Su Jing really thought that Zhu Biao could directly offer a high salary to support his integrity.
However, integrity and high salary are not necessarily related.
"High salary to maintain integrity?"
Zhu Biao repeated what Su Jing said this time and immediately understood the meaning.
"Teacher Su summed it up well and the students were taught well."
Zhu Biao bowed towards Su Jing.
Su Jing immediately said: "What to summarize? What to teach? I didn't say that high salary and integrity are a feasible thing!"
Zhu Biao was stunned and said, "Then what does Master Su mean by this?"
Su Jing sighed and said: "I mean, corruption is human nature and cannot be curbed by relying on heavy laws."
The punishment for corruption in the Ming Dynasty was the worst among the feudal dynasties, but the prevalence of corruption was probably the worst among the feudal dynasties.
Su Jing continued: "The Song Dynasty was rich enough, and the officials' salaries were very high, but it did not affect the prevalence of corruption at all."
"This matter cannot be prevented."
Su Jing immediately sealed the deal.
This made Zhu Biao a little confused. Corruption was unstoppable, so what was the point of what he was doing?
"Master Su, is this the only way to deal with corruption?"
Zhu Biao asked unwillingly.
Corruption was a major concern of his father, Zhu Yuanzhang.
It is also a major event for the people of Ming Dynasty.
Because corruption is accompanied by exploitation, it is the people at the bottom who ultimately suffer.
"Then look at what you mean by dealing with it."
Su Jing said calmly: "If you want to eradicate it completely, it will be difficult even for gods. If you want to reduce the occurrence of corruption, it is not impossible."
As the CEO of a listed company in her previous life, Su Jing also had corruption within her company.
Although not exactly the same, there are always similar situations.
In this regard, Su Jing herself still has some say.
"Please ask Master Su to teach me."
Zhu Biao immediately said respectfully to Su Jing.
Su Jing did not answer immediately this time, but asked instead: "Niu Yi, although I am not interested in asking about your family background, such things are not something you should pay attention to."
As a teenager, it is a bit strange to be so concerned about how to eliminate corruption, even though in ancient times boys were able to take charge of the family very early.
Zhu Biao didn't know how to answer for a while.
As the prince of Ming Dynasty, it is normal for him to want to deal with corruption.
However, Zhu Biao didn't want to change the relationship between himself and Su Jing unless he had to.
"I'm sorry, Master Su, I shouldn't have asked so many questions."
Zhu Biao lowered his head and said a little guiltily.
Su Jing changed the subject and said, "I don't understand corruption in the Ming Dynasty, but I know a little bit about how to deal with corruption within a store or within an entire commercial organization. Do you want to hear it?"
Anyway, it was just chatting, and I didn’t talk about the Ming Dynasty. I only talked about corporate anti-corruption. So what’s the problem?
Su Jing is good at self-suggestion.
Most importantly, he really likes Zhu Biao as his apprentice.
“Students want to hear it!”
Zhu Biao nodded immediately, his eyes filled with light.
"Then let's talk as we walk."
Su Jing stood up and said: "It's almost time to rest, it's time to leave."
"Yes, Master Su."
Zhu Biao immediately picked up the wrapped telescope from Su Jing's hand and carried it on his back, just like a little follower.
Su Jing smiled, and the two set out on the mountain climbing road again.
"When it comes to how to fight corruption within a commercial organization, that is, a large enterprise, there is actually only one core."
Su Jing said lightly: "That's the system."
"Only when a good system is established can we ensure that everything is well-founded and reasonable, and is no longer rootless, blind and difficult."
When Zhu Biao heard this, he was a little puzzled and said: "Master Su, isn't the content about corruption in the Ming Dynasty Law today just a system?"
In order to deal with corruption, Lao Zhu designed various tortures in the Ming Law.
Su Jing shook her head and said: "This can only be regarded as the punishment mechanism. It is about how to punish corruption after it is discovered, not how to discover corruption, or even how to prevent corruption."
"Let's put it this way, a good system should prevent corruption from sprouting. Of course, this can only be an ideal situation."
As soon as she said this, Su Jing felt something was wrong.
"Why are we talking about Ming Dynasty? We are talking about enterprises now! Anti-corruption within business organizations!"
Su Jing immediately brought the topic back.
Zhu Biao also nodded quickly.
Su Jing continued: "The construction of the system includes several contents, including establishing a complete anti-corruption mechanism, formulating strict anti-corruption regulations and standards, and establishing a supervision and accountability mechanism."
“These may sound fictitious, but they are very important core content.”
"First of all, let's talk about this perfect anti-corruption mechanism. It contains a lot of content. What I like most about your teacher is the establishment of standard procedures."
"Niu Yi, please tell me, taking Su's Cloth Co., Ltd. as an example, what processes are involved in the process from procurement to final sales?"
It’s time again to reach the familiar stage of persuasion.
