"We did not expect such a result."

"I originally thought that your arrangement, grandson, would not only cause chaos in the government, but it would also be no more efficient than our diligent governance."

"The results now show us that according to Da Sun's method, officials in the entire capital have suddenly become extremely energetic. Those officials who seemed to be useless in the past have actually played their roles."

"This is something I never thought would be so simple."

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was full of sighs.

The feeling that the capital gave him now was really a bit too exaggerated.

Zhu Ying was running around for the past month, and Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally not idle either. Almost all of the Jinyiwei were dispatched to closely investigate the situation of the officials.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was ready to clean up the mess at any time.

Now, let alone wiping the butt, the whole body is clean from top to bottom.

It was just a seven-day report, but it made all the officials focus on government affairs.

According to the request of Da Sun, every official's seven-day report must be guaranteed for at least one year, and even those of the fourth rank must maintain it for a long time.

The key to an official's promotion is that he must submit the seven-day reports of the most recent year to the supervisory department for review before he is eligible for promotion.

In the past, the promotion of officials was basically decided by the higher-ups in the Ministry of Personnel. It was naturally impossible to report so many officials to His Majesty.

Zhu Yuanzhang did have to take care of all of these before, so his daily workload was very heavy.

The current supervisory departments are almost all a set of official systems established outside the six ministries.

Of course, this is a society based on human relationships. We cannot say that there will be no problems in the future, but for now it is still relatively clean. After all, it is just the beginning and everyone’s original intention is still good.

This is why the effect is so good at this stage.

"Grandpa, I came up with this lazy method because you forced me into a corner."

"Even though I have tried to reduce the daily memorials, they still take up too much time every day. As a result, I am so busy with government affairs that I can't get anything done."

"As the ruler of a country, you don't even have a little leisure time every day. I can persist, but there will inevitably be some slacking rulers in the future."

"Rather than messing up the entire Ming Dynasty later, it is better to find a way to get out of this cumbersome government affairs as soon as possible."

"My grandson has thought about it carefully. Even if all the powers related to people's livelihood belong to the lower classes, those ministers holding these powers cannot threaten the throne."

"Now that my grandson has more free time, he will have more opportunities to control military power. All problems within the Ming Dynasty will be focused on the Public Security Department."

"The Statistics Department is responsible for verifying the taxation, economy, and livelihood of officials in various regions."

"If you can't do the job well, then leave. If you can do the job well, then move up."

"The military power is in our hands. Even the soldiers in the county are in the hands of the Public Security Bureau. This way, we can be stable."

"Our Ming Dynasty's products are extremely popular all over the world. If things continue like this, the entire Ming Dynasty will certainly become more prosperous. And future emperors, even if they are hedonistic, will not cause too much trouble to the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Ying explained in an orderly manner.

In Zhu Ying's mind, the emperor really cannot be too busy. If he is too busy, there will definitely be problems in the entire country.

But who can learn to be a model worker like this old man?

Even if you have this idea, your body can't bear it.

Even his stepfather, Crown Prince Zhu Biao, was frail, which was closely related to the heavy workload.

After listening to this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ying with sharp eyes.

He laughed loudly and said, "Well, well done to you, my great grandson. You are even better than me."

"The Ming Dynasty will surely become even more powerful in your hands. I can rest assured then."

"I won't bother with the affairs of the court anymore. I can just enjoy some peace and quiet."

Facts have proved that Dasun's method is extremely feasible, and its overall efficiency is much higher than before.

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually not a workaholic. As an emperor, who wants to be busy every day? Everyone has to have their own things to do.

It’s just that the Ming Dynasty had just been established, and there were too many things that needed to be handled personally.

In the first ten years, for example, under Hu Weiyong, power had not yet been concentrated in Zhu Yuanzhang's own hands.

Behind it are various political issues, as well as vassal kings and the Huaixi noble group.

At present, these problems have not been completely solved, but they are no longer a major concern for Zhu Yuanzhang.

And with Da Sun's continuous efforts, it will be completely eradicated in a few years.

…

A few days later at the morning court session.

After several days of preparation, Zhu Ying announced the basic national policy of the Ming Dynasty for the next three years.

The first one is to encourage childbirth.

People are the foundation.

The current population of more than 60 million is far from enough for the entire Ming Dynasty.

Only with a larger population can the Ming Dynasty become more prosperous.

In terms of encouraging childbirth, Zhu Ying first proposed a tax reduction policy.

In a household, if there are three children or more, they will enjoy certain tax preferences, and the local government will provide corresponding support.

For example, arranging work and ensuring a certain amount of living expenses.

The household registration statistics of newly born people will be calculated based on the achievements of local officials. If the population growth in the area under their jurisdiction is too slow, they will be held accountable.

The second is to develop farming.

Food is the foundation. Even if high-yield crops have good yields, someone still needs to farm them.

Nowadays, without chemical fertilizers, the overall output still depends mainly on the fertility of the soil.

Popularizing the recycling of soil fertility is an important task that local governments should carry out.

The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

In the absence of chemical fertilizers, how to preserve soil fertility requires a lot of discussion.

This discovery originated from Zhu Su, who is currently in charge of the Agricultural School.

Zhu Su is not currently stationed in the capital. After special approval, he has the power to travel throughout the Ming Dynasty and can call on the garrison troops for assistance at any time.

And Zhu Su did not disappoint Zhu Ying.

Not to mention that there are no higher achievements now, but it is already extremely rare to gather agricultural knowledge from all over the country.

As for the fertility of the soil, it was mentioned in the books that Zhu Su sent back through the post station.

Whenever rice is planted, it is no longer suitable for further cultivation and other crops must be replaced.

After rice is planted, many insects will appear in the soil, including some pathogens that damage rice.

