A few days ago, Xie Jin returned to Beijing to report his duties. The people who accompanied him were not only the envoys of the rebels of Jiaozhi Province, but also a military general: Jin Shitou.
Jin Shitou was a military general who was sent by the Han Palace to Jiaozhi Province and to Dongguan City (Shenglong) to persuade the surrender of the official army.
They went to Jiaozhi Province to do secret matters. Later, Ruan Zhi, a native of Annan, ran away first when he saw that the situation was wrong. Jin Shitou did not run away and was arrested by local civil and military officials.
However, after Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne and Jiaozhi Province received the imperial edict, Jin Shitou was soon acquitted by the government.
Jin Shitou didn't do the job in Jiaozhi Province, but he also worked hard.
In addition, he had other contributions in the past, so this time he went to Beijing and Jin Shitou was not punished, and he was immediately granted the title of the Guardian Office...
Today, Jin Shitou was rushing to take office with the imperial edict and the appointment letter issued by the Ministry of Personnel.
He walked west from the left gate of Chang'an, and when he arrived at Qinglong Bridge, he could see the yard of the guardian yamen, right next to the Luan Jiaku.This is a newly established yamen, but it is easy to find a place.
Jin Shitou has gone from a young man to a dark-skinned man.
When he walked into the gate of the yamen, he suddenly saw a mess inside, and many officials were carrying servants to move things.
He said a few words to a clerk and went to the lobby.
After a while, Hou Hai, wearing a red robe, came to the lobby.
Jin Shitou hurriedly brought the things up and bowed to Hou Hai for military salute.
Hou Hai glanced at the handed over, then took out a seal from the case and said: General Jin is back?You can hold this seal of "Jiaozhi Commander" and I will be named for you in a while. You will be appointed as the official!Now that the yamen has not yet officially started, let’s do it first.
Jin Shitou was confused and said: What does our yamen do? Is it the same as the previous "King's Mansion Guarding Mansion"?
Some are the same, but not quite the same.When Hou Hai said this, his expression became excited. He said in a deep voice, but General Jin can rest assured that although this "Guarding Office" is a newly established yamen, it is of high level and has great prospects!
He glanced at Jin Shitou's confused face and had to continue to explain: The government office named after the department, which is in charge of salt courses and market ships, the chief's rank is from the fifth grade; there are also monks and Daolusi who are all sixth grade. Only a large yamen like Tongzhengsi, the chief is a third-rank official! And the second left and right envoys we guard are the third rank!
Jin Shitou suddenly said: A third-rank civil servant is a minister.
Hou Hai smiled and said: Do you still know something? The civil servants are all lower in grades than those of you. Of course, the third-rank official is considered a minister!
He glanced outside the lobby door and whispered: Since the Master has set up a third rank in the Guardian Department, he believes that Guardian Department will have great power in the future!Do you understand the meaning?
Jin Shitou nodded seriously.
Hou Hai thought for a moment and then said: This yamen is divided into two departments, north and south, and this official is the left guard commander and the north commander; Qian Xun is the right guard commander and the south commander.
Our North Office is very different from the Jinyiwei Beifu Department; the North Office of the North Office does not care about domestic criminal prisons, but only carries about barbarian news and garrisons outside the Ming Dynasty.
This official and Tongzhi and other officials have various command divisions.At present, six departments have been established, "Jiazhi Command Branch", "Watashi Command Branch", "Tatar Command Branch", "Wurianha Command Branch", "Kory Command Branch", and "Fusang Command Branch".General Jin is the commander of the "Jiaozhi Command Branch" and is a sixth-rank Beijing official.
Jin Shitou pondered: I used to be a hundred households in the garrison, and I was also a sixth-rank official.
Hou Hai frowned and said: Your sixth rank is not the same as the sixth rank in the Central Government!You will know in the future that even the hundreds of households in the garrison offices are not as good as those in Beijing officials.
Jin Shitou hurriedly said: I will have to cultivate more Lord Hou in the future.