Zhu Biao was also very serious and started thinking immediately. After only a dozen steps, he gave the answer: "Master Su, the process starts with purchasing cloth, then warehousing, selling, and leaving the warehouse."
"Yes, it's not a big problem."
Su Jing nodded and said, "So in this whole process, in which processes can corruption occur?"
Zhu Biao frowned and even slowed down his progress, murmuring: "When purchasing, you can falsely report the price of raw materials, thereby corrupting kickbacks; when warehousing, you can falsely warehousing, creating losses, and corrupting raw materials. For sales, you can also falsely report the price, and shipping out of the warehouse is even simpler. It corresponds to the false warehouse-in and false warehouse-out done when you put it into the warehouse."
“So, the whole process is open to corruption!”
Zhu Biao said very excitedly and seriously.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he wondered: "But most businessmen complete these processes by themselves?"
That's right, self-employed people in the Ming Dynasty basically worked part-time by themselves.
There was no modern enterprise, nor a huge organizational structure.
It doesn't seem to make much sense to talk about corruption in a small business run by one person.
Su Jing said calmly: "What about my industries, Su's Cloth Shop, Jinling Hotel, and paper mills, etc. Have you seen Teacher, have I been soaking in them all day?"
There are currently not many examples of corporate corruption.
Especially private enterprises.
But this is just teaching, as long as there is something to say.
"It's the students who are being abrupt."
Zhu Biao nodded and said, he himself had stayed at Su's Cloth Clothing Company and was deeply involved in the management.
It's just that in Zhu Biao's heart, Su Jing is a god, and it is not normal if there is no corruption problem.
So he subconsciously did not include Su Jing's industry.
Su Jing continued to move forward and said: "Since corruption may occur in every link in production and operation, what happens after we separate the links?"
"For example, procurement can be divided into two links: purchasing and purchasing. Purchasing is responsible for negotiating, communicating and bargaining, while purchasing is responsible for placing and following orders. In this way, the purchasing process is not in the hands of one person. Decentralization and checks and balances are conducive to mutual supervision. .”
"The same goes for warehousing and warehousing. The warehousing records and the warehousing records cannot be operated by one person. At the same time, another person is responsible for the warehouse management work."
"As for sales, selling goods and recording accounts, we also follow separate processes."
Su Jing talks eloquently, these are what he is good at.
Zhu Biao trotted all the way, following Su Jing closely, for fear of missing something.
But the more he listened, the more Zhu Biao was muttering in his heart.
Separation of powers and checks and balances, isn't this the imperial art taught by his father, Zhu Yuanzhang?
His subordinates must never be allowed to stand on a united front.
As the emperor, he had to ensure that he would not be deceived by his subordinates, so he needed to pit them against each other, so that they could supervise each other.
No matter which party did something detrimental to the emperor, the other party would take the initiative to expose it.
It's obviously an anti-corruption campaign, so why are you teaching these things?
"The core of process differentiation is actually the separation of powers and responsibilities. It seems to add lengthy links, but it actually increases the risk of corruption for anyone who wants to be corrupt in any link. Of course, these are only for large enough companies. Because this is necessary, and micro self-employment is a pure waste of time and money.”
Su Jing continued: "The next step is to establish a traceability mechanism. When a problem occurs, you know who to go to and how to find it."
"Let's take Su's Clothing Company as an example. From procurement to warehousing and exit, everything must have a receipt signed by the person handling it. Whenever there is an error, you can rely on these to find the basis."
"Of course, there are different methods for different companies, so I won't go into too much detail here."
Zhu Biao nodded slightly when he heard this.
In fact, the sealing of written documents in officialdom has the same principle, and it is convenient to trace the source of the problem.
While Su Jing was speaking, her pace did not slow down at all, and she had already rushed far away in one breath. Zhu Biao behind her was also a little unable to bear it.
It's not that Zhu Biao's health is not good, but that Su Jing's health is very good.
During this chat, Su Jing still maintained a considerable speed, which made Zhu Biao, who was listening and thinking, a little tired.
"Huh~~~~huh~~~~~~"
Zhu Biao gasped for air.
Su Jing also stopped when she saw this and said, "Just rest on the side of the road for a while."
Zhu Biao nodded, and the two of them found an open space and sat down.
"Master Su, what's next? What's next?"
Zhu Biao continued to ask Su Jing, but he was eager to know what happened next.
Su Jing glanced at Zhu Biao and asked: "Niu Yi, you have also worked in the Su family for a period of time. Do you think that if you want to be corrupt, you must be careful on which issue? will be discovered.”
Su Jing started a wave of reverse thinking.
Zhu Biao was obviously stunned for a moment, but he immediately got into the role.
After thinking for a while, he replied: "Accounts! If I want to embezzle, I must make fake accounts carefully so that they are not easily discovered."
"very good!"
Su Jing snapped her fingers and said: "Accounts, that is, finances. An accounting system that can self-examine and correct itself is very important."
(End of chapter)
