Regarding this problem, Su Yonglin thought it was his fault.
He believes that the failure to implement these two principles is his problem. He proposed it but did not implement it, so that there are currently political problems of varying degrees at the local and central levels.
However, the establishment of good principles does not happen overnight. It takes time and needs to be truly understood by everyone.
This is a situation that has never happened before in history. We cannot blindly think about it and just jump on the horse. That is also irresponsible.
Therefore, Su Yonglin decided to gradually promote and practice the principle of democratic centralism, starting from the internal affairs of the Renaissance Association in the Central Committee of the Renaissance.
Start implementing it right under your nose.
The participating members of the Central Committee meeting of the Renaissance held by Su Yonglin were all senior cadres of the Central Committee of the Renaissance, and they all had their own powers and responsibilities, so Su Yonglin set a principle.
"From now on, in the entire central meeting hall of the Renaissance, all issues regarding the internal construction of the Renaissance will follow the principle of the minority obeying the majority and the part obeying the whole. That is, every issue that needs to be solved and implemented will be resolved by All members present shall vote.
We have held individual votes on some issues before, but there were no rules and no principles. So from now on, this will become our principle. We can continue to negotiate on the details, but in principle I think there is nothing to continue to negotiate. "
The members attending the central meeting were quite surprised. You looked at me and I looked at you.
"Then, let's start our first vote on this issue. Members who agree with my suggestion will raise their hands, and those who disagree will not raise their hands. As long as more than two-thirds of the members support it, then this suggestion will be Passed and become formal rules and regulations.”
Su Yonglin raised his hand to express his agreement.
After a period of silence, the participating members raised their hands one after another.
They are used to following Su Yonglin's orders.
They all have positions within the Renaissance Association, and those who can participate in the central meeting are not ordinary members. They are basically middle-level and upward cadres of various organizations of the Renaissance Association.
But they all believe that their current status and achievements are due to Su Yonglin.
It has been like this from the beginning. They do whatever Su Yonglin says, and they don't think there is anything wrong with this, because Su Yonglin can always succeed, always lead them to victory, and bring them a great sense of accomplishment.
When this sense of accomplishment reached its peak, they were willing to serve Su Yonglin as their leader, treat him as their emperor, obey his orders, and use his orders as their highest guiding principles to keep moving forward.
But now, Su Yonglin suddenly announced that he would give them the right to decide things by themselves. They would no longer be able to act arbitrarily by themselves, but would instead let the group make decisions.
Each of them has the right to express their opinions and participate in decision-making.
Theoretically, as long as there are enough opponents, they can even overturn Su Yonglin's decision, and Su Yonglin has nothing to do.
Although this right is clearly written in the charter of the revival meeting, it feels a bit sudden now.
This feeling is very subtle.
In the past, Su Yonglin also adhered to the principle of being dictatorial. He would hold a meeting to make decisions on everything, discuss with everyone, and ask for everyone's opinions. But everyone often had no opinions, so holding a meeting was just a process. And tell it.
Just execute it next.
Anyway, further confrontation can make Ming Dynasty stronger and stronger, because this is Su Yonglin's decision.
But from now on, everything seems different.
Su Yonglin took the lead in expressing his approval of this decision that obviously limited Su Yonglin's own power, but members were not even sure whether this was Su Yonglin's sincere behavior or a fishing act.
After a period of silence, Kong Maojie, director of the Supervision Department, took the lead in raising his hands.
Immediately afterwards, Xin Qiji, deputy director of the Ministry of Military Affairs and deputy prime minister, also raised his hand.
Later, Zhou Chong, acting director of the Organization Department, also raised his hand.
The other members raised their hands one after another when they saw the superior leaders. Although they were quite hesitant, they still raised their hands - even if they were just to follow Su Yonglin's decision, they would raise their hands.
Passed unanimously with no objections.
"The resolution was passed unanimously and can be implemented. This is the will of the Central Committee of the Renaissance. From now on, a show of hands on the decisions of the Central Committee will become one of the biggest principles of our Renaissance and cannot be shaken."
Su Yonglin smiled and looked at the secretary sitting beside him.
"This is the very meaningful first vote of our revival meeting. It must be recorded and we can't be lazy."
"Here!"
The clerk quickly lowered his head and wrote quickly to record this scene.
He may not have known that the moment he recorded would be of far-reaching significance to the entire Renaissance Society and even the entire Ming Dynasty.
After passing this resolution, Su Yonglin immediately initiated a second resolution.
The content of the issue is what issues can be passed with a majority of more than half, and what issues require a two-thirds majority of resolutions.
Su Yonglin believed that some issues covered a relatively small area and could be bridged without serious differences arising from a split of half to half, so a half-majority vote was adopted.
Some issues involve military and national affairs, which cover too wide a range and involve too many people. The half-majority voting method will cause violent disputes and even tear the people apart, so the two-thirds majority method is adopted.
Because this vote only involved matters within the revival meeting, there were not many issues that needed to be discussed between the majority and the minority. So after a period of discussion, the resolution was unanimously passed again.
In fact, many people are still confused and do not understand why Su Yonglin did this.
What this restricts is his own power, his own power to decide everything arbitrarily.
It was also limited to inertia. Since Su Yonglin said so, they did so. There was nothing wrong with following Su Yonglin anyway.
Only a few people think otherwise.
For example, Xin Qiji, such as Kong Maojie.
After Xin Qiji thought deeply, he raised his hand according to his heart.
Kong Maojie raised his hand very happily. He felt that his choice was right and he was very happy.
In his opinion, this was the first step for Su Yonglin to fulfill his promise. Before that, Su Yonglin was no different from a normal "wise king" in the traditional sense.
After the second resolution was successfully passed, Su Yonglin initiated a third motion.
