Wanli Youming

Chapter 340 Encouraging meritorious service

Chapter 340 Encouraging meritorious service

The Forbidden City, dressed in a white cloak, was just awakened by the first ray of warm sun in the morning, and the ruling ministers, wearing red pythons and beam crowns, entered the warm pavilion of Qianqing Palace one after another.

In the Warm Pavilion, the tea stove was boiling, as if someone inside was tirelessly talking about something.

But beside a gilded dragon carving stove not far from the tea stove, Zhu Yijun didn't say a word, just sat behind the imperial case, still reading Ye Xianggao's memorial.

Zhu Yijun knows that even in later generations, people will try to use various methods to flaunt themselves as higher-level people, not to mention that this is an era where there are clans in the countryside, rulers and fathers in the court.

Therefore, the question of Ye Xianggao's respect and inferiority cannot be avoided.

Zhu Yijun cannot deny that he is not important.

Although he came from a later age, he has actually been able to accept that there is no need for such an obvious gap between laborers and inferiority, but he knows that people in this era may find it difficult to accept equal treatment for scholars and civilians all at once.

"It snowed a lot last night."

As soon as Zhu Yijun put Ye Xianggao's memorial on the case, he saw Shen Shixing and other ministers in power have come in, so he said something.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes!"

"The Holy Son of Heaven is in power, the world is in great order, and even the sky cooperates a lot. When it's time for snow, he is not stingy at all."

After Shen Shixing returned, he replied with a smile.

Zhu Yijun also smiled slightly after hearing this.

The climate in the early Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty was generally normal, except that there would be a severe drought in the capital area in the 15th year of Wanli period. Therefore, bumper harvests were common, and grain prices were still relatively low.

But after three or forty years, the weather in Daming will become weirder every year.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun did not have enough time to allow Daming to transform easily.

If reforms are really delayed until then, more blood will only be shed.

Zhu Yijun's ruling ministers naturally don't know that the weather will get colder and drier, and there will be more and more things. Now they enjoy the current peaceful and prosperous world more peacefully than Zhu Yijun.

Therefore, after Shen Shixing said this, the other ministers were all in high spirits and nodded in agreement.

Today, Zhu Yijun summoned these ministers to see him for two reasons.

One is that Ye Xianggao invited the new rituals to pay attention to respect and inferiority.

One is Fengyang inspector Cao Yipeng impeaching Fengyang governor Lu Kun, Zhou Bangjie impeaching Fujian governor Jin Xuezeng, Nanjing Yushi Zeng Qianheng impeaching Shen Li, who was transferred from Hanlin to Yingtian as Yingtian governor, to do business in the name of the government and compete for profit with the people .

Zhu Yijun first let these ruling ministers read Ye Xianggao's memorial.

"Tell me, what do you think of Ye Zhuangyuan's remonstrance?"

After these ministers saw it, Zhu Yijun spoke with a grim expression.

"absurd!"

At this moment, Hai Rui said something first, and then asked back, "Is reading for Goliath?"

Then, Hai Rui, the representative of Confucianism, stood up and cupped his hands to Zhu Yijun, saying, "Your Majesty, there has always been a distinction between righteousness and benefit. Although people