Don't worry!I have known you for many years, so of course I will cultivate you.Hou Hai raised his chest and paused, "Our Northern Administration is not all old people from the Han Palace; the brothers from the Han Palace's Guardian have been reorganized."Some brothers from the Northern Division went to the Jinyiwei; while some of the Jinyiwei, who were doing inquiries about military information in Mongolia and other places, were transferred to the Northern Division of the Defense Department, and were under our jurisdiction.
Hou Hai continued: Now the guardian of the Nan Office is similar to the Nan Office in the Han Palace, and the people inside are just different.In the past, those who tried to build new firearms in the Nansi of the Han Palace were all assigned to the Nansi of the Guardian.You know that Mao Kaishan?The military craftsman who made the mountain gun has been promoted and was promoted to the South Office to be the chief officer and manage the iron factory south of the university.
Jin Shitou asked casually: Is it the large campus outside Zhengyang Gate?
Hou Hai nodded and said: Yes!It's that schoolyard.However, the iron plant is located south of the Daxiaochang and is built by the Qinhuai River, and is still a distance away.
Speaking of the iron factory, Hou Hai talked a few more words: The South Bureau transferred personnel from various bureaus and institutes under the Ministry of Industry to the iron factory; and because the people of the Ministry of Industry Wood Factory were very accurate in size, they could make copper calipers (invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty, similar to vernier calipers), twisted rope wood drill bits and other items, so the Ministry of Industry Wood Factory also transferred many people.The emperor issued an order to use the size of the Nanchang Iron Factory in the future to solve the problem of different sizes of the "Han King Cannon".
Jin Shitou asked: Is the Wood Factory of the Ministry of Industry located in the west of the imperial city, next to the Jiaofangsi?
Yes, that's the wood factory. Hou Hai nodded and replied, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, Why do you always ask where?
Jin Shitou touched his head and said a little embarrassedly: My habit.When I was in Peking, I also liked to figure out what yamen was and remember the road.
Hou Hai said: Your hobby is rare, I thought you only like to make mud objects.
Jin Shitou said again: I haven’t paid any visits to the money envoy yet.
Hou Hai said: Don’t worry about those etiquettes anymore, let’s talk about it in a few days.Qian Envoy is busy with iron factory on the other side of the university, and may not have returned to the yamen these days.
Jin Shitou clasped his fists and said: Yes.
...The emperor issued a new order to set up a guardian yamen, which did not stir up any waves in the court.
Usually, only when the government offices and officials are abolished will some problems happen; but when the institutions are added, almost no one opposes it.As long as the emperor can pay official salaries, no matter how many officials are added, it will be fine.
Qian Xun, a scholar-born man, has the greatest contribution of being arrested by the pseudo-gong and sent to jail.The battle to attack the crime has not yet begun, he was sent to the imperial prison; by the time he came out, the battle was almost over!
Now that he was directly named a third-rank official, he was quite satisfied, and he suddenly felt that the more than one year of prison life was very worth it!
On the banks of the Qinhuai River in the inner city of the capital, every inch of land is valuable; however, the locations of the iron factory are much different, and the surrounding houses and shops are not the industries of wealthy families.
Qian Xun took the money allocated by the Ministry of Revenue and found a high-level location by the river and requisitioned the surrounding houses and yards.The Nanshu Railway Factory is built here.
The iron plant has not been built yet, and it is very messy here.The craftsmen and strong men who built the walls made the surroundings dust, with bricks and tools everywhere.
The sun had risen to the middle of the sky, and the people working had lunch; instead, Qian Xun and other officials were still standing on a hillside.
An official was holding the drawings in one hand and pointing at the other hand, talking. Qian Xun listened intently and nodded from time to time to time.
The green robe official who was very talkative was an official of the Ministry of Works before and worked in the repair office under the Ministry of Works.
He heard people from the wood factory say that the rope was not twisted enough by polishing the cannon chamber, so it was best to rely on hydraulic power; the Qinglang official immediately suggested Qian Xun: build dams and build water truck workshops on the Qinhuai River.
Qian Xun was listening to his heartfelt words about the benefits of building a dam.
Those who have served as officials in the maintenance office are of course very interested in the errand construction!
After all, the imperial court has to allocate money to do such things. If the money goes beyond the hands of officials, it will be more exhausted.
Qian Xun had worked as a clerk before and was very clear about these tricks, but he just didn't want to explain them.
