Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

After giving specific instructions on the affairs of the inner palace prison, Zhu Youjian remembered one more thing, that is, the Guards Department needs uniforms and cannot always wear a red vest.

In his mind, he planned to imitate the police uniforms, fire uniforms, and work uniforms of later generations, and make different clothing for patrol officers, firefighters, and sanitation workers. Develop the garment industry and promote the development of the textile industry.

Considering that there are already many things in the inner palace prison, Zhu Youjian plans to hand this matter over to the supervisor of Shangyi.

After adjustment, this organization also manages the towel and hat bureau, needlework bureau, weaving and dyeing office and other yamen. Everything related to clothing in the palace was stuffed inside.

Shen Yin, the current chief of Shangyi Supervisor, once served as the governor of Dongchang, but was later dismissed by Wei Zhongxian and lived idle. Zhu Youjian restored him to the position of eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, and concurrently the eunuch of the Shangyi supervisor.

Zhu Youjian was not familiar with this person's abilities. So he gave the order directly just like he did to Wang Chengen.

Give Shen Yin the clothing pattern he drew and ask him to find someone to perfect the design and try to make the clothing.

At the same time, due to the need to develop the clothing industry, Zhu Youjian ordered Shen Yin to determine clothing sizes based on the newly established metric system of weights and measures. According to the statistical height and body shape, several specifications of ready-made clothes are made. Standardized production to meet everyone's needs.

After these preparations are completed, the clothing supervisor can open a clothing workshop, clothing design room, etc. Cooperate with Suzhou and Hangzhou Weaving to make use of clothing materials and other resources in the south.

Due to lack of funds, this matter mainly involves preliminary preparation. First decide on the style and size of the clothing, and then proceed to mass production.

Shen Yin received this task and was determined to do it well. Judging from the current emperor's attitude, it is obvious that he wants to use him. There were not many opportunities to be resurrected, so he had to seize it.

Then Zhu Youjian also made arrangements for Shangshan Supervision and other institutions. It's mainly about procurement and cooperation with the internal government supervisors.

After these were decided, the Inner Palace Supervisor's bidding for palace suppliers and the corresponding classification began to spread.

Many businesses in the capital are talking about this.

To be honest, many merchants in the capital were unwilling to do business with the palace because of the previous forced purchases by merchants. In order to avoid being forced to buy it by the palace, you will lose nothing.

However, the current emperor clearly abolished the merchant system and stipulated that all materials must be purchased. This made the merchants in the capital very happy.

They were worried that the emperor's approach would not be implemented for long, and that there would be disputes in the future. Therefore, after the Internal Supervision Bureau launched bidding and procurement, these people started compulsory procurement again in order to prevent the Internal Supervision Bureau from failing to recruit merchants. Most of those who had cooperated with the palace before participated in the bidding. There are also those who want to experience it or have a powerful background, so they can also participate.

Therefore, at this bidding conference, Wang Chengen successfully recruited merchants, and according to the emperor's instructions, he recruited main suppliers and sub-suppliers for each type of goods, signed a contract to agree on the purchase share, and paid a deposit.

This approach has won praise from many businesses. So after Wang Chengen asked these people to ensure the quality of the goods and deposit a deposit in Sunchon Bank, most merchants cooperated and had no doubt that Sunchon Bank would swallow up their funds——

This is the organization that transfers money to various government offices in the capital, and is responsible for distributing salary to officials. They didn't believe that a government agency like Sunchon Bank would collapse or act without rules.

Sunchon Bank says it's a margin, so that's a margin. As long as there is no problem with the goods you provide, you can take them out.

After they paid the money, the Jinshi loan envisaged by Zhu Youjian had start-up funds.

At the same time, Wang Chengen also promoted the upcoming spring auction at this bidding conference, hoping that these businesses would actively participate.

These businesses are very interested in the auction format. They became even more interested when they heard that most of the items in the spring auction came from the stolen goods warehouse, and there were many fine products in it. I am actively investigating this matter and plan to support him when the time comes.

Wang Chengen finally got smart this time, and without the emperor's instructions, he stipulated that those participating in the auction must have their capital verified and deposit a certain amount of money in Shuntian Bank before they could participate in the auction.

It also stipulates that auction transactions must go through Sunchon Bank and be transferred from the account instead of cash transactions.

It can be seen that he is expanding the uses of Sunchon Bank and striving to satisfy the emperor.

Zhu Youjian cannot care about these trivial matters one by one. He just listens to the report and pays attention to the progress of the matter.

