People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 471 Chen Han: My system will never be wrong!
The remaining eleven civil servants would never think of it.

This old man actually came up with this conclusion after running away for a day.

No one even thought of him. He just told everyone one path: he would go all the way to the end.

What is this concept?
This is crazy.

ill!

He was called out so that he could take a look.

Is the current Beiping Prefecture really what he imagined?

I just want to tell him that the current Beiping Prefecture is not what he imagined.

The so-called people were all controlled by Zhu Di in terms of public opinion, and were brainwashed by His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. They were instigated to run to the city gate to welcome the imperial envoy with rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.

However, I didn't expect that the Minister of Rites would have such an attitude after he came back.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

what happened?

It's not what we thought.

What we hope is that you can wake up and walk on the same smooth road as us.

How come you keep going down this road till the end?
A civil servant stepped forward and asked: "Sir, have you lost your mind?"

"Prince, even if you don't see the benefits of the reforms in Beiping Prefecture, you should take a look at how the people are doing, right?"

"People are living well, don't you see?"

"The people have not shown any bad behavior, which means that the reform is good now."

The Minister of Rites raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, "But five or ten years from now, can you guarantee that he will be fine?
I believe that they must be good now, but do you think that this kind of good is a bit similar to the early days of Wang Anshi's reform?

Everyone felt that new changes and a new life had arrived, but what happened next?
People are greedy at heart, and they will become more and more rampant as time goes by.

Now we have the government to restrict us, but what if it is gone in the future? What shall we do?
You let these people reach a high place in the sky, and suddenly they fell to the bottom of the valley. How can you let them accept it?"

Although what the Minister of Rites said sounded like a twisted logic, it was even a bit of an overreaction.

But what can you say?

This is how the mind of a person like the Minister of Rites works.

He has determined that this thing is wrong, and he must let all of you know that it is wrong.

Even when everyone firmly believed that this thing was good, he still insisted that it was wrong.

You didn't see it clearly, only I could see it clearly. All of you are idiots, and I am the only one who is awake.

I can see it clearly, but you guys see it but don't admit it.

The civil servants shook their heads.

"Well, since you, my Lord, are so discerning, let's split up and report to the higher-ups.

We will report to Your Majesty everything we have investigated, what we know, what we have seen, and what we have felt.

Please also give His Majesty your unique insights.

Let's see how Your Majesty weighs our two views.

Since we have different paths, let's not walk together.

We don’t want to be a nuisance to you, and we don’t want to be influenced by your thoughts, okay?”

In fact, the Minister of Rites had already wanted to do this at that time.

They have long been fed up with seeing these civil servants pleading for mercy with Zhu Di and others.

I always feel that these civil servants have all received benefits from Zhu Di.

If this is the case, it would be better to just go our separate ways.

There's nothing to say anyway.

So several people separated on the spot, and even though they were in the same inn, they didn't want to talk much.

A few days later, when the imperial envoy was about to leave, a few civil servants except the Minister of Rites came to Zhu Di's residence again.

A civil servant stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, we are incompetent and have no way to convince the Minister of Rites. He insists on his own opinion and must have a say in the reform."

"He even thinks that everything is an illusion. We can't convince him. We can only tell you this first."

A civil servant immediately said, "Whether we are here to explain our position or to remind you, if you think we are trying to curry favor with you, then you can think so, but what we really want to do is to tell you.

We have seen the benefits of reforms to the Ming Dynasty in military terms, and we hope that the reforms can continue in our Ming Dynasty army.

And what he sees is his opinion, and he may be able to offer Your Majesty and them some, what he considers to be, unique insights.

It may cause some trouble to you and the soldiers in the army.

If Your Highness needs our help, please feel free to write.

We are deeply sorry if the morale of the soldiers in the army has been affected by this incident."

After saying that, they were about to leave.

Zhu Di was very grateful to these civil servants for being able to stand on his own standpoint and consider this issue.

I am even very grateful for their kindness at this time.

Especially being able to suffer such humiliation from so many people from Beiping Prefecture at the city gate, and still being able to hold such hope for these people of Beiping Prefecture.

They were even able to remind themselves at the last moment, which really changed their perception of civil servants. This is really rare.

Zhu Di said affectionately, "You were able to remind me at the critical moment, which allowed me to see the civil servants.

In fact, there are people like you who speak up for justice.

It has changed our view of civil servants, and I really admire your broad-mindedness.

In our army, they are people who stand up for justice.

No matter how Beiping Prefecture develops in the future, we will always be grateful for your kindness."

Zhu Di still agreed with this point very much.

After all, civil servants are now very sensitive about the issue of war.

They don't want war.

Especially when they see the Ming Dynasty now scattered across the country fighting wars, it seems like a waste to them.

Therefore, at this critical juncture, it is rare that the civil officials can still have such a good impression on their military generals, are willing to remind them, and are willing to guarantee them.

After the civil officials left, Zhu Di and his men were ready to respond.

After all, the Minister of Rites is not an ordinary person, he is the Minister of Rites.

He holds a high position and is in charge of some of the interpretation of etiquette and laws. What he says will definitely carry a certain weight, so everyone must be prepared for how to respond.

……

More than a month later.

The civil servants returned to the capital.

As the Minister of Rites had said, he directly submitted a memorial to the emperor, which was delivered to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Emperor.

Old Zhu attached great importance to this memorial.

He read it over and over again himself and even called Chen Han over.

"Come and see, little monkey. This is what the Minister of Rites said in this so-called report. He said that the reforms you are proposing now are only useful in the early stages. If there is not enough supervision in the future, it will definitely slide into an uncontrollable abyss."

