"The Cabinet has agreed on who will preside over this year's Enko?"

Summer is coming to an end and autumn is heading in, and this year there is the imperial examination. In the morning, while exercising in the courtyard, Emperor Jiajing asked Chen Hong, who was standing next to him.

Chen Hong replied: "Still discussing, Elder Xu Ge thinks that it should be presided over by the Ministry of Officials, and Elder Li Ge suggests that the Ministry of Rites should preside. ”

Haven't decided yet?

Emperor Jiajing thought for a while and said, "Just the Ministry of Officials, no need to fight anymore, next year we will try Enke, and then the Ministry of Rites will preside over it." Let Zhang Juzheng serve as the chief examiner, and the others will choose the cabinet, and the Hanlin Academy will also let him take care of it. ”

This is an intentional attempt for Zhang Juzheng to train his protégés.

I already knew who was the chief examiner of the imperial examination, and the candidates who won that class were his nominal students.

In addition, Jinshi needs to enter the Hanlin Academy, so there is more teacher-student affection.

In this era, the status of the teacher and the teacher is very high, especially in the officialdom.

"Master, do you want to cultivate Zhang Juzheng?"

Chen Hong guessed in his heart and thought: "Zhang Juzheng may replace Xu Jie's them in the future, it seems that he needs to walk around with him more." ”

He left with the will of Emperor Jiajing, and this news will inevitably cause a storm in the court.

Zhang Juzheng was only asked to take charge of the opening of the sea more than ten days ago, and now he is made the chief examiner to preside over the imperial examination, and he is also in charge of the Hanlin Academy.

The scriptures are obvious, and it can be seen that Emperor Jiajing used Zhang Juzheng in China.

"Taiyue, do your best, the Holy Master values you, and you can also become the first assistant in the future."

Xu Jie also gave Zhang Juzheng encouragement, thinking that Zhang Juzheng was still young, less than forty, and it would take more than ten years to become the first assistant.

In addition, Zhang Ju is his student, and I also hope that after he has been the first assistant, his proud student can also be the first assistant, which will become a good story.

However, he didn't know that the current Emperor Jiajing didn't care about Zhang Juzheng's age, he had talent, he could help him complete the task and gain life, very, very, and he could use talents in an eclectic way.

Perhaps, Zhang Juzheng can become the youngest Shoufu in history.

Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin "eat melons", and they are "supporting roles" in the cabinet, which Emperor Jiajing used to check and balance Xu Jie.

However, Gao Gong was unhappy in his heart, and if the Hanlin Academy was lost, his weight would also be lost.

Emperor Jiajing put Zhang Juzheng in charge of the Hanlin Academy to pave the way for reform, but in the eyes of Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, Chen Yiqin, Chen Hong and others, it was believed that Emperor Jiajing was dissatisfied with the results of Gao Gong's recommendation of Zhang Wenda to investigate and deal with the matter of embezzlement of silver, and gave punishment.

Even Gao Fei himself thinks so.

Now, Hai Rui has exposed his identity during an unannounced visit to Henan, so he has disclosed his identity and participated in the investigation of the corruption of the silver and ink.

"I think that this time Taiyue is the chief examiner, and Elder Li Ge will preside over this year's Enke with him."

Xu Jie looked at Li Chunfang.

In the cabinet, the high arch was originally suitable, but just after losing the Hanlin Academy, they misunderstood the meaning of Emperor Jiajing, and did not dare to arrange it again, so they snubbed it for a while.

Therefore, among the remaining people, the second assistant Li Chunfang is the most suitable.

Xu Jie, as the first assistant of the cabinet, is above 10,000 people under one person, so he doesn't have to care about these anymore, and the emperor has appointed Zhang Juzheng as the main examiner, and he will be very faceless if he goes to be the deputy examiner.

"In addition, Taiyue, Chen Ge Lao, you must also do a good job of opening the sea."

Although Zhang Juzheng took the lead in the matter of opening the sea, the cabinet arranged Chen Yiqin to assist.

In order to open up the sea, the Ministry of Household Affairs also set up a special "Maritime Affairs Division" Yamen to deal with affairs related to the opening of the sea.

……

Inside the court.

Emperor Jiajing is inspecting the spinning situation of the "Royal Spinning Workshop".

An idle courtyard in the west of the palace was transformed into a workshop, and twenty "Jenny spinning machines" were produced, and more than 20 eunuchs and palace maids were operating, of which eighty percent were palace maids, young and middle-aged.

They worked nearly five hours a day and received double the monthly silver.

The work efficiency after proficiency is about fifteen times that of ordinary hand spinning.

That is, the output of one person operating Jenny's spinning machine is more than ten times that of the past.

"Long live the master, it's all cotton yarn, and all the high-quality cotton is used."

Huang Jin said: "Slaves and maids know some markets, and making cotton yarn can make the most profits. If the Holy One wants to make linen yarn and wool yarn, the slave and maid will arrange it immediately. ”

"Good."

Emperor Jiajing said: "Just make cotton yarn." ”

Then he asked, "Can you find a good buyer?" The cotton yarn made can't be put away, it must be sold as soon as possible, and the funds will be returned, and I don't want to continue to invest money. ”

To build this spinning workshop, all the investment was Emperor Jiajing's private money.

"Master rest assured, the slave and maid have been arranged, and every once in a while, a batch of cotton yarn will be sold."

Huang Jin is down-to-earth: "The slave maid showed the samples to her peers, and they all said that this cotton yarn was much better than that made by other people of the same kind, and they were willing to pay more to buy it."

According to the master's will, the slave maid arranged for someone to open a cotton yarn shop in the capital, and the name of the store was the "royal cotton yarn" that the master said. ”

Jiajing nodded with satisfaction: "Attention, you can't let people know that it's me who is doing business." ”

Huang Jin nodded: "The slave understands." ”

Emperor Jiajing looked at the spinning machine and the eunuch palace maid in the house, and said to Huang Jin: "Let them stop first, I have something to say." ”

Huang Jin should get down, and then walked forward to everyone in front of him: "Stop first and listen to the oracle." ”

Actually, it's not a big deal.

Emperor Jiajing opened his mouth and said to everyone: "You are very lucky to be able to use the new machine provided by the Immortal Family to spin yarn, and you can take up some immortal energy.

As a member of the palace, he is now also a worker in the royal spinning mill, and can work up to five hours a day without doing the previous work, enjoy double monthly silver, and have three days off a month.

Cherish such a rare opportunity, how many people can't dream of it. As long as I do things wholeheartedly and do things well, I will not treat you badly.

However, for the lazy, they will be expelled from the royal spinning mill and will not be hired ......"

Although there is an element of deception, for the palace maids and eunuchs, it is indeed much better than the previous treatment.

After leaving the royal spinning workshop, Emperor Jiajing came to a courtyard not far away.

Here, some eunuchs and maids are making handmade soaps.

Of course, the method of production was found on the Internet by Emperor Jiajing, and after more than 20 days of attempts, he made a stable and usable soap.

Emperor Jiajing named it: royal soap.

Bathing, washing clothes, you can use it.

This was Emperor Jiajing's second financial route.

As for the loom using the shuttle, several were made, but it was not possible to make them in large quantities until the spring problem was solved.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing came up with the idea of making handmade soap.

"It's a bit weird."

As soon as you enter the courtyard, you can smell some strange smells of handmade soap: "Find a place in the imperial village outside the palace and build a workshop, and you can't make soap in the palace in the future." ”

Handmade soap requires the use of grease (animals), so it is not possible to make it in large quantities at present, but it can be made into luxury goods and sold to the wealthy officials and nobles in the capital.