Time came to January of the 22nd year of Apocalypse (1640). After the Lantern Festival of this year, the Ming Dynasty made major adjustments.

Chief Assistant Yuan Keli, Minister of Personnel Sun Chengzong, Minister of Science and Technology Xu Guangqi, Privy Council Envoy Xiong Tingbi, Minister of Education Zhang Yicheng and others all begged for their bodies because of their old age. After Zhu Youdong symbolically persuaded them to stay, he allowed them to become officials and gave them generous rewards. As a reward, they are allowed to return to their hometown to spend their remaining years in peace.

At this point, the Imperial Master Party completed its historical mission and completely withdrew from the stage of history.

The age issue is irresistible to anyone. In addition to the five imperial masters in their 70s and 80s, there are also ministers such as Yang Hao, the Minister of Defense, Wang Zaijin, the Minister of Justice, Li Shizhong, the Director of the General Administration of Military Service, Wang Shaozheng, the Minister of Agriculture, Zhao Yan, the Censor of Zuodu, etc. , and also because of their age, they successively retired from office.

When the old people leave, new people will come up. After many discussions, compromises, and finally Zhu Youdong's comprehensive consideration, the main positions in the new central organization of the Ming Dynasty were filled with a group of officials who were mainly in their forties and fifties.

Prime Minister: Ma Shiying. Deputy Prime Minister: Li Jia, the former Minister in Tibet. Minister of Personnel: Huang Daozhou.

These are the three most important official positions in the Central Committee of the Ming Dynasty. Ma Shiying, who is a disciple of Wen Tiren, Li Jia, the first senior student from Fangshan, and Huang Daozhou, a disciple of Yuan Keli. The three are from different factions, but they all have experienced local and central positions. His experience is enough to ensure that while Zhu Youdong will not lose power, the country can still operate in an orderly manner.

The new Privy Councilor: Yan Siqi. The new Minister of National Defense: Zhao Lijiao. The new director of the General Administration of Military Service is Lieutenant General Zuo Liangyu, who used to serve as the director of national reserve military training. This person, because of Zhu Youdong's inertial thinking, instinctively Zhu Youdong was reluctant to let him lead the army. However, his son Zuo Menggeng's excellent performance in Khyber made Zhu Youdong willing to give this historical general in the late Ming Dynasty a new opportunity.

Sun Yuanhua, the new minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Gu Bingqian, the minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Hong Chengchou, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, Wang Huaqin, the former director of the State Administration of Taxation and from the Fangshan clan, was transferred to the director of the Audit Office. Wang Zhu Youjian, the former director of the Audit Office, was appointed as the censor of Zuodu— - This is Zhu Youjian's favorite position. The main job of auditing is to supervise local legislation, government expenditures and budgets and final accounts. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the serious place to investigate and deal with corrupt officials.

Ni Yuanlu, a student of Yuan Keli and a genius in mathematics, became the director of the State Administration of Taxation. A direct descendant of Wen Tiren, a great scholar, served as the chief envoy in Xinjiang, and Gao Hongtu, who had outstanding political achievements, became the minister of education.

The new Minister of Justice, Cheng Jiming, the new Minister of Public Security, Li Biao, and the former Minister of Public Security, Jian Wang Zhu You?, became the President of the Supreme Court...

For Zhu Youdong, life may be difficult in the next two or three years: the Ming Dynasty now calls the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, and East China Sea the North China Sea. The South China Sea is called the South China Sea. After the navy was severely damaged, the North and South China Seas were The Maritime Capital of China is no longer the inner lake of the Ming Dynasty for the time being. The sect-vassal system that is closely connected through the ocean, and the increasingly prosperous commercial exchanges through the ocean, will be under huge threats.

So? Adjust the team as soon as possible? Give it more time to respond.

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February 8, 1640. Wucheng, Zhejiang.

"Teacher, this was just delivered to Jinling Daily today? The imperial court has indeed made adjustments to the central axis."

"Hmm... I'll take a look at it as a teacher, huh? It's just as I expected."

"Teacher? It is said that this horse Xiang is also your disciple?"

"Yeah, what? Wanxun, do you want to rely on your senior brother to get to the top?"

"The teacher was joking. The disciple has long given up the idea of ​​becoming a civil servant."

"Huh? You don't want to join the army too, do you?"

"That's it? Please ask the teacher to make it happen."

After returning from the defeat in India? Wen Tiren's official career was completely cut off, and he was almost seventy years old at this time. So after he returned to his hometown, he became an ordinary landowner with peace of mind. Every day he worked in the fields and

The villagers chatted and went fishing with friends. How did they spend their days like this? It was quite leisurely.

However, is he someone who has served as chief assistant and governor of a foreign land? His connections and knowledge are among the best in the world. So, there are also many young people from Zhejiang who come here to study. After all, Lao Wen has been an official all his life. Why?

Maybe he was completely free? So he also accepted many new disciples.

People change. People like Lao Wen, who used to be smooth and soft, were good at mediating conflicts between all parties, and were therefore appointed as the chief assistant by Zhu Youdong. In the past, they liked the kind of young and mature students who were calm and calm in their work.

But after experiencing the disastrous defeat in India, as Lao Wenlin grew older, he began to prefer students who were full of vigor and courage in speaking and doing in their youth.

Therefore, among the new batch of disciples, his favorites are Wang Yi, Feng Jingdi, and Dong Zhining, three young men from Ningbo: these three guys can only be regarded as average in reading, but they are better in their mobility.

