The purpose of the Apocalypse in setting up the Prison Yuan was to find some people to help him, so that he could get out of his body and do other things. But in the eyes of others, the apocalypse is restoring the cabinet, although the name is different, but the essence is almost the same, even King Xin, Liu Zongzhou and others have such doubts in their hearts. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. However, when the Apocalypse said that it would set up a supervisory body or call it an auxiliary government agency below, everyone knew that it was not to restore the cabinet, let alone a whim.

King Xin first asked: "Brother Huang, this Supervision Yuan can be said to be to assist you in supervising the ministries, after all, Brother Huang has too many things to do, such as military affairs, the big iron company, and relatively large and urgent government affairs that need to be asked by you." But is it necessary to set up a supervisory or auxiliary government agency below? As far as my brother knows, many local governors are usually very idle. ”

Apocalypse thought for a moment and asked, "What are the Government Councils busy with now?" ”

King Shin said: "Because of the large number of immigrants from the north to the south last year and the first half of this year, and the measures implemented by the imperial brothers in various places to check and replenish the grain depots, force large households to return to their fields and sell grain, and pay taxes to all people, regardless of the gentry, and the officials, there will be no large-scale famine in the whole Ming Dynasty. The results of high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are still being statistically estimated to be no worse, and the Government Council is now busy formulating detailed rules for the collection of commercial taxes. ”

After King Xin finished speaking, he thought that Tianqi would be happy, and at least he had to inquire carefully, who knew that Tianqi said expressionlessly: "These things have reached many departments, and the general direction needs the Holy Academy to grasp and put forward a plan, and how to do the specific affairs well needs the support of the Bo Academy, and the selection, appointment and dismissal of officials need to be carefully coordinated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate." So despite all these things, does King Shin feel like he can do it easily? ”

King Xin thought for a while and said: "Brother Huang is right, and Brother Chen also thinks that this is the case, one person or some people do things and manage them all, it is not as easy and efficient as multiple departments cooperating with each other. ”

Tianqi nodded and asked: "Then have you thought about it, just the affairs of the DPRK and China involve so many departments, and the local affairs of each place should also be a lot and complicated, why are the local governors very idle?" ”

Seeing that King Xin bowed his head and was silent, Tianqi looked at the other people and said, "A few of you also tell us your opinions, why is the court busy and idle?" ”

Liu Zongzhou thought for a while and said, "Because the local governor doesn't need to think about it so much, he just needs to do things according to the orders of the imperial court." ”

Tianqi said: "Lord Liu is right, local affairs are not necessarily few, but they don't have the ability and energy to manage a lot like Jingli. If you think about it, in the imperial court, you have to manage not only the advance planning of each locality, but also the specific implementation methods, and the final results, which is much more busy than the local governors just obeying orders. Among them, the pre-administration office of the Government Affairs Yuan should provide a basis for advance planning according to the specific situation of the various localities, so that the central government's consideration will be directly taken into account in every county in the country. ”

King Xin nodded and asked, "Does the imperial brother mean that the establishment of auxiliary political institutions in various places is to keep the local officials busy and the central officials to be more relaxed?" ”

"It's certain to relieve the officials of Beijing on some of their existing affairs, but not to make it easy for them, but to let them focus on other things that are more needed," Tianqi said. The effect of the central government's direct command of the localities is also not very good, after all, the road is far away, the information is not clear, and it is easy to delay the matter∞ and the local officials who return to the government are too idle, so that many good policies of the imperial court cannot be implemented, so that part of the interests of the people are sacrificed in exchange for the leisure of local officials, which is not tolerated. However, if local officials are required to consider all aspects like the officials in Beijing, it is difficult to say that they are tired and unable to do it, so I want to set up auxiliary political institutions in various places. ”

Liu Zongzhou thought for a while and said: "The minister understands the emperor's meaning a little, does the emperor also want to set up an institution like the Supervisory Yuan in all provinces, prefectures and counties?" This does allow local officials to do things according to their abilities and actual conditions, and it is not necessary to present them all to Beijing, but this requires a lot of talents, and where can there be so many people in hundreds or thousands of counties across the country to do things? ”

Tianqi said: "This is the reason why I have come to you to discuss, not only to think about where to find so many useful people, but also to think about how to ensure that all places will not be enlarged because of the perfect auxiliary institutions, so as to avoid the emergence of rebels like Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan. ”

Seeing that everyone was silently thinking about the problem, Tianqi said: "This matter is relatively big, I'm afraid I won't be able to think through it for a while, why don't you divide the work?" ”

King Xin asked, "How is the imperial brother going to divide labor?" ”

