Chapter 1797 Emphasize the importance of science and the penultimate reform
Yun raised his head and told Lu Yi: "Send someone to pass on the message and announce that Zhang Xuexi will come to the palace tomorrow."
"Yes, official." Lu Yi agreed.
After that, Yun talked with his wife and children for a while, but it was getting late. Yun asked Miaojin to go to the dormitory first, and said to Wen: "Wen, you just said 'Thank you father', but did you really mean that?"
"Of course the son is sincere, why would the father think that the son is not sincere?" Wen asked rhetorically.
Yun looked at his son's expression and felt that he was not lying. He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "My father is because all the other feudal kings are in power in the vassal country, and you are the only one who has not arranged to take power. I am worried that you will not be very happy, so
I have this question."
"My father was because his son discussed a few things about government affairs when he was in Gezhiyuan, and he was a little unhappy after being refuted by his second brother, so he guessed this." Wen said with a smile: "The father explained it to his son the next night, not to mention
The son just said it casually at the time and forgot about it after discussing it. What he really liked was to study astronomy and did not care about whether he could take power in the vassal state. No, the son did not want to take power in the vassal state. The son watched his father handle the government affairs every day.
I am very busy, and if I am also dealing with political affairs in the feudal kingdom, I may not have time to study astronomy."
"It's best if you think so." Yun said again: "Astronomy is very important, no, not just astronomy, the entire scientific system consisting of the three laws of motion, the law of universal gravitation, calculus, etc. is also very important. Will the Ming Dynasty be able to do so in the future?"
To always be number one in the world depends entirely on the development of the scientific system, and you must study it carefully."
"Son, I know." Wen agreed, then thought about it and asked, "Father, is science really so useful?"
Yun nodded very seriously: "Science is very important."
"Then my son will definitely study astronomy, no, science more seriously in the future." Wen Ye promised seriously.
Having said this, Wen went back to his room to rest, and Yun went to the dormitory to rest as well. Before going to bed, Miaojin mentioned something that he had said many times: "The third brother-in-law is already thirty-six this year, and he still has nothing to do."
I have searched all over the Central Plains for famous doctors to no avail. It seems that there will be no successor. After a hundred years, who will offer incense? Who will support my sister?"
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Let's wait and see in the future." Yun already had a plan in his mind, but he didn't say it out loud. Seeing him saying this, Miao Jin couldn't mention it anymore and could only lie down and sleep.
On the second day of court, Yun carried out the penultimate reform during his entire reign. The reform was divided into three parts. First, he reformed the civil service bureau again: abolishing the Maritime Affairs Bureau, establishing a branch office, and transferring the Municipal Shipping Department to
All checkpoints with the mainland, the tax police are placed under the control of the branch office, and customs duties and commercial taxes are paid to the branch office, not the Ministry of Household Affairs; the three treasuries of the Ministry of Household Affairs are abolished, and the Treasury Supervision is established. All taxes, regardless of field tax, commercial tax and
Customs duties, etc., are all subject to the supervision and custody of the treasury.
Regarding this reform, Yun originally wanted to set up an yamen similar to the State Administration of Taxation to manage all tax collection errands. However, after detailed investigation, he found that the collection of field taxes was closely related to demographics, field statistics, etc., and he forcibly removed the collection of field taxes.
Separating the tax errands from the Household Department will increase the cost of tax collection and easily cause problems, so the errands of collecting field taxes have to remain in the Household Department.
Second, reform the military system again: reform the military household system. The military household system in the Ming Dynasty is similar to the military household system, but it is different. The most significant feature is that when the military household lived in the countryside, they did not have superior officers and could only be recruited as soldiers.
Only in the Ming Dynasty were generals under the control, but the military households in the Ming Dynasty were always under the control of commanders, such as Qianhu, Baihu and other military generals. Secondly, the government soldiers had to take turns to go to the capital or to guard the borders, but the military households did not. The former resulted in military households.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, they were extremely oppressed by military commanders and were no better than slaves; as the territory of the Tang Dynasty grew larger and larger, the latter's soldiers were unwilling to serve as soldiers and fled in large numbers or committed suicide.
