His mother, the Daming Railway Department headed by Hong Chengchou, is crazy!

What kind of nonsense are these scumbags thinking? Digging a tunnel under the Yellow River? Why don't you say that a tunnel will be built from Denglai and dug directly to Jinju or North Korea?

Da Ming is open now, yes, but when he was hanging in the crossing, he didn't recharge!

How much fucking time would it take to build an underground tunnel with this technology now? How much manpower and material resources do you have to spend?

If it's really as they say, it's better to change the bridge pier once every few years to be affordable and reliable!

In particular, if this kind of underground tunnel collapses, it is just in time for a train to pass through it......

When the time comes, you won't be able to dig it out if you want to!

After waving his hand, Emperor Chongzhen simply said: "Let's put this discussion on hold, rashly dig a tunnel through the bottom of the sea, once something goes wrong, no one can bear this responsibility." ”

Hong Chengchou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just after putting forward this opinion, Hong Chengchou found that he was stupid - if this thing really collapses, then the consequences are not something that he can resist, even if it is Emperor Chongzhen, he may not be able to resist.

Hong Chengchou also knew that he was in a hurry, and he was a little nervous because of the train on both sides of the Yellow River, so he recklessly put forward such a suggestion.

Forget it, it's better to honestly sum up how to repair the bridge to be more reliable.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Hong Chengchou's appearance a little funny, and then said: "The matter of this bridge pier, when we have time to turn around, let's go to the Royal Academy to find Mohua to study it together, and see what is better." ”

Hong Chengchou bowed and said: "Yes, after Weichen went back, he also ordered someone to sort out the relevant data of these experiments and bring them to the Royal Academy for reference." ”

In terms of the comparison of the scientific research strength of the Ministry of Railways and the Royal Academy, Hong Chengchou also knew that he did not have an advantage, but the Royal Academy was more awesome, and the data obtained by his side might be of some use to the Royal Academy.

After Emperor Chongzhen hummed, he could be regarded as revealing the topic, and turned to speak: "The previous things have been said, and they can be done now."

But there is another thing that cannot be done at the moment, or rather, it will not have any effect in a short period of time, and I want to discuss it with all Aiqing. ”

Wen Tiren bowed and said, "Please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said: "It's still an official's business, presumably since the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Fang Aiqing has been constantly complaining about me, right?" ”

Fang Zhuangli's face was already full of folds, and it seemed that he could squeeze a mosquito to death with a casual movement, although there were no mosquitoes to let him squeeze and play in winter.

After hearing Emperor Chongzhen's joke, Fang Zhuangli bowed and said: "If Your Majesty asks the old minister to pick dozens of county orders now, the old minister is really powerless." ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled: "So, I didn't make this request, did I?"

But then again, some of the Aiqing in the court are also quite old, and many of them have reached the age of teasing their grandchildren, and I really can't bear to let them work anymore.

But what can I do? This Enke has been opened again and again, even if it is now scheduled to be a biennial tribute test, but it is still not enough, what can I do about it?

Now that the overseas land is thousands of miles wide, and the number of officials needed is also innumerable, where can I go to find so many officials? ”

According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, a county needs a county order of the seventh grade, a canonical history that does not enter the stream, a county of the eighth grade, and a master book of the ninth grade.

Among them, the county order and the county secretary and the main book belong to the civil system, and the canonical history is the subordinate official in charge of arrest and prison under the county, which theoretically belongs to the military system, but when there is no county and the main book in the county, the canonical history has to be concurrent.

In this case, the position of canonical history has become a "court official" selected by the officials and signed and approved by the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen's brain was hot, and in order to find a way out for the veterans who had retired, the position of Qu Shi was changed to a county lieutenant, which belonged to the military position of Zhengbapin, and was returned to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

This also means that the county officials and the chief bookkeeper who could have been drawn out have to be set up again and then appointed separately.

Because it is impossible for the court to accept the situation that Qu Shi is concurrently serving as the county governor and the chief bookkeeper, but it is under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies - everything has been done by the county lieutenant, what else do you want the county order to do?

As far as Emperor Chongzhen himself is concerned, it is impossible to accept such a situation - decentralization of power, mutual checks and balances are the royal way, and one person monopolizing the power in the county is purely looking for trouble.

