet. I went to the Ministry of Industry just for this matter."
Zhu Jianyan was even more confused after hearing his son's words:
"Since we asked the Ministry of Industry to cooperate with the army, why not go to the Governor's Mansion or the Military Aircraft Department first? Why go to the Ministry of Industry?"
Zhu Jingyuan suddenly realized that he had not finished what he said, and his father could not have imagined that he was going to engage in ordnance:
"Ordnance design and battleship construction are both under the control of the Ministry of Industry. I now have several ideas about weapons and battleship design, and I am going to go to the Ministry of Industry to find craftsmen for verification."
Zhu Jianyan understood his son's purpose, but he had more doubts. At the same time, he couldn't help but remind and ask his son:
“Emperor Shizu once said that ordnance design is a highly specialized job that requires full-time craftsmen, and laymen are not allowed to interfere at will.
“It is said that in the early years, officials did not take it seriously, but in recent decades, machinery has become more and more complex, and it is really difficult for non-professional craftsmen to get involved.
"Jingyuan, when did you learn weapon design? I remember that the courses for the royal family only included the most basic principles."
"I……"
Zhu Jingyuan felt that Emperor Shizu's rules were good, but now they have become an obstacle for him to exert his ability as a time traveler.
A time traveler must invent and create. What is a time traveler if he doesn’t invent and create:
"I have not specifically studied ordnance design, and I am not going to directly interfere with the design. I am going to propose some... concepts and creative ideas...
“Yes, it’s creativity and imagination. How to realize specific functions and the detailed design of specific objects must be left to the craftsmen to complete.
"Emperor Shizu invented so many things in name, but in fact most of them were completed this way, right? So interfering and providing creativity are two different things.
"I went directly to the craftsmen under the Ministry of Works. Most of them would not listen to my opinions as a layman. I had to go to the officials of the Ministry of Works to make arrangements with the imperial edict."
Zhu Jianyan finally figured out the consequences, and then his expression became very serious, and he frowned in thought.
Zhu Jianyan was a little worried, whether his son had received a prince's reward, booked a top official position in the future, and gained huge power, and then he became arrogant and complacent.
He was already going to participate in the peace talks as a representative of the Ming Dynasty, but instead of quickly learning the knowledge of negotiation, he was going to fiddle with weapons and equipment.
The education received by the princes and grandsons was mainly focused on politics, economics, and military affairs, and other subjects were common sense.
Zhu Jingyuan's participation in the reform meeting and his opinions, and even his participation in peace talks are understandable behaviors and can be regarded as some kind of exercise and training.
But ordnance design is really out of the ordinary. Can someone who has never really learned professional knowledge have any reasonable ideas and plans for highly specialized ordnance design?
Zhu Jianyan was a little sulky because he hated iron for not becoming steel, and subconsciously wanted to force his son to study at Honglu Temple.
But he was also worried that if his most intelligent son really had a genius idea for weapons, it would be a loss for the court if he was not allowed to try it.
Although the possibility is certainly low, it cannot be said to be completely impossible.
I also considered that it shouldn’t take much time and cost to find some craftsmen to do some engineering tests.
In addition, I can supervise on site to prevent him from messing up. The specific work is done by the craftsmen, and this guy can just give advice.
After thinking again and again, Zhu Jianyan finally put on the most serious expression possible and reminded his son with a straight face:
"Well, you can try it, but you must remember that you must not act arbitrarily.
"Your grandfather gave you the right to do things for your own convenience, so that the various yamen could cooperate in negotiations, not for you to use the court officials to satisfy your selfish desires!
"The Ministry of Works must be very busy right now. I will accompany you to watch over it to prevent you from conflicting with officials from the Ministry of Works...
"Explain your ideas carefully to Da Sikong and the craftsmen, and be sure not to act like a prince."
Zhu Jingyuan breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that his father would not let him go to the Ministry of Industry, which would be really troublesome.
As for the warning behind it, I didn’t take it to heart at all.
My own ideas have been verified by history, are absolutely epoch-making, and can even change the design of war models.
It would be even more desirable if his father could follow him there and help him deal with officials from the Ministry of Industry:
"Father, don't worry. I'm definitely not fooling around. My idea will definitely be of great use. You'll know when it's done..."
Zhu Jianyan didn't really believe it, so he patiently accompanied his son to the compound.
Zhu Jingyuan stopped for a moment at the entrance of the yard of the Ministry of Industry, looked up at the surrounding "Ming-style" brick-concrete buildings, and said with emotion in his heart:
"I may have to deal with the Ministry of Industry frequently in the future, so my future actual position will start with the Ship Department of the Ministry of Industry..."
After Zhu Jingyuan recovered his past life memory, he analyzed the current weapons system of the Ming Empire and believed that Emperor Shizu did not understand modern weapons and equipment.
The industrial and scientific level of the Ming Dynasty is now close to that of the Earth before World War I, and the technology required for the dreadnought has been formed.
However, this very important battleship design in modern history, which can be divided into categories of battleships, did not appear in the Ming Empire Navy.
The empire's current technological capabilities should be able to manufacture early aircraft, but there is no movement from the official and royal families.
Early tanks should also be produced, but I haven't seen any news about it.
Therefore, the "ideas" Zhu Jingyuan is planning to come up with are tanks, aircraft, and dreadnoughts, which are the core equipment of the navy, land and air forces in the new era.
