Liu Jin's hometown is at the pier on the seaside in Xiahetun, Changli County. Liu Jin has just returned from a boat trip and went fishing in the Bohai Sea to see seals.
The ecological environment of the Bohai Sea during this period was quite good. Despite years of marine fishing, it still had a very good ecological environment.
There are not only many types of fish resources in the ocean, but they are also of high quality and huge in quantity. Anyone who catches a net in the sea can return home with a full load, and there are still seals in the Bohai Sea.
The seals in the Bohai Sea are called spotted seals, which are extremely rare and rare grade 1 protected wild animals in later generations. They are also the only seals in our country in later generations.
However, in this era, there are quite a lot of posters here in the Bohai Bay, 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 large number of seals in the northern part of the North Golden Continent.
It's just that people in the Ming Dynasty have never had the habit of hunting seals, nor have they had the habit or tradition of eating seals. Therefore, seals are basically not caught by anyone. Unlike whales, it is already relatively difficult to find whales in the Bohai Bay.
There is no way, the whaling industry in the Ming Dynasty is now quite developed, there are many whaling ships, and there are huge profits from whaling, which stimulates people to hunt whales.
The whales in the Bohai Sea have suffered.
Liu Jin originally wanted to see whales this time, but he came back disappointed and did not see any 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 kill them all. Future generations will never see them again."
Liu Jin, who got off the boat, was also thinking in his mind that although whaling can bring a lot of benefits, the Ming Dynasty no longer lacks some 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 felt the biting cold wind slightly. It was almost spring, but the temperature was still very low. Based on historical events, Liu Jin estimated that the earth was heading towards the Little Ice Age.
The Little Ice Age had a great impact on agriculture. Historically, the demise of the Ming Dynasty was inextricably linked to this. Under the influence of the Little Ice Age, the northern region suffered from years of famines, which led to people’s poverty, wars, and peasant uprisings. Serious
It dragged down the Ming Dynasty, which was already in danger.
However, for the current Ming Dynasty, the impact of the Little Ice Age should not be too great. There are many grain producing areas. Even if the Ming Dynasty is not good here, there are still Nanyang, Golden Continent, and Tianzhu Continent. These places
They grow a lot of food, and they are not afraid of the impact of the Little Ice Age.
"My life is pretty good, reading books and fishing. It's simple and fulfilling."
Liu Jin looked through his harvest, and the golden yellow croaker was obviously the most attractive. In later generations, this food has become very expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford it.
But in this era, large yellow croaker is just an ordinary fish species, and the price is cheap. The key is that the large yellow croaker is very large and of high quality.
This is also a fish that Liu Jin's family often eats. It has high nutritional value and delicious taste. Liu Jin likes to eat it very much.
"Sir, a telegram has arrived from the capital. Prince Wang Shouren's father has passed away."
At this time, Liu Jin's housekeeper hurried to Liu Jin's side and told him the latest news from the court.
Although Ding You was said to be keeping his filial piety, Liu Jin also knew everything about the government and the public, and all kinds of things inside and outside the Ming Dynasty. He could know about any changes in the capital at the first time, and there were telegrams 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 intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others.
If there is any trouble and something bad happens to you, you will know it as soon as possible and you can take countermeasures quickly.
Being in the center of power, there are a lot of overt and covert struggles, and political struggles are always about swords and swords, killing people invisible, with extremely cruel endings.
The better thing is to retire from office and go home to live in retirement, but the saddest thing is to exterminate the clan and confiscate the property.
There have been too many such things in the past dynasties, and Liu Jin was always wary of these things in his heart. Otherwise, he would end up in a different place, and his whole family would suffer, which would really be worthless.
Therefore, information is very important. For this reason, Liu Jin also opened a special telegraph business to build an unlimited communication network around the world. It is also a huge information intelligence network. Whatever happens around the world, Liu Jin is also
You can know it as soon as possible.
At the same time, information also means money. To make money for the huge industry under his command, information is also a crucial thing. Sometimes a piece of intelligence information is enough to make a lot of money.
"Ah, Wang Hua is leaving at this time?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.
There was no good time for Wang Hua to leave, but he had to leave at this time. It was really the wrong time to leave.
Liu Jin originally thought that nothing would happen if he left the government and the opposition. With Wang Shouren supporting him, there was no doubt about Lao Wang's ability. With him around, the conservative officials would not be able to cause any trouble.
The New Deal can continue to be implemented. When the filial piety period expires and I come back, there will be nothing more to do. I will work for another ten years or so and retire when I am about fifty.
By then, the Ming Dynasty has completely consolidated the industrial revolution, the fruits of capitalism, and its status on the earth will be unshakable, and there will be no worries. No matter whether you are new or old, conservative or innovative, you will die when the time comes.
It doesn't matter if we go to fight.
