Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2014, the old school turned over
Liu Jin’s hometown is at the pier in Xiahetun, Changli County. Liu Jin has just returned from a boat trip, and has just gone fishing in the Bohai Sea to see seals.

The ecological environment of the Bohai Sea during this period was quite good. Despite the years of marine fishing, it still has a very good ecological environment.

There are not only many types of fish resources in the ocean, but also high quality and huge quantity. If you go to the sea to catch a net, you can return with a full load, and there are still seals in the Bohai Sea.

The seal in the Bohai Sea is called the spotted seal, which is an extremely rare and rare first-class protected wild animal in later generations, and it is also the only kind of seal in our country in later generations.

However, in this era, there are quite a lot of posters here in Bohai Bay, and they are widely distributed in coastal areas such as Shandong, Beizhili, and Liaodong.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, and there are many places with seals, especially in the Arctic Circle, where the number of seals is particularly large. In addition, there are also a lot of seals in the northern part of the North Golden Continent.

It’s just that the Ming people have never had the habit of hunting seals, nor have the habit and tradition of eating seals, so basically no one catches seals, unlike whales, which are already difficult to find in Bohai Bay.

No way, Ming's whaling industry is now quite developed, there are a lot of whaling ships, and whaling still has huge profits, which stimulates people to go whaling.

The whales in the Bohai Sea suffered.

This time Liu Jin also wanted to see the whales, but was disappointed and returned without seeing the whales.

"It seems that we still need to legislate to protect the whales in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. We can't really catch them. Future generations will never see them again."

Liu Jin, who got off the boat, was also thinking in his mind, although whaling can bring a lot of benefits, but now Daming has no shortage of whale oil, whale meat and so on.

It is also time to pay due attention to the protection of animal and plant resources.

"The weather is getting colder and colder, and the Little Ice Age is probably coming soon."

"There are quite a lot of seals in the Bohai Sea."

Liu Jin slightly felt the biting cold wind. It was already almost spring, but the temperature was still very low. Combined with historical events, Liu Jin estimated that the earth was developing towards the Little Ice Age.

The impact of the Little Ice Age on agriculture was very great. In history, the demise of the Ming Dynasty was also closely related to this. Under the influence of the Little Ice Age, years of famines in the northern region caused people to live in dire straits. It dragged down the already precarious Ming Dynasty.

However, for the current Daming, the impact of the Little Ice Age should not be too great. There are many food producing areas. Even if the local side of Daming is not good, there are still Nanyang, the Golden Continent, and the Tianzhu Continent. They all grow a lot of food, and they are not afraid of the impact of the Little Ice Age.

"I still live a very good life, reading books, fishing, simple and fulfilling."

Liu Jin looked at his harvest, and the golden yellow croaker was obviously the most popular. This stuff has been fried very expensive in later generations, and ordinary people can't afford it at all.

But in this era, the large yellow croaker is actually just an ordinary fish species, and the price is cheap. The key is that the large yellow croaker is large in size and high in quality.

This is also the fish that Liu Jin's family often eats. It has high nutritional value and delicious taste. Liu Jin likes to eat it very much.

"Master, there is a telegram from the capital. The father of Prince Wang Shouren has passed away."

At this time, Liu Jin's housekeeper hurriedly came to Liu Jin's side and told the latest news from the court.

Although it was said that Ding You kept his filial piety, Liu Jin also knew all kinds of things inside and outside the Ming Dynasty clearly, and he could know any changes in the capital as soon as possible, and there was a telegram at home.

Not only can you know the latest news, but you can also quickly convey some of Liu Jin's decisions.

There is no way, at Liu Jin's level, even if you want to live a small life sincerely, you still have to be on guard. As the saying goes, you must not have the heart of harming others, and you must have the heart of guarding against others.

If there is any trouble, something unfavorable to oneself happens, and you can quickly take countermeasures if you know it as soon as possible.

Being in the center of power, there are many kinds of open and secret struggles, and political struggles are always swords and swords, killing people invisible, accompanied by extremely cruel endings.

The better thing is to dismiss from office and go home for the elderly, and the tragic thing is to exterminate the family and ransack the house.

There have been too many such things in the past dynasties, and Liu Jin is always on guard against these things in his heart, otherwise he will end up decapitated and the whole family will suffer, then it is really not worth it.

Therefore, information is very important. For this reason, Liu Jin also opened a special telegraph firm to build a network of unlimited communication around the world. At the same time, it is also a huge information intelligence network. What happens around the world, Liu Jin also You can know immediately.

At the same time, information also means money. If the huge industry under his command wants to make money, information is also a crucial thing. Sometimes a piece of intelligence information is enough to make people earn a lot of money.

"Ah, Wang Hua is leaving at this time?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.

It's not a good time for Wang Hua to leave, but it's really not the right time to leave at this time.

Liu Jin originally thought that if he left the government and the opposition, nothing would happen with Wang Shouren's support. Old Wang's ability was unquestionable, and with him around, conservative officials would not be able to cause any trouble.

The New Deal can also continue to be implemented. When the filial piety period expires and I come back, I will have nothing to do. I will work for another ten years or so, and retire at the age of fifty.

