Needless to say, because Ming Dynasty officials were stable and had an iron rice bowl style, after the three major purges, some officials who were severely impacted became lazy in their administration.
They began to emphasize that doing more, making more mistakes, making less mistakes, and not doing anything is good. They believed that as long as they did not make mistakes, they could keep their iron rice bowl, and there was nothing wrong with doing nothing.
The key is not to do anything wrong, and everything else can be put on the back burner.
It's okay at the central level, because there is direct supervision from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so the situation is still there, but at the local level it's even more serious. Anyway, if you highlight the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the sky is high, let me fly, it's easier to let yourself go.
As long as I don't do it, I won't make a mistake, so I won't do it.
This situation has gradually spread across the country since the 10th year of Hongwu. After receiving multiple reports from local revival organizations and public consultation rooms, Su Yonglin was alerted.
So Su Yonglin also took this opportunity to tell them that after eating this bowl of rice, they must do this thing, one carrot after another. If you don't want to lose your position, then step aside and make way for someone more talented. Don't think that this is an iron rice bowl. If you don't move, then I will become your iron rice bowl.
This move is undoubtedly a heavy blow to those who believe in "not doing well", so those who were not promoted but demoted in this department merger are all such people.
They complained a lot, but they were despised and could not stir up any trouble.
Of course, they don't have to feel so frustrated and dissatisfied about this, because it is not just the Ministry of Personnel that has been "annexed".
In addition to personnel power, military command power cannot be ignored.
In the past, Su Yonglin used the General Staff Headquarters to command the army, the Privy Council to direct the army's logistics, and the Renaissance Military Affairs Department to manage all the Renaissance organizations within the army. In fact, Su Yonglin controlled all movements of the army and ensured that the army was under the control of the revolutionary forces.
Now, when the time is right, Su Yonglin decided to merge the General Staff Headquarters and the Military Affairs Department of the Renaissance Society into one, forming a new national military all-powerful leading department, the Military Department.
"Invincibility starts with sacrificing the ancestor"
This department also has the Renaissance Organization as its core leadership organization. Su Yonglin, the former director of the Ministry of Military Affairs, naturally became the director of the Military Department of the Ming Dynasty. Xin Qiji became the deputy director of the Ministry of Military Affairs as the former deputy director and chief of staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
This reform in fact confirmed the absolute leadership of the Ming Dynasty's military power by the Renaissance Society.
Complete control of military command and internal organization of the army puts the army completely under the control of the Renaissance.
During this wave of reforms, some senior positions in the original General Staff Headquarters will also be merged into the newly established Military Department. It is inevitable that mid-level and senior positions will be cut, and naturally some people will be dissatisfied.
But there was no way. Su Yonglin's prestige was too high, and the Ministry of Military Affairs was a department he personally appointed. Although some officials at the General Staff Headquarters were dissatisfied because of their reduced positions and loss of benefits, they felt uncomfortable about joining a department that Su Yonglin personally appointed. Longing.
This admiration and admiration for Su Yonglin offset their dissatisfaction to a certain extent, making the reorganization and reconstruction of the Military Department even less resistant than the merger of the Personnel Department and the Organization Department.
The merger of the Personnel Department and the Organization Department was really a quarrel.
Although lazy politicians don't like to do things, they can still fight for their own welfare. They are very courageous, very capable of action, and their execution ability is extremely strong.
Fortunately, before the merger, Pan Yongjian's Bao Lei and the cronies group to which he belonged were eliminated. The number of competitors was reduced, which to a certain extent made it easier for officials from the Ministry of Personnel to transfer to the Organization Department.
However, the long-term suppression of power by the Organization Department still made some officials in the Ministry of Personnel very resentful and dissatisfied, and they were not very cooperative with the reorganization work, which caused some trouble for Zhou Chong and Di Liao.
Su Yonglin's prestige is still there. People may have grievances, may take advantage of others, and may be angry, but they do not dare to truly oppose or stop this large-scale change.
Even if their interests are really damaged.
This is the biggest problem and dead end of reform.