But now, Lao Wang estimates that he will definitely return to his hometown to observe his filial piety. Once Lao Wang leaves, the conservative officials in the court will definitely stand up. Then there will be trouble, and we don’t know what trouble will happen.
Come out.
Liu Jin was also worried, and the joy of harvest suddenly disappeared.
On the other side, here in the capital.
Not surprisingly, Wang Shouren wrote a memorial to Emperor Hongzhi during the morning court the next day, begging him to return to his hometown to observe filial piety to his father, Ding You.
Emperor Hongzhi did not steal his love and agreed to Wang Shouren's request to return to his hometown Dingyou to observe filial piety.
Suddenly, the entire government and opposition parties were shaken.
All the officials of the practical group felt like they were mourning for their heirs. The two leaders, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren, went home to pay their respects to Ding You. If they were led by Han Wen and Zhong Fan, they really couldn't control the officials of the old school.
The conservative officials were so happy that they were running around, contacting each other, and preparing to nominate their own people into the cabinet and fill the vacant important positions.
After a fierce competition, the conservative official Yang Tinghe finally entered the cabinet, and the vacant position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry also fell to the conservative official Liang Chu.
Suddenly, the situation in the entire government and opposition parties changed dramatically.
The power of conservative officials has greatly increased, while the practicalists have suffered a major blow.
The cabinet ministers are Han Wen, Yang Yiqing, and Yang Tinghe. Han Wen is considered a hard worker, Yang Tinghe is a conservative, and although Yang Yiqing is a conservative official, he is capable and can be considered middle-of-the-road.
Among the six ministers, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji, Mao Cheng, and Liang Chu were all officials of the conservative school, while only Zhong Fan and Li Kun were officials of the practical school.
Zhong Fan and Li Kun were originally local officials. Because Liu Jin implemented administrative reforms, it was easy for local officials to be promoted as long as they did well.
Zhong Fan and Li Kun were promoted under this background. Historically, neither of them reached this level. But now with the reform of officialdom, they have done well and have been appreciated by Liu Jin, so they have achieved it.
This is the level of a minister.
There is a clear difference in the balance of power between the government and the opposition.
The reason why such a phenomenon occurs is actually related to the official selection and promotion system of the Ming Dynasty.
As the saying goes, non-Jinshi will not enter the Hanlin Academy, and non-Hanlin candidates will not join the cabinet. Under the rule, the talent pool for senior officials in the Ming Dynasty was in the Hanlin Academy.
The Hanlin Academy can be regarded as the stronghold of conservative officials, and the officials who come out can basically be said to be conservative officials.
Therefore, even though Liu Jin has been suppressing the old-school officials, as long as this does not change, the old-school officials can still come out in a steady stream, and they are often important officials with great power.
No way, this has always been the rule. Even Liu Jin and Wang Shouren had studied in the Hanlin Academy. Otherwise, they would not have been promoted so quickly and became ministers so early.
Most of the officials of the Practical School are officials from various provinces and ministries of the Ming Dynasty. They are directly related to the assessment system. Relatively speaking, their backgrounds are not as good as those of the Hanlin Academy.
The people in the Hanlin Academy were among the best when taking the imperial examinations and were high-level reserve talents. However, very few of the local officials, even the envoys, governors, and patrol officers, had ever spent time in the Hanlin Academy.
Reaching this level has already reached the ceiling level. If you want to improve further, you can only go to the Hanlin Academy and stay for a while. This has been the rule and standard used by the Ming Dynasty.
Although Liu Jin could carry out resignation reforms, he could not change this because this was an era based on imperial examinations.
If you rank well in the imperial examination and enter the Hanlin Academy, you will be promoted step by step. If you rank low in the imperial examination, you can only go to the local government and work in various ministries. Promotion will be slower in the future.
It is precisely because of this system that scholars are desperately trying to do better in the exam and have higher nouns, because this is directly related to their future career.
If you don't get Jinshi, you won't even be able to get into the Hanlin Academy. If you don't get into the Hanlin Academy, you can't even hope to reach the level of Minister of the Six Ministers, let alone become a cabinet minister.
On the other hand, if you are the top pick, second pick, third overall pick, etc., even if your promotion speed is very fast, everyone will be convinced. For example, Liu Jin is the top pick, Xie Qian is also the top pick, Li Dongyang is the fourth, Yang Tinghe is the second, and Hu
Guang was the number one scholar, Zhou Yanru was the number one scholar, and Shang Ren was also the number one scholar.
It can be seen that most of the famous ministers in the dynasty were born in the Jinshi Hanlin Academy. Without exception, those who achieved the rank of first-class Jinshi were promoted very quickly.
Scholars, everyone is taking the imperial examination. If you can get ahead in the examination, everyone will respect you.
PS: Do you think this is a good idea? It seems that people in Qingbei are getting promoted very quickly now.
