I want to be emperor

Chapter 1006 Hekou Machinery Company under the turmoil of officialdom and rectification
After Hekou Machinery Company developed the heat pipe ignition, it quickly registered a patent... This thing is currently their exclusive patent.

Relying on this technology, the gas generators they built surpassed those of Tangshan Machinery Company and Liaodong Machinery Company in terms of compression ratio and thermal efficiency.

The early gas machines of these three companies actually used open gas machines, with limited compression ratios, small unit power, and limited practical application value.

Later, Tangshan Machinery Company came up with electronic ignition... The next two companies quickly followed up, and finally introduced this patent through patent exchange. In the following years of gas machine development, the three companies were actually obsessed with electronic ignition. .

However, the technical difficulty of this thing is too high, and it still cannot get out of the laboratory. In the end, the gas machine projects of the three major agricultural companies died in the laboratory.

With the internal combustion engine support plan launched last year, the three major agricultural machinery companies have launched internal combustion engine research and development, and all have chosen gas engines for continued research.

Considering that the higher authorities want to see the actual effect, the three companies have to temporarily abandon the electronic ignition mode that is too advanced and cannot be practical in a short time. Both Liaodong and Tangshan Machinery Companies can only adopt the open ignition mode.

When Shen Xufei went to Tangshan Machinery Company for inspection before, he had already seen their gas machine prototype... The compression ratio is very low, only a little over 40, the rotation speed is also low, and the single machine power is also low... To be honest, the overall technical level of this thing is They are still around [-] years old. More importantly, the gas generator project of Tangshan Machinery Company is still used as the power for mobile platforms such as tractors. It still adopts a vertical design and is subject to volume and weight restrictions and safety performance. Very worrying!

Especially the gas tank... When Shen Xufei inspected, no one from Tangshan Machinery Company dared to let him come forward to inspect the ignition movement of the prototype at close range, for fear that there would be an explosion in the next second.

In other words, in the past five or six years, Tangshan Machinery Company has not made any practical progress in the gas turbine project... The overall technical level is basically the same as that of Hekou Machinery Company in the late 30s. It is okay to use as a sample. , but it does not have large-scale practical application value.

However, the gas machine at Hekou Machinery Company gave Shen Xufei a surprise.

Their gas machines have more advanced ignition methods, higher efficiency, and higher single machine power. The most important thing is to change the ignition method. At the same time, because the design is for industrial use, the volume and weight requirements are not high, so more volume and weight can be used to make safety design margins to ensure safe use.

At the same time, there is no need for a high-pressure gas storage tank, just connect it directly to the gas pipeline.

All this proves that Hekou Machinery Company's products are not purely laboratory products, but samples designed, developed and manufactured for mass production... They carefully inspected the market and designed and developed it according to market demand. The industrial gas machine that came out.

In other words, this thing has the possibility of large-scale mass production and industrial application... Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done in order to achieve mass production and put it into the market.

Shen Xufei was very happy about this and on the spot instructed Hekou Machinery Company to continue working hard and work harder to perfect this industrial gas machine as soon as possible and contribute to the industrial development of the empire.

In this regard, Shen Xufei does have reason to be happy... Although he himself has no special preference for this internal combustion engine, and he is not even very optimistic about its future application prospects... He himself is more optimistic about electric motors. In his opinion, , Electrification is the future, and factories in the future should use electric motors as power!
Even navy battleships and ordinary ships can be equipped with a power station and installed with an electric motor as power.

You can also get an electric motor on the train and set up wires along the way to provide power.

In the future, you can even turn a carriage into an electric carriage. Just get a battery and add an electric motor. Then it will be an electric carriage.

The technical route for electrification is simple and clear, and the prospects can be seen at a glance...

Electric battleships, electric cars, and electric trains are basically products of the original 1886th century. The first electric-driven surface ship was in 1888, and the first electric-driven submarine appeared in [-].

