I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 572: Long-term success
In Zhu Youxiao's view, it is very difficult to change the problems of officials' corruption and lack of ability.

Especially in the late Ming Dynasty, when supervision could only rely on people, it was even more difficult and could be said to be impossible.

As the emperor, although he seemed to be omnipotent and obeyed his words, the big and small affairs of the Ming Dynasty were not done by himself, but by officials from the central to the grassroots level in the Ming Dynasty.

The human heart is the most difficult to control in the world. All officials are thoughtful, not robots.Therefore, it is impossible not to stop being greedy, do practical things, or promote his new learning just because he issued an edict.

Therefore, there are only two things he can do now.

One thing is to punish officials who do nothing and are corrupt, and to select officials who are capable and ethical.

In fact, he has already done this. It can be said that the current status quo of the Donglin Party's practical faction in the court is in control of the court situation, which is the result of his intentional actions.

After all, in the past few years since he took the throne, the range of choices he could make was somewhat narrow.

The Donglin Party is also the taller among the dwarfs. Compared with the eunuchs in history, the Donglin Party during the Tianqi Years was indeed quite good.

Let’s not talk about how strong the ability is.At least there is still some integrity, and some people like Wei Dazhong, Zhao Nanxing and others are really not greedy, and some people like Ye Xianggao, Yang Lian and others are actually doing things instead of just making money.

But just two years later, Zhu Youxiao felt that there were more and more problems.

Although some people in the Donglin Party, such as Yang Lian, Liu Yishui, Zhao Nanxing, Zuo Guangdou and others, did really well, and they were very satisfied with it.

So we decided to focus on the second thing, which is to continuously promote the idea of ​​​​reform, create new learning, and carry out comprehensive reforms.

Zhu Youxiao was originally full of confidence in this matter, but after simple practice, he found that his political blueprint was completely different from that of the Donglin Party and others.

These people are not fools. It can be said that they, like Zhu Youxiao, know that Ming Dynasty is full of problems and has reached the point where it cannot survive without reform.

But the two have very different ideas. What Zhu Youxiao wants to do is to replace the Ming Dynasty from the inside out, from the structure to the parts, of this national machine that has been running for more than 200 years, so that it can operate with stronger power and faster speed. Start at speed.

Now people like the Donglin Party don't think so, or maybe they can't reach Zhu Youxiao's level of thinking.

They also felt that there were problems with the Ming Dynasty, but they wanted to patch things up and add some new parts, such as promoting equalization of land and labor, eradicating the feudal lords, punishing corruption, etc. This would definitely make the machine of the Ming Dynasty move.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao firmly believed that if he expressed his thoughts, these people would never agree.

And this has been proven.It can be seen from this debate that Zhu Youxiao only proposed to intervene in the debate between Neo-Confucianism and Psychology to provide theoretical support for his creation of a new study.But Liu Yishen flatly refused. Even though he knew that doing so would risk being replaced by the emperor, he did not agree with Zhu Youxiao's approach.

So since he came back from the Imperial College last time, he has been thinking about this matter.

Although Donglin Party and others will insist on re-employing people as long as they have the ability, they must also cultivate officials or political groups who can implement their own ideas.

But it is extremely difficult to find the right one. In his mind, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Zhang Weixian, Song Yingxing and others are suitable candidates.It's just that they are all rookies in the officialdom. What they can do now is just settling down. It will take at least five years for them to truly take on important responsibilities.Zhu Youxiao originally felt that there was not enough time when he thought of this, but until the news of Zhang Yan's pregnancy yesterday, Zhu Youxiao felt that he was impatient.

I am only now, but I have not yet reached adulthood in ancient times, and I have just grown up in ancient times.

Moreover, he now eats healthily, exercises regularly, and his body is much better than when he ascended the throne, so he is also confident to avoid the fate of Emperor Tianqi in history.

Therefore, he suddenly found that he had enough time. He could afford to wait for ten, 15, or 20 years, not to mention five years. If it didn't work, he would still have descendants.

After figuring it out, Zhu Youxiao was no longer anxious, his mind slowly settled down, and the ideas in his mind gradually became clear.

First of all, the Donglin Party still needs to reuse him, but Liu Yishen is definitely not suitable to be the chief assistant. Ye Xianggao must be the one, and the cabinet must find a suitable time to expand its personnel.

Secondly, the debate between Neo-Confucianism and Psychology cannot stop and needs to continue to advance. We must use this opportunity to continuously propose the concepts of new learning. Even after the new learning is established, we must speed up its dissemination so that more people can accept its theories.

In addition, continue to look for and promote new officials like Lu Xiangsheng and others, train them as reserve personnel, and gradually reuse them after the situation stabilizes in a few years.

But at this point, it was difficult for Zhu Youxiao to do it.Because people's hearts are unpredictable, even if Zhu Youxiao is a time traveler, it is impossible to understand everyone's situation and remember what talents everyone has.

But he also found a way to expand his talent pool.

The establishment of the Imperial College and the Armed Forces Academy were not just preparations for this.Thinking of this, the status of the Imperial College and the Military Academy rose sharply in his mind.

He made up his mind to visit the Imperial College and the Military Academy many times in the future, and to let the students of these two institutions receive more Western learning and new knowledge.

This not only allows Zhu Youxiao to carry out targeted education in a planned manner and instill his thoughts into them, but also allows them to directly enter the officialdom through special channels where Imperial College students can directly become officials or participate in examinations, allowing them to To practice what you stand for.

But he knew very well that this process was destined to be long. After all, these people were not robots. It was impossible for him to instill whatever content and spirit they wanted, and they would do it unswervingly. Even if they went to officialdom, there was a possibility of being corrupted. .

But as long as there are one or two capable ministers and officials among these people, Zhu Youxiao will make money.

As the saying goes, a person's success will last for a long time. As long as they continue to mix these people into the officialdom, and when they become a force that cannot be ignored, these people will naturally become supporters and staunch supporters of their "new learning".

These ideas that I had thought up were also verified today.

Ye Xianggao's comments really surprised me. Since he did not refuse her drastic reforms and also supported her, she must not treat him badly.

Thinking of this, he looked at Ye Xianggao and the others who were standing with bows, and said slowly:

"Do I remember that Ye Aiqing has been the chief assistant since the Wanli period?"

(End of this chapter)