The green-robed official finally finished persuading him, and Qian Xun turned to ask Mao Kaishan: It was the emperor's will to complete the size of the Han King's cannon.I asked you to think of a solution, did you think of it?
The young Mao Kaishan clasped his fists and said: "Sir, the official has consulted some people and has already found two ways, and he still has to try it out."
Qian Xun asked carefully: What method?
Maokaishan Road: First, set the size, and call the workshops of each bureau and the institute. When casting cannons and shells, they all follow the sizes set by our Nanchang Railway Factory; then set the rules of "fine and poor".
The officials from the Wood Factory of the Ministry of Industry said very reasonable.
Even if the size drawn on the picture is very fine, the things that are really made cannot be distinguished in the slightest; then the "fine difference" cannot be too far away, and there is also a question of which is bigger and smaller.
For example, when the work department makes rivets, the size of the nails must be slightly larger than the hole, and then the craftsmen knock the rivets in and rivet them to stabilize.But the size of the barrel and the iron bullet is exactly the opposite!After the two are cast and polished, the barrel can only be larger than the iron bullet and cannot be smaller, otherwise it will not be stuffed in; therefore, when determining the "fine difference", the difference between profit and loss must be determined.
Qian Xun nodded and said: What a difference between profit and loss!There is no need to wait for the iron plant to be built. Recently, you will find a workshop to try it out.
Mao Kaishan hurriedly said: The emperor obeys the order!
Qian Xun looked back and gave a serious speech: When I met, the emperor held hands and said to me personally: Renovating weapons is related to the court's border defense strategy. Whether I can manage the Ming border well depends on you!
I have been deeply grateful to the emperor and I will never be able to complain about this important task.Those who have made meritorious service are no problem. Those who have corruption and dereliction of duty will be punished severely!
The officials around them clasped their fists and said, "Secretary, please follow Lord Qian's advice."
Qian Xun glanced at a person calmly. The man was the person who had just persuaded to repair the dam. Qian Xun said again: In addition to withdrawing the money allocated to the Southern Office from the Ministry of Revenue, the Imperial Palace Office also paid the money.How to spend the priest’s money, please do your own thing!
Jin Shitou was a military general who was sent by the Han Palace to Jiaozhi Province and to Dongguan City (Shenglong) to persuade the surrender of the official army.
They went to Jiaozhi Province to do secret matters. Later, Ruan Zhi, a native of Annan, ran away first when he saw that the situation was wrong. Jin Shitou did not run away and was arrested by local civil and military officials.
However, after Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne and Jiaozhi Province received the imperial edict, Jin Shitou was soon acquitted by the government.
Jin Shitou didn't do the job in Jiaozhi Province, but he also worked hard.
In addition, he had other contributions in the past, so this time he went to Beijing and Jin Shitou was not punished, and he was immediately granted the title of the Guardian Office...
Today, Jin Shitou was rushing to take office with the imperial edict and the appointment letter issued by the Ministry of Personnel.
He walked west from the left gate of Chang'an, and when he arrived at Qinglong Bridge, he could see the yard of the guardian yamen, right next to the Luan Jiaku.This is a newly established yamen, but it is easy to find a place.
Jin Shitou has gone from a young man to a dark-skinned man.
When he walked into the gate of the yamen, he suddenly saw a mess inside, and many officials were carrying servants to move things.
He said a few words to a clerk and went to the lobby.
After a while, Hou Hai, wearing a red robe, came to the lobby.
Jin Shitou hurriedly brought the things up and bowed to Hou Hai for military salute.
Hou Hai glanced at the handed over, then took out a seal from the case and said: General Jin is back?You can hold this seal of "Jiaozhi Commander" and I will be named for you in a while. You will be appointed as the official!Now that the yamen has not yet officially started, let’s do it first.
Jin Shitou was confused and said: What does our yamen do? Is it the same as the previous "King's Mansion Guarding Mansion"?
Some are the same, but not quite the same.When Hou Hai said this, his expression became excited. He said in a deep voice, but General Jin can rest assured that although this "Guarding Office" is a newly established yamen, it is of high level and has great prospects!