Apocalypse said: "My real idea is to let several departments help each other and supervise each other, so as to achieve a purpose of automatic operation. To do something, we must first know what we should do, that is, we must find a direction. In the past, we thought about how to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, thinking that when the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the world would be peaceful, but now that everything has changed, it will not work like this. So what exactly is the direction to go now? I think we should think about it in three parts, and a while ago we discussed how to carry on the past and forge ahead into the future, and I think we should look for it along these lines. ”

Seeing that King Xin looked very confused, Gao Panlong said: "Half a month ago, when the emperor discussed the affairs of the Great Iron Company with his ministers, he discussed that when he planned affairs, he should have the idea of carrying forward the past and forging ahead into the future, and he should follow the golden mean, that is, not to go to extremes and keep pace with the times. After the minister went back, he thought about it carefully, and thought that the emperor's statement was reasonable, but he just said it at the time, and now he has no opinion on the specific application of the minister. ”

Seeing that Liu Zongzhou and Xu Guangqi also expressed no opinion, Tianqi said: "Since we are carrying forward the past and forging ahead into the future, we must understand what the people of the past, present and future really need, and only by satisfying everyone can everything we do be meaningful□ Master Zongzhou Liu, there are some old ministers in your holy academy, you are responsible for asking them, and discussing with them the old ministers, or the ancestors who are no longer there, what should they do if they eliminate us?" It may seem mysterious, but I think it makes sense, because people who don't care about the course of history will definitely take a detour in reality, and future generations will forget about him if they don't take into account the wishes of their ancestors. ”

Liu Zongzhou nodded and said, "The minister understands what the emperor means, and the minister will do it." ”

Apocalypse nodded and then said to King Xin, "King Xin is in charge of the Government Council, and the Government Council is in charge of people's affairs now, so you can go back and discuss how to get their real thoughts and real needs among the people." The needs of the imperial court are considered as a whole, and the needs of the people are considered by the individual, and I believe that it is incomplete to consider only the whole or only the individual, and only when the needs of the whole and the individual are taken into account, so that the interests of the whole and the individual are satisfied, can this matter be perfected. ”

King Shin said: "Last year, the emperor demanded that all county officials should understand the specific situation of the local area at the beginning of their appointment, and later asked the county magistrates of each county to try their best to understand the real needs of the people. The younger brother knows this and knows that because the conditions are not met, few people do it, and now since the imperial brother asks for this, the younger brother will let the people below to collect and sort it out carefully. ”

Tianqi nodded and said to Xu Guangqi: "Someone from Lord Xu's Bo Academy is now building a new farm in Huangzhuang with Zhao Shujiao's people, you can ask them to ask the local people what they need, the elderly, adults, and children all try to ask and see what everyone really needs." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "The minister knows what the emperor means, and the emperor wants to ask different people about their different needs, so as to find out the principles we should follow in the future, I don't know if the minister is right?" ”

Tianqi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I almost forgot that Master Xu once translated a book called "Principles of Geometry", which contains the knowledge of various points, lines, planes and angles. I have read a little bit of the books you have translated with the Taixi people, and the idea of finding the future development direction from the needs of people in different eras is related to the knowledge translated by Master Xu. ”

Xu Guangqi asked suspiciously: "Is there still such a thing?" This book was translated by the minister and Matteo Ricci together, why didn't the minister see any direction of development from it? ”

Apocalypse smiled: "Everyone looks at different things, for example, when they see a beautiful woman, young people think about whether they can marry her home as a wife and concubine, old people think about whether it is better to match her to the eldest or the second, and the tiger thinks about how to eat her in the stomach." ”

Everyone smiled when they heard it, and Tianqi then explained: "Master Xu's book puts forward a straight line theory, that is, connecting two points can form a straight line∞ thinking that from the beginning of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the present, people's living standards must be constantly improving, Confucius said that the seventy-year-old man in Datong society can eat meat, and the current Ming Dynasty can eat meat as long as he is rich and does not need to be seventy years old, which shows that it is much better now than in ancient times." Finding a real point from the real needs of multiple ancestors, and then finding a point in the real needs of the people now, isn't the connection between the two phases a straight line? Wouldn't you know what to do in the future? ”

Xu Guangqi frowned and said: "The knowledge in that book is empty knowledge, and I am afraid it has little to do with practical affairs, is it feasible for the emperor to do this?" ”

Apocalypse shook his head and said, "If you are not afraid, even if you can't find it, you can't count it, if we can find the needs of the future from the connection between the past and the present, won't we have the magic power of the unpredictable prophet?" This is just a strategic consideration, and you need to think more about specific matters such as where to find talents and how to ensure the absolute control of the local court by the imperial court. ”