Daming 1805

On the morning of July 15th, [-], Zhu Jingyuan made a general review of the high-level situation of Ming Dynasty's civil servants, generals, financial groups, and Huangzhuang.

Arrange some old officials and stewards to retire, and promote some familiar people to important positions.

Of course, reality is not a game. It is impossible for Zhu Jingyuan to make a decision and the relevant personnel will be in place immediately.

The issuance and implementation of Zhu Jingyuan's order, the retirement and handover procedures of relevant personnel, and the transfer of corresponding documents all take time.

The cabinet members led by Lin Zexu and Niu Jian first quickly drafted the imperial decree for appointment.

Put it in front of Zhu Jingyuan again, and ask Zhu Jingyuan to sign it himself.

At the same time, the Secretary of General Administration will send out the retirement memorial approved by Zhu Jingyuan as soon as possible.

The local officials in the capital directly issued the original memorial, and the Department of General Administration had special delivery personnel to handle it.

These people will also say goodbye to the emperor in person at the next court meeting, and then go through formal retirement and handover procedures.

The memorials of officials from other places were originally sent to the Secretary of General Administration by fax.

The Department of General Administration specially accepts the facsimile machine of this kind of document, and uses the special internal pages of imperial court standard memorials.

The Secretary of General Administration will add a cover to the inside pages of the received faxes to form a standard memorial form.

After being reviewed and approved by the emperor, it will become an effective original.

Now, the Secretary of General Administration has to send back a copy of the inner pages of the fax that has been approved.

It is equivalent to notifying the relevant personnel that the emperor has approved it.

Let the relevant personnel hand over the work locally, and then rush to the capital to meet the emperor and say goodbye.

This process may seem simple, but it really needs to be done neatly, and it may take several months.

Although Zhu Jingyuan directly transferred not many people, the range of people who were indirectly affected was very large.

When the personnel transferred by Zhu Jingyuan were transferred, someone had to take over their positions, and the original positions of those who took over had to be taken over by important people.

The appointment of the highest-level personnel still needs the signature of the emperor, and the middle and lower-level officials are arranged by the Ministry of Officials.

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 very simple, and even the process of handling paperwork can be as efficient as possible.

But the actual job handover is troublesome, especially when the personnel and technical positions also require newcomers to be as complete as possible familiar with the new job.

It takes ten days for a few, and one or two months for many.

Coupled with the fact that many personnel have been handed over twice, the time taken will be even longer.

However, the handover time seems to be quite long, but in fact it is a good thing.

If the traditional emperor succeeds to the throne, these newly appointed officials may completely ignore their original positions.

They will directly lead a group of people to the new post with the imperial decree.

Then it is not so much a handover as a snatching, grabbing control of the new position.

After arriving at the new position, they must use their own abilities and methods to control the subordinates of the original position.

A new official may have to engage in three fires when he takes office. In addition to the possibility of making some special achievements, the more important purpose is actually to verify whether his subordinates are obedient, and to confirm whether he can really control this institution.

The old subordinates also want to give the new officials a blow, and hope that the new officials will not mess around and live in harmony.

The goals and principles of the two parties are of course contradictory, and a natural struggle for control will also unfold.

The great ceremony dispute that Jiajing became the emperor was essentially this kind of struggle for control.

In the current Ming Dynasty, the new official can take over the position normally when he takes office, and the former official is also willing to cooperate with the handover work, and at the same time guide the next official to adapt to the new position as soon as possible.

This kind of personnel adjustment 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 d'état when the other party takes office, it means that the bureaucratic system is on the verge of getting out of control.

The emperor's authority has also reached the point where government orders cannot leave the Forbidden City.

The current bureaucratic system in Ming Dynasty is relatively healthy, so that kind of situation will basically not 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 at the capital.

Zhu Jingyuan announced the appointment of Pan Shien as Minister of the Ministry of Officials at the Great Court Assembly yesterday morning.

The position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is the most special position, and a large number of adjustments to other positions require the participation of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Otsuka Zai Wang Tingzhen can of course 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 resigning first.

Let Pan Shien's deputy act as Pan Shien's duties temporarily, and wait for the new official to succeed Pan Shien to take office.

Then Pan Shien's deputy will hand over Pan Shien's responsibilities to the new chief.

The chief officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty usually have several secondary officials.

Most Zuo Er officials are responsible for one or several types of affairs.

