In the past two days, Princess Lu Xiu found that her husband was making trouble in the house when he came back. He couldn't even shout when he was eating, so she had to take it to his room.
She found an empty space and asked Yao Mei curiously, "What has the prince been busy with these two days? I haven't seen him come out."
"It seems like I'm drawing a picture, I don't know what I'm drawing, one circle after another."
"You didn't ask him?"
Yao Mei shook her head, "Master is very focused, I don't dare to disturb him."
"All right!"
Lu Xiu decided to take a look by herself. She brought a cup of ginseng tea and went to her husband's study.
In the study, Chen Qing is concentrating on drawing paper. He is still almost finished. Of course he is designing a gravity clock. Chen Qing attaches great importance to time. He needs to check the time all the time. On the battlefield, especially at night, everyone
Relying on the moonlight to estimate time often leads to delays due to inaccurate time.
It doesn't matter whether the steam engine is built in ten or eight years, but the convenient timer cannot be delayed.
Western gravity clocks are basically products of the Song and Yuan dynasties. If Europe can make them, so can they.
In fact, the principle is very simple, that is, you need to find a driving force, and gravity is a very good source of driving force. Use gravity to make the pendulum swing back and forth, thereby obtaining the power to drive the gear to rotate.
Chen Qing only roughly drew a schematic diagram, but he didn't know how to do it specifically. This required skilled craftsmen to study it. For the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty, these were minor problems.
The accuracy of Western gravity clocks was very poor at first, with an error of two hours a day. The main reason was poor craftsmanship. However, there were fine craftsmen in the Song Dynasty, and they were definitely much better than those in the West.
Chen Qing put down his pen, only to see his wife standing aside looking at his painting in surprise. He explained with a smile: "I am thinking about making a new clock watch for timing, and I just have an idea, so I will draw it and let the craftsmen implement it.
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Lu Xiu sighed and advised bitterly: "There are specialties in skills. Let specialized officials do this kind of clever things. My husband can set up a Ministry of Industry, but there is no need to waste time on it. Now that the Yong Kingdom is about to be established, so
There are many important military and national affairs waiting for my husband to handle and make decisions!"
Chen Qing was right when he thought about it. During this period, he was a little too obsessed and wished he could finish all these things in one day, delaying serious matters.
Chen Qing felt ashamed and said: "Madam is right, I should indeed set up a department of the Ministry of Works and leave these matters to the Ministry of Works."
Lu Xiu smiled again and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if your husband has this hobby. I'm just worried that he will be too indulged in it and delay his business. Yesterday, Yang Zaixing's wife came to chat with me."
"Say what?"
"We just want to talk about real estate and the varieties of new cotton fabrics now, but she rarely comes to see me. At this juncture, she comes to visit. Is General Yang trying to remind my husband of something?"
Chen Qing suddenly realized that when the Yong Kingdom was established, the civil service system had changed, but the military generals were not involved. There were so many generals waiting eagerly, how could they not be anxious? Yang Zaixing was indeed using his wife's visit to remind himself.
"I know!" Chen Qing nodded silently.
Early the next morning, Chen Qing came to the official room and immediately summoned several political officials to his official room to discuss matters.
Not long after, the five political councilors rushed to Chen Qing's official room and sat down in the meeting hall.
"Everyone, I invite you to come over today. I have two things to discuss with you. It's a bit hasty and I didn't send you information in advance."
Chen Qing smiled apologetically and continued: "The first thing is to establish the Ministry of Industry. Things like city construction, shipbuilding, bridge building, river dredging, road construction, mining, casting, and the innovation of various tools and equipment all need a person.
Specialized functional government agencies are responsible for management. Currently, the Department of Civil Affairs is in charge. The Department of Civil Affairs is also temporarily overwhelmed. It is imperative to establish the Department of Industry. Today, we invite you to discuss it. Just like the trade supervision, we must first set the principles.
, and then start preparations, preferably after the New Year next year."
Jiang Yan thought for a while and said: "The Ministry of Industry is one of the six ministries. Of course it is necessary to establish it, but in fact it is not possible. We merged the functions scattered in various departments and it became the new Ministry of Industry. The main thing is to select the chief officials, and then take charge of it."