After knowing that the palace suppliers were selected, in order to encourage the enthusiasm of these people, Zhu Youjian said:
"All suppliers who provide supplies to the palace must issue certificates and list them."

"Let the Guards Office pay attention to avoid being disturbed by idle people and provide a good business environment."

"If something happens because of this, the Guards Department will be held accountable."

Wang Chengen was happy when he heard this, knowing that in this way, the safety of the palace's suppliers would be guaranteed, and more businesses would participate in future tenders.

So he suggested that this certificate should be made into a brand that merchants could hang in their stores to deter young people.

Zhu Youjian praised this very much and asked him to bear the seal of the inner government supervisor and make corresponding bronze, iron and wooden plaques for suppliers at all levels, and reserve space on them for adding stars:
"After each year's scoring, stars will be awarded to outstanding candidates based on the final scores."

"The palace's star suppliers will be given priority in bidding. And when they encounter difficulties, banks under the supervision of the internal government will provide loan assistance."

"For suppliers that have been rated as stars for consecutive years, the Internal Supervisor may also consider taking shares to deepen the cooperative relationship."

If this continues for a long time, there will be many businessmen who are attached to the imperial guards, and even consortiums will be formed to strengthen the influence of the royal family.

Zhu Youjian knew that the world was transitioning from feudalism to capitalism, so of course he had to take precautions and prepare for the establishment of a royal consortium.

In order to have reserve talents for this consortium and to cultivate talents more suitable for control, Zhu Youjian also ordered Wang Chengen to establish a business school to recruit personnel for education.

It also provides training to suppliers and implements quality management work such as metric weights and measures, standardization, etc., in order to improve quality and meet the requirements of internal supervision.

Zhu Youjian, who was busy with this, forgot about a talent he had previously valued. It was not until the Ministry of Civil Affairs presented the list of candidates who excelled in the mock exam that he remembered that he had given Qian Jiazheng the title of Yuanshi and planned to reuse this person.

Now I see Qian Jiazheng taking two mock exams and ranking in the top 100 both times. He was very satisfied, remembered his previous thoughts, and said:
"Qian Jiazheng is good at writing articles, which is very suitable for me."

"I plan to send him to the Daming News Agency to assist the General Affairs Department in running newspapers."

This changed the previous appointment. Yang Jingchen, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel in charge of the Literature and Selection Department, asked:

"According to His Majesty's previous decision, the personnel of the Ming News Agency have no rank."

"How should Qian Jiazheng serve there, and what grade should he be assigned to?"

Zhu Youjian thought for a while and said:
"Qian Jiazheng's top 100 in the two mock exams should be awarded the ninth rank according to previous statements."

"The Secretary of General Affairs did not have the position of the ninth rank of the Imperial Academy, so he was awarded the title of the ninth rank of the Hanlin Academy and served as a part-time editor in the news agency."

"If you have meritorious service in the future, you will be transferred according to the grinding method."

As soon as this appointment came out, Yang Jingchen felt a little bit sour.

Qian Jiazheng made great contributions to overthrowing Wei Zhongxian, and was specially granted by the emperor to be a Yuanshi. He had given him enough preferential treatment when he was in office and planned to appoint him as a capital official.

Unexpectedly, the emperor felt that it was not enough and put him in the Hanlin Academy.

Although he is only a ninth-level official, he is not a Jinshi who has passed the Shujishi examination, and he cannot be called a reserve prime minister.

But after having this experience, people will definitely take a high look——

Everyone will think that he is talented, so he can enter the Hanlin Academy.

The emperor really took great pains to train him. As the emperor's confidant, Yang Jingchen certainly could not go against the emperor's will on such an insignificant matter, and changed Qian Jiazheng's appointment according to the emperor's wishes.

He also asked the emperor if he still had any opinions on the appointment of other people.

Zhu Youjian was not familiar with these people at all, so he had no opinion. However, because of the Beijing debt issue, he knew that appointing a Jinshi official required money. If you want to get a good official position, you have to pay bribes.

In order to put an end to this behavior, Zhu Youjian said:
"In the future, job appointments will be based on merit and individual wishes will be respected."

"My idea is to announce these vacant positions and let those who are qualified to fill them be selected."

"Those with the highest scores will be selected first, and those with the lowest scores will be selected last."

"Let them choose the official positions they can hold and fill in their personal wishes."

Yang Jingchen's eyes widened when he heard this. He really couldn't imagine that the emperor would do this.

This has never happened before, and I wonder if there will be any problems.

So out of caution, he politely stopped him and said:

"There are so many official positions in the imperial court that many people cannot distinguish them, and there are systems such as avoidance when taking office."

