A good policy is like the human brain, and the bureaucracy is the hands and feet that coordinate with it.
Therefore, when he was in Huguang, Zhu Yixi kept his promise and relied on the army to complete the task of dividing the fields and reorganizing households.
But now, even if he has an army of millions, it will be difficult for him to control the world. Without the cooperation of bureaucrats, it will be impossible to achieve anything.
This is also the reason why he assigned all the Jinshi to local areas. Although there was an element of training, it also changed the local officialdom.
Likewise, the purpose of provincial examinations is also the same.
The first step is to refresh the official system. This is the key.
Thinking like this, the emperor suddenly became interested and went to inspect the Ming Dynasty Gazette.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty Gazette was already under the banner of the cabinet, under the dual leadership of the emperor and the cabinet, and represented every word and deed of the court.
The published content covers almost everything from the policies of the country and the dynasty to personnel appointments and local events, so that the original four pages have become eight thick pages.
The publication time has been extended from monthly to ten-day issue, and now it has been extended to three-day issue.
Close to the imperial city, Daming Gongbao occupies a three-entry courtyard, with hundreds of people coming and going.
They were responsible for sorting out the contents of the communiqué and then distributing it outside the city for large-scale publication and distribution throughout the country.
The most important task of cabinet ministers every day is to read the Ming Dynasty Gazette to see if the content in it is sensitive.
After all, the Di Bao is for officials to read, while the communiqué is for the common people. Some people say it, some can't say it, some things need to be beautified, and some need to be exaggerated.
"Your Majesty, the communiqué is now issued every three days and covers 24 locations across the country. There is no chance of any mistakes."
Since the communiqué is under the cabinet, and is highly literary and politically sensitive, the person in charge is the Hanlin Academy.
Therefore, during the two-year period of the Hanlin Academy's observation of the government, a large number of Hanlin officials also came to the Gazette to observe the government.
The news in the bulletin is mixed and extensive, which is very beneficial for the scholars to broaden their horizons.
At this time, the person introduced to Zhu Yixi was the general affairs envoy responsible for the communiqué and the imperial newspaper, a third-rank official.
The chief of the general affairs envoy, the Yamen, receives the internal and external chapters, submits reports and refutes the matter. Whenever the four parties express their opinions, complain about injustices, or complain about illegal matters, they write down the reasons for the complaint in the notebook and submit the complaint for hearing.
To put it bluntly, it is to send and receive all internal and external memorials, and then select them for the emperor's inspection. The person who was originally responsible for the imperial newspaper is now involved in the communiqué.
There is no other way. If we set up another yamen, it will become redundant and it is better to use waste!
The General Secretary bent over and said with a smile: "Now the communiqué is spread all over the country. One hundred thousand copies of each issue are printed, and then sent to branch libraries in various provinces, and then additional copies are issued."
"If we include them all, the number of copies of the bulletin in one issue can reach two to three million."
"Oh?" Zhu Yixi was stunned and said with great interest: "Branch?"
"Yes, they are branch libraries located in the capitals of various provinces. After all, the Ming Dynasty covers thousands of miles. If the communiqués are all shipped to Beijing, it will not be worth the gain."
"So we only print in Shuntian Prefecture, Tianjin Prefecture and other places. In other places, we send a copy of the pattern and then make copies..."
Seeing the emperor's interest in coming, the general envoy suppressed the joy in his heart and said more respectfully: "In addition, the branch library can also collect folk information from all over the country. If the memorial is omitted, it will be sent to the gazette for publication."
"The people are also happy to see interesting stories from other provinces."
"That's right. The communique is well done. For the cabinet and the court, if they know more about local affairs, they can avoid being blocked."
The emperor praised.
Although there are two channels, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, to learn about the place, the more information channels the better, so that we can corroborate each other and distinguish the true from the false.
Why were there so many rebels in ancient times?
On the one hand, corrupt officials took bribes and perverted the law; on the other hand, they deceived the superiors and concealed the truth from the inferiors, thus delaying the disaster.
As a result, small disasters turned into major disasters, and major disasters turned into disasters. The people had no choice but to rebel.
Moreover, from a factual point of view, there are only about 100,000 Jinyiwei in the country, and the strongest control is only in Beijing. The other provinces can only scratch the surface, even if Dongchang is included.
Multiple channels are always a good thing.
"What the Holy One said is absolutely true." The envoy gritted his teeth and suppressed the joy in his heart.
It seems that my future is promising.
There were more than a dozen rooms filled with scholars who were writing articles. When they saw the emperor, their faces turned red and they were very happy.
Copying an article from it at random, the above article talks about today's bank affairs.
Yo, keep up with current events.
A detailed look at it is full of criticism.
One is to engage in a lot of elegant scolding against the greed of merchants, which is extremely comfortable from the perspective of a scholar.
Finally, there is hatred towards officials.
The emperor is so kind to you. His salary has been increased several times. During the Chongzhen period, it would have been nice if you had not starved to death. But now that you are well-fed and well-clothed, you are even thinking of compromising with businessmen.
In this regard, it is much more euphemistic.
"Yes, what's your name?"
"Your Majesty, my name is Changsun Huan. He is from Tongcheng, Anqing Prefecture, Nanzhili. He is a Jinshi in the second place in the fourth year of Shaowu..."
The young Hanlin's face was flushed, and he bowed down in a restrained manner, telling his identity.
"Oh? The article is quite well written."
The emperor expressed his appreciation.
The surname Changsun is rare, but there seems to be a Tongcheng sect in Tongcheng, Anqing during the Qing Dynasty!
I sighed in my heart. Anhui and Jiangsu have been separated for several years. Unfortunately, people are still distracted, and they are still in southern Zhili.
But you are right, where in the province are there Zhili people with high status? If you go to other places, people only know about Southern Zhili and not many people in Anhui.
Thinking in his mind, he pressed down the article with his right hand, pointed to the back part and criticized the officials, and said: "Businessmen are certainly hateful, but those officials are not much better."
"I have to look forward to Shu, but my desires are hard to satisfy. Your attack is still not strong enough. You must intensify it to wake up all the civil and military officials in the world."
Zhu Yixi said a concise and concise sentence, then smiled, leaving Changsun Huan with a thoughtful face, and walked away slowly.
The general affairs envoy bid farewell to the emperor and hurriedly ran back. Seeing Changsun Huan still in a daze, he hurriedly slapped him to wake him up:
"Chang Sun Huan? You are very good."
"Ah? Yintai——" Changsun Huan woke up in a hurry and saluted hurriedly.
"This article is good."
The General Secretary carefully picked up the article, placed it safely on the table, and carefully smoothed out the wrinkles with his hands: "You have to write a new copy, just follow what His Majesty just said."
"This is your opportunity. Of course, the signature is still a pen name."
"As for this piece, after all, it was touched by His Holiness, so don't copy it and just make another one."
After saying that, just take the article away and be careful.
In an instant, his colleagues surrounded him like a tide, and congratulations could not be heard.