My father is Jiajing

Chapter 368 Too Bully

After talking about the problems that had occurred in the Special District Office over the past year, while Meng Chong and others were serving tea, Zhu Zaigui asked Gao Gong, "Mr. Gao, how did your talk with the Ministry of Personnel go?"

When Gao Gong heard Zhu Zaigui asking about the Ministry of Personnel, he paused for a moment and then said, "I am trying to communicate with them, but some officials in the Ministry of Personnel are conservative and unwilling to give up their power easily."

Zhu Zaiqi couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this. "I'm not talking to them about the right to appoint and recommend personnel. Why are they so conservative?"

Gao Gong said helplessly: "But Your Majesty, this matter is indeed a bit difficult to handle. The Minister of Personnel avoided meeting me, and I have not been able to move forward with this matter."

Zhu Zaigui said: "Since Li Mo is avoiding us, then we won't look for him. It doesn't matter if we keep delaying. We won't suffer any loss anyway. When the salaries of the officials in the capital can't be paid on time, they will naturally take the initiative to look for the Ministry of Personnel and help the officials in the Ministry of Personnel."

The issue discussed between Zhu Zaigui and Gao Gong was the issue of salary payment for officials in the capital, which was recently to be negotiated between the Beijing Special District Development Bank and the Ministry of Personnel.

Originally, Zhu Zaigui thought that the Beijing Special District Development Bank had been established for more than a year and its strength was obvious to all.

Therefore, they thought of taking this opportunity to cooperate with the court and take over the long-standing problem of salary payment from the court, and have the Beijing Special District Development Bank pay it on their behalf.

Unfortunately, the Ministry of Personnel has always believed that the issue of the payment of officials' salaries is one of its core powers and cannot be easily delegated to others.

After hearing the reason from the Ministry of Personnel, Zhu Zaigui immediately laughed. If the Ministry of Personnel really held the core power, why did it always chase after the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money in previous years? Why did it hide from the officials in the capital who came to ask for their salaries?

The imperial court now receives nearly one million taels of tax silver from the Beijing Special District Government every year, so it is not short of money for the time being. Yet they are actually putting on airs now. It's really like putting a big onion in a pig's nose - what a pretense.

Zhu Zaigui became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. He said to Gao Gong, "Inform the Ministry of Revenue and tell them that the Special District Office has to conduct an annual accounting, and the tax silver that has been distributed will be delayed for about half a year. However, we cannot let the Ministry of Revenue suffer a loss. Tell them that during this half-year period, the Special District Office will also calculate the delayed cost of this share according to the interest of the Beijing Special District Development Bank."

"I want to see how the Ministry of Personnel, which has been unable to pay salaries on time for half a year, can still be stubborn! When the time comes, they will cry and beg you, so don't pay attention to them now, lest it seem like we owe them more."

After Gao Gong heard what Zhu Zaigui said, he immediately replied: "I understand. I will do it when I return."

Zhu Zaiqi hummed, "It must be done as soon as possible, no procrastination."

After finishing his speech, Zhu Zaigui looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked, "How did the talks with the Wucheng Bingmasi go?"

Zhang Juzheng replied, "Your Highness, everything is going well. There is no difficulty with the Wucheng Bingmasi, but there are some minor problems with Shuntian Prefecture. Hu Zongxian insisted that Shuntian Prefecture has the power to manage public security in the Beijing Special District and is unwilling to give up easily. I am still actively communicating with them."

After hearing what Zhang Juzheng said, Zhu Zaigui was a little surprised. Zhu Zaigui originally thought that the difficulty would arise with the Wucheng Bingmasi, but he did not expect that in the end it would arise with Hu Zongxian.

But it is understandable if you think about it carefully. After all, from the establishment of the Special District Office of the Beijing Special District to the present, Shuntian Prefecture has contributed manpower, land and manpower, but has never had the opportunity to participate.

Moreover, since taking office, Hu Zongxian has not had any opportunity to show his abilities. He can only indirectly manage the Urban Construction Office and handle engineering-related affairs. This is indeed a bit too bullying.

Now that Hu Zongxian is firmly holding on to the power of public security management, he actually wants to show himself off and at the same time test the waters to see where his future lies.

After all, Hu Zongxian had been on pins and needles as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture for more than a year. Both sides disliked him. If he did not find a way to break the situation, then his life might be like this. Therefore, this time Hu Zongxian took advantage of Zhang Juzheng's discussion on the ownership of the security management of the Beijing Special District and seized another opportunity.

After all, according to the previous imperial edicts and decrees issued by the court, the power of public security management belonging to Shuntian Prefecture was not assigned to the Beijing Special District. It only said that the land of the outer city of the capital was assigned to the Special District Yamen, which was responsible for development and governance.

Therefore, Hu Zongxian took advantage of this loophole and tried to gain some strength.

After understanding the cause and effect of the incident, Zhu Zaigui did not make any special comments.

After all, in Zhu Zaigui's heart, he still had some "admiration" for Hu Ruzhen, whom he had never met before, otherwise Zhu Zaigui would not have used Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie to pull him out of the sinkhole of Yan Song and Yan Shifan.

Therefore, when Hu Zongxian and Zhang Juzheng were arguing about the ownership of public security management, Zhu Zaigui was also watching the fun. He also wanted to see who was more skilled, Hu Ruzhen or Zhang Taiyue!

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui has plenty of patience for such things that do not affect the overall situation.

Zhu Zaigui said, "Since there are no problems with the Wucheng Bingmasi, the new patrol system of the Beijing Special District can be established first. As for Hu Zongxian's affairs, it depends on your ability. Anyway, I only care about the results. As long as it does not affect the overall situation of the Beijing Special District, I can turn a blind eye to other things."

The new patrol system that Zhu Zaigui mentioned is the police system that Zhu Zaigui was familiar with before he traveled through time.

Under Zhu Zaigui's deliberate division, the current SAR government does not actually have any power to investigate cases and is only responsible for administrative management within the SAR.

So after more than a year, when the administrative affairs within the Beijing Special District began to become increasingly complicated, Zhu Zaigui asked Zhang Juzheng to be responsible for establishing a new type of patrol police force that could investigate cases, direct traffic, and solve neighborhood problems.

Originally, Zhu Zaigui wanted to name this new patrol police "Ming Dynasty Royal Police", but after careful consideration, Zhu Zaigui felt that the name was a bit too big and it was not something he could handle with his current status.

So, after some thought, Zhu Zaigui decided to use this plain and simple name as the title.

As for whether it will continue to change in the future, that is a matter for the future.

Anyway, as long as the current problems can be solved and accomplished, it will be a good thing.

Zhang Juzheng also understood Zhu Zaigui's meaning. It seemed that Prince Yu had given up power and given an opportunity, but this opportunity was not so easy to get. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng was full of fighting spirit at this time.

Zhang Juzheng bowed to Zhu Zaigui and said, "I will do my best to set up a new type of patrol police."

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