After returning to Hangzhou, Zhou Shiqi and other administrative personnel transferred from Muling Pass and a group of craftsmen had already arrived in Hangzhou. Everyone was very happy to see Shang Yi coming back, because the separation took half a year to separate, and they were each other.
They missed each other very much, and talked about the parting for a long time.
Shang Yi immediately recruited everyone to hold a meeting, first introduced Wang Fuzhi to everyone, and formally appointed Wang Fuzhi as the head of the clerk department, and would be directly led by Shang Yi. The others also welcomed Wang Fuzhi's joining.
Shang Yi then announced that he would establish a formal administrative system in Hangzhou. In fact, Shang Yi established a very complete administrative team when he was in Muling Pass. However, many people at that time did not understand, because Shang was at that time.
Yi's jurisdiction is very small, with only two counties in Muling Pass and North and South. There is no need to make the staff so complicated and detailed. But now it seems that it is suitable for use in Zhejiang, and after more than half a year of work
After the operation, I also had some work experience. Now I have just moved this team to Zhejiang intact. I only need to be familiar with it for a while before I can start to shine.
But what surprised Zhou Shiqi was, was it because Shang Yi had already prepared this day?
It is now the end of November, and Shang Yi asked all departments to spend a month familiarizing themselves with the situation. They should start formally starting work around the New Year and submit work plans for each department next year.
At the same time, Shang Yi also made some minor adjustments to the administrative team, because Shang Yi's actual control areas now include Hangzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jiaxing and Ningbo, and the original administrative agencies of these five governments were destroyed by the rebels.
The court did not send new officials. Of course Shang Yi knew that the Ming Dynasty's court still had these things in mind now, so he would form the local administrative agencies of five prefectures. He could take this opportunity to use these five
The administrative power of the government is firmly in its own hands.
Of course, the officials sent by Shang Yi cannot call themselves prefects, but are acting administrative officials, but they are actually exercising the power of prefects. Because Hangzhou Prefecture is currently the garrison of the merchant army, Zhou Shiqi is appointed and Shaoxing Prefecture is appointed by Zhou Shaoqing.
Huzhou Prefecture was appointed by Zheng Mao, the former magistrate of Yishui County, and Jiaxing Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture were appointed by Zhao Bingyi and Huang Dongshan, the former village chiefs of Shilitun and Bajiaotai Village.
After the task was assigned, Shang Yi said: "Everyone, although you are just acting officials now, I will inform the court that I will make you all official officials in the future. Don't worry about this."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel happy, because before that the biggest among them was just a magistrate. Xiang Zhao Bingyi and Huang Dongshan were also a village chief. He had never been an official at all. Now he suddenly rushed to the position of the magistrate.
It is no less than just one step to push the sky. At the same time, everyone knows in their hearts that this is entirely due to Shang Yi's kindness, so they work wholeheartedly on Shang Yi.
At this time, Shang Yi said again: "But everyone, there is one thing I must first explain to you. Since our merchant army was established, it has always adhered to the principle of protecting the place, protecting the land and safeguarding the people, and has never been a strong man.
The matter of bullying the weak, bullying the good, harming the people, and fishing the people. This is the case in Shandong, but now in Zhejiang, it is still the case. Therefore, if anyone violates the principle of building an army in our merchant army, I will never be lucky. Everyone.
We all watched the development of the merchant army with me to this day, and most of them are my elders. I don’t want to see that day coming, so please take care of yourself.”
After he finished speaking, Zhou Shiqi said, "Shang Yi, don't worry, I believe they won't do anything wrong." Then he turned to the other four people and said, "You all heard it clearly just now, think about who it is.
Let you have the status today. Who made you sit here? Don’t you hate those corrupt officials in normal times? Don’t you now don’t be corrupt officials. If you don’t do it well, can you be worthy of Shang Yi?
?”After hearing this, the other four people also expressed their opinions, saying that they would not let Shang Yi down.
Of course, Shang Yi also knew that he could not trust them completely with just these words. It is completely unreliable to rely on the officials' own ethics. Perhaps what they are saying now comes from sincerity, but after they arrive at the office, it will last forever.
There are too many temptations, and no one can guarantee whether it will change, so it is completely necessary to strengthen supervision. Therefore, Shang Yi also decided to establish a formal discipline inspection department to be responsible for supervising the behavior and work of officials at all levels.
, you can report to yourself directly. But now, Nakaji is temporarily responsible for the role.
In the end, Shang Yi announced another decision, if he went to war in the future, or had other things to leave Hangzhou, Ye Yao-ying would take over all administrative affairs in Zhejiang instead of him, and all the decisions he made would be valid.
Therefore, Ye Yaoying will attend all future administrative meetings.
In fact, everyone was not surprised by this, because in the six months since Shang Yi led the army south, Ye Yaoying actually replaced him in charge of the government affairs of the merchant army. However, now Shang Yi officially recognized it.