However, there will also be a special one among them, whose nominal management scope is highly consistent with the full-time job.

In theory, he can take care of everything that the chief officer manages.

But how much power you actually have depends entirely on how much you are given by your immediate superior.

But he has to master all local affairs.

Usually handle various things according to the requirements of the chief officer, and become the backup and agent of the chief officer in an emergency.

Pan Shi'en handed over his responsibilities directly to this kind of secondary official agent, and did not need to go through the normal complete handover procedures.

Because the other party is already familiar with these businesses.

However, in most cases, the imperial court will not allow this kind of secondary official to become a full-time official.

Those who do well can change places to be chief officials, and those who do well can change places and continue to be second-rank officials.

If the local officials are promoted directly from the local government and the department, of course it will be able to arouse the enthusiasm of local officials.

But this enthusiasm will definitely be used in evil ways.

Over time, these places will become monolithic, impervious to water, and become de facto small kingdoms.

Therefore, it is generally not allowed for local second-ranking officials to become regulars in place.

Local people are absolutely not allowed to serve as chief officials in the local area.

The officials of the central court came to the capital from all over the world, and most of them were foreigners.

The matters under direct jurisdiction also belong to the whole world, not to one's own locality.

It is still necessary to avoid direct promotion within the department as much as possible.

Unless the emperor understands the situation of the department, internal promotion is regarded as a special case, not 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, if they can't do it, they can't do it.

But still try to avoid it as much as possible.

After Pan Shien received Zhu Jingyuan's order, he handed over the job directly to Second Officer Zuo Er.

Then take the official plane of Dashiguo and go straight to the capital.

After flying in the sky for sixteen hours, he immediately took a shower and changed clothes when he arrived at the Jingshi Posthouse, and then went to pay his respects to Zhu Jingyuan.

When Zhu Jingyuan received the news, he directly let Pan Shien in.

Pan Shien bowed respectfully and saluted:

"Sir Pan Shi'en sees Your Majesty."

The last time Zhu Jingyuan saw Pan Shien was in the second year of Ankang, 13 years had passed.

At that time, Pan Shien was 37 years old and was appointed by Zhu Jingyuan as the general manager of the Meng County Industrial Park in East Mozhou, Dashiguo.

Pan Shien is now 50 years old. According to his age, he has changed from a prime of life to an old age.

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 black and shiny.

It doesn't feel like 50 years old, but it looks like he just turned 40 years old, and there is not much change from that year.

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 parted ways in Meng County.

"However, His Majesty takes care of all kinds of opportunities every day, and concentrates on working for the welfare of all people in my country and tomorrow.

"Promoting the great development of science and technology and industry and commerce, time flies before you know it."

Zhu Jingyuan laughed directly when he heard this, of course it was flattery in a certain sense.

Honest people like Liu Zhixin and Xu Minghui would never talk like that.

Speaking well is also a very important ability, especially in the most special position of the official department.

It is necessary to do things according to the rules without offending others as much as possible.

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head and waved his hands indifferently, and directly skipped this topic:
"I didn't pay attention, 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 the statistics completed this year, the urban population of Meng County has exceeded 120 million.

"More than half of them are workers in the industrial park and their families.

"Currently, Meng County is the petrochemical and textile product center with the most complete categories outside of Daming.

"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 the big food merchants, and firmly occupy the highest-end market.

"Now rayon materials and clothing have become a new category in the clothing and clothing material market.

"Rayon garments of various grades and types have become popular in all classes of the world.

"The price of the lowest-end rayon products has come down to be cheaper than cotton.

"The petrochemical industry has also grown rapidly in the past ten years.

"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 has also continued to expand.

"Fuel, medicine, explosives and other new chemical products, or new production methods and processes are constantly emerging.

"The oil industry has now faintly become the core and pillar industry in the new generation of industrial system.

"Inaugurated a new field, a new era, within the industrial system.

"Under the guidance of His Majesty's foresight, the Great Food Kingdom was the first to catch the wave of this new era.

"Great food country is now the holy land of petrochemical technology and industry in the world.

"Any manufacturer who wants to join this industry has to deal with the big food country."

Pan Shien said a little excitedly, because he fully participated in the process of leading the wave of the times.

Zhu Jingyuan had already expected this. The petrochemical industry is the core industry of the modern industrial system.

The size and scope of this market is unusually large.

If it is an irrelevant person, it may not be possible to 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 medicines, may all be part of the petrochemical system. product.

