On the morning of the first day of the seventh month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the firecrackers sounded at the door of the original road business bureau outside the gate of Xi'an, and the big iron company was officially opened. On the street filled with the strong smell of gunpowder, there were officials of all sizes, and as soon as the sound of firecrackers stopped, they all lined up to send various gifts and congratulate the opening of the big iron company. Tan Jing, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, saluted and thanked him at the door on behalf of Tianqi, and there were also Chromium, Li Qiyuan, the former secretary of the household department, President Li of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce, President Cao of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce and others, and their faces were full of smiles.

The officials in Beijing have come to congratulate the emperor mainly because the major shareholder of the big iron company is the emperor, and the relatives and friends of the ordinary people doing business have to go to congratulate, and the emperor can not take it lightly when he does business, you come to the emperor may not receive your affection, but if you don't say it, it will make the emperor feel uncomfortable. Even if the degree of the emperor's discomfort is very slight, the officials know that if the emperor is uncomfortable, he will not be able to get along with his future.

There is also a reason why the officials came together, and that is because they also have their shares in it. Tianqi took into account the interests of everyone when he first distributed shares in the Road Merchants Bureau, so he allocated shares to the palace concubines, eunuchs, royal relatives, officials in the DPRK and China, and large merchants in the north and south.

The shareholder representatives of the big iron company, such as Chromium, thanked everyone on the first floor, and then asked the surrounding internal guards and eunuchs to lead everyone upstairs to drink tea and chat, and at noon, they also asked the hotel opened by the palace to send a banquet over, so that everyone knew the future business scope of the big iron company, and by the way, solicited opinions.

In the Qianqing Palace, King Xin, Sun Chengzong, Gao Panlong, Liu Zongzhou, and Xu Guangqi and others asked Tianqi to summon the matter, after accepting everyone's congratulations, Tianqi once again said that if it were not for the urgent military situation and the courtiers' indecision, he would not interfere in government affairs again, let King Xin let go of things, and when he ‖, he also asked Liu Zongzhou and Xu Guangqi to help King Xin in governing experience and specific affairs, and King Xin should also listen to the opinions of others and not be arbitrary to avoid mistakes.

In terms of military affairs, Sun Chengzong said that once the time was ripe, he would order Zhang Jing'an, the deputy general of Jizhou, to go to Guangxi and Guizhou to quell the rebellion, and Zhang Jing'an's 30,000 mountain infantry battalion soldiers had been almost trained, and if they went to the south to completely quell the rebellion, it would prove that they had the qualifications to form an independent army, and they could take the lead in the front of the army to bear the name of the Royal Army.

This period of the apocalypse did not interfere in government affairs, and there was no major event in military affairs except for the training reports from various places, and the real people and the Mongols were fighting each other and had no time to commit crimes, and the Ming Dynasty enjoyed a period of peace very rarely, and the ministers of the DPRK and China gradually became accustomed to the days without border troubles, and the atmosphere of peace in the world began to spread in the DPRK and China again. Of course, everyone is also accustomed to the days when the emperor does not hold court meetings, and feels that it is much more comfortable to sleep lazily every day than to get up in the dark.

Seeing that everyone was very satisfied, Apocalypse said to them: "Before the establishment of the Great Iron Company, several of you promised me that you would help if I had any difficulties, but now I have encountered a few things, so don't shirk it. First of all, there was a shortage of qualified personnel, but now there is no problem in employing people in the big iron company itself, and the problem is that there is a lack of officials in various localities to cooperate with the economic governance of the world. If they are asked to cooperate with the big iron company to do things such as road construction, mining and construction, I am afraid that I will miss agricultural and government affairs, so I want to assign another adjutant to each state and county who is paid by the imperial court, I don't know what you think? ”

King Xin was in power for a while, and there were many large and small affairs in the court, which made him very busy and happy, and when he heard Tianqi say this, he immediately said: "The emperor's brother has an order, and his brother naturally obeys his fate, but there are so many states and counties in the country, where can I find so many people who understand economic affairs for a while?" The royal brother has always said that he is not ready, but where are he going to find people this time? ”

Gao Panlong thought for a while and said: "Last year, the emperor asked Yang Lian and others to train 200 people, and it was no problem for them to be county commanders, but they were all sent to various military regions to serve as supervisors a few months ago, can they be recalled back?" ”

Before Tianqi could speak, he heard Sun Chengzong say: "Lord Gao's discussion is inappropriate, not to mention that the grade of government affairs and military personnel is not easy to determine, let's just say that the role of these military supervisors is also indispensable now." In the past, there were often unwarranted punishments by officers, beating and scolding soldiers, deducting military salaries, etc., and soldiers were forced to commit mutinies, and mutinies often occurred≡ from these prison troops to the army, not to mention that everything was completely absent, but they were rarely heard of, and the leading generals also had a lot less to do, and they were full of praise for the dispatch of the prison army, ♀ and some of the prison soldiers because of their positions in the army, their grades were improved, and at the same time, there were a lot more people, and I did not hear of any of them who were unwilling to do it. ”