Involves the grassroots organization of the revival and some operating principles of the revival.
"Because of the content of this report, I realized that there are still some problems at our grassroots level. It does not mean that everything is fine if there is no corruption. This kind of behavior that only follows the instructions of superiors and ignores the actual situation of farmers is also very serious.
The reason why this happened was because I did not consider the problem thoroughly and did not implement what we should do as soon as possible. I have already reviewed this aspect, so I will propose a solution next.
My solution is that we cannot make decisions with the door closed, we must open the door to listen to opinions. The decisions we make will ultimately be borne by the people, and they are the main bearers. If it is really for their own good, how can we not What about their opinions? "
Su Yonglin raised the investigation report of the Ministry of Supervision in his hand and said: "However, the problem reflected in this report is that some grassroots officials have become accustomed to making decisions behind closed doors without listening. public opinion.
In this way, the people have been violated, and officials will also face resistance from the people. This is very dangerous for our Ming Dynasty. The foundation we built is thousands of ordinary people. If they oppose us, we still have What is the necessity of existence? "
Su Yonglin's opinion caused a small discussion among the participating members.
Kong Maojie then raised his hand to express his wish to speak.
Su Yonglin nodded.
"What I want to ask is, how can we make decisions without closing the door? After all, decision-making is something that requires political experience to assist. People's opinions may be completely different or even contradictory to each other. How should we choose? ?”
Kong Maojie's question aroused the agreement of many members.
Su Yonglin also nodded.
"Good question. This is a good question. This is also the part I want to answer. Different people will have different views on the same thing. This is normal, but from a general perspective, you can always find the answer that fits the most important part. Crowd benefit options.
And in my opinion, there is no hard and fast policy, just like regulating the Yellow River. When the Yellow River floods, it needs major repairs or even diversions. After the Yellow River calms down, you just need to pay attention to it from time to time. As the situation changes, the policy needs to be adjusted at any time.
This aspect requires us to maintain the closest contact with the people at all times. We need the people to provide us with the latest conditions at all times, and then adjust our policies based on the latest conditions provided by the people.
We need to know what policy is most appropriate at what time, and we also need to know when this policy becomes less appropriate and needs to be adjusted. Otherwise, it will endanger the people and the country. "
As he said that, seeing that all the members present were thinking, Su Yonglin knocked on the table and emphasized his tone.
"Everyone must keep in mind, and I say it again, there is no unchangeable and foolproof policy that is always suitable for a country, no, absolutely not! For example, the Tang Zhifu Army, Tang Taizong and Gaozong were fashionable and capable of exerting huge energy, and by Xuanzong By then, it had collapsed and could no longer be used.
For example, the Han Dynasty's Chaju and the Wei's Nine-Rank Zhongzheng both played a positive role in the beginning and contributed to the institutional foundation for the central government to control the power of selecting officials. However, the further they went on, the more out of control they became, the more they deteriorated, and they were completely unable to operate. .
There has always been a misunderstanding in our politics, always pursuing an unchangeable law for all generations. However, thousands of years have passed, and the most fundamental truth I have read in the history books is that there is no perfect law.
We must know that the water is constantly flowing, the wind is constantly blowing, and everything is in constant motion. They will never stop, so neither can we. "
Any attempt to seek eternal law will have disastrous consequences in the end.
This is Su Yonglin’s final conclusion.
The participating members nodded repeatedly, and many people picked up pens and paper and began to record what Su Yonglin said.
This inexplicable scene made Su Yonglin feel angry and funny, but after thinking about it, he realized that it was not without positive significance, so he said nothing more and waited patiently for them to finish recording.
When they all raised their heads and continued to look at Su Yonglin, Su Yonglin continued.
“The key points of our governance are two. First, everything is in constant motion and nothing remains static. We must keep pace with the times and constantly adjust policies, regardless of who proposes the policy and who implements it.
Second, we must keep in mind that the Ming Dynasty was composed of tens of millions of farmers and a small number of other people. At the same time, food is also the most basic and important existence for everyone to survive.
Therefore, when we are in power, we must always put farmers' issues first and food issues first. If this issue is not handled well, there will definitely be problems in the Ming Dynasty! "
The members nodded one after another and continued to lower their heads to record what Su Yonglin said.
After recording for a while, Kong Maojie raised his head and continued to ask.
"Then Chairman, what should we do?"
Su Yonglin paused.
"To use the most direct method, we cannot be separated from the people, so the Renaissance Association headquarters in Zhongdu and the local branches of the Renaissance Association at all levels, including the rural farmers' associations, must set up a public consultation room to receive visiting people. Listen to them.
What they need, what difficulties they encounter, and what difficulties we can solve for them, these must be dealt with through our direct contact, and having the Renaissance branch handle this matter can also very well urge the local government to correct itself. policy.
In this process, the Renaissance Association should and must play a leading role, truly integrate with the people, and become the voice of the people. Whatever the people say, the Renaissance Association will say what they say. If the government cannot hear what the people say, , the revival meeting will let them hear it. "
With that said, Su Yonglin thought about it again and then made a decision.
"I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the chairman of the Renaissance Association, and the highest leader, so of course, I should play a role model and lead, so every month, I will personally go to the public opinion consultation room at the headquarters of the Zhongdu Renaissance Association twice and once In the middle of the month and once at the end of the month, I personally receive visiting people.”
Some members at the meeting were in an uproar and felt a little incredible about this.
Some members expressed concerns about Su Yonglin's personal visit to the public consultation room to meet with people, and worried about Su Yonglin's safety.
Before Su Yonglin could speak, Xin Qiji stood up to refute.
Then Kong Maojie also stood up to refute.
The two sides debated this issue around security, which ended with the opposition being refuted and speechless.
