A good policy is like the human brain, and the bureaucracy is the hands and feet that coordinate with it.
Therefore, when he was in Huguang, Zhu Yixi kept his promise and relied on the army to complete the task of dividing the fields and reorganizing households.
But now, even if he has an army of millions, it will be difficult for him to control the world. Without the cooperation of bureaucrats, it will be impossible to achieve anything.
This is why he assigned all the Jinshi to local areas. Although there was a training factor, it also changed the local officialdom.
Likewise, the purpose of the provincial examination is the same.
The first step is to refresh the official system. This is the key.
Thinking like this, the emperor suddenly became interested and went to inspect the Ming Dynasty Gongbao.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty Gazette was already under the banner of the cabinet, under the dual leadership of the emperor and the cabinet, and represented every word and deed of the court.
The published content covers almost everything from national and imperial policies, to personnel appointments, to local events, so that the original four pages have become eight thick pages.
The publication time has been extended from monthly to ten-day issue, and now it has been expanded to three-day issue.
Close to the imperial city, Daming Gongbao occupies a third courtyard, with hundreds of people coming and going.
They were responsible for sorting out the contents of the communiqué and then distributing it outside the city for large-scale publication and distribution throughout the country.
The most important task of cabinet ministers every day is to read the Ming Dynasty Gazette to see if the contents are sensitive.
After all, the Di Bao is for officials to read, while the communiqué is for the common people. Some people say that some cannot be said, some need to be beautified, and some need to be exaggerated.
"Your Majesty, the communiqué is now issued every three days and covers 24 locations across the country. There is no chance of any mistakes."
Since the communiqué was under the banner of the cabinet, and it was highly literary and politically sensitive, the person in charge was the Hanlin Academy.
Therefore, during the two-year period of the Hanlin Academy's observation of the government, a large number of Hanlin officials also came to the Gazette to observe the government.
The news here in the communique is mixed and extensive, which is very beneficial for the scholars to broaden their horizons.
At this time, the person introduced to Zhu Yixi was the general affairs envoy in charge of the communique and the residence newspaper, who was a third-rank official.
The head of the General Administration Department of the Si Yamen received the internal and external chapters and submitted reports, reports, and refutations. Whenever the four parties expressed their opinions, appealed for grievances, or complained about wrongdoing, they would write down the reasons for the complaint in the notebook and submit the complaint for hearing.
To put it bluntly, it is to send and receive all internal and external memorials, and then select them for the emperor to read. The person who was originally responsible for the imperial newspaper is now involved in the communiqué.
There is no other way. If we set up one more yamen, it will become redundant and might as well be reused!
The general ambassador bent over and said with a smile: "Now the communiqué is spread all over the country. One hundred thousand copies of each issue are printed, and then sent to the provincial branches, and then additional copies are issued."
"If we count them all, the number of copies of the Gazette in one issue can reach two to three million."
"Oh?" Zhu Yixi was stunned and said with great interest: "Branch?"
"Yes, they are branch libraries located in the capitals of various provinces. After all, the Ming Dynasty covers thousands of miles. If the communiqués are all shipped to Beijing, it will not be worth the gain."
"So we only print in a few places such as Shuntian Prefecture and Tianjin Prefecture. In other places, we send a copy of the pattern and then make copies..."
Seeing the emperor's interest in coming, the envoy suppressed the joy in his heart and said more respectfully: "In addition, the branch library can also collect folk information from all over the country. If the memorial is omitted, it will be sent to the gazette for publication."
"The people are also happy to see interesting stories from his province."
"That's right. The communique is well done. For the cabinet and the court, if they know more about local affairs, they can avoid being blocked."
The emperor praised.
Although there are two channels, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, to learn about the place, the more information channels the better, so that we can corroborate each other and distinguish the true from the false.
Why were there so many rebels in ancient times?
On the one hand, corrupt officials took bribes and perverted the law; on the other hand, they deceived the superiors and concealed the truth from the inferiors, thus delaying the disaster.
As a result, small disasters turned into major disasters, and major disasters turned into disasters. The people had no choice but to rebel.
Moreover, from a factual point of view, there are only about 100,000 Jinyiwei in the country, and the strongest control is only in Beijing. The other provinces can only scratch the surface, even if Dongchang is included.
Multiple channels are always a good thing.
"What the Holy One said is absolutely true." The general envoy gritted his teeth and suppressed the joy in his heart.
It seems that his future is promising.
There were more than ten rooms filled with Hanlin writers who were writing articles. When they saw the emperor, their faces turned red and they were very happy.
Copying an article from it at random, the above article talks about today's bank affairs.
Yo, keep up with current events.
A detailed look is full of criticism.
One is to engage in a lot of elegant scoldings against the greed of merchants, which is extremely comfortable from the perspective of a scholar.
Finally, there is hatred towards officials.
The emperor is so kind to you. Your salary has been increased several times. During the Chongzhen period, it would have been nice if you had not starved to death. Now that you are full and well-clothed, you are even thinking of compromising with businessmen.
In this regard, it is much more euphemistic.
"Yes, what's your name?"
"Your Majesty, my name is Changsun Huan. He is from Tongcheng, Anqing Prefecture, Nanzhili. He was a Jinshi in the second place in the fourth year of Shaowu..."
The young Hanlin's face was flushed, and he bowed down with his hands in a restrained manner, telling his identity.
"Oh? The article is quite well written."
The emperor expressed his appreciation.
The surname Changsun is rare, but there seems to be a Tongcheng sect in Tongcheng, Anqing during the Qing Dynasty!
I sighed in my heart, Anhui and Jiangsu have been separated for several years, but it is a pity that people are distracted, and they still open their mouths to Nanzhili.
But that's right. Where in the province can there be a person with high Zhili status? Traveling to other places, people only know about Nanzhili, and many people don’t know about Anhui.
Thinking in his mind, he pressed down the article with his right hand, pointed to the back part that criticized the officials, and said: "Businessmen are certainly hateful, but those officials are not much better."
"I have to look forward to Shu, but my desires are hard to satisfy. Your attack is still not strong enough. You must intensify it to wake up all the civil and military officials in the world."
Zhu Yixi said a concise and concise sentence, then smiled, leaving Changsun Huan with a thoughtful face, and walked away slowly.
The general affairs envoy bid farewell to the emperor and ran back hurriedly. Seeing Changsun Huan still in a daze, he hurriedly slapped him to wake him up:
"Chang Sun Huan? You are very good."
"Ah? Yintai——" Changsun Huan woke up in a hurry and saluted hurriedly.
"This article is good."
The General Secretary carefully picked up the article, placed it safely on the table, and carefully smoothed out the wrinkles with his hands: "You have to write a new copy, just follow what His Majesty just said."
"This is your chance. Of course, the signature is still a pen name."
"As for this piece, after all, it was touched by His Holiness, so don't copy it and just make another one."
After that, take the article away and be careful.
In an instant, his colleagues surrounded him like a tide, and congratulations could not be heard.
Changsun Huan only thought it was a dream.
