On the morning of July 8, the fifteenth year of Ankang, Zhu Jingyuan made a general summary of the situation of the Ming Dynasty's civil servants, military generals, financial groups, imperial estates and other high-level officials.
Arrange for the retirement of some aging officials and managers, and promote some familiar personnel to important positions.
Of course, reality is not a game. It is impossible for Zhu Jingyuan to make a decision and relevant personnel will be in place immediately.
The issuance and implementation of Zhu Jingyuan's orders, the retirement and handover procedures of relevant personnel, and the delivery of corresponding documents all take time.
Lin Zexu and Niu Jian led the cabinet staff to quickly draft the imperial edict on the appointment.
Put it in front of Zhu Jingyuan again and ask Zhu Jingyuan to sign and seal it in person.
At the same time, the General Administration Department must issue the retirement memorial approved by Zhu Jingyuan as soon as possible.
The local officials in the capital directly issued the original memorial, and the General Affairs Department had dedicated delivery personnel to handle it.
These people will also have to thank the emperor in person and say goodbye at the next court meeting, and then go through the formal retirement and handover procedures.
Memorials from officials from other places were originally sent to the General Affairs Department by fax.
The General Affairs Department specially accepts fax machines for this kind of documents, and uses special imperial standard memorial pages.
The General Administration Department adds a cover page to the inner pages of the fax received to form a standard memorial form.
After the emperor's review and approval, it will become a valid original.
Now, the General Administration Department must first send back a copy of the inner pages of the approved fax.
It is equivalent to informing relevant personnel that the emperor has approved it.
The relevant personnel were asked to hand over the work locally, and then rushed to the capital to see the emperor and say goodbye.
This process seems simple, but it really needs to be done smoothly and may take several months.
Although Zhu Jingyuan directly mobilized not many people, the range of people indirectly affected was very large.
When the personnel assigned by Zhu Jingyuan are transferred to other posts, someone will take their place, and the person who takes over will have someone important to take over their original post.
The appointment of top-level personnel still requires the signature of the emperor, while the appointment of officials at the middle and lower levels is arranged by the Ministry of Personnel.
Therefore, there will be a large number of middle and low-level officials who will be promoted due to high-level adjustments without Zhu Jingyuan's knowledge.
Simply giving someone an appointment is easy, and even the process of handling the paperwork can be as efficient as possible.
However, the actual work handover is troublesome, especially when personnel and technical positions require newcomers to be familiar with the new job as completely as possible.
For a few, it may take ten days, but for many, it may take a month or two.
In addition, many personnel are handed over twice, which will take even longer time.
However, this handover time seems to be quite long, but in fact this is a good thing.
If it is a traditional emperor's succession, these newly appointed officials may have no regard for their original positions.
They will directly take a group of people and go directly to the new post with the imperial edict.
Then it's not so much a handover as a grab, grabbing control of the new position.
After arriving at the new position, they must use their own abilities and methods to control the people under their original positions.
New officials may have three things to do when they take office. In addition to trying to achieve some special achievements, the more important purpose is to verify whether their subordinates are obedient and to confirm whether they can truly control the organization.
The old subordinates also want to give the new officials a show of strength, hoping that the new officials will stop messing around and live in harmony.
Of course, the goals and principles of both parties are conflicting, and a natural struggle for control will ensue.
The Great Rites Dispute that occurred during Jiajing's reign was essentially this kind of struggle for control.
In today's Ming Dynasty, new officials can take over their posts normally when they take office, and former officials are willing to cooperate with the handover work, and at the same time guide the next officials to adapt to their new positions as soon as possible.
Such personnel adjustments may take a lot of time, but it also shows that Ming's existing bureaucratic system is very mature and stable, and the key is that it is highly controllable.
If every time the emperor appoints an important new official, it is like a coup when the other party takes office, it means that the bureaucracy is on the verge of getting out of control.
The emperor's authority had reached the point where his decrees could not leave the Forbidden City.
Ming Dynasty's current bureaucracy is relatively healthy, so that kind of situation will basically never happen.
After Zhu Jingyuan's order was issued, the entire Ming Dynasty was adjusting according to the order.
That afternoon, Pan Shien was the first to arrive in the capital.
Zhu Jingyuan announced the appointment of Pan Shien as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel at the court meeting yesterday morning.
The position of the Minister of Personnel is the most special, and a large number of adjustments to other positions require the involvement of the Minister of Personnel.
Of course Otsuka Zai Wang Tingzhen can handle it as an agent, but this process is also the fastest time to learn and master the process.
Coupled with Zhu Jingyuan's special instructions, Pan Shien went through the emergency procedure of leaving office first.
Let Pan Shien's deputy temporarily assume Pan Shien's responsibilities, waiting for the arrival of a new official to replace Pan Shien.
Pan Shien's deputy will then transfer Pan Shien's responsibilities to the new chief.
The chief officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty usually had several assistant officials.
Most of the assistant officers are responsible for one or several categories of affairs.
However, there will also be a special one whose nominal management scope is highly consistent with that of the official position.
In theory, he can take care of everything the chief official is responsible for.