Apocalypse nodded and said: "Sending a supervisor in the army is one of the ways to keep the army loyal to me, this system will be implemented for a long time and will be constantly improved∞ ready to recruit people again in the country, I don't know if you think it is feasible?" ”

Gao Panlong suddenly asked, "The emperor wants to add Enke again?" Last year, I just had a big competition, and this year I want to add Enkod to find a name. ”

Tianqi shook his head and said: "This time the people needed not only to cooperate with the local chief official to manage the civil affairs, but also to cooperate with the big iron company to open mines, start construction, build roads, and set up new money houses, etc., ♀ some people can not only only read four books and five classics, but also know mathematics, machinery and other new knowledge, so there is no need ∞for Kaienke to prepare for recruiting people to study in the Bo College in the country, of course, it is also interest-based, and after learning to be able to independently appoint the same Jinshi as a subordinate from the seven grades, if you do a good job in the future, you can remove the sample ♀ in the future, in doing industry, commerce, When mining and building roads, we do not delay agricultural work, and this grain problem cannot be careless. ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The people are the foundation of the country, and the people take food as the sky, and it is right for the emperor to pay attention to industry and commerce while committing violence, but the Holy Academy cannot help in this matter." I heard that the emperor appointed a foreigner as the vice president of the Bo Academy, and those Taixi people have experience in this, so it is better to let those Taixi people teach knowledge. ”

Xu Guangqi nodded and said: "I think the emperor appointed Deng Yuhan as the vice president of the Bo College a while ago, and he must have considered this aspect, but today the big iron company is open, and I am afraid it will be too late to report the Buddha's feet temporarily, after all, it will take a few months for the whole country to concentrate in Beijing, and it will be difficult to quench the thirst of the near water." ”

Seeing that King Xin, Liu Zongzhou, Gao Panlong, and others all agreed with Xu Guangqi's words, Tianqi turned his head and asked Sun Chengzong: "Mr. taught me a lot of knowledge back then, and I always felt in my heart that there was nothing in the world that Mr. did not know. Now that I have encountered difficulties without planning in advance, sir, do you have a good solution? ”

In the past year or so, Sun Chengzong has considered military affairs in the Military Affairs Yuan, and it is inconvenient to ask more questions about government affairs, seeing the apocalypse asking himself, Sun Chengzong thought about it and said: "The emperor just wants a state and county adjutant, and he doesn't need anything to try the palace test, it is better to let the interested people stay in the local area, and only sign up in the local government There are ♀ not many Taixi people, and thousands of people squeeze into Beijing to learn nothing for a while, so it is better to let the Shuji Shi in the Hanlin Academy go to study first, and those who are interested in revision, editing, and reviewing can also go." When the people in the Hanlin Academy learned it, they went to the state capitals to teach it, and anyway, they just cooperated and didn't need to understand much. ”

When Tianqi heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "What Mr. said is extremely true, so that there will be no delay." At the beginning of the class, Mr. Xu had to give a lecture on agricultural administration, water conservancy and other aspects to the people in the Hanlin Academy, and he had to make it clear that the big iron company only set rules when building roads, and the specific people who built the roads should be led by the local government to do it. ”

At this time, the king asked, "Is it true that the people who build the road have been counted as forced laborers?" ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "This is negotiated between the local government and the people, anyway, it is beneficial for the local people to contribute, and the local government can also share the toll when the time comes." If the share of the levy will be more in the future, and if the levy is not counted, the big iron company will have to pay for the payment, then the share will be less in the future. ”

King Xin said with a smile: "Brother Huang has thought it so carefully, in fact, no one will say anything if they don't do it for nothing, and building the road itself is convenient for them." ”

Tianqi shook his head and said, "My brother still has to settle the account, and besides, they can be more dedicated if they have benefits." ”

Just when the Qianqing Palace and the headquarters of the big railway company outside the Xi'an Gate were celebrating the opening and brainstorming for everyone to contribute their skills, the original Dongchang station outside the Dong'an Gate, which was later the internal guard station, was standing with thousands of people neatly, and only half of the street was full ♀, and the other half was practicing in the west school field.

When the East Factory was still there, there were about five or six thousand people, and Wei Zhongxian successively brought about 1,000 people to Nanjing, and later the Apocalypse collected the scattered mine supervisors and tax supervisors, and formed an internal guard with the remaining personnel of the East Factory according to their conditions and wishes. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for guarding key departments such as the Military Affairs Yuan in the palace, and is also responsible for supervising and supervising each other with Jinyi Guards, and when necessary, it also conducts economic inspections ♀ of officials in Beijing, and the Ministry of Affairs mainly supervises and temporarily arrests and arrests the garrisons around Beijing, and also dispatches two or three hundred people in each province to facilitate the economic review of local officials.

At the end of last year, Tan Jing said that there were still about 20,000 people in Beijing who had not yet been castrated, and that they were serving in the palace's eunuchs or begging for a living in the suburbs of Beijing without their status. Tianqi first ordered all the great eunuchs to sell their houses outside and live in the imperial city, and then ordered Yang Gongchun to train these castrated people, and now that the training is almost complete, he is ready to be sent out again to be a mine supervisor, of course, in the name of the big iron company.