Fort Maria, large restaurant.

The banquet continued, eating exquisite French and Western food, and as the delicious dishes were served, the air in the restaurant gradually became a little hotter.

"Pan Qing, Wang Qing, Li Qing, Liang Qing, Xu Qing, Zhao Qing, I am here to toast you!" Zhu Jishi raised his glass and smiled at a few people, "You did a good job this time and did not disappoint me, I hope that you will not disappoint me and the people who voted for the Shabaab in the local area!" ”

"The ministers will not be dishonored!" In the unanimous answer, everyone raised their glasses at the same time and looked at Zhu Jishi on the throne respectfully. Emperor Zhu's words were to grant the official positions of the three provinces to the Jishi Youth Party - although they would certainly win the March elections and control the public affairs in those places.

But winning the elections and taking power in these places is only the beginning, and there is still a long way to go before the Jishi Youth Party, or the Chinese bourgeoisie, really takes on the responsibility of politics.

"It's easy to say if you don't disgrace your life, but it's not easy to do things that don't disgrace your life......" Zhu Jishi's expression suddenly became stern, he looked at the leaders of the Jishi Youth Party, and his tone was full of solemnity, "I know a lot about the things in the officialdom, different factions still have mutual elbows, tear each other down, fight for merit, push if there is a fault, and few people are willing to really take responsibility." This kind of bad habits of officialdom must be corrected, and you must start to correct them......"

After hearing Emperor Zhu's words full of warnings, the original excitement and excitement of the Jishi Party people present were instantly diluted, and the atmosphere became solemn again.

These leaders of the Jishi Youth Party are not young people who have just come out of school, and they don't know how deep the water of officialdom is. How hard things are to do. With the support of Emperor Zhu. They are able to get a few governors, prefects, and county governors. But there are at least tens of thousands of local officials in the three prefectures and two provinces, and it is impossible for them all to be replaced by members of the Jishi Youth Party, right? In particular, the local petty officials of Yingtianfu and Shanghai Mansion are one with the Jiangnan gentry...... And there are also imperial courts in the three provinces and two provinces! The Donglin Party could not elect the Jishi Youth Party in the three provinces and two provinces, but the bigwigs in the DPRK and China still support Donglin, and everyone knows this. This official, it's not easy to think about it!

Seeing that a few didn't speak, Zhu Jishi spoke lightly.

"Okay, I know that the official is not good, this is good! Pan Qing. What kind of official do you plan to be, and how are you going to be this official well? ”

Pan Zuyin is the prime minister of the Jishi Youth Party and a native of Suzhou, and in the current administrative division of the Ming Dynasty, Suzhou is under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai government. Therefore, in the internal arrangement of the Jishi Youth Party, Pan Zuyin was ready to become the prefect of Shanghai.

"Your Majesty, the minister is going to Shanghai." Pan Zuyin pondered and said, "After the minister arrives in Shanghai, he plans to speed up the municipal construction of Shanghai and rectify the rule of the Shanghai government. Eliminate a number of corrupt or inactive officials. ”

Municipal construction and rectification of government administration are certainly in line with the requirements of the capitalists in Shanghai. These two measures can improve the investment and living environment in Shanghai, which is now economically developed. But it is also notoriously dirty and messy, and with the increase in the number of people on the carriage and horse, the large and small roads are also overwhelmed and blocked, and there is a lot of the style of a metropolis in later generations. It is also very necessary to get rid of a number of bureaucrats, not to mention to make room for the people of the Al-Shabaab, even from the point of view of improving administrative efficiency. Although the officials in Shanghai are generally able to do things, bureaucrats are bureaucrats, and it is indispensable that they can enter but not leave, and whether they can go up or down. It's not going to be too satisfying.

"Very good," Zhu Jishi gently turned the goblet in his hand, "That's all?" ”

Then he said: "This incident was originally caused by compulsory education, Pan Qing, you don't have any idea?" ”

Compulsory education? Isn't this matter settled? Why did the emperor bring it up again......

"The minister plans to study it after he takes over." Pan Zuyin's answer was very cautious, "If possible, the minister hopes to do this matter a little better...... Maybe we can implement free ......"

