Although it has been a long time since he parted, Xiao Tianjian did not dare to indulge in the harem for too long, and after resting for one night, he opened his first morning after returning to Nanjing in the Fengtian Hall in front of him early the next morning.

Fu Deming, who was in charge of the household department, inevitably complained bitterly, saying that because of the Northern Expedition recently, the financial consumption was too great, but at the same time, he couldn't hide his excitement, and at the same time told Xiao Tianjian that after entering the autumn, the grain harvest in Henan and Huguang, which was first controlled by the Great Chinese Army, was far more than before, and the production in the Nanzhili area also recovered quickly, which made Fu Deming quite happy, not to mention that Xiao Tianjian came back this time. He also brought back a large amount of gold and silver to the household department, so that they could issue more dragon banknotes to alleviate financial needs, so Fu Deming's report, on the whole, was more happy than worried, which made Xiao Tianjian quite pleased.

At the same time, Fu Deming told Xiao Tianjian that at present, with the increasing size of the territory controlled by the Great Middle Korea, the dragon banknotes have begun to be fully promoted in the actual control areas of the Great Middle Korea, and are gradually replacing cash and becoming the main means of expenditure in the market.

Moreover, with the assistance of the Ministry of Households, the Great Chinese Dynasty also established a large-scale mint in Nanjing, responsible for printing and manufacturing large dragon coins, coupled with the continuous replenishment of gold and silver by the Great Chinese Army, all of which were deposited in the Bank of China as reserves, so that the Bank of China was able to issue more and more banknotes and dragon coins to meet the needs of the market, and to absorb deposits from the private sector, to carry out gold and silver exchange business, while ensuring the value of the currency, the gold and silver of the people began to be absorbed into the Bank of China to reserve. The gold and silver reserves of the Bank of China are getting bigger and bigger, and in this way, the value of the dragon currency and the dragon banknote is more stable, at least in Nanzhili, Huguang, Sichuan, Henan and other places, and now the dragon banknote has become an important means of payment for commercial transactions, laying a solid foundation for the establishment of a solid monetary system in the next step, and also facilitating the management of the household department.

In addition, Li Jinde, who was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, also reported on some work of the Ministry of Officials, with the beginning of the Northern Expedition, almost every day some places surrendered to the Dazhong Army and accepted the rule of the Dazhong Dynasty, so the Ministry of Officials has been very busy for most of the past six months, in addition to constantly changing the documents for some demoted officials, but also constantly replacing the original Ming Dynasty's seals, and at the same time sending officials from the Dazhong Dynasty to the newly occupied land to take over, so the Ministry of Officials needs quite a lot of officials.

So in June, the Ministry of Officials began to hold the second large-scale opening of the Department of Scholars in various places, the test questions followed the test paper method used for the first time in Wuchang Mansion, in the opening of the Department of Scholars, more emphasis on the selection of practical ability, and after June, in various places selected thousands of scholars, and these scholars were concentrated, and sent personnel to carry out the system of the Great Middle Dynasty and admonishment, in addition to familiarizing them with the requirements of the Great Middle and Korean employment, but also warned them, informed them, If anyone dares to take advantage of the opportunity to use power for personal gain, then what awaits them will be extremely harsh punishment.

Under the auspices of Gao Doushu, who has now been elected to the Supervision Yuan as the deputy envoy of supervision, Gao Doushu also conducted a special interview among these newly selected officials, and after a secret investigation, dozens of young people with upright temperament and jealousy were selected from among them, and they were enriched into the Supervision Yuan, acting as a hundred officials of supervision. These supervision officials were also sent to various places in the form of casual clothes to patrol and supervise the implementation of government affairs in various places, so as to strengthen the administrative control over the officials in various places, and these local officials in the province, in the midst of chaos, took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters to fish for ill-gotten gains and harm the people, so as to ensure the integrity of officials.

As for the Ministry of Industry, this period is also very busy, with the beginning of the Northern Expedition of the Great Chinese Army, Niu Jinxing is responsible for the Ministry of Industry, the most important work is to first ensure the supply of weapons and ammunition for the Northern Expedition, in addition to the supply of arms to the armies in various places, in addition, the Ministry of Industry is also responsible for the construction of water conservancy and roads in various places, especially for the flood control preparations in the Yellow River area, it has invested huge strength.

After Xiao Tianjian laid down Kaifeng City, he explained to Niu Jinxing, who was still in charge of civil affairs in Luoyang at that time, that he should pay special attention to the flooding problem of the Yellow River, especially the Yellow River embankment in the Kaifeng section, because he knew that in history, when Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng, he dug the Yellow River embankment and flooded Kaifeng City, which not only caused the Kaifeng area to be flooded by the Yellow River, but also caused huge floods to the Huanghuai area, so after the establishment of the Ministry of Industry, Xiao Tianjian ordered Niu Jinxing to send capable personnel to be responsible for the water affairs of the Yellow River. and water conservancy construction in various parts of Henan, in order to ensure that the Yellow River cannot be breached, and to protect the achievements of the Dazhong Army that has been built up for so many years.

Therefore, Niu Jinxing did not dare to slack off in this matter, mobilized more than a dozen capable people, and sent them to be responsible for flood control in the Huanghuai area, especially along the Yellow River, and invested a lot of manpower and material resources to strengthen the embankment that had been in disrepair for a long time, so that the Yellow River would not have the problem of breaking in a short period of time.

