Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 139 Governor’s Policy Outline
The matter of Chengtian's title did not cause any disturbance in the outer court.

Because most of the officials in the outer court didn't know about this.

Although Wang Tiqian wanted to recruit a few people to help him bear the pressure, he also knew that if it was accidentally leaked, he might be the first to bear the pressure from the outside court.

So he kept things secret and only told a few people who might be knighted.

These people were also very tempted by the title of Chengtian. Under Wang Tiqian's reminder, they each took the initiative to declare their property to the anti-corruption department and asked the emperor to dispose of it.

Zhu Youjian confiscated their floating wealth according to his previous treatment of Wang Tiqian, and left them with fixed assets that were difficult to realize.

However, in order to prevent some people from playing tricks after knowing his disposal method, he also clearly stipulated that the proportion of fixed assets left behind in the total assets should not be higher than 30%. This prevents these people from purchasing land and houses on a large scale and handing over only a small amount of extravagant wealth.

This policy allowed Zhu Youjian to gradually gain more than 2 million yuan in property from the inner court in the next period of time.

Although he knew this was not all, it was much more efficient than confiscating Li Yongzhen's house and only harvesting 290,000 yuan——

Things like confiscating a house really test your execution ability. Every link in the middle may result in profit sharing.

Zhu Youjian did not have so many capable and honest officials to conduct house searches, and he expected them to take the initiative to declare and donate their property.

He did not hesitate to reuse the eunuchs who donated their property, speeding up the review and appointing eunuchs.

After the officials of the outer court learned about the emperor's disposal methods, they became more enthusiastic about declaring property. Because they knew that the emperor was very reasonable and could keep many of the fields and houses he purchased.

Because of this, the outer court also received a windfall, and together with the confiscation of the money of rebellious officials and nobles, the Shaanxi Province's salary arrears were barely settled.

As for the payment arrears of other frontier troops, the Ministry of Revenue really has no way to solve it. Zhu Youjian could only take out money from the internal treasury to settle Liaodong's salary arrears. Lest Liaodong become unstable and threaten the security of the capital.

This money will have to be allocated when Sun Chengzong takes office. Zhu Youjian had expected it when he heard that Liaodong was in arrears. In order to support Sun Chengzong's work, of course it must be allocated when he takes office.

Nowadays, the government and the public are most concerned about the grinding survey method promoted by Zhu Youjian.

After receiving the support of Huang Liji and other eunuch officials, the voices in the court supporting the Mokan Law gradually became louder.

Qian Jiazheng, who was specially granted the title of Yuanshi and became famous, also advocated everywhere in the capital. It is believed that the grinding survey law is good governance and should be implemented as soon as possible.

More and more people are discussing the grinding method, and the advantages and disadvantages of the grinding method have also been raised by many people.

The advantage is of course fairness. While focusing on qualifications, it also pays attention to merit. Even senior officials will be more likely to stand out.

The disadvantage is of course that promotion is slow. For example, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, he promoted a sixth- and seventh-grade official to a first- and second-grade official within a few years. It will never happen again in the future.

This discovery increased the number of officials in the court who supported the grinding method.

Because when Wei Zhongxian was in power, he promoted people at will and completely ignored the previous rules. The officials in the court were a little scared and thought that institutional regulations were needed.

Otherwise, if the grinding survey law is rejected and the emperor uses the eunuch's example to quickly promote his favorite officials, what else can they do?
At that time, the grinding method will still be implemented, but there will be a different group of people in the court.

This made the ministers feel that it would be good for them to implement the grinding method, which would make it difficult for other officials to be promoted quickly and threaten their status.

With the support of these ministers, officials with Jinshi background also realized the benefits of implementing the grinding method.

Especially after the implementation of the grinding method, the status of Jinshi will be completely established. Officials who are not from Jinshi background cannot threaten them——

Unless these people are specially granted a Yuanshi background, their grinding period will be the same as that of a Jinshi.

However, the number of specially-gifted Yuanshi birthplaces is limited, and at most it is only one-tenth of the Jinshi. It is impossible to threaten the Jinshi.

The previous three ways were used together, and the Jinshi was completely respected.

Some people can't help but ask, don't today's officials respect Jinshi? What's the difference?

Of course there is a difference!

Today's officials respect Jinshi, but there is no restriction on officials who hold tribute or have a civil service background to become high-ranking officials.

The respect for Jinshi is a status that Jinshi strives for, and it is not completely determined by the system. After the implementation of the grinding and surveying method, the grinding and surveying period for Jinshi was four years, while the grinding and surveying period for non-Jinshi was six years. The difference was very obvious. The system of Jinshi as the main body of civil servants can be completely established. He who held tribute and was a civil servant could no longer threaten Jinshi.

To put it bluntly, the emperor used the system of grinding and surveying to recognize the status earned by Jinshi.

Therefore, officials with Jinshi background increasingly supported the grinding method.

Naturally, most of the candidates in the capital and the Gongsheng students in the Imperial College were opposed to the grinding method.

But the more these people opposed it, the more Jinshi supported it. Because they realized that officials with a tribute background still wanted to threaten the status of Jinshi.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the officials who were most needed to implement the grinding method finally stood up.

November 13, Chang Chao.

The official's study room is magnificent, and the four matters of government are discussed:

In terms of governors, long-term appointments should be carried out, officials should be promoted and promoted with fixed salaries, appointments should be strict, and talent recruitment should be public.

There is no mention of Mokan method in every sentence, but every sentence talks about Mokan method, which shows his attitude.

Zhu Youjian was overjoyed and immediately praised:
"What Qing Fang said is very good. It's really the words of a mature man who wants to plan a country!"

Seizing this opportunity to elaborate, Zhu Youjian said to the ministers:

"The governor has been appointed for a long time, which is a good point!"

"Nowadays, many governors are transferred to other official positions in less than a year. They don't even have time to get familiar with the place. How can they handle affairs well?"

"In the future, when governors and governors recommend candidates, they should first write down their policy outlines, and the ministers will recommend suitable candidates based on their policy outlines."

"Then give them three years to implement this outline."

Proposing the policy outline system, Zhu Youjian said:
"After three years of office, they will be evaluated according to the policy outline proposed by the governor and decided to remove them accordingly."

"Fang Qing, the governor who has been in office for a long time, proposed it, and I approved it as a court."

"In the future, Governor Tingtui will follow this method!"

Taking the opportunity to change the method of governor's court promotion, the ministers talked among themselves and discussed the good and bad of the change.

Yuan Keli, Minister of the Ministry of War, said:

"Your Majesty's method is very good, but it is somewhat unfair to officials from other places."

"If they are not in the court, how can they write out the policy outline and send it to the court in time?"

"Did Ting push all the ministers in the capital when he was pushing?"

This is a problem. The current communication conditions of Ming Dynasty are far inferior to those of later generations.

For officials from other places to get the news and then write out the policy outline and send it to the court, it would take more than ten days for the recent ones and three months for the distant ones——

After such a long time, the day lily has become cold, so why talk about Tingtui!
　"Chongzhen Changbian": (November of the seventh year of Apocalypse)
　　The magnificent article in the Ministry of Civil Service’s study room discusses the four matters of government:
　　Once the governor has been appointed for a long time, it is appropriate to do so.

　　When an official is promoted, his salary should be determined.

　　A move of caressing and pressing should be carried out strictly.

　　The recruitment of talents should be done in a public manner.

　　Everything goes as planned.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)