"Not perhaps! Rather, it has to be free! Zhu Jishi chuckled, "Your Jishi Youth Party has raised 10 million party fees within a few days, how many children are there in Shanghai, and how much more will it cost even if compulsory education is necessary?" It won't be 1 million a year, right? I will give you another year, and by June next year, you must make education free and compulsory. ”

There are 16 counties under Shanghai Prefecture (larger than the later Shanghai City), with a population of about 5 million, of which no more than 500,000 children need to receive compulsory education, and a considerable number of them have already attended private schools, and the government needs to solve the problem, at most 3 or 400,000. It's not that the Shanghai government really can't afford this money, it's just ...... Who is fed and supported to spend this money on the common people? Isn't that a waste? Neither the Shanghai government nor the public bureau will agree to this wasteful behavior!

And now, the youth party will soon have both in its hands.

"Pan Qing, this is the task I have given you to the Jishi Youth Party. The two provinces and three governments must run free and compulsory education for me! Moreover, the imperial court will not allocate a silver dollar to you for education funds, and all the money will have to be settled by the local government itself. As for taxation or cutting other expenses, I don't care. Moreover, the contributions of the two provinces and the three prefectures to the central government must also increase, and the annual growth rate must not be less than 5 percent. ”

This official is really not easy to be!

Pan Zuyin and several leaders of the Jishi Youth Party looked at each other, but no one said a word.

Zhu Jishi saw that several people didn't speak, smiled and said: "Of course, how great the responsibility, how great the power." We intend to reform the method of appointing officials in the three provinces and two provinces. All officials are divided into administrative appointees and appointees...... Among them, the chief officials and staff of various departments are all administrative appointees, and they only need to be approved by the public bureau and then finally confirmed by me, and they have nothing to do with the official department or the imperial examination. If you can choose it, you will do it, and if you can't choose it, you will step down.

As for the rest of those who do things under the command of the administrative appointee, they are the administrative officers, which are managed by the Ministry of Officials, and they must have the corresponding meritorious service in the imperial examination before they can serve as them. ”

How many official hats do you have to have! A flash of fire flashed in the hearts of several leaders of the Jishi Youth Party at the same time, and this also means that you can do things freely...... According to the long-standing practice of officialdom, it is absolutely impossible to hand over all the officials of the same faction to the officials of the same faction, but officials of different factions should monitor and contain each other. Otherwise, how could Emperor Lao Tzu rest assured?

But now, there is the Donglin Party, the sworn enemy of the Jishi Youth Party, staring at the public bureau, and the pro-Donglin Party newspapers waiting to break the news every second, so why is Emperor Zhu worried? Now that the emperor is relieved, of course, the Jishi Youth Party can only happily take over the big plate of the two provinces and three prefectures, and then do their best to do things well.

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After the banquet, the cadres of the Jishi Youth Party dispersed, and only a few people remained in the restaurant of Nuoda.

Zhu Jishi stood up and slowly walked to the window, staring out the window at the hazy Nanjing New Town in the distance. The Empress, Maria, and Crown Prince Zhu Guojie all followed him silently.

After looking at it for a while, Zhu Jishi suddenly spoke.

"Xiangmei, Fat Boy, do you think this Nanjing City will be better off than it is now under the management of the Jishi Youth Party?"

This is an exam question, which was given to the crown prince Zhu Guojie. He is 12 years old this year, and he can know a little bit about governing the country. So Luo Xiangmei didn't answer, but looked at her precious son.

"Father, the son is a little strange." Zhu Guojie did not answer the old man's question, but asked rhetorically, "There was a big storm over the issue of compulsory education fees before, and at that time, the emperor thought that compulsory education was not feasible, so why do you want Pan Zuyin and them to implement it now?" ”

"Compulsory education is free in the whole country, which may not be possible at the moment, but as far as the three provinces and two provinces are concerned, there are such conditions." Zhu Jishi was very satisfied with his son's question, this child's thinking is very active, much like when he was a child. He paused for a moment, and then said: "But this matter was not handled well before the emergence of the Jishi Youth Party and the Donglin Party. Because the local government is unwilling to assume such a responsibility, and the local businessmen are even more unwilling to bear more taxes, there is no way out for a mere millions of dollars. (To be continued......)