On this day, the Shibosi Yamen was crowded with officials who came to congratulate him. All local officials from Hangzhou and everyone who could be present came.
"Congratulations, Prime Minister!"
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"Congratulations, Mr. Xiang, on returning to Zhongshu!"
Listening to the congratulations in the hall, Ding Wei's face couldn't help but bloom with joy.
Yesterday, the edict summoning him to return to Beijing was delivered to Hangzhou.
After leaving, he will succeed Ren Zhongzheng and be transferred to the post of Councilor for Political Affairs.
Although he only participates in politics and is not a prime minister, participating in politics is only one step away from being a prime minister.
I heard that Kou Zhun has been in poor health recently and fell ill some time ago.
Considering Kou Zhun's age, it is estimated that Kou Zhun will abdicate in the near future.
When Kou Zhun retreats and all the princes in the hall are looked at, who is more qualified to take over Xiangyin than Ding Wei?
Not one!
The next Prime Minister is none other than Ta Dingwei.
After all, he has merit!
The total income of the Bosi yamen in the three cities has increased nearly three times, and military medals are at least half of his, if not half, but one third.
And this is just the beginning.
Given the current atmosphere among the people, it will definitely not be a problem for sea trade to double or triple in scale in two to three years.
If nothing else, just look at the shipyard's orders and you will know that an expansion of one or two times is just a conservative estimate.
During the promotion of the Municipal Shipping Department, Ding Wei not only encouraged merchants to go to sea, but also issued a call for craftsmen from all over the country, and organized a shipyard with more than a thousand people.
In order to prepare for the shipyard, Ding Wei worried a lot.
For a period of time, he didn't even go back to the shipbuilding office very often, and he only ate, drank and lived at the shipyard.
In addition, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of shipyard craftsmen, or to cater to the government's mentality of attaching great importance to technical personnel.
Ding Wei boldly made a suggestion, directly placing the shipyard under the name of the Ministry of Industry, and suggested that technical personnel be given official titles.
Although it is only a selection level from the ninth rank, no matter how low the official rank is, it is still a selection.
When this memorial was sent to the capital, it immediately aroused large-scale controversy.
There is no problem in granting official positions to shipyard technicians.
Trickster, yes!
Selecting people for official rank?
Absolutely not!
No matter how low-level the candidate is, there is a clear path for advancement, and the upper limit for selection is much higher than that of a trick officer.
When selecting people, they must either come from the imperial examination or from Enyin.
Neither the former nor the latter can be compared to a craftsman with a mud-legged background.
Because of this incident, Ding Wei was impeached a lot.
But impeachment is impeachment. Who made Ding Wei grasp the holy will?
Li Jie had always planned to improve the social status of technicians. As luck would have it, Ding Wei's memorial gave him an excellent opportunity.
After overcoming all opinions and agreeing to Ding Wei's memorial, Li Jie also split the Houyuan Arts Academy from the palace.
And, this is not a simple split.
Li Jie not only allocated a large area of land for Houyuan Arts and Crafts Academy, but also established standards for the Arts and Crafts Academy, changing Houyuan Arts and Crafts Academy to the "Royal Institute of Technology".
There is an additional word ‘learn’, which is very important.
From then on, the Royal Institute of Technology was able to recruit apprentices from outside in a reasonable and legal manner.
The chief officer of the Royal Institute of Technology has a rank of C8 and is officially included in the bureaucracy.
From now on, the Royal Institute of Technology will no longer just serve the royal family, its function will change from service to research.
Firearms, steam power, textile technology, smelting technology, etc. are all research areas of the technical college.
In order to support these studies, Li Jie also specially selected several mathematical experts to teach at the Royal Institute of Technology.
In fact, Ding Wei's ability to return to the center has a lot to do with his previous memorial.
I have to admit that Ding Wei's ability to figure out the Holy Will is very good.
With such a person by his side, it is much easier for Li Jie to do things.
Although Kou Zhun can handle some things, in recent years, due to the easier access to exams and Yinzi methods, Kou Zhun has been under tremendous pressure.
Rumors are stronger than tigers!
Even though Kou Zhun had Li Jie's support behind him, and even though Li Jie had never doubted Kou Zhun's loyalty, the groundless criticism still made Kou Zhun miserable.
Originally, Kou Zhun could live for ten or eight years, but after what happened, he probably only had four or five years left to live.
It’s really hard to fight with your life.
Three years have passed, even though Li Jie's heart is as strong as iron, he can't stand it anymore.
Therefore, he thought about it and decided that in one or two years, he would let Kou Zhun retire so that he could have a peaceful old age.
At that time, with special conditioning, Kou Zhun can live for two more years.
Now that there was a plan for Kou Zhun to take up his official post, the candidate for his successor had to be considered in advance, and Ding Wei entered the queue just like that.
Ding said that although he was not a good official in the standard sense, he was certainly capable.
Moreover, Ding Wei has also stopped taking bribes in recent years and has basically never accepted bribes.
He doesn't accept money, not because he doesn't love money anymore, but because Ding Wei has found a faster way to get money.
As the chief officer of the Shipping Department of the Song Dynasty, no one knows better than him how profitable maritime trade can be.
Although the risk of sea trade is also high, if you are just traveling between Korea and Japan, the risk is not too high.
Last year, Ding Wei, or rather the Ding family, formed an ocean-going caravan.
Although Ding Wei was very careful, the matter was still discovered by the Imperial City Department.
Fortunately, Ding Wei was not greedy to the point of smuggling. He did not take advantage of the caravan during the trip, and he paid no less tax.
In view of this, Li Jie did not have much control over Ding's participation in maritime trade.
After all, this is part of the plan.
What works and what works!
When the upper echelons join the sea trade one after another, the people below will naturally follow suit and join the sea trade one after another.
In the initial stage of sea trade, there is no need to crack down.
It is too late to wait until the cross-sea trade matures and then slowly manage it.
Of course, Li Jie will definitely not let things go completely, developing and managing at the same time. Anyway, Li Jie still has a long lifespan.
A few decades would be enough time for him to avoid any accidents.
Can a mere sea trade escape his control?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
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Bianliang.
Before the second year of Tiansheng, when one was a Jinshi or later in the imperial examination, the most important thing was to send out officials. In order to find a good place, people who ran around had no idea how much thought they had.
But now, the situation is very different.
Three years have passed, and the inspection system has become increasingly perfect. In the past, new scholars were as afraid of remote areas as tigers.
Nowadays, they are flocking to it.
The reason for this is entirely because of a new regulation.
If you go to a remote area, you can skip the grade in future assessments. In ordinary areas, the exam is once every three years, while in remote areas, it is twice every three years.
In this way, it is equivalent to saving three years. This is a rare opportunity for those who aspire to be in the court.
Therefore, the duty of patrolling remote areas suddenly became a hot topic.