Subsequently, Emperor Chongzhen announced several major decisions:
First, local governments must fully control childbirth in the Ming Dynasty, including the infant mortality rate after birth, which has become an assessment indicator for local officials.
Secondly, for some ordinary families who really have difficulty raising infants and young children, the imperial court allocates special funds to subsidize monthly payments; the subsidy standards are confirmed by the Ministry of Household Affairs and local governments, and reported to Emperor Chongzhen for approval. The factory guards and the Metropolitan Procuratorate implement this system
After that, people on the list will be visited from time to time. If any local misappropriation and false reporting are found, they will be severely punished;
Third, it is reiterated that all Ming children, regardless of gender, must go to local public schools when they reach the age. Parents and clans, etc., are not allowed to prevent Ming children from going to school for any reason. Violators will punish clans and local officials.
Fourth, reiterate the "Da Ming Law", which stipulates that no official is allowed to enter or leave the Fengyue place; in addition, students with meritorious academic titles and Confucianism are also not allowed to enter the Fengyue place; three years later, the Fengyue place will be canceled in the Ming Dynasty;
Fifth, a medical school will be opened to provide systematic training in pediatrics, gynecology, obstetrics and other disciplines, and government-run clinics will be set up in various states and counties. As for the teaching materials, they will be compiled by imperial doctors and famous doctors across the country. In addition to their own experience, Liu Weichao
The teaching materials provided on the integration of Chinese and Western medicine should be integrated into a first edition of teaching materials suitable for the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court would reward the famous doctors who participated in the compilation with the title of Gewuxue.
Among these five measures, the second, third, and fifth measures require financial support. But it just so happened that Emperor Chongzhen received huge support from the Nanjing Honors Case, so it was enough to allocate part of it.
As for the future, the imperial court also has the financial resources to support these three measures.
As for the taxation issue in Article 4, in retrospect, it seems to have been an important source of taxation in ancient times. This is actually nonsense.
As far as the Ming Dynasty was concerned, the money for Fengyue Place basically went into the pockets of the owners behind it, and had little to do with the court at all.
The largest source of fiscal revenue in the Ming Dynasty was land tax, followed by salt monopoly, and the rest was miscellaneous income.
This miscellaneous income, according to the classification of later generations, can be roughly divided into industrial and commercial income, management income, and cash income from labor and local tribute, etc.
Among the mixed income of the Ming Dynasty for nearly twenty years from 1570 to 1590, the income from industry and commerce was 943,000 taels, of which the largest amount was 340,000 taels from banknote duties;
The income from management is 1,150,000 taels, of which the largest amount is 400,000 taels from open cases and 300,000 taels from stolen goods and silver fines, followed by 200,000 taels from monks and Taoists;
The income from service and local tribute was 1,687,000 taels, the largest of which was 338,000 taels of light silver, 500,000 taels of materials for the fourth division, and 500,000 taels of horses.
Guanglu Temple’s cooking supplies are 360,000 yuan.
Among all these taxes, there is no tax on romantic places.
These measures announced by Emperor Chongzhen were announced, not discussed. What ministers need to do is how to implement them.
Therefore, all the ministers in the Wenhua Palace, no matter what they thought in their hearts, under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, all accepted the decree in unison.
Soon, the results of the discussion in the Wenhua Hall spread to the people, causing a sensation.
Of course, different classes of people have different focuses of discussion.
For the people at the bottom, what they care about most is the subsidy for childbirth. This is something that has never happened before. You can still get money for giving birth to a child!
"If this is really the case, that would be great. The family is starving to death due to those mouths!"
"Nonsense, that's because you are lazy. Otherwise, with the current situation, you can make a lot of money just by looking for any job!"
"Then you don't know. I have five children in my family. The eldest is only six years old. He is still just a foodie and can't do much work. How can I support so much by myself?"
"Then your family is very fertile and very lucky! You can support each one. In this case, you might be able to get a salary from the imperial court, haha!"
"It is said that it is possible to be exempted from hard labor, so that's okay!"
“I still don’t know what will happen, I’m just waiting to persuade him to put up the notice earlier, but no matter what, I’m looking forward to this day!”
"Yes, your majesty is a wise king. He is truly a benevolent king. No one in the world has ever had such blessings for poor people like us!"
"Isn't that right? Anyone who dares to speak ill of the Emperor in the future will be beaten even if I fight for my life."
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There is no doubt that if the expansion of territory and the suppression of rebellions did not have much impact on the poor people, then this policy benefited these groups and greatly improved the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen.
Among the group of scholars, officials, especially young scholars, many people were somewhat disapproving of the court's policies.
Especially at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the most lively place was definitely Fengyue Place.