Ye Yaoying's power and status.
After the meeting, everyone else left, but only Wang Fuzhi stayed. He came to Shang Yi, took out a piece of paper and handed it to Shang Yi, and said, "Sir, please see, this is a small sample printed in movable type."
Shang Yi hurriedly took it over and took a look. Sure enough, he saw a page of text printed neatly on a piece of paper. The size of each character is about fifteen millimeters. The paper traces are clear, neatly arranged, and they are also spread.
With a scent of ink, Shang Yi couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Very good, it's done. Let's go to the printing house right away."
The two hurried to the printing workshop. At this time, Qi Wenyuan, the executive shopkeeper of the workshop, and two masters Wang Song and Zhu Shugang were busy. Seeing Shang Yi and Wang Fuzhi coming, the three of them hurriedly came up and said, "Sir, Mr. Wang."
You are here.”
As soon as Shang Yi and Wang Fuzhi sat down, Wang Song brought more than a dozen sample manuscripts and handed them to them, saying, "Sir, Mr. Wang, look, we have printed more than twenty samples, all of which are
Similarly, the printing of movable type is better than the wood carving seller.”
Zhu Shugang also said: "Yes, it's rare for villains to be able to print such neat little drafts for more than ten years. And they are printed in movable type. The ink provided by adults is really useful.
, not at all."
Shang Yi flipped through a few pages and said, "Everything is well printed. If you use movable type printing, how much is the price compared to the whole wood carving?"
Qi Wenyuan said: "Sir, the villain has also calculated that although the font printing of movable type is a considerable cost, if all the fonts can be prepared, then both the cost and the speed are better than the whole wood carving.
It is much better, and the larger the printing volume, the cheaper Xu will be." After pausing, he seemed to remember something and said, "I just don't know how much the printing cost?"
Shang Yi smiled and said, "You don't have to consider the cost of printing ink, just treat it as similar to hookah ink." He thought to himself that flax and rosin are not expensive things. Even if it is more expensive than smoky ink, it is not expensive.
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Qi Wenyuan was also excited when he heard this, and pulled out a book from the bookshelf and said, "For example, taking this book [Analects of Confucius] as an example, if you use a full version of wood carving, it will take at least two or three months to make a mold, but only
There are enough movable type models, and the template can be arranged in three days at most, plus the time for printing, binding, and writing, up to ten days, so the speed will be greatly improved."
After hearing this, Wang Fuzhi said, "But as Manager Qi said, the printing speed will be faster, and the cost of the book will not be greatly reduced."
Qi Wenyuan smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, the printing speed is fast, and the cost will naturally be lower. And once the printing is completed, these movable type models can be re-disturbed and other books are printed. If I want to print another book [University]
】, if you use wood carving, you will have to re-made the plate again. This will naturally greatly reduce the cost. Moreover, the wood carving plate can only be printed at most three or four hundred times. If you want to print a thousand books, at least two sets of wood carvings must be carved.
The number of printable lead type must be more than the wood carving version. And once the word model is broken, you only need to change one, and the others can be used, which saves money than the wood carving version."
Shang Yi smiled and said, "If you print 1,000 copies of the Four Books and Five Classics and calculate them in total, how much money can you save."
Qi Wenyuan thought about it carefully and said, "I can't figure out the whole body, but it's certain that it can be at least half the cheaper, maybe it's only about 30% of the original one."
Even Wang Fuzhi was shocked. If the cost of a book is really only 30% as it was, at least a large number of people can afford books, and at the same time, a large number of people can pay for it to print books themselves, even if it is half the cheaper.
That was also quite considerable. At the same time, I was also thinking about whether I would sort out the manuscripts I wrote before and compile a book first. With my relationship with Shang Yi, this path will definitely work.
Shang Yi nodded and said, "Okay, then the important thing now is to cast a batch of font molds. First, select the most commonly used 1,000 characters, cast twenty font molds for each character, and then choose one thousand.
For more commonly used characters, each character casts ten characters. With these two thousand commonly used characters, you can almost start printing. If you lack characters, you can temporarily use wooden characters instead. But within this year,
You must cast these two thousand characters in total. If you can’t make a casting workshop, you can find a few more to do. The cost is not a problem. Even if you withdraw it from the account, I will use it after the start of next year.”
Shang Yi turned around and said to Wang Fuzhi: "Brother Nong, let you take responsibility for this matter. First, choose the two thousand words and let you discuss with the shopkeeper Qi."
Wang Fuzhi hurriedly said: "Sir, please rest assured, there is no labor loan for this matter. After the start of next year, you can print books."
Shang Yi nodded. Now that the movable type printing technology has been overcome by the industry, the next step can be to start the work of preparing newspapers. After the start of next year, the first newspaper in Chinese history will be born more than 200 years ahead of schedule.