"Your Majesty Xu Huizu/Chang Sheng..., I have met your Majesty. Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
"Dear ladies, please rise." Yunxi stood up and said with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu and others bowed again and stood up. Yunxi gave them a seat again, and they thanked him again before sitting down.
"I called you all here today because I have three things to tell you." Yunxi didn't waste any time and said directly: "First, I have appointed Chen Ji as the Secretary-General of Wucheng School to take charge of the general affairs of the school.
.This school is similar to a private school, it is a private school, but the students are all from noble families like you."
"So this school implements a joint-stock system like a general business. I hold 20% of the shares, each of you holds half of the shares, and all the other princes and uncles who have children studying in the school will share the remaining shares equally."
"Since this is a private school, then all the people in the Five Cities Academy are just ordinary people, and Chen Ji will also resign from his position as the principal of the Central Academy."
"Yes, Your Majesty." No matter what they think in their hearts, since they cannot be changed, everyone's outward reaction is the same.
Yunxi also knew that this would be the case, so he didn't say much and immediately started to give instructions on the next thing. "How is the transformation from the Fifth Army Governor's Palace to the Great Governor's Palace going?"
"Your Majesty," since Geng Bingwen was not here, Xu Huizu stood up and said as a matter of course: "All the duties have been established. After discussing with my colleagues, the officials appointed by the Military Selection Department have also taken up their posts. However, some errands are still ignored.
Okay, we can only handle the business according to the original regulations for the time being."
"The Jiangnan Capital Command and Envoy Department is also making slow progress. However, Ying Tianxing Dusi has begun to run errands, and all the guard posts in the capital have been changed to be in charge of Ying Tianxing Dusi."
"This is normal." Yunxi said. The Yamen restructuring is still such a big change, and I'm afraid it won't be handled smoothly within two or three months. As for the Yingtian Xingdusi, the Yamen is in the capital, and the guards under its jurisdiction are also in the capital.
, it is normal for restructuring to be easier. The Ministry of Land and Resources was changed to the Ministry of Natural Resources. It took two months for the central ministries and commissions to change their brands, but the merger of local government agencies is still far away.
"There is no need to rush this matter. The Ming Dynasty will not fight a big war recently. The barbarian rebellions in some places can be suppressed by local guards, so there is no need to send out large armies. As long as the affairs are sorted out before May."
Yunxi said a few more words and suddenly asked: "How did Zhang Lun and Yu Yu do their errands?" These two people were appointed as ministers of the third rank.
"Your Majesty, Minister Yu is very conscientious and meticulous in handling errands. However, perhaps because he has been serving as a local commander before, some errands are not done neatly enough. However, I think that as he becomes more and more familiar with the errands of the General Staff Headquarters, he will become more and more familiar with the errands of the General Staff Headquarters.
The better." As Yu Qi's leader, Lan Zhen said.
"Your Majesty, Minister Zhang is very good in the General Logistics Department. He can handle errands even better than the minister." Chang Sheng said with a smile.
"That's good." Yunxi first praised Zhang Lun's situation, and then said to Lan Zhen: "After all, Yu Zhen has been in the local area for many years, so it is normal that he is not familiar with the work. He has shortcomings, and as his superior officer
You need to correct him a lot and let him get familiar with the job as soon as possible. But he performed very well in the last battle of Lanzhou, and I think he is very suitable to serve in the General Staff Headquarters."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lan Zhen agreed.
Yunxi asked again about the current situation of the yamen run by Li Jinglong and others, and received similar answers.
"Ahem." After asking the question, Yunxi suddenly coughed twice, raised the tea cup at hand and took a sip of tea. Lu Yi hurriedly came over to refill the water.
The people who were already a little relaxed immediately straightened up and sat upright. Every time Yunxi stopped suddenly, drank water or coughed, it meant that he was about to say something important, and no one dared to slack off at all.
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The result was certainly not what they expected. Yunxi did say something very important. But even though they had been mentally prepared, no one guessed it correctly.
"Currently, the Ministry of Works and the Internal Affairs Bureau are in charge of two steel plants, as well as many blacksmithing workshops. Not long ago, when the Ministry of Works assigned the weapons-making workshops to the General Armament Department, I also assigned the steel plants and workshops to them.
Under the name of the internal official."
"I will decree that from now on, the imperial court will completely abolish the ironware monopoly system. Any common people in the Ming Dynasty can hire craftsmen to run ironsmithing workshops."
"As for the workshops and factories that currently belong to the Imperial Guard, I plan to order all the workshops and factories under the Imperial Guard to be sold to your beloved family members at market prices. The two steel plants will also be separated from the Imperial Guard and belong directly to me, independently.
Establish a manager; the factory will be jointly run by me and all of you, dear friends."
"From now on, all official craftsmen will be abolished and become ordinary people. If the court needs to recruit them to make iron tools or weapons, they will be hired according to the market price. However," Yunxi said with a smile:
"From now on, apart from making weapons, the imperial court probably won't need many craftsmen."
