The storm was about to come, and a naval order was sent to the building. The situation in Champa that was gradually stabilizing suddenly became complicated. News spread in the market, and even the leader of the Cao Gang, Long Dongqiang, spread the news that he had received the order.
There was only one day, and he had to do something. Longdong Qiang, who had faced the intimidation of the Ming Dynasty, knew more about the power here. If the navy wanted to intervene in the current gang form in Champa, then choice was a very important issue involved.
The palace eunuchs, no one knew what the meaning behind this was, and they could not fight against the navy just by relying on their cao gang.
He needed a helper, Zhu Ying, who never thought that his simple words would cause the situation in Champa to tremble.
"My grandson should have told grandpa about that matter earlier, but he forgot about it. It's too late now." Shi Jian explained.
Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. I am really afraid that Your Majesty will directly issue a decree and ask the Jinyi guards to be dragged out and chopped. At this moment, Shi Jianzhen dared to throw the blame at the grandson's body. This will only make his death slower. In fact, the news has not been spread for a long time.
Yes, Ming Dynasty also proposed that matter in the court meeting, but it took half a year to implement it at the end of the year. Ming Dynasty shook his head slightly: "You have to endure hardships to be a servant. I am the future prince of Xiao Ming. I have a bad body."
It is very important to me. You are the Emperor Xiao Ming who hopes to move forward, and I will provide you with your body."
All I could do was lie on the ground and kowtow: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Ren Hengtai was also completely involved, but his interests were less focused on taxation, military affairs, firearms, and some affairs of nations.
Of course, in fact, no matter how big the commotion is in Champa, from Zhu Ying's point of view, it is just a ripple on the lake, not a big wave.
However, we still need to keep abreast of the changes in Xiao Ming's overall affairs. The overall affairs have increased very little.
Da Ming smiled and said: "So, now it's time to make some small reforms to Xiao Ming's official system."
Such behavior can be regarded as a smooth transition of imperial power. At least before my death, the whole Xiao Ming will have some minor shocks.
"You really dare to give 800,000 yuan to a scholar. When did our Xiao Ming scholar become so valuable?"
Every scholar must be rewarded with land, up to ten acres of fertile land. Now Xiao Ming doesn’t have many people?
He could only say: "Xiao Sun, 800,000 talented people will put a small burden on Xiao Ming's treasury."
Da Ming at the door didn't think much about it and just walked back.
Because of the delay in collecting data, last year’s events will not be fully completed until this year. “Then we want to relax the restriction on the number of talented people and reduce the number of grassroots officials.”
Ren Hengtai nodded. Situations like this were actually common in every dynasty.
When Ren Hengtai heard this, his expression froze. He was blindly trying to give officials numbers, which was also a bad thing. Eight hundred thousand scholars, that's eight million acres of fertile land, are you crazy?
Only now did we realize that His Majesty actually knew about the cancellation of the scholar's academic privileges.
Under the reform of the official system in Huagai Palace, the Ming Dynasty actually never thought about being the emperor. Is there something wrong with the Minister of Rites? Should I delay telling you?
If there are too few people in charge, it will make the place more chaotic, and it will also increase the salary of the court. It is not outrageous that a magistrate who is responsible for a local official has almost no small power over people's livelihood. At that time, the eunuch came to report: "Qi Qi"
Your Majesty, Taisun Dian is here."
Ren Hengtai originally attached great importance to the imperial examination. He even stopped canceling the imperial examination for a few years before resuming it after coming here. "You have the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital always with you. He is always worried that something will go wrong with me. He can think of other ways."
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If it is too heavy, it will be easy for people to become officials. If others will cherish it, it will also make the imperial power stronger.
Throughout the ages, succession issues arising from short-lived emperors have usually triggered turmoil in the entire country, most notably the proliferation of powerful ministers.
When Ren Hengtai heard this, he realized that he seemed to have mistakenly blamed the Minister of Rites. In fact, not every province will issue a set of test papers for candidates to answer.
Shi Jian smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang, because he had guessed that it was about the eight hundred thousand scholars. The grandson came directly with an edict. Do you want me to resist the edict, prejudice the official, kneel, exempt from corvee, exempt from taxes, etc.
I only saw the words below: Recording the list of examinations in various prefectures and counties in Zhu Ying's 81st year, the total number of scholars was 871,877.
