Chapter 550 The lack of talents in the Ming Dynasty
News of the reform of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was already released on the morning of the third day.
The officials were shocked.
This is really shocking. Who would have thought that His Highness Taisun would kill the golden rooster that laid his own eggs?
On the surface, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce is just a change, but after losing its invisible power, especially His Highness Taisun's platform, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce can still be the same as it is now.
Not to mention that after the division, it was directly brought under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and even under the management of the local magistrate.
But in the final analysis, this Chamber of Commerce has always belonged to His Highness Taisun. Judging from his appearance, His Majesty must have agreed. Although the ministers below were muttering in their hearts, they had nothing to say.
Only some well-informed ministers knew that His Highness Taisun was actually abandoning his carriage to protect his commander.
Zhu Ying didn't know much about the problems of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, but those ministers who had frequent contact with the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, especially the Ministry of Revenue, had long been aware of the hidden dangers of the Chamber of Commerce.
However, His Highness Taisun's power is too huge, especially because he is extremely favored by His Majesty. Under such circumstances, no one dares to make any bad suggestions to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
As for the Qunying Chamber of Commerce located in the capital, it is within the sight of His Highness Taisun, so there is actually no big problem.
"After passing the assessment of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, we will join the staff on a work-for-relief basis."
This really made things difficult for him.
"What kind of secondment is this? It's just like a meat bun beating a dog and never coming back. When I went, I agreed simply. But when I let him come back, there was no news at all. I refused no matter what."
As far as this method is concerned, it can be said to be extremely worry-free, and the ministers are relatively more relaxed.
The determination of this list alone must have resulted in the birth of thousands of new officials.
This is why Zhu Ying's personal deterrence is sufficient.
"Your Highness, there are currently less than 200 candidates for official positions in the list of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The total number of candidates is less than 200. Now there are at least 5,000 officials on the list. It is really hard for me to make a fool of myself."
Now His Highness Taisun wants to cancel this part and directly allow those talents who have not passed the imperial examination to hold official positions.
"The officials here are all busy until late at night. One person is doing the work of two or three people, and even one person cannot be spared."
After thinking about it for a while, Zhan Hui asked: "Your Highness, I still have some doubts about this."
Zhan Hui was stunned for a moment.
"Old slave, I will obey the order of Your Majesty Taisun."
There are now more than a thousand county towns in the Ming Dynasty.
Let the eunuchs be used as record-keeping officials directly.
In today's society, arithmetic is a minor path.
"Also, regarding the work of the household department, we should not only think about how to make money, but also understand how to spend money, and use good steel on the cutting edge."
But I can't stand His Highness Taisun's continuous emptying out.
Anyone can think of it.
"Of course, joining now will not quench the current shortage of arithmetic talents. I have thought about it carefully, who is the most used person in arithmetic nowadays?"
Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, saw that after Zhan Hui finished speaking, he also started to complain.
In this regard, various regions need the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Personnel to draw up a list of officials.
When it comes to arithmetic, there are naturally a lot of talents in the Ministry of Revenue. After all, you have to work in the Ministry of Accounts, and arithmetic is a long-term need.
In fact, before this, the imperial court has always had a way to recommend people into official careers. However, starting from the beginning of last year, the recommendation process was blocked by His Highness the Grand Sun. Although there was no clear abolition, it can be said that the recommendation of filial piety and integrity has been completely stopped at present.
path.
Zhan Hui shook his head and said, "I already understand. Thank you, His Highness Taisun, for clearing up the confusion."
How could Zhan Hui produce so many officials?
"As for personnel recruitment, the Ministry of Revenue itself can also conduct a recruitment process and conduct internal assessments. As long as there are talents in this field, they can naturally be recruited first."
If another group of people are transferred from the household department, there may be a big problem in even normal work operations.
When the Department of Public Security was previously established, a large number of alternate officials had been taken away, and then a large number of Imperial College students and alternate officials were transferred to the grassland border to assist in pacifying the herdsmen.
"But do you still have any questions?"
Zhu Ying paid great attention to data. In this era, many arithmetic data can better reflect the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.
