Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 497: The Bold and Resolute Monk Daoyan

Chapter 497: The Bold and Resolute Monk Daoyan

After making a small start in the affairs of the Foreign Diplomatic Department, Master Hu once again gave up on it.

Even though Monk Daoyan was extremely intelligent, wasn't he still fooled by Master Hu and rushed forward screaming?

With the official seal of Mr. Hu in his hand, he can be said to have great power and no constraints.

What's more, those who can be transferred to the newly established Foreign Diplomatic Department have all been screened once.

They know too well who Master Hu is.

There is not a single one who dares to explode.

It is precisely because of this that Monk Daoyan should not be too happy.

This feeling of being able to use everything as easily as one's own arm and having everyone working together as one is simply too great!

After two years of book editing career, the ambition and desire that had been suppressed in my heart finally broke out completely at this moment.

But Monk Daoyan, who acted as soon as he had power, had no idea that Master Hu had already made a backup plan.

For this yamen that was nominally established by himself, the most important power was personnel and financial power, but in reality, it was not the official seal at all.

But it is Master Hu’s own private seal!
Mr. Hu had said before that daily matters would be handled according to the official seal.

Personnel can be promoted, demoted, transferred, punished, rewarded, and involve large amounts of financial expenditures.

If his private seal was not stamped on it, no one could order him around unless Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang came in person!

This matter is just a little experience that Mr. Hu has gained after many years in the officialdom.

After all, sitting in the top seat and getting the most benefits means that you will also be the first to take the blame at the critical moment.

But Master Hu knew that it was not impossible to take the blame, but there was a world of difference between the trouble he caused himself and the trouble secretly created by his subordinates and thrown at him.

Therefore, in order to prevent such disgusting things from happening, Mr. Hu directly held human rights and financial power in his hands, but let go of the power over affairs.

Does Monk Daoyan know?
Of course he knows?
Is he happy?

He was so happy to do that!

For a smart guy like him who has a lot of thoughts and a sharp brain.

This approach of drawing rules and red lines in advance and then letting him do what he wants is actually true trust.

To such a smart person, the approach of leaving everything to him and letting him arrange everything is a complete trap.

Either the boss is a complete idiot who knows nothing, and the subordinate has to be in charge;
Or the boss has long been ready to pass the buck, and the boss takes the lion's share of any benefits, while the subordinates bear all the consequences.

After all, full authority has been delegated, right?

Mr. Hu's seemingly distrustful approach is the real trust.

Because, the control of human rights, financial power and the relaxation of power over affairs is a euphemism to tell you.

If there is any merit, I want to take the lion's share;

But if something goes wrong, I will help you with the responsibility.
But if you dare to make any mistakes with human rights or financial power, I will deal with you first!

This conditional and limited trust is the most practical trust in the eyes of smart people like Monk Daoyan.

How could he not be excited?

Look, he is shouting and dragging people to work.

Monk Daoyan's work enthusiasm was so high that Master Hu only stayed in the mansion for less than five days.

An official came to the palace to file a complaint in a miserable state.

There's nothing else to say, I just can't handle the intensity of Monk Daoyan's work nowadays.

Wow, Monk Daoyan is going to use a high-profile and strategic approach to win the battle.

He even got a lot of information, experiences and even brief maps of foreign countries from Mr. Hu.

But he still felt unsafe, so he ordered all the officials around like donkeys.

Not to mention the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites, these are all old government offices where this bunch of officials came from. Go back and get the relevant information for me.

Any news about foreign countries, even the slightest bit, must be brought to us.

Anyway, he had the seal of the Foreign Diplomatic Department in his hands, so he could just stamp an official letter for someone.

This colleague who I worked with a few days ago came to my house with such an official letter. Whether it was the Ministry of Rites or the Honglu Temple, I felt embarrassed to refuse.

If that's all, then it's fine, just treat it as a visit.

But Monk Daoyan doesn’t do that!

He also arranged for someone to have an official letter and had them take it directly to the prefecture and county.

What?

Find those local old-fashioned maritime trading families.

I don't want your money or manpower, but you must hand over to me the nautical charts, news, and knowledge that you have accumulated.

Not paying?

Haha, do you think the county magistrate who confiscated the property and the prefect who exterminated the entire family were a joke?
Anyway, with the seal in hand, Monk Daoyan showed no mercy at all and knocked with great pleasure.

One official letter after another went straight to the local officials.

The local officials, as long as they took a quick look and listened, would know that this newly arrived Foreign Diplomatic Department of a low rank did not have a great reputation.

But the number one official in his family, whose surname was Hu and whose name was Weiyong, was originally the left prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

I just want to ask you if you are afraid?
If you're a little slower, that guy will get angry and you'll have to find a way to clean up the mess yourself.

The key is that this gentleman doesn't even have to go to the emperor to ask for anything. Just send a two-foot-wide piece of paper to any of the six ministries, and you'll be unlucky or not.

Of course, this is also because the Foreign Affairs Department of this country does not ask for anything difficult.

All they need is for the local officials to lead the way, help out and fool the local tyrants.

This is a public business, and if it is done well, there is some honor in being a local official.

It was also because of this that, although the officials of the Foreign Diplomatic Department were exhausted, the arrangements made by Monk Daoyan rarely failed.

After all, the Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions. During the Hongwu period, no matter how many maritime merchants or wealthy businessmen you were, who would dare to go against the government and the imperial court?
Things went smoothly.

The information collected from various channels was continuously channeled into the Foreign Diplomatic Department.

Monk Daoyan and the people who stayed behind worked almost day and night to organize this information.

Many officials who originally thought that they could easily gain merit and get promotions under Master Hu's command were directly controlled and made worse than a donkey pulling a millstone.

Now, I can’t bear it anymore, so I come to Master Hu to complain.

Then, after he finished speaking, he was kicked out of the mansion by Master Hu.

Humph, if you don't want to work like a slave, do you want me, your master, to do the work for you?

At this moment, the dog system, which seemed to have an increasingly less sense of existence, suddenly appeared.

[Congratulations to the host, who has fully understood the true meaning of hard work in daily life and completely relaxed his body and mind! ]

[It’s good to slack off, it’s wonderful to slack off, the feeling of slacking off is wow! ]

[Specially reward the host with two kilograms of high-quality pepper seeds. I hope the host will keep up the good work! ]

As soon as he saw the prompt, Mr. Hu was happy.

This is good!
Not to mention anything else, just talking about this seed, at least it can make people enjoy the fun of farming!

Fun!

The backyard is still empty!
(End of this chapter)