In the ninth year of the Qingli period, the Song Dynasty coordinated the entire state-owned shipbuilding industry in Quanzhou and established a second large-scale shipyard, which was directly operated by Fujian Road and formed a competitive relationship with the shipyards in Liangzhe Road, in order to increase technological upgrades and investment.
Two years ago, that is, the eleventh year of the Qingli period, the shipyard project in Weihai, Shandong was also launched. After two years of construction, a new shipyard larger than Zhejiang Shipyard and Quanzhou Shipyard was completed.
However, unlike the first two, Zhejiang Shipyard and Quanzhou Shipyard were state-owned in Song Dynasty, allowing them to mainly engage in private sea-going ships, including transport ships and passenger ships.
The Weihai Shipyard is directly under the Central Political System Council and is an affiliated shipyard of the Song Dynasty Navy, which was officially established this year. Its main purpose is to build warships.
The Song Dynasty now has only seven ironclad ships, one for each navy. Except for one ironclad ship, the rest of the ships are wooden warships. Although they are sufficient in Southeast Asia, they are still too weak.
If you want to travel to the open sea, you need a steam-powered ironclad ship.
Even though the Wuan Iron and Steel Plant has developed an engine, it is a trend that oil will replace steam engines as the main power source for ships in the future. Continuing to build steam-powered warships now would be backward.
However, Zhao Jun knew very well that Dongfang was a country that was very short of oil, and developing the engine so early might not be a good thing.
Therefore, he had to prepare for the future and produce steam-powered warships in large quantities first. Only then could he have a powerful navy to usher in the oil age and ensure that the Song Dynasty had enough military force to ensure the acquisition of oil.
Otherwise, having technology without resources is just castles in the air.
"Dean, we're here."
Inside the cabin, Li Xiaoji's words reached the room where Zhao Jun was resting.
He came back from Shandong by taking the Guangji River Canal.
This time, he was accompanied by Li Xiaoji, the director of the Military Equipment Bureau, and Wang Anshi, the director of the Court of Censors.
They were promoted after Zhao Jun returned from his second tour of the country in the ninth year of the Qingli period. They were first promoted from the fifth-rank prefect to the fifth-rank magistrate of Jingji Road.
He was then transferred to the position of Deputy Transport Commissioner of Gyeonggi Road, a fourth-rank official. Wang Anshi then went to the Court of Censors, while Li Xiaoji went to the Military Equipment Bureau.
He is currently promoted to the fourth rank.
But this is the limit they can achieve at present. It will take another five years to be promoted to the head of a department in a second-level institution, and another five years to be promoted to the head of a first-level institution.
On the contrary, Su Huan has been working in the Imperial Decree Bureau for four years since his last tour of the country. Chen Xiliang and Zhao Pin are also about to complete their five-year terms in the third-level institutions and are expected to continue to be promoted.
As for Yang Cha and Yang Gao, since they were previously first-level ministers, one was promoted to Counselor and the other was promoted to Minister of Police.
It's basically next year.
Therefore, it is foreseeable that by the 16th year of the Qingli period, that is, October 1056 AD, when the fourth Political System Council was established, Yang Cha and Yang Gao would come forward.
In the next term, that is, in 1061, Su Huan, Chen Xiliang and Zhao Pin were promoted to prime ministers.
It was not until 1066 that it was the turn of Wang Anshi and Li Xiaoji.
But that's normal.
After all, one of them is only 33 years old and the other is 35 years old, and they belong to the younger generation.
Yang Cha, Yang Gao and others have been in the officialdom for many years. They are not from the same era, so their situations are naturally different.
Thirteen years later, one of them was 46 and the other 48 years old, which was exactly the prime of life, the same age as Fu Bi and others are now.
Therefore, the current focus is still on cultivating gold plating.
Otherwise, without gilding, how could they be transferred directly from the head of a third-level agency to the head of a second-level agency?
For normal promotion, one needs to be promoted from the chief officer of a third-level institution to the deputy chief officer of a second-level institution of the third rank, with a term of five years. It would take them twenty years to be promoted to the minister of a first-level institution, which is a long time in sight.
Zhao Jun should take them with him on tours more often. With this qualification, he can help them skip this term and get promoted faster.
And the most important thing is that we can provide them with more guidance and train successors.
After hearing Li Xiaoji's words, Zhao Jun, who was resting in the cabin, slowly climbed up from the boat. He had a good sleep last night and arrived in Bianliang in the morning. The canal was still relatively unobstructed.
"Okay, got it."
Zhao Jun replied.
I looked out the window and saw that it was already bright outside.
Moreover, the ship was not sailing, but had been stopped for a long time, and might have already entered the dock.
I guess they had arrived a long time ago, but they were afraid of disturbing my rest, so I kept waiting. When there was no response, I asked tentatively.
In fact, Zhao Jun would usually have woken up by this time.
But recently, because he had been traveling for too long and had been on the boat all the time, even though he was from the south and did not get seasick and was good at swimming, he still felt uncomfortable.
I have been feeling dizzy these days and not in a very good mental state. I didn’t fall asleep until midnight last night, so I didn’t wake up yet today.
"I'm old now, I have no choice but to accept it."
Zhao Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head. It had been his seventeenth year in the Song Dynasty.
In a few months, it will be my eighteenth year. After the Chinese New Year, I will be 41 years old. I am still dealing with state affairs all day long. My energy is indeed not as good as that of a young and strong man.
When I got dressed and came out of the cabin, the guards were already waiting.
It wasn't just his Prime Minister's guards. A small space had been cleared on the dock outside, and the palace guards were there to greet him.
Zhao Jun got off the boat and Su Huan came to greet him. As the Imperial Edict-Drafting Office, his main job was actually to be Zhao Jun's secretary. However, this time when he was leaving the capital, he needed to stay in the Imperial Edict-Drafting Office, so two temporary secretaries were transferred over.
Now that Zhao Jun is back, of course he has to welcome him.
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