However, no one thought that such a big plate would collapse as soon as His Highness the Grand Sun said it would collapse.
Zhan Hui bowed and asked, "Will those who came here with work-relief services also be admitted to the official register like other officials?"
Zhan Hui and Guo Zhong immediately bowed and replied.
"The selection of talents has always been a matter for the officials. This time, Shangshu Zhan will take the lead. Specific plans and measures have been prepared by Shangshu Lao Zhan. When the time comes, we will convene the necessary personnel from various yamen for a discussion and study.
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Relief for work generally refers to relief for people displaced by famine.
The level of arithmetic in the Central Plains region has been very high since ancient times, but this only includes a very small number of people, and most people have no energy to learn these.
"I will not go through the meeting. Guo Zhong will arrange for the eunuch to go there and take notes."
When the Statistics Department was established, a large number of arithmetic talents were needed, and of course they were transferred from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Looking back over the past years, there are really too many newly established yamen.
"There is no restriction on demoting talents. I feel that we can conduct a temporary assessment and allow officials, even ordinary people, to use work-for-relief methods to temporarily replace the original official requirements."
"I respectfully obey the order of Your Majesty Taisun."
"Your Highness, there are fewer and fewer people in the Household Department now, and they are becoming less and less useful. According to your Highness's previous request, all departments must have an arithmetic co-ordinator."
"Will their salaries and other aspects be paid according to their original positions?"
What Zhu Ying mentioned here is to replace officials with non-official bodies.
"The reform of the imperial examination is imminent. You must withstand the pressure for the time being and carry out proper control and governance to avoid causing any trouble."
To be honest, many newly appointed officials in the Ministry of Revenue, without being exposed to arithmetic, often find some private accounting masters to learn from them.
There are quite a lot of folk talents in today's era, and the development of Shushu Yiyi does not lie in the temples, but rather in the folk.
"After thinking about it, I discovered that the talents who can really use arithmetic for a long time do not lie in the household department, nor in the court, but in the accountant."
The current work-for-relief scheme is somewhat similar to the previous promotion of filial piety and integrity.
The large amount of work has made the Ministry of Accounts, an oil-and-water bureau, no longer interested in engaging in corruption.
"So we still need more support for the official school. Everyone can see the situation in Ming Dynasty now. In the future, there will be more and more places that need scholars, and relatively speaking, the demand for practical work will also be greater.
Come bigger.”
Now we will establish a state-owned assets management department.
There is also an extremely huge amount of data for the sub-item managers arranged by counties and prefectures in various places.
In fact, as a talent reserve, this is what Zhan Hui has been doing. Originally, there were quite a lot of available people in Zhan Hui's own talent list.
"Zhan Shangshu, you are in charge of the staff. What do you think of my proposal?"
"I can say this, in the future, there will only be more and more talents related to arithmetic. Arithmetic is something that all walks of life cannot leave."
After handling the matters here, Zhu Ying looked at Zhao Mian, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and said: "I can see that the work of the Ministry of Revenue has been quite hard recently."
The Ministry of Household Affairs is entirely due to work reasons, and many yamen officials only learned it later.
In the morning meeting, Zhu Ying made an announcement rather than a discussion.
There have long been rumors that the Qunying Chamber of Commerce under His Highness Taisun controls 80% of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, and now that it has spread and is under separate jurisdiction, there must be a lot of oil and water in it.
"Currently, according to His Highness Taisun's request, a three-point system has been implemented for officials from various places, which has also led to a large number of officials to fill the gap."
"After Zhan Shangshu's arrangements are completed, we will replenish the staff. I think it will be much easier."
As far as the current staff is concerned, the workload is already several times what it was when Zhu Ying entered the palace two years ago.
"Here, as soon as Shangshu Zhan heard about the important person in the newly established State-owned Assets Management Department of His Highness, he just turned his attention to the Minister and Household Department. How did this happen?"
Zhu Ying nodded and said: "The implementation of this method can be regarded as a compromise method at present. When our Ming Dynasty has more talents in the future, there will naturally be no need to overdo it."
After the morning dynasty, Zhao Mian, the Minister of Hubu, and Zhan Hui, the Minister of Personnel, came to the Huagai Hall.
