Emperor Chongzhen was very confident in the issuance of the Chongzhen silver dollar, after all, the silver dollar issued by the Manchu Qing court before its demise, when the silver dollar of one or two contains silver, it is also unimpeded. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is the silver dollar issued after the Republic of China, whether it is Yuan Datou or Sun Xiaotou, the silver coin with a face value of one yuan, the silver content does not exceed eighty percent, and it does not cause any credibility or other circulation problems. And this is where the confidence of Emperor Chongzhen, who has experience in later generations, lies.

However, the issuance of silver dollars, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and even in the history of China, after all, is the first time, and it must be tried for a period of time, and all the treasures cannot be pressed on it as soon as it comes up.

First invest 1.6 million taels, mix lead, tin, zinc and other things, mint 2 million silver dollars as one tael, give it a try, if there is no problem, and then gradually push it away.

In the future, whether it is the imperial court's issuance of officials' salaries, soldiers' salaries and taxes, all can be settled with silver dollars, which can not only circulate in all aspects, but also make profits for the imperial court, which is definitely a multiplicity.

After agreeing on this matter, Emperor Chongzhen made an explanation to Bi Ziyan and others, and asked the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry to work together to study the issue of adopting steel die stamping technology to cast silver dollars in the future.

Because the current silver dollar casting, the use of the traditional method of money fan casting, after the casting has a burr, the craftsman needs to polish one by one, which will have errors and losses, if the steel mold stamping method is adopted, the error and loss can be small to negligible.

Bi Ziyan, Bi Maoliang, Liu Yiding and others, after listening to the emperor's words, were naturally surprised, they didn't expect the emperor to even understand this truth, so naturally he knelt down and left.

After Bi Ziyan and the others left, Li Guowei and Xu Guangqi were still here, and they had other things to report to the emperor. One of them is the arrangement of Enke Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen.

After the new science and technology scholars took the palace examination, only the first three people, namely the champion Shi Kefa, Xia Yunyi and Tanhua Zhang Pu, were awarded the position of the Hanlin Academy on the second day of the list, and the remaining two and three hundred people of more than 400 people then participated in the official examination presided over by the Ministry of Officials, and then arranged their positions according to the comprehensive ranking.

Now that the official examination has been over for a few days, although Emperor Chongzhen is not interested in the specific ranking after the official examination, he still has some considerations for the job arrangement of the new scholars.

Xu Guangqi is the cabinet minister in charge of the examination, and the first assistant Li Guoqi is specifically in charge of the affairs related to the ministry, so today the two of them joined forces to report the relevant arrangements to the emperor.

When Xu Guangqi finished his oral report, Emperor Chongzhen had already read the list of specific job arrangements, and saw that Shen Tingyang, Li Mengchen, Niu Jinxing, Li Xin and others were all arranged in Liaodong and Denglai, and looked at Xu Guangqi with some puzzlement, and said: "I have often looked at the strategies of the new science and technology scholars in the palace examination recently, and I have a lot of impressions of Shen Tingyang, Niu Jinxing, and Li Xin. Or is it an arrangement made by the Ministry of Officials according to the ranks? ”

After hearing what the emperor said, he couldn't tell whether the emperor was happy or angry, Li Guoyi replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, the arrangement of the new science and technology jinshi this time is in accordance with your majesty's will, and at the same time as the ranking and screening of the officials, the personal wishes of the new science and technology jinshi are also solicited separately.

"The arrangement of these people should be the result of the officials' respect for their personal opinions. His Majesty's grace allowed the Jinshi to choose his own position, and when the minister heard about it, he issued an edict, and the crowd was enthusiastic about the election of the border land, all hoping to make contributions to the court and share worries for His Majesty. Thinking about Shen Tingyang, Niu Jinxing, Li Xin and others, the same is true. ”

After listening to this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, thinking to himself, these people who have left their names in history are really not ordinary people, and now Liaodong and Denglai are all on the front line of the resistance against the Houjin army, and how many civilian and military generals have been dismissed or killed because of the unfavorable war.

Under such circumstances, most of the ministers of the DPRK and China regard Jiliao as a fire pit, and they are unwilling to transfer there even if they are promoted, but these few people dare to recommend themselves to take up posts, and this can be seen that these people are extraordinary.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said: "I heard that since the rise of the Liao Affair, the court officials have all taken it as a dangerous way to go to the border towns to serve, especially Liaodong and Denglai as the place of death. However, those who are willing to go to the border areas can be promoted to a higher level and appointed to the higher level.

"As for Shen Tingyang, Niu Jinxing, and Li Xin, I don't think I can go to the border for the first time, and temporarily appoint them as scholars in the cabinet and the military aircraft department, and the officials can choose three or five more people to be on duty in the Wenhua Hall and Wuying Palace, familiar with the affairs of the imperial court, and release them to serve in the future, maybe they can create a group of pillars of talent."

