Lin Tailai carefully looked at the surrounding environment, as if he was really considering the feasibility of working in the main hall of the Ministry of War.
Wang Da Sima's heart tightened, right? You, Lin Tailai, are not really that reckless, are you?
After sizing it up, Lin Tailai shook his head and said with disgust: "Forget it, I don't want your official position anymore. You can exchange it for thirty ships."
This turning point was too abrupt, jumpy and abrupt, and Wang Dashima failed to catch it.
What thirty ships? What does it have to do with office space?
Lin Tailai explained: "Aren't the quotas for merchant ships going to sea approved by our Ministry of War?
It just so happens that Suzhou has recently opened a sea route, and many Jiangnan businessmen are ready to invest in sea trade. Even the Suzhou Weaving Bureau is also interested.
This trend can be combined with the Communications Division business for mutual benefit.
I see that Fujian approved 80 ships last year, so we don’t need more quotas, as long as 30 ships are enough.”
According to the system of this era, the procedure for merchant ships to go to sea did require approval from the Ministry of War, and the annual amount was stipulated.
Lin Tailai emphasized again: "Give me a quota for merchant ships to go to sea, and I will not set up the Communications Department in the Ministry of War!"
Wang Dashima had an inexplicable feeling that he was being blackmailed?
You, Lin Tailai, have always been tough and wanted to garrison the Ministry of War, but it turns out it was just a bluff, a false shot?
The real purpose is to seduce oneself into fierce opposition and then extort benefits?
Thinking of this, Wang Dashima felt unhappy and couldn't help but said sarcastically:
"You can just smuggle directly, why do you need to apply for overseas quota? It's really unnecessary."
Who doesn’t know what the background of those so-called businessmen is and what their virtues are?
Maybe they are some of your relatives, Lin Tailai. Don’t say that a Jiangnan local bully like you, Lin Tailai, doesn’t have the guts to engage in smuggling!
Now that he had spoken out, Lin Tailai was not timid and hiding his temper. He responded to Wang Dashima:
"You can't say that. Has Da Sima been separated from the grassroots for too long and doesn't understand how the grassroots do things?
For example, Fujian has a quota of 80 ships. In fact, there may be more than 800 ships. But the officers and soldiers can pretend to be confused. No matter which ship is, it can be treated as if it has a ship pilot.
But the problem is that we don’t even have a quota for one ship in Jiangnan. As long as a merchant ship goes out to sea, it must be smuggling. The officers and soldiers along the coast can’t pretend to be confused even if they want to!
Therefore, it is very necessary to apply for the thirty-ship quota as a cover."
After Wang Yi'e pondered for a moment, he added: "Southern Zhili is the fundamental place of the country, and it is of great importance. We should not make rash decisions without permission."
Lin Tailai said: "Then I will make the decision for you, Da Sima?"
Wang Yi'e: "..."
You don’t even have to pretend, right?
Then Wang Dashima took a deep look at Lin Tailai and suddenly said: "You are very courageous."
In the national system, the defense of the areas surrounding Nanjing is extremely strict, including river defense and coastal defense.
For example, the establishment of a municipal shipping department has been established in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, but not in the more economically developed Jiangzuo area, mainly for safety reasons.
Lin Tailai organized the dredging of the old lower reaches of the Wusong River and opened up Suzhou's sea channel. In fact, there were certain political risks.
If something like the Japanese Rebellion happens again and the enemy drives straight from the sea into the hinterland of Jiangnan, Lin Tailai will definitely bear the greatest responsibility for this.
Therefore, in the eyes of the cautious and conservative Wang Dashima, although Lin Tailai was restless, he was still quite courageous in doing things.
On the second day, Lin Tailai began to look for the office address of the Future Communications Department.
This is the first time to independently "build a government office", and it may also be a personal government affairs center in the future. Lin Tailai attaches great importance to the office address of the Communications Department and does not trust others to choose the location, so he does it himself.
There are yamen distributed throughout the capital, but the densest concentration of yamen is in the southern area of ​​the imperial city, which is around the square in later generations.
Five of the six bureaus, the five military governor's offices, and the Imperial Guards are all here. It can be said to be the core area of ​​the outer court. There are also a bunch of yamen, large and small.
The layout here was set during the Yongle Dynasty. There are no scattered independent courtyards here, all are "big courtyards".
In other words, a yamen is a courtyard, and it has always been this way for 170 years.
Therefore, if a newly established government office like the Communications Department wants to stay in the southern part of the Imperial City, it will definitely not have room to build a new "courtyard" of its own.
Then the only way is to squeeze in with other yamen and allocate some space from other "compounds" to work.
The guardians on the left and right advised: "The capital is so big, and there are many courtyards in other places, so why do we have to be here?
If you still have to work together with others, wouldn’t it be a waste to open a house by yourself?”
Lin Tailai said helplessly: "The location selection of the Communications Department not only takes into account its own office needs, but also takes into account the distance from the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War. It cannot be too far from these four places.
If I leave the Southern District of the Imperial City and move my office elsewhere in the capital, although the place is easy to find, it will be far away from the ministries and institutes, which will affect my work efficiency.
So I can only find a government office to borrow a piece of land and have to bear with it."
Lin Tailai then went to the Ministry of Industry first and asked for a building map of the southern district of the Imperial City.
After careful study, we focused on Honglu Temple, Shanglinyuan Prison, Taiyuan Hospital and other places.
Then he said to the guardians with great enthusiasm: "These yamen should be the weakest yamen in the southern district of the imperial city! Let's borrow land from them!"
In fact, there is no other choice. For such unreasonable behavior as grabbing the territory, if you don't look for the weak to bully, how can you look for the guards of the Imperial Academy of the Five Prefectures and Six Ministries?
Protector Zuo Zhang Wen asked: "What method of borrowing? Borrow part of it, or borrow all of it?"
Lin Tailai smiled maliciously, "Of course I will borrow part of it, but it depends on the situation!"
Zhang Wu, the right protector, muttered: "They must not be willing to borrow it."
As a veteran thug in the capital, he was well aware of his popularity.
Lin Tailai snorted coldly: "Many people secretly slandered me as a powerful minister, so stop pretending and show your cards, I am a powerful minister!
Let them see what it means to be a powerful official!"
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Chapter completed!