However, with Daming's current resources and transportation, it was unrealistic to build multiple special economic zones at the same time.
What he needed to do now was to create a Great Shun Prefecture economic circle with the capital as the center.
Of course, it was different from the large-scale construction of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
The economic circle of Zhu Yijun's Shun Tianjin-Hebei region was much lower level. It was mainly divided into three areas.
Looking at the ministers who were listening attentively, Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice, "I plan to divide the entire construction into three areas. On one side, the governance of government officials, on the other, the economy of the people, and on the other, culture and education."
"First, the governance of government officials!" Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand and pulled over his big blackboard.
Zhu Yijun hadn't used this thing for a long time. In the past, he would always write his thoughts on it. But recently, Zhu Yijun had been busy, so he took out the big blackboard again.
"First, the governance of government officials will be led by the Imperial Censorate's Department of Law and Discipline and the Department of Anti-Corruption. They will be in charge of supervising the governance of the entire Shun Tianjin-Hebei region.
"Regardless of whether they are low-ranking officials or high-ranking officials, they will all have the power to investigate.
"The Department of Law and Anti-Corruption will be controlled by both sides. On one side, it will be controlled by the prefectural magistrate. On the other side, it will be controlled by the Department of Law and the Department of Anti-Corruption.
"We will start from the low-ranking officials. The low-ranking officials are as fierce as tigers and cannot be ignored."
Zhu Yijun's eyes swept across the faces of the people, then he continued, "Next, the second point of governance. The civil service system will be spread throughout the entire Shun Tianjin-Hebei region. There is only one requirement, and that is to go to the countryside.
"We have to go to the fields and solve the needs of the people on the ground. Whether it is collecting taxes or handling cases, we can't just rely on the local landlords. We will set up a new agricultural office, promote new crops, open up fields, and build canals.
"I will leave this to you, Zhang. I will send people to check from time to time."
Zhang Guoyan quickly walked out and bowed, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yijun nodded, "Let's move on to the second aspect, economic development. I intend to promote animal husbandry in Shun Tian Province, build a breeding base, and promote new breeding methods."
Pork in this era was still smelly and completely unscientific. Pork was still not presentable.
Even so, ordinary people couldn't afford it. Zhu Yijun was prepared to build a large pig breeding base to raise large numbers of pigs and spread new methods of raising pigs so that ordinary people could raise pigs.
With the popularization of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, the common people's meals were going to be meat.
"Build a large-scale chicken farm, do artificial incubation, and lower the price of chicks. Let the people sell chickens and afford eggs," Zhu Yijun pointed at the blackboard and said loudly.
This was something that Zhu Yijun valued very much. In comparison, the cost of pigs was still higher.
Chickens, ducks, and geese are different. If they can't afford to eat other people's meat, they can use poultry like chickens, ducks, and geese instead. If they can't afford to eat meat, they can eat eggs.
Even if he couldn't afford the eggs, he could still raise them and sell them for some money.
Poultry like chickens, ducks, and geese were easy to raise, and children could also be raised for a while.
Their diet was also small and varied. Grass was fine, and there was no need to feed them with grains. This was the benefit.
In this era, the main factor that affected the price of poultry was the incubation technology. Without large-scale artificial incubation, how many eggs could be hatched by old hens? Naturally, the price would not go down.
Once artificial incubation was introduced, the price of chicks would naturally fall.
Build a large-scale egg incubation factory and sell chickens, ducks, and geese to the people at low prices.
As for whether the price would fall if there were more, Zhu Yijun had already thought of a follow-up plan.
At that stage, the Ministry of Internal Affairs would fund and build a large chain of restaurants.
Zhu Yijun had even thought of a name. It would be called "Beijing's Best Roast", and it would mainly sell roast chicken, ducks, and geese.
When the time comes, with Zhu Yijun's current strength, he would definitely be able to Daming's new food.
There might not be much profit in this, but to the people, this was a good thing. A little bit of income could do a lot of things.
The permanent population of the capital was close to two million, and the business opportunities were huge.
Honours, officials, and the upcoming vassal kings could all be said to be a very strong consumer group.
In addition, after he opened the Tianjin Port, he would start trading with North Korea and the Japanese Empire.
In addition, once the war in the north started, he would need a lot of supplies.
Zhu Yijun was not worried about not being able to use up the supplies. Not to mention other things, if he gave each of the soldiers in the capital a chicken, that would be more than two hundred thousand.
Now, the soldiers in the capital only ate rice and potatoes every day.
"Build an oil factory, promote soybean farming, build a water mill. In short, think of all ways to make the people earn more money."
Zhu Yijun looked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs's Shun Tian Fu's steward, Liao Bin: "I will leave this matter to you. In one sentence, get everything done for me.