Chen Han has now decided to completely draw a line between himself and these civil servants. These civil servants are sometimes really unreasonable.

Especially the views on reform and change.

They are simply stubborn to the extreme.

If you talk to them about reform and change, they will talk to you about etiquette and laws.

If you talk to him about etiquette, he will talk to you about reality.

If you talk to him about the reality, he will talk to you about the future.

Anyway, no matter what, they can just slide wherever they want like walking on a watermelon rind.

It means not confronting a problem with you directly.

Any reform changes any terms, which will not change with the passage of time.

Which law can guarantee the management and monitoring of all things?
In the face of future environment, policies can be adjusted as time changes.

So Chen Han couldn’t understand what these people were opposing?
Ultimately it's a matter of interests.

Chen Han read the report from the Minister of Rites over and over again, snorting, "This is nonsense!"

Lao Zhu looked at his unconvinced expression and put the fishing rod aside. "Other people's opinions of you are nonsense, but what you say is not nonsense. You'd better come up with a reason that we can all believe."

Zhu Biao was also watching from the side.

Although Chen Han is his son-in-law, there is no room for any personal feelings when it comes to national affairs.

Especially after he read what the Minister of Rites said, he found that it did make sense.

After all, the Minister of Rites saw this clearly from outside.

Now the people of Beiping Prefecture really praise the reforms and changes.

Very supportive indeed.

And when they were about to investigate Zhu Di, they were attacked with rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at the city gate.

All these assistant ministers of the Ministry of Rites were written in it, which was equivalent to impeaching Zhu Di.

Zhu asked, "What he said above, Wang Anshi's reforms, is that as time went by, everyone became greedy, and in the end, the people were living in misery.

We remember the same thing in history books. Won't your reforms change over time? Will some officials make a fuss about it?"

Chen Han explained, "The reason why Wang Anshi's reforms failed was first because of the emperor's wavering attitude.

Emperor Shenzong was between the conservatives and the reformers. His focus was not on whether the reformers could gain any benefits, but on balancing the relationship between the two factions.

Such a wavering attitude is what actually leads to the failure of reform.

Second, while he was carrying out reforms, he did not have a strong supervisory authority.

There is no balancing mechanism.

Only the reformists keep pushing forward.

Those who did not abide by their reforms were considered outcasts and were dismissed from office.

This approach did indeed enable the implementation of reforms to proceed very smoothly, but it also soon offended all the civil servants.

However, my current reforms involve the Tax Inspection Bureau, local government offices, the Treasury Bureau, and occasional inspections by the imperial court. I am taking multiple measures, with multiple supervisory agencies working together, and even mobilizing the people to supervise the reforms.

I put all the interests into different baskets so that these baskets are restrained from each other.

Only in this way can we ensure that reforms and changes do not become uncontrollable due to the will of one person.

Wang Anshi is a talented person, but are the people under him talented people?
How many of those so-called reformers don’t have selfish motives?

Old Zhu asked: "Will the people you employ not sometimes have selfish motives?"

Chen Han shook his head and said, "Among the people I employ, few are truly my own people.

I even used the performance evaluation system directly and forced local officials to carry out reforms in accordance with its requirements.

And the goals I set are by no means just my personal requirements.

The amount achieved was entirely based on the economic situation investigated by the local Tax Inspection Bureau and the Treasury Bureau, and the amount they were required to complete.

There is no way they could not complete it, and there is no way they could have faked it.

After all, the Baochao Tizhusi, the Taxation Inspection Bureau, and the local government have different interests and demands.

A mode of operation of checks and balances will be formed between them.

If the three parties want to cheat together, the interests of all three parties will definitely be sacrificed.

In this case, they themselves do not want to cooperate, nor can they cooperate.

Based on the investigation results of the Tax Inspection Department and the Treasury and Banknote Supervision Department, and combined with local economic development, appropriate performance quotas are formulated and improved so that officials can complete their tasks while being within their capabilities.

There are rewards for completion and punishments for failure.

There are promotion channels for rewards, monetary rewards, and even honorary rewards. All of these measures are implemented simultaneously to make officials accountable for their work under an environment of self-supervision. This is the real purpose of the performance appraisal system and the implementation of multiple measures simultaneously.

It does not rely solely on people, but also on systems, laws, and incentives.

Human beings are the most untrustworthy.

Especially those who are emotional and selfish.

Without various incentive systems behind them, no one can make effective changes.

From the perspective of historical development, human beings are too selfish.

No matter what you do at any time, selfishness is always the main consideration.

Now Chen Han uses oral examinations and various supervision mechanisms to supervise these people.

It is to make these people carry out according to the established guidelines.

Let them implement all the established systems.

And these systems are flexible and changeable.

It is definitely not just something that is formulated on a whim.

These data reports are definitely not just formulated in Beijing.

Instead, it is formulated in light of local conditions.

Although this sometimes seems mechanical.

But this is the best way.

Especially in the officialdom of ancient China, there were too many aspects of human relationships and social conventions.

No matter what you do, there are human relationships involved.

If there is no strict performance evaluation system to require them, they will definitely act recklessly.

Now is the time when the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty is relatively prevalent. If the imperial power declines in the future, the power of civil servants will be even greater.

At that time they won't manage the environment. What do you mean?
Many times, the emperor’s fate was that he couldn’t even leave the capital.

The wealthy landlords below have already united and digested all orders according to their own ideas.

In the end, you can't hold on to anything, and you can only compromise over and over again.

Emperor Jiajing was such a smart man, but in the end he had no choice but to compromise again and again.

Why did the last person who was making elixirs hide in the palace and refuse to come out?
tired.

Chen Han wanted to stop this from happening and put power in the cage of the system...

(End of this chapter)