It's just such a level, in addition to the post of county lieutenant in a county, the rest of the county order, county officer, and chief secretary are three people, even if the Mughal side divides the area of a county a little bigger, it has to be divided into hundreds of counties, and the number of officials needed is directly thousands.

After being slaughtered by Emperor Chongzhen for a wave, and a large number of officials were transferred out, the entire Ming Dynasty really couldn't get together thousands of officials for a while.

It is possible to solve this problem unless all the students of Guozijian are released as officials, and then Emperor Chongzhen opens Enke again and directly sets the number of admissions at 1,000.

But these more than 1,000 people still have to learn, otherwise when they go to the locality, they are just as likely to have problems, make trouble, or rely too much on the master - but Emperor Chongzhen doesn't like the existence of the role of the master.

Whether it is Fang Zhuangzhuang, Wen Tiren and other court bigwigs, they all know this, but there is no good solution at all.

If you really want to solve this problem completely, it will not be possible until the twenty-fifth year after Chongzhen, when the group of students in the social sciences restored by Emperor Chongzhen grow up and the number of people in the imperial examination increases greatly.

The question is, can this kind of thing drag on until Chongzhen's twenty-five?

After being silent for a long time, Fang Zhuangli bowed and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you choose the best one from the existing county officials of my Ming Dynasty and release them as the county order, and then choose the best one from the national prison as the county commander?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said: "Even if all the students of the Guozijian are recorded as county officials, how many vacancies can be solved?" And what about the counties that are lacking in themselves? ”

Hearing this, Fang Zhuangli, Wen Tiren and others also understood what Emperor Chongzhen meant.

To put it bluntly, Emperor Chongzhen planned to turn "officials" into "officials".

Unlike the county order, the county official and other court officials, the officials are actually levied by the county order, and their status is actually a citizen, and the salary is not paid by the state, but by the county order itself.

In other words, bureaucrats are "state cadres", but officials have to be counted as "working instead of working". They are "service members" in the government, and their status is no different from that of government servants (husbands, arresters, jailers, etc.).

It's just that the husband, the catcher, the jailer or the labor service, or the military service, and the Xu officials provide knowledge*** - so the status of the Xu officials is very low, and they are often called "dog officials".

In addition, there is also a provision that Xu officials cannot be imperial historians, nor can they be admitted to the jinshi, which is equivalent to having no room for upward movement at all, and they can only be "professionals" in county-level units.

If it were merely recognized as the servants of the treasury and paid by the imperial court, there would be no problem, for the treasury had silver anyway.

But after turning these people into imperial officials, it means that in addition to the imperial examination, there is another way to become an official - from an official to an official.

So, what is the significance of the ten-year cold window?

No one asked about the cold window for ten years, and once he became famous, he knew that after the imperial examination, he could be a high-ranking official, a horse could be ridden, and there was no shortage of beauties.

Let these officials who failed the imperial examination enjoy the same treatment as the scholars who came up from the orthodox imperial examination, and the hearts of the big guys are unbalanced.

Although his heart was as uncomfortable as eating a fly, Fang Zhuangli still spoke: "I still have tens of millions of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and I can be the county chief and the main bookkeeper." ”

As soon as Fang Zhuangli's words were finished, Meng Shaoyu took over the conversation: "Your Majesty, after all, the officials are from a reckless background, and many of them are people who have tried and failed. ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Then what good way does Meng Aiqing have?" ”

Meng Shaoyu was immediately dumbfounded.

What the hell is talking well, and your old man just flips the table? It's been more than 10 years, and you won't change it?

Although the egg hurt incomparably, Meng Shaoyu still bowed his hand and said: "According to the minister's opinion, it is better to choose the best among these old officials and release them to Ryukyu, Annam, Mughal and other places."

If their performance in Jingcha is acceptable, they can consider transferring back to Daming, which can be regarded as giving them a good way out, if these people can't even pass Jingcha, then it is better to stay outside my Daming. ”

Meng Shaoyu's meaning is very simple, most of these people are scum, even if they pick out the big ones among the dwarfs and pick out a few who are barely better, they should be thrown out of the Ming Dynasty, let them practice with barbarians first, and learn how to be a county commander.

