Chapter 1335 Treat everyone equally!
After Zhang Zhiwen and Liu Ning arrived at the imperial study, Ye Mingsheng had a private conversation with them.

Because they saw Ye Mingsheng's determination to protect Chu Zhiyi at the court meeting, Zhang Zhiwen and Liu Ning thought that Ye Mingsheng asked them to talk in the imperial study because they impeached Chu Zhiyi.

As the two men were on their way to the Imperial Study, they thought quickly, and the solution they came up with was to insist that they were impeaching Chu Zhiyi on official business!
They planned to tell Ye Mingsheng that the reason they impeached Chu Zhiyi was not because of personal grudges, but because Chu Zhiyi's actions were too outrageous.

Chu Zhiyi is really too bold!
He dared to lead the patrol battalion to the mansion to arrest people without any orders, even a senior general like Ye Dong, a member of the Ye family.

If such behavior is not punished, then what else will Chu Zhiyi dare not do in the future?

However, these two ministers who had already thought of countermeasures to deal with Ye Mingsheng's accountability never expected that after Ye Mingsheng handed them over to the Imperial Study, he did not mention Chu Zhiyi's matter at all, but pointed out the problems that the two had not promoted the reforms properly in the past period of time.

Zhang Zhiwen's previous proposal for a large-scale evaluation of bank employees at all levels in Youyan was made with great fanfare at the beginning. The scene seemed so grand that others thought he was serious about it, but in the end it turned out to be much ado about nothing, and only more than 50 people have been laid off to date.

Although Liu Ning dared to take drastic measures in the issue of layoffs, as of today, he had laid off more than 60 people in various departments under the jurisdiction of Yijing Prefecture. However, he did not do enough to ensure the rights and interests of workers. All the ideas he put forward were just formalities, and in actual application, the rights and interests of workers were still not guaranteed...
On the road of deepening reform, Ye Mingsheng could feel more and more clearly that the resistance was growing. Those who held opposing opinions, perhaps due to their own prestige, did not directly stand up and oppose him.

But they used silence and inaction as weapons to fight against Ye Mingsheng!
In this regard, Ye Mingsheng also used the method of replacing people to deal with Zhang Zhiwen, Zhao Wanxian, Zhu Chen, and even the previous Kangyin prefect Gao Zhenji, and later Murong Yuliang and Chu Zhiyi.

However, the results were minimal. Most of these people chose to vigorously develop the economy and then put the reform aside.

For this reason, Ye Mingsheng also made some changes and even compromises!

Ye Mingsheng still requires government offices across the country to lay off employees. Those who feed the G family must be streamlined, leaving only those who can work and do their job well. Those who are just sitting there doing nothing must be cleared out. This is a red line set by Ye Mingsheng, and everyone must abide by it!

In order not to affect the economic development of various places, Ye Mingsheng gave up some of his previous ideas that were inconsistent with the actual situation, and after discussing with cabinet members, he re-formulated the ZC according to the actual situation!
The place with the best economy in Daqian at present is Lin'an in Jiangnan. This place is not only the economic center of Daqian, but also the foreign trade center.

The second one is Youyan Yijing, which is the ZZ center of Daqian. In the past, during the Fengwu Army period, economic development was encouraged here, and many factories were built to manufacture weapons and armor.

With the end of the war, the production capacity of these factories has gradually shifted to people's livelihood. In line with the Daqian court's policy of using tax cuts to encourage economic development and Daqian's huge market, these factories have developed very rapidly. In addition to their own development, they have also provided strong impetus for the economic development of Yijing and its surrounding areas.

Ranked third is Guanzhong Luoan, which has been the political and economic center of the Great Zhou Dynasty for the past three hundred years. Although it has shown signs of decline in the past decade or so due to wars and other reasons, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Luoan still has a deep foundation and its economic ranking is still among the top three in Daqian.

Qi Dechao, who had just been appointed as the governor of Guanzhong by Ye Mingsheng not long ago, was also actively trying to revitalize the economic development of Guanzhong. To this end, he put forward a package of ideas based on some actual conditions in Guanzhong, and planned to come to Luoan in person to present it to Ye Mingsheng in order to obtain Ye Mingsheng's approval and let him go and do a great job.