Niu Jinxing made Xiao Tianjian very satisfied with this, and specially praised the work of the Ministry of Industry by name, which made Niu Jinxing feel quite face-saving and really happy.

In short, with the establishment of the Great Middle Kingdom, all kinds of government affairs have begun to be included in the right track, under the efforts of these ministers, the civil affairs of various places are entering the recovery period, although there are still many unsatisfactory points, but as long as there is a good start, the future will rely on the water mill work slowly.

After listening to the reports of the ministers, Xiao Tianjian specially asked about the restoration of the newly established Nanjing Zhonghua Shipyard, which is now temporarily under the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry, and the assistance of the naval army is something arranged by Xiao Tianjian before the Northern Expedition.

After Niu Jinxing listened to Xiao Tianjian's question, he hurriedly replied: "Qi Qi Shengshang, Weichen does not dare to slack off in this matter, since the Shengshang's personal conquest, Weichen has vigorously investigated and recruited shipbuilding craftsmen in Nanzhili and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and has now recruited hundreds of skilled craftsmen, and recruited more than 1,000 ordinary shipbuilding craftsmen, and has concentrated them in Nanjing Zhonghua Shipyard!"

As for the shipbuilding, Weichen did not dare to delay, since May the shipyard has begun to restore and rebuild, with the silver taels specially allocated by the saint in the early stage, now the Nanjing shipyard has resumed shipbuilding, to this month the shipyard has built more than 200 boats, more than 40 boats, and more than 10 inland warships required by the sailors, which have been delivered to the sailors!

In addition, regarding the construction of sea ships, the shipyard has now begun to build a 150 material Haicang ship, which will be launched in a few days and handed over to the sailor for use, as for the larger 200 material Fu ship and 400 material Dafu ship, according to the shipyard's master craftsman, they can also build, but at the moment the wood is insufficient, and the required Nanmu and teak need to be transported from the Nanyang area, and the current shipyard has insufficient timber, so it cannot be built for the time being! However, Weichen is trying to find a way to solve the matter of wood, and has asked Li Dutong to send people to cut wood in Sichuan as a substitute, and transport it down along the Yangtze River side by side. ”

Xiao Tianjian is a little dissatisfied with this, although the manpower and material resources of the Great China and North Korea are not very sufficient, but with their current strength, Xiao Tianjian originally thought that even if he couldn't build Zheng He's treasure ship back then, at least there should be no problem in building a few hundred tons of lucky ships, but up to now, what the shipyard has built is only some boats used in inland rivers, at most it is to build a few centipede ships for use at sea, and even the small sea cangship has just begun to be built, and one has not yet been delivered, which is far from him establishing a usable navy. It's still too far off.

So he nodded and said: "At present, in terms of transportation, use existing ships as much as possible, if necessary, you can let go of the delivery to the private construction, try not to occupy the manpower and material resources of the shipyard, and now all the energy of the shipyard is focused on building sea ships, and more than 20 sea ships must be built within the year, and we must find a way to build larger ships!"

Recently, I heard that the warships of the Zheng family in Fujian often haunt the mouth of the Yangtze River and Hangzhou Bay, attacking our territory, if in a short period of time, if our sailors can't even protect this area, then how can we go south to recover Fujian and Guangzhou? You must know that not counting the others, there are no less than a thousand of all kinds of sea ships and warships under the jurisdiction of the Zheng family alone! And what do we use against it? Isn't it possible to watch them crisscross the seas but have nothing to do with them?

You must know that the Zheng family is now making it clear that they want to be the enemy of our dynasty, and a decisive battle on land alone is not enough to clean them up! Even if we want to make a forced landing on them, at least we need a navy that can fight them! Otherwise, they are not our opponents on land, and they can easily control Penghu and Ryukyu and continue to be our enemies! Therefore, the matter of supervising the construction of warships at sea is by no means a trivial matter, and the Ministry of Industry must step up its handling!

In addition, the household department and the military department must not ignore this matter, as long as it is the sailor's want, we must find a way to meet them, in short, my request is to give money, ask people to give people, and do not delay and slack! ”

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, Niu Jinxing immediately heard Xiao Tianjian's dissatisfaction, and hurriedly bowed down and said yes, but Fu Deming stood up and said: "Qi Shengshang, the current household expenditure is very large, and now the Shengshang has to use troops against Li Zicheng in the northwest, and he will definitely use troops in the southeast and southwest directions in the near future.

Moreover, all over the waste to be rebuilt, whether it is farmland water conservancy or the repair of the city wall in various places, it takes money, the shipbuilding of the matter of Weichen thinks, but may as well postpone some, now although I can not compare with the Zheng family sailors, but now there are a lot of warships, at least to ensure the safety of the Yangtze River estuary and Hangzhou Bay, if we vigorously build the warships used at sea now, Weichen thinks that this year's income of my dynasty may not be able to make ends meet! I hope the saint thinks twice! ”

(I feel much better today, the inflammation has gone away a lot, and I don't have a fever anymore!) Thank you General Mao Mao and the unhappy coward for the tips! Thank you very much! Hehe! ）