Then until World War II, there were a large number of electric-driven warships, especially in the United States, a backward country with poor basic industry. Because its mechanical manufacturing capabilities were not very good, a large number of electric-driven warships were built, such as the USS Lexington aircraft carrier. , this thing is electric driven.

Electric trains...or electric rail public transportation vehicles may be a bit strange to say, but if you watch old movies, you must have seen many trams on the streets. Those things are powered by electricity. If you make it long-distance, That's the electric train...which was all over the streets in the late [-]th century.

Electric vehicles are even earlier. The first well-documented electric vehicle, well, or a new energy vehicle appeared in 1881, earlier than internal combustion engine vehicles...

The related technologies and applications of electric drive are very early. Later generations in the 21st century often talk about new energy. Strictly speaking, electric vehicles should be old energy, and internal combustion engines are new energy...

The history of the internal combustion engine is older than that of the electric motor.

Shen Xufei is also familiar with the development of domestic basic industries. In his opinion, electric drive has reached the early stage of large-scale application. In the future, it only needs to invest corresponding resources and provide certain policy support, which can promote the large-scale development and application of electric drive. of.

As for the internal combustion engine, the gasoline engine and diesel engine in this thing are not even there yet... Although the gas engine has appeared, its performance is still too poor, and the industrial gas engine in Hekou Machinery Company is barely usable.

There may be prospects for this internal combustion engine, but it is too early to support and promote it now...

However, these are all his private views. These private views do not prevent him from expressing his support for the development of internal combustion engines many times in public.

The reason is simple. The internal combustion engine is a key research and development project that His Majesty values ​​​​and has personally arranged.

Don't talk about him, even the Minister of Industry must pay attention!

And he, Shen Xufei, could only pay more attention to it... Who made him, the right servant, in charge of the general machinery and equipment business. This internal combustion engine, like the steam engine, also belongs to the category of general machinery and equipment.

This gas engine is also a type of internal combustion engine. The gas engine has achieved results. When he reports back to His Majesty, he will have something to say. Otherwise, His Majesty asked you about the measures to support the development of internal combustion engines that have been in place for more than a year. , have you achieved any results?

You replied that there was nothing... Of course, His Majesty will not be angry because of this, but he certainly won't have a good look on you either.

However, if there are results that can be repaid, His Majesty will be happy, and maybe his impression of Shen Xufei will be better. When there is an opportunity in the future, maybe he will be appreciated by His Majesty and enter the Senate. Even if it’s just a co-organizing minister, that would be good!
Don't look down on the co-organizing minister. The title of co-organizing minister is already the highest luxury most senior officials have in their lifetime.

This is still talking about high-level officials... middle- and low-level officials don't even dare to hope!

Although in the imperial officialdom, it is said with arrogance that all the counselors and subordinates are ants... but only the counselors are qualified to say this. How can other people be qualified to say this.

The number of co-organizing ministers in the Dachu Empire varies, but generally it is maintained at more than 20 people, but no more than 30 people.

In the empire's political ecology and power ranking, it can already enter the top fifty.

Second only to His Majesty and the Minister of Counselor!
In addition, in the political ecology of the empire, the power and work mode of ministers mainly adopt the division of responsibilities model, that is, the co-organizer minister is not actually a subordinate of the counselor minister... For example, after the minister in charge of the Ministry of Industry becomes the co-minister, The authority of the court is to assist the Minister of Counselor in charge of economic affairs in the management of government-run enterprises.

In terms of business, none of the other ministers have any control over him.

At the same time, even the Counselor in charge of economic affairs does not actually have jurisdiction over key positions such as the Minister of Industry. If anything happens, it must be discussed.

After all, the co-organizer minister is not a subordinate of the counselor minister, but a facilitator. In fact, many major matters have to be discussed and handled by everyone. If the Minister of Counselor wants to forcefully promote a certain matter regardless of the objections of the department minister and the co-organizing minister, it will not be done... because theoretically, the Minister of Counselor himself does not have this authority. The Ministry of Industry The minister's immediate superior is not the minister of counselors, but your majesty!

