When everyone saw that Dingguo Gongzhi was about to submit a memorial, this thought came to his mind.
Therefore, although the expressions of the civil and military officials remained the same, in their hearts they were in a state of watching a show.
Duke Xu Yunzhen of Dingguo took out a memorial from his sleeve and presented it to him. At the same time, he said: "The key criminals in the Nanjing Xungui case are people who have forgotten their ancestors. They have completely forgotten their ancestors' loyalty to the emperor and served the country. I am deeply ashamed of it. However,
Why are there so many people who have forgotten their ancestors? I have been thinking about it for the past few days, and I have learned from it and reported it to the emperor to prevent this from happening again!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked except for a few people who knew it in advance.
They never expected that Duke Dingguo would actually come up with countermeasures to prevent this kind of thing from happening again. If they could really follow what he said, it would definitely be considered a great achievement!
Is this a desperate attempt to avoid being implicated?
Thinking like this, everyone is curious, wondering what method he came up with?
Emperor Chongzhen was very cooperative and even started to perform. When he saw a slightly "surprised" expression on his face, he immediately asked calmly: "Tell me!"
In his words and deeds, he seemed to be a little disgusted with Duke Dingguo.
Just listen to Xu Yunzhen's respectful report: "Nowadays, the civil servants of the imperial court and the Ministry of Personnel have set a rule that they should first serve as rank-and-file officials and then be promoted. The ministers got inspiration from this..."
In the past few years, the imperial court has begun a large-scale reform of local officials, which requires a lot of local officials. Therefore, the strategy for promotion of civilian officials is to go to the official academy to further study, and after graduation, go to work as a local official. In fact, it is a difficult place to be an official. Promotion in this way
There will be a bonus.
At this time, when those civil and military officials heard that Duke Dingguo started with this, they were a little puzzled for a moment. Honored nobles are all hereditary riches. What does this have to do with promotion of civil servants?
Unable to figure it out, they concentrated their attention and listened to Xu Yunzhen continue to talk.
"... There is a saying among the sages that they were born in sorrow and died in peace and happiness. Only when the noble ancestors made great achievements can their descendants enjoy glory and wealth. But in this way, it actually harms the descendants. The young will win out of the blue.
Yu Lan's affairs are really rare. On the contrary, under the legacy of his ancestors, he has no pressure and little ambition. He does nothing but does nothing, and even does many things that forget his ancestors. Therefore, Wei Chen believes that the hereditary inheritance of honors should be abolished and replaced.
This system is the so-called children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Sitting back and enjoying the success is harming them. I would like to start from myself, and I hope your majesty will give you permission!"
After listening to his words, the Jinluan Palace exploded immediately.
No one expected that Duke Dingguo would talk about abolishing the hereditary system of honors!
This was definitely a heartless bomb that exploded on the Jinluan Palace.
For civil servants, the hereditary system has nothing to do with them. Even if there were civil servants who were ennobled, there was no hereditary title at that time.
Therefore, when they heard Duke Dingguo mention this statement, they naturally started to boo.
However, military commanders will not do it.
Hereditary system is the ultimate goal of military commanders.
In fact, the hereditary system of the Ming Dynasty existed among all generals. Not only the princes and princes, but also commanders from various places, Qianhu and other guards officers were also hereditary.
There is a very famous person, Qi Jiguang, who also had a hereditary military background.
However, in addition to the Duke, the imperial court actually had requirements for the hereditary succession of other generals. That is, those who requested to take over the position must pass the assessment of the Ministry of War.
This provision more or less ensured that the descendants of generals would not be too unreliable; however, this was only limited to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.
Later, this assessment system completely became a means for the Ministry of War to make money, and it was similar to another system of selling officials.
As for the princes, there is no assessment at all. They only need to ask the emperor for a decree and the emperor agrees.
Duke Dingguo proposed the abolition of the hereditary system of nobles. Unfortunately, all the hereditary nobles in the capital said they were ill, otherwise a fight would have been possible on the spot.
Your Duke Ding is implicated by Duke Wei and is in danger of annihilating your clan, but others are not!
In order to please the emperor and avoid being implicated, you proposed the abolition of the hereditary system. Once the emperor really approved it, you would make a profit, but wouldn't others suffer a huge loss?
If such important interests are harmed, there will definitely be a fight.
Now, in this Jinluan Palace, even if the hereditary nobles are not here, there are many generals, but they are not willing!
So, just like that, as Xu Yunzhen's bomb exploded, the civil and military officials started to quarrel.
The most critical point is that civil servants are good at talking, and military generals can argue better than civilian officials. Especially the case of Nanjing nobles and nobles almost included all the nobles in Nanjing; and Ding Guogong raised it himself, and it was not the civil officials' side.
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Therefore, the fighting power of the civilian officials was so high that the generals present were speechless and did not know how to refute!
