Chapter 121 Reform of the Ministry of Industry

Zhu Qizhen was a little unclear about Yang Pu's vein. "What do you mean, sir?" ”

Yang Pu said: "The minister thinks that the founding of the country lies in the security of the people, the peace of the people lies in the business, the business is in the development of agriculture, and the revitalization of agriculture lies in water conservancy. ”

Zhu Qizhen's face did not move at all when he heard this.

It's as if you're not boasting about yourself.

For other people's sycophants, Zhu Qizhen is also used to taking all orders. However, for Yang Pu's sycophant, Zhu Qizhen is going to turn a few more times in his head.

Think about it, what does this person want to do?

"The importance of water conservancy, the world knows that after nine years of orthodoxy, local officials from all over the country have played the imperial court, and water conservancy has risen, from Liaodong in the north to Liangguang in the south." Yang Pu said: "It's just that the matter of water conservancy is so important in the local area, but no one is in charge, and the minister thinks it is inappropriate." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir, do you want to restart the strategy of the two books? ”

"No," Yang Pu said: "The six parts are listed, and they have been for more than a thousand years, so they can't be moved, but the functions of the Ministry of Industry can be transferred." ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't think about this matter.

But he also knows that if something is good at the top, it will be followed by the bottom.

Zhu Qizhen personally stood for the Hebei water conservancy platform, and he didn't know how much money he spent in Hebei, so that he can now have fertile soil in Hebei and millions of people.

From this point, even if the officials below are slow, they can see the direction of the emperor's wind.

As I said before, the virtues of the first emperors of Lai Daming and the stalls received by Zhu Qizhen, although there are many places that are unsatisfactory, but overall.

Not a mess.

At least the local treasury is abundant.

As a result, most local officials want to make political achievements, what should they do?

Repair water conservancy.

What Zhu Qizhen knows is a series of water conservancy projects in the south of the Yangtze River led by the channel of Taihu Lake into the sea, and even a series of irrigation projects operated by Huang Yong, the political envoy of Shaanxi.

Wait a minute.

Almost all those who have spare power in the upper part of the country have to build a few rivers to show their ability.

As for the Yellow River, the Huai River, and the Yangtze River, these large projects naturally have to be borne by the imperial court, but looking at a few canals and irrigating hundreds of hectares of land, these small projects can be handled in one county.

As for cleaning up the ancient water conservancy projects, there are many more to play their role again.

It can be said that from the beginning of the construction of the Lugou River in Zhuqi Town, the second peak of water conservancy construction in the Ming Dynasty began, and the first peak was naturally during the Hongwu period, when Emperor Taizu sent Guozi Jian Sheng to build water conservancy in various places.

However, in the context of all kinds of waste.

Most of the water conservancy projects built during the Hongwu period were for the purpose of restoration.

Zhu Qizhen still supports the construction of water conservancy in the local area, and in the edict to his subordinates, officials who have made meritorious contributions to the construction of water conservancy should be considered in advance in terms of promotion.

It can be said that the trend of building water conservancy in this way has been fueled by Zhu Qi Town.

It's just a matter of prosperity, there are advantages and disadvantages.

The same is true for water conservancy.

Zhu Qizhen's original intention may be good, but there are too many problems in the implementation.

Many rivers flow through many prefectures and counties, and each prefecture and county block the top and intercept the bottom for their own interests, or discharge floods from the top and suffer disasters from the bottom. Again, it's just a matter of no one in charge.

Not to mention, the local government will build water conservancy at the first glance.

There is also no planning, exploration. Naturally, there are magistrates who are willing to personally dig up and down the rivers and canals.

However, the problem is that there are a considerable number of local officials, but for the sake of political achievements, who wants to build water conservancy projects in the future, there are many inconveniences. It can't even be profitable, but it becomes a disaster.

It's also a matter of capacity.

What's even more terrifying is that some magistrates don't think anything in their hearts.

Although the local government treasury has plenty of money and grain, but after all, the Ming Dynasty has a royal law, a royal history, and a patrol, and it is not too easy for the magistrate to take the silver into his own pocket.