Replace with crops that are not eaten by the pests that originally destroyed rice.

After this crop has passed, many pests that eat rice will starve to death, and the remaining rice disease in the soil will be released to a great extent.

After two rounds of planting, the soil began to become barren.

So I started planting beans.

Zhu Su actually didn't figure out why beans should be planted, but he just knew that planting beans could make the soil fertile again.

In fact, according to later scientific theories.

When you plant beans, nodules will form inside them, and the nodules will produce fixed nitrogen.

The function of nitrogen fixation is to release nitrogen fertilizer and then fix the nitrogen in the soil. When the next crop is planted, the fertility of the soil will increase.

Not all farmers are implementing this experience.

Only a small number of farmers have mastered this method.

Zhu Ying wants to popularize these specific methods among all farmers.

What I said before is just a rough outline. It sounds relatively simple, but in fact it also belongs to the principle of the mutual generation and mutual restraint of the Five Elements.

This also requires adjustments for crops in different climates in each place.

This wisdom of China that has been passed down for thousands of years must naturally be spread to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Regarding this aspect, Zhu Su is naturally the one who is responsible.

The third one is to develop water conservancy.

Water conservancy construction benefits the country and the people, and is also the long-term foundation.

At this point, Zhu Ying took out a large sum of money from the national treasury as a special fund, and led by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, carried out water conservancy construction throughout the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the top priority of the Ministry of Industry in the next ten or even more than ten years.

This time, the water conservancy construction is not only limited to county towns and provincial capitals, but will also radiate to towns, villages and towns.

Especially in areas with good rice growing conditions, it is necessary to promote it vigorously.

The fourth article is about economic and trade matters.

The first thing to be affected is naturally maritime trade. Zhu Ying wants to build a special maritime trade zone and encourage the development of the shipbuilding industry. Not only government offices, but also private shipbuilding will be supported.

In terms of support, the first thing is taxation. Great preferential policies will be given in the early stages of shipbuilding, and then certain preferential treatment will also be given to the land used for shipbuilding.

The navy also regularly goes out to sea to conduct patrols, protection and combat pirates.

No pirates are allowed to exist in any waters surrounding the Ming Dynasty, and all forces must be concentrated to destroy them.

As for the navy, Zhu Ying also began to increase its military pay expenditure, including support for military equipment such as firearms.

The four basic national policies are the foundation for development from the 27th year of Hongwu to the 30th year of Hongwu.

All officials and government offices in all regions must support and develop this.

The four national policies were simultaneously published in the imperial gazette of the capital and circulated throughout China and abroad.

Under the four major national policies, there are naturally many development directions.

For example, the popularization of education.

The first is the spread of Mandarin.

The current Ming Dynasty official language is almost equivalent to Mandarin in later generations, and Zhu Ying’s requirement is that all teachers must use official language when teaching students.

At this point, it is not too difficult.

Because all scholars aim to pass the imperial examinations, and learning Mandarin is the most basic requirement.

Otherwise, if you go to the capital and can't even understand Mandarin, how can you become an official?

In addition to unifying the Mandarin, schools were also built in various places.

According to Zhu Ying's latest decree, wherever there are 500 households or more, a school must be built.

In the Ming Dynasty, all boys and girls who were six years old or older had to go to school for five years of basic education.

The direction of study is certainly not about the Four Books and Five Classics, but mainly about some basic learning.

The textbooks were compiled by the Hanlin Academy and then revised under the guidance of Zhu Ying.

Aiming at children's learning enlightenment.

It includes some basic algorithms, classical Chinese analysis, Mandarin recitation, the basics of Ming Dynasty law, historical overview, and ideological education courses.

Zhu Ying attaches great importance to ideological education.

At the age of six, it is the time when children's three views are established. Spreading the ideas of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism during this period has extremely far-reaching significance for the future growth of children.

The basic algorithm is to enable these children to have a better life, and the analysis of classical Chinese can help them understand the Ming Dynasty culture to some extent.

The historical overview is to tell children how difficult today's life is and how much suffering the Central Plains dynasty has endured.

The law is to let them understand from a young age that they should abide by the law and not easily violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Before doing something bad, you should know what consequences will be waiting for you.

These requirements apply not only to children from ordinary families, but even the sons of wealthy gentry and nobles must study in school.

No special treatment is allowed.

Only after completing five years of compulsory education can one be eligible to take the examination for Tongsheng.

For the boys who attend school, lunch is provided by the school, or they can bring their own lunch. This reduces a lot of burden for many poor families.

After graduation, at the age of eleven or twelve, many children have to start helping with housework.

Studying for five years won’t delay anything.

Population, education.

It is the main theme of the Ming Dynasty at present.

Zhu Ying once wanted to push away the landlord class so that the imperial power could reach the people directly.

But I found that the difficulty was unimaginable and the success rate was too low.

Only by developing people's wisdom can we prevent them from being ignorant and help them know to whom they should be loyal.

It has been said since ancient times that he who wins the hearts of the people will win the world.

The people's will mentioned in this statement does not refer to the common people.

During the Han Dynasty, the people's will referred to the major aristocratic families.

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the people's will referred to the major vassal states.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the people's will referred to the landlords and gentry.

What Zhu Ying needs to do for a long time in the future is to truly put the people's hearts above the common people.

If the Ming Dynasty had the support of millions of people, could it have been overthrown in just three hundred years?

Remember the Qing Dynasty in later generations? When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded, no people stood up to support the Qing Dynasty.

Even when the fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance entered, there were cheers from the onlookers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Such things may sound ridiculous, but they also truly illustrate the status of the people in the Central Plains dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang is different, and Zhu Ying is even more different.

And to achieve this level of change, we naturally have to start from childhood.

Only at that time would Zhu Ying's plans for the future have a real chance of success.