For a person in the 21st century, every aspect of life is surrounded by petrochemical products.

The era Zhu Jingyuan is living in now is the era when the industry is rapidly expanding to popularization.

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 bright.

"This is also the credit for the hard work of Mr. Pan and all the craftsmen."

After hearing this, Pan Shien quickly responded very modestly:
"Your Majesty is absurd, I just did what I should do.

"It's His Majesty who guided us in the right direction, so that everyone can achieve the results they have now, otherwise, no matter how hard you work, it will be in vain."

Zhu Jingyuan smiled noncommittally.

Although he may be somewhat complacent, his role in guiding the right direction does play a huge role in scientific research and industrial development.

And after becoming an emperor, one should not be overly modest, otherwise the majesty would be somewhat insufficient.

So Zhu Jingyuan didn't continue the conversation:
"How is the exploration and development in the East Mozhou area and the Great Lakes area?"

Pan Shien immediately sorted out his thoughts and made a brief report based on what he knew:
"The development and construction of the East Mozhou area has also continued to deepen in the past ten years.

"We first developed and built several large-scale mechanized farms and ranches around Meng County.

"In the seventh year of Ankang, we achieved self-sufficiency in local agricultural and animal husbandry products, and now we can still meet the local needs of the big food country.

"The high-standard railways and highways from Mombasa to the Daming Lake area have been completed in Ankang in eight years.

"The railways and highways surrounding Daming Lake were fully completed in the 12th year of Ankang.

"During the construction of railways and highways, the development of the areas along the route and around Daming Lake has continued to deepen.

"We have successively discovered many gold mines, copper mines, and diamond mines with mining value.

"And some iron ore, coal, oil, and natural gas deposits of little value.

"After the Dashi Kingdom was authorized by the imperial court, it developed a copper mine and a diamond mine by itself.

"And with the Royal Bank, a large gold mine was developed.

"Overall, the natural resources in the East Mozhou region of the Great Food Country are relatively rich.

"However, similar to other areas of the entire Mozhou continent, there are rich resources such as gold mines, diamond mines, and gemstone mines.

"But coal and oil resources are scarce, and iron ore resources are mediocre.

"Compared with similar resources in other regions, none of them have obvious exploitation value.

"As the main roads were opened and resource development activities started, the construction of the Great Lakes area also started simultaneously.

"The original Mo people around the Great Lakes area were all led by the black nobles after the railway and road were built, and moved to the west of the Grand Canyon to settle down.

"At the same time, we have built three large-scale new settlements around the Great Lakes.

"Currently the total population of the three settlements has exceeded 10.

"All of them are Ming people, He tribes, Koreans, and Ming people and their mixed races.

"The environment of the Great Lakes region is superior, the climate is pleasant, and the seasons are like spring.

"It's just that although the local temperature is not high, the sun in the equatorial region is very strong.

"Although people don't feel the heat, they get tanned after being outdoors for a long time.

"Dashi clothing firm 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 region is quite complete, and the resident population has reached a certain size.

"Following His Majesty's original suggestion, the imperial court of the Great Food Kingdom has developed functional facilities here for travel, vacation, and recuperation.

"If Your Majesty wants to build a new royal garden in the Great Lakes District, you can start now."

Zhu Jingyuan mentioned to his subordinates at the beginning that he wanted to build a resort in the Dahu District for future retirement.

It is a bit too far-fetched for teenagers to think about pension issues. Pan Shien always remembers this matter.

Otherwise, Zhu Jingyuan has just become emperor and is only 30 years old. Pan Shien would not mention the matter of repairing the courtyard.

Zhu Jingyuan's thoughts have not changed for the time being, but he is only 30 years old now, so there is no need to consider 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 hands and said:
"Don't worry about the royal garden, I don't have a complete plan yet.

"The construction of the Great Lakes region will continue in the current direction.

"Now my main concern will be on the Central Court.

"Now Mr. Pan is recruited to take care of the official affairs for me.

"I adjusted the appointment and dismissal of some personnel inside and outside the imperial court.

"Mr. Pan can just use this process to get familiar with the work of the Ministry of Officials as soon as possible."

Pan Shien immediately responded seriously and said:
"Thank you for your love, I will do my best to help your majesty manage the officials well."

Zhu Jingyuan asked Lin Zexu to send the imperial decree of appointment directly to Pan Shien, and asked him to take him to see Wang Tingzhen to go through the formalities of taking office.