The news of the reform of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce was released at the morning court on the third day.

The ministers were shocked.

This is truly shocking. Who could have thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would actually slaughter his own golden hen that laid eggs?

On the surface, the Chamber of Heroes has only undergone a change, but after losing its invisible power, especially with the support of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, can the Chamber of Heroes still be the same as it is now?

Not to mention that after the division, it was directly brought under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, or even under the management of the local county magistrate.

But after all, this Chamber of Commerce has always belonged to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Judging from the situation, His Majesty must have agreed to it. Although the ministers below have some complaints in their hearts, they have nothing to say.

Only some well-informed ministers knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did this in order to sacrifice the pawn to save the king.

Zhu Ying didn't know much about the problems of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, but those ministers who had frequent contact with the Chamber of Commerce, especially those from the Ministry of Revenue, had already known about the hidden dangers of the Chamber of Commerce.

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's power is too great, especially since he is extremely favored by His Majesty. Under such circumstances, no one dares to make any bad suggestions to the Heroes Chamber of Commerce.

The Qunying Chamber of Commerce located in the capital is within the sight of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so there are actually not many problems.

No matter how domineering the Chamber of Commerce members were, once they arrived in the capital, they would become like a different person and behave themselves.

This is also because Zhu Ying's personal deterrent power is sufficient.

However, no one expected that such a big plan could be collapsed so easily by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

It is entirely conceivable that once this reform is implemented, the entire Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce will become completely different.

Zhu Ying made an announcement rather than discussing it at the morning court session.

According to the rules and regulations, it is just a notice.

What the ministers are most concerned about is the newly established State-owned Assets Management Department.

This is definitely a lucrative job.

Anyone can think of it.

There have been rumors for a long time that the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce under the command of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince controls 80% of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty. Now that it has spread out and is under different jurisdictions, there must be a lot of money to be made here.

In this regard, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel in various places are needed to draw up a list of officials.

There are more than a thousand county towns in the Ming Dynasty today.

Just the confirmation of this list will inevitably lead to the creation of thousands of new officials.

Strictly speaking, there are no candidate officials in the Ming Dynasty at present.

When the Public Security Bureau was established earlier, a large number of candidate officials were taken away. Later, a large number of Imperial College students and candidate officials were transferred to the grassland border to assist in dealing with the matter of pacifying the herdsmen.

At this moment, where could thousands of officials emerge suddenly?

After the morning court ended, the Minister of Revenue Zhao Mian and the Minister of Personnel Zhan Hui came to the Huagai Hall.

"Your Highness, the number of candidates who have not yet been appointed to positions in the Ministry of Revenue is less than 200. Now there is a list of at least 5,000 officials. I am really like a housewife without rice.

"At present, according to the request of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, a three-point system has been implemented for officials in various places, which has also led to a large number of official vacancies being filled here."

"The current requirement for officials is to have two years of grassroots work experience. With this calculation, even if we try to transfer from other departments, we still cannot complete the list."

"Let alone 5,000 people, even if it's 500 people, I will feel exhausted."

Zhan Hui complained bitterly.

This really makes it difficult for him.

In fact, talent reserve is what Zhan Hui has been doing. Originally, there were quite a lot of available people in Zhan Hui's talent list.

But we can't withstand the continuous draining of funds by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Looking back over the years, there are really too many newly established government offices.

For example, the Statistics Department has a chief officer with hundreds of people, not to mention the clerks below him.

There is also an extremely large amount of data on the sub-item management personnel arranged in the counties and provincial capitals.

When we arrived at the grassland border, even the students from the Imperial Academy had already been brought there.

Now we will set up a State-owned Assets Management Department.

Just a rough calculation, even if we use the minimum standard of five people per county, that would be more than 5,000 people.

How could Zhan Hui come up with so many officials?

After hearing what Zhan Hui said, the Minister of Revenue Zhao Mian also started to complain.