Of course, the Minister of Counselor got angry and directly broke his face and asked His Majesty to adjust and force this matter to be pushed forward... Your Majesty will generally not refuse such a request.

Because when something like this happened, the minister of staff basically put his political life on the line... There is no benefit to success, but once he fails, he will basically be ruined.

Even Luo Zhixue could easily refuse in this matter!

Xu Longze, the previous Minister of Counsel and the Chief Censor of the Grand Procuratorate, has been trying to promote the reform of the trial court system and even internal purges. However, he was strongly opposed by Lin Xian'an, the president of the Grand Tribunal and co-organizing minister, saying that the trial must remain independent and cannot be should be free from any interference from other agencies.

As a result, Xu Longze forcibly impeached Lin Xian'an in order to reform the court system.

Lin Xian'an was affected by this and was forced to beg for his remains to become an official. Xu Longze got his wish and launched a large-scale purge of the court system... However, Xu Longze's reputation also dropped rapidly. I don't know how many people watched with cold eyes, waiting for this time of official rectification. It's over.

According to the tradition of the imperial political arena, the day when the general reorganization of officialdom was completed was the day when Xu Longze took office... It was impossible for him to be like those evergreens in the political arena and be able to stay in the Senate for more than ten years.

This person will definitely step down within three to five years!
Everyone knows this, and Xu Longze himself knows it very well... and it is precisely because he knows this that he becomes even more crazy.

He must obtain enough political achievements for himself before the end of the official rectification, and these achievements will become a strong guarantee for his safe career after the end of the official rectification.

Only if His Majesty is satisfied with this major rectification of the officialdom, can he land smoothly and enjoy the glory and wealth he deserves after becoming an official... At least he should have a position as a counselor to the official at the Spring Festival state banquet in the future.

Although it is said that the Imperial Counselor does not have to worry about personal safety or treatment after taking office, the treatment can be good or bad!
The good ones will receive royal rewards during every year and festival, and will also grant titles and various preferential treatments. On some major matters, His Majesty will sometimes summon them to ask their opinions on the ministers who serve as ministers. In other words, some ministers who serve as counselors You can still express your power in this way.

And the bad ones... basically only the most basic security and living standards are guaranteed. Don't expect anything else. They are not even qualified to go to the spring state banquet. They are completely far away from the center of imperial power. For these people who have played with power all their lives and once stood in the For the former counselors at the highest level of politics, this is already the biggest punishment.

For Xu Longze, who is in charge of the judiciary and was actually promoted to specialize in the political purge, His Majesty's satisfaction is his greatest pursuit...

As for the evaluation of him by external officials, it is not important to a corrupt official who has a background in fighting corruption and has been catching corrupt officials all his life.

That's why he ignored the traditional ecology of the empire's high-level officialdom, forcibly impeached the president of the Grand Inquisition, and promoted the cleanup of the judicial system, even if he was accused of interfering with the fairness of judicial trials.

Because he knows that His Majesty wants to clean up the judicial system... Corruption and malfeasance do not only break out in the administrative system, they are also among the hardest hit areas in the judicial system.

In the judicial system, the inspectorate system, trial system, and law enforcement system are all the same, and there are also many problems.

In the trial system, because trials are notarized, and internal personnel often need professional legal literacy, promotions are mainly internal promotions. In the long run, internal cliques and exclusion will form.

Not to mention the outside world, even the Supervisory Council system, which is also part of the judicial system, has difficulty in penetrating into it and conducting corresponding anti-corruption and malfeasance investigations.

