Although he was very reluctant, the ministers accepted Li Yuanji's proposal in its entirety.

This has nothing to do with Li Yuanji's strength, although Li Yuanji is strong, he is not a person who cannot accept opinions.

On the contrary, in accepting the proposal, the ministers felt that Li Yuanji had done a better job than anyone else.

Whether it was Li Yuan or Li Shimin before, both of them were a little inferior to Li Yuanji in this regard.

And Li Yuanji's proposal this time to slow down, after some serious consideration, the ministers also seem to be aware of the problem.

Things are indeed as Li Yuanji said, the development has been too fast in recent years, the people need to stop and be quiet, and the court also needs to stop and think seriously and sum up.

The strength of an era does not depend on how strong you are, but on how strong your error correction ability is, as long as there is no problem with your error correction ability, then there will be no big problems in this era, which is inevitable.

Stopping, not to deny, but to be able to go on better.

As a result, the Ministry of Industry became the busiest yamen.

Other yamen are also busy, but they are busy thinking, to discover the problems that have occurred over the years, the problems that have been solved, the problems that have been left behind, and so on.

"It's too stressful! For the imperial examination early next year, the Ministry of Industry must increase the number of places. Chen Shuda wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, picked up the cup of tea on the desk, it was hot, but he still drank it in one go, dragging his extremely tired body, Chen Shuda only felt as if he was no longer himself, and his whole body felt the same as sickness.

But there is no way, there are only a few people left in the entire Ministry of Industry, and the rest of the people are all scattered.

The plan has been down, and the Ministry of Engineering has two tasks at the moment, planning the route and finding a suitable place to build the reservoir.

Both of these are important, one is to save time and effort and to achieve the nearest distance, and the other is related to the irrigation of a large area around it.

Both projects need to be inspected and planned at the same time, although there is still at least half a year before the implementation of the project, but for the Ministry of Industry, this time is still very tight.

Planning a route is not something that can be calculated in a moment and a half, nor is it enough to draw a straight line on the map.

First of all, it is best to bypass the Ueda, bypass the paddy field, and do not occupy the farmland, if you want to occupy it, give priority to the lower field, unless it is really impossible to get around.

The location of the reservoir is more troublesome, although it is very convenient, the role is also great, but if the location is not selected well, the problems encountered will be very serious, the first encounter may be that it is impossible to store so much water, and the second is safety.

These things need to invest a lot of people to go to the field to complete.

In addition, the Ministry of Industry is still in charge of building the railway, and the manpower is already tight enough.

So much so that Chen Shuda was so old that he had to go out for a field investigation, but after coming back, Chen Shuda came directly to the Ministry of Officials and found Xiao Yu, who was also the secretary of the Ministry of Officials.

In terms of age, Chen Shuda is older than Xiao Yu, but now, Chen Shuda has an attitude that if you don't agree to increase the number of people, I won't leave.

"Zicong, how many people are you going to have?" Xiao Yu smiled, he had the intention to deploy some people to the past, but the profession was not right, even if these people passed, they would not be able to play their due role.

This is his biggest headache for the Ministry of Engineering, the professionalism is too strong, even if it is a related professional, it will take a long time to study before he can fully adapt to it.

This is also the characteristic of the Ministry of Works, they not only do administrative work, but also do professional work.

But according to the character of the Ministry of Industry, if they have to intervene in everything, how many people do they need to meet their needs thoroughly?

"At least two hundred, right?" Chen Shuda thought for a moment.

Xiao Yu grinned, there are only about 100 people in the entire Ministry of Industry now, and this opening will increase by 200 people, if these 200 people are given, it will be difficult for other yamen to turn the sky upside down?

"Brother Zicong, you are embarrassing the old man!" Xiao Yu shook his head with a wry smile.

Difficulties, he can naturally understand, and if he can help, he will definitely help, but he can't do this kind of aimless help.

"There are so many projects, and there are not so many people doing it? Even if there are two hundred more people, I dare not say that there will be enough manpower. Chen Shuda said with a black line on his face.

