My father is Jiajing

Chapter 471: Mind-set

When Hai Rui received the summons from Zhu Zaigui, he did not waste a moment and hurriedly followed the guard who delivered the message to Prince Yu's Mansion.

The moment he entered Zhu Zaigui's study, Hai Rui was extremely excited.

Although he and Pan Jixun were diligently inspecting the new Beijing-Tianjin Road during this period, he was still worried about Zhu Zaigui. He was afraid that the bright future of the Beijing Special District would be ruined because of Zhu Zaigui's fall from power.

Now that Zhu Zaigui has reopened his government, lifted the house arrest, and summoned him to meet him, this shows that the most dangerous moment has passed, and now all we need to do is continue the construction of the Beijing Special District according to the previous plan.

"I, Hai Rui, the deputy chief of the Beijing Special District, pay my respects to His Majesty."

When Hai Rui met Zhu Zaigui, he immediately greeted him with a formal and meticulous bow.

Zhu Zaigui looked at Hai Rui and laughed. He came over from his seat and gently helped Hai Rui stand up. "Thank you for your hard work during this period. I have seen the plan for the Beijing-Tianjin New Road. This plan is feasible. You and Pan Jixun should sort out the materials and budget and submit them to me in the next few days. I will ask Qiao Wanjin to study it carefully. If there are no problems, I will ask him to disburse the loan as soon as possible and start the construction of this road."

Hai Rui said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. This is my duty."

Zhu Zaigui pulled Hai Rui to sit at the tea table nearby, and waved his hand to ask the eunuch waiting in the study to serve tea. Zhu Zaigui said, "There are many things that are our duty, but not many people can truly regard their duty as their duty. I am very pleased that you can still do your job with peace of mind during my house arrest. So the first person I summoned is you."

After hearing what Zhu Zaigui said, Hai Rui was inexplicably moved. He thought that the first person Zhu Zaigui would summon would be either Gao Gong or Zhang Juzheng who had made great contributions this time. He did not expect that the first person to be summoned would be him, a minister who had not actively worked for Prince Yu.

Hai Rui apologized excitedly, "I am guilty. I have failed the prince's trust. During this period, Taiyue and Suqing were actively working for the prince at Lord Xu's place, while I was wandering between Beijing and Tianjin without saying a word. I feel guilty."

Zhu Zaigui laughed and said, "If doing the right thing is a crime, then who can I rely on to do things in the future? Mr. Gao and Mr. Zhang's affairs are not suitable for you. I am very relieved that you did not interfere."

"And in my heart, my hopes for you are no less than those of Mr. Gao and Mr. Zhang. I hope you can always put business first and be a sword that can cut through all the turbidity, rather than a knife that kills people. Because if I want to kill people, I don't lack a knife. I just lack a sword that can cut through the thorns and open up new paths!"

Hearing the word "magic sword", Hai Rui became even more excited. He never expected that Zhu Zaigui had such high hopes for him!
"What virtue have I incurred that makes His Majesty think so highly of me?"

Zhu Zaigui said: "Because you are Hai Gangfeng, this is enough."

Zhu Zaigui's words made Hai Rui feel deep trust and expectation, which also made Hai Rui suddenly have the impulse of dying for his confidant. You know, his character is not liked by his superiors in officialdom. Many people would hate him when they meet his serious character.

But Zhu Zaigui always had high hopes for him and encouraged him. How could Hai Rui not be moved?
Zhu Zaigui said: "I will not say such sentimental words when I summon you today. The main reason is that I have an important matter for you to do."

When Hai Rui heard Zhu Zaigui say that there was something important, he immediately became serious, "Your Majesty, please speak."

Zhu Zaigui paused for a moment to organize his words, and then said, "Now the main roads in the southern area of ​​the Beijing Special District have almost been paved, and the new hardened roadsides are even better than the bluestone roads in the inner city. Under such new conditions, the original horse-drawn carriages and transportation methods can no longer adapt to the transportation development of the Special District."

"So, I need you to take the lead in re-establishing new driving regulations and rules for horse-drawn carriages on the road in the Special Zone. Some horse-drawn carriages that clearly do not meet the Special Zone's road traffic requirements must be warned and given a deadline for them to make corrections."