But how much power you actually have depends entirely on how much power you have given by your direct superior.
But he has to control all local affairs.
Normally, he handles various matters according to the chief officer's requirements, and in emergencies, he becomes the chief officer's backup and agent.
Pan Shien directly handed over his responsibilities to this kind of deputy official without having to go through the normal complete handover procedures.
Because the other party is already familiar with these businesses.
However, in most cases, the court will not allow such an official to become a full-time official.
If you do well, you can change places and become the chief officer; if you do well, you can change places and continue to be the assistant officer.
If local chief officials are promoted directly from the local area and department, it will certainly be able to stimulate the enthusiasm of local officials.
But this enthusiasm will definitely be used in evil ways.
Over time, these places will become monolithic, unable to penetrate water, and become de facto small kingdoms.
Therefore, local officials are generally not allowed to become regular officials in place.
Absolutely no locals are allowed to serve as chief officials locally.
The officials of the central court gathered in the capital from all over the world, and most of them were outsiders.
Matters under direct jurisdiction also belong to the whole world, not to one's own local area.
It is still necessary to avoid direct promotion within the department as much as possible.
Unless the emperor understands the situation in the department and treats internal promotion as a special case rather than a regular means of promotion.
Only purely technology-oriented sectors can be relatively exceptions.
They have relatively objective standards, can evaluate whether officials are excellent, and are less affected by interpersonal relationships.
Many of their jobs just can't be done if they can't do them.
But it should still be avoided as much as possible.
After Pan Shien received Zhu Jingyuan's order, he handed the work directly to Officer Zuo Er.
Then he took the official plane of the Dashi Kingdom and went straight to the capital.
After flying in the sky for sixteen hours, I immediately took a bath and changed clothes when I arrived at the capital post house, and then went to visit Zhu Jingyuan.
After Zhu Jingyuan received the news, he let Pan Shien in directly.
Pan Shien bowed respectfully:
"Your Majesty, Pan Shi'en, is here to see you."
The last time Zhu Jingyuan saw Pan Shien was in the second year of Ankang, thirteen years had passed.
Pan Shien was thirty-seven years old at the time and was appointed by Zhu Jingyuan as the general manager of the Meng County Industrial Park in Dongmozhou, a big food country.
Now Pan Shien is fifty years old. In terms of age, he has changed from a prime man to an old man.
But Pan Shien doesn't look old at all.
There are no obvious wrinkles on the face, and the temples under the crown and the beard under the forehead are still dark and shiny.
He doesn't feel like he's fifty, but rather like he's just turned forty, and he hasn't changed much since then.
Zhu Jingyuan asked Pan Shien to sit down, and then asked casually:
"Mr. Pan, have we really not seen each other for more than ten years? Why does it seem like only three or five years have passed?"
Pan Shien smiled and complimented:
"It has indeed been thirteen years since I and Your Majesty were separated from each other in Meng County.
“But Your Majesty is busy with everything, and is dedicated to the welfare of all the people of our country.
"Promoting the great development of science and technology, industry and commerce, time has flown by before you know it."
Zhu Jingyuan laughed directly after hearing this. Of course, this was flattery in a sense.
Liu Zhixin and Xu Minghui, two honest people, would never talk like this.
Speaking well is also a very important ability, especially in the most special position of the official department.
We should try our best to handle things according to the rules without offending anyone.
Zhu Jingyuan shook his head and waved his hands indifferently, skipping this topic directly:
"I haven't paid attention to it for a long time. What's the situation in Meng County now?
“And what about the petrochemical and rayon markets?”
Pan Shien immediately reported back very seriously:
“According to statistics completed this year, the urban population of Meng County has exceeded 1.2 million.
“More than half of them are industrial park workers and their families.
“Now Meng County is the center for petrochemical and textile products with the most complete categories outside the Ming Dynasty.
“Rayon raw materials, rayon products, rayon blended fabrics, textile products, and clothing products are all available.
“Mengxian’s products are sold all over the world through big food stores and have firmly occupied the most high-end market.
“Now rayon materials and clothing have become a new category in the clothing and clothing materials market.
"Various grades and types of rayon clothing have become popular among all classes of people around the world.
“The price of the lowest-end rayon products has dropped to the point where it is cheaper than cotton.
“The petrochemical industry has also grown rapidly in the past decade or so.
“The demand for fuels, lubricants, and plastic products for various internal combustion engines continues to surge.
“In addition to textiles, the scope of the entire industrial system is also expanding.
“Various new chemical products such as fuels, medicines, explosives, etc., or new production methods and processes are constantly emerging.
“The petroleum industry has now become the core and pillar industry in the new generation industrial system.
“A new field and a new era have been created within the industrial system.
“Under the guidance of His Majesty’s foresight, the Great Food Country was the first to seize the wave of this new era.
“The Big Food Country is now the holy land of petrochemical technology and industry in the world.
"Any manufacturer that wants to join this industry must deal with the Big Food Country."
Pan Shien said with a little excitement, because he was fully involved in this process of leading the trend of the times.
Zhu Jingyuan had already expected this. The petrochemical industry has always been the core industry of the modern industrial system.