Hearing the emperor's words, Li Guoyi said in his heart, it turned out that the emperor meant this, so he sighed a little and said: "Now that there are many scholars in the cabinet, all of whom have been in office for a long time, Your Majesty has elected a new branch of the scholar to serve in the cabinet and the military aircraft department, as a member of the middle secretary, can these people be selected as laissez-faire officials?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "This is exactly what I think, the Zhongshu Sheren is on duty in the cabinet and the military aircraft, and he knows the most about the affairs of the imperial court. Those who previously served in the Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department were given priority in the selection of those who had the meritorious name of Jinshi, and those who did not have the meritorious name of Jinshi were all given the same Jinshi background, and they were all released as officials. ”

Emperor Chongzhen did this, not to say that he was dissatisfied with the current Zhongshusheren, but that he had a more satisfactory candidate for the position of Zhongshusheren, that is, Shen Tingyang, Niu Jinxing and others among the new science and technology scholars.

Historically, Shen Tingyang was elected as a supervisor in the early years of Chongzhen, as an eight-grade official, and became a scholar in the cabinet, and was on duty in Wuyingdian for many years. Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed, and ordered Shen Tingyang to go to Songjiang for a trial trial, which was a great success, and since then he has been favored by Chongzhen and has risen to prominence as a prisoner.

Now that Shi Kefa is serving in the Hanlin Academy as the champion, it is just for the time being, and if the other talents are not brought to his side, it will definitely be a waste of talents.

When these malleable talents understand the problems of the government and understand the emperor's intentions, and then release them to govern the place, they will definitely play a better role.

Since the end of March, the Gongyuan examination has passed, passed the palace examination, passed the examination of the Ministry of Officials, and has spent two months getting along day and night.

This kind of friendship between Jinshi in the same year, and the love of classmates in later generations, the essence is not much different, after all, they are all protégés of the Son of Heaven who have passed the palace test, and the friendship between them has a more sacred meaning.

Now the latest comprehensive ranking of the second and third top jinshi has come out. In everyone's heart, they also have a base for their future.

Although Shi Kefa has accepted the position of the Hanlin Academy and has become the Hanlin that everyone envies now, he himself does not like this arrangement very much in his heart.

Because the Hanlin Academy did not have much practical things to do, the main duty and task was to compile records for the emperors of previous dynasties, or to draft various court documents according to the meaning of the cabinet, so it was mainly engaged in writing work, not as I imagined at the beginning, sharing worries for the emperor and benefiting the people.

Therefore, whenever I meet and gather with Li Mengchen, Niu Jinxing, Li Xin and others, I will be a little depressed, because these people are electing officials according to their own wishes, Li Xin and Niu Jinxing chose to go to Liaodong, Li Mengchen chose to go to Denglai, and agreed with each other to take Pingliao as a volunteer, which made Shi Kefa envious.

However, soon, Shi Kefa's envy for these people turned into "sympathy".

Emperor Chongzhen did not make major changes to the arrangements of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, but he just put Shen Tingyang and others out and put them in the position of scholars in the cabinet and the military aircraft department, and the other arrangements on the general surface are still the same.

So soon, the imperial court's arrangements for the new science and technology scholars were announced, and naturally it quickly spread to the hall where the new science and technology scholars lived, Shen Tingyang, Li Mengchen, Niu Jinxing, and Li Xin, who originally chose Liaodong and Denglai, were naturally surprised, and originally thought that they would be nine out of ten stable, and there was no one to compete for the position, but they actually failed.

Fortunately, soon after, these people were called by the Ministry of Shangshu Cheng Ji, on the one hand, the position of the cabinet and the military aircraft department in the scholar, although the level is not high, but the position is very important, after all, it is the emperor and the cabinet ministers to serve next to the office, Cheng Ji ordered the new branch of the new scholar to be called together, similar to the first training.

On the other hand, he also explained the reason for temporarily reassigning them to Zhongshusheren, told them that this was the emperor's handpick, and warned them not to live up to the trust of the emperor and the imperial court.

Although Li Xin and the others had a little regret in their hearts, they were able to serve by the side of the emperor and his ministers, and it was the emperor's handpick, and the previous regret naturally dissipated quickly.

Next, the new science and technology scholars who received their posts soon divided their things, some went to Jiangnan, some went to Jiubian, and some stayed in Beijing, and the gatherings and farewells between each other were constantly staged in Beijing and Tongzhou post officials.

Those who are willing to return to their hometowns to visit relatives can return to their hometowns, and those who are willing to stay in Beijing can also stay in Beijing, in short, after a month, they must be officially hired.

Unlike the practice of everyone choosing to return to their hometowns to visit relatives, Shen Tingyang, Li Xin, Niu Jinxing, Li Mengchen and others invariably chose to stay in Beijing and traveled in Gyeonggi, Jiliao and other places.

Because since they went to Beijing to take the exam, the new things that have appeared one after another around Gyeonggi have really opened their eyes, and they have no official status before, so it is inconvenient to travel there, but now with the official status of the new science and technology jinshi, the cabinet and the military aircraft department, it is much more convenient to go anywhere.

Shi Kefa, who was unwilling to be idle, also took his first note as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, asking the emperor to grant permission to the new branch of the Hanlin Academy, the cabinet scholars, and the other new science and technology scholars who stayed in the six departments of the Beijing Division to observe the government, to go to the vicinity of Gyeonggi to observe the political style, understand the military, government and people's conditions, and prepare for the future performance of their duties.

Shi Kefa's recital was handed in on the first day, and it was approved the next day. The Emperor, of course, agreed.