Chapter 164: Love in the Ancient Planes. 24

Yuan Qingci ranked 25th in the imperial examination, but before he had time to be proud, he learned the news that Jiang Lan was promoted to the Ministry of Works as an official.

He instantly felt that this imperial examination quota was not attractive at all.

The news that Jiang Lan was a woman serving as an official soon became the biggest news in Kyoto.

In the past, people only heard of wooden oxen and flowing horses, but never thought that these things were made by a woman.

What's more amazing is that she is just a common woman, but she caught the eye of His Majesty and became the first female official in this dynasty.

Facing the doubts of the crowd, Jiang Lan was very frank.

Emperor Xizheng arranged an official position for Jiang Lan as a fifth-rank official of the Ministry of Works, which was a very high treatment.

Under normal circumstances, the candidates who participated in the imperial examination and were admitted this time, without any special grace, could at most be a sixth-rank Hanlin Academy editor.

The top three were barely qualified to be the sixth-rank inner cabinet attendants.

This means that even if Yuan Qingci won the first place, his official position would still not be as high as Jiang Lan's.

Now that the money is not earned by himself, the official position is not as high as others.

Yuan Qingci was full of vigor and vitality outside, but began to doubt life at home, always feeling that something was wrong.

Jiang Lan did not have so much time to care about what Yuan Qingci thought, because she was now an official and had to go to the Ministry of Works to work every day.

She was the only female official in the entire Ministry of Works.

These big men seemed polite on the surface, but they were actually very stingy in their hearts and would give people the cold shoulder.

The big bosses in the Ministry of Industry thought they could give this new female official a warning, but she turned out to be so careless.

Every day at work, she only looked up information on her own, and then ran to the equipment room to fiddle with various things, and ignored others.

Who is isolating whom?

Is there still law?

The Minister of Industry also had a headache about this new female subordinate. It is easier to manage men than women.

If some rumors come out, will he still have the face to show?

He also turned a blind eye to other people's behavior of forming groups.

As long as it is not excessive, he will pretend not to know.

In the eyes of outsiders, Jiang Lan is now in the emperor's favor, but the old minister who has been an official all his life is skeptical about this. The emperor has

always been far-sighted. It is hard to tell whether he really values ​​Jiang Lan or just bought the horse bones for show.

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In mid-March, the border was in danger.

Xiguo and the neighboring Mengguo had long-standing grievances.

The Meng people make a living by grazing and lack resources. They often cross the border to harass the people of Xiguo. There have been many small-scale frictions between the two sides.

This time, Mengguo was also well prepared and directly assembled 100,000 troops with the intention of occupying the border of Xiguo.

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was furious. Emperor Xizheng waved his hand and ordered General Su Lie, who was in charge of the state, to lead 300,000 troops to encircle and suppress.

At this time, the wooden ox and flowing horse once again appeared in front of people in a high-profile manner.

It can travel 400 miles a day, can carry military supplies in its belly, and does not need to be fed with grass. Isn't it a magical weapon?

Seeing the rows of wooden oxen and flowing horses marching with the army, the noble families in Kyoto realized that Emperor Xizheng had been playing a big game.

They finally realized that Jiang Lan's invention was not a toy, but a real beast. No wonder it was controlled by the court.

In fact, Jiang Lan's invention is far more than that.

Although Jiang Lan's time in the Ministry of Works was short, her enthusiasm for invention did not diminish.

As the manager of the world's projects, the Ministry of Works collected a lot of unknown materials in the warehouse.

She took this opportunity to make reasonable use of these materials that were piled up in the corners.

Before the army set out, Jiang Lan found his immediate superior, met with Emperor Xizheng together, and presented his inventions.

High-powered telescopes, simple paragliders, and invisible ink are all artifacts for the battlefield of this era.

While Emperor Xizheng was marveling at these inventions, Jiang Lan pulled out a hairpin from her head, and then demonstrated skillfully how to use the hidden weapon, the Torrential Pear Blossom Needle. Emperor Xizheng

was skilled and courageous, so

he was not scared. Jiang Lan's immediate superior, the Minister of Works, was almost frightened to death on the spot.

Taking out a hidden weapon and firing it at the emperor in public would punish the entire clan.

Fortunately, the incident was safe, and Emperor Xizheng highly praised these inventions.

Jiang Lan was praised for her ingenuity and the things she made were very practical, and she was given a lot of rewards.

Since the army set out, there have been frequent reports of victory from the border.

Emperor Xizheng was in a very good mood, and the Minister of Works was also in a very good mood.

As the head of the six ministries, the Ministry of Personnel is also known as the "Heavenly Official", and is the department in charge of the future of officials. The Ministry

of Works is the "bottom door" at the end of the six ministries. It has a low status and is often looked down upon by the other five ministries, and is even privately ridiculed as a "cheap ministry."

Scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans, this is a very clear identity contempt chain.

The status of merchants and craftsmen in Xiguo is very low.

The lofty literati and officials think that the people in the Ministry of Works are just a group of boring "craftsmen", and naturally look down on them. So much

so that when officials from the Ministry of Works see Beijing officials from other departments, they automatically lower themselves by three levels.

What's the basis for this?

Has your Ministry of Personnel made a lot of contributions?

Has it been as much as my Ministry of Works?

When the Minister of Works attended the court meetings, he was more energetic than usual. When

Emperor Xizheng saw this, he couldn't help but tease him at the court meetings: "Duan Ze is in high spirits when he is happy, and his achievements are different."

When leaving the court, the Minister of Rites Wu Chengyu specially came to the side of Li Duan Ze and whispered to him.

"Is that person in your Ministry of Works...really talented?"

"Of course, could the emperor make a mistake?"

Wu Chengyu smiled teasingly, "You are quite protective of her. You were complaining before that women in office would disrupt the government, but you changed your mind in just a few days."

Li Duanze rolled his eyes at him, "There is no difference between talented people and men, why are you so pedantic?"

"I am pedantic?" Wu Chengyu was furious.

"Okay, you don't admit it now, but you didn't say that at the time."

Li Duanze refused to admit it, "Nonsense!"

After that, he swung his sleeves and strode away, leaving Wu Chengyu behind him.

Jiang Lan is a popular figure in the Ministry of Industry. Although she is a woman, she is knowledgeable and capable, and there is no problem she can't solve.

It has been less than two months since she came to the Ministry of Industry, and she has made a lot of inventions, big and small, and helped her colleagues solve many problems.

Now, all the guys in the Ministry of Industry are convinced by her.

Sometimes what Jiang Lan said was more useful than him, the Minister of Industry, which really made him laugh and cry.

Craftsmen are a group of very pure people, and they will obey whoever has the best skills.

The Minister of Industry is just a position, but technology is true love.

When Li Duanze walked into the Ministry of Industry, he found that Jiang Lan was standing next to a small blackboard and teaching everyone.

By the way, this small blackboard was also made by Jiang Lan, and it is really useful for teaching.

"For this dam, we need to calculate its force-bearing area. The specific calculation method is..."

Jiang Lan talked incessantly, and everyone listened carefully and took notes from time to time.

Li Duanze listened for a while before he realized, isn't this a water conservancy issue?

How did it get involved with Jiang Lan?