"Your Majesty!" Everyone present was very surprised. They didn't care about the abolition of official craftsmen later, and they had no time to think about what Yunxi said. They only paid attention to Yunxi's first paragraph:'
I ordered the internal officials to supervise these workshops and sell them all to your beloved family members at market prices. "The factory will be jointly operated by me and your beloved ladies."
This is really shocking. Since Guan Zhong of Qi State invented the salt and iron monopoly system in the Spring and Autumn Period, China has only loosened the salt and iron monopoly in two times. One was in the early Han Dynasty, from the emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to the early days of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty; the other was
It was the early Tang Dynasty, from Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty to before Suzong of the Tang Dynasty came to the throne. At all other times, the imperial court has firmly controlled these two hugely profitable industries as one of its pillars of income, from ancient times to the present, without exception. The Tieben case in 2004,
More than 10 billion investment has been invested, claiming to build a private steel group that will surpass Baosteel, but the state suddenly stopped it and put the chairman in jail, and was finally sentenced for false invoicing; local officials, four
A number of department-level officials were removed from their posts, and two department-level officials were placed on intra-party probation. Moreover, after repeated verification, there was no corruption at all in the case. In the end, Tieben's factory buildings, machinery and land were sold to a family at a low price.
State-owned steel plant.
Therefore, the first reaction of Xu Huizu and others was not happiness, but fear. Xu Huizu immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, steel is an important weapon of the country. How can it be controlled by ministers, even if ministers only own part of the shares? Still.
Please, Your Majesty, take back your order."
"Your Majesty, please take back your order." Others also stood up and said.
"Haha," Yunxi glanced at them and said, "Do you think I am trying to lure the snake out of its hole?"
He emphasized his tone: "I have made up my mind. You have to take the shares in these workshops and steel plants, and you have to take them even if you don't!"
Xu Huizu and the others looked at each other in confusion: What is your Majesty doing? Xu Huizu winked at Lan Zhen. Lan Zhen had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask your Majesty, but do you want to open the door for me to do business?" According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, Xun Xun
Noble officials and officials themselves are not allowed to do business, nor are particularly close relatives, such as parents, children, brothers, etc.
"It's okay to allow you to do business, but I only want to allow you to invest in a few businesses, not all businesses. And after that," Yunxi glanced at them again: "Those things that I don't allow you to invest in
You are not allowed to reinvest in this business. Anyone who violates this rule will be severely punished!" The nobles in front of him, except Xue Ning, all secretly sent their clansmen or servants to do business.
'If you can enter the steel industry with peace of mind, who would be willing to invest in a business that earns little money? But, is this a guaranteed return?' Everyone murmured. Because Chang Sheng was the emperor's uncle, he was considered to have the closest relationship with the emperor.
He stood up without hesitation and said: "Your Majesty, I am stupid, please give me a clear explanation."
"Have you all read history books?" Yunxi asked.
Everyone nodded. As a top noble, even if he is a military commander, he will not be like ordinary military commanders who do not study.
"Have you read the section about Prime Minister Zhao Pu in the section on official positions in "Song Huiyao"?"
Most people shook their heads in confusion. It would be good if they had read "History of the Yuan Dynasty" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". Not to mention reading "Song Huiyao", they had never even heard of it.
But there are still people who have read it. "Your Majesty, I have read it," Li Jinglong said. He calls himself a Confucian general and has read many books in his spare time, and he happened to come across this paragraph in "Song Huiyao".
"Come back and listen."
"Your Majesty, I only remember this sentence: The general establishment of residences and stores is to regulate profits. Taizu knows this and tolerates it every time."
"This sentence is enough." Yunxi smiled and said to all the ministers present: "Dear ladies, do you understand?"
"Your Majesty's intention is to follow the example of Song Taizu and allow your ministers to accumulate wealth?" Geng Xuan said with some excitement.
Yunxi nodded, stood up and walked, saying: "My beloved ancestors are all people who have made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty. Even Commander Xue and my brothers have also made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty. These late emperors and I will all remember them."
In my heart, Ming Dynasty will never treat its meritorious officials badly."
"During the early days of the late emperor, the dynasty was established, and all wastes were reborn. Therefore, the steel industry was controlled by the imperial court in order to enable it to develop rapidly. Now the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 30 years. If the late emperor was called King of Wu, 40 years have passed.
.The land south of the Yangtze River has regained its vitality and become prosperous again. It is now time for all the meritorious ministers to enjoy the wealth."
"Not only you dear sirs, but also all nobles can invest in the steel business and hire craftsmen to open workshops. It's just that I have not transferred the workshops to them. If you have enough money, you can also open a steel factory. It's just a matter of opening a steel factory.
The investment in the factory is huge, and I'm afraid one family may not have enough money, so several companies can form a joint venture." Yunxi kept saying. (To be continued)