At that time, Ming Dynasty has completely consolidated the fruits of the industrial revolution and capitalism, and its position on the earth will be unshakable, so there will be no worries about the future. It doesn’t matter whether you are a new learner, a conservative or a reformer, when the time comes, you will die It doesn't matter if you go to fight.

But now, the old Wang reckons that he must go back to his hometown Ding You to observe his filial piety. Once the old Wang leaves, the conservative officials in the court will definitely stand up, and there will be troubles at that time. I don’t know what will happen. come out.

Liu Jin was also worried, and the joy of gaining a lot disappeared immediately.

On the other side, here in Beijing.

Not surprisingly, Wang Shouren begged Emperor Hongzhi to go back to his hometown to be filial piety to his father Ding You in the early court the next day.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't take his feelings away either, and agreed to Wang Shouren's request to return to his hometown and Ding You to keep his filial piety.

All of a sudden, the entire ruling and opposition parties were shaken.

The officials of the Practical Sect were all mourning. The two leaders, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren, went home to Ding You to observe their filial piety. If they were led by Han Wen and Zhong Fan, they would really be unable to restrain those conservative officials.

The conservative officials, on the other hand, were so happy that they were running around, contacting each other, preparing to elect someone from their side to the cabinet, and at the same time fill the vacant important positions.

After a fierce competition, Yang Tinghe, an old school official, finally entered the cabinet, and the vacated post of minister of the Ministry of Industry also fell to Liang Chu, an old school official.

All of a sudden, the situation of the entire government and the opposition has undergone tremendous changes.

The power of conservative officials has risen sharply, while the practical faction has suffered a major blow.

The elders of the cabinet, Han Wen, Yang Yiqing, and Yang Tinghe, Han Wen can be regarded as the practical school, Yang Tinghe can be regarded as the conservative school, and Yang Yiqing can be regarded as a middle-of-the-road official although he is a conservative school official.

Among the six books, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji, Mao Cheng, and Liang Chu were all officials of the conservative school, and only Zhong Fan and Li Kun were officials of the practical school.

Both Zhong Fan and Li Kun originally belonged to local officials, because Liu Jin implemented the reform of the administration of officials, and as long as the local officials did a good job, it was easy to be promoted.

Zhong Fan and Li Kun were promoted under such a background. In history, neither of them reached this level, but now with the reform of the bureaucracy, they have done a good job and have been appreciated by Liu Jin, so they have achieved it. Shangshu is at this level.

There is a clear difference in the balance of power between the government and the opposition.

The reason for such a phenomenon is actually related to the selection and promotion system of officials in Ming Dynasty.

As the saying goes, non-Jinshi cannot enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin cannot enter the cabinet. Under the rules, the talent reserve pool for senior officials of the Ming Dynasty is in the Hanlin Academy.

The Hanlin Academy can be regarded as the stronghold of conservative officials, and the officials who came out can basically be said to be conservative officials.

Therefore, even though Liu Jin has been suppressing the officials of the old school, as long as this remains unchanged, the officials of the old school can still come out in a steady stream, and they are often important officials who hold great power.

There is no way, this has always been the rule, even Liu Jin and Wang Shouren had studied in the Imperial Academy, otherwise it would not have been possible to be promoted so quickly, and they would have become extreme ministers early.

Most of the officials of the Practical Sect are officials from various provinces and ministries of the Ming Dynasty, and they are directly related to the assessment system. Relatively speaking, their backgrounds are not as good as those of the Imperial Academy.

People from the Hanlin Academy were all among the best in the imperial examinations, and they were high-level reserve talents. However, these local officials, even the chief envoys, governors, and inspectors, rarely stayed in the Imperial Academy.

To achieve this level is already at the ceiling level. If you want to improve it, you can only stay in the Hanlin Academy. This is the rules and guidelines that the Ming Dynasty has always used.

Although Liu Jin can carry out resignation reforms, he cannot change this, because this is an era based on imperial examinations.

If you rank well in the imperial examinations, you can enter the Hanlin Academy, and you will rise steadily and rise step by step in the future. If you are low in the exam, you can only go to work in the local government and various ministries, and your promotion will be slower in the future.

It is precisely because of this system that scholars are desperately trying to get better in the exam and get higher nouns, because this is directly related to their future career.

If you don’t get a Jinshi, you can’t even get into the Imperial Academy. If you don’t get into the Imperial Academy, you don’t even want to be a minister of the Six Books, let alone a cabinet minister.

On the other hand, if you are the No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], Tanhua, etc., everyone will be convinced even if the promotion speed is very fast. For example, Liu Jin is No. [-], Xie Qian is No. [-], Li Dongyang is No. [-], Yang Tinghe is No. [-], Hu Guang is the number one scholar, Zhou Yanru is the number one scholar, and Shang Ren is also the number one scholar.

It can be explained that almost all the ministers with names and surnames in the court were from Jinshi Hanlin. Without exception, the promotion speed of Yijia Jinshi and rank is very fast.

Scholars, everyone is taking the imperial examination. If you can get ahead in the exam, everyone will admire you.

PS: Do you think this is good?Now it seems that Qingbei's promotion is also fast

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