But now the Emperor of the Ancestral Qi and the Chief Secretary Fang Congzhe agreed, and they were not good at opposing it anymore. After all, Guo Zhiyuan made great contributions in the "Palace Movement Case". It was not outrageous to be rewarded in terms of merit and to be promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank. Moreover, the Ministry of Works is mainly responsible for managing miscellaneous tasks such as construction, later stages, water conservancy, and manufacturing. Among the six ministries, he has the weakest presence and the least voice in major national affairs. He ranks at the end of the six ministries and belongs to the cold yamen. Therefore, this result is barely acceptable to the Donglin Party members, and it does not exceed their psychological bottom line. In the end, he can only accept it with his nose!

In fact, Guo Zhiyuan proposed to be the Minister of Works after careful consideration. Now that his layout on the southern coast has been completed, a new order of maritime trade has been established, he can let go. If he is only living in a corner, how can he save the Ming Dynasty, which is already declining? Only by entering the national center and winning the right to make decisions on major issues in the country can he gain greater room for development and have the ability to turn the tide at critical moments, so he resolutely left Fujian and came to the capital!

However, entering the national center is equivalent to entering the vortex center of the party struggle. Guo Zhiyuan in Dongba can avoid orders from outside the kingdom and establish an independent kingdom. However, if he enters the national center, he is seeking death. Whether in terms of qualifications or connections, he is equivalent to starting from scratch. At this time, he can only act in a low-key manner. He takes the initiative to ask to go to the Ministry of Works, which means he avoids the vortex center of the party struggles and will not become a target for the attacks of the Donglin Party members, but at the same time he will retain his voice in key national affairs, because the Minister of Works, as the deputy chief of one of the six ministries, can also express opinions on major national affairs.

At the same time, Guo Zhiyuan also had a deeper consideration. Why did the Ming Dynasty obviously have the advantage of firearms but could not beat the Later Jin? There are many factors, but the poor quality of weapons and equipment is also a very important reason. The military-assembled muskets and cannons are not of high quality and are prone to explosions, so the soldiers are unwilling to use them. The armor used to protect the body is even more terrible. It is just like paper, and it cannot stop the sharp arrows of the Later Jin, which makes the death rate of the Ming army and the Later Jin army outrageously high, which seriously affects the morale of the soldiers. Therefore, when the number of people is several times that of the Later Jin army, it is often defeated by the Later Jin army with one blow, and it is so beaten that it is thrown away and the armor is abandoned and flees!

The ordnance manufacturing is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works. Guo Zhiyuan cannot go directly to the front line to fight the Later Jin Dynasty. At least in the rear, the quality of the ordnance provided to the soldiers in the front can also enhance the combat effectiveness of the Ming army and reduce unnecessary casualties. This can be considered a contribution to the country.

Another important reason for the defeat of the Ming Dynasty was the food problem. People had no food to eat, so the peasant uprising army of Li Zicheng and others would suppress more and more people, and eventually became gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, the food problem was caused by the influence of the small glacier climate, which Guo Zhiyuan could not change. But on the other hand, it was also because of water conservancy disrepair and crops could not be irrigated, so it was naturally impossible to have a good harvest. Water conservancy was also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry!

Therefore, when Guo Zhiyuan first entered Beijing, he had already made up his mind to join the Ministry of Works. He made great efforts in the "Palace Movement Case" and used a Trojan horse toy to please Emperor Tianqi. This is also the purpose, and now he has got what he wants!

The Donglin Party members were eager to control the government, so they were very concerned about the adjustment of the officials of the six ministries and were surprisingly fast. The official appointment documents were released three days later. Guo Zhiyuan could naturally take office after receiving the appointment documents. Now that he is an official in Beijing, he naturally cannot take a large group of personal guards wherever he goes, as in Dongfan in the past, so he only brought Fa Zheng and two personal guards as entourages. However, he really couldn't get used to the sedan chair, so he got a four-wheeled carriage and took office.

The office of the six ministries is located in the Meridian Gate of the Imperial City. For the convenience of office, the six ministries are all adjacent to each other, but each has its own courtyard. Because Guo Zhiyuan had just taken office, he did not attend the morning court and went directly to the Ministry of Works. Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Works is the most biased, and this can also show his status in the Ministry of Works.

When he arrived at the door of the Ministry of Works, Guo Zhiyuan got off the carriage and looked up at the door with the plaque "Ministry of Works". He felt quite moved. Before he traveled through time, he followed the mayor to Beijing to "run the department" and went to Beijing to "run the department". The most popular ones were the Ministry of Construction. The Ministry of Construction was in charge of construction, so he didn't have to run more. Only those who have experienced this "run the department" tasted like "run the department" and was not a big deal when he came to Beijing. Besides, before traveling through time, Guo Zhiyuan was just a small mayor's secretary. How could he not look at the face of the central ministries and commissions?

Unexpectedly, after traveling through time, I became the Minister of Works, which is equivalent to the deputy minister of the Ministry of Construction. This time, I should not have to ask others for help but beg me, right? Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan smiled with some bad taste!

However, it is obvious that the Ministry of Works in the Ming Dynasty was not a popular department like the Ministry of Construction in the modern period. This can also be seen from the red paint that was almost falling off from the door posts. The government office in charge of construction was so shabby, and no wonder the Ministry of Works was so unattracted.

Guo Zhiyuan shook his head and walked towards the gate of the Ministry of Works. As soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by the guards at the door. The officer sat on the chair of the doorman, glanced at Guo Zhiyuan and shouted: "Hey, hey, what about you? Think this is your own home? Just break in? Do you understand the rules?..."

Guo Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that because the appointment documents had just come out, the new official uniform had not had time to do it, and he was wearing the past official uniform. In addition, he came in a carriage, so the gatekeeper obviously regarded himself as a local official who went to Beijing to do business!

But even if he treats himself as a local official who goes to Beijing to do business, he is wearing fourth-rank official uniforms. How could a gatekeeper dare to shout at him? It turns out that the Ming Dynasty was the same as before he traveled through time. A central ministries and commission guard dared not take the mayor who comes to do business seriously? This problem can be cured!

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan became interested and did not reveal his identity. Instead, he smiled at the officer and said, "I am a new official and I really don't understand the rules. I'm telling me what are the rules?"
Chapter completed!