After the quarrel, everyone looked at Emperor Chongzhen to see what his opinion was.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at the civil and military officials looking at him. When he made a decision, he seemed to be thinking seriously on the surface, but in his heart, he was actually laughing.
From the time when he wanted to promote Chen Yuanyuan to an official position, he figured out a way to deal with his officials: first throw out a conclusion that they could not accept, and then take a step back so that they would accept it.
But this time, Liu Weichao gave him the advice that the title should be reduced from generation to generation.
After Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for himself, he asked Wang Chengen to go to Dingguo Palace to coerce and induce Xu Yunzhen, so that he would cancel the hereditary system instead of reducing it from generation to generation.
According to his script, directly abolishing the hereditary system will definitely not be accepted by nobles or military generals. Therefore, there will definitely be a shocking debate, and he will end it in the end.
Unexpectedly, the nobles of the capital were so frightened that they didn't even come to the morning court.
These hereditary nobles are the main force in the battle. If they don't come, the generals whose interests are second-tier will not be the opponents of the civilian officials.
It is clear that the final decision at the court was that the civil servants had the upper hand and agreed to abolish the hereditary system.
At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen actually had some thoughts. Otherwise, he would just go with the flow and cancel the hereditary system.
But in the end, Emperor Chongzhen decided to stick to the planned plan.
It is not his original intention to let the civil servants get what they want. These civil servants are trying to get their way, so we cannot tolerate them.
No matter what, the imperial power actually still needs the support of nobles. It is not a good thing for the court to suddenly unbalance the civil and military forces. Especially in the next time, the Ming Dynasty will expand its territory and expand its territory, which will require the efforts of military personnel.
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Or, take this opportunity to learn from Liu Weichao's world and change the hereditary system of middle and lower-level military attachés to a military academy model!
Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty changed from a hereditary military household to a universal compulsory military service system, which provided the basis for the restructuring of middle and lower-level military attachés.
Emperor Chongzhen was thinking, and the civil and military ministers were staring at him, waiting for him to speak. Emperor Chongzhen didn't speak, and they thought the emperor was a little undecided about this matter.
After a while, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly heard something. He raised his head and glanced at the ministers. Both the civil and military ranks looked over. Finally, he looked at Dingguo Gong Xu Yunzhen, who was standing in the middle, and then said: "On this matter, I listen.
Well, everything you said makes sense! Under the hereditary system, most of the meritorious officials do not want to make progress, do nothing, and even do such treacherous things!"
At this point, the faces of those generals suddenly turned pale, but they heard Emperor Chongzhen change the topic again and said: "However, the meritorious officials served the country loyally and risked their lives to achieve great military exploits. I cannot let the meritorious officials feel cold. I must understand
The heroes will worry about it later. Therefore, I decided..."
When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he made a long sound, glanced at the ministers below, and was not in a hurry to announce his decision.
He could see that many of the civil and military officials below were a little confused after hearing what he said. They probably couldn't guess what his conclusion would be, and all of them were curious and looking forward to it.
After whetting their appetites, Emperor Chongzhen announced: "...from now on, the hereditary system will be changed to the method of descending from generation to generation. This will not only chill the hearts of the heroes, but also urge them to work hard in the future, so as not to lose the shadow of their ancestors.
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When the civil and military officials in the Jinluan Palace heard this, they did not expect that the emperor would adopt a compromise strategy. While they were still thinking about this matter, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "The disaster of Nanjing's nobles, I think there is indeed a hereditary system.
There is something wrong with it, so I think it is enough to punish the three clans. I will wait for a while for this matter!"
After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen stood up, took out the mobile phone in the sachet on his chest, and turned into the back hall.
Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's appearance, everyone knew what he was going to do.
Moreover, based on these words just now, many smart civil servants and military generals also guessed many hidden things.
For example, regarding the nobles of Nanjing, it is estimated that Emperor Taizu has spoken, and it should be the same as that of the three halls, and he wants to punish the nine tribes. Therefore, when the emperor said this, he was not making a final conclusion, but just expressing his opinion.
Who can deny the emperor's opinion, that is only Emperor Taizu!
Think about what Emperor Taizu did to kill the nine tribes back then, he was indeed able to do it.
Now that Emperor Chongzhen wants to go to Emperor Taizu for instructions, he must also have to explain the reasons. If the hereditary system is changed to a descending system from generation to generation, he probably has to ask Emperor Taizu for it. In the end, Taizu has the final say on all these matters.
It's in the emperor's hands.
Thinking like this, the civil and military officials stopped talking and waited for Emperor Taizu's thoughts. Because it was useless for them to say anything. No one could change Emperor Taizu's decision.
Relatively speaking, the civil servants felt that it was better for Emperor Taizu to disagree, kill all the nobles, and abolish the hereditary system.
As for the generals, they hope that the current emperor can persuade Emperor Taizu.
Anyway, no matter what they thought, when Emperor Chongzhen turned back to the main hall, they all stared at Emperor Chongzhen.