.Whether it’s being naughty or doing experiments in science, you just do it. And if you fail, you won’t be discouraged. After you take a breath, you will continue to be full of fighting spirit and dive into the next round of action.

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"Hey, you three are inseparable from Meng, Meng is inseparable. Wanxun, you are going to join the army, Ji Zhong (Feng Jingdi), You'an (Dong Zhining), are you two also planning to join the army?"

"That's right, teacher. Speaking of which, the three of us are already quite young. It's a bit troublesome to apply for the Royal Military Academy at this time. So this time, I'm waiting for three people and I have to ask the teacher to write for each of us.

A letter of recommendation.”

"Well, I applied for the Military Academy on the 24th, and even if I graduated successfully, I would be almost thirty years old when I graduated. At that time, I started as a second lieutenant. If I was not careful, I would be dismissed before I was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the age of forty-five.

Forced transfer of employment. Speaking of which, the three of you are doing well in the county now. Wanxun, you have already become the police chief, and you will soon be promoted to junior high school and junior high school. You have a good teacher behind you, and you will be even better in the future.

If you can't get into the center, it's no problem to become a feudal official. Tell me, why are you doing this?"

"Teacher." Wang Yi took a step forward: "This is what students think. People always have to do something in their lives. Nowadays, the country of Ming Dynasty is generally stable. In places like Zhejiang, I heard in the early years that there were many land problems.

There were many refugees, and the public security was not good. It was very interesting to be the police chief at that time. But now? A large number of factories are operating, and everyone just feels that there is not enough manpower. Now my land rent in Zhejiang has dropped to 35%, which is not much.

People are willing to rent seeds, but no one picks up the wild fruits on the roadside when they are ripe and rotten on the ground. In such an environment, what problems does it have with public security? Nowadays, the Cixi Public Security Bureau, where a student is the director, in addition to household registration management, also manages small and medium-sized households.

Conflicts, nothing serious. Students really don’t want to waste their time like this.”

"But joining the army is different." Wang Yi became excited when he said this: "Now that our navy is defeated, on the one hand, the court is extremely short of naval officers, and on the other hand, it wants to vigorously expand the navy. Students think, wait

When students graduate four years later, the Ming Dynasty must have several 10,000-ton warships by then. Whether it is a counterattack or an expedition to the homeland of the Western pirates, this is the time for the navy to flex its muscles. As long as students can graduate from the Naval Academy, how can they

Why can’t he be promoted to lieutenant colonel at the age of forty-five? It’s impossible to say that at that time, all students were promoted to general officers and commanded a fleet.”

"Hmph~" Wen Tiren nodded with a slight smile: "But you might have died in a naval battle midway."

"It is indeed possible, but teacher, the students are the people of the Ming Dynasty, or the disciples of your former chief minister. At this time, the country is in difficulty, shouldn't the students take the initiative to stand up?"

"Tsk~ Former Chief Assistant, you are making fun of me again." Waving his hand, Wen Tiren didn't care about the student's words, but turned to the other two people and said: "What about you? You are too panicked to join the army.

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"Teacher." Feng Jingdi stepped forward: "The student is now working as a section chief in the Ningbo Industrial and Commercial Bureau. There are still many things to do. But the student is really impatient with dealing with various businessmen every day. In comparison, he is still like the navy.

It’s better to live a life of either bombarding others or being bombarded by others.”

"What? Are you still uncomfortable being flattered and flattered by those businessmen?"

"Hey, teacher, it's not like you don't know. When King Xin was the director of the Audit Office, officials from all over the country were frightened. Now that King Xin has become the censor of Zuodu, some daring people may dare to do corruption and bribery.

Anyway, students don’t dare to do it, and of course, they don’t bother to do it. What the students mean is that now that industry and commerce are booming, students see countless ordinary people in the bureau who are brave enough to start their own businesses, but students are clinging to this point day by day.

I feel really unwilling to accept the salary."

"You can also go into business on your own. After so many years of changes by the emperor, our Ming Dynasty no longer discriminates against businessmen."

"If students go into business, they should do well." Feng Jingdi smiled: "But now that the South China Sea is about to be invaded by Western thieves, business will definitely be difficult. Rather than going bankrupt then, it is better to join the navy and defeat the Western thieves.

Let’s do business after the fight is over.”

"Okay." Wen Tiren nodded: "What about you, the Education Bureau, you are such a noble yamen, why do you want to join the army with a fever in your head?"

"Teacher." Dong Zhining took a step forward: "As the director of the primary school department of the Ningbo Education Bureau, students go back and forth in various primary schools all day long to preach about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Such words as the rise and fall of the world are the responsibility of every man, and the students talk about it every day. This cannot be done normally.

You can talk loudly, but when the country is in trouble, you can't take action, right?" After saying this, Dong Zhining took another step forward: "Teacher, I am waiting for three people, and we have not been taught by the teacher for a long time.

However, the teacher taught us to do more practical things and talk less empty words, which the three of us have kept in mind. At this time, the country needs to expand the navy, and the navy is a technical branch, not just a farmer in the field for short-term training.

It can be used. At this time, shouldn’t all scholars who have this country in their hearts and are passionate about it stand up?”

"...I understand." Youyou let out a long sigh and Wen Tiren said: "I am lucky to have three of you as my students in my later years. I will write the letter of recommendation to you personally. Over there at the Military Academy

President Ma, I asked Wen Yan, who is currently in the Ministry of Education, to personally negotiate with him."
Chapter completed!