Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 477 Training of New-style Officials
A large sailing ship slowly sailed into Dalian Port. On the deck, dozens of literati in robes and green shirts were curiously watching the rumored advanced southern Liaoning area.Some slightly high-rise buildings appeared in Dalian Port. Along the coastline were rows of houses, factories, and chimneys emitting black smoke.There are warships of the Beiyang Fleet moored at the pier, and housekeeper-level sailing battleships such as Daqi and Dachu slowly undulate with the waves.There are also black steam ironclad merchant ships loading cargo.Busy shipwrights are busy building more merchant ships, as well as new steamships, in the three large shipyards.

"Because Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, Shandong and other places need a large number of merchant ships, our three official shipbuilding yards in Dalian Port are processing and producing large-capacity merchant ships day and night. At present, our main production is sailing ships, which are cheap. But The requirements for high-quality wood are relatively high, that is, only the sources of wood from Daxing’an Mountains and other places can be continuously produced. The future prospects still belong to steam ironclad ships, as long as there is enough metal.” The captain on the ship introduced them. The situation in southern Liaoning.

"Iron armored ship? I didn't expect the Kyushu Army to float a ship made of pure iron in the water. It's amazing!" An official in his 30s looked at the metallic "Yongchang" from a distance and couldn't help but sigh. .

"Shen Youlong, aren't you very close to the Kyushu Army? Why haven't you seen an ironclad ship yet?" Another official who looked a little older said.

"It's one thing to get close, but there is only one of this precious and incredible iron-clad ship in the world, and it is on the trade route from southern Liaoning to Dongying. I have lived in Fuzhou for a long time, so I have never seen it before." Shen, the former governor of Fujian Youlong said, "Senior, now we are still officials in the same dynasty, so you don't have to ridicule me anymore. I didn't want to replace you as the governor of Fujian, it was the emperor's intention at that time. Didn't you later transfer The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is no worse than the governor of Fujian, right?" Shen Youlong said.

The senior in his mouth is Xiong Wencan, one is a Jinshi in the 35th year of Wanli, and the other is a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli.

Xiong Wencan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was restrained by Deng Qianlong of the Nanyang Fleet when the Kyushu Army entered the customs, and he never dared to act rashly.When Nanjing City was breached, the Kyushu Army continued to attack Xiangyang and Chengdu.Seeing that the general situation was over, Xiong Wencan personally ordered to notify the officials of the prefectures and counties in Guangdong and Guangxi to surrender to the Kyushu Army.

Later, Shen Youlong, governor of Fujian, and Xiong Wencan, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, made the three provinces belong to the Kyushu Army almost intact, especially because the south involved some ethnic minorities who belonged to the Chinese civilization, which saved Chu Yun a lot. The same time, so the two were reused by Chu Yun because of their merits.It became the second of the rare officials who successfully transformed from an old court official to a new official.

Chu Yun set up senior bureaucrats such as political officials, judicial officials, and prosecutors in provincial institutions to check and balance each other.In order to prevent the top management of internal affairs from becoming bigger, Chu Yun also set up an internal affairs meeting composed of officials from other bureaus to pass local legislation and major decisions through voting.In addition, Chu Yun will also send inspection officials from all dynasties and generations in the history of China from time to time to inspect and assess the government affairs in various places.However, Chu Yun did not set up such a high-weight official position as governor, but inspected various places through inspection teams.That is to say, it is a group that inspects.It is much more difficult to bribe a group than the governor.No one can guarantee that among the members of the inspection team, there are no confidantes specially arranged by Chu Yun.Such a person, the cost of acquisition can be almost sky-high.

Currently, Shen Youlong is an administrative officer in Fujian, while Xiong Wencan was relieved of his post as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and reassigned as an administrative officer in Guangdong.

Almost all the officials who arrived on this ship in southern Liaoning were government officials, and the lowest ones were officials at the prefecture level, such as the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture and the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture.They came to southern Liaoning to get acquainted with the technology and new systems of the industrial age, otherwise they would have to build railways and wires in the areas under their jurisdiction, and they would not know what those were.This is ridiculous.

As for judicial officers and prosecutors, Chu Yun did not use a large number of old Ming officials, and many positions were still vacant.The reason is also very simple, the prosecutor must be a trustworthy person, and the judicial officer must reform the "Ming Law", implement new laws and regulations, and specially train judicial officials.

When they were in Liaodong and Liaonan, Chu Yun and others had confirmed the basic "Kyushu Law" based on some practices of this era, and the Academy of Sciences had also cultivated a group of talents with the spirit of Continental Law.But it takes time to perfect, especially comfortable Chu Yun will start new technology after a while.New technologies mean new products and new markets, which require supporting laws.

In addition to the troubles brought about by technological innovation in the reform of "Ming Law", the expansion of the Kyushu Army also brought many corresponding problems.For example, how to deal with ethnic issues, the transition between new local laws and the "Ming Law".And overseas expansion, what should the colonies do?Negotiation issues with other civilization forces?These are all headaches for Chu Yun recently, and they are definitely more complicated and thorny than simple wars.

"I'm dissatisfied with you not because you once replaced me as the governor of Fujian, but because you used to get better and better with the Kyushu Army. I was loyal to the court but was repeatedly criticized by the court. It's really depressing." Xiong Wencan Said.

Thinking of the grievances he had suffered all this time, Xiong Wencan became angry.That is to say, being appointed by Chu Yun as a Guangdong political officer, Deng Qianlong could not use force to coerce him, and Xiong Wencan finally stood up and became the master.Of course, the price is that Xiong Wencan has nothing to do with Daming, and has become a member of the Kyushu Army.

"This is the person who knows the current affairs is a hero. We met the military leader in the capital some time ago. He is young and promising. He will lead us to open up the territory and leave a name for thousands of years. Our Fujian and Guangdong regions are close to Nanyang. The military leader specially asked us to Vigorously develop the economy and industry, it is estimated that we will attack the rear of Nanyang in the future, and the burden on your shoulders is not light at all." Shen Youlong said.

Before they came to southern Liaoning for inspection, they first landed in Tianjin Wei and went to the capital to meet Chu Yun. They were familiar with each other, and Chu Yun gave some instructions.Located in Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi regions close to Nanyang, Chu Yun must of course be treated specially.

Shen Youlong is familiar with observing words and expressions, and guessed exactly so.Chu Yun has already begun preparations for construction in the provinces where the border is deployed.If you want to attack Nanyang, it will be too late to dispatch materials and troops from Liaodong and Liaonan. If Fujian and Guangdong become the industrial scale of Liaodong and Liaonan now, it will be of great benefit to marching into Nanyang.

(End of this chapter)