Chapter 2466: Gui Zi Juan persuades and impresses
Chai Ke glanced at Feng Ziying, and his face became colder, "I'll wait until you become the chief assistant before you can say anything like this."
Feng Ziying doesn’t care either.
He and Chai Ke have an unusual friendship. They occasionally go out of their way but they are not nonsense and can actually bring the relationship closer between the two parties.
"I'm telling the truth. Cun Zhigong keeps saying that people should be appointed on their merits and that they should be selected with integrity, but I think we should add one more thing: appointing people based on their pragmatism and only talking about virtue and integrity without talking about efficiency and ability. This defeats the purpose of hiring people. "
Feng Ziying was not polite, and Chai Ke did not refute.
"Especially local officials, they all say that the exterminator should choose someone who is upright and upright. Of course he should, but if the person chosen is someone who believes in talking, doesn't know how to do anything, and is fooled by the people below, in a few years, the local The powerful gentry praised you, gave you a plaque for all people, and granted you a promotion, but what about the local people? What did they gain? Are you an official for the people, or for your own promotion?"
Feng Ziying’s tone was calm, but the meaning of her words was sharp.
It is pointed out that there are problems with the mechanism for selecting officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and there are also problems with the mechanism for evaluating officials. It is even more problematic to blindly focus the evaluation on the increase or decrease in local litigation, the quality of education, and the evaluation of gentry.
“Ziying, it seems that you have a lot of opinions on the work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.” Chai Ke laughed.
"Of course, I never mince words." Feng Ziying was also polite, "I dare to say this in front of Prime Minister Ye, Master Qi, and Duke Cun. There is a problem with the selection and appointment of officials in the Ministry of Personnel, and there is also a problem with the mechanism for training officials. Jinshi’s observation of government should not be in the Seven Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The most important place to go is the local state capital, to study hard and observe. In addition, even if Jinshi’s observation of government is over, they should go to the local state capital first. After that, they can do something You can serve as general judge, push officials, and serve as magistrates, but you cannot be magistrates of counties and prefectures..."
Chai Ke was amused by Feng Ziying's words, "Ziying, where are you watching the government? The Hanlin Academy. Why, after you passed this level, you started to break the seal of heaven and drugged the people behind you?"
"Brother Zishu, what you said is even more wrong. I am a concubine and watch politics in the Hanlin Academy, but what do I do? Go to Ningxia, enter the grassland, defend Ganzhou, and fight against the rebels. I'm glad you're here too. It's me, Shangguan. What happened after I came back? I haven't even breathed yet. They sent me to the south of the Yangtze River again. It was a bumpy ride. I really haven't been quiet in those few years. I'm better than all the concubines. I think it’s true that a soldier travels a lot in total, right? But I think it’s worth it. I’ve gained more knowledge, learned a lot, and become familiar with many things and people below. I really want to stay in the Seventh Division. , I really find it boring and can’t learn anything.”
Feng Ziying’s words were indeed true, and Chai Ke could not refute them.
Seeing that Chai Ke was silent, Feng Ziying was not concerned about himself, but he still wanted to make some things clear.
"Brother Zishu, the current situation is a major change in the world. Otherwise, our six divisions will not become seven divisions, and the work of the officials must also change. The Great Zhou Dynasty has been peaceful for a hundred years, and the population has increased, and the densely populated areas are narrow. The situation is becoming more and more serious, but climate change is becoming increasingly severe. Harvest failure in the North seems to have become the norm. If you are not careful, refugees will be everywhere..."
"You have also seen that Shaanxi has not yet been pacified, and chaos has broken out in Shanxi. The situation in Henan this year is not very good either. If officials only focus on Shangguan and gentry, but do not want to care about the common people, the chaos in Shanxi will happen again, even in Henan. It is inevitable that Shandong will be staged,..."
"... In addition, it is an inevitable trend to expand the Southeast Asia outside the territory. Otherwise, the contradiction between population and money and food will only become more and more prominent. The imperial court has not yet made an overall plan and consideration in this regard. I have also mentioned this situation with Brother Meiming and Brother Jinghui. , they also basically agree with my point of view, especially Brother Jing Hui, who also said that he would vigorously promote the pace of the Zhou Dynasty's foreign expansion..."
Chai Ke, Bi Ziyan, Guo Zhengyu, and Yang He were the four great kings among the Huguang scholars who were affected by the Guanying Zhen. The later ones were Wu Liangsi and Yang Sichang.
The scholars in Huguang have always formed an alliance with the scholars in the North. Overseas expansion has always been a passion of Jiangnan merchants. Chai Ke did not expect that Feng Ziying would support this policy so unswervingly.
"Ziying, I really didn't expect that your attitude is different from the views of many people in the court. They feel that even Liaodong is so difficult to defend, and we are unable to govern Uzang. We can even give up the Western Regions. The Mongols They are still eyeing us over there, so how can the imperial court have the energy to consider extraterritorial Nanyang?"
What Chai Ke said also represents the views and attitudes of a large number of people in the court.