This situation lasted for a long time, and His Majesty became dissatisfied...Although Xu Longze did not receive any explicit instructions from His Majesty, he knew very well what his mission was, so after clarifying the internal system of the Inspectorate, he also purged the patrol system. After that, he aimed the butcher's knife at the Tribunal system. Finally, after forcing the co-organizing minister and the Grand Tribunal to serve, he raised his butcher's knife and carried out a large-scale cleansing of the Tribunal system.

At this time, after a year of planning and struggle, Xu Longze had basically completed the internal cleansing of the judicial system, and also conducted preliminary anti-corruption inspections of the traditional administrative system.

It was time to raise the butcher's knife against other systems, and the first one that Xu Longze valued was the government-run enterprise system that had been severely affected by corruption and malfeasance for decades. The imperial government had not been successful for decades.

In the summer and June of Chengshun 46, Xu Longze wrote a letter requesting a comprehensive and large-scale anti-corruption and malfeasance investigation into government-run enterprises, and to implement the model of censors stationed in government-run enterprises to handle cases on the spot.

Your Majesty approves it!
Subsequently, many senior censorship officials from the Grand Inspectorate were stationed in the Ministry of Industry and the very large government-run enterprises under the Ministry of Industry. The provincial inspectorates also sent senior officials to the provincial industrial departments and provincial enterprises.

For a time, the Ministry of Industry, the provincial industrial departments and the government-run enterprises under them were panicked!
This kind of turmoil even spread to Liaodong Hekou Machinery Company. The general manager of Liaodong Hekou Machinery Company, who had just made a splash with its industrial gas machine and was expected to make further progress, was taken away for investigation, and then the co-organizer of the peace meeting Office was also taken away.

After investigation, it was found that they colluded with each other and collaborated to embezzle hundreds of thousands of assets of Liaodong Hekou Machinery Company in many ways, including scientific research funds allocated from the top to the bottom for the research and development of internal combustion engines!
Then these three people who had previously dreamed of being promoted were all unlucky... Because the amount of corruption was huge, what awaited them would be the death penalty.

In addition, many contract employees of the company were also prosecuted by the local Supervisory Office for embezzlement of corporate assets and other crimes. These people were also inevitably imprisoned.

The management of Hekou Machinery Company, which had just started to improve, was thrown into the fire during this turmoil... However, considering that this company is the only three internal combustion engine R&D companies in the empire, it is also the only one so far that has put internal combustion engines into production and promoted them to the market. market, and has also received certain positive feedback from the market.

Therefore, the superiors will naturally not sit idly by and watch!

It is even more impossible to say that purging the original management will lead to the collapse of the company... There is no situation in this world that cannot function without someone.

As soon as the top management of the empire purged the senior management of Hekou Machinery Company, they enriched the company's management through local promotion and external transfer of management.

There will definitely be turmoil, but it will not affect the pace of corporate development, nor will it affect the empire's layout in the field of internal combustion engines.

This company will not cease to function just because someone leaves it... On the contrary, after eliminating many corrupt personnel and avoiding the loss of a large amount of corporate assets and internal combustion engine research and development funds, the company's internal combustion engine research and development speed will be faster.

After all, before this, Hekou Machinery Company said that it had invested a lot of funds in the field of internal combustion engines, but in fact a lot of the funds were squandered, and only about half of the planned funds could actually be invested in research and development in the field of internal combustion engines.

Now that the funds have been recovered, follow-up funds can also be guaranteed, so Hekou Machinery Company's internal combustion engine research and development progress will be faster.

Soon, on the one hand, the new management wanted to prove themselves, and on the other hand, they also wanted to continue to seek support from their superiors, so as not to let the superiors affect their support for Hekou Machinery Company due to this corruption incident.

Hekou Machinery Company quickly completed the mass production design of the industrial gas machine and participated in the Songjiang Machinery Expo after finalizing it.

At the Songjiang Machinery Expo, the industrial gas machine of Hekou Machinery Company became a blockbuster and became the focus of the exhibition!

After all, this is the first practical internal combustion engine product!

(End of this chapter)