Don't think about making money, it's okay even if you lose money. "
"If you can't do it, think about it yourself!"
This was not the future. If you can't do it well, you can shirk responsibility. In the Daming Dynasty, you can shirk responsibility.
Concentrating one's strength to do great things, there was no era that was more concentrated than the current one.
Liao Bin hurriedly bowed and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Now let's talk about the last item, education!"
"I plan to set up a medical school in the capital and recruit a large number of apprentices. The first batch is set to be one thousand, and the subsequent recruitment will be carried out every year." Zhu Yijun said directly.
"The first hospital in the Daming Dynasty, the Capital Royal Hospital, will be open in two days. At that time, you can go and have a look." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I have also found benefits for you."
This benefit was actually very simple. It was to charge less for medical treatment. All the officials in the court could enjoy medical insurance reimbursement according to their rank.
The higher the rank, the higher the reimbursement rate. It was the same for Honours.
If Zhu Yijun really set up a medical industry, he would definitely be able to support a large number of people.
For families that couldn't afford to study and couldn't take the imperial examinations, studying medicine was a very good way out.
However, it wasn't that easy to study medicine. It was very difficult to find a master.
People in this era paid attention to secret prescriptions and unique techniques. Very few people were willing to teach their own knowledge, unless it was a personal disciple.
Zhu Yijun wanted to break this monopoly and increase the number of doctors.
Not to mention other things, the number of military doctors in the army was pitiful.
Li Shizen had trained for so many years, but he only managed to set up the Capital Royal Hospital. This speed was not satisfactory to Zhu Yijun.
Wantonly recruit poor children to enter the medical school and change their poor and backward appearance.
Of course, earning money was also a very important point.
After the medical school was on the right track, the Shuntian Prefecture Vocational College could also be put on the agenda. It would teach hundreds of skills, research mathematics, physics, and other knowledge, and reward new ideas and inventions.
In short, this was a part of Zhu Yijun's next ten years plan.
"Other than setting up a medical school, we are preparing to expand the Civil Servant College. The next recruitment will be 3000 people!" Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice, "In the future, there will be examinations every year."
"All the Elementary Scholars in the world can take the examinations. It is imperative to replace the petty officials with Elementary Scholars."
In fact, Zhu Yijun had investigated before. The petty officials were the key to the local clans' control of the area.
The petty officials were also locals. They were basically inextricably linked to the local clans.
Some of them were even directly arranged by the local clans. This must be removed.
Although it would cost a lot of money to support so many civil servants, compared to the benefits that the local clans obtained from the imperial court, it was definitely a small portion.
One couldn't do nothing just because they were afraid of spending money. Just like how Emperor Chong Zhen abolished the courier stations to save money.
Increasing the source of income was the key. How much could you save?
Even if you starved to death, you wouldn't be able to save much.
"Other than setting up a medical school and expanding the Civil Servant College, I am also preparing to set up a new basic education system." Zhu Yijun said once again, "Every county will choose a town and set up a government-run school."
"All the children of the Daming will be able to attend school at the age of six."
"Not only will they be free of tuition fees, they will also be provided with a free lunch."
Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice, "For students with good results, we will provide scholarships. Books and ink will be provided by the royal family."
"This time, a portion of the civil servants will be assigned as teachers in the schools."
"In addition, we will set up a Teacher College to groom teachers. Education is the foundation of the Daming Nation. We cannot neglect it." Zhu Yijun's face was unusually solemn, "I will arrange for a special minister to handle this matter."
"I will set up a Ministry of Education. It will be the same as the six ministries. It will be in charge of education throughout the country."
This time, Zhu Yijun had put in a lot of effort. There were three main areas. Other than the administration of the government, the other areas required a lot of money.
This was also the reason why Zhu Yijun could only do it in the Shun Tian prefecture. If he took too big a step, he could easily cause trouble.
Everyone present was Zhu Yijun's trusted ministers. But when they heard Zhu Yijun's plan, they were shocked.
How much money would it cost?
But then they became excited and quickly bowed, "Your Majesty is wise. This is the blessing of the Daming people. Long live the Emperor!"
"Everything has been explained. You will each be responsible for one area. As for the Ministry of Education, I will discuss it with the cabinet."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand, signaling them to get up. Then he said, "I only have one thing to tell you."
"If you want money, give me money. If you want food, give me food. If you want people, give them people. I only have one request. Do it well."
Everyone quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, we will obey!"
After the ministers left, Zhu Yijun let out a sigh of relief. Looking at the blackboard in front of him, Zhu Yijun's face was very serious.
Three years. Three years to complete the construction of the Shun Tian prefecture's economic circle.
In this era, the development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishing was the key. The people were too poor. It was impossible and unrealistic to start a big project.
But it was time to put his steel mill on the agenda. My Shougang!