He glanced at Jin Shitou's confused face and had to continue to explain: The government office named after the department, which is in charge of salt courses and market ships, the chief's rank is from the fifth grade; there are also monks and Daolusi who are all sixth grade. Only a large yamen like Tongzhengsi, the chief is a third-rank official! And the second left and right envoys we guard are the third rank!
Jin Shitou suddenly said: A third-rank civil servant is a minister.
Hou Hai smiled and said: Do you still know something? The civil servants are all lower in grades than those of you. Of course, the third-rank official is considered a minister!
He glanced outside the lobby door and whispered: Since the Master has set up a third rank in the Guardian Department, he believes that Guardian Department will have great power in the future!Do you understand the meaning?
Jin Shitou nodded seriously.
Hou Hai thought for a moment and then said: This yamen is divided into two departments, north and south, and this official is the left guard commander and the north commander; Qian Xun is the right guard commander and the south commander.
Our North Office is very different from the Jinyiwei Beifu Department; the North Office of the North Office does not care about domestic criminal prisons, but only carries about barbarian news and garrisons outside the Ming Dynasty.
This official and Tongzhi and other officials have various command divisions.At present, six departments have been established, "Jiazhi Command Branch", "Watashi Command Branch", "Tatar Command Branch", "Wurianha Command Branch", "Kory Command Branch", and "Fusang Command Branch".General Jin is the commander of the "Jiaozhi Command Branch" and is a sixth-rank Beijing official.
Jin Shitou pondered: I used to be a hundred households in the garrison, and I was also a sixth-rank official.
Hou Hai frowned and said: Your sixth rank is not the same as the sixth rank in the Central Government!You will know in the future that even the hundreds of households in the garrison offices are not as good as those in Beijing officials.
Jin Shitou hurriedly said: I will have to cultivate more Lord Hou in the future.
Don't worry!I have known you for many years, so of course I will cultivate you.Hou Hai raised his chest and paused, "Our Northern Administration is not all old people from the Han Palace; the brothers from the Han Palace's Guardian have been reorganized."Some brothers from the Northern Division went to the Jinyiwei; while some of the Jinyiwei, who were doing inquiries about military information in Mongolia and other places, were transferred to the Northern Division of the Defense Department, and were under our jurisdiction.
Hou Hai continued: Now the guardian of the Nan Office is similar to the Nan Office in the Han Palace, and the people inside are just different.In the past, those who tried to build new firearms in the Nansi of the Han Palace were all assigned to the Nansi of the Guardian.You know that Mao Kaishan?The military craftsman who made the mountain gun has been promoted and was promoted to the South Office to be the chief officer and manage the iron factory south of the university.
Jin Shitou asked casually: Is it the large campus outside Zhengyang Gate?
Hou Hai nodded and said: Yes!It's that schoolyard.However, the iron plant is located south of the Daxiaochang and is built by the Qinhuai River, and is still a distance away.
Speaking of the iron factory, Hou Hai talked a few more words: The South Bureau transferred personnel from various bureaus and institutes under the Ministry of Industry to the iron factory; and because the people of the Ministry of Industry Wood Factory were very accurate in size, they could make copper calipers (invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty, similar to vernier calipers), twisted rope wood drill bits and other items, so the Ministry of Industry Wood Factory also transferred many people.The emperor issued an order to use the size of the Nanchang Iron Factory in the future to solve the problem of different sizes of the "Han King Cannon".
Jin Shitou asked: Is the Wood Factory of the Ministry of Industry located in the west of the imperial city, next to the Jiaofangsi?
Yes, that's the wood factory. Hou Hai nodded and replied, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, Why do you always ask where?
Jin Shitou touched his head and said a little embarrassedly: My habit.When I was in Peking, I also liked to figure out what yamen was and remember the road.
Hou Hai said: Your hobby is rare, I thought you only like to make mud objects.
Jin Shitou said again: I haven’t paid any visits to the money envoy yet.
Hou Hai said: Don’t worry about those etiquettes anymore, let’s talk about it in a few days.Qian Envoy is busy with iron factory on the other side of the university, and may not have returned to the yamen these days.
Jin Shitou clasped his fists and said: Yes.
