After discussing the pilot promotion of cotton planting in Lingnan, Hainan and other places, everyone continued to handle today's government affairs.
At present, the overall reform of the Song Dynasty has not been carried out, but since Zhao Jun plans to carry out a certain range of official system reform next year, there have been many changes in the officialdom at present.
First, there are some new departments. Second, there are rumors in the officialdom that some departments will be reorganized into groups next year.
In the new departments, several departments such as the Statistics Department, Firearms Department, Creation Bureau, Ministry of Communications, and Ministry of Geology have been almost established, especially the Statistics Department and Firearms Department, which have already started operation.
According to Zhao Jun's original intention, the Creation Bureau actually hoped to become a scientific research institute, gathering talents from all walks of life to carry out scientific research and development.
However, it is still quite difficult at present, and it is estimated that it will take hundreds of years to become an academy of sciences.
Now just treat it as the Intellectual Property Office.
Newspapers have published news encouraging invention and creation in various places in Bianliang. As long as the invention or creation is beneficial, it can be rewarded by the Creation Bureau.
All of a sudden, inventors in the Song Dynasty heard the news and began to invent and create.
After the emergence of high-purity gunpowder, the Firearms Bureau began to use the new gunpowder in the firearms that had been invented, increasing their power exponentially.
Prime Ministers such as Lu Yijian also inspected the Firearms Department and expressed great satisfaction with the tremendous power of gunpowder. Batches of grenades were being manufactured.
The Ministry of Geology has also been established, and hundreds of officials have been appointed to form the Left, Right, Two Caos and Six Cases.
The Left Division is primarily responsible for geological exploration, including data storage, mineral exploration, and ore research. The Right Division is responsible for environmental protection, primarily hydrogeology, engineering geology, and environmental geology surveys.
Although it seems foolish to talk about environmental protection in ancient times, in fact, during the reigns of Zhao Kuang and Zhao Guangyi, environmental protection was carried out in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and trees were planted to slow down the flooding of the Yellow River.
Therefore, whether in ancient times or modern times, environmental protection is very necessary.
Especially when he was about to return to the river for the third time.
The main task of the Ministry of Geology at present is to investigate the situation of the Yellow River along the river, while continuing the policy of the Zhao Kuang and Zhao Guangyi eras to plant trees in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and investigating the possibility of flooding in the lower reaches.
This is to prepare for governance to avoid the Yellow River changing its course twelve years later.
In addition, the Geological Bureau has begun organizing fleets and personnel, and the plan to go to sea to search for America has entered the preparation stage and is expected to set off in two to three years.
There is no need to say much about the Jiaozi Department. It will probably start promoting the Jiaozi business in major commercial cities across the country next year.
After all, with Jiaozi only being offered in Bianliang and Chengdu, the amount of money that can be leveraged is still too little.
If Jiaozi shops were opened in all commercial cities across the country, it would not take long before the deposits in the shops would exceed tens of millions of strings of cash.
As long as Japan's silver can flow into the country and use silver as an anchor, perhaps in the future Jiaozi shops will be fully opened to the people of the entire Song Dynasty, and the deposits may turn into hundreds of millions or even billions or tens of billions of strings of cash.
The establishment of the new department naturally attracted the attention of officials in the court, but rarely did anyone object.
Because it does not involve self-interest.
In fact, Zhao Jun has not yet caused a situation like Fan Zhongyan's New Policies of the Qingli Period, where more than 90% of the officials in the court opposed him.
The reason is that he did not touch upon the core interests of those officials, that is, there is a possibility that the officials will be eliminated or laid off.
The main focus of the New Policies of the Qingli Period was on the administration of civil servants. Those who entered the government through family connections would be subject to strict requirements, and would be eliminated if they did not perform well. This was naturally a disaster for the redundant officials of the Song Dynasty who were overstaffed and had entered the government through family connections.
That is why they tried every possible means to prevent the implementation of the Qingli New Deal.
What Zhao Jun did could only be considered to have affected the interests of some officials. For example, the establishment of the Imperial City Division affected the power of the Dali Temple, Kaifeng Prefecture, and the Ministry of Justice.
When he took office at the Constitutional Council, it can only be said that the procedures were not quite in compliance with regulations and he was impeached by the censors, but it did not make the officials feel threatened.
Not everyone is a corrupt official, and not everyone will blindly make enemies without feeling threatened. Including Liu Yuanyu's hostility towards Zhao Jun and Zhao Yunrang's attempt to test Zhao Jun, they all have their own reasons.
For example, Liu Yuanyu was afraid of being investigated by the Imperial City Office because he had done something illegal. Zhao Yunrang was worried that Zhao Jun's surname, Zhao, and his important position in the Constitutional Council would affect his son's status.
The rest of the people were not so stupid as to jump out and make things difficult for themselves when the emperor and the prime minister both supported the same person. That was really unnecessary.
However, the reform of the officialdom may have some impact on them, so there has been a lot of discussion within the court. However, at present, it is just a rumor and no actual reform has been carried out, so it has not caused much waves.
After having lunch delivered by the imperial kitchen in the afternoon at the Institute of Political System, Zhao Jun went to the back garden to teach the children as usual. In the afternoon, everyone gathered again in the Guanjia Hall to start today's class.
Since it is almost November, which is almost December according to the Gregorian calendar, the weather is getting colder, so everyone stays indoors instead of outdoors.
The charcoal in Guanjia Hall had already been lit, and it was as warm as spring.
Zhao Zhen sat on the chair with a slightly rosy face, and said with a bright smile: "Everyone, I have good news for you."
"oh?"
Seeing the joy on Zhao Zhen's face, Lu Yijian asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what's the good news?"
Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "The Queen and Concubine Zhang are pregnant."
The Concubine Zhang he mentioned was not the daughter of Zhang Shouying, the governor of Dengzhou. This Concubine Zhang died of illness in the sixth year of Tiansheng.
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