() "Your Majesty, the one-stop plan only considers the supervision and punishment of executive officials, but does not consider the interests of these people." Zhong Jinwei expressed his thoughts.
Emperor Chongzhen also thought a little when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, the ancients paid attention to the combination of kindness and power. The backlash against the troops in the capital was so strong that it made the Marquis of Baoding want to kill his ministers. The lesson I have learned this time is profound."
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei and saw no fear on his face. He knew that he was not afraid of trouble, but was learning from it and telling what he had gained.
"Your Majesty, if we want to reform various systems and revive the Ming Dynasty, it will inevitably damage the existing interest groups. Those salt merchants are just businessmen after all. If they want to resist, the best way is to use
We need to bribe officials to implement it. The most important thing we have to consider is officials, whether they are in the court or local officials. As long as these people can stand with us, we can carry out the reform strategy."
When Zhong Jinwei said this, he paused for a moment to let Emperor Chongzhen digest what he just said.
Emperor Chongzhen was listening and thinking. Now when Zhong Jinwei stopped here and looked at himself, he signaled Zhong Jinwei to continue: "Master Zhong's words are reasonable. I am listening."
"Your Majesty, as an old saying goes, if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. When the imperial court reorganizes its structure and does anything, it cannot be done without officials. It is not enough to just show justice. You can only give them benefits and tie them up.
Only when they are committed to the reform chariot will they work hard. Otherwise, just arguing with these officials will cost us countless energy. This kind of thing is not what we expect."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded, but said unwillingly: "The imperial court gave them official positions, gave them salaries, and asked them to work for the imperial court and the people. But they are seeking personal gain for themselves. Now, not only are they not punished, but they are also given free benefits.
I feel aggrieved."
Zhong Jinwei smiled and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that there will be no reward, it's just that the time has not come. When we slowly get the Ming Dynasty out of the current predicament, we will start to fight one by one
If we deal with those corrupt officials, we will not ruin our great mission of reviving the Ming Dynasty."
Emperor Chongzhen thought about the same truth. The most important thing now is the implementation of the one-stop plan. All other things must make way for this plan to rescue Ming Dynasty from its current predicament.
"Master Zhong, what are your countermeasures against these corrupt officials?" Emperor Chongzhen was still a little unwilling and wanted to know early what Zhong Jinwei thought of these people.
"Your Majesty, the one-stop plan is only a temporary solution to the current predicament of the Ming Dynasty. If there are no other measures, these officials will still be tossed back to the current situation sooner or later. Therefore, your Majesty's energy may be used more in this area in the future.
.Only when everyone in the court supports His Majesty’s reforms can good medicine be poured into the mouth of Ming Dynasty, a patient.”
Emperor Chongzhen nodded. Zhong Jinwei repeatedly emphasized that the first thing to do is to sharpen your weapons. No matter how insensitive people are, they will attract attention. What's more, Emperor Chongzhen was a smart man.
"I think the best way to deal with officials is to enlighten the people." Zhong Jinwei expressed his long-considered idea.
"Open the people's wisdom?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little confused after hearing this. How can he say that the best way to deal with officials is to open up the people's wisdom? Isn't it strict criminal law, or as mentioned just now, giving them benefits and tying them to chariots?
"Your Majesty, this is it. I will explain it to you in detail." Zhong Jinwei knew that Emperor Chongzhen would ask, and the following content may not be fully understood by people of this era.
"Since ancient times, including the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, it has always been good for one official to let other officials supervise. What if this supervising official also has problems? Should another official be sent to supervise the first two officials?"
Emperor Chongzhen shook his head. If the third official also had problems, wouldn't it be equally ineffective?
"So, this method of using officials to control officials is not particularly good. Your Majesty, do you still remember that I divided the world into three types of people?"
"Master Zhong refers to the common people, the scholar-bureaucrats and me?"
"Yes, Your Majesty remembers it correctly. There are three kinds of people, three kinds of interests. The scholar-bureaucrats are right in the middle. Among these people with good moral character, they are responsible for the emperor and work for the people. But there are still some who deceive the inferiors and conceal the superiors.
He only seeks personal gain. The reason for this is that the people are ignorant and do not know how to deal with the oppression of local officials, and because the emperor cannot do everything personally, he will be deceived by them. I wonder if your majesty thinks so?"
"Aren't there squires in the local area? Isn't it so easy for ordinary officials to bully them?" Emperor Chongzhen asked Zhong Jinwei.
"Your Majesty, local squires are better than ordinary people. When officials oppress them, they will also consider their backlash. But local squires often collude with officials to exploit the grassroots people. The grassroots group is the largest group in the Ming Dynasty. If they are exploited, they will be killed.
If they cannot survive, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos. Therefore, Your Majesty must give them a way to survive, and for this way of survival, it is not enough to rely on officials to control officials."
"That's Kaiminzhi?"
"Yes, your majesty, only the ordinary people's wisdom is enlightened, and they understand that when officials oppress them, they have a way out and a law to follow. When they are no longer preyed upon by officials at will, that is when the rule of officials turns to Qingming." Zhong Jinwei said.
Explained in a firm tone.
Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and tried to ask Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, are all of your descendants enlightened by people's wisdom?"
Zhong Jinwei nodded and said: "At that time, many countries implemented free education, that is, citizens could study for free. Some were free for nine years, and some were free for 12 years."
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't imagine how much financial resources this would require! Not to mention that the current Ming Dynasty did not have such financial resources, even within the time frame that Emperor Chongzhen imagined, there was not enough money to allow all people to study for free.
Emperor Chongzhen said helplessly to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, your proposal is very good, but I don't have that much money to educate all my subjects!"
When Zhong Jinwei heard that Emperor Chongzhen was very open-minded, he agreed with his suggestion. So he quickly caught up with the rhythm and explained to Emperor Chongzhen to prevent Emperor Chongzhen from retreating: "Your Majesty, enlightening the people can be done step by step. Moreover, it is not necessary for all people to be able to chant
The poem is correct and can be exported. As long as the people of the Ming Dynasty can read, read and understand the truth, it will be much less expensive. If the people want to learn more knowledge, let them choose to pay for the study.
Already."
Emperor Chongzhen still had a sad face, spread his hands and said: "Even so, I don't have the money. Master Zhong should know how empty the treasury is."
"Your Majesty, I didn't say that we have to do this right now. We can do it step by step. For example, we first stipulate that children of a certain age must go to school to study for free, and they can study half a day and go home to work half a day. In this way, the country and the
The burden on ordinary people’s families will not be too big. Moreover, to promote blackboards and chalk, the state only needs to provide a place and the treatment of a teacher.”
Zhong Jinwei tried his best to keep the cost as low as possible and encouraged Emperor Chongzhen to take the first step before talking.
Emperor Chongzhen imagined it according to Zhong Jinwei's words, and it seemed that it really didn't cost much, and he was a little excited. National education, in the future, everyone in the Ming Dynasty will be scholars, which is something that has never happened in ancient times.
"Your Majesty, there are many benefits to allowing all the people to study. In addition to what I just said, it prevents local officials from bullying at will and reduces the burden on the people, there are many benefits. I will tell your Majesty, and your Majesty listened.
I will definitely feel that enlightening people’s wisdom is a very worthwhile thing.”
"Oh, Master Zhong, there are many benefits to letting people study. Tell me quickly." Emperor Chongzhen heard that the rewards would be very generous, so he hurriedly urged Zhong Jinwei.