At present, Ye Mingsheng has decided to set Lin'an and Yijing, which have the best economy, as pilot cities to start the pilot of the work law. Ye Mingsheng adopted some suggestions and allowed Lin'an and Yijing to lower the minimum wage standard to facilitate the popularization and implementation of the work law in Lin'an and Yijing.

However, on issues such as work-related injuries, Ye Mingsheng requires merchants to guarantee the rights and interests of workers. They cannot just ignore workers when they are injured on the job and dismiss them without paying a penny. After workers are injured on the job, merchants must give compensation according to the circumstances, and local government offices must also stand on the side of workers on this issue...

Originally, Ye Mingsheng believed that after some details of the work law were modified, it would be more conducive to the implementation of the work law!
But in Yijing, the implementation of the work law is still at a standstill!
Ye Mingsheng was also very angry about this. He had to ask Liu Ning to pay attention to this issue and firmly implement the work method in Yijing!
Ye Mingsheng's attack on the issue of reform completely dashed the expectations of Zhang Zhiwen and Liu Ning.

The two people also defended their respective problems. Zhang Zhiwen said that the reason why the large-scale assessment he led ended up with a whimper was entirely due to the existence of spring plowing. In order to allow G members at all levels in Youyan to concentrate on spring plowing and ensure a good grain harvest, he had to relax the requirements for the large-scale assessment.

In addition to stating his reasons, Zhang Zhiwen also stated that he would continue to streamline the staff of government offices at all levels in Youyan to ensure that the situation of idle staff in government offices in the past would no longer occur.

Finally, at Ye Mingsheng's request, Zhang Zhiwen was forced to issue a military order with a deadline of three months. The government offices at all levels in Youyan will reduce their staff by at least 300 people to solve the problem of redundant staff at all levels of government offices in Youyan, and to improve the operating efficiency of the government offices to ensure the normal operation of the government offices.
Liu Ning also said that he wanted to implement the labor law at the beginning, but the problem was that many factories around Yijing were directly under the Ministry of Industry and Dadongsheng Company. These people had strong backgrounds and did not take Liu Ning’s words seriously at all...
As for some private businesses and factories, when they met with the Ministry of Industry, the factories under the name of Dadongsheng Company did not implement the Work Law and were unwilling to implement it. They also said that the implementation of the Work Law would increase their costs. The Yijing government was pressed by them a little too urgently, so they had to move out of Yijing and go to other places.

These private businesses and factories may not have industrial departments individually. The Dadongsheng business and factories are large in scale, but their number is indeed very large. They have provided many jobs for many people in Yijing and provided momentum for Yijing's economic development.

The economic development of Yijing is related to the official hat of Liu Ning, the governor of Yijing. So in order not to affect his career, Liu Ning is not enthusiastic about the promotion of the work law. He still hopes that these factories and businesses can help him submit a good economic report card. In response to Liu Ning's explanation, Ye Mingsheng pointed out that those businesses and factories that are unwilling to implement the work law and threaten to leave Yijing can leave if they want to.

Relocation is not a small expense. Moreover, Yijing is not only a production place, but also a consumption place. Currently, a large part of the consumer market for the products and services provided by the businesses and factories around Yijing is Yijing.

Once they move out of Yijing, their costs on personnel and transportation will inevitably increase. Compared with the cost of implementing the work method, those merchants naturally know which is more important!
In addition, Ye Mingsheng also made a suggestion to Liu Ning. This suggestion was that for the commercial factories that implemented the work method in Yijing, various taxes in Yijing could be given some preferential treatment.

If goods from other places want to be sold in the Yijing area, taxes can be appropriately increased to encourage businesses and factories in the Yijing area to actively respond to the implementation of the work law.

Finally, Ye Mingsheng also emphasized to Liu Ning that the implementation of the law cannot be selective and must be fair to everyone!
You can’t say that the owner of this factory or this business has no background, so I ask you to implement the work method.

The owner of another factory or business has a background, so I will turn a blind eye to you on the issue of implementing the work law!
Ye Mingsheng will also urge the Ministry of Industry on this issue, asking them to cooperate with the work of the Yijing government office, not to seek special treatment, but to serve as a model for businesses and factories in Yijing and its surrounding areas, and set an example for other businesses and factories to implement the work law.
Ye Mingsheng asked Liu Ning to promote the implementation of the Yijing area work law as soon as possible in the next six months to one year to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Yijing workers.