...The emperor issued a new order to set up a guardian yamen, which did not stir up any waves in the court.
Usually, only when the government offices and officials are abolished will some problems happen; but when the institutions are added, almost no one opposes it.As long as the emperor can pay official salaries, no matter how many officials are added, it will be fine.
Qian Xun, a scholar-born man, has the greatest contribution of being arrested by the pseudo-gong and sent to jail.The battle to attack the crime has not yet begun, he was sent to the imperial prison; by the time he came out, the battle was almost over!
Now that he was directly named a third-rank official, he was quite satisfied, and he suddenly felt that the more than one year of prison life was very worth it!
On the banks of the Qinhuai River in the inner city of the capital, every inch of land is valuable; however, the locations of the iron factory are much different, and the surrounding houses and shops are not the industries of wealthy families.
Qian Xun took the money allocated by the Ministry of Revenue and found a high-level location by the river and requisitioned the surrounding houses and yards.The Nanshu Railway Factory is built here.
The iron plant has not been built yet, and it is very messy here.The craftsmen and strong men who built the walls made the surroundings dust, with bricks and tools everywhere.
The sun had risen to the middle of the sky, and the people working had lunch; instead, Qian Xun and other officials were still standing on a hillside.
An official was holding the drawings in one hand and pointing at the other hand, talking. Qian Xun listened intently and nodded from time to time to time.
The green robe official who was very talkative was an official of the Ministry of Works before and worked in the repair office under the Ministry of Works.
He heard people from the wood factory say that the rope was not twisted enough by polishing the cannon chamber, so it was best to rely on hydraulic power; the Qinglang official immediately suggested Qian Xun: build dams and build water truck workshops on the Qinhuai River.
Qian Xun was listening to his heartfelt words about the benefits of building a dam.
Those who have served as officials in the maintenance office are of course very interested in the errand construction!
After all, the imperial court has to allocate money to do such things. If the money goes beyond the hands of officials, it will be more exhausted.
Qian Xun had worked as a clerk before and was very clear about these tricks, but he just didn't want to explain them.
The green-robed official finally finished persuading him, and Qian Xun turned to ask Mao Kaishan: It was the emperor's will to complete the size of the Han King's cannon.I asked you to think of a solution, did you think of it?
The young Mao Kaishan clasped his fists and said: "Sir, the official has consulted some people and has already found two ways, and he still has to try it out."
Qian Xun asked carefully: What method?
Maokaishan Road: First, set the size, and call the workshops of each bureau and the institute. When casting cannons and shells, they all follow the sizes set by our Nanchang Railway Factory; then set the rules of "fine and poor".
The officials from the Wood Factory of the Ministry of Industry said very reasonable.
Even if the size drawn on the picture is very fine, the things that are really made cannot be distinguished in the slightest; then the "fine difference" cannot be too far away, and there is also a question of which is bigger and smaller.
For example, when the work department makes rivets, the size of the nails must be slightly larger than the hole, and then the craftsmen knock the rivets in and rivet them to stabilize.But the size of the barrel and the iron bullet is exactly the opposite!After the two are cast and polished, the barrel can only be larger than the iron bullet and cannot be smaller, otherwise it will not be stuffed in; therefore, when determining the "fine difference", the difference between profit and loss must be determined.
Qian Xun nodded and said: What a difference between profit and loss!There is no need to wait for the iron plant to be built. Recently, you will find a workshop to try it out.
Mao Kaishan hurriedly said: The emperor obeys the order!
Qian Xun looked back and gave a serious speech: When I met, the emperor held hands and said to me personally: Renovating weapons is related to the court's border defense strategy. Whether I can manage the Ming border well depends on you!
I have been deeply grateful to the emperor and I will never be able to complain about this important task.Those who have made meritorious service are no problem. Those who have corruption and dereliction of duty will be punished severely!
The officials around them clasped their fists and said, "Secretary, please follow Lord Qian's advice."
Qian Xun glanced at a person calmly. The man was the person who had just persuaded to repair the dam. Qian Xun said again: In addition to withdrawing the money allocated to the Southern Office from the Ministry of Revenue, the Imperial Palace Office also paid the money.How to spend the priest’s money, please do your own thing!
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