Daming Military Empire

Chapter 358
Zhu Cijiong has been the emperor for more than ten years, and gradually summed up some experience. He found that managing a country is the same as managing a large company in later generations. There are many similarities in finance, personnel, production, technology and many other aspects. .

What is the most important thing in managing a company?There are many different views on this, and everyone's views are different, but in the final analysis, there are actually two words: employing people.

Everything depends on human efforts, and everything needs to be done by people. The most important thing for a boss to be successful is not how capable he is, but to know how to use people well. For example, facing an all-round talent, production, technology and even management Everything works, if a boss knows how to employ people, he will at least mention him as a vice president, or even a general manager, but many bosses treat this kind of talent like an animal, let them do everything, and the salary is not the same as other people's. Same.

Facing such a boss, what will happen to this all-around talent?What the hell, other people have a leisurely day, but I am as tired as a dog, still get the same money, and still work wool, resign!Therefore, there are not many companies that can become bigger and stronger, many of them can only barely maintain, and many of them even collapsed, mostly because the bosses do not know how to employ people, and some even regard themselves as omnipotent gods who can do everything. stick.

It's far away, it's far away, let's get down to business, Zhu Cijiong still has a lot of research on the way of the imperial court, so when he saw Nan Juyi's serious face, he knew that this matter might have a lot to the southeast governor difficulty.

If you want the horse to run, you must feed the horse. Zhu Cijiong still understands this truth. Anyway, he has finished reading what he should see. Zhu Cijiong simply took Nan Juyi to the Daming Hall, came to the study, and gave him a seat. Then he said kindly: "Sishou, seeing you like this, I'm afraid this matter will be very difficult. I also know that it is not that simple to build [-] Fuchuan warships a year. If you have any difficulties, just tell me, and I will give you all." solve."

Hearing this, Nan Juyi was very moved. When he met such an emperor, what else could he say? He made up his mind that no matter how difficult it was, he would do it for the emperor. He straightened his face and said respectfully: "The emperor , then please forgive me for being bold."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and encouraged: "Speak up, speak boldly, I won't blame you."

Nan Juyi heard the words and said boldly: "Your Majesty, the so-called 'the way of a king is to preserve the people first. If you hurt the people to serve yourself, it is like cutting your thighs to eat your belly. If you are full, you will die." I know that your rush to build warships is also for the prosperity of Ming Dynasty, but if all the people from the shipbuilding workshops are forced to come to Nan Daying, these people will definitely complain, and they will not really contribute if they are resentful. Forced requisition is coming, and this battleship can’t be built.”

After Nan Juyi finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Cijiong with apprehension. His words were like contradicting the emperor face to face. I don't know if the emperor will be angry!
Unexpectedly, Zhu Cijiong was not only not angry, but nodded in relief and said: "Well, well said, my mentor taught me in the same way before, to keep the people in mind, and I'm sorry I didn't make it clear, I didn't mean to force all shipbuilding The workshop people come to Nan Daying, but to create conditions for them so that they can make Fuchuan warships. As for the money, I will not lose them a penny, as much as it should be."

Hearing this, Nan Juyi said in a rather awkward way: "Your Majesty, I don't have so much money. The tax revenue of Guangcheng Tianyi Mansion, after deducting the salaries of officials and the maintenance expenses of the southeast defense line, can create five Ten Fuchuan battleships is the limit, and if more are built, the imperial court will pay for it."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help looking at Nan Juyi in amazement. He originally thought that the money for building the warship was allocated by the imperial court.
Naturally, he won't go into detail about such complicated matters as taxes and taxes. He only cares about the annual income and any major expenses, and all other matters are left to the Ministry of Household Affairs. After carefully checking the income and expenditure, he probably doesn't have to do anything, and he can't finish the account reconciliation in one day.

He thought about it carefully. Among the major expenditures approved by him, there was really no such item as the cost of building a ship in Nantah University, nor the cost of maintaining the southeast line of defense. Taxes can support a huge line of defense, and fifty Fuchuan warships can be built every year, which is enough to prove that Nan Juyi is a super capable official.

He said sincerely: "Sishou, you have worked hard."

Nan Juyi quickly replied: "The emperor is too famous, these are the things that humble ministers should do."

Zhu Cijiong has secretly decided that he must not treat this official who is dedicated to the country badly. He nodded and said: "Well, let's not talk too much. This money should be allocated by the imperial court. Tell me, how much money is needed."

Nan Juyi said cautiously: "If you only count the cost, a Fuchuan battleship costs about 1 taels of silver. As for the price of Fuchuan, I have also known it, and it is probably between 2 and 3000 taels. Wei Chen thought, if the people in these shipbuilding workshops really work hard for the imperial court, a Fuchuan battleship would have to pay two to three thousand taels of hard-earned money. Of course, if they can give more, they should be more grateful Motivation."

He was very careful when he said this. Asking people for money is not a good thing after all, especially asking the emperor for money. Daming is such a big country, and there are so many places to spend money. annoying.

However, Zhu Cijiong did not bother him, but instead taught: "Sishou, you are wrong to think this way. To fully mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, you must give enough benefits. It is wrong to give two or 3000 taels." If you want to give it, you can give it at the market price, let’s say 2 taels a piece.”

Hearing this, Nan Juyi was dumbfounded, the money was spent a bit unjustly, he said distressedly: "Your Majesty, don't need so much, 8000 ships will make them laugh from ear to ear, such a large amount is placed here , the imperial court paid directly to buy them, and they didn’t even need to run the business, earning [-] taels for a boat was enough.”

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "Sishou, I don't want to save money, but I want to develop the shipbuilding industry of Daming. How about this? Divide the shipyard into two parts. If you are willing to work with the court, you can send a special person to manage them in a unified way. If you want to set up a large shipyard, you can do it yourself. The imperial court provides docks and waterways. As long as the warships are good, the imperial court can buy them at the price. One Fuchuan battleship, the rest depends on their ability, and the extra Fuchuan can be sold, after all, the maritime merchants of Ming Dynasty also need to develop."

Hearing this, Nan Juyi couldn't help being moved and said: "The humble minister will thank the emperor on their behalf."

Zhu Cijiong smiled strangely and said: "Don't you thank me? I handed over the big shipyard to you. The Fuchuan warships I built are also 2 taels. The money I earn is my reward for you. .”

When Nan Juyi heard this, his eyeballs almost exploded. That was an income of at least one million taels a year. He hurriedly said in panic, "Your Majesty, this, this money."

Zhu Cijiong raised his hand and said: "No need to say much, let's do it like this. I will ask the Ministry of Accounts to allocate 1000 million taels to you as the start-up capital. You must handle this matter for me, understand?"

If you can't do it well, then you will really be ashamed of the emperor, Nan Juyi nodded excitedly and said: "Thank you for the emperor's kindness, I will do my best to handle this matter for the emperor."

(End of this chapter)