I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 399

This is also the reason why Zhu Houxuan did not push for political reform for a long time, because he foresaw this result.

During the more than half a year that he was regent, he seemed to be fighting with the civil servants, but in fact he was using the existing systems and regulations of the Ming Dynasty to suppress the civil servants, and did not carry out any institutional innovation.

It is because he has no way to guarantee that the system he established can be correctly implemented and implemented.

Even if he could replace all the clerks in the Ministry of Revenue with people from the royal group, the clerks could only execute but not participate in decision-making, as the decision-making power was in the hands of officials of certain ranks.

Zhu Houxuan also could not place people from the royal group in high-ranking official positions, as that would instantly cause uproar among scholars all over the world, because it would involve the imperial examinations and fame, which would be tantamount to touching the lifeblood of all scholars all over the world and instantly intensifying the conflict to the most intense level. Zhu Houxuan could not withstand such a level of conflict.

So after all the twists and turns, Zhu Houxuan was surprised to find that he still had to win over some scholars to serve him.
But after careful consideration, he found that basically no civil servants would accept his solicitation.
Although he was very powerful, his position was very awkward. Although Zhu Houzhao had a good relationship with him and also implicitly expressed his intention to make him the crown prince, his identity was not in line with the patriarchal system at all, and his becoming the crown prince would definitely be opposed by people all over the world.

To put it bluntly, although he is very powerful now, in the eyes of outsiders, he is just a contender for the throne with a low chance of winning.

Zhu Houxuan's current political position is too awkward, and it is difficult for civil officials to stand on his side.
Zhu Houxuan even found that his political niche was worse than that of powerful eunuchs. It was not uncommon for civil officials to surrender to eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. They would just be scolded as eunuch party. At most, they would lose their jobs and return home to cultivate themselves, or be exiled. They would not lose their lives. After all, the eunuch party could be regarded as the emperor's party to some extent.

But it was different to surrender to Zhu Houchun. First of all, surrendering to Zhu Houchun meant that the civil servant was involved in the competition for the throne, and Zhu Houchun had little chance of winning. If Zhu Houchun failed in the competition for the throne, the fate of the civil servant would not be as simple as losing his job or being exiled. He might even lose his life, and even his family would be implicated. Therefore, surrendering to Zhu Houchun was a very risky thing.

Then the civil officials were unsure how long Zhu Houzhao's trust in Zhu Houxun would last. After all, it was not uncommon for people to suddenly turn their backs on others in history. If Zhu Houxun suddenly lost Zhu Houzhao's trust, how miserable would those who had surrendered to Zhu Houxun be?
Finally, even if a civil official took a huge risk to join Zhu Houchun, would he approve of everything Zhu Houchun was going to do? After all, Zhu Houchun would do a lot to weaken the feudal landlord class.
The existence of these three problems made Zhu Houxuan realize that it would be difficult for him to win over any civil servants.

But he urgently needed a person with achievements to serve him, so after much deliberation, Zhu Houxuan found that Zhan Bin was his only candidate and the best candidate.

He has traveled through time for eight years, and he has worked with Zhan Bin for five of them. He knows Zhan Bin very well and trusts him very much. Zhan Bin also has the title of Juren. From Zhan Bin's perspective, he has been deeply bound to the Jingwang Mansion, and he and Zhu Houxuan will rise and fall together. In other words, he has no choice but to follow Zhu Houxuan all the way to the end.
Moreover, Zhan Bin has witnessed the rise of Qizhou in the past eight years, and he also recognizes the cause that Zhu Houxuan wants to do, so Zhan Bin is the best candidate in every aspect.

Zhu Houxuan spared no effort in promoting Zhan Bin, the best candidate, and directly placed him in the most core position.

In order to better promote reforms in the capital area, Zhu Houxuan had to completely control the capital area both politically and economically.

This is why he wanted Zhan Bin to be the governor of Shuntian Prefecture.

After Zhan Bin became the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, Zhu Houxuan would directly replace all the clerks and runners of Shuntian Prefecture with people from the Royal Group, and directly sideline all other officials with ranks in Shuntian Prefecture. This was easy to do, as there were only about ten officials with ranks in Shuntian Prefecture.
Zhu Houxuan couldn't replace the officials with people from the royal group, but the officials didn't need fame, so Zhu Houxuan could do whatever he wanted.
After controlling Shuntian Prefecture, this kind of overhead control will be extended to the prefectures and counties under Shuntian Prefecture. There are only about 4 officials in a prefecture and county in the Ming Dynasty, and the total number of officials in the prefectures and counties is only about .
Zhan Bin, as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, held the decision-making power of the entire Shuntian Prefecture, and people from the royal group served as clerks and yamen runners to implement and carry out the reform policies. In this way, Zhu Houxuan would be able to completely control Shuntian Prefecture politically.

For this purpose, Zhu Houxuan initially planned to draw 4,000 people from the Royal Group to serve as grassroots "civil servants" in Shuntian Prefecture.
Completely paved the way for reforms in the capital area.

In fact, Zhu Houxuan also did this with the idea of ​​training and cultivating the team. Even if he was a time traveler and had a golden finger of super memory, he really had no experience in governing at the grassroots level. These experiences still needed to be summarized little by little by these "civil servants"
Once these "civil servants" have accumulated enough governing experience in the capital, these reform policies will have a basis for promotion across the country. This is the significance of the "pilot project."

Finally, as the first pilot city of the Ming Dynasty, the capital will become a benchmark for the development of economy, urban construction, culture, industry and other aspects. The emergence of this benchmark has more practical significance.

Facts speak louder than words
It is better to actually do it than to talk about it.
The emergence of the new look of the capital will show the world a possibility of development. When it develops prosperously, it will be the best publicity for Zhu Houxuan's ideas, and more people will recognize Zhu Houxuan's ideas and become his supporters.
There will certainly be many civil servants among them. After all, in any period of history, China has never lacked people who put the world for the public good, even if it means betraying their own class.
This is one of the roles of the capital region as a benchmark.

It is too slow to win over the civil servants one by one. It is like fishing with a fishing rod. It is very inefficient and it is difficult to catch the right fish.

The development of the capital will make it a fish pond, and suitable fish will jump into this pond on their own initiative.
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