"It is also a time of great strife. The more we must forge ahead, I actually feel that the situation in Liaodong has reached an inflection point. Although the Jianzhou Jurchens captured Anle Prefecture in the last round, their offensive seemed to be unabated, but in fact they suffered heavy losses. I predict that in two or three years Nurhachi will have to go back to lick his wounds and recuperate. The Mongolians have to deal with Lin Dan Batur, a master with high ambitions, low ambitions, big talents, but a great success. If he has to go through it a few more times, I think all the Chahar people will have to do it. It's about to fall. On land, we seem to be on the defensive now, but we will soon achieve a balance of offense and defense. But at sea, we can't wait. The Xiyi people have already arrived. It turns out that the Nanyang lands that were our inner lakes, Fo Lang The robots are coming, the Dutch are coming, and the English are coming. If we don’t keep the enemy outside our borders, the enemy will set foot on our soil.”
"That's why I told Brother Meiming and Brother Jinghui to take action first with the power of the people, and our court will support us from behind. The power of merchants cannot be underestimated. The combined financial resources of merchants from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Jiangnan are more than hundreds of millions. The key is to Arouse their interest, businessmen, it is not early to do anything without profit, but once it is profitable, someone has said that for three times the profit, they can sell the noose to hang themselves. This is true, as long as the businessmen are interested, then Once this force is mobilized, the imperial court can use it to achieve our goals."
Chai Ke's eyes were serious, "The imperial court intends to set up a palace in the east, and it does have some influence on the imperial court. But you mentioned that the next step is Sulu, Luzon, and the old port and the old land. The distance is much farther..."
"Brother Zishu, you may not know that several major shipyards along the coast are now able to build large Western-style sailing ships. This kind of sailing ship has a large load capacity, good stability, many and complex sails, but it can sail fast with wind. Denglai Navy has already The Fujian Navy will fully adopt these Clark and Galen ships as warships. The next step for the Fujian Navy will be to do the same. Coastal sea trade merchants have basically switched to this type of Western-style sailing ships. Therefore, the distance between Sulu, Luzon and the Old Port It’s not a problem anymore.”
Feng Ziying added again: "Luzon, Sulu, Jiaozhi, and even now Dongfan, three crops a year, if they can be fully developed, it will be of great help to alleviate the pressure of the population of the Zhou Dynasty. This can be overwhelming. .”
Chai Ke had to admit that this was indeed tempting.
The northern exiles are constantly, and the surface looks like a natural disaster, but in fact a deeper problem is that there are so many people on this land.
As long as it is not a good year, you will face the pressure of emigration because you will not have enough to eat. Once you encounter a disaster year, you will have no choice but to go into exile with your family, and it will be natural for you to be coerced into a rebel army.
Feng Ziying is now taking every opportunity to constantly promote her own views. If you can't even influence the familiar and trusted people around you and get them to recognize your own views, how can you get strangers to recognize you?
This is a persistent and long-term solution, but it must be carried out.
Feng Ziying also knows very well that this is also an opportunity to gather strength and mobilize influence.
Gather the strength of the businessmen firmly, drive the land gentry away, and transform them into industrial and commercial gentry for my use.
This is like a united front strategy, making allies more numerous and strong, and making enemies less weak and weak. Only in this way can things be unfavorable.
Nowadays, the scholars and officials in Huguang have basically accepted their views. On the contrary, many of the northern scholars who came from their own families still do not agree with it. The scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are also more divided. The industry and commerce along the coast are relatively developed. The local gentry will become more and more supportive, while the gentry in the inland areas who make a living by renting land will be very disgusted.
Feng Ziying doesn’t care about this either. As long as the demonstration effect of Wusongkou Shipyard and Stock Exchange comes out, he believes that a large number of people will soon change their views, whether they are northern gentry or Jiangnan merchants.
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With great satisfaction, Feng Ziying pulled away from Zhen Baochen's jade body. Feng Ziying couldn't put it down. There was a bit of cunning and bravery in her softness and enchantment. She was indeed different from other women, making people happy and forget to leave.
"I'm afraid I'll have to return to Beijing in half a month." Feng Ziying leaned on the bed, feeling a bit like having a cigarette afterward.
It's a pity that although tobacco has been introduced to the coast, it has not been widely accepted. However, according to the news from Duan Xigui, many people in some coastal ports have begun to smoke this kind of tampa wild rice, which is also called golden grass. .
Feng Ziying also knew that this kind of thing could not be stopped, and it seemed inevitable that it would become popular. Moreover, the territory of Zhou Dynasty was vast and rich in resources, which was far from comparable to those in Luzon. There were many places for growing tobacco, and it could even be exported back to Luzon.
“Is your husband going to consider where I’m going to end up?” Zhen Baochen asked with a smile as she turned around like a big, flawless snake wrapped around Feng Ziying’s body.
"Do you really want to imitate Wang Xifeng?" Feng Ziying frowned slightly, but then said, "Just do it if you want to. Your temperament is somewhat similar to hers."
"Then I really want to learn how to learn. When will my husband give me a son?" After these two months, Zhen Baochen has completely relaxed his mentality, and his smile is even more charming, "When the time comes I am also planning to go to Tianjin Wei to visit Sister Feng. We are all in the same boat. We are all abandoned women who were abandoned by our husband. Moreover, we have to work hard to earn money to raise our sons for our husband. How can there be any logic in this world?"
(End of this chapter)