"Furthermore, the Mingfa and Mingshu subjects are mixed, and there are still two exams, so it is difficult to determine the level."

Zhu Youjian ignored these reasons and said:
"They can't tell the difference, so you can't tell the difference?"

"According to the division of Beijing officials and foreign officials, we can further divide them into complex and simple ones."

"In addition, if Shaanxi, Southwest, Jiubian and other places are designated as border shortages, we can add a level of external release."

"Those people will naturally know how to choose when they see the classification and requirements of official positions."

Then regarding the level of grades, he said:

"Arranged according to the scores of the two mock exams, those who were on the list both times are ranked first, the one with the smaller number will be selected first, and the one with the larger number will be selected last."

"The same applies to those who have been ranked the same once. If the rankings are the same, the one who takes the second mock exam will be chosen first."

"If the rankings of Mingfa and Mingshu are the same, Mingfa will be chosen first."

"Void this appointment list, announce the vacant official positions, arrange the order of those who are qualified to serve, and let them select officials in three days."

With such a clear explanation, Yang Jingchen no longer had any reason to dissuade him and could only follow the emperor's request.

At the same time, I comforted myself in my heart that if there were any problems with the appointment of these ninth-grade official positions, it would not be a big deal, so there was no need to worry too much.

But what he didn't expect was that in order to institutionalize this matter, the emperor asked him to write a memorial and set the method of selecting officials mentioned before as the method for selecting new officials.

This shocked Yang Jingchen, knowing that the emperor's intention was not in this official appointment, but in favor of the new Jinshi. As long as this official selection method is done well, the emperor will implement it when appointing Jinshi.

As the person who wrote the memorial, he will be responsible for promoting the new method of selecting officials:

"This is going to change the method of drawing lots. What should we do?" 』

With this in mind, Yang Jingchen thought about the impact of this official selection method on the staff.

Compared with the drawing of lots, this method of selecting officials based on individual wishes undoubtedly makes the officials have smaller powers. The Ministry of Personnel will no longer be able to control the appointment of these officials and will only have the power to release vacant positions.

In this case, who would be willing to bribe officials and let them arrange their positions. The additional income of civil servants officials will drop sharply and will be far less than before.

But for new officials, that's a big plus. They can choose the position they want without spending any money.

Therefore, many of them will support the voluntary official selection method to reduce administrative costs.

If their favorite position is taken by someone with better performance, these people will be willing to do it——

It's all based on grades. If you don't do well in the exam, you can only watch good official positions being taken away by those in front of you.

They will pay more attention to performance in order to select officials in front.

Thinking about it this way, the importance of the palace examination seems to have increased.

The previous imperial examinations seemed to be of little use except for determining the first, second and third grades. Candidates were more focused on entering the Hanlin Academy and did not care much about rankings other than first grade.

Now that there is a method of selecting officials based on ranking, they will be more concerned about the results of the palace examination.

Thinking about this matter in his mind, after Yang Jingchen returned, he wrote a memorial according to the emperor's wishes: requesting that when he was appointed as an official for the first time, he should be selected according to his personal wishes.

This incident caused an uproar and made some people realize that the emperor wanted to change the method of drawing lots.

This is a huge change for the selection and appointment of officials, and many conservative people are unwilling to change. This is also the reason why the law of drawing lots has been criticized but still practiced.

However, now Yang Jingchen has proposed a better method, and only changes the method of selecting new officials. Many people think that they can try it and change it back if the effect is not good.

Therefore, this method was finally adopted. Implement it first in this official selection. If the effect is good, then use it in the new official selection.

Qian Jiazheng and other mock exam winners became the first batch of test subjects.

"Can you still choose your own officials?"

"When did the imperial court become so reasonable?"

Wang Lin was a little surprised after receiving the news.

In this mock exam, he failed to continue to rank among the top 100. But because he got top 100 in the last mock exam, he still has a chance to become an official.

He has been hesitating about this. On the one hand, I feel that there is no future in being an official like this, and on the other hand, I really have no confidence in whether I can win the election after returning to my hometown.

In this tangled state of mind, he planned to see what official position the court would appoint him, and then make a decision.

Unexpectedly, the court changed the method of appointing officials. This time, officials were selected on a first-come-first-served basis.

In this way, Wang Lin had the opportunity to choose an official position on his own, which made him even more tempted to directly take up an official position:
"I did well in the last mock exam and was ranked in the middle."

"So this time, I am not the last person selected in the official selection. I should be able to pick a good position."

"It would be great if you could find an official position where you can make meritorious deeds!" (End of Chapter)