Wanli Youming

Chapter 347

Chapter 347

Fang Fengshi got up and held the elephant wat, and was silent for a while, only the black wings on both sides of the Fu's head swayed slightly.

Later, Fang Fengshi bowed his hands to Zhu Yijun and said: "Your Majesty is a king who loves the people, and Yuan Fu is a minister who seeks the country. Therefore, your Majesty is worried about the people getting rich because of the failure of practical affairs, and Yuan Fu is worried about the decline of the Congress because of the failure of practical affairs. The people belong to the country, and at this point, it seems that local governors must be allowed to set up practical affairs! Just because this dynasty is a unified country, the strong belong to the officials, and the weak belong to the people. If you want to benefit the people and strengthen the country, you still have the officials to play the leading role."

"Even if I don't want to accept this fact, I have to accept it! But I still want to ask, if the local governor gradually spends a lot of money because of this, he can gather large soldiers and win over all forces, so how should the court use his fingers?"

"The local government sets up practical affairs, why can't the central court set up practical affairs?"

At this time, Zhu Yijun asked Fang Fengshi directly.

Fang Fengshi looked up at Zhu Yijun for a moment: "This..."

"In terms of financial resources, advanced technologies, and talents, is the central court weaker than the local chief secretary?"

Zhu Yijun continued to ask.

Zhu Yijun went on to say: "The imperial store opened in the past is no different from a dental store. It can only be convenient for the people, and even equivalent to taxation, so the eunuchs of the inner court can manage it; it has not produced much benefit for the people and rejuvenation of the country; Doing practical affairs in the name of the state, can’t it benefit the people and the country?”

"From my point of view, some practical matters really need to be handled by the state!"

The origin of the imperial store in the Ming Dynasty was that the merchants who came to Beijing had no place to store them, so they were often stolen. Therefore, Zhu Di ordered to build some houses to provide warehouse storage for merchants who transported goods to the north. Cheng Dai sells, and merchants need to pay the storage service fee and pay dividends after selling on behalf of them.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun said here that there is no difference between Huangdian and Yaxing, and it is not considered an industry. He hopes that the central court can also take the initiative to set up practical business, especially in the fields of military industry, shipbuilding, vehicle manufacturing, and mining. Appropriate and most powerful.

Because the skills of making these are basically monopolized by the imperial court.

In Daming, where the finances had not yet collapsed, craftsmen with advanced skills were basically official craftsmen, even palace craftsmen.

For example, Zhao Shizhen was awarded an official position because of his good firearms development in the Wanli Dynasty in history.

However, for the bureaucratic and scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty who had always advocated ruling the country with propriety, the court suddenly wanted to rule the country with profit, emphasizing practicality and economic benefits, which still made it difficult for many of them to change quickly.

However, few of the ministers who were able to go to the imperial court were really pedantic and stupid, and some of them could see the future better than Zhu Yijun.

Therefore, Fang Fengshi's expression relaxed at this moment, and he said, "What your Majesty said makes me open my mouth!"

Then, he said: "Since the local government handles practical affairs, the imperial court also handles practical affairs, and some important industries, I think, can only be handled by the imperial court! Just like the salt industry; however, if the imperial court wants to do practical affairs, the main purpose should be to To benefit the people is to seek the country, not to be greedy for short-term profits, it has to be different from doing business with ordinary people."

"Your Majesty, the minister echoed what the prime minister said!"

"At the same time, the minister believes that there is another way to prevent the local governor from setting up practical affairs, and the wealth in his hands is enough for the enemy's country to disobey the court. That is to give officials to the businessmen who set up practical affairs for the local government! The businessmen who set up practical affairs in the central court are all appointed officials, and the promotion and dismissal of officials are all in the hands of His Majesty, so that you can control all industries."

"In addition, the governor should be changed frequently, and the time limit should be set, and he must be transferred if he fails to pass the exam! Also, the governor should be permanent, otherwise, a governor will be in charge of military affairs, civil affairs, and business. It is also not conducive to the system of relatives. If there is a governor to coordinate, and then there are governors and inspectors who are in charge, compared to the governor's overall planning, the inspector will be based on the official relationship system. After all, although the inspectors are powerful, they have a small rank."