"As for the drivers and grooms, a sound management mechanism must be established to help them obtain transportation certificates that meet the requirements and allow them to work with certificates."

"And in the future road enforcement process, we will also use this evidence as a basis to impose reasonable and well-founded penalties on all their violations on the roads of the Special Administrative Region to ensure the traffic safety and road safety of the Special Administrative Region."

After Zhu Zaigui said this, Hai Rui was a little confused. These things sounded simple, but in fact they were very advanced and difficult for Hai Rui to digest and understand at once.

Zhu Zaigui added: "The purpose of doing this is not to eliminate the carriages and horsemen, nor to expand the management authority of the Beijing Special District. The purpose is to adapt to the rapid development needs of the Beijing Special District."

"For example, many horse-drawn carriages are actually ordinary carriages made by private individuals. Whether it is quality or other aspects, there are huge differences, and this difference will lead to safety risks in the future."

"So what I mean is to establish and improve the quality and standard requirements for carriages in the Special Zone, and assign a unique number to each carriage that can travel on the roads in the Beijing Special Zone for classified management. For example, ordinary carriages carrying people can have a blue number hanging in a conspicuous position, and carriages carrying goods can have a red number hanging."

"As long as these numbers are popularized, our managers can quickly use the ownership of these license plate numbers to find the first person responsible whenever there is a traffic problem in the future."

"At the same time, we must also establish and improve the quality inspection of carriages, gradually eliminate those carriages that are obviously unqualified, and invite professional carriage craftsmen to set up a special vehicle workshop to manufacture qualified new carriages that are registered with the Special Administrative Region Government."

"In this way, when the Beijing-Tianjin New Road is completed, the Special Administrative Region Government can use these pre-positioned management models to manage and operate the Beijing-Tianjin New Road to perfection."

"Once these have become a habit, when new vehicles that can be pulled by animals are put on the road in the future, we won't have to work hard to formulate new management plans."

Hai Rui listened to these words and finally understood Zhu Zaigui's idea. If this matter could really be facilitated by him, then in the future, whether it was the Beijing Special District or other places after the Ming Dynasty, they would follow the new road regulations he was currently designing as a guideline to formulate traffic rules that met actual needs.

This new rule that can be universalized is obviously a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to establish "eternal law". As long as we seize the opportunity, all people or cars walking on the road for eternity will remember him as the rule maker.

Hai Rui said excitedly: "I will do my best to complete this task."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "You should plan this first. Besides, this matter cannot be accomplished overnight. Most people and places are not applicable to these rules. Therefore, these rules are mainly aimed at those wealthy families who have the ability to enjoy life and organize caravans to do business."

"As for those ordinary people who are trying to make a living, we still have to show some tolerance and let them change gradually. We should not treat them roughly, otherwise the Beijing Special District will become a special district for the powerful and wealthy." Zhu Zaigui still paid great attention to the lives of the grassroots people. He always believed that these grassroots people were the ultimate cornerstone of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

Although those wealthy, powerful and wealthy people are also important, most of them are too selfish, and not many of them have the sense of responsibility for their country and family that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country."

Therefore, if Zhu Zaigui wants to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Ming Dynasty in the future, the power that he most wants to rely on and revive is the power of the common people. Only when the dignity of the common people is guaranteed, the future of the Ming Dynasty will be more promising!

After explaining these things to Hai Rui, Zhu Zaigui let Hai Rui go and asked him to continue to work on the new Beijing-Tianjin railway with Pan Jixun.

At the same time, in order to support the road traffic rules system that Hai Rui was going to organize, Zhu Zaigui also quietly set up an insurance company in the Beijing Special District.

We specialize in selling various insurances for horse-drawn carriages. No matter whether people today can accept them or not, at least they should be made aware of their existence.

When Hai Rui's road traffic rules can really be put into effect in the future, when they are in danger and hit someone, and when they are asked to pay compensation, they will feel the pain. Those carriages and horsemen will quickly realize the importance of insurance.

