Nature hates a vacuum.
Although a group of businessmen families such as Qian, Xu, and Song were forcefully arrested in Zhejiang Eucalyptus, it does not mean that no one will do the business after they left. How many small and medium-sized businessmen are waiting to eat into these gaps.
As for Zhejiang's transformation from chaos to governance, Wang Hua, the governor, had the heaviest burden. He could also listen to the opinions of Zhang Yong, Mei Kejia and others. But the lives of the common people do not depend on the court's affairs. Fields must be planted, silk must be weaved, and all civil affairs must be returned to normal. Only then can he, the governor, answer to the court.
Moreover, Wang Hua came from Zhan Shifu. As early as the twelfth year of Hongzhi, he knew that the prince was most concerned with practical matters, so after batches of prisoners set off for the capital, he also began to clean up the mess.
As the old saying goes, there is no stability without farmers and no wealth without business.
Although merchants have a low status, the circulation of materials still depends on them. Business first relies on a stable social environment.
So Wang Hua did two things. One was to rectify the public security situation in various prefectures and prefectures in Zhejiang and eliminate the impact of the big eucalyptus as soon as possible. Anyway, money was also confiscated from the house, so it was okay for him to apply for some as salary.
The second is that the official government advocates the resumption of business activities in the past and relaxes people's business activities to a certain extent. Stores that used to belong to a certain industry should be reopened as soon as possible. The ownership should be recorded under the governor's office first. How to deal with this can be reported later. solve.
Mainly silk weaving workshops. Due to the large number of people involved, almost every family has dozens of large and small workshops. Now the total number of looms in existence has reached more than 12,000.
Silk was Mei Ji's main business, and Mei Kejia didn't care about it, he just wanted to unify the silk workshops. Unify production, unified management and then unified sales. Of course, sales will still be smuggled.
However, according to Wang Hua's general style, he did not dare to make his own decisions on such a major matter involving millions of dollars. He would still have to inform the prince whether Mei Kejia's suggestion was feasible or not and then implement it.
But no matter what, the people's desire for survival is a natural driving force. Let alone a few businessmen, even if the emperor is gone, what should be done will still be done.
As long as there are troops to maintain order, everything in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou and other places is basically in order. The current economic model itself is also a small-scale peasant economy. Although there will be some inconveniences in daily life, as long as the impact is controllable, it doesn't matter.
In addition, it is the end of the year, and next year’s spring plowing must not be delayed.
For so many of the above affairs, it is okay to rely on the governor's office to support them in the short term, but it will be bad over time. Therefore, Wang Hua also made it clear in his memorial to the capital that after the Spring Festival at the latest, the vacant official vacancies All must be made up.
The East Palace and the Cabinet no longer care as much as before about who is arrested. The key now is that someone must take care of Zhejiang after arresting someone. Therefore, there have been frequent correspondence between Zhejiang and the capital recently, most of which are asking the prince for instructions on these matters.
Zhu Houzhao opened a special office space for himself. There were books and books in the room, all for his "secretaries", such as Fengxi and Jin Gui. Because there was not enough manpower, Wang Hao recommended two people. , are all talented people who pay more attention to the theory of managing the world and applying it. One is Wang Xian, who is ranked 15th in the second grade of Yiwei Ke, and there is Guo Shangli, who is ranked 75th in the second grade of Renxu Ke. ….
These people were simple secretaries, and their job was to translate Zhu Houzhao's spoken language into written language. And classify various documents according to the method mentioned by the prince for easy reference.
Things in Zhejiang involve official positions and money. If we don't set up a special team to supervise the affairs, the efficiency is really unacceptable to a modern man like Zhu Houzhao.
However, it was the ministers of the DPRK who actually discussed countermeasures with the prince.
The first thing is to come out with the list of officials in Zhejiang, and the other is that the merchants... ransacked their homes. Not all of their property was in cash, but there were also many shops. If there were two in one family, it would be okay, and the number would be one. If there are too many, special management will be required.
"After the great chaos, there must be great governance, and the people and officials must see that Zhejiang has a new look after the reorganization, otherwise others will think that we people are really just messing around." This is Zhu Houzhao's general requirement, so he He has always emphasized this sentence, "The measures carried out by Zhejiang Governor Wang Hua
You must acknowledge that he has been working hard recently. Mr. Wang, you can give him a certain reward as appropriate. "
"Yes. I understand." Wang Hao replied with a bow.
"The issue of the selection of chief envoys and admiral envoys..." Zhu Hou said that everyone was his own people. "I want to make it clearer. It is not appropriate for Zhejiang at this time to select officials who can only study and have no experience in government affairs."
This was a clear request made by the prince, and even Liu Ge Lao, as well as several ministers and ministers, could not say anything.
Zhu Houzhao was reviewing a paper a few days ago. He touched his forehead and recalled, "Henan Governor Wang Qiong, do I remember that he was very effective in controlling rivers in the past?"