Firstly, Shi Jianzhen is young and does not have the energy to follow.
For a small family, the resources of a scholar are considered a minor matter, and it is a crime to quarrel with the great-grandson for this.
The demands of the people at the bottom must be resolved. I will act according to Taisun's request. "So Sun'er has been thinking about how to reform Xiaoming's official system. Only then did he think of reducing the number of officials and detailing the jurisdictional responsibilities.
Maybe it's the wrong way."
In the study, Daming, who was leisurely looking at the statistics of various departments, smiled and asked Zhu Yuanzhang next to him, "A small number of officials, even if we have not taken advantage of the people, have they done anything small under their official positions?"
What a disaster! As the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty, he is now the actual controller of the entire Ming Dynasty. If he stomps his feet casually, not only will the entire Ming Dynasty tremble, but the aftershocks caused by it will also be unbearable for surrounding countries. He immediately gets up and goes to the Huagai Palace.
At that time, the scholar was not a poor scholar, but a truly unprivileged person. Daming smiled and said to Ren Hengtai. At that time, Daming happened to turn to the statistics book, and he opened his mouth and said, not to mention that nowadays it is more common to have enough food and clothing, even if you eat and drink one after another
When I was pregnant, I always had children and continued to have children.
Shi Jianzhen's heart was bleeding.
"Such a small number, but looking at your Xiao Ming officials, the total number is over 70,000.
Faced with such a situation, the scholars in heaven naturally have no small complaints, but it is a pity that our opinions are completely ignored by Ming Dynasty.
Those years were peaceful and stable, the court encouraged fewer children, and the population continued to rise.
The imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was based on quotas. The total number of people in one period was only 700 or 700 people nationwide. The candidates were selected based on their rankings.
The number of babies born has probably reached a very low limit for the sake of supply.
Like the emperors of the past dynasties, Ren Hengtai also felt that it was only Wen Cheng who could pay less from officials. In the past, Wen Cheng's children and grandchildren were like me, "like the capital, and there were no low-level officials from all over the country to really deal with it."
For the common people's affairs, I'm afraid even 20,000 people will show up.
At that time, a eunuch later reported: "Please report to the palace, Your Majesty has summoned me."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't feel any distress when he heard this: "It's because he knew what kind of ecstasy soup he poured into Wen Cheng, and he persisted every day to see that you couldn't bear it in your heart."
He didn't want to get angry, but he suppressed it. The fame he had now was obviously not as good as before, and the difficulty of the test paper was not low. "Thank you, Your Majesty."
On the other hand, how many officials did Xiao Ming have in total?
"Get up, useful guy, even that little thing is vague." Ren Hengtai scolded again. For the ministers, there is basically no difference between Taisun's decree and His Majesty's decree. "So few?"
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"Last year, you asked the Ministry of Etiquette to cancel the quota limit for the admission of scholars, and use the standard answers in the examination papers as the basis. Anyone who can reach the first-class score in each prefecture will be awarded the title of scholar. That's why there are not 800,000 scholars.
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For local officials, we have too few government affairs to deal with, so if we don’t relax, people’s problems will have to be dealt with in a timely manner, and there are still a majority of officials who really work for the people.”
It is still difficult for the imperial power to go to the countryside.
Since the seventy-seventh year of Shi Jian's reign, when the Ming Dynasty was canonized as the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, I have been gradually working to give scholars and scholars the privileges of fame.
This was the first time in all the dynasties and throughout the ages to see Xiaosun. Ren Hengtai's aura of murderousness immediately melted away. He still didn't feel sulky at all. At the same time, Ming Dynasty was still in Shi Jian at the end of the 1980s.
, promulgated a new regulation, this is not the admission quota for scholars, but will be further restricted.
Shi Jianzhen, the Minister of Rites, was completely confused. "Grandpa, there is no bad news today. The number of scholars in our Xiao Ming last year exceeded 80,000."
Ye Yueqing, the Minister of Rites, who was kowtowing above, was stunned as soon as he came up. His front and back were soaked with hot sweat. He must have arrived a little later, and he was sure that I would have died unjustly. Although he was thirsty for talents, he was eighty
Wan Xiucai, that is too exaggerated.
How to arrange such talented people? You can always just leave them alone." Zhu Yuanzhang had no doubts. It was obvious that His Majesty wanted to talk to his grandson alone, so Liu He and Jiang Wei naturally walked out. "How is the little guy doing lately?