At this moment, Shen Shixing clasped his hands and started talking.

"It is!"

"Then set up the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Commerce will take charge of the practical affairs of the imperial court."

"The governor-general has been changed to a permanent one. Let the court discuss which permanent governors will be established, the division of powers and responsibilities, the number of years for examination, and the deadline for promotion."

Zhu Yijun said.

Shen Shihang said yes.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile at this time: "If you are good at learning, you will be an official, and if you are good at business, you will also be an official, and the skills are the same; in all industries in the world, as long as there are elders, they will all be regarded as bureaucrats!"

"Your Majesty is worried that in the future everyone will only be an official or a courtier!"

"However, the biggest problem now is that once the imperial court handles practical affairs and establishes the Ministry of Commerce, if the officials are only selected from the scholars, it may cause major problems. It is like ordering civilian officials to lead the army. Let them do practical affairs, except for a few Outstanding performance, most of them may still just sit back and talk to their staff and servants, and these people will only make money, and will not do practical things for the country and the people!"

Zhang Xueyan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, pointedly pointed out possible problems.

"Even if all industries have to be managed by officials, the bureaucrats must be professionalized and technicalized, and they must understand some practical knowledge. Therefore, in the future, officials will be more selected for their practical talents, and more schools will be set up to train them."

After Zhu Yijun nodded and said a few words, he said with a smile: "Sure enough, if you want to benefit the people and strengthen the country, you have to do a lot of things, and it's also very tiring. No wonder most people in the world who honor the rich and the rich are willing to follow the old ways, even if the old rites It is so corrupt that not many people follow it, and not many people propose to establish a new ceremony, and only a few Qing families such as Yu Aiqing proposed to establish a new ceremony."

"The most difficult thing is Your Majesty!"

"As the saying goes, governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. You have to turn over it, and you can't turn it over at will. The emperor is the one who is in charge of the spoon. Naturally, he needs to grasp the measure. Of course, the cheapest thing is not to turn over the country. , and can still rely on frugality to continue the short-term national fortune and gain the reputation of being successful; but if you really want to benefit the people and strengthen the country, it can be said to be difficult!"

Shen Shixing said a few words with emotion at this moment.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun raised his eyes to look at Shen Shixing, and heaved a sigh of relief: "So Yuanfu and Qing are still needed to control the heat for me."

"I dare not live up to His Majesty's expectations!"

Shen Shixing clapped his hands and replied.

The other ministers all bowed their hands.

Then, Zhu Yijun said again: "Let's do this, the cabinet will add a policy department, which will be directly controlled by the chief assistant! In the future, after the officials' words are discussed by the Ministry, if the ministry thinks it is feasible, they will be transferred to the policy department for review. Please discuss the implementation of the New Deal in the Political Affairs Hall."

"According to the order!"

Zhu Yijun wanted the chief assistant to be able to really assist the emperor in governing the country, and he had the reality of being a prime minister.

After all, the defect of the Ming Dynasty political system is that the power of the prime minister has not been clarified, so that the chief assistant sometimes has the right to be worse than the emperor, and it can be called a good name, not good at ministerial power, so only the word "lower department discussion" is drafted. Then it will be handed over to the Supervisor of Rites for approval.

Now that Zhu Yijun has set up a policy department, it is to let the first assistant start to have the responsibility to smooth the government and assist the emperor, and don't try to make it bad. Of course, if the policy is not implemented properly, he has to share the responsibility. It can't just be the emperor and the ministers who are scolded. .

This is a good thing for the chief assistant who is willing to do things.

For those who just want to be the chief assistant, it is naturally a bad thing.

"Is there anything else you want to say about setting up practice?"

Zhu Yijun asked again at this time.

All the ministers in power looked at each other at this time, and finally they all answered no.

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said: "In this case, the local governors are allowed to set up practical affairs. In addition, the imperial court also has a business department, and organizes national-level practical affairs. Governor Shen Li of Yingtian, Governor Lu Kun of Fengyang, and Governor Jin Xuezeng of Fujian are political leaders. Developing talents and following good moral government can be regarded as an example for governors, and should be commended, and all of them will be added as deputy capital censors."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)