Zhan Hui couldn't find anyone here, and the Ministry of Revenue couldn't find anyone else.
Just do some calculations, even based on the minimum standard of five people in a county, that is more than 5,000 people.
Zhu Yingdao said: "Officials who work for relief, unless they have extraordinary achievements, should be limited to the sixth grade. This can be regarded as a fair treatment to those who have passed the imperial examination."
He had no idea that His Highness Taisun would come up with such a solution.
"I have informed Grandpa and will make an announcement soon. The arithmetic section will be added to the current imperial examination books for an assessment."
"Let alone 5,000 people, even if there are 500 people, I will still feel physically and mentally exhausted."
Just take a quick look at it when the time comes.
"Now the requirement for officials is to have two years of grassroots work experience. Calculated in this way, even if we try to find a way to transfer from other ministries, we will not be able to complete the list."
This has also led to the mentality of many officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs wanting to leave.
All of a sudden, thousands of officials could appear from nowhere.
"To be precise, if you want to know the situation below at any time, you can only make a deduction through some arithmetic."
If you just think about it, you will know that the current State-owned Assets Management Department must carry out a large number of arithmetic approvals according to Zhu Ying's temperament.
With such a large territory, it is impossible for Zhu Ying to conduct field inspections everywhere every day.
"In terms of salary, the salary will be paid according to the facts, and the official registration will also be entered. However, it can be stated on the official registration that the entry is in the form of work-for-relief."
It is completely conceivable that when this reform is implemented, the entire Qunying Chamber of Commerce will become completely different.
After Zhu Ying listened to the two men's stories, he nodded and replied: "I have also heard what the two ministers said. With the development of our Ming Dynasty, yamen in various places are in need of talents with arithmetic skills.
It’s constantly rising.”
"These newcomers can work first, and their remuneration will be half of the original official salary."
This is definitely a fat mistake.
Zhan Hui vomited his bitterness.
No matter how domineering the members of the Chamber of Commerce are, as long as they come to the capital, they will act like a different person.
Zhu Ying said: "If you have anything to ask, please tell me."
This is also the common understanding of all readers.
Later, Zhu Ying required all local government offices to make extremely detailed reports on all internal expenditures, expenditures, and a series of other matters. This also led to an extremely increased demand for arithmetic talents.
"This kind of calculation is naturally most familiar to the ministers and workers in the Chenhu Department. This has also led to a large number of other yamen looking for a secondment from Chenhe."
The real road lies in the Four Books and Five Classics.
Furthermore, arithmetic is not tested in the imperial examination.
The ministers are most concerned about the newly established State-owned Assets Management Department.
Working overtime has become a norm, it can be said to be the Ming Dynasty version of 996.
Arithmetic is inherently a very laborious matter. It is not enough to study the classics and classics, and few people will put their minds on it.
According to the rules and regulations, it is considered a notice.
When Zhan Hui talked about this, he burst into tears.
By the time we arrived at the grassland border gate, even the students from the Imperial College had already passed through.
Strictly speaking, there are currently no alternate officials in the Ming Dynasty.
"Whether it is me or the two ministers, they are here in the capital every day. There are several opportunities throughout the year to conduct inspections in other places."
Just after thinking about it carefully, I feel that it seems to be more feasible.
For example, the Statistics Department is the chief officer of hundreds of people, not counting the staff below.
Therefore, statistical requirements were issued to many yamen.
As time goes by, you will naturally become proficient.
Now that Zhu Ying is in power, he basically proposes a direction, and then leaves the specific implementation to the ministers below. Even if it is a meeting at the ministerial level, he has no intention of participating.
"I have heard a lot about your impeachment recently. Minister Zhao does not need to pay too much attention to these things. As long as you manage the household department well, you will naturally have merit."
"Of course, if you really do something illegal or disciplinary, I will not say that I will protect you."
At present, Zhu Ying is basically not involved in the impeachment work, except for some relatively senior officials.
Zhu Ying was impeached every day. How could Zhu Ying have so much time? Dali Temple had basically already been responsible for some situations.