Cannon Fodder Is King [Transmigration]

Sending away the Xiao family and his party, Meng Zezhi invited Zuo Changshi: "Go, and invite Master Lu to the study."

"Yes."

Lu Daoyi was the son of the Lu family who went to Nanchang Mansion with Meng Zezhi to take the township examination. Like Meng Zezhi, he was quite smooth on his scientific expedition. In the 21st year of Guangde Palace Examination, Lu Daoyi won the 26th place in the top two, and then was successfully selected as Shu Jishi in the Korean Examination hosted by the Ministry of Rites.

In accordance with the practice, the champion of the Zhongxin Division in the Palace Examination will be awarded and edited from the Sixth-Rank Hanlin Academy after the list is issued; the second-ranking and Tanhua will be edited and revised by the Seventh-Rank Hanlin Academy at the same time. The remaining second and third grade new scholars need to participate in the dynasty test again. Those who are in the first class will be awarded the Shujishi, and those who are ranked second will be used as the principals of various ministries, middle books or local magistrates.

The scholars who are admitted to the Chinese Academy of Sciences need to study at the Imperial Academy for two and a half years, and then pass the Sanguan Examination after the expiration of the term. Those with good scores in the Sanguan Examination will be authorized by the Second Grade Jinshi to be edited and edited by the Seventh Imperial Academy, and the top three will be conferred by the same Jinshi. The Seven-Rank Imperial Academy reviewed, and this is considered to be a member of the Imperial Academy.

Since the Dayang dynasty has established a practice since the founding of the country: non-jinshi will not enter the imperial court, and non-hanlin will not enter the cabinet, so officials who can be elected to the imperial court will have a chance to rise to the top.

Those with poor test scores in the local halls were assigned to ministers or local magistrates. Since then, they have been insulated from the Hanlin, and their careers have also been greatly affected.

Lu Daoyi just took the exam at the sanatorium last month, with excellent grades, and is now waiting for the officials to be appointed.

It's just that the distribution of the custard at Sanguan this year is different from previous years.

The concubines in this subject are all in the same year as Meng Zezhi (people admitted on the same list), and the relationship is naturally extraordinary.

The Ministry of Industry was originally the site of the second prince. After the fall of the second prince, almost all the officials under the Ministry of Industry were cleaned up.

Meng Zezhi kept thinking about it and rejected the suggestion of Emperor Guangde to enter the Ministry of Household to observe politics, and chose the Ministry of Industry as his base.

The Ministry of Household has always been firmly in the hands of Emperor Guangde.

——Not only because Meng Zezhi wanted to give himself the most room for development, but the most important thing was because the Ministry of Industry was not only in charge of civil engineering, water conservancy projects, mining and metallurgy, textiles and other government-run industries in the country, but also also had the responsibility of machine manufacturing. , Including weapons, munitions, military utensils, etc., there is a lot of room for operation here.

Emperor Guangde also had the thought of studying Meng Zezhi, and after a little thought, he agreed to Meng Zezhi's request.

Therefore, the more than 30 concubines in this section, except for a few to be appointed as magistrates in Henan because of insufficient positions, the rest are to be assigned to the Ministry of Labor to take charge of the work.

For these custards, although doing so undoubtedly broke the great road of the Imperial Academy, it was a blessing to be able to enter Meng and do things under his command.

The current Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is the grandfather of Lu Zengxiang, the former chief ambassador of Huguang, Lu Daoyi. Most of the officials in the Qing dynasty were appointed by the Fangshi (the examiner) and the master (the chief examiner) when Meng Zezhi took the exam. This is the force assigned to Meng Zezhi by Emperor Guangde.

"His Royal Highness." As soon as he entered the study, Lu Daoyi knelt and bowed.

"Forget it." Meng Zezhi put down the tea cup in his hand and pointed at the chair next to him: "Sit."

Both of them got used to the change of identity as quickly as possible.

Meng Zezhi said, "I remember Brother Yucai, you once said that your father was in charge of Weihe Shipyard."

Weihe Shipyard is located in Changle County, Fujian Province, and is the largest branch under the name of Qingjiang Shipyard, one of the three largest shipyards in Dayang Dynasty.

"If you go back to your Highness, that's exactly." Lu Daoyi said.

"How many ships can Weihe Shipyard build in a year?"

"More than a hundred ships, but most of them are water tankers (grain ships)."

Meng Zezhi asked, "Can you build a sea-going ship?"

Lu Daoyi recalled carefully: "Yes, when other shipyards can't complete the mission of covering ocean ships back then, Weihe Shipyard will help build a few if they have spare capacity."

After speaking, he paused and asked: "Why does your Highness suddenly ask about this?"

"It's nothing, I just want to ask my grandfather to help me build a batch of sea ships."

With that said, Meng Zezhi pushed the wooden box at hand to Lu Daoyi.

As soon as Lu Dao opened it, what caught his eye was a thick pile of drawings of a sea ship. He picked it up and unfolded it, and couldn't help taking a deep breath: "So big?"

You must know that the longest warship of the Dayang Navy at the moment is only 15 feet long, but the ship on this drawing is marked with a total length of forty-four feet.

These drawings are the results of Meng Zezhi’s staying in Duanben Palace for more than three months. They are modeled after Zheng He’s treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty. They cut some flashy things and expanded the storage capacity.

——When he was in college, he had taken modern maritime history as an elective because of his interest, so he dabbled in these.

Now think about it, it’s always good to learn more, maybe one day you will use it!

"Yeah." Meng Zezhi pointed to the wooden box: "There are still five hundred thousand taels of cash here. Let your father build 20 ships of each type according to these drawings. If the money is not enough, ask me for it. I will. Let the material assessment institute prepare the wood for shipbuilding for you. Just one point, the confidentiality work must be done well."

