As soon as I heard this edict, several people here looked at Zhang Pengxi with envy, and Fu Ning'an, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, was even more jealous and jealous, the official position of the bachelor of the Qing Dynasty was to follow the system of the Ming Dynasty, divided into three halls and three pavilions, Baohe Palace, Wenhua Palace, Wuying Palace, Tiren Pavilion, Wenyuan Pavilion, East Pavilion, six palaces of bachelors, high grades, in order, Baohedian University Scholar is the first, not lightly awarded, the most recent award, or Kangxi 37 years, since Kangxi 44 years later, Chaozhong Baohe Temple Scholar has been vacant.

Awarded Zhang Pengxi Baohe Temple Scholar, virtually raised him to the position of the first assistant, all the scholars in the study room respected him, many years of Huan Hai career, Zhang Pengxi, who was in a high position, was already honored and disgraced, in the face of this sudden honor, he got up calmly and knelt down and said: "Minister, thank you Lord Longen." ”

All of you here are human spirits, and they all know in their hearts that Zhang Pengxi's award of the Baohe Temple Scholar is by no means a blessing, and Zhenwu is not a place of interest, and he will be rewarded at will, this is just a continuation of Zhenwu's adjustment of the senior members of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and it seems that the adjustment of the senior members of the DPRK and the Central Committee is far from over, and the governors and governors in various places are bound to have some adjustments.

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and said along the previous train of thought: "The way of heaven is natural, not without a trace, the so-called reincarnation of the way of heaven, that is, the law of nature, everything is a cycle, endless, careful observation, diligent exploration, good at summarizing and inducting, you can find out."

In conjunction with Qin Tianjian, the study summarized the cold periods and the intensive outbreak periods of natural disasters in various periods in history, pointed out the causes of spring drought in the north, and revealed the relationship between temperature changes and the reincarnation of heaven in recent years. ”

Zhenwu is taking precautions to find a reason for the upcoming spring drought, this is the proper meaning of the question, and everyone is not surprised, Zhang Pengxi and Fu Ningan are busy bowing down to receive their lives.

Zhenwu said the rise of the rise, groaning slightly. He also said: "Everything has disadvantages must be beneficial, and there must be disadvantages if there are advantages, as the so-called difficulties prosper the country, a great drought may not be without the slightest benefit, I have already flown the pigeon to send a message to Karopa, and ordered the governor of Nanyang, Chen Pengnian, to go to Siam, Annam, and Burma to purchase a large amount of grain, and 600 miles to urgently send a message to Shanghai, Xiamen, and Guangzhou, and should go to the Nanyang merchant ships. The return flight must be full of food, and the grain enters the port, and the fee is exempted.

There is no need to worry about the relief of food, but the provinces cannot sit back and wait for assistance, they must actively carry out self-help, you are all familiar with government affairs, drought-fighting measures, I will not repeat it, I remind a few points, one is to vigorously promote high-yield drought-resistant crops. The second is to prevent multiple disasters caused by drought, such as insects, hunger, and epidemics, and the third is to strictly investigate the regular liquidation and righteous warehouses of grain storage and preparation in various localities. If there is a shortfall, it must be severely punished. ”

Speaking of this, Zhenwu looked at Wang Xiangling, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and said: "The Ministry of Industry is responsible for the management of flood and drought disasters, and the water conservancy projects in various places are built by the imperial court with great effort, and it is necessary to ensure that the existing role can be fully played during the drought fight."

Other. As far back as the Qin and Han dynasties, it was already realized that it was forbidden to cut down trees. Floods and droughts are all here, droughts are frequent, although it is caused by severe cold, but it can not be improved slightly, the barren land vacated by Australian immigrants, to gradually restore the forests, these are temporarily taken care of by your Ministry of Industry, afforestation is listed in the performance assessment of officials in the northern provinces, and the imperial court will allocate special funds for this in the following years, a little more generous. ”

Zhang Pengxi, Fu Ning'an, Wang Xiangling, Fang Bao and others listened to these words, and their hearts were all relieved, as long as there is food relief, no matter how dry it is, there will be no major problems, and everyone is busy knocking on the leader's will.

Zhenwu glanced at a few people before he said: "For this drought, how to minimize the loss and how to turn harm into benefit, you go down and think about it carefully, and kneel down first." ..., when Zhang Pengxi and the four of them retreated, Lao Jiuyinyu bowed slightly and said: "The emperor is bright and wise, the holy thoughts are far-reaching, the temple is well-calculated, and he is not far away, he is meticulous, and he is swaying, turning harm into benefit, and the ministers are eye-opening." ”

Zhenwu looked at Lao Jiu and Lao Sixteen, smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Jiu, there are no outsiders, don't put on a posture of playing the right game, I am already tired enough to hold a shelf with them all day long, feel free." As he spoke, he took a sip of the teacup in addition to the crown on his head.