This person was the first person Wang Hao mentioned to Zhu Houzhao.
"Your Highness, there is indeed such a person, and he is indeed a capable official."
Yes, that's right.
"Assign him to be the chief envoy of Zhejiang."
"yes."
Wang Qiong is quite capable and can be regarded as a famous official of his generation. In fact, in Zhu Houzhao's mind, Wang Hua probably wouldn't be governor of Zhejiang for much longer, so Wang Qiong had to take over.
But the adjustment of personnel must be done at a rhythm. Wang Hua is still working hard to sort out Zhejiang. If someone changes halfway, Wang Qiong has to start from scratch again. This is not worth it.
"Where's the envoy?"
Min Gui suddenly said, "Your Highness, I would like to recommend Peng Ze, the head of the Criminal Department."
He had never heard of this name Zhu Houzhao, so he only asked, "Do you have any experience in local government affairs?"
"Yes, Peng Ze was transferred from the prefect of Huizhou to head of the Criminal Department."
"Okay, after we go down, the Ministry of Personnel will check the officer's performance appraisal. If he is first or second grade, he will be transferred to Zhejiang Inspectorate."
Min Gui rarely took the initiative to recommend officials. Once in a while, Zhu Houzhao would agree. Moreover, Minister Min also has an upright personality. If ordinary officials are not courageous enough or are hypocrites, they will not be able to impress him.
But His Royal Highness the Prince asked, "If you have experience in local government affairs, you are quite particular." Speaking of which, changing the atmosphere of official circles in a pragmatic direction is a long-term process and cannot be accomplished with just an imperial edict.
It is necessary to emphasize the importance of practical work experience again and again in the process of promoting officials, so civil servants will put their minds to the local situation. This is what Zhu Houzhao wants to achieve, so that those officials who only know the difference between gentlemen and villains every day will not be popular. ….
After the provincial officials are decided, several prefects must also be chosen carefully. In fact, to a certain extent, prefects at the grassroots level are more important than provincial officials. Chief envoys and inspectors do not have access to very detailed things, so prefects cannot be exaggerated.
In a large tax-producing province like Zhejiang, Zhu Houzhao did not want to adopt the method of "retreating after winning the battle," so he called Wang Hao and said, "Let these people leave it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to make a decision first."
Generally speaking, when a prince says this, Wang Hao, the official minister, will understand.
Min Gui, who had just retreated, thought carefully for a moment and then came out and said, "Your Highness, do you think we should also appoint some officials who are not from the academy to train them?"
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Liu Jian observed the prince's expression just now, and was hesitant to say anything more, so he said: "The imperial court appoints officials based on the situation in Zhejiang. Both academy officials and non-academic officials are officials of the imperial court, and they are also He is an official of His Highness, how can we tell the difference?"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but chuckle, this old fox.
"Da Sikou, you heard it. Let's just listen to Mr. Ge and put what is beneficial to the situation in Zhejiang first."
Min Gui mentioned it like this and asked His Highness if he could do it. These issues are not critical issues. If he disagrees with them, he will not pursue them.
"I will obey the prince's orders."
Zhu Houzhao touched his chin, "Now that it's decided, let's do it as it is. Next year, the cabinet will choose an opportunity to send officials to Zhejiang for inspection to see how the local social environment is recovering and whether the lives of people and businessmen are in order. If there is anything The problem can be solved after reporting it. When the time comes, you will let the officials dispatched into the palace, and I will still have an explanation."
After hearing the prince's words, the cabinet officials and ministers all unanimously agreed.
Although the prince's governance of the country is a little different from those of them, he always does things from beginning to end, and tries to be considerate. No matter what it is, once it passes through his hands, it will never be thrown away. For example, some of them did not consider the situation after going to Zhejiang to inspect the big eucalyptus.
"Yes." Liu, Li, and Xie had no objections to this arrangement.
"In addition..." After arranging people, it was the turn of wealth. Zhu Houzhao picked up another memorial and said, "This time, many merchants' homes in Zhejiang were confiscated. Therefore, in addition to silver coins, there were many shops, houses, and workshops... …Because the number is large, Zhejiang is also asking the court to come up with a solution. So, let’s discuss it.”
Normally, all the property of a prisoner is confiscated and returned to the state treasury. However, not all of these things will be sold. A fire sale will not only sell assets at a low price, but also breed secondary corruption.
More importantly, Zhu Houzhao also has other ideas, such as nationalizing it, but this requires special management by a department similar to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. The construction of large ships mentioned by Mei Kejia probably came from this, so Zhu Houzhao was not willing to let go of this opportunity.
It's just that he didn't dare to mention the business of the imperial court in the tenth year of Hongzhi. Even if he had become more mature at this time, it was not so easy to implement it, and there was no doubt that there would be another bloody storm. .
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