The size and scope of this market is unusually large.
If you are an unrelated person, you may never imagine that everything from gasoline to candles to asphalt, from clothes to plastics to paints, from glue to tires to fertilizers, from explosives to pesticides to heart disease drugs, may all come from the petrochemical system. product.
For a person in the 21st century, every aspect of life is surrounded by petrochemical products.
Zhu Jingyuan lives in an era where this industry is rapidly expanding to become popular.
This will undoubtedly have a huge impact on those involved in related industries.
Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly as he listened:
“The future of the petrochemical industry is indeed very broad.
"This is also the result of the hard work of Mr. Pan and all the craftsmen."
After hearing this, Pan Shien responded very humbly:
"Your Majesty is ridiculous, I just did what I should do.
"It's because His Majesty has guided us in the right direction that we can achieve our current results. Otherwise, no matter how hard we work, it will be in vain."
Zhu Jingyuan smiled noncommittally.
Although there may be some complacency, the role of guiding oneself in the right direction does play a huge role in scientific research and industrial development.
And after becoming an emperor, you can't be too modest, otherwise your majesty will be insufficient.
Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan did not continue this conversation:
"How is the current exploration and development situation in the Dongmozhou area and the Great Lakes area?"
Pan Shien immediately organized his thoughts and gave a brief report based on what he understood:
“The development and construction of the Dongmozhou area has continued to deepen in the past ten years.
“We first developed and constructed a number of large-scale mechanized farms and ranches around Meng County.
“In Ankang’s seventh year, we achieved self-sufficiency in local agricultural and animal husbandry products, and now we can still meet the needs of the food-rich country.
“The high-standard railways and highways from Mombasa to the Daming Lake area were all completed in the eighth year of Ankang.
“The railways and highways surrounding Daming Lake were all completed in the twelfth year of Ankang.
“During the construction of railways and highways, the development of areas along the route and around Daming Lake continues to deepen.
“We have successively discovered many gold, copper, and diamond mines with mining value.
“And some iron ore, coal, oil, and natural gas deposits of little value.
“After receiving the authorization from the imperial court, Dashi Country developed a copper mine and a diamond mine on its own.
“And in partnership with the Royal Bank, a large gold mine was developed.
“Generally speaking, the natural resources in the East Mozhou region of the big food country are relatively rich.
“But similar to other areas of the entire Mozhou continent, there are abundant resources such as gold mines, diamond mines, and gemstone mines.
“But coal and oil resources are scarce, and iron ore resources are average.
“Compared with similar resources in other areas, they have no obvious mining value.
“With the completion of major roads and resource development activities, the construction of the Great Lakes District has also begun simultaneously.
“After the railways and roads were built, the original Mexican indigenous people around the Great Lakes area were all led by the black nobles and moved to the west of the Grand Canyon to settle.
“At the same time, we have built three larger-scale new settlements around the Great Lakes District.
“The total population of the three settlements now exceeds 100,000.
“They are all Ming people, He people and Koreans, as well as Ming people and their hybrids.
“The Great Lakes Region has a superior environment, pleasant climate, and spring-like weather all year round.
“It’s just that although the local temperature is not high, the sun in the equatorial area is very strong.
“Although people can’t feel the heat, if they spend a lot of time outdoors, they’ll get tanned without even realizing it.
“Dashi Clothing Store has built a new design center by the lake.
“Daming Airlines and the laboratory have also built a new R&D sub-center here.
“The infrastructure in the Great Lakes District is already quite complete and the resident population has reached a certain scale.
"The imperial court of the Great Food Kingdom also developed functional facilities here for travel, vacation, and recuperation in accordance with His Majesty's original suggestion.
"If Your Majesty wants to build a new royal garden in the Great Lakes region, you can start now."
Zhu Jingyuan had mentioned to his subordinates that he wanted to build a resort in the Great Lakes area for future retirement.
It is indeed a bit outrageous for teenagers to consider the issue of retirement. Pan Shien always remembers this matter.
Otherwise, Zhu Jingyuan had just become emperor and was only thirty years old. Pan Shien would not have mentioned the matter of repairing the courtyard.
Zhu Jingyuan's thoughts have not changed yet, but he is only thirty years old now and there is no need to think about retirement.
I may be very busy in the next ten or twenty years, and I have too many things to do.
So Zhu Jingyuan smiled and waved his hand and said:
"There is no rush regarding the Royal Garden, I don't have a complete plan yet.
“The construction of the Great Lakes Region should continue in the current direction.
“Now my main thoughts will be on the central court.
"Now that I'm recruiting Mr. Pan, he will take care of the official affairs for me.
"I have made adjustments to the appointment and dismissal of some personnel inside and outside the imperial court.
"Mr. Pan can take advantage of this process to become familiar with the work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs as soon as possible."
Pan Shien immediately responded seriously:
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I will do my best to help Your Majesty manage the staff."
Zhu Jingyuan asked Lin Zexu to send the imperial edict of appointment directly to Pan Shien, and asked him to take him to Wang Tingzhen to go through the formalities for taking office.
