After saying one thing, Su Yonglin asked him if he had anything else to say, and if he had heard of similar things in other surrounding villages.
Su Yonglin hopes to get more different news from an ordinary farmer.
The farmer said a lot, and at Su Yonglin's request, the secretary also recorded a lot.
Su Yonglin also learned from the perspective of an ordinary farmer what changes the peasant association system had brought to him and his fellow villagers in his field of vision, and in their opinion, the existence of the peasant association did more harm than good. The pros still outweigh the cons.
After asking everything, write down what he said. Only one inquiry can be regarded as understanding.
After a formal inquiry, Su Yonglin felt that he had benefited a lot. At the same time, he also felt that there were many things that were not considered carefully when formulating policies in the past, and they indeed needed to be corrected.
Some policies were indeed launched hastily, without any regard for other effects. They were launched first and then discussed. Although doing so integrated grassroots forces and generally established the foundation of his regime, it also amplified the shortcomings of this policy in some areas, giving rise to The people caused suffering.
This is not what a good politician should do.
From morning to night, except for an hour's rest for lunch, Su Yonglin spent the whole day in the public consultation room meeting the visiting people, talking to them, and asking them many questions about local affairs.
It wasn't until the sun set and the sky turned dark that the whole day's reception and inquiries came to an end.
After all the visiting people had left, Su Yonglin organized a short meeting for the revival members in the public consultation room, but did not let them go home for dinner immediately.
What he has to say is important.
“As we all know, our Renaissance Society was born out of the people. You were once ordinary people who broke your shackles and gained a new life, so you became a member of the Renaissance Society.
Your destiny has been changed, so you should know that you come from the people. Becoming a Renaissance member does not mean that you are separated from the people. You need to take the initiative to go back with your mission and knowledge, and return to the people.
You need to listen to their voices and ask about their needs. All our policies are aimed at them. Only if they are satisfied will we have a good life. If they are not satisfied, we will have difficulties. If they are angry, we will Finished.
The government often lags behind when doing things. It is difficult for the government to predict some things in advance. This requires the Fuxing Association to serve as the mouthpiece of the people, tell the government the voices of the people, and urge the government so that the government can adjust policies in a timely manner. unsuitable place. "
With that said, Su Yonglin held up all the documents recorded by his clerk today and flipped through them a little.
"Just like today, it's not just you, I feel like this is the first time I know that so many people are dissatisfied with our policies. The issue of getting along between the president of the farmers' association and the instructor takes up a lot of space.
I took a look and found that there were farmers' association presidents who used the instructors as a stand-in and encouraged the farmers to squeeze out the instructors. There were also instructors who monopolized power and treated the farmers' associations as empty frames. There were also farmers' association presidents and instructors who competed with each other for power and forced the farmers to take sides. of.
Seeing the big from the small, this kind of thing can happen in a small village with only a few hundred people. Those who didn't know it thought it was the emperor and the prime minister in the past who were fighting for power! What we are fighting for is the power of the world!
These are things we have never paid attention to before. We never imagined that after a policy is issued, there will be so many different reactions in different places, some running smoothly and some failing. So, what exactly is the problem? ?
This is our problem. We should do more research, conduct on-the-spot inspections, and synthesize the opinions of the people before we can draw the correct conclusion, instead of sitting in a room having meetings and talking about meaningless and empty formulas. "
Su Yonglin put down the documents in his hand, walked to the center of the hall, and looked around at all the revival members who were watching him.
"A policy is probably not simply good or bad. We cannot think that it is a good policy just because the farmers' association policy has organized farmers and increased grain production, nor can we think that it is a good policy just because there is a disagreement between the president and the instructor. is a bad policy.
In this case, how should we judge the significance of this policy to the Ming Dynasty? Very simply, through the public consultation room and the real feedback from the people, we can know whether our policies are operating well or poorly, what are the good and what are the bad.
People's feedback and data records are important indicators for us to evaluate whether a policy has more positive effects than negative effects, or whether the negative effects outweigh the positive effects. We must have a clear idea, that is, rely closely on the people and never be separated from them. .
