The carriage stopped, and outside was North Street. The open space to the north of North Street was the old site of the Tai Chi Palace. Now a lot of construction work was being done to build a new Tai Chi Palace, including new official offices. Although the area was only half the size of the Tai Chi Palace in the Tang Dynasty, Chen Qing also
Three million guans were allocated from the treasury. Now it seems that 3 million guans are not enough. At least 5 million guans are needed.
Zhou Kuan suggested demolishing the Bianliang Palace and transporting the stones and timber from the Bianliang Palace, which would save at least half of the money. However, Chen Qing did not agree. Now is not the time to demolish the Bianliang Palace. Besides, Chen Qing was also considering it.
Set Bianliang as the capital to facilitate control of the East.
However, the imperial palace in Daxing City can be demolished and all the stone and wood transported to Jingzhao. At least one million guan can be saved. One million guan can build twenty large ships of 30,000 stone!
When thinking of large ships, Chen Qing also had a deep understanding. His 30,000-stone ship sailed very smoothly whether on the Yangtze River, Yellow River or along the coast. The ride was extremely comfortable and it carried a lot of goods and people. It represented the highest shipbuilding technology of the Song Dynasty.
The only disadvantage is that it is too expensive. It costs 50,000 yuan to build one and takes three years.
Starting last year, Chen Qing allocated 1.5 million yuan from the inner government to build thirty large ships worth 30,000 stone on Fujian Road.
"Let's go back!"
Chen Qing gave an order and the carriage started and drove towards the government office.
Back at the government office, Chen Qing just sat down and Chao Qing told him that Liu Dajiang was here.
Liu Dajiang was Yao Mei's brother-in-law. Yao Mei told Chen Qing that Liu Dajiang could read faces and said that Yao Mei would be extremely valuable in the future. Chen Qing was very interested and sent someone to find him.
"Ask him to come see me!"
Chao Qing turned around and was about to leave when Chen Qing remembered something and stopped him again. He said with a smile: "The imperial court is going to undergo major changes. Have you heard about it?"
"I've heard about this!"
Chen Qing said slowly: "There are more than a hundred of you outside, now called the Secretariat. In the future, it will belong to the Zhongshu Province and become the subordinates of Zhang Xiao, the minister of Zhongshu. But you are different from Wei Ji. You go to him first."
Come here, let me explain this matter clearly to you two first."
Chao Qing ran to find Wei Ji. The two stood in front of Chen Qing. Chen Qing said to them: "The Secretariat outside belongs to Zhongshu Province, but the six people in your Group A will be separated to form a new organization.
It is called Baihu Hall, and it is under my direct jurisdiction. Simply put, Baihu Hall is the place where rules are reviewed. All court documents go to Baihu Hall first. The White Tiger Hall is divided into four categories according to importance: A, B, and C. The military categories are divided into upper army and lower army.
The upper armies will be handed over to me, and the lower armies will be handed over to the Privy Council.
In fact, this is what you are doing now, because the three types of government documents A, B, and C are related to authority. Category A needs to be issued by King Yong's Order. Category B does not need to go through me and directly issues an order from the Internal Affairs Hall. Category C does not need to go through the Internal Affairs Hall.
The rotating prime minister in charge of the affairs will handle it directly, and Chao Qing and three of your subordinates will be responsible for document classification, while Wei Jihe and his subordinates will be responsible for reviewing."
Chen Qing said to Wei Ji again: "For all issued government orders, whether they are Category A, Category B, or Category C, you and your subordinates are responsible for reviewing their compliance. The content is not your business. It will be reviewed by the province. You are responsible for it."
Check whether these documents are strictly implemented according to Chao Qing's classification. Category A must have my seal, and category B must have the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Do you understand?"
Wei Ji bowed and said: "I understand the humble position."
After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ji asked again: "But how do I know what type of internal affairs order it is?"
Chen Qing said with a smile: "Chao Qing will leave a copy when classifying. Each document has a number. Both Yong Wang Ling and the Internal Affairs Hall will keep this number. Which category corresponds to it, he will give you a number.
A list. You can tell by comparing the numbers. In fact, you can tell even without looking at the bottom of the list. Category A documents must begin with the word "A", which is easy to identify. So things are a little easier for you. You still have to be responsible for sorting out the documents for me, just like now.
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"I humbly obey orders!"
"Go! Invite Liu Dajiang."
Liu Dajiang is Yao Mei's brother-in-law. He is about thirty-five or sixteen years old. He has never married, has no wife and no children. He is born with an unstable character. He has lived in the grassland for ten years. He likes to drink and go to brothels to find women.
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Not long after, Liu Dajiang, who was tall and strong, was led into the official entrance. He bowed and saluted: "See you, Your Highness!"
"You're welcome, we are relatives, please feel free to sit down!"
Liu Dajiang sat down and said: "Your Highness is worried about that bastard Zhang Qu. Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will keep an eye on him. If he dares to have any evil thoughts, I will beat him to death!"
Liu Dajiang and Yao Mei's parents had been worried about Zhang Qu for the past two days. As soon as King Yong came to him, he immediately thought of this matter.
Chen Qing smiled and waved his hand, "I'm not worried, nothing will happen. I'm just curious about you. Amei said you showed her a picture when she was a child and said she would be rich in the future. I just want to know.
Are you really good at reading faces?"
Liu Dajiang smiled and said: "Your Highness is too flattering to me. I don't know how to read faces. I just know how to read people. When Amei was five years old, her beautiful appearance was already revealed. I know that such a beautiful woman is not an ordinary woman."
If a person can marry her, her husband must be a rich and powerful person. How can the poor Zhang family be worthy of Amei."
Chen Qing nodded, I see. Although the truth is rough, it is absolutely correct. This is the fact. Twin sisters like Yu Ying and Yu Lian are unique in the world. They were dedicated to Liu Yu's brother by the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture at a very young age.
"I remember, didn't you serve as Yan Jun's military aide? Why did you come to the capital?"
Liu Dajiang shook his head, "I have only studied for a few years and don't have much knowledge. How can I be a staff member? I don't want to stay in one place all the time. I like to travel around, so I followed my brother-in-law to Jingzhao. They started
In the restaurant, I am responsible for selling wine, and I can earn fifty guan a month, which is quite free!"
Chen Qing actually had another purpose in looking for Liu Dajiang. He had long discovered that Liu Dajiang was a strange man. Although he was born in a grassroots, he had extraordinary experience. He was daring to do things and took risks. He was very suitable for him to go overseas to do things for him. Chao Kun had an official position.
Since I am not in a position to do personal things for myself, Liu Dajiang is the best successor.
"Do you want to be a captain? Go to Southeast Asia to learn about the local customs and buy rare treasures."
Liu Dajiang's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "To be honest with you, Your Highness, my original name was Liu Dayuan, because Datong has easy access to the grasslands, but I have always longed to go to the rivers and seas, so I changed my name to Liu Dajiang. I really wanted to go overseas.
Already."
Chen Qing laughed and said: "I'm just saying! Why do people in Datong call Liu Dajiang? You, the captain, are actually working for me. I will give you ten large ships, a thousand elite navy troops, and give you ten thousand dollars."
, you go out to sea to destroy pirates, do trade, find new lands, find various products that are not found in the Central Plains, destroy a group of pirates, and half of the captured wealth will be divided among you, but you cannot become pirates and destroy trade routes."
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will never do anything harmful to nature!"
Chen Qing immediately made Liu Dajiang county count and guerrilla general. Three days later, he led a thousand naval troops to Xiangyang, where they would board ten ten thousand-stone sea ships to Quanzhou.