Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 469 The First Five-Year Plan

On the tenth day of April in the first year of Taizheng, Xue Guoguan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, resigned and returned to his hometown.None of the officials and colleagues sent them off. Chen Guifei thought of salvation and bestowed imperial wine on Taoism.The House of Guoguan died violently in ten days!

It is recorded in the "History of Ming Dynasty" in later generations!
Xue Guoguan's fate can be imagined, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.It took only five months from supporting the new monarch to his death and Taoism.Many people suspect that Zhu Changyuan was responsible for Xue Guoguan's death.

But so what?Is there any monarch in Chinese history who didn't kill a minister because of personal enmity?
So although the courtiers knew this well, no one was stupid enough to speak up for Xue Guoguan, including Xue Guoguan's old comrade Jiang Fengyuan.

Of course, this incident also scared Jiang Fengyuan into a cold sweat. He confronted Zhu Changyuan overnight and said that he had reached the age of retirement and was about to retire.

Zhu Changyuan nodded in agreement!
Although Jiang Fengyuan is not a good guy, at least he has contributed to supporting the new king!Besides, there was no personal grievance between Zhu Changyuan and Zhu Changyuan, so Zhu Changyuan had to forgive others, let him go, and let him return to his hometown with peace of mind.

In order to commend him, and to set up a memorial archway for himself to clear the suspicion of Xue Guoguan last time, the emperor also specially gave Jiang Fengyuan a calligraphy in recognition of his achievements in the cabinet for the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, two more seats in the cabinet were vacated, and Zhu Changyuan did not hesitate to put his own person on the throne.

First of all, Hou Xun, a famous scholar in Guide Mansion in Shangqiu, was appointed Minister of Rites by the people and entered the cabinet to govern.The other vacant seat in the cabinet was reserved for Hong Chengchou. Although this guy could not really join the cabinet locally, he would naturally be able to fill it up as soon as possible once he returned to the capital in the future.

At the end of the spring of the first year of Taizheng, Zhu Changyuan summoned officials from the cabinet and various ministries to gather in the Qianqing Palace and held a court meeting that was slightly different from usual. A five-year plan, also known as a five-year plan.

This is imitating the **** of later generations, playing with pragmatism.

After all, although the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were well-known and had extraordinary wisdom and fighting power, they seemed to be in a state of not knowing where they were forever, which made Zhu Changyuan quite dissatisfied.

If these people are used to govern the country in the way of officials, they will never get rid of the fate of feudal society in 100 years.

"This is a relatively new proposition. You may not be able to accept or understand it for a while, but it doesn't matter. You will gradually become familiar with it in the future!"

Zhu Changyuan said: "The plan within five years, let's call it the first five-year plan of the Ming Dynasty. You have to think carefully about how to arrange and plan. My plan is already very clear. First, I will be in five years. Three railways will be completed within the year, namely the Shenshan Railway from Shanhaiguan to Shenyang, the Dajingjiu Railway from Beijing Normal University to Kowloon, and the Shenxin Railway from Shenyang to Xinshengcheng! The first two railways must be completed. As for the last Shenxin Railway, construction must start within five years.”

"Secondly, I want to build five thermal power stations in the coastal cities. With the support of thermal power stations, a new type of heavy industry base can be built on a large scale, and chemical fertilizer plants can be established to ensure the supply of chemical fertilizers for all land in the country. .”

"Thirdly, I want to carry out a new type of education, so that at least [-]% of the people in the world can read and write within five years. I also want to carry out land reform. Distributed to everyone's hands."

"What to do specifically, each of you must draw up a charter, draw up a plan and report to the palace. I will put it in the Qianqing Palace and see if you can complete these plans within five years? After completing the grand reward, I will I won’t begrudge the money, if it’s not a vegetarian meal, I can change the seat under the buttocks.”

After hearing Zhu Changyuan's words, all the officials shuddered.

You must know that in the current bureaucratic system of Ming Dynasty, at least [-]% of the officials came here to hang around instead of doing things. If Zhu Changyuan's practice was implemented, the consequences for those officials would be disastrous.

For example, if the Ministry of Agriculture wants to carry out land reform, it is absolutely impossible for Yan Hong alone to complete the task. Therefore, in order to complete the task, he will definitely squeeze the labor force below to work hard. In order to ensure that the goal can be achieved To complete within a given time, a goal must be set for each subordinate. In this way, the number of idlers in the entire country will be minimized, and the efficiency of the entire government will be greatly improved.

Of course, as I said before, it is sad for some people who are vegetarians.