There have been so many prosperous dynasties and empires throughout the ages. They were so prosperous when they were prosperous, and so declining when they were in decline. What is the reason? I think it's right here, in the public consultation room at our feet.
The founding emperors often conquered the world, traveled around the world, were well-informed, and were well aware of the administrative shortcomings of officials. When faced with problems, they would decisively adjust policies to prevent the people from suffering too much. However, the later emperors lived in the deep palaces and did not understand the people. Suffering and isolation from the people.
After isolating the people, he became blind and deaf, and did not even know common sense, so he made the eternal joke about not eating minced meat. The emperor is like this, and the officials are like this. If they are isolated from the people and are not down to earth, officials will not be able to get things done. .
In the end, the dynasty and the empire were completely unable to correct their mistakes. The people couldn't bear it and rose up, which would overthrow them. Isn't this how the Ming Dynasty was established? And if the emperor and officials of the Ming Kingdom were also separated from the people, then sooner or later, the Ming Kingdom would follow in the footsteps of the Jin Kingdom. "
Su Yonglin finished the last sentence word by word slowly.
Every word was like a hammer, hitting the hearts of the people around them one after another.
Perhaps there would never be an emperor who publicly made such remarks and told his ministers, or even the people, to listen to such words, but Su Yonglin would do this.
He doesn't shy away from anything, he's honest, he tells everyone everything he has, and he doesn't hide anything.
To him, hiding something private is ridiculous and meaningless.
"The People's Situation Consultation Room will be the key to making the Ming Dynasty strong and strong. As long as the People's Situation Consultation Room can still operate normally, the Ming Dynasty will never be in danger of overthrowing. But when will the People's Situation Consultation Room become superficial and meaningless?" It makes sense, the Ming Dynasty is not far away from destruction."
After Su Yonglin finished speaking, he smiled slightly.
"This is how I feel today. You can think about it carefully. Starting tomorrow, in addition to me coming in the middle and end of every month, I will also come here from time to time for inspections at other times. I hope you will fulfill your duties and take it seriously. The voice of the people.”
The day's work was over, and Su Yonglin returned to the palace, leaving the people here thinking about the emperor's words and everything they had experienced today.
There is no doubt that the experience of this day will leave an indelible mark on their hearts.
And this mark will create ripples in their hearts, urging them to do the right things.
Although he didn't know how many injustices across the country still needed to be resolved, or how much trouble his policies had brought to people everywhere, Su Yonglin finally started to make his own adjustments.
The idea of taking a break was gone. He finally realized that whether he was an emperor of the old era or a pioneer of the new era, he had to work hard.
From the moment he decided to embark on this path, he was destined to have nothing to do with the kind of life he had imagined, where he would just wait until death and spend a lot of money.
Sometimes, when he was tired from dealing with government affairs, he would hold his chin and reflect on his past.
He will remember that he did not want to do all this from the beginning. He was once addicted to the wealthy and luxurious life of the scholar-bureaucrat's family in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was addicted to the life of having enough clothes to put out his hands and food to open his mouth, and the living standard of fine clothing and fine food.
At that time, he just wanted to get a good name, become an official, clear his identity, earn more money, have more concubines, and enjoy a more luxurious life.
Surrounded by women and corrupted by money, he completely degenerates, enjoys the prosperity of the world, and then dies happily by the West Lake.
What kind of human happiness would that be?
He did not deny what he had thought.
Therefore, in the preface to the first volume of the newly compiled "Hongwu Political Treatise", he wrote clearly what he had thought and did not hide it.
However, at this moment, he felt that he was very ridiculous at that time, and felt that if he lived his life like that, he would feel very shameful and ashamed.
Although he did not have a group of wives and concubines and his life was not luxurious, he felt that he was very satisfied and very happy. He was grateful that he could escape from the state he had been in before.
If he could spend his life like this, fighting until death on the road to solving problems and creating the future, then he felt that his life should be very meaningful.
So, how can we stop here?
Keep walking, as far as you can, no matter the rain or wind.
