Volume 14 Chapter 3 The Way of His Majesty
Zhu Cijiong has been the emperor for more than ten years, and gradually summed up some experience, he found that managing a country is the same as managing a large company in later generations, and many aspects such as finance, personnel, production, and technology can find similarities.
What is the most important thing about managing a company? There are many different views on this, and everyone's opinion is different, but in the final analysis, it is actually two words: employing people.
Things are man-made, everything has to be done, whether a boss can succeed, the most important thing is not how capable he is, but to know how to make good use of people, for example, in the face of an all-round talent, production, technology and even management are all connected, if the boss will use people, at least he will be mentioned as vice president, or even general manager, but there are many bosses who treat this kind of talent as a livestock, let people do everything, and the salary is the same as others.
In the face of such a boss, what will happen to this all-round talent? Why, others have a leisurely day, but Lao Tzu is as tired as a dog, he still takes the same money, and he still does a wool, resign! Therefore, there are not many companies that can become bigger and stronger, many of them can only barely maintain, and even many of them collapse, mostly because the boss does not know how to use people, and some even regard themselves as omnipotent gods and insert a lever in everything.
Far away, far away, to get back to the point, Zhu Cijiong still has a lot of research on the way of the emperor, so when he saw Nan Juyi's solemn face, he knew that this matter might have many difficulties for the southeastern governor.
If you want the horse to run, you must give the horse grazing, Zhu Cijiong still understands this truth, anyway, he has read what he should see, Zhu Cijiong simply pulled Nan Juyi on the Daming, came to the study, and gave him a seat, and then said kindly: "Sishou, I'm afraid it's very difficult to see you like this, I also know that it's not so simple to build 500 fortune ships and warships a year, if there are any difficulties, just say it, I will solve it for you." “
When Nan Juyi heard this, he was moved, when he met such an emperor, what else was there to say, he made up his mind, no matter how difficult it was, he would do it for the emperor, his face was straight, and he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, then please forgive Weichen for his courage." “
Zhu Cijiong nodded and encouraged: "Say it, don't worry, say it boldly, I won't blame you." “
When Nan Juyi heard this, he boldly said: "Your Majesty, the so-called 'way of the king', the people must be saved first, and if the people are harmed to serve him, he will cut his shares to eat his belly, and his stomach will be full and he will die." "Wechen knows that you are in such a hurry to build a warship for the sake of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, but if you forcibly recruit all the people from the shipbuilding workshop to come to Nandaying, it will definitely make these people complain, and if you are resentful, you will not really contribute, Wechen is afraid that they will be forcibly recruited, and this warship will not be built." ”
After Nan Juyi finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Cijiong with fear, these words are simply confronting the emperor in person, I don't know if the emperor will be angry!
Unexpectedly, Zhu Cijiong not only didn't get angry, but nodded with satisfaction: "Well, that's right, my teacher also taught me in the past, to keep the people in mind, and I don't blame me for not making it clear, I don't mean to forcibly recruit all the people from the shipbuilding workshop to come to Nandaying, but to create conditions for them, so that they can make lucky ships and warships, as for this money, I will not lose a penny of their money, how much it should be." “
When Nan Juyi heard this, he said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't have so much money, and the tax revenue of the Chengtian Mansion alone is shaved out of the officials' salaries and the maintenance expenses of the southeast defense line in a year, and it is the limit to be able to build fifty fortune ships and warships. “
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he couldn't help but look at Nan Juyi in surprise, he originally thought that the money for building the warship was allocated by the imperial court, and Nan Juyi was forced out of the tax for a long time!
He naturally won't go to the details of such a huge and complicated matter as taxes, he only cares about how much he earns a year, what major expenses there are, and all other things are handed over to the household department to manage, and if he really goes to carefully check the detailed income and expenditure of each state and government, then he estimates that he doesn't have to do anything, and he can't reconcile the accounts in a day.
He thought about it carefully, and among the major expenditures approved by him, there was really no cost of building ships in Nanda, nor was there any maintenance cost of the southeast defense line, although the tax was also regarded as the country's money, but the tax of a government alone could support a huge defense line, and it could also build fifty Fuchuan warships every year, which was enough to prove that Nan Juyi was a super capable official.
He said sincerely: "Si Shou, it's hard work." “
Nan Juyi hurriedly replied: "The emperor has a good reputation, these are all things that Weichen should do." “
Zhu Cijiong had secretly decided that he must not treat this official who was dedicated to the country badly, he nodded and said: "Well, let's not talk about it for a while, this money should be allocated by the imperial court, let's talk about it, how much money is needed." “
Nan Juyi said cautiously: "If the cost is calculated, a Fuchuan battleship will cost about 10,000 taels of silver, as for the price of the Fuchuan Weichen has also understood, it is about between 18,000 and 20,000 taels, Weichen thought, if you want these shipbuilding workshop people to really work hard for the imperial court, how can a Fuchuan battleship have to give two or three thousand taels of hard-earned money, of course, if they can give more, they should be more motivated." “
When he said this, he was very careful, asking people for money is not a good thing after all, especially asking the emperor for money, the Ming Dynasty is such a big country, there are many places to spend money, if you stretch out your hand everywhere, the emperor will not be annoyed.
However, Zhu Cijiong did not bother him, but taught: "Sishou, it's not right for you to think like this, if you want to fully mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, you must give enough benefits, what to give two or three thousand taels, it's not right to do this, if you want to give, just give it at the market price, even if it's 20,000 taels." “
When Nan Juyi heard this, he was dumbfounded, this money was spent a little unjustly, he said distressedly: "Your Majesty, you don't need so much, 18,000 can make them happy, such a large amount is placed here, the court directly pays for it, they don't even have to run the business, and it is enough to earn 8,000 taels for one ship." “
Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "Sishou, I don't want to save money, but I want to develop and expand the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty, so let's divide the shipyard into two parts, and if you are willing to follow the imperial court, you send someone to manage it in a unified manner, set up a large shipyard, and you can also do it alone, the imperial court provides docks and waterways, as long as the warships made are no problem, the imperial court will purchase them at the price, and they can also do the private fortune ship business, I only ask for 500 fortune ships every year, and the rest depends on their ability. The more lucky ships can be sold, after all, the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty also need to develop. “
When Nan Juyi heard this, he couldn't help but be moved and said: "Then Weichen thanked the emperor for them." “
Zhu Cijiong smiled strangely: "Don't you thank me, the big shipyard I handed over to you, and the fortune ship warship built is also 20,000 taels, and the money I earn will be my reward for you." “
When Nan Juyi heard this, his eyes were about to explode, which was at least a million taels of income every year, and he hurriedly said in fear: "Your Majesty, this, this money ......." “
Zhu Cijiong raised his hand and said: "Needless to say, so be it, I will first ask the household department to allocate 10 million taels to you as a start-up capital, you must do this well for me, you know?" “
If you can't do it well, then you will really be ashamed of the emperor, Nan Juyi nodded excitedly and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, Weichen will do his best to do this for the emperor." “