"Your Highness, the number of people in the Ministry of Revenue is decreasing, and they are becoming less and less useful. According to your Highness' previous request, each department must have a mathematical planner to coordinate."

"When it comes to calculating, naturally the officials in the Ministry of Revenue are the most familiar with it, which has led to a large number of officials from other government offices looking for me to transfer their skills."

"It's not a secondment at all. It's just throwing meat buns at dogs. I went there and never came back. I agreed to it easily, but when I waited for them to release me, there was no news at all. They refused to let me go no matter what."

"When Minister Zhan heard that Your Highness's newly established State-owned Assets Management Department wanted someone, he just turned his attention to the Ministry of Revenue. How can this be done?"

"All the officials here are busy until late at night. One person is doing the work of two or three people. There is no time for even one person."

When Zhan Hui talked about this, he burst into tears.

When it comes to mathematics, the Ministry of Revenue is naturally full of talented people. After all, if you want to work in the Ministry of Revenue, you will need to use mathematics for a long time.

When the Statistics Department was established, a large number of mathematical talents were needed, so of course they were transferred from the Ministry of Revenue.

Later, Zhu Ying required all local government offices to make a very detailed report on all internal expenditures, expenses, and so on, which also led to a great increase in the demand for mathematical talents.

In today's society, the art of mathematics is considered a minor art.

The true path lies in the Four Books and Five Classics.

This is also the common understanding of all readers.

The level of arithmetic in the Central Plains has been very high since ancient times, but this only includes a very small number of people. Most people do not have the energy to learn these.

Arithmetic and calculation are extremely mentally demanding. It is not enough to study the classics and scriptures, so few people would put their mind on this.

Besides, the imperial examination does not test arithmetic.

The Ministry of Revenue learned this entirely for work reasons, and many officials in the government offices only started learning it later.

But after a long time, you will naturally become proficient in it.

Zhu Ying pays great attention to data. In this era, many mathematical data can better reflect the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

With such a large territory, it is impossible for Zhu Ying to conduct field surveys everywhere every day.

Therefore, statistical requirements were issued to many government offices.

Just think about the current State-owned Assets Management Department and you will know that according to Zhu Ying's current temperament, a lot of mathematical calculations and approvals will have to be carried out.

Zhan Hui couldn't find anyone, and the Ministry of Revenue couldn't send any more people.

If another group of people were transferred out from the Ministry of Households, there might be a big problem in the normal operation of the work.

As for the current staff, the workload is already several times that of when Zhu Ying entered the palace two years ago.

The large amount of work has left the Ministry of Revenue, a lucrative government office, with no time to engage in corruption.

Overtime work has become the norm, which can be described as the Ming Dynasty version of 996.

This also led to many officials in the Ministry of Revenue wanting to leave.

After listening to the two people's stories, Zhu Ying nodded and replied: "I have also heard about what the two ministers said. With the development of our Ming Dynasty, the demand for talents in the art of calculation in various government offices is constantly increasing."

"I can say this: in the future, there will be more and more people with the ability to calculate. Calculation is something that all walks of life cannot do without."

"Whether it's me or the two ministers, we stay in the capital every day. There are only a few opportunities throughout the year to go to other places for an inspection."

"So to be precise, if you want to know the situation below at any time, you can only use some calculations and make deductions."

"I have informed Grandpa that I will make an announcement soon to add arithmetic to the current imperial examination books and conduct an examination."

"Of course, joining now will not solve the current shortage of astronomical talents. I have carefully thought about it. Who are the people who use astronomical calculations the most?"

"After much thought, I found that the people who really use arithmetic for a long time are not in the Ministry of Revenue, nor in the court, but in the accounting office."

"In order to recruit talents regardless of their background, I think we can conduct a temporary assessment and allow officials, or even ordinary people, to temporarily replace the original official position requirements with work-for-relief."

"Minister Zhan, you are in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. What do you think of this proposal of mine?"

Work-for-relief generally refers to the relief of refugees from disasters.

