The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1202 Miraculous Research [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

"This..." Wei Ju and the generals looked at each other, with shock greater than fear.

Originally, they thought that after Bingzhou took over the navy's debt, it would also take away the navy's personnel appointments and command rights. Wei Ju was okay, as Yan Yan's sworn brother, he would not be touched, but the same might not be true for others.

Now Bingzhou has only taken away the financial power of the navy, and the personnel appointment and command power are still in their hands.

This was undoubtedly a huge surprise for them.

"Next, I will serve as the financial supervisor of the navy while fulfilling my duties as the Internal History of Bingzhou." Chen Jian looked at everyone.

"Greetings, Grand Eunuch!" No one objected.

Everyone in the world knows Chen Jian's ability to make money. They even place Chen Jian's portrait or statue on their ships as a sacrifice to the God of Wealth.

Now that the God of Wealth has come in person, how could they possibly object?

"Okay, I will arrange for someone to officially take over the navy's financial system, and all expenditures will be re-regulated."

Chen Jian first used courtesy and then force.

"Okay!" Wei Ju naturally would not object.

In the next few months, Chen Jian and the people he brought with him officially took over the finances of the entire navy of hundreds of thousands of people.

"A new official has three things to do when he takes office. I wonder who will be the first one to fall on!" Everyone in the navy was terrified.

The newly appointed chief naturally wants to establish his authority, but no one knows who will be the lucky one.

"All the boatmen's companies of the Mohist School, Gongshu School, Yin-Yang School, and Five Elements School..."

No one expected that Chen Jian's first fire would burn the navy's research and development institutions and directly hit the navy's shipbuilding masters.

"I give you money so that you can develop new warships, not to let you do your own research or tinker with other messy things!" Chen Jian came to the navy's research and development institution.

He was still wondering why the navy had been suffering losses year after year and was heavily in debt.

After checking the navy's accounts over the years, Chen Jian realized that the navy's new warship research and development institutions accounted for the vast majority of expenses.

These people were all top craftsmen, but they took the money but did not work. They deceived the navy into researching their own things, and the money they actually spent on researching new warships was pitifully small.

In addition, because of Wei Ju's tolerance, he turned a blind eye to the fact that these people took the money without working. And because he did not understand, Wei Ju did not dare to interfere and did not set a delivery time. He just let them do it themselves, and the new ship would be delivered when they finished it.

"Funds must be used for specific purposes, and no research that is not related to the work content will be approved."

"If you cannot complete the task within the specified time, please submit your resignation directly. I will not retain you!"

Chen Jian issued an ultimatum to the foundry department, prohibiting them from taking money without working, or even doing other work.

If you don't check, you really won't know that there are so many unqualified people in the foundry department.

Even the Mohist, Gongshujia, Yin-Yang School and other people in charge of manufacturing simply took advantage of the navy and placed craftsmen who were researching the Breaking Earth series, Suzaku series, White Tiger series and other series which had nothing to do with the navy into the navy, and used the navy's talents to do their own work.

Wei Ju felt a little bit reluctant at first, but when he saw the financial report that Chen Jian threw in front of him, he was so angry that he laughed.

His tolerance was actually taken as an indication that he was easy to bully, and he was treated as a fool.

He attached great importance to these craftsmen and all kinds of workmen, instead of treating them as sons-in-law, criminals, ruffians, and hooligans. He even raised their status to the same level as the literati and officials. To a certain extent, their treatment was higher than that of the literati and officials, and all their income was given priority to the foundry department.

Even when the navy was heavily in debt, he never thought of cutting the research and development funding for the foundry department. As a result, this group of people rewarded him in this way.

"I will send letters to invite the heads of the families such as Jing Ke, Gongshu Chou, and Donghuang Taiyi to come and take their people back!" After all, Wei Ju could not do anything to punish them severely.

Chen Jian looked at Wei Ju deeply, but ultimately did not refute.

It is easy to make these people return the money. Those who should be killed should be killed, and those who should be imprisoned should be imprisoned.

However, Wei Ju did not want to completely offend these hundreds of schools, so Chen Jian did not say anything more.

Moreover, although many of these people did not work for the navy, they were indeed top masters and had made great achievements in their own research areas. Killing them and imprisoning them would undoubtedly be a huge loss for China.

The leaders of each family also quickly came to the navy and led their people back.

Jing Ke was very angry. The Mohist school had always taken chivalry as a precept. Who could have thought that one of their own people could do such a thing.

"I have never owed any of my disciples any money, have I? As long as your research and development is beneficial to the Mohist School and the world, I have never said I would not approve it, right?"

Jing Ke felt really sad when he saw the masters who were expelled from the navy.

The Mohist School could actually do such a thing. Although Wei Ju and the navy did not punish them, it does not mean that the Mohist School does not have its own rules.

All the masters and their disciples bowed their heads.

They just think that the Navy is rich and has no shortage of research and development funds, so they would be wise to cheat them. Moreover, a copy of their research and development income will be backed up to the Navy, so it is not free.

"Gu Qianshan, I've told you that your research direction is problematic, or even useless. Why do you continue? Why isn't poisoning enough? You have to use the five punishments?" Jing Ke also wanted to capture someone to establish his authority.

Gu Qianshan, a great master of Mohism, had great attainments in mechanical engineering, but he was stubborn and tried to study how to make arthropods get rheumatism.

The other craftsmen also tried to hold back their laughter when they saw Gu Qianshan being named.

"What are you laughing at? You are so good. You want to sterilize mosquitoes and let trees find their own food... What's the point of all this?"

Jing Ke rubbed his brows. If Wei Ju and Chen Jian hadn't informed him, he wouldn't have known that there were so many talented people in their Mohist school. Letting the trees find food by themselves, could they be tree demons?

"But I really invented a talking bird!" said a master craftsman unconvinced.

Looking at the parrot and mynah bird on the man's shoulder that said hello, Jing Ke also fell silent.

"So, what's the use?"

"It can be sold at a higher price!" the man explained honestly.

What Jing Ke wanted to say was stuck for a moment. The answer was so powerful that he couldn't find any words to object.

Just as Wei Ju and Chen Jian said, these people are all talented. Some of their research is useful to China, but useless to the navy, and some are just here to kill time.

"You have lost face in front of the navy!" Jing Ke sighed. Fortunately, many of the Hundred Schools of Thought, such as the Gongshu School and the Yin-Yang School, were the same as them, otherwise they would have been laughed to death by the Hundred Schools of Thought.

This was also the first time in history that Mohist disciples were rejected on a large scale.

"Everyone, go back and receive three whips without notice, and then you will go to the Fenggu of the main hospital to face the wall and reflect on your mistakes for three months!"

Jing Ke was very tired. He still didn't dare to see Wei Ju and Chen Jian. Such a big person was lost. Wei Ju and Chen Jian didn't pursue the matter for his sake, but he was too embarrassed to see them.

(End of this chapter)