Those literati are the main customers of romantic places, and when they gather, they often invite women from those places to accompany them, and they even get jealous over who is the top star. Even this kind of thing can be described as an elegant matter by them.
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Nowadays, the emperor has decreed that scholars with a good reputation, including officials, are not allowed to enter Fengyue's place. This is to make things difficult for them.
However, the Ming Dynasty originally required officials not to enter or leave Fengyue places. In the past, it was a useless document, and at most it was attacked by political enemies. Later, it was all the same.
But now not only officials can't go, but also famous scholars, such as scholars, can't go.
Although most scholars had complaints in their hearts, they did not dare to express them. The consequences of resisting the imperial court, or in other words, resisting the emperor's will. In the past, more than a thousand scholars who caused trouble in the Gongyuan were beheaded. Later, there were very noble nobles.
No matter how many clans have been executed, who would still dare to test the law? The current emperor really knows how to kill!
Scholars are so afraid, not to mention those businessmen who live their lives with their tail between their legs. They will also be the victimized class when the amorous venues are abolished three years later. From now on, there will be no amorous venues to live in and enjoy the night.
However, they did not dare to speak out. You must know that the current emperor is nicknamed the Emperor of Confiscation of Households, and his favorite thing is to confiscate houses. Businessmen are the most sensitive to stakes, so how could they do it themselves?
And for most women, whether they are princes and noble ladies or ordinary women, they are very happy about this.
For princes and ladies, their masters and sons will no longer go out and fool around;
As for ordinary women, they are less in danger of being sold to prostitutes.
As for the income of women in the Ming Dynasty, the court also announced that there will be more factories such as the Royal Textile Factory that are suitable for women to work and earn income, so that women can also have an income.
In addition, if a girl is born, if her family is poor, she can receive subsidies, she can also go to school, and she might even be able to become a female official in the future. At least taking the path of studying physics is also a good way out!
With these measures announced by Emperor Chongzhen, women in the Ming Dynasty suddenly saw a bright future, making women who did not care about politics and military affairs also feel grateful to Emperor Chongzhen.
It is said that after Chen Yuanyuan, the political envoy, Lord Chen heard the news, he was overjoyed. He sent people to sign all over the capital, put on the Ten Thousand Women's Watch, and presented it to the emperor to express his gratitude to the emperor on behalf of the women of the world.
There was also a reaction in the palace. Not only Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian, but also the empress of the previous dynasty, who had been meditating in the palace, also expressed their gratitude to Emperor Chongzhen!
Of course, the reason why they thanked the emperor so much was not only because they wanted to cancel the place of lovemaking, but more importantly, Emperor Chongzhen paid attention to the pain of childbirth and the difficulty of raising women.
The establishment of women's education, gynecology, pediatrics, etc. not only gave women in the Ming Dynasty a new way out, but also solved the problem of women's difficulties.
Childbirth is really a hellish gate for women. Even if they don't know how much safer the mother-in-law education announced by Emperor Chongzhen can make them, just having this thought is enough to make them shed tears of gratitude.
Many wealthy families have decided to send their women to learn this without waiting for the establishment of these schools. They don't have to go out for medical appointments and can use it at home for peace of mind.
As for the entire imperial edict, even if some people are a little dissatisfied with its provisions, it is still supported by the vast majority of people.
This is good governance and virtuous governance. It can not only solve the sufferings of the people at the bottom, but also improve the intellectual level of the people in the Ming Dynasty. It can not only save people's lives, but also save many family tragedies.
This imperial edict made the people of Ming Dynasty thoroughly feel the benefits of Ming Dynasty becoming stronger. It made them truly proud of their status as people of Ming Dynasty.
Because these policies can only be enjoyed by the people of Ming Dynasty.
What surprised Emperor Chongzhen was that after the imperial edict was announced, the vassal kings who were planning to go to the vassal country suddenly found that they could not recruit anyone, and even those who had previously agreed to go to the vassal country did not go.
This gave each vassal king a great headache. In desperation, they had to improve their treatment in order to attract the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the scholars would follow them to the vassal state.
Regarding these situations, the factory guards would record them in their daily collection of folk news. Emperor Chongzhen was still very happy after seeing it. This shows that he was a good emperor and was the real emperor of the Ming Dynasty, not the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Just rule the world with scholar-bureaucrats!
When people unite, Mount Tai will move!
As long as everyone in the Ming Dynasty is united, then the subsequent suppression of the rebellion and the subsequent overseas struggle for hegemony will be smoother!
Time soon came to the end of the 20th year of Chongzhen, and the prisoners from Ninggu Pagoda were also escorted to the capital.
The people of the capital "welcomed" the traitors one by one with their greatest enthusiasm, as well as the "last emperor of the Qing Dynasty" Aisin Gioro Haug.