Faced with Ye Mingsheng's request, Liu Ning also felt a lot of pressure. He didn't know what impact it would have on Yijing's economy if he did this, but at this moment, facing Ye Mingsheng's order, he had to take on this task.

After the meeting in the Imperial Study, Zhang Zhiwen and Liu Ning both had their own concerns and returned home with heavy hearts. Today, Liu Ning came to visit Zhang Zhiwen...

Long before Ye Mingsheng led the Fengwu Army into the pass, Yijing had always been the economic and political center of Youyan!
Yijing alone provides nearly half of Youyan's economic output, and about 30% of Youyan's population is concentrated in Yijing. As Ye Mingsheng led the Fengwu Army into the pass, Yijing was able to develop by leaps and bounds. Therefore, Yijing's share of various indicators in Youyan is becoming more and more prominent!

And as Ye Mingsheng moved the imperial capital from Luoan to Yijing, the political status of Yijing also underwent earth-shaking changes!

Although in name the Youyan Provincial Administration can still lead the Yijing government office, in fact Liu Ning as the prefect of Yijing and Zhang Zhiwen as the Youyan governor are of the same rank, both are second-rank officials of the Daqian government. In addition, Yijing has a special political status as the imperial capital, which means that the leadership relationship between the Youyan Provincial Administration and the Yijing government office is in name only.

Both Zhang Zhiwen, the governor of Youyan, and Zhuang Shanhe, the censor of Youyan, were well aware of this, so these two highest XZ officials and the highest SF officials of Youyan rarely asked about Yi Jing's affairs.

Therefore, Liu Ning came to Zhang Zhiwen this time to seek cooperation, and Zhang Zhiwen was very welcome to Liu Ning!
Zhang Zhiwen believed that with Ye Mingsheng's clear order, it was inevitable for Liu Ning to implement the work law in Yijing as soon as possible in order to keep his job and for the sake of his career. Although there were some remedial measures, it was still inevitable that factories would be moved out of Yijing.

Zhang Zhiwen is very interested in these factories. He hopes that even if these factories move out of Yijing, they will not leave Youyan, but move to Yuyang, Jixian and other places. These places are not pilot cities of the Work Law and do not need to abide by the Work Law.

The arrival of these factories can not only improve the local employment situation and increase people's income, but also increase the tax revenue of the governor's office. For Zhang Zhiwen, the governor of Youyan, it can be said to be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen hopes that Liu Ning will cooperate with him to publicize the preferential policies in other cities of Youyan, so that these factories can stay in Youyan instead of moving to Qilu, Jiyu, Yunbing and other places.

Liu Ning hopes that the Youyan Provincial Government can provide them with some coordinated assistance so that the rapid economic growth of Yijing will not be affected by the implementation of the work law. Therefore, it can be said that Zhang Zhiwen and Liu Ning are in love with each other and each gets what they need!

So the two people quickly exchanged views on a series of issues and reached a lot of consensus, but they still had differences on some details.

Liu Ning thought that some of Zhang Zhiwen’s ideas might be too radical, and he did not quite agree with them. He hoped to solve the current dilemma in a gentle way as much as possible.

However, Zhang Zhiwen believed that the reason why the two of them were criticized by Ye Mingsheng in the imperial study yesterday was because they were too gentle in handling some issues in the past, thus causing Ye Mingsheng's dissatisfaction!

However, Ye Mingsheng's patience is limited. If the two of them continue to try to get by as they did in the past, it is very likely that Ye Mingsheng will lose his patience and trust in them.

Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen hopes to work with Liu Ning to achieve some results as soon as possible on several issues that Ye Mingsheng is concerned about in order to stabilize Ye Mingsheng.

Finally, considering his own official position, Liu Ning was persuaded by Zhang Zhiwen, and the two of them summarized the contents of their cooperation into this memorial on the table, ready to submit it to Ye Mingsheng for approval...
(Everyone, I intend to publish a new book on the first of next month, The Story of a Mortal’s Eternal Life. What do you think?)