In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Cixuan was having a headache over something.
The killing a few days ago was too fierce, and many official positions in the court were vacant.
The Ministry of Works that he had just gone to didn't even have a minister.
Although it wouldn't have much of an impact during wartime, it wouldn't be a long-term solution.
If all of them were to change classes from the system, wouldn't the points be insufficient?
Although he had some wealth now, the army of more than 200,000 needed food and drink. The expenses of the palace, the salaries of the officials…
All of this required money.
For the time being, Zhu Cixuan did not plan to use silver to exchange for system points.
The vacancy of officials was a big problem!
Zhu Cixuan obviously didn't have enough talents…
"Men, inform Yu Qian to come and see me!”
Since he didn't have a good idea, he could only call Yu Qian, the Ming Dynasty know-it-all.
An hour later, Yu Qian jogged all the way to the royal study.
After hearing Zhu Cixuan's doubts, Yu Qian immediately blurted out,"Your Majesty, I have a few ways to solve the current problem.”
He had served as the cabinet's junior protector for many years and was familiar with the workings of the Ming Dynasty's bureaucracy. In addition, he had served as the cabinet's chief assistant for several days, so he had long expected and made arrangements for this situation.
"Speak!"
"Your Majesty, this humble subject believes that there are three steps!”
" First step," Yu Qian said, extending three fingers." You will be promoted to an official of the Six Ministries of Jinling and enter the capital to fill the vacancy.”
The Ming Dynasty was divided into two capitals, the north and the south.
Although Jinling was the southern capital, it was the same as the capital. There were no lack of six ministries and nine ministers.
Not only could transferring the officials of Jinling to the capital fill these vacancies, but it could also weaken the Donglin Party's strength and influence in the south.
"This plan is very good! What about the second one?"
"Secondly, now that the world has just been settled, it is not appropriate to open the Enke, but we can let the civil and military officials and local famous figures recommend talents!”
The recommendation system had existed since ancient times. Although it had many drawbacks and could not compare to the imperial examination system, it could solve the urgent need.
"Yes!"
Zhu Cixuan nodded.
"The third is to promote local officials! There were still many capable officials in the local area! These people were of low birth and had been suppressed by the various parties. Now that His Majesty had promoted them to an important position, they would definitely be grateful and wholeheartedly share His Majesty's worries!”
"Hahahaha! Not bad! Not bad! What you said is exactly what I want."
Zhu Cixuan laughed.
With such a capable official, he would have a lot of peace of mind!
After calming himself down, Zhu Cixuan began to recall the outstanding talents that emerged during the Nanming period.
After thinking for a long time, he drew up a list.
"Sorry, I have a list of names here. Get the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs to issue a document and transfer all the people on this list to the capital. I want to entrust it to you!"
"This old minister obeys the decree!"
Yu Qian took the name list and quickly glanced through it.
Yan Yingyuan, Ma Shiying, Zhang Cangshui, Wu Weiye…
There were more than ten people on the list.
There were old and young, men and women, and there were even foreign chieftains.
Although he was puzzled, as a death warrior, he naturally knew what to ask and what not to ask.
As a man of sacrifice, he just had to carry it out resolutely.
Zhu Cixuan's name list was filled with heroes who would die heroically in the future to resist the invasion of the Eastern Krupp.
For example, Yan Ying Yuan, who was ranked first, was only a minor official in Jiangyin County.
However, it was this man who commanded the Jiangyin Revolutionary Army to resist the Eastern Krupp cavalry with more than two hundred heavy cannons when the Eastern Krupp army went south to Jiangnan.
Under the siege of 240,000 Eastern Krupp soldiers, they defended Jiangyin City for 81 days, killing the three kings and eighteen generals of the Eastern Krupp army and 75,000 Eight Banners soldiers.
Such a fierce person, wouldn't it be a waste of his talent to be a minor official in a small Jiangyin County?
"Other than human affairs, I have one more thing, and that is silver!”
Although he had obtained some silver from the crazy raids a few days ago, all of it had been used to recruit troops.
They had also gained a lot from eliminating Li Zicheng's troops, but this was just a small business and would not happen again in the future.
Now, a large group of people needed him to feed them, and he needed money to fight wars.
"Money is indeed one of the most important things at the moment!”
Yu Qian nodded.
"I feel that the gentry's collective contribution of grain can solve our current predicament. In addition, they could open trade routes, support commerce, and increase business taxes.”
The gentry had to pay grain, which meant that the officials and the landowners had to pay taxes as well.
That was to abolish the tax exemption privileges of officials and landlords.
This would increase taxes, but it would affect the interests of the scholar-bureaucrats and the landowners.
This matter was not easy to implement!
Since ancient times, the country's taxes had been mainly paid to mulberry farmers.
The landlord class was the group with the most land. This group of people controlled 80% of the country's land, but they did not have to pay taxes.
This was why the Ming Dynasty's treasury was so empty!
"The gentry will pay the grain…"
Zhu Cixuan fell into deep thought.
Although it was a good idea, there were too many constraints now!
After the Qing Dynasty unified the Central Plains, it took two generations for the gentry to pay grain.
As an emperor with an unstable foundation, if he rashly implemented such a policy, there would only be one outcome-he would be overthrown by the angry landlord class!
This system had to be implemented, but not now!
Supporting businesses and increasing taxes were easy to implement.
Most merchants were rich and had low social status. No one dared to say anything about collecting more taxes.
Then he would first develop the business and then take advantage of the merchants!
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