Chai Ke glanced at Feng Ziying and his face became colder, "You can wait until you become the chief assistant before you say this. Feng Ziying doesn't care either.
He and Chai Ke have an unusual friendship. They occasionally go out of their way but they are not lies. On the contrary, they can bring the relationship between the two parties closer.
"I'm telling the truth. Cun Zhigong keeps saying that people should be appointed on their merits and only those with integrity should be selected, but I think we should add one more thing: appointing people based on their pragmatism and only talking about virtue and integrity without talking about efficiency and ability. This defeats the purpose of hiring people. "
Feng Ziying was not polite, and Chai Ke did not refute. "Especially local officials, they all say that the exterminator should choose someone who is upright and honest. Of course he should, but if the person chosen is someone who believes in talking, doesn't know how to do anything, and is fooled by the people below, in a few years, the local The powerful gentry praised you and gave you a plaque for the people, and you were promoted and promoted, but what about the local people? What did they gain? Are you an official for the people, or for your own promotion? "
Feng Ziying's tone was calm, but the meaning in her words was sharp.
It is pointed out that there are problems with the mechanism for selecting officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and there are also problems with the mechanism for evaluating officials. It is even more problematic to blindly focus the evaluation on the increase or decrease in local litigation, the quality of education, and the evaluation of gentry.
"Ziying, it seems that you have a lot of opinions on the work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Chai Ke laughed.
"Of course, I never mince words." Feng Ziying was also polite. "I dare to say this in front of Prime Minister Ye, Master Qi and Duke Cun. There is a problem with the selection and appointment of officials in the Ministry of Personnel, and there is also a problem with the mechanism for training officials. Jinshi’s observation of government should not be in the Seven Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The most important place to go is the local state capital, to study hard and observe. In addition, even if Jinshi’s observation of government is over, they should go to the local state capital first. After that, they can do something You can serve as general judge, promote officials, and serve as magistrates, but you cannot be magistrates of counties and prefectures..."
Chai Ke was amused by Feng Ziying's words, "Ziying, where are you watching the government? Maybe the Hanlin Academy. Why, after you passed this level, you started to break the seal of heaven and drugged the people behind you?"
"Brother Zishu, what you said is even more wrong. I am a concubine and watch the government in the Hanlin Academy, but what happened to ***? I went to Ningxia to enter the grassland, defended Ganzhou, and fought fiercely with the rebels. I am happy that you are here too. I am Shangguan. What happened after I came back? I was still out of breath. They sent me to the south of the Yangtze River again. It was a bumpy ride. I had never been quiet in those few years. I was better than all the common people. It's a lot of walking to get up and run, isn't it true? But I think it's worth it. I have gained more knowledge, learned a lot, and got familiar with many things and people below. If you really want me to stay in Qibu, I It’s really boring and I can’t learn anything.”
Feng Ziying's words were indeed true, and Chai Ke could not refute them. Seeing that Chai Ke was silent, Feng Ziying didn't feel sorry for himself, but he still wanted to make some things clear.
"Brother Zishu, the current situation is a major change in the world. Otherwise, our six divisions will not become seven divisions, and the work of the officials must also change. The Great Zhou Dynasty has been peaceful for a hundred years, and the population is increasing, and the densely populated areas are narrow. The situation is becoming more and more serious, but climate change is becoming increasingly severe. Harvest failure in the North seems to have become the norm. If you are not careful, refugees will be everywhere..."
"You have also seen that Shaanxi has not yet been pacified, and chaos has broken out in Shanxi. The situation in Henan this year is not very good either. If officials only focus on Shangguan and gentry, but do not want to care about the common people, the chaos in Shanxi will happen again, even in Henan. It is inevitable that Shandong will be staged..."
"..., in addition, it is an inevitable trend to expand the Southeast Asia outside the territory, otherwise the contradiction between population and money and food will only become more prominent. The imperial court has not yet made an overall plan and consideration in this regard. Brother Meiming and Brother Jinghui and I have also discussed I mentioned this situation, and they basically agreed with me, especially Brother Jing Hui, who also said that he would vigorously promote the expansion of the Zhou Dynasty..."
Chai Ke, Bi Ziyan, Guo Zhengyu, and Yang He were the four great kings among the Huguang scholars who were affected by the official Yingzhen. The later ones were Wu Liangsi and Yang Sichang.
Scholars from Huguang had always formed an alliance with scholars from Northland, and overseas expansion had always been a passion of Jiangnan merchants. Chai Ke did not expect that Feng Ziying would support this policy so unswervingly. "Ziying, I really didn't expect that your attitude is different from the views of many people in the court. They think that even Liaodong is so difficult to defend, and we are unable to govern Uzang. We can even give up on the Western Regions. The Mongols They are still eyeing us over there.
Jue, how can the imperial court still have the energy to consider extraterritorial Nanyang? "
What Chai Ke said also represents the views and attitudes of a large number of people in the court.