So some things don’t need to be enforced at all. As long as the regulations are made, business will follow.

This is the charm of power!

Most businessmen do business research on either the market or the policy.

As for those top businessmen, what they do to make money is to study how to make rules. As long as they have the right to make rules, making money will be as easy as drinking water.

So now Zhu Zaigui is consciously using the power in his hands to influence the things and rules to do things. As long as these rules become a reality under his influence, he will then do some business based on these rules that benefits from the rules, and the money will run towards his pocket as if it has legs.

And this speed of making money is much faster and more effective than what he is doing now with new products or inventions.

That is why reforms throughout the ages have been so difficult.

Because every reform is actually undermining the power of a certain group of people to make rules. When these people are unable to make rules and enjoy the benefits brought by the rules, they will inevitably fight back vigorously, even if it means both sides suffer losses and perish together in the end.

So sometimes, if you want to reform an era, you must be mentally prepared to be the enemy of the entire era. If you don’t even have this courage, and still want to change the world and change the way of the world, that is simply a fairy tale.

Xiyuan, in Yuxi Palace.

Emperor Jiajing was about to make the final move to close the net, and at the same time Yan Song also submitted a memorial to Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing looked at the Prime Minister who had been with him for so many years, and he still showed some respect in his attitude.

Yan Song first said in his memorial that he was old and useless and could no longer serve His Majesty and relieve His Majesty of his worries. Then in the last paragraph, Yan Song talked about the Minister of Personnel Wu Peng, saying that Wu Peng was old and wanted to retire, and suggested that Emperor Jiajing let the officials recommend a new candidate for the Minister of Personnel.

After reading this memorial, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but laugh and said to Huang Jin beside him: "Look, this is the method of our Lord Yan. He loves his son so deeply that he is still thinking about buying time for Yan Shifan at this time. It's really pitiful for parents all over the world."

Huang Jin listened to what Emperor Jiajing said and smiled, "Lord Yan is also fair-minded. I didn't even notice that he said a word to Yan Shifan."

Emperor Jiajing laughed and said, "Although he did not mention a single word about Yan Shifan in his memorial, his suggestion to recommend a new Minister of Personnel was to buy time for Yan Shifan."

"Although Wu Peng is old and has to retire, he must at least wait until the New Year. I will grant his request to retire in the spring. Otherwise, if I grant his request after he submits his petition once, people will say that I am heartless and ungrateful."

"So if Wu Peng wanted to retire, he had to submit at least two memorials to me. And these two memorials would definitely not be submitted consecutively. There must be a gap in between. And this gap is the time Yan Song bought for Yan Shifan."

Huang Jin was somewhat puzzled when listening to the words of Emperor Jiajing: "Minister Wu's resignation should be handled according to the procedures. How could it delay the Emperor's handling of the Wang Zhi case?"

Emperor Jiajing continued, "You don't understand. Wu Peng is my celestial official, the Grand Chancellor in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. If he resigns, all forces in the court and the country will focus on the next candidate for the Minister of Personnel, including me."

"So, in the future, not only will Yan Song and Xu Jie turn around and actively plan the recommended candidates for the next Minister of Personnel, but I will also have to pay attention to examine whether there are officials who are qualified for this position. Therefore, the case of Wang Zhi must give way to this matter and can only be dealt with after the imperial recommendation."

Huang Jin suddenly realized that there was such a thing. The methods and minds of these civil servants were really powerful. Or Gu Zuo was actually talking about You. If he didn't have some tricks, he would not be able to beat them.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Huang Jin who was also confused, and he also said to Huang Jin: "You go to San'er and ask him about his opinion. Who should be recommended as the Minister of Personnel after Wu Peng? After all, I will be in seclusion after the New Year, so let him make the decision on the candidate for the Minister of Personnel."

Huang Jin took a deep breath after hearing what Emperor Jiajing said. If he remembered correctly, the future candidate for the Jinyiwei was also recommended by Prince Yu. Now he was asked to recommend a candidate for the Minister of Personnel. Did he really have to decide the crown prince?
Huang Jin immediately bowed and said, "I obey your order."

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