Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 872 Urbanization is the basis for living and working in peace and contentment
The overall atmosphere and atmosphere of a country and society are inextricably linked with those in power.

If there is something good on the top, it will be great on the bottom.

This is an irrefutable truth, which has been verified by countless practices.

As the emperor who is the lord of the world, his preferences play a vital role in leading the development of the entire country.

As a time traveler, Zhu Youjian, because of his humble background and the profound influence of the information explosion in his previous life, has an unusually keen insight into world affairs. Rejection and disgust, so the cabinet ministers he chooses are also people with similar or close styles to him.

Whether it is Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Chen Qiyu, or other cabinet ministers, they are all advocates of practical affairs. When discussing state affairs between monarchs and ministers, there is no falsehood. Rebuttal, and finally Zhu Youjian made the decision.

This kind of good atmosphere of treating things and not people has spread in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty.

Up to the Ministry of the capital, down to the prefectural and county yamen, whenever a major event occurs, officials at all levels will hold discussions, and finally come up with the best plan within their power. Facts have proved that this is the most efficient way of working, and it plays a decisive role in the social development and progress of Ming Dynasty.

Especially since breaking the status of appointment and promotion of officials, many capable officials have entered the decision-making level of government offices at all levels. The impact of this catfish effect has had an extremely profound impact on the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to eliminate the feeling of inferiority deep in their hearts, officials who were originally officials were all dedicated to their work, striving to do their best in every matter, for fear that their previous efforts would be wasted because of doing something wrong.

Officials with Jinshi Juren background are already proud in their hearts, and they don't want to be overwhelmed by colleagues with lower education in the process of handling official affairs.

In this delicate environment, the vast majority of officials cheered up and showed their abilities as much as possible.

Because this way can not only accumulate political achievements, which is beneficial for future assessment and promotion, but also prove to the outside world: Have you seen it?We are not fools who study hard, the imperial court put us in the current position, and it still values ​​our ability.

People have their own dignity.

How can anyone who can pass the Jinshi Juren examination have a low IQ?
The reason why so many people have not left their names in the history is because of the limitations of the historical environment.

If these people are placed in later generations, they will basically be academic masters, especially the Jinshi exam, which is more difficult than the Qingbei exam.

Some people may say that not everyone in Qingbei is talented.

Yes, that's right.

But the probability of producing talent in Qingbei is infinitely higher than the probability of moving bricks on the construction site to produce talent, right?

Who can jump out of the historical environment to overlook and look ahead?

there has never been.

Everyone in the world is also a player in the game.

Except for the passers-by.

Of course, self-awareness alone is far from enough to form an excellent system. Strict and multi-faceted supervision is absolutely essential.

The assessment of officials at all levels by the Ministry of Officials is still the most important way and means of promotion and dismissal. However, due to the constraints of traffic conditions, it is impossible for the Ministry of Officials to send personnel to each prefecture and county to conduct on-the-spot investigations. Feedback from the censor and Jinyiwei from all over the country might not be comprehensive enough.

How to solve this problem?
After learning the crux of the problem from the cabinet, Zhu Youjian still adopted the more mature approach of later generations: before the end of his term of office, all officials evaluated other people in texts, and then reported them together, and then the Ministry of Officials based on relevant information from other channels , to comprehensively evaluate the performance of officials.

Originally, Zhu Youjian planned to adopt the method of setting up bureaucratic branches at the provincial and government levels to evaluate lower-level officials. Later, he considered that in this way, it is very likely that new interest groups will be formed, causing officials to form groups. phenomenon, so in the end he dismissed the idea.

In fact, with the current official atmosphere in Ming Dynasty, it is difficult for local officials to form interest groups, and it is impossible for local officials to dawdle like before. Under the current mechanism, it is easy for those who have political achievements to have a chance to succeed, which is suitable for lazy people to survive. Eco-environmental opportunities no longer exist.

As long as the local officials who face the people can do things honestly, the whole country will move forward on the right track, even if the speed is slow, it doesn't matter.

Since it is decided to develop in accordance with the economic model of the Germanic people of later generations, there is no need to worry.

Now Daming's comprehensive strength is far ahead of the entire world, and there is no urgent situation that requires collective efforts and overtaking in curves. As long as the path is correct, it is more beneficial for the entire society to go slower.

In Zhu Youjian's overall plan, the economic development of various parts of the Ming Dynasty should always maintain a roughly balanced situation, and the imperial court's finances would not vigorously favor a certain region.

He doesn't want to see a situation where people in a certain place are forced to leave their hometowns and leave their parents, wives and children to work in other places because of the poor local economic conditions.

The rapid economic development is of course a good thing, but if the moral norms and legal constraints cannot keep up, countless ugly phenomena will appear in the whole society. People will do whatever they can to get more money, and they don’t care whether it is against the law or against morality and ethics.

Now that the food and clothing problems of the vast majority of the people have been solved, the most important thing is to carry out moral construction in the whole society when the conditions for the industrial revolution are not yet available.

Gentleness, courtesy, thrift, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith are the essence of Confucian civilization and an important support for the longevity of Chinese civilization. This is the bottom line of the entire society. Anyone who dares to challenge will be severely punished.

In the blueprint for the future of Ming Dynasty, urbanization will not be advocated.

Urbanization, even beautiful ruralization is fundamental.

As long as the infrastructure is developed and people can enjoy all kinds of high-quality services in small towns and villages, there is no need to expand the urban population and scope.

Of course, in order to achieve this beautiful vision, the imperial court needs to spend astronomical amounts of money for continuous investment.

Health care and education are among the top priorities.

The high-quality resources of the two must not be concentrated in the big cities, but should be distributed in a balanced manner so that every family can enjoy the best medical and educational resources nearby, so as to achieve safe housing.

If the environment and medical skills of a doctor in a hospital in Beijing are almost the same as those in a certain county, who would go to the capital to see a doctor?

The same goes for education.

The redistribution of these two resources must be fair and just, which is one of the important foundations of social stability.

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