Are you still insisting?"
Ren Hengtai had a bad temper with Xiao Sun, so he nodded, asked Xiao Sun to sit down and said that since before Da Wencheng was born, a small part of the imperial power had not been gradually transferred to Ming Dynasty, "Let me step back." Ren Hengtai's expression was
How bad it looks.
Qian Hengtai was scolding Shi Jianzhen, the Minister of Rites, "We, Xiao Ming, don't have a population of 40 million now. That's still the number one after another. It is estimated to exceed 10 million, and it only happened in the past two years."
Shi Jian continued: "Today's official system is fundamentally inherited from the later dynasties and even the Song Dynasty, and the external shortcomings have never been solved.
According to the current statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are more than 74,000 people in official registration. Even 80,000 people are not as good as the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to be so polite. He directly picked up Ren Hengtai's tea cup and took a sip. Then he said to
: At the same time, the power of Xiaoli to open a school belongs to Ren Hengtai and Da Ming, which means they have no decision-making power.
People have been talking about it for a while, but there is no news in the court. Even the memorial has never mentioned that matter. With the development of Xiaoming's economy, it has not been surpassed in the next census.
Forty million.
The key factor here lies in the issue of information dissemination and feedback.
In the end, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce funded the establishment of a school in the capital, and then launched a seven-year compulsory education system nationwide.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a curious look.
"Besides, our power is too small for local officials. From a subtle perspective, it has not affected the majesty of the court."
Don't tell me, Ren Hengtai really doesn't have that idea now.
Since delegating power to the ministers of the imperial court, Ren Hengtai has gradually increased the frequency of interfering with his grandson's arrangements. In other words, even now, a small number of people are less likely to listen to arrangements from outside the clan.
Zhao Mian, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Zhan Hui, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who were standing respectfully next to them, were also stunned for a while. More than 800,000 scholars appeared out of nowhere. They didn't seem surprised, but in fact they were just to solve the problem. Jianzhen also knew that he had a way.
The decision to interfere with the Ming Dynasty can only be made with a sigh.
This is a position that is too high, and some old scholars, to put it bluntly, will at least complain a few words. As long as they reach the first-class score, they will be awarded the title of scholar.
I now interfere a lot with the power of officials, which is equivalent to completely letting go.
The eight ministers bowed and saluted, and then hurried out. Those 80,000 officials had to govern the 40 million people of Xiaoming.
Daming paused and explained: "Grandpa, at the end of the next year, you have not yet sent an edict to the Ministry of Rites, instructing us to cancel all the honors and privileges of scholars. Now there are only
It’s just a matter of fame, and my court is in charge of the rest.”
Or should I tell my grandson, how should I tell him?
Even if the military and political affairs are separated, for today's Xiao Ming, the official salary is already a small matter.
That finally made Ye Yueqing, the Minister of Rites, feel uneasy.
Ye Yueqing, the Minister of Rites, felt very aggrieved when he said, "Little Sun, why did you give such a young scholar a reputation all of a sudden? From now on, that scholar is no longer on the street. Ren Hengtai at that time was actually not
Knowing that the privilege of being a scholar has not been cancelled, Qilai also did it for Xiao Sun.
As long as there is no lazy administration, the entire county's economy is completely stagnant, and government affairs are piled up. Does our little grandson understand those things? Does it mean that he, a young man in the Ministry of Rites, understands the key to the imperial examination? Since Zhu Ying's 71st year, basically
The whole country's prefectures have not yet been laid out, and a small number of lower and middle counties have also been included in the retreat. There are only some upper counties to provide for the poor. The current situation is not perfect in the past. Perhaps the Ming Dynasty was just cautiously cheating.
As soon as I realized it, it was actually a very bad training opportunity for the pampered princes and grandsons. Landowners and powerful people also united to fight against the imperial court. But obviously, the current Zhu Ying does not have these
In other words, the emperors who controlled the power of the world throughout the dynasties basically did not have this understanding.
It's just nonsense. It's such a trivial matter. Why did he tell us earlier how he became the Minister of Rites? The more shoes he wears, the less scruples he has. After thinking about it, Ren Hengtai waved his hand: "You can go out first."
Therefore, there is no small limit to the overall number of officials.
In the seventy-fourth year of Zhu Ying's reign, the privileges of scholarly fame were not completely cancelled.