Whether officials should enter the Internal Affairs Hall, and the government offices are arranged here. Once these issues are sorted out, everything else will be easy to solve."
Chen Qing had indeed thought about the establishment of the Ministry of Industry for a long time. Of course he had a plan in mind. He said slowly: "When I was considering reestablishing official positions, I said that the number of people participating in political affairs in the Internal Affairs Hall is only five, and it will not be increased for the time being.
, but the chief officer of the Ministry of Industry can be appointed to serve as a walker in the Internal Affairs Hall, that is, he can observe the proceedings of the Interior Hall, and can also express opinions, but he has no decision-making power. As for who will be the first chief officer of the Ministry of Industry, I am considering letting Lu Wei take the post.
Do you have any comments?"
Chen Qing considered Lu Wei because Lu Wei had been with him for more than ten years and was excellent in all aspects. Although his qualifications were still a little short of the mark, the younger Chao Kun was able to make an exception and be promoted to the post of Chief of the Maritime Trade Administration.
The few qualifications Lu Wei lacked were nothing.
No one objected, mainly because Chen Qing made it clear that Lu Wei was not qualified to participate in political affairs. This was very important. If Lu Wei entered the Internal Affairs Hall and became a political participant, then there would be two people in the Lu family participating in political affairs. Lu Wei
Qingshan and Lu Wei, this is unacceptable to everyone.
The problem of walking in the Internal Affairs Hall is not big. The deputy positions of each department are basically walking in the Internal Affairs Hall. They mainly answer the matters involving their own departments. It is necessary for Lu Wei to obtain the title of Walking in the Interior Hall. Otherwise, who will respond to matters involving the Ministry of Industry?
Chen Qing also considered this point before allowing Lu Wei to be qualified to walk in the Internal Affairs Hall.
Everyone can understand it and naturally they won’t object.
Seeing that no one objected, Chen Qing added: "As for the official offices, there really is no extra space now. When Taiji Palace comes to the city next year, there will be enough official offices. Now we can let them temporarily borrow the empty house of Taixue."
Everyone agreed, and Zhang Xiao asked: "Your Highness, will the Ordnance Department and the Firearms and Gunpowder Bureau under the Military Department also be placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry?"
"Of course, I will not consider setting up a Privy Council in the future. The burden of the Military Department will be very heavy. We need to reduce the burden first. The Ministry of Industry's responsibility for weapons manufacturing will be more relevant."
Zhang Xiao quickly smiled and said: "Being humble does not mean that I am reluctant to leave the Ordnance Department. What I mean by being humble is that the official office of the Ordnance Department is relatively large, but if the Office of the Director of the Ministry of Industry is placed directly in the Ordnance Department, Lu Sima may not even have to move the official office.
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Chen Qing thought for a moment, and that was okay. He originally wanted the Ministry of Industry to be closer to Taixue research, but this was a bit different. It was unnecessary. It would be good to temporarily put it in the Ordnance Department.
"Okay, the government office will be temporarily placed in the Ordnance Department. In addition, I would like to ask Zhou Zhengzheng to lead the preparations for the establishment of the Ministry of Industry!"
Zhou Kuan was startled and said quickly: "Of course there is no problem with the humble position, but I think it would be more appropriate for the military commander Zhang Shenzheng or Jiang Shenzheng to take the lead?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "The two of them are indeed more suitable, but Jiang Shenzheng is leading the preparations for the establishment of the Trade Supervision and can't get away, and Zhang Shenzheng has other things, which involves some money allocation, so
I think it would be more suitable for Zhou to join politics."
King Yong's explanation was a bit far-fetched, but Zhou Kuan understood after a second thought. Apart from Jiang Yanxian and Zhang Xiao, there were actually Lu Qingshan who was in charge of supervising the criminal law and Zhang Miao who was in charge of the personnel department. Lu Qingshan could not participate because he avoided suspicion and Lu Wei
, Zhang Miao is not in good health recently and cannot work too hard.
In the end, only I can stand up.
Zhou Kuan smiled bitterly and said: "I understand my humble position. I will make sure to successfully complete the establishment of the Ministry of Works Department and not let His Highness down!"