But as long as there is a project, there are endless ways to put the money in your pocket.

What effect can this kind of ill-intentioned project have, but it will only cost the people money and waste the people's resources.

Zhu Qizhen didn't feel this kind of chaos deeply, after all, he was unfamiliar with what the grassroots of Daming was like, and he was separated by a layer.

But Yang Pu is different.

Yang Pu's protégés are all over the world, and many of them are local officials, and many things are not easy to go directly to the court. After all, once you get to the top of the official plane, there must be a result.

If it's one or two cases, that's it. But if there are many people who do this, it is the beginning of a political storm.

This kind of consequence is not what every official wants to see.

But if you explain the situation to your backer in private, you will be much more free.

This is also the reason why the ministers who can sit firmly in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet will not be lonely ministers, but must be the leaders of a certain faction of civil officials in the DPRK and China.

Yang Pu saw that Zhu Qizhen listened to it, and said carefully: "The four divisions of the Ministry of Work are the camp, the water, the tuntian, and Yu Heng, and now the guards in the Tuntian, the main affairs are not much, and they belong to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. But since he ascended the throne, he must always be frugal, and he should not have great work. ”

Yang Pu said this, and glanced at Zhu Qizhen with deep meaning.

Zhu Qizhen immediately understood.

For Zhu Qizhen, who left the palace and lived separately, Yang Pu, as the head of civil officials, still showed an attitude of disapproval of such an unruly matter.

Fortunately, Zhu Qizhen did not delay in the government affairs, and every morning when he met with the ministers, he was still in the Forbidden City, so he didn't say anything.

Yang Pu continued: "In this way, the miscellaneous officials of the Ministry of Engineering are abolished, all of them are placed on water conservancy, and His Majesty has set up a water division in Zhili, and it should be the same in other provinces. ”

"In this way, there will be no chaos in the place."

It's not that the supervisory power of the provincial procurators is not in place, but there are many things, and the provincial procurators don't understand it too well. After all, water conservancy engineering is a specialized discipline.

It is necessary for special agencies to manage it. It's also being cleaned up.

But Zhu Qizhen's first thought was that Yang Pu would show him favor again.

Why?

Because of the water conservancy school in Zhu Qi Town, a considerable number of students have been trained.

Ruan An took the first batch of students to experience the entire Hebei water conservancy project, and after having rich practical experience, he was also brought back to the school by Ruan An to study for two or three years, and he was already considered a graduate.

However, most of this group of trainees were assigned to various prefectures and counties directly under the government and became officials in charge of water conservancy projects. There are also some people who work in the Ministry of Engineering.

That's right, it's the package assigned.

It is mixed well, and it has become a Jiupin County. Although he can only be in charge of the water conservancy affairs of one county. The limitations are very large, and it may be a lifetime, so don't want to be promoted to the fifth rank or above.

Staying up for a lifetime with a Tongzhi Zhishi is their best ending.

But for most people, as long as they can put on a layer of official skin, it is a major event to change the court, and as for how big an official they are, they dare not have too many extravagant expectations.

Of course, most of the students are still small officials.

There is this precedent, and the number of students applying for the water conservancy college has increased greatly, if the first batch of students are mostly little eunuchs, but the second batch of colleges are all children of ordinary people in Beijing.

The future of a small official, the dignitaries and nobles look down on it, but the ordinary people have nothing to look down on, and even some talented children who have landed on the ground feel that the scientific examination is hopeless, and they will sign up to join.

Although there are not many graduates of each class of the Institute of Water Conservancy, there are only a few hundred of them. But after two or three terms, the positions of Zhili and the positions in the capital will also be filled.

This kind of reform, even if Yang Pu doesn't mention it, Zhu Qizhen has to say it. After all, raising so many people, Zhu Qizhen is going to use it. I won't fail to find jobs for the students of the Water Conservancy School.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen has a deep calculation hidden in his heart, and feels that the civil officials will definitely oppose these people's appointments, but he doesn't want to watch Yang Pu's performance today, it seems that Yang Pu doesn't mind using these students.