"You don't need to start construction at the same time, you can first arrange a part of the people to walk, have a general route, and then send people to follow up with detailed planning, only need to ensure that the planned line is always more than the actual construction location of a hundred miles away, isn't it? Even if there is a problem in front, with this hundred miles as a buffer, it can be easily bypassed. Xiao Yu has never worked in the Ministry of Industry, but it does not mean that he does not know some of the situation of the Ministry of Industry, thought about it again, and continued: "In this way, the Ministry of Industry does need to strengthen its manpower, and if it is selected directly from the imperial examination, it may not be able to be used immediately. ”

"Secondment? You're trying to poke the old man's backbone! "Why didn't Chen Shuda think about secondment?

It is true that the Ministry of Industry needs professional talents, but in this situation, the benefits of secondment are still obvious.

Secondment, they can specifically find veterans with relevant experience to help, and people from various places have been involved in building roads beforehand, and some people know what to do inside.

Reservoirs are even easier to say, although there are not many reservoirs in Datang, but there are also a lot, and these reservoirs are maintained and managed by special personnel.

Even if he is just a farmer who looks at the reservoir and has seen the reservoir all his life, he knows which places are dangerous and need to be strengthened, and which places are not dangerous and don't need to be taken care of.

At first glance, this experience will not be very helpful in building the reservoir, but in practice it will not be so, as long as these people take a look and ask what needs to be reinforced.

Even in these aspects, they are more professional than the people in the Ministry of Works.

But the problem is that this is not a small project, if the secondment is fast, it will take three or five years, and if it is slow, it will take one or two decades.

Unless the Ministry of Industry does not add any more personnel during this period, why should the places be given to those newcomers, and let those who really work still have a secondment?

In the locality, following the imperial court, these are completely different things.

"What can the old man do? You can't be too biased towards the Ministry of Industry, right? In that case, what do other people think? If they all come to the old man, how can the old man explain to His Majesty? Xiao Yu shrugged his shoulders, everyone was under a lot of pressure, except for the Ministry of Industry, the pressure on the other yamen was not so small.

But in the entire Tang Dynasty, except for the Academy of Sciences, which can be expanded on a large scale, no yamen can expand at will.

Like the six ministries, according to the regulations, there are only five places per year, and this is still under the condition that the workload is not reduced, and if there is no plan, it is possible to even cancel the places.

In addition, it is to withdraw one and increase one, that is, to leave a person, and add a place to replenish.

"In this way, among these seconded people, ten places are given every year...... Chen Shuda is like a common man bargaining on the street, and he doesn't care about his identity as a scholar at all.

Of course, most of the time, the bargaining between these scholars is in this mode, and basically no one wants to lose face or anything.

Discussions at this level can only be a loss if you want to lose face.

"Ten places? Unless your five places are cancelled, so that you will be given ten places, otherwise, at most, you will be given five places a year, and if there are more, it is a question whether Your Majesty will agree to it. Xiao Yu shook his head and sighed.

The normal quota is allocated by him, but like this extra quota, he has no right to call the shots, he can only play the emperor, and the emperor will be the master.

"Hmph, the old man went to tell His Majesty about this in person!" Chen Shuda was a little angry, Xiao Yu was simply a profiteer.

Once seconded, the number of people will inevitably be large, only five places a year, although the probability is not small, but the problem is also very big.

"Brother Zicong, it's not the old man who said you, it's time for your Ministry of Industry to change it." Xiao Yu persuaded a little helplessly.

"Change? How to change? Chen Shuda was stunned.

"As the supreme controller of Datang Industry, the Ministry of Industry doesn't have to do it yourself, in terms of technology, you can set up one or two expert groups, and then these expert groups will be responsible for coming up with plans, and then hand them over to the following to be responsible. Xiao Yu said.

The nature of the Ministry of Industry is somewhat special, but it is a special excuse for discomfort.

"The old man thinks that many middle-level officials in your Ministry of Industry are fully capable of going to the local government to hold relevant important positions, so it is a good thing for both the local government and the Ministry of Industry." Xiao Yu continued.

The direction of the Ministry of Industry is actually correct, but in his opinion, the details are wrong.

This is also the past few days to see the Ministry of Industry busy, if those middle and low-level officials are released, there is a year or two, they will be completely in control of the situation, in the current situation, the Ministry of Industry only needs to send a group of experts to go around, make a plan, there is no need to be as troublesome as now.

To put it bluntly, it is not possible to have no talents, but it is also not possible to gather talents too much and not disperse.

This is the case in the current Ministry of Industry, there are indeed many capable people in them, but these capable people have not played the greatest role, and this is the problem.