"It is also a time of great strife. The more we must forge ahead, I actually feel that the situation in Liaodong has reached an inflection point. Although the Jianzhou Jurchens captured Anle Prefecture in the last round, their offensive seemed to be unabated, but in fact they suffered heavy losses. I predict that in two or three years, Nurhaci will have to go back to lick his wounds and recuperate. If Lindan Batur, a Mongolian stallholder with high ambitions, low ambitions, big talents, but a great success, has to go back to work a few more times, I guess all the Chahar people will have to do it. It has fallen. On land, we seem to be on the defensive now, but we will soon achieve a balance of offense and defense. But at sea, we cannot wait. The Xiyi people have already arrived. It turns out that the Nanyang lands that were originally our inner lakes, Folangji The people are coming, the Dutch are coming, and the English are coming. If we don’t keep the enemy outside the country, the enemy will set foot on our land.”
Feng Ziying's words made Chai Ke a little moved, and he said after a long time: "But the imperial court's financial resources may not be able to withstand the balance of offense and defense on land and the determination to forge ahead at sea as you mentioned."
"That's why I told Brother Meiming and Brother Jinghui to take action first with the power of the people, and our court will support us from behind. The power of merchants cannot be underestimated. The combined financial resources of merchants from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Jiangnan are more than hundreds of millions. The key is to Arouse their interest, businessmen, it's not early to do anything without profit, but once it is profitable, someone said that for three times the profit, they can sell the noose to hang themselves. This is true, as long as the businessmen are interested, then this As long as our strength is mobilized, the imperial court can use it to achieve our goals." Chai Ke's eyes were serious, "The imperial court intends to set up a palace in the east, and it does have some influence on the imperial court, but you mentioned that the next step is Sulu, Luzon, and Old Port are much further away...
"Brother Zishu, you may not know that several major shipyards along the coast are now able to build large Western-style sailing ships. This kind of sailing ship has a large load capacity, good stability, many and complex sails, but it can sail fast with wind. Denglai Navy has already The Fujian Navy will fully adopt these Clark and Galen ships as warships. The next step for the Fujian Navy will be to do the same. Coastal sea trade merchants have basically switched to this type of Western-style sailing ships. Therefore, the distance between Sulu, Luzon and the Old Port It’s no longer a problem.”
Feng Ziying added again: "Luzon, Sulu, Jiaozhi, and even now Dongfan, three crops a year, if they can be fully developed, it will be of great help to alleviate the pressure of the population of the Zhou Dynasty. This can be overwhelming. .”
Chai Ke had to admit that this was indeed tempting. The continuous displacement of people in the North seems to be caused by natural disasters, but in fact the deeper problem is that this land can no longer support so many people.
As long as it is not a good year, they will face the pressure of emigration because they will not have enough to eat. Once there is a disaster year, they will have no choice but to go into exile with their families, and it will be natural for them to be coerced into rebels. Feng Ziying is now taking every opportunity to constantly promote her views. If you can't even influence the familiar and trusted people around you and get them to recognize your own views, how can you get strangers to recognize you? This is a persistent and long-term plan, but it must go.
And Feng Ziying also knows very well that this is also an opportunity to gather strength and mobilize influence.
Gather the strength of the businessmen firmly, drive the land gentry away, and transform them into industrial and commercial gentry for my use.
This is like a united front strategy, which makes the allies
There are many and strong, and the enemies are reduced to few and weak. Only in this way can everything be successful.
Nowadays, the scholars and officials in Huguang have basically accepted their views. On the contrary, many of the northern scholars who came from their own families still do not agree with it. The scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are also more divided. The industry and commerce along the coast are relatively developed. The local gentry will become more and more supportive, while the gentry in the inland areas who make a living by renting land will be very disgusted.
Feng Ziying didn't care about this either. As long as the demonstration effect of Wusongkou Shipyard and Stock Exchange came out, he believed that a large number of people would soon change their views, whether they were northern gentry or Jiangnan merchants.
Pulling away from Zhen Baochen's body with great satisfaction, Feng Ziying couldn't put it down. There was a bit of cunning and prowess in her softness and enchantment. She was indeed different from other women, making people happy and forget to leave. "I'm afraid I have to return to Beijing in half a month.
. "Feng Ziying leaned on the bedside, feeling a bit like smoking afterward. It's a pity that although tobacco has been introduced to the coast, it has not been widely accepted. However, according to the news from Duan Xigui, many people in some coastal ports have begun to smoke this kind of tampa wild rice, which is also called golden grass. .
Feng Ziying also knew that this kind of thing could not be stopped, and it seemed inevitable that it would become popular. Moreover, the Zhou Dynasty was vast and rich in resources, far beyond the places in Luzon. There were many places for growing tobacco, and it could even be exported back to Luzon.
"Is your husband going to consider where I will end up?" Zhen Baochen turned around and wrapped around Feng Ziying like a flawless snake, asking with a smile.
"Do you really want to imitate Wang Xifeng?" Feng Ziying frowned slightly, but then opened her eyes and said, "Just do it if you want. Your temperament is indeed somewhat similar to hers."
"Then I really want to learn how to learn. When will my husband give me a son?" After these two months, Zhen Baochen has completely relaxed his mentality, and his smile is even more charming, "When the time comes I am also planning to go to Tianjin Wei to visit Sister Feng. We are all in the same boat. We are both abandoned women who were abandoned by our husband. Moreover, we have to work hard to earn money to raise our sons for our husband. How can there be any logic in this world?"