Seeing Zhenwu put on this posture, Yinyu also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are sincerely respectful, how many people can the emperor have in ancient times, and can he have the courage to turn the drought into a benefit?" ”

"That's the big granary of the Nanyang Domain, as well as Japan's war reparations, otherwise how dare I be so calm?" Zhenwu said with a smile: "Brother Jiu has been in Tianjin for half a year, and he has reduced a lot, but the errands are too complicated? ”

Speaking of errands, Yin Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said: "These flag people are mud on the soles of their feet in the capital, but when they arrive in Tianjin, they are all above the top, they are all above the top, they are afraid of doing things lightly, they are not willing to do dirty work, and they are not good at technical work. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed lightly and said: "The minister knows that the emperor has high hopes for the Qi Joining Army Workshop, and he does not dare to slack off a little, but the foreman in charge has changed one stubble after another, but it is like a marquee, and it is the same in exchange.

The emperor has just ascended the throne, and the minister can't bear to spoil the emperor's interest, and he plans to delay it again, and then play it after the new army begins to take shape, but the emperor has arrived in Tianjin. ”

How can there be no motivation? Zhenwu couldn't help but be surprised, and asked strangely: "They don't want to become a formal craftsman, and they don't want to take two taels of silver a month's wages?" ”

"Who doesn't want a wage increase?" Yin Yu said angrily: "They thought that they could become a formal craftsman by boiling their qualifications, and they said that they had to pass the assessment countless times before they could become a formal craftsman, but not many people believed it." ”

Zhenwu knows these things, this time he came to Tianjin, this is also one of the reasons, the reason why the banner people are so negligent and slack, the root is still on the word 'enyang', which is somewhat similar to eating a big pot of rice, and there is no enthusiasm, however, Yinyu's means are also weaker, and these banner people must be both ennobled and powerful.

With a slight sigh, he said: "This group of flag people has been in the army workshop for half a year, on these two days of public assessment, and all the craftsmen of the military workshop have the same standard, those who have passed the customs are turned into craftsmen, and those who have not passed the customs will be given another three months, and after three months, if they still can't pass the customs, their relatives or children will be dismissed from the new army, and the family will be sent to Shengjing." ”

After a pause, he added: "Write my will in the vernacular and post it at the gate of each workshop, there is no rule and no circle, the military workshop cannot tolerate the slightest sloppiness, and those who dare to engage in favoritism and fraud will be exiled to Australia." ”

Hearing such harshness, Yinyu couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Your Majesty, whether it is a little stricter, the ministers are worried that they will make trouble." ”

"Troublemaker?" Zhenwu said disdainfully: "I am worried that I can't find anyone to stand up, and those who dare to gather a crowd to make a coax, exile Ningguta, and enslave the armored people." ”

Yin Yu muttered to himself in his heart, if half of the people make trouble, wouldn't this Praetorian New Army be abolished? After a slight sigh, he asked, "If someone is unwilling and wants to go back to the capital, how should I deal with it?" ”

"Allowed." Zhenwu said without hesitation: "However, the family members and children of the Praetorian Guard must also be dismissed." Saying that, he glanced at Yinyu and said: "Don't worry, they are not stupid, the Praetorian Guard is a unified distribution of vests plus the salary of the military workshop, a year's income is more than a high-class family, this account, they themselves will ,...,calculate these years, the imperial court is too indulgent to the banner people, now it must be stricter, now the Qing Dynasty is thriving, becoming richer, will usher in decades, even hundreds of years of peace, if the banner people continue to be lenient, decades later, the Qing Dynasty will have no soldiers to fight, We can't just look at the present, we have to think about future generations. ”

Yin Yu didn't dare to say much, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The emperor's holy thoughts are far-reaching, and the ministers will hold a public assessment the day after tomorrow." ”

Zhenwu nodded, then looked at the old sixteenth Yinlu, and said with a smile: "Sixteenth brother, you are twenty years old this year, and you have been in the navy for two years, what are your plans?" ”

Yinlu didn't expect Zhenwu to keep him down, it was for this matter, he couldn't help but hesitate slightly, and then he bowed and said: "Back to the emperor, the younger brother has not carefully considered this issue, the younger brother has been in the Tianjin Naval Academy for two years, and he has a lot of feelings. ”

Seeing the truth of what Yinlu said, Zhenwu couldn't help but smile slightly, and said, "The sixteenth brother is sincere. ”

"In front of the emperor, how dare the courtiers lie?" Yinlu smiled unreservedly.

Moaning slightly, Zhen Wucai groaned: "Last year, I asked you to recruit talents and establish a research laboratory engaged in firearms improvement in Tianjin, how is the progress?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the research institute has been built." Yin Lu said, his expression was a little unnatural, and he hesitated for a moment before continuing: "However, everyone has little contact with firearms, and I don't know where to start to improve. ”

Hearing that it has been built, Zhenwu nodded with great satisfaction, and said: "The study of firearms improvement is not an overnight effort, there is no need to make urgent noise, since you are interested in rifling, you might as well try boldly, try what the effect of increasing or decreasing rifling will be, try what the effect of increasing or decreasing the angle of rifling will be, and research and improvement will be achieved through continuous attempts."

For example, the length of the barrel of the artillery, the relationship between the change in the size of the caliber and the firing range, and how to improve the rear-loading sealing problem of the artillery, etc., you must not talk to the soldiers more, listen to the soldiers' complaints, and understand the shortcomings of the firearms, so that they can make targeted improvements. ”