Back to the high mountains of the capital, in the afternoon to give a variety of lectures, in the morning in the civil affairs institute to sit on duty, the class and the previous dynasty is different, the last dynasty does not need to explain much, the class is every day in the civil affairs yuan under the seven departments: the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, take turns to inspect, solve problems, each department on a week's shift.

Gao Junshan came to the Ministry of Officials on the first day. Under the Ministry of Officials, there are Divisions of Officials, Divisions of Seals, Divisions of Honors, and Examination of Merit, which are in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials, examinations, promotions, awards, transfers and other affairs.

The secretary of the ministry is Tian Wenju, and now it is no longer called the secretary, Gao Junshan changed all the ministerial-level books to ministers, and the ministers under the ministry are called directors.

Gao Junshan walked into the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, and his first feeling was that there were a lot of young people here, and there were few old people from the previous dynasty who worked here.

Here in the Ministry of Officials, Gao Junshan has nothing to manage, there are important appointments and dismissals in ordinary times, Gao Junshan is handled through telegrams, he came to the Ministry this time, mainly to make up for some important personnel appointments, and to verify some personnel transfers.

He must personally grasp the information on the appointment, dismissal, and transfer of officials, and this has a bearing on the issue of employing personnel, and he must not be careless. Therefore, he conscientiously checked the appointment, dismissal, and transfer of officials in the past few years, and came to the yamen of the ministry on time every morning, and stayed in the ministry for a week.

In the second week, I went to work in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and the head of the Ministry of Rites was Niu Jinxing, and the first person Gao Junshan saw when he entered the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites was Niu Jinxing.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Niu Jinxing was waiting for Gao Junshan at the yamen.

Gao Junshan said: "No courtesy!" ”

Gao Junshan has carried out a major restructuring of the Ministry of Rites, and now the Ministry of Rites is mainly in charge of the affairs of vassal states and foreign affairs, and the affairs under its jurisdiction are much less than before.

Niu Jinxing welcomed Gao Junshan into the yamen and prepared a good dragon well.

Gao Junshan didn't come to drink tea, he first asked Niu Jinxing's son a question, and his son was arrested by Liu Fangliang because of corruption.

Niu Jinxing made a profound review of his son's illegal behavior in front of Gao Junshan, who urged Niu Jinxing to discipline his family well, and hoped that his son could accept this lesson, accept reform in prison, and strive to be a new person.

After talking to Niu Jinxing about family affairs, Gao Junshan asked Niu Jinxing what he was busy with recently.

Niu Jinxing replied: "We are preparing to welcome a group of students from the UK to study in Beijing. ”

"Is there a list?"

"Yes, it's all in English." Ox Venus returns.

Gao Junshan said: "Show it to me." ”

"Yes!"

So, Niu Jinxing took out a document and put it in front of the desk in front of Gao Junshan.

Gao Junshan opened the document and saw that there was a list of international students, there were more than forty in total, he carefully examined them one by one, and finally saw that there was a person named Isaac · Neton, from Lincolnshire, England, was born January 4, 1643.

That's right, this student is the great physicist Newton, Gao Junshan was very happy in his heart, he told Niu Jinxing: "This person's name is Newton, I have already given instructions, all his expenses in Huaxia are free, after he comes to report, you report to me immediately, I want to see this Newton." ”

Niu Jinxing took the document handed to him by Gao Junshan, glanced at the form in confusion, and asked, "Newton?" He has the same surname as me? ”

Gao Junshan said: "You think too much, people are foreigners, how can they have the same surname as you, his name is Isaac Newton." ”

"Oh, his surname is Ai!"

Gao Junshan didn't explain much to him.

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After another week, Gao Junshan went to work in the household yamen again.

The household department is the yamen in charge of the territory, land, household registration, taxation, salary, and all finances of the country, and the division is set up according to the division of labor in the region. The head of the household department is Liu Hongru.

Liu Hongru was the head of the household department, equivalent to the later finance minister, and also served as the director of the railway bureau.

Railway construction is the most important matter that Gao Junshan is most concerned about, so here in Liu Hongru, he randomly inspected the progress of the project on eight railway lines across the country.

Gao Junshan spent three mornings reading the work schedule of the eight railway lines, and he was very dissatisfied.

He was angry with Liu Hongru: "The progress is too slow, and at the current pace, the whole line will not be opened to traffic in ten years." I have given you an army of one million and three hundred million taels of silver, hoping that you will build these eight railway lines as soon as possible. With such a large investment of manpower and material resources, you have shown me such progress? ”

Liu Hongru explained: "Because the construction is too difficult, especially in the south where the mountains overlap, every mile of railway laying will cost the life of a railway worker. ”

Is this still worth it? Gao Junshan was even more angry: "Why didn't you report it?" ”

Liu Hongru was very aggrieved and said: "The construction of the railway is the top priority of Your Majesty, and no matter how big the difficulties are, we must overcome them ourselves." ”

Gao Junshan said angrily: "Nonsense! sacrificed the lives of my Chinese people, and you didn't report it, and you still overcame difficulties!? You are taking the lives of my Chinese people for your life! Okay, you Liu Hongru, immediately order the whole line to stop work! ”

"Stoppage?" Liu Hongru thought he had misheard.

Gao Junshan said undoubtedly: "Yes, stop work, stop work immediately!" ”

Liu Hongru persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" In the past, there were no trains, we didn't know the benefits of trains, but now trains have brought endless financial resources to China, and we can't just stop and stop, but we still have to consider the problem from the aspect of reducing casualties. ”

Fewer casualties? This sentence reminded Gao Junshan, and after he calmed down, he gave a new instruction to Liu Hongru.

Suspend all railway projects that are difficult to lay across the country, and concentrate efforts on opening all railways in North China to traffic first.

Liu Hongru doesn't understand the meaning of Gao Junshan very well, what does it mean to suspend the laying? Isn't it dangerous to pause now and start work again? If you want to build a national railway, you have to have a lot of people.

Gao Junshan already had an idea in his heart, but he just didn't take into account the backward production technology at that time, and it would cost his life to make the whole railway open to traffic.

The railway must be opened to traffic, and the lives of the Chinese people cannot be sacrificed, what should we do? Of course, this question is difficult for Gao Junshan.

He did not directly answer Liu Hongru's question, but changed the topic. He asked Liu Hongru: "Is the current account of our Huaxia Bank big?" ”

Liu Hongru replied: "Big, very big!" ”

"So, the bank clerk must be busy?" Gao Junshan asked.

"That's not it, just a bank in the capital, there are tens of millions of taels of silver in and out every day."

Gao Junshan said: "It seems that we are going to step up the implementation of paper money." ”