Chapter 47 The Urgency of Talent
Looking at the land deed, Zhu Zaijing’s heart was bleeding.
This place is so remote, it’s actually in Shunyi!
It’s really unreasonable. The straight-line distance between this place and Zhu Zaijing’s current palace is fifty miles. If you include some winding roads, it’s almost sixty or seventy miles away.
This distance of sixty or seventy miles may be more than half an hour's drive based on the traffic conditions and means of transportation in later generations, but for the Ming Dynasty, which had the luxury of hardened roads, it would take only an hour or two to leave. Want to go.
But looking at the land deed of these two thousand acres, Zhu Zaijing felt a lot more at peace.
Originally, Zhu Zaijing thought that he could only buy eight or nine hundred acres of land for ten thousand taels of silver. Unexpectedly, the Xianning Hou family sold the land in Shunyi at a low price, which also surprised Zhu Zaijing. .
When Zhu Zaijing got the land deed, he asked Meng Chong to find a simple map of the capital. After taking a general look at the newly purchased land, Zhu Zaijing found that this place seemed to be the capital airport in later generations. Location.
Since it is a land that can be used to build an airport, its flatness is unquestionable.
So Zhu Zaijing also said to Meng Chong: "Go and pay two thousand taels of silver to the account, and go to the officials of the Ministry of Industry to help you plan. I want to build an industrial park on this land. ! Be sure to separate the living area, work area, and entertainment area in detail. ”
"In particular, the work area must be large enough. Our Yiran sugar production base will take root here in the future, and the supporting upstream and downstream production will also be concentrated here. This will not only save us a lot of manpower and material resources, but also It allows for an integrated management of various industrial structures and facilitates our industrial upgrading.”
“You can also see how rudimentary our production equipment is. When the volume was small at the beginning, it was difficult to see. There are so many problems. But once it is produced on a large scale, do you think those jars can hold up? So the production equipment must be updated and evolved simultaneously, and it cannot always be the Caotai team."
Meng Chongting. Looking at the new words that popped out of Zhu Zaixing's mouth, he seemed to understand them but not yet.
But since Zhu Zaijing has given the order, Meng Chong will definitely not neglect it. Because of the success of Yirantang, Zhu Zaijing now believes everything he says in front of him!
Now everything in the palace is directed by Zhu Zaijing and he is executing it.
In this system, Meng Chong also deeply felt the charm of Zhu Zaijing's lofty position. Sometimes it seemed to be a far-fetched thing, but as long as he carried out the instructions according to Zhu Zaijing's wishes, he would always gain unexpected results. result.
But at the same time, another disadvantage has arisen, that is, there are not enough people. To use a more accurate term, there is not enough talent.
Although there are more than a hundred people in the palace, most of them are "men" of the palace. They have no management experience and little subjective initiative.
So during this period, Zhu Zaijing was also thinking about talent training.
However, talent training cannot be effective overnight. It requires a long-term process, and the people trained in this process may not necessarily become talents.
So the most effective solution at present is to introduce talents.
But where do we need to introduce talents?
This seems to be a problem too.
Liu Yishou was just an attempt by Zhu Zaijing.
The reason why he was introduced was because he was indeed talented, and Meng Chong had dealt with him many times and knew him well.
That's why Zhu Zaijing waved his hand and directly placed Liu Yishou in the extremely important position of "Yi Ran Tang".
Otherwise, how could Zhu Zaijing easily trust Cheng Yaojin, who was half-killed?
Although the Hanlin Academy has many talents, the ownership of these talents belongs to his father, Taoist Master Jiajing.
And even if Zhu Zaijing wants to poach people, it is not necessarily true that anyone will follow him to build an industrial park in Shunyi.
After all, these Hanlin scholars hold the great ideal of "ruling the country and bringing peace to the world". How could they follow Zhu Zaijing and do such unethical things?
Therefore, after much thought, Zhu Zaijing thought that his talent pool should still come from the inner study. It is also the place where senior eunuch talents are cultivated.
The political system of the Ming Dynasty was unique for five thousand years.
Many dynasties have dual politics, that is, the imperial power headed by the emperor - the prime ministerial power model headed by the prime minister.
But the Ming Dynasty unexpectedly launched the three-yuan politics.
Emperor - Prime Minister - Eunuch.
As a naturally powerful person, the emperor is naturally the undisputed head of state.
But when the emperor delegates power or when the emperor is young, eunuchs, a political force that depends on the emperor for survival, will burst out with great influence.
For example, Wang Zhen of the Yingzong Dynasty, Liu Jin of the Zhengde Dynasty, Feng Bao of the Wanli Dynasty in the future, Wei Zhongxian of the Tianqi Dynasty, etc.
Let’s not talk about what these eunuchs are doing. In terms of influence alone, anyone who dares to ignore them will definitely disrespect the history of the Ming Dynasty.
The reason why these eunuchs have such a powerful influence is all thanks to Emperor Xuande.
The wise and great Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was an energetic strongman who could work crazily for thirty years without being a prime minister.
But this is not the norm for everyone.
Most of the energy is relatively ordinary, and it is impossible to be as crazy as Lao Zhu.
Therefore, in the era of Sun Jianwen, Lao Zhu's good friend, Zhu Yunwen began to consciously rely on the famous "Jianwen Three Fools" Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qitai to formulate a plan to reduce the vassal in order to stabilize the central authority.
It can be said that if Zhu Di had not succeeded in his rebellion, these three people might have been the beginning of the cabinet.
But history has no ifs, so the cabinet system was Zhu Di's great power initiative, which solved the emperor's heavy government work.
At the same time, because Zhu Di wanted to prove himself, he spent his whole life on the journey of war.
Leaving Da Pang and the cabinet to manage the central court for him, he was able to spread his arms even further in the five expeditions to Mobei.
Everyone has seen the final result. Zhu Di sought benevolence and was benevolent, died in the right place, and returned wrapped in horse leather.
But Big Fatty was so exhausted that he died after working in a hurry for ten months.
The young Emperor Xuande learned the lessons from his grandfather and father, and he began to consciously cultivate eunuch talents and established an inner study room, where the Hanlin Academy taught some smart and capable eunuchs to read.
This suddenly opened the magic box of eunuchs involved in politics. From then on, every generation of emperors in the Ming Dynasty would more or less rely on some eunuchs to get things done.
If you do it well, you will be remembered in history, but if you do it badly, you will remain infamy for eternity.
But for the eunuchs who have lost their eggs, no matter whether they leave a name in history or be infamous for thousands of years, as long as they have a chance to prove their abilities, they will still be willing to become emperors like moths to a flame. With the sharp knife in your hand, you can vigorously create your own achievements.
So now Zhu Zaijing really wants to make up for the embarrassing shortage of talents, and now the eunuch in the inner study is his best choice.
(End of this chapter)