Emperor Chongzhen did not wait long. When his cell phone rang, he immediately pressed the "connect" button excitedly and asked impatiently: "How is it?"
He doesn't want to mess things up. The purpose of his efforts is to govern the country well!
However, not to mention the past, this time, the result of hard work seems to be a mess!
This made Emperor Chongzhen feel frustrated and eager to save the situation.
When Liu Weichao heard this, he smiled and said, "Let me tell you first!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he nodded quickly and looked at his friend on the phone with expectation.
He believed that looking at Liu Weichao's face, there should be a solution.
Just listen to Liu Weichao say to him: "In your situation, you definitely can't go head-to-head, and you can't just compromise like this. The result of head-to-head confrontation is that you can't do anything; and the consequence of compromise is that the next time they encounter something,
I will use this method to deal with you again..."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly after hearing this, looking forward to Liu Weichao's follow-up.
But he was also curious in his heart. If he didn't confront anyone head-on or compromise, what should he do?
"...Do you think this is a good thing?" Liu Weichao did not use the tone of pointing out the country, but said to Emperor Chongzhen as if he was discussing with a friend, "First, we must stabilize the situation first.
As the emperor, you can grant amnesty to common crimes such as corruption. However, you cannot simply grant amnesty. You must give them hope, but you must also not make them feel that they have won. In other words, you must prevent them from daring to do so in the future.
Do it again!"
At this point, Emperor Chongzhen finally couldn't bear it any longer and asked quickly: "How about an amnesty?"
Amnesties have always existed in ancient times. For example, when the emperor ascends the throne, marries a queen, becomes a prince, and other major events, the world will be amnesty. However, there are preconditions. Some crimes cannot be pardoned.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was not surprised by the amnesty, but he was just curious about how to implement the amnesty.
Just listen to Liu Weichao say to him: "For example, if you have already been arrested, you will not be pardoned; you can also ask them to hand over the corruption money themselves, and you will not pursue it. Or after the amnesty, if they commit crimes again, then
Calculate the old and new accounts together and increase the punishment! Wait and add conditions to your pardon so that they will not be afraid that they will have no way of living, and they will not think that the emperor is easy to bully."
Having said this, he paused and then added: "What to do specifically, you'd better look at it based on your specific situation. You can discuss it with Sun Chuanting and the others to get the best plan."
"Okay, okay, I think this method is good, not bad!" Emperor Chongzhen was very excited when he heard this, and nodded quickly and replied.
This method is actually nothing special. In the final analysis, it is just about knowing how to make principled compromises; as long as you are a capable emperor, you can usually figure it out yourself.
It's just a pity that Emperor Chongzhen still has a long way to go at this point.
If he can choose, then he is really not suitable for the profession of emperor. It's just a pity that he has no choice but to adapt to the requirements of the position of emperor.
Of course, in the original history, he was ultimately unable to adapt to the position of emperor and eventually bankrupted the company, which meant the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
But this time, with the guidance of Liu Weichao, it is equivalent to having a life mentor, so it will be different.
No, when Liu Weichao saw Emperor Chongzhen getting excited, he reminded him again: "By the way, after this incident, we must not relax our efforts to strictly control corruption. This is the fundamental way. You can't control other places."
Come on, at least manage the capital well. As the areas you can control become larger and larger, expand your anti-corruption efforts to other places."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately nodded and replied solemnly: "I understand, I know!"
After finishing speaking, this time, although he was anxious, he did not hang up the phone in a hurry. Instead, he asked Liu Weichao: "Is there anything else I need to pay attention to?"
Liu Weichao heard this, thought for a moment, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen with a smile: "But one thing, I have to remind you, you should give your workers a salary increase! That is to increase their salaries, otherwise, you will
Over there, the officials under you don't just need to support themselves, but have a large family. You can't let them starve to death, right?"
"..." Emperor Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this. He had never thought about this.
"But there must be a standard. How many people can the salary be enough to support?" Liu Weichao continued, "We can't let those officials have three wives and four concubines, and a lot of servants at home?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said seriously: "I understand, is there anything else that needs my attention?"
He didn't expect that Liu Weichao really had a lot of suggestions here, so he asked again.
After hearing this, Liu Weichao thought for a moment, and then asked Emperor Chongzhen: "How are you doing regarding the control of public opinion? This time, public opinion also needs to follow up!"
"Ah?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he suddenly lost his voice and said, "I forgot about it!"
After saying that, I felt a little ashamed.
When Liu Weichao saw it, he knew that Emperor Chongzhen still did not pay special attention to the guidance of public opinion and had somewhat neglected it.
After understanding this, he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "There is a saying that goes well, if you don't occupy the position of public opinion, your enemies will occupy it. If nothing else, it's just your matter this time. If
Let everyone understand that if you only want to punish some people, maybe it won't expand to this!"
"Oh, I understand!" Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen quickly replied, "Because of the panic among people, many people think that I will treat every corrupt person like Emperor Taizu, so everyone
In times of crisis, that's it. If some thoughtful people say a few words about this matter, the situation will be difficult to deal with. And these are the so-called battles of public opinion, right?"
"Yeah!" Liu Weichao nodded after hearing this, "Actually, let me tell you, although the war of public opinion is not about killing people, it is actually very important. Sometimes, it is more dangerous than a bright sword and a clear gun, and the consequences are
The impact will also be very large. I suggest you to set up a special department for this area, that is, the Yamen to control public opinion."
Although Emperor Chongzhen felt that he had taken Liu Weichao's reminder seriously, he did not expect that Liu Weichao actually suggested that he set up a special yamen to do this.
This level of attention still exceeded his expectations.
As soon as Liu Weichao saw his face, he knew what he was thinking, and said seriously: "You can't take it too seriously. You don't want what you want to do to be misinterpreted by someone with good intentions. Don't do it with good intentions."
Bad things will cause negative effects, right?"
"Okay, I listen to you!" Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind when he heard this, nodded quickly and said, "I just set up a special yamen, don't know how to do it well?"
Having said this, he asked with hope: "Is there anything you can teach me?"
Emperor Chongzhen estimated that Liu Weichao must have learned lessons from history before telling him this. Otherwise, how could someone of Liu Weichao's age and not a high-ranking person have such experience and knowledge?
?
If there are examples to refer to, then he can get twice the result with half the effort by setting up a new yamen to control public opinion.