amaotonovel Chapter 1009 Damn it, is copying homework this difficult?
Chapter 1009 Damn it, is copying homework this difficult?
In the first year of the Ming Dynasty, the people of Ningyang County still had a hard time.
First came the calamity of war.
Although Hu Yuan fled quickly, he abandoned the city and escaped without fighting a single battle.
However, Ningyang County itself still had a large number of gentry who longed to change their names to Mongolian ones, and there were also many defeated soldiers when Hu Yuan's army fled.
Moreover, the people of Ningyang themselves... well, they are rather fierce in nature, and many heroes dared to resist Hu Yuan, and they were wiped out by Hu Yuan more than once or twice.
According to the report that scoundrel submitted in the first year of the Hongwu reign, there were dozens of households of widows who had fled to the mountains to avoid disaster.
Even worse, starting in the first year of the Hongwu reign, Ningyang County suffered from drought. Before the drought was over, it was hit by torrential rains that caused disaster, and the crops were almost completely destroyed.
But the result?
Ningyang County did not descend into chaos.
With the help of farm tools and cattle allocated by the imperial court, and chanting the slogan "Use women like men and men like livestock," that scoundrel managed to lead the people to build reservoirs, dig irrigation canals, construct granaries, build community schools, and set up workshops. He did things haphazardly, but slowly made Ningyang County quite prosperous.
The people did not rebel.
Even when that scoundrel went to persuade farmers to start farming, the people would spontaneously run to the county government office to get him tea sets so he could lie down on the edge of the field and drink tea in peace.
"It's just a pity about our Little Dragon Team~"
While Emperor Zhu was inwardly lamenting the fate of the little dragon, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.
To be fair, this scoundrel did treat the people quite well, at least he made a great contribution to winning back the hearts and minds of the people in the north during the Ming Dynasty.
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the happier he became.
Liu Bowen simply glanced at Li Shanchang.
The dog Li Shanchang!
You're trying to take a shortcut, and copying Ningyang County's homework is fine, but before you copy, can you at least think about the brothers in the imperial court?
When Yang Dianfeng reformed Ningyang County, did he simply change the official structure of Ningyang County?
No!
To put it bluntly, the officials in Ningyang County aren't saints either; they're bound to have their own ideas when they see piles of silver.
But why is there no corruption in Ningyang County?
On the one hand, it was certainly due to his reputation as "Crazy Yang" that he was able to maintain his authority.
On the other hand, there's the oversight system that Yang the Madman created!
A separate discipline department was keeping an eye on all the officials in Ningyang County.
Another inspection department was keeping an eye on all the officials, clerks, and yamen runners to see if they were corrupt or exploiting the people.
Among the several deputy magistrates in Ningyang County, there was one who was specifically in charge of these two subjects. Moreover, this deputy magistrate was not only under the jurisdiction of the magistrate, but also directly connected with the Censorate.
In other words, if Ningyang County's approach were to be copied, the more than 1,000 prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty would have a shortage of more than 3,000 people just for the discipline and inspection departments, as well as the deputy county magistrates specifically responsible for these areas.
The shortage of more than 3,000 people is a headache not only for the Ministry of Personnel, but also for the Censorate, which has some inextricable ties to it.
Furthermore, the clerks of the Inspection Department had intricate connections with the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and although the Embroidered Uniform Guard was nominally under the Grand Commander's Office, it was actually directly responsible to the higher-ups and His Highness the Crown Prince.
In other words, the people were a headache for the Censorate, but not directly under its jurisdiction.
Liu Bowen's head started to ache more and more as he thought about it, and suddenly he felt an itch in his head.
It seems like it's trying to develop a brain?
Li Shanchang wouldn't care whether Liu Bowen lived or died.
They didn't even care about the lives of the officials in the court, or even Emperor Zhu and Zhu Biao.
Anyway, I'm destined to lose all my hair.
All of you have to stay with us!
Just as Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen were pondering this in secret, Emperor Zhu unconsciously reached out and tapped the table.
The official structure of Ningyang County Government was both clear and complex.
Clearly defined means that there is a clear division of labor, that responsibilities are assigned to specific individuals, and that anything that needs to be implemented can be done quickly.
In this respect, the original county government structure was no match.
When we say it's complex, we mean its structure is complex.
Those in charge of political affairs, those in charge of corruption, and those representing the garrisons—they were broadly divided into these three groups.
If we break it down further, there are a whole bunch of miscellaneous courses in the political field alone, with almost one course for each function, and these courses are not subordinate to each other.
If those deputy county magistrates unite, even the official county magistrate will have a headache.
However, this method of governance also has its advantages, namely that no official is irreplaceable, and the imperial court can easily control these officials with a single official document.
If you want to copy someone else's homework directly, you first need to understand the whole situation in Ningyang County.
There are probably only thirty to fifty people in the entire Ming Dynasty who truly understand this system of gameplay.
That bastard, along with those officials he brought from Ningyang County, and the young fellows who graduated from Ningyang County School and have now been assigned to serve as county magistrates in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
From the perspective of the imperial court, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, and even the current ministers of various departments could easily master this method.
But what kind of problems will be encountered during the implementation process?
As the saying goes, "If you are prepared, you will succeed; if you are not prepared, you will fail." If you copy homework without considering these issues in advance, the result may only be a mediocre mess.
Besides whether it's possible to directly copy the homework clearly, there are two more serious issues to consider.
One issue is the shortage of manpower.
The other was the Ming Dynasty's national treasury.
If we follow this approach, we'll be short tens of thousands of people just for manpower.
Especially for yamen runners and clerks, the number of vacancies could reach tens or even hundreds of thousands.
The resulting pressure on his salary would probably drive that old bastard Yang Siyi to hang himself at the gate of the Prince Consort's mansion overnight.
Thinking of this, even Emperor Zhu couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
Damn it, is it this hard to even copy homework?
Upon further thought, Emperor Zhu suddenly turned his gaze to Li Shanchang.
“We knew that bastard was up to no good and was definitely trying to trap us. Mr. Shanchang even said that he really didn’t try to trap us this time.”
With a dark and sour face, Emperor Zhu said, "Look at this, just by copying his Ningyang County government reform model, how many hairs will we lose?"
"This bastard!"
"What female workers, what women's workshops? This is just bait he threw out!"
“As long as we set our sights on female workers and women’s workshops, we will have to copy all these messy things from Ningyang County.”
"Then, we'll start having headaches about manpower and funding."
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the more he felt he had grasped the truth: "He did it on purpose!"
Li Shanchang was completely numb.
Did Yang the Madman really think so far ahead?
Isn't it overcomplicated to think about climbing the ladder?
Li Shanchang stroked his beard and tentatively asked, "Why is Your Excellency so troubled by the issues of manpower and funding?"