Chapter 251 Zhu Yuanzhang’s art of controlling people is nothing more than reward and punishment
"Your Majesty, I am a lone minister who is loyal to the country. Naturally, I don't need to know the background of other courtiers."
"Although I am talking about Zhao Ming today, my original intention is to advise His Majesty not to bring business affairs to court just because of temporary gains."
"This is an act that brings disaster to the imperial court. If your Majesty insists on doing business with the ministers, if things go on like this, our Ming Dynasty will become a stinking place and will definitely become the laughing stock of all generations."
If he were an ordinary emperor, he would laugh for thousands of years upon hearing these words.
No matter how beneficial it is to cooperate with white sugar.
The thoughts in my heart may be shaken.
however.
Zhu Yuanzhang was not an emperor bound by common sense.
He did not refute the censor's words, but announced to the courtiers: "My dear friends, haven't you always wanted to ask me a while ago, where does the reward for being diligent in doing things come from?"
"I can tell you now that the reward money is the income of the White Sugar Factory. The better the White Sugar Factory develops, the greater the bonus you will receive."
Some time ago, Zhu Yuanzhang was based on the content of Lin Che's lectures.
A bonus system and a elimination system for the last place were instituted in the imperial court.
Although capable officials are not worried about being eliminated, they are worried that the holes in the court have not been filled.
Officials who were familiar with the financial situation of the imperial court felt that the reward money could not be paid out.
Therefore, after the implementation of the New Deal, there were not as many diligent people as Zhu Yuanzhang imagined.
Based on what Zhu Ping heard in previous lectures.
Lin Che once said that the gold and silver rewards should be placed where ministers can see them.
After having protection, they will definitely work diligently.
And this white sugar factory was the guarantee that Zhu Yuanzhang took out to attract the diligence of his ministers.
Zhu Yuanzhang mastered the art of controlling people.
To sum it up, it’s nothing more than reward and punishment.
Eliminating redundant and incompetent people has been promoted from Yingtian Mansion to the whole world.
The last elimination system will soon be implemented.
The imperial court also eliminated some mediocre and incompetent people who were just trying to make up the numbers.
Punishment was carried out in an orderly manner.
Rewards that motivate capable and motivated officials.
Although it has been distributed quite a lot.
But there have always been problems with Daming's finances.
Therefore, many ministers believe that this reward cannot last long.
There is no need to do it for a small profit.
But being too aggressive and striving to be the first will cause colleagues to fail the assessment and eventually be eliminated.
However, now with Lin Che's guidance.
The rewards that the ministers thought would stop being distributed at any time suddenly had a fixed source.
The courtiers who had just opposed Zhu Yuanzhang's sale of shares in the White Sugar Factory in the court quietly changed their mentality.
"Your Majesty participated in the humble business of merchants for the welfare of hundreds of officials. Your Majesty is truly the most holy king in the ages."
"I am ignorant and cannot see through His Majesty's intention to benefit all officials. I am willing to save five, no, 4 taels to purchase the shares of the general factory."
"I am willing to pay 5000 taels to purchase the shares of Baisha Sugar Factory!"
"I am willing to pay 3 taels to buy the shares of the main factory!"
"... "
As Zhu Yuanzhang announced the use of funds after making profits from white sugar.
The courtroom was instantly filled with excitement.
It is completely rare to use money from the royal treasury to reward the monarch of the court.
Although the children of White Sugar Factory are crowdfunding, anyone can imagine it.
If white sugar were promoted throughout the world, how much wealth would be gained!
Some courtiers who have average self-rewarding abilities think that they may never get rewards from His Majesty in their lifetime.
I simply plucked up the courage and planned to buy some shares of the White Sugar Factory.
At least I can earn some dividend money in the future.
Among them, the noble generals were the most generous and the least scrupulous.
Each one purchased shares for more than 20 fear of being too late, His Majesty's opportunity to send money to the ministers would be snatched away by others.
As for civil servants.
No one is like that stupid young man Zhao Ming.
Except for a price that far exceeds that of the Prince.
Except for Liu Sanwu, Fu Youwen and other ministers, each of them issued 3 taels.
Other officials are ranked according to their rank.
The amount of money required to purchase shares has been steadily declining from 3 taels.
Because of the white sugar factory, the price per share is too high.
At the end of the day, some low-level civil servants can only buy one share with several people.
But even so, it took almost less than an hour.
The shares in the main factory and the two branch factories of Baisha Sugar Factory were all claimed by the courtiers.
Zhu Yuanzhang noticed the strict hierarchy among civil servants.
But he didn't say much, he just waved the eunuch Liu He to sign the purchase contract for the shares of Baisha Sugar Factory.
They were delivered to the courtiers who contributed the money in turn.
From beginning to end, he never asked certain courtiers where the shadow of so many shares purchased came from.
I don’t dislike the people who buy a share together with several courtiers, but the money they pay is small.
He has been silently waiting for the ministers to read the contract and sign it.
However, many courtiers saw the new contract drawn up by Zhu Yuanzhang based on what Lin Che said.
The shocked looks on their faces were even more exaggerated than those of Zhao Ming.
One of the civil servants with white beard and hair said in disbelief: "Dividends for Baisha Sugar Factory shares will be distributed once a month for the first three months."
"Then dividends will be distributed every three months. You can keep it to continue investing, or you can withdraw it in one go."
"The accounts are open to the public internally, and you can send someone to check them."
Not only the civil servant, whose beard and hair were white, suspected that he had seen wrongly.
The civil and military officials throughout the dynasty couldn't believe that they had just purchased some shares in the White Sugar Factory.
Get the power to inspect the royal estate.
It’s just that few people believe it and have any intention of using their audit power.
The amount of dividends is a trivial matter.
The main thing is to give your Majesty face.
After all, the prince came out to act with the emperor.
In addition, this matter is used to benefit capable ministers and officials.
If these people can do things well, they will be promoted quickly.
Maybe one day he will enter the court and climb all the way from minister to prime minister.
If you spend money on white sugar factory shares.
It's like having a passionate relationship with this person.
Because of the imperial reward he received.
They used the money they spent to buy shares to build the sugar factory.
Perhaps the capable minister doesn't care about such trivial matters at all.
But I'm afraid of being petty-minded, remember some officials who didn't pay.
Then this person's future official career will be very difficult.
With such thoughts.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty quickly signed their names on the share purchase contract in triplicate.
They also followed Zhu Yuanzhang's example and stamped their personal seals in the blank space under their names.
"My dear friends, please keep one copy of this contract for yourself, and the remaining White Sugar Factory will keep one copy."
"The remaining copy is kept in the palace archives."
"As for the certificates for the shares, the eunuch will deliver them to you when you go to court later."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the officials with different expressions and ordered the signed contracts to be put away.
(End of this chapter)