Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 991 Water Conservancy (4)

"It is set up as a Zhili Office? Doesn't this conflict with the River Patrol Censor?"

"Yes, from now on, should we listen to the Zhili Office or the River Patrol Censor?"

"Could it be that the river patrol censors were dismissed?"

"But speaking of it, if the Yellow River, the Grand Canal, and the Huai River all have direct administrative offices, we will be able to find solutions to problems that arise along the three rivers in the future."

"But didn't Your Majesty set up a special Canal Transport Administration before? Will the Canal Transport Administration really agree to this by setting up a Canal Direct Office under the Water Conservancy Administration?"

As soon as Liu Rongsi finished speaking, many of the ministers gathered in the hall showed expressions of astonishment, followed by various discussions.

The fact that the General Administration of Rivers was renamed the General Administration of Water Resources was shocking enough. Now that it involves specific water conservancy affairs, and that various direct-li offices are set up under the General Administration of Water Resources, even more things are involved. If things go wrong, this matter will spread to the government and the public, which is bound to cause greater controversy.

Zhu Youxiao, sitting on the throne, watched the scene in front of him quietly. He did not show any displeasure and did not even say anything.

The General Administration of Water Resources has been planned and established. If they want to play its due role, Liu Rongsi and his group of ministers must establish authority and deterrence.

Otherwise, don’t even think about solving all the water conservancy issues.

Even if more special funds are allocated directly in the future, this problem cannot be solved.

"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment."

Under this situation, Yuan Jixian, who had been silent all this time, looked at Liu Rongsi and then stepped forward and said loudly: "Regarding the establishment of various direct-level offices under the General Administration of Water Resources, the Water Resources Administration has already drafted a preliminary charter. You can take a look at it first. If you have any questions, I will answer them."

While he was speaking, a number of eunuchs came in from outside the hall, carrying piles of files and walking quickly into various places in the hall. Wherever they passed, people handed out files.

"Come and make way."

With some noises, the originally chaotic crowd quieted down. After Fang Zhenru, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Huang Shoucai and others got the files, they began to flip through them with different expressions.

They have too many doubts in their hearts to resolve.

"The Yellow River, Yangtze River, Grand Canal, and Huai River are directly under the jurisdiction of the government in order to better control the situation at the local level. The biggest difference between water conservancy and other areas is that it changes a lot."

In this situation, Yuan Jixian held up a file and said to the ministers in the palace: "In order to effectively control these, whether at the central level or at the local level, there must be a centralized form of power, so that possible problems can be solved."

"I want to make one point clear in advance. The Zhili Office and the River Patrol Censor do not conflict with each other. The former is responsible for solving various problems that arise within its jurisdiction, while the River Patrol Censor is responsible for supervision. Supervision for the central government, supervision for the whole country, and supervision for all the people. The specific division of responsibilities is also very clear."

As the person in charge of this area, Yuan Jixian needed to explain all this to everyone present. It was true that the General Administration of Water Resources had been set up, but now there were a lot of things to be solved and detailed.

If you want to solve the water conservancy problem from the root, you must have a clear system. Only when the people who do things, monitor, audit, etc. are all sorted out clearly, the key is that under each small system, in the process of sorting out, they must effectively exercise their respective powers, so that the problem can be solved.

"This Zhili Office is very detailed. The Yellow River Zhili Office alone has set up branches in the provinces along the route, and further agencies will be set up according to the actual conditions of each place. In this way, the supervision of the Yellow River can be effectively controlled." "That's right. The situation of each place will be summarized to the provinces, and the provinces will be summarized to the Yellow River Zhili Office. This has never happened before."

"This is a good idea. When the flood season comes again in the future, we can immediately know the situation in various provinces and regions and other places."

"But if this is the case, I'm afraid the salary to be paid will be quite a lot. Will the officials in the court be able to help with this?"

"Didn't you see? As for the salary issue, the General Administration of Water Resources will coordinate and solve it. Then it will be sent down to each direct-controlled department to solve the salary problem."

"Oh my goodness, there are so many official posts, and the number of clerks has also increased. The Hegong Federation will recruit the best and include them in the category of clerks."

After listening to what Yuan Jixian said, the people gathered in the hall flipped through the files in their hands one by one, but in the process, they talked to each other.

When Zhu Youxiao saw the scene, he didn't say much. If he wanted to accomplish something, he had to lay a solid foundation. Only in this way could he retain talents. Otherwise, who would be willing to stay here?
What Zhu Youxiao had always wanted to change was to reverse the current situation where students who had studied hard only needed to read the books of sages and write eight-legged essays to enter the officialdom through the imperial examination.

The officials that the Ming Dynasty needs should be those with corresponding abilities in corresponding fields, rather than those who can take office just by reading a few books.

This is too simple and too easy.

The Ming Dynasty's official system will definitely need to be adjusted in the future.

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When it comes to governance, the cabinet will definitely be the leader, but the existing officials will inevitably undergo a major adjustment to meet the needs of governance.

In addition to governance, there are also parallel systems such as supervision, justice, and legislation. Only by incorporating all of the above can the needs of governing the country be met.

The above system must revolve closely around the imperial system. After all, this is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If it deviates from this reality, then the Ming Dynasty will be unstable.

Zhu Youxiao would never do anything to shoot himself in the foot.

"Let's go."

After seeing the ministers in the hall chatting animatedly, Zhu Youxiao stood up and left. In the area of ​​water conservancy alone, there were ministers such as Liu Rongsi, Yang Fangxing, Pan Xuanshou, Pan Xuanru, Lu Daqi, and Yuan Jixian at the central level, and Fang Zhenru, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and Huang Shoucai at the local level. He believed that through the discussions and collisions in this court meeting, the division of powers of the Water Conservancy Administration could be gradually clarified.

Once these are clarified, the corresponding people will know what they should do, and those who should be in the place will be in the place, and those who should be at the center will be at the center.

As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, all he had to do was to raise his head.

Zhu Youxiao's departure soon attracted the attention of some people, but it was these people who, after seeing the emperor leave silently, knew one thing: this court meeting convened by the emperor was not about what the emperor said at all, but was aimed at various issues of the Water Conservancy Administration, and any ideas could be expressed boldly.

After all, all matters concerning rivers, lakes and reservoirs under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty will have to be resolved by the General Administration of Water Resources. It cannot be unclear now and problems will arise later, otherwise it would be a joke. This is also what made this imperial court meeting different.

(End of this chapter)