Weihe Shipyard is far away in Fujian. As long as the work is in place, it is not a problem to hide it from the capital.

The reason for such an arrangement is purely that Emperor Guangde didn't know the details of Meng Zezhi, so he hoped that he could work step by step, fight steadily, and focus on winning the prostitute.

But Meng Zezhi knew his own strength, and obviously he was thinking a little bit longer. Now that you have money in your hands, you might as well consider more for the future.

The fifteenth year of Guangde’s northern expedition, although it completely defeated the old enemy Tatar, it also exhausted the money and food of the treasury, so that the people of the Dayang Dynasty who had finally improved their lives returned to the dire straits again. In addition to the 22 years of drought in Qingzhou and the riots of the refugees, the Yellow River burst in mid-August this year, and the people of the Dayang Dynasty are now in a better situation than the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

How many years does such a devastated country need to recuperate to regain its prosperity during the Han and Tang dynasties, fifty years, eighty years, or a hundred years?

To seek its own government in its place, to do it naturally, it is necessary to do its best.

Meng Zezhi also has his own ambitions. He does not hope that this country with a population of more than 10 million households can recover itself in a short period of time, so he set his sights on overseas, knowing that maritime trade has always been extremely profitable.

But if you want to go to sea, you have to build a ship first.

Since the treasury has no money, he can only pay, so it is necessary to hide it from Emperor Guangde.

"Yes."

Meng Zezhi didn't say much, and Lu Daoyi didn't ask too much, who made him Lu Family now and Meng Zezhi are grasshoppers on the same rope. There was a word from above, and the people under them just do as instructed.

After leaving Lu Daoyi, it was already two more days, Meng Zezhi yawned a little, and then walked to the bedroom under the leadership of Zuo Changshi.

When he arrived, Lu Li was already lying on the bed.

Meng Zezhi opened the quilt and lay in, took the person into his arms, and let out a long, satisfied sigh of relief.

After waiting for a long time without seeing Meng Zezhi's movements, Lu Li pursed the corners of his lips, took out an envelope from his arms and stuffed it into Meng Zezhi's hand.

"Huh?" Meng Zezhi opened his eyes, picked up the envelope and opened it. There were three names on the letter paper. He raised his brows: "This is?"

"The people of King Tang (Eight Prince) are among the officials who are going to be assigned to the Ministry of Industry." Lu Li said.

This saves him a lot of heart.

The corners of Meng Zezhi's lips curled, and he kissed Lu Li's face: "Thanks."

Then he closed his eyes again, thinking about how to enrich the strength of the Ministry of Engineering.

Lu Li opened his mouth and suddenly felt a little tight in his chest.

The next day, Meng Zezhi formally joined the Ministry of Industry to observe politics.

With the help of Lu Li, Meng Zezhi evaded the Eighth Prince's calculations several times without any danger, and even forced the other party to have to break the branches several times. In addition, Lu Zengxiang is indeed a good hand in governance. Under his guidance, in just two months, the originally poor and white Ministry of Engineering was on the right track.

In January of the 24th of Guangde, heavy snow fell in the capital city, but within a few days, the snow on the ground covered the thighs, food prices in the capital skyrocketed, and countless people were crushed by the snow.

When the news came, Meng Zezhi had to withdraw from the Firearms Bureau and devote himself to disaster relief.

Check the disaster situation, count the affected area and the affected population, provide relief to the victims, apply porridge, apply medicines, provide repairs to the collapsed house, and pay pensions for the loss of relatives... Fortunately, the second prince fell from power some time ago, and Emperor Guangde did not copy it. The mansion of few officials, otherwise the national treasury might not be able to spend so much money for disaster relief.

When gathering the homeless, Meng Zezhi came up with a whim, and watered the igloo with snow and water. The windproof and warmth effect was unexpectedly good.

As a result, the number of people who died from the snow disaster this year was less than one-tenth of previous years.

The news came out, and under the deliberate promotion of Emperor Guangde who was more and more satisfied with Meng Zezhi, Meng Zezhi's popularity among the people instantly rose to a new level.

"King Ningxian——"

The eighth prince was gritted and gritted his teeth.

He Gu Shian He De He Neng, just because an igloo was built, the folks spread the good name of the virtuous king.

Thinking of the manpower he had folded in Meng Zezhi's hands over the past few months, the eighth prince couldn't help taking a deep breath. It was indeed his way to underestimate Meng Zezhi.

It seems that his good father is determined to support Gu Shian in the upper ranks.

Can't wait any longer, the eighth prince's eyes darkened.

He stood up, walked to the bookshelf, lifted the calligraphy and painting on the side wall, then opened the hidden compartment at the back and took out a small porcelain bottle from it.

"Zhao Yi."

"Yes." A man in black immediately walked out of the shadow in the corner.

"Take fifty thousand taels of silver notes and give this to Neixiang Tao, tell him that it's time to do it." The Eighth Prince said coldly.

"Yes." The man in black reached out and took the small porcelain bottle.

"Right," as if thinking of something, the Eighth Prince asked: "How about the firearms bureau that Gu Shian built in Xishan?"

"If you go back to your Highness, the guards there are too strict, and the subordinates can't get in at all."

The eighth prince frowned, and instinctively told him that there was absolutely something tricky in the firearms bureau, otherwise Meng Zezhi would not send all his three hundred guards over: "Continue to send people to stare at it, and report it as soon as there is news. ."

"Yes."

The author has something to say:

Lu Li: Sure enough, men are all big trotters, but they don't do anything after receiving money from prostitution.

Meng Zezhi: Does anyone think that I am a big golden finger?