"Everyone, Yan Dashangshu and Kong Dashangshu both have a motorcycle, which should be familiar to everyone!" Zhu Changyuan smiled slightly, and threw out his big killer: "Although that thing is rare, it is in my possession. It’s nothing in front of me, but I’ll give each of you one car later, and I’ll give you fifty catties of fuel every month. Whether you go to court or go out in the future, you can use this to strengthen your authority!”

"Each of my empresses and concubines has a car. You should have seen it before. After five years, those who can complete the task will be rewarded with one car, and the rest will be rewarded separately!"

I am afraid that if you do not work, you are not afraid of rewards.

Zhu Changyuan also understands that not all of these people in the court are rare in cars, and even a few of them are even disgusted with taking things.But it is undeniable that once something is determined by the emperor, it becomes very valuable.

At least, it should be very face-saving.

At that time, each of the ministers in other departments will get a car, but if a certain minister still rides in a carriage every day, it will be ugly, and it will be declaring to the people of the entire capital that this guy is a vegetarian guy, failed to complete the task.

These were only one of the shocks for the courtiers.

There was another aspect that really shocked them: land reform!The emperor wants to carry out land reforms nationwide, how is this possible?

If it is just for fun in Taiwan, it must be a land of barbarians, how many people were slaughtered, how many rich households were wiped out has nothing to do with officials like them, but now it seems that there seems to be a problem.

More than 90.00% of these officials standing in the court are in their hometowns and are also the largest local landlords.Take Hou Xun as an example, although this guy is not very greedy and has relatively little land among officials, it still occupies a full third of Suiyang County.

If land reform is to be carried out, they will be the first to be injured!
How to do?
The emperor is going to take the officials first!
Those high-ranking imperial officials are very clear about the affairs in Taiwan. That place has become a no-man's land for landlords. All the landlords and rich peasants with a little land are all suppressed and regarded as tyrants to migrate.

As for the poor?Besides Zhu Changyuan, who would care so much about why?

Those who participated in the five-year plan meeting in Qianqing Palace today are not only the ministers of each department, but also other important departments in the capital, such as Honglu Temple, Zongren Mansion, Overwatch Council, and the twelve ministries. Left and right servants!There are almost 100 people.

Some people have anxiety and fear in their eyes. It is because their families have a lot of land. If the imperial court really wants to reform the land, they will bear the brunt and have no way to deal with it.

Some people gloated at their misfortune, because they either didn't have land, or they were waiting to see Zhu Changyuan being led by the nose by tyrants from all over the country.

After all, there are as many landlords on the mainland as there are countless, which cannot be compared in a small place like Taiwan. Once these people unite, they will be a terrifying force.

"Why don't you talk anymore, don't you know the direction?" Zhu Changyuan stood up from the dragon chair, looked at the ministers in the hall, and said, "Qian Muzhai, tell me, what are your thoughts and opinions!"

Qian Muzhai is estimated to be the largest landlord here. Although the land in Wudi is not as much as that of the Kang family in Henan, it is also comparable to princes and kings, and the annual output is countless.Otherwise, where did this guy get 2 taels of silver to buy off the cabinet ministers and eunuchs, and get a Tanhua Lang in the imperial examination.

A few years ago, when he was in trouble, in order to get close to Cao Huachun through Zhu Changyuan's way, he gave away a carriage of antique calligraphy and paintings as soon as he made a move, which shocked Zhu Changyuan, who was still a bumpkin at that time.

If there is no money, where does he have so many antique calligraphy and paintings?If there is no land, where does his money come from?

You must know that scholars disdain business, and Qian Qianyi has not been an official for several years, and corruption seems unlikely.

The reason is that this product has land, a lot of land, and can exploit a lot of income every year.

"Return to Your Majesty, minister, I suddenly heard about your majesty's five-year plan today, and I haven't thought about it yet, so I don't know where to start?" He really hasn't thought about it yet, he has been thinking about how to deal with the land just now.

"You are the Secretary of the Ministry of Education, in charge of the country's education plan. Your plan is naturally related to education. For example, how many schools can you plan to increase in the country within five years? Add courses that are conducive to entering this great era for students in the schools. , how to test the school's academic performance and so on!"

"So, I understand!" Qian Qianyi sat down.

Zhu Changyuan pointed to Wang Wu and said: "Wang Wu, as the governor of the Overwatch Council, your power in the whole country is blank, so it is better to plan, for example, to establish in every province and even every state capital in the country independent of local government affairs and government affairs. When will the construction of supervisory agencies other than military affairs be started? How will personnel be selected? When will the construction be completed? How many corrupt officials can be caught each year? All these are political achievements.”

When the officials heard this, they were cold again.

How many corrupt officials are arrested every year, my God, this is a hard target. . . .

(End of this chapter)