If you can rush through, the reform will be successful, and the reformer will most likely become a valuable corpse in many years.
If you can't get through, the reformer will quickly become a worthless corpse.
Su Yonglin's position and timing determine that he will stand in an unprecedented position and promote this reform with unprecedented power. At present, the resistance he encounters will be far less than that of his peers.
After Su Yonglin's large-scale reforms of the superstructure continued, the Privy Council, the only remaining military department of the imperial court, became the real logistics steward.
However, the entire leadership of the Privy Council, with the exception of Privy Councilor Sun Tzu Yi, was all members of the Renaissance, so it was actually another Renaissance organization, accepting the leadership of the Ministry of Military Affairs.
At this point, in the top-level design of the Ming Dynasty, personnel power and military command power have been completely controlled by the revolutionary forces, both legally and practically.
With these two extremely important powers in their hands, the Fuxing Society's presence in the court was greatly deepened, and even rose to the top. In a sense, it ended the period since the establishment of the Fuxing Society in the early years of Hongwu, when the imperial court was the dominant force. The situation is supplemented by the revival meeting.
This was the afternoon of December 30, the eleventh year of Hongwu. Su Yonglin announced the superstructure reform plan before the New Year.
This major reform directly resulted in the political situation of the Ming Dynasty, which began in the twelfth year of Hongwu's reign, with the Renaissance organization as the main body and various government departments as the supplement.
As for the realization of this situation, the revolutionary forces in the DPRK and China rejoiced, and everyone celebrated this great victory belonging to the revolutionary forces.
The opponents with dark minds are like mourning their concubines. They only feel that the things they dream of pursuing are getting farther and farther away from them, and it is no longer possible to pursue and return to the past.
The reactionary forces were completely defeated. Facing Su Yonglin's huge prestige and habitual fear, they were unable to resist. They were willing but powerless.
The politically neutral ordinary officials who had not participated in the Renaissance organization were still in a stable mood, but they also clearly realized that in the future political situation of the Ming Dynasty, if they could not have the status of a Renaissance member, it might not be so easy to get ahead.
However, as far as practical issues are concerned, Su Yonglin began to strictly control the quantity and quality of members of the Renaissance Association starting from the tenth year of Hongwu. It is already quite difficult to join the Renaissance Association.
After the assessment at the end of the tenth year of Hongwu, one-fifth of the members were kicked out of the Renaissance organization for various reasons. Those who wanted to join the Renaissance had to go through many rigorous assessments without relaxing at all.
Therefore, the number of new members who have successfully joined the Renaissance Association in the eleventh year of Hongwu has been greatly reduced compared to previous years, while the number of people trying to join has increased unabated.
Joining a revival meeting is never as easy as it once was.
For example, in the sixth and seventh years of Hongwu's reign, court officials and newcomers to the imperial examinations could participate in interviews and assessments as long as they submitted applications. The interviews and assessments were more like a formality. As long as they participated, they would be able to join 90% of the time.
Some people who are recommended by Fuxing members don't even need interviews and can join directly.
Su Yonglin was very angry after learning about it. He severely punished the organization department of the Renaissance Society, then tightened the entrance, and conducted a series of assessments on those who had entered, and many people who had ulterior motives were sneaked in. Kicked out.
The possibility of court officials and newcomers to the imperial examination to join the Fuxing Society was greatly reduced.
But from another perspective, the Renaissance organization is relatively active in accepting grassroots members in local rural areas, local factories, and the military. The local organization department will even take the initiative to develop members among these groups.
It's just that the cultural literacy of these people is relatively low, and the road to improving their cultural literacy is still relatively long, so not many people successfully pass the assessment.
Therefore, the growth of the membership of the revival church became relatively slow during this period, with little fluctuation.
Finally, someone concluded that the Fuxing Association’s current acceptance of new members mainly focuses on farmers, workers, and grassroots soldier groups, while its willingness to accept other groups is relatively low, and it is more cautious about applications submitted by non-member court officials.
The Renaissance Association began to eliminate the malicious speculators within, and instead fully embraced grassroots workers and fully represented their interests.