If there is really anything to be made, get them back to Daming and give them a chance, otherwise, let them scourge the barbarians, don't come back to harm the people of Daming.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, and then said, "It's okay." I turned back to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites to see if I could open two special Enko.

One of the Enke is only for the county and the main book, not to test the eight articles, only to test how to govern the people, how to develop a county, and choose the best one as the county order.

As for the other one, it is to examine the school officials who have accumulated years to see if they have enough ability to be promoted to a county or the main book, and choose those who are worried to fill the vacancies. ”

Meng Shaoyu and Fang Zhuangli bowed together, but continued: "Your Majesty, once these officials are promoted to the county chief and chief bookkeeper, can they participate in the imperial examination in the future?" Can I be promoted again? ”

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Since you have already made the county official and the main bookkeeper, you are a high-grade court official, and whether you are promoted or not should be assessed by Jingcha." ”

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Meng Shaoyu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

There is a possibility that these people will be promoted, but Jingcha is so good?

And Emperor Chongzhen did not say whether these people can be admitted to the Jinshi again, that is, they can't take the exam by default, and there is also no way to promote the imperial history, so let them boil slowly.

Emperor Chongzhen also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Taking advantage of the lack of a large number of officials this time, he gave the officials a chance, and pioneered the routine of Enkejucai, which is actually similar to the official ape exam in later generations.

Once this opening is opened, it will become extremely difficult to block it in the future - these people who first entered the ranks of the imperial court officials through Enke will naturally choose to let Enke continue for their own interests and the interests of their juniors.

Even those bigwigs above the court who are not angry and have no hope of the imperial examination, in order to have a chance for their sons and nephews to become famous, will also promote this matter behind their backs, so that this Enke will become a regular practice in the future.

And the students of Guozijian, as well as the jinshi who have passed the tribute test, even if they have been walking and studying in the cabinet and the eight ministries for half a year, compared with these old officials, they actually do not have an advantage.

Because being a magistrate is not to see whose writing is good, not to see whose Bagu articles are beautiful, but to see who is better at being an official and who is better at governing the place.

These are the advantages of the old officials, but they are the disadvantages of the students and the jinshi.

After the entire Ming Dynasty is accustomed to selecting officials from among the old officials, the next step of the reform of Guozijian can be started.

Emperor Chongzhen has always thought that Guozijian is a waste now, at least a big waste of knowledge has been formed - it can obviously become the institution of the first comprehensive university in the Ming Dynasty, but it is set up to train officials and make a bunch of nerds, what is this not a waste?

After solving the problem of officials, the construction of the Yellow River Bridge, and letting the people go out to work, a meeting was dismissed, Hong Chengchou went back to prepare the information collected by the Ministry of Railways to do experiments, and Emperor Chongzhen ran back to the harem to accompany his wife and children.

There's no way, being an emperor is so hard, while dealing with the messy things in the court, you have to appease the harem and take care of your own wives.

In particular, Empress Zhou united with Yuan Guifei and Concubine Yi and others to force the palace and asked Emperor Chongzhen to draft another draft girl.

Emperor Chongzhen was about to go crazy - what kind of mess is this? I am thirty years old, and now I will choose a group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls to enter the palace as little wives? Will there be any pear blossoms pressing begonias in the future?

Where did I get that much time? I don't know if I'm busy working for the country of Daming and don't have time to enjoy it?

The extremely bored Emperor Chongzhen simply waved his hand: "That's it, since the queen is the lord of the six palaces, the queen has the final say in the affairs of the harem, and she will not use it to annoy me in the future." ”

After Empress Zhou responded with a smile, she continued: "There is one more thing, but you still need Your Majesty's nod." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "What's the matter? ”

Empress Zhou said: "Concubine Yi gave birth to the third son of the emperor Ciyi before, and she should be promoted to a noble concubine, but she still needs His Majesty's consent." ”

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Concubine Yi, who was holding the third child, Zhu Ciyi, with no show on her face, but a hint of expectation in her eyes, and nodded and said, "Just follow the queen." ”

The excellent traditional culture of the eldest wife Zhang Luo helping to find the little wife was actually lost, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel sorry for the male compatriots of later generations for a second.