It is allowed to draw on the advantages of both to carry out reforms. First, although the military household is still a military establishment and is under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor, it no longer performs the function of external warfare. All male military households only need to be in the same place after reaching the age of twenty.
Other state capitals in the province serve as soldiers in the garrison department for three years. After that, unless something very important happens, they can be called up again, just like ordinary people. During the three years of serving in the garrison department, they do not have to pay taxes, and all military households do not have to pay taxes.
To serve in corvee service. Naturally, the generals who originally served in various guard posts would also be transferred to other positions one after another. As for the Garrison Department, it was a newly established yamen by Yun. In his conception, it was similar to the armed police of later generations and was under the jurisdiction of the local prefect.
Naturally, it is impossible to have armed police without regular troops. Armies were set up in various inland prefectures, important places and border gates to undertake errands such as defending the frontiers, suppressing rebellions, and going abroad to fight. They implemented a recruitment system and recruited the people of the Ming Dynasty as soldiers. Military generals were originally
Military generals in various guard stations. Of course, the main recruitment target is still military households. After all, military households have to serve as armed policemen in the Garrison Department for three years. They need to practice some martial arts and have stronger discipline than ordinary people, so they are suitable for military service. As for recruitment.
' method, first with higher military pay as a temptation, and secondly, if the recruits are not satisfied, military households can be semi-forced to be recruited. However, this is only limited to military households near the garrison, and military households from other places cannot be forcibly recruited.
Yun himself knew that this military reform plan was not perfect, but it was at least stronger than the previous system and should not rot as quickly as Wei knew. Yun planned to use ten years to fully implement this reform.
The third is the reform of civil service titles. All ministers who retire or die of illness while serving as four auxiliary officials will be granted the title of viscount; ministers who retire or die of illness while serving as six ministers, bachelors and other official positions will be granted the title of baron;
After the second nobility, all were demoted to nobility without His Majesty's decree. Yun wanted to build a community of noble interests, but he was not reassured that there were only families of military generals in this community, so he decided to add a family of civil servants to balance the power of military generals.
Yun launched these three reforms at the same time in the early court, which immediately stunned most officials. Some people opposed these three reforms, but no matter which reform the officials opposed, they could not form a joint force, and Yun had already prepared them in advance.
After communicating with the Xu family and other military general families, the three reforms were successfully passed.
Yun immediately struck while the iron was hot and implemented three reforms. He had already prepared the manpower for the Du Branch Office, and immediately announced the establishment of the Du Branch Office, and transferred the officials involved in related errands from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Maritime Affairs Bureau to the Du Branch Office together with their personnel and errands.
He also appointed the former envoy of the Maritime Academy as the envoy of Duzhiyuan.
All the still living officials who retired as the Fourth Auxiliary Officer were granted the title of Viscount, and the officials who retired as the Sixth Minister were granted the title of Baron. Those who have passed away will not be granted the title. The first person to be granted the title was Lian Zining. He replaced Yun before his retirement.
Yun always remembered that he had taken the blame. Yun also planned to make him an earl for other reasons two years later.
As for military reform, since the matter was very important and not easy to handle, Yun did not announce the reform on the spot and would discuss it later.
After giving all these instructions, it was already noon. Yun returned to Qianqing Palace. He had no intention of criticizing the memorial and wanted to pass on the meal. At this time, Lu Yi came over and said: "The official, please summon Zhang Xuexi now, or let him
Will you go to the palace to see me again in the afternoon?"
"I have forgotten that Zhang Xuexi has not been summoned." Yun said with a smile: "I have a poor memory as I get older, and my brain is not as good as when I was young." After thinking about it again, he ordered: "Instruct the imperial dining room to prepare food for three people.
For lunch, call Zhang Xuexi to see you, and then call the prince."
"Yes, official." Lu Yi agreed and went down to deliver the order.