From the woman Fang Qingyan around him, her father Fang Chengxiu, and many close people, Xu Yuan felt a kind of historical inertia.
I feel the helplessness that a great man felt.
It is easy to do something private, but difficult to do something public.
What's more, Xu Yuan's purpose of working hard in the late Ming Dynasty was ultimately for himself, and was mainly driven by selfish goals.
Even selfish people like Xu Yuan feel so helpless in the face of the inertia of history, let alone those great men who are dedicated to the public. What they feel is only extremely painful.
But even Xu Yuan deeply understands that in the construction of management systems, the consequences of nepotism are disastrous, and basic fairness and justice must be achieved.
It is necessary to ensure that talented people have a chance to succeed, rather than mediocre people languishing in their graves.
Otherwise, no matter how developed the productivity of the Xu Family Manor is and how advanced the management system is, it will quickly fall into corruption and rigidity. Not only will it be unable to generate large amounts of revenue, it will instead become black holes one by one, swallowing up everything that was originally healthy.
In the end, the collective estates may be private kingdoms, financial burdens, and local princes.
It has become a state that is not much better than the current Ming Empire.
The law of rise and fall cycles is ubiquitous. As long as there are problems with the system, problems at the execution level, or problems with senior managers, the wheels of the law of historical cycles will start turning without hesitation.
Of course, the current management system of Xujiazhuang is still very healthy. It has a rotation mechanism, a supervision system, and a reporting mechanism. Real talents can be promoted and reused. All aspects are full of upward vitality, and there are almost no flaws.
It is definitely at its best and most perfect stage.
But what about thirty years later, fifty years later or even a hundred years later?
Can we guarantee that Xujiazhuang will always be so healthy and perfect?
As for a hundred years from now, when many people in the distance will be gone, there will be no way to control whether the flood will be monstrous or not.
However, Xu Yuan still hopes to design a perfect management system. To ensure that there are as few bugs as possible, it must also have strong error correction capabilities to ensure that this system can operate stably for three hundred years.
, five hundred years, in short, the longer the better.
However, there are many people and many things that are uncontrollable and full of variables. There are many stories of dragon-slaying heroes who eventually become evil dragons. When fighting against the weaknesses of human nature, it is only possible to gain the upper hand, but not to win.
Error correction mechanism.
It is necessary to establish a powerful, reliable error correction mechanism that cannot be betrayed under any circumstances, so that when some more difficult problems arise, it can eliminate all interference and powerfully solve some cancers.
Just like those anti-corruption agencies, anti-corruption and disciplinary departments in modern society.
It's just that the error correction mechanism is also made up of people. As long as it is a person, there may be problems of one kind or another, which will weaken the effect of error correction, and even become a decoration due to the entanglement of interests, and itself will become the object of error correction.
but!
This is an ancient society with fewer moral constraints.
Xu Yuanke adopted some unconventional methods and used extraordinary talents to establish this set of error correction mechanisms, which achieved good results.
"Yunfei, please ask someone to call Eunuch Feng Jiuying, the eunuch sent by the imperial court to Harbor City to liaise with him. I want to see him."
Xu Yuan said to the attendant Ye Yunfei.
"Yes, owner."
…
Harbor City, Xicheng District, inside a three-and-a-half-story villa.
Feng Jiuying, a eunuch with a fat body, a round face, fair skin and no beard, who looks no more than thirty years old...
Nearly half a year has passed since the royal family reached a loan agreement with Xujiazhuang in September last year, and then he was selected as a liaison eunuch and posted to Xujiazhuang Harbor City.
He and his entourage traveled for more than half a month to arrive at Harbor City, and it was more than four months since he was arranged to live in this villa.
In fact, before coming to Harbor City, none of the eunuchs in the palace thought it was a lucrative job. Not many were interested in coming, but they all shied away. In the end, the task was forced to be assigned to Feng Jiuying. They all gloated that the one who went to Xujiazhuang,
There must be death and no life.
Although Xujiazhuang is the richest in the world and has plenty of money and money, it has nothing to do with the court. The civil servants keep shouting and killing, and sooner or later a serious conflict will break out. If the representatives of the court go to Xujiazhuang, they are seeking death.
But after arriving at Harbor City successfully.
Feng Jiuying and several of his followers discovered that Xujiazhuang was different from what they had imagined. It was indescribable. In short, it was a place that stunned them countless times.
For example, a tall house.
Such as huge sea embankments and tens of thousands of acres of super salt ponds.
There are hundreds of large white windmills.
The city is spacious and clean, with cement roads extending in all directions and busy traffic coming and going.
And the white skyscraper in the center of the city looks like it reaches into the sky.
There are also various rules that must be followed everywhere: such as no spitting, garbage must be thrown into the trash can, walking on the right side, and having to go to public toilets for convenience, etc. At first, they felt very uncomfortable and were repeatedly punished.
, and the aura of imperial power cannot protect them in any way, so they can only accept the punishment obediently.
But as time went by, I gradually got used to it.
Their mentality and views gradually changed.
Xujiazhuang Harbor City seems to be a very good place.
There was no poverty, no starvation, no common darkness and oppression.
Everyone is rich, everyone is equal, everyone is literate, everyone abides by the law, everyone has a smile on their face, instead of despair, pain, numbness...
It’s an imperial paradise that is simply unimaginable.
No! The comparison cannot continue. This will weaken their recognition and belonging to the Ming Dynasty and affect their belief in absolute loyalty to the imperial power.
Xujiazhuang is the enemy, Xujiazhuang is a threat and opponent!
So every time Feng Jiuying and the others couldn't help but compare and contrast, they would chant this to remind themselves like a mantra.
As for the mysterious Master Xu Yuan, when Feng Jiuying first arrived in Harbor City, out of etiquette and respect for the court, Master Xu hosted a banquet in White Castle to entertain his group, but he did not stay at the banquet for long.
, they only chatted politely for a few words, then sniffed, frowned, and walked away with the excuse of having something to do.
The next day, someone sent another large package of diapers, saying that it was the owner's wish and that he wanted to give it to Eunuch Feng for use.
But after learning the purpose of the diapers, Feng Jiuying blushed, trembled all over, and was humiliated. This must be a deliberate humiliation from Xujiazhuang, just to give them a blow.
At that time, he was so angry that he wanted to tear up the pack of diapers, throw it away, and burn it! But he was dissuaded by his followers, because this was most likely Xu Jiazhuang's test of the court's attitude, or it might be a shocking conspiracy against the Ming Dynasty.
As long as people are under the roof, it doesn't matter if they are wronged or insulted, but if Xujiazhuang finds an excuse to stir up trouble and harm the interests of the court, it will be a greater sin.
So you must not fall into Xujiazhuang’s scheme! Not only can you not throw diapers away, you must also wear them and express your gratitude to Xujiazhuang, so that their schemes cannot succeed.
Feng Jiuying felt that what his followers said made sense, so he chose to endure the humiliation and put on diapers.
As a result...the lingering smell of urine on his body was gone.
Only unprecedented convenience and comfort.
Divine weapon, this is simply the sacred weapon of eunuchs.
He also instantly understood why Xu Jiazhuang left the meeting midway that day. It turned out to be this reason, and he immediately blushed.
It's just that since that day, I haven't seen the owner Xu again. And they can live in such a good villa with a monthly diplomatic allowance of three hundred silver dollars. In addition, the security agency will also take care of safety issues.
And these were specially arranged by Xu Jiazhuang to show that the court attached great importance to the Ming Dynasty royal family. It can be seen that they still take good care of them, and they also thought about diapers.
Due to all of the above, Feng Jiuying no longer had the slightest bit of resentment or hostility toward the mysterious Master Xu, but...
I can’t think about it anymore. I don’t like him, I absolutely don’t like him. My minister, Feng Jiuying, swears to be loyal to the emperor to the death!
"Eunuch Feng, our villa owner would like to see you. I wonder if you are free?" A messenger from White Castle walked into the villa and said.
"If you are free, our family is free, so I will go with you now!" Feng Jiuying said immediately, with a surge of expectation in his heart.
…
White Castle, the terrace lawn on the roof of the 29th floor.
This is the place where Xu Yuan made an appointment with Feng Jiuying, and he met alone. There were no other people around, and the sound of the sea breeze was noisy, so he could avoid eavesdropping.
"Eunuch Feng, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you getting used to living here?" Xu Yuan asked as soon as the two met.
"Excuse me, Mr. Owner, for your concern. Our family has been living a good life these days. We have all gained more than ten kilograms."
Feng Jiuying bowed his hands and said excitedly. It was the second time he saw Master Xu, but his impression was completely different from the first time: tall, with a stern look, Yue Zhiyuan Ting, who seemed to be surrounded by dragon aura, and his face
He is kind and has a calm gaze, but there is an irresistible majesty in his movements.
This demeanor, demeanor and momentum were infinitely higher than that of the young emperor in the Forbidden City whom Feng Jiuying had met many times.
Even under the warm sunshine above his head, he was given a halo like a saint.
It’s over, I started comparing again, I can’t compare, I must stop immediately!
"Eunuch Feng, I have nothing else to do with you today. I just want to chat for a few words. You can take it easy and don't feel restrained." Xu Yuan said with a smile.
"Master, please tell me, we know everything we know, and we can tell you everything." Feng Jiuying lowered his head and cupped his hands.
"Do you think it is more important for a person to pass on his bloodline, or to pass on his ideas and ideals?" Xu Yuan asked.
"???" Feng Jiuying had a question mark on his face. How should he answer such a high-end question?
"Eunuch Feng, what do you mean by loyalty for eunuchs like you who have no choice but to become eunuchs?" Xu Yuan looked at the sea in the distance and asked again.
"..." Feng Jiuying still couldn't understand what Master Xu was talking about.
"I think it is hope, and hope is loyalty. Loyalty comes from hope, the hope of living with enough food, the hope of prosperity and wealth, and the hope of gaining power. These hopes constitute your loyalty and make you willing to pay a huge price just for it.
Seize this hope, even if it becomes a knife or a tool, I am willing to..." Xu Yuan asked and answered his own question.
This passage made Feng Jiuying's eyes light up. Not only did he understand it, but it also spoke to his heart.
He wiped his wet eyes and said with emotion: "What the owner of the village said is that when our family was ten years old, there was not enough food in the house. My parents gritted their teeth and sent me to the palace. I don't know how much I have suffered in the past eighteen years."
I was tortured and beaten, just to hold on to a glimmer of hope, and I have endured till today..."
Xu Yuan nodded: "It's not easy for you as a group, everyone is very human..."
The two of them were chatting like normal, and nothing unusual could be seen at all.
And in the next ten days or so, Xu Yuan summoned the liaison eunuch sent by the imperial court many times and chatted many times on the terrace lawn of Baibao.
It was during this period that a very mysterious department was established, completely independent from all departments in Xujiazhuang, and only responsible to the owner of the village. In the coming decades and hundreds of years, it would become a well-known department.
This special organization is so perverted and frightened that people privately call it the 'Doomsday' because once they are targeted by this organization...