What Zhu Ying meant here is to use a non-official status to replace the officials in their work.

Zhan Hui was stunned for a moment.

He had never expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come up with such a solution.

But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that it seems more feasible.

There are still relatively many talented people among the people nowadays, and the development of divination lies not in the government but among the people.

To be honest, many new officials in the Ministry of Revenue, who had no exposure to the art of calculation, sought out some folk accounting masters to learn from.

Now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intends to abolish this part and directly allow those talented people who have not passed the imperial examination to hold official positions.

In fact, before this, the court had always had a way of recommending people into official careers. However, since the beginning of last year, the recommendation was blocked by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Although there has been no clear abolition, the way of recommending filial and honest people has been completely stopped.

The current work-for-relief system is somewhat similar to the previous selection of filial and honest officials.

After thinking for a while, Zhan Hui asked, "Your Highness, I still have a few doubts in my mind."

Zhu Ying said, "If you have anything you want to ask, just ask."

Zhan Hui bowed and asked, "Will those who came here through work-for-relief be included in the official register like other officials?"

"Will their salaries and other aspects also be paid according to their original positions?"

Zhu Ying said, "Officials who use work as a substitute for relief should be limited to the sixth rank if they have no outstanding achievements. This is also fair to those who have passed the imperial examination."

"Salaries will be paid as they are, and they will also be registered as officials. However, it can be written on the official register that they were registered through work-for-relief."

"Do you have any questions?"

Zhan Hui shook his head and said, "I already understand. Thank you, Your Highness, for clearing up my confusion."

Zhu Ying nodded and said, "This method is a compromise for now. When we have more talented people in the Ming Dynasty, we won't need too many."

"So we still need to provide more support for official education. Everyone can see the current situation in the Ming Dynasty. There will be more and more places that need scholars in the future, and relatively speaking, the demand for practical work will also increase."

"The reform of the imperial examination is imminent. You must withstand the pressure for the time being and exercise proper control over the administration. Don't cause any chaos."

"The selection of talents has always been the responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel. This time, Minister Zhan will take the lead. I'll have to trouble you to prepare the specific plans and measures. When the time comes, call in the necessary personnel from various government offices for a discussion and study."

"I will not be attending the meeting. Guo Zhong will arrange for a eunuch to take notes."

Zhu Ying is in power now. Basically, he proposes a direction and lets the ministers below to carry out the specific implementation. He has no intention of participating even in meetings at the Shangshu level.

Just let the eunuchs serve as record-keepers.

Just take a quick look at it when the time comes.

As far as this method is concerned, it can be said to be extremely worry-free, and the ministers are relatively more relaxed.

"I will obey the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"This old servant will obey the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhan Hui and Guo Zhong immediately bowed in response.

After dealing with the matters here, Zhu Ying looked at the Minister of Revenue Zhao Mian and said, "I have seen the recent work of the Ministry of Revenue. It is indeed quite hard."

"After Minister Zhan has made all the arrangements here, we will add some personnel, and I think it will be much easier."

"Regarding the recruitment of personnel, the Ministry of Revenue can also conduct a recruitment exercise and hold internal assessments. As long as there are talents in this area, they can naturally be recruited first."

"This newcomer can start working first, and his salary will be half of the original official salary."

"After passing the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel, you can start work in the form of work-for-relief."

"Also, when it comes to the work of the Ministry of Revenue, it is not just about thinking about how to make money, but also about how to spend the money, and to use the best steel where it is needed most."

"Recently, I have heard a lot about impeachment against you. Minister Zhao, you don't have to care too much about it. As long as you manage the Ministry of Revenue well, you will naturally have made contributions."

"Of course, if you really did something illegal, I would not say I would protect you."

At present, Zhu Ying basically does not interfere in the impeachment work, except for some relatively serious officials.

Zhu Ying didn't have enough time to deal with impeachments every day. Some situations had already been handed over to the Dali Temple.