Chapter 296 Jiuqing: We don't understand what you said, Your Highness!
Bai Gui, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, said: "Your Highness, there are quite a few newly established departments in the past two years. Many reserved talents in the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College have been put into use, but it has also brought about the problem of redundant officials, which is harmful to the country. It’s actually a big expense.”
Zhu Jianji nodded slightly, "I know, so the focus of the next work is to streamline personnel. Not only the government offices must be slimmed down, but also the local guards of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, the twenty-six guards of the pro-army, and the regiments and camps must be eliminated. , this is a major event, and the interests involved are too great, so I hope that everyone in Jiuqing can give their full support."
The people who came to Qianqing Hall were all the most trusted ministers, and they all nodded, "I will go out of my way to share your worries for Your Highness!"
Zhu Jianji hummed, thought for a while, and decided to give everyone a vaccination in advance, "As for personnel reduction, there is actually another operation, which is to divide state officials into two parts, public officials and non-staff personnel."
In short, they are civil servants and business editors.
Bai Gui was keenly aware of the problem, "Which departments have public employees, and which departments have non-staff personnel?"
Zhu Jianji thought for a while, "All those who handle political affairs in local government offices are public officials, while local government schools, etc., are classified as non-staff personnel. The seven departments in the capital and the temple supervisors are also public officials, but those under the Ministry of Household Affairs are also public officials. The Da Ming Bank, the Academy of Engineering under the Ministry of Industry, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences under the Ministry of Household Affairs, etc. can be classified as non-staff personnel, but the treatment will not be much different from that of public employees."
Bai Gui was confused, "Is there no difference in treatment?"
So what is the significance of this division?
Zhu Jianji smiled and said: "Remuneration is not the purpose. This operation is mainly to clarify the system, establish a clear governance system, and subdivide the responsibilities and powers of the seven subordinates, so that policies can be implemented and improved more accurately according to the national situation. "
The most important point is that this non-staff can be used to carry out universal wisdom development.
Reading is required to take the exam.
However, this step is not yet possible because the country's economy has not developed to this level. If we want all the people to be wise, we must first ensure that all people have enough food and clothing, otherwise everything is empty talk.
How can people have money to study if they don't have enough to eat?
In the final analysis, the economy is still not enough.
The economy has not reached a certain level, and education reform and medical reform are just words on paper.
What can be done now is military, political, agricultural, and industrial reform.
Bai Gui was silent.
He felt that what His Royal Highness the Prince said was a bit confusing.
Yu Qian coughed and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid this measure will have to wait a few more years before it is implemented. It is urgent. It is indeed necessary to streamline personnel. In addition, with the rise of the young army, military reform is also necessary."
Zhu Jianji said: "Well, regarding military reform, Yu Shaobao thinks so. With the development of the Dongfeng series of firearms, Ming Dynasty is bound to enter an era of all-arms firearms, and the development of firearms will change the situation of war. It is no longer an era of winning by manpower. Of course, for the sake of national interests, Ming Dynasty must maintain at least 500,000 regular troops. This 500,000 does not include garrison troops, that is to say, 100,000 troops in regiments and camps, pro-army troops. The more than 100,000 people in the 26th Guards must be equipped with firearms. At the same time, a large part of the northern and southern frontier armies, and even the coastal guards, must be reorganized, the garrison troops must be abolished, and the rest must be turned into standing troops. troops."
Everyone took a deep breath when they heard this.
This is too big a gesture!
There are 100,000 people in the regiment and more than 100,000 people in the 26th Guards. This is a force of nearly 300,000 people, all equipped with Dongfeng firearms. How much money does this require?
Some of the local military forces were dismantled and some were converted to regular forces.
Do I also need to be equipped with Dongfeng firearms?
This is another huge astronomical figure.
The combined strength of the local governors is nearly one million!
Even if you keep half of it, you still have to have 500,000.
The military expenditure required for the equipment of firearms is half a million...
My scalp goes numb just thinking about it.
And don’t forget, His Royal Highness is still vigorously developing the navy and establishing a naval department. In order to ensure maritime trade, does he also need a naval force of two to three hundred thousand?
All equipped with firearms...
Even if you sell Daming, you won’t be able to get so much money!
This is simply impossible to achieve.
Zhu Jianji also knew that there was still a long way to go to realize the full firearmization of the Ming Dynasty's military power. Among other things, the Dongfeng Military Research Institute could not do just the Dongfeng rifles needed by these hundreds of thousands of troops.
Not to mention a massive amount of bullets!
Even if this goal can be accomplished by using casting methods and manual polishing and assembly, the labor costs required will make the returns extremely low. Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, industrial reforms are needed to achieve results.
In the worst case scenario, among the milling machines, drilling machines, grinders, boring machines, planers, and punching machines in the lathe team, at least four milling machines, drilling machines, grinding machines, and punching machines must be produced.
Only in this way can firearm production keep up with the iteration of firearms.
Otherwise it's all just talk.
Moreover, after two wars, the sequelae of the Young Army's forced advancement of Dongfeng rifles have been revealed: the damage rate of the Young Army's Dongfeng rifles is too high. Just this time when they attacked Taiwan, 30% of the 10,000 Dongfeng rifles for the 10,000 recruits were scrapped.
many!
The same goes for Dongfeng mortars.
As for the Dongfeng machine gun, it has a lot of problems. In this expedition to Taiwan, the Dongfeng machine gun was not used at all.
Therefore, firearms research and development still has a long way to go.
After all, this is an entire industry.
You can rush out a batch, but in the end you have to return to the level of the entire industry.
Fortunately, I have a few more years of peaceful life now.
Zhu Jianji was a little tired and said: "Let's do this for now. When you go back, you will think carefully about how to promote the progress of our Ming industry, how to relieve the pressure on our Ming treasury, how to improve people's livelihood, how to cope with the increasingly cold weather, and even
We also need to think about how to deal with the food, medical care, education, and employment issues brought about by the upcoming population explosion."
After a pause, he said, "The Ming Dynasty still has a long way to go. The prosperous Ming Dynasty that I want to create is not just about expanding Jiaozhi to the south and rejecting Mobei from the north. The prosperous Ming Dynasty that I want to create is a sailing blue wave across the universe, and the treasures of the Ming Dynasty."
It circulates in all countries, and hundreds of millions of people are enlightened. The sound of reading spreads all over the country, and there are even natural chasms and roads, and all the cities within it have a glory that never sleeps!"
Zhu Jianji made his blood boil with excitement. In fact, as long as the steam engine and power generation system were developed, Ming Dynasty had a chance to lead the West by a hundred or two hundred years and enter modern industrial society.
Looking at the results... Yu Qian and others, including Zhu Qiyu, all looked at each other in shock.
They didn't understand what His Highness said.
For example, hundreds of millions of people should study and become wise. This is not what the feudal imperial power should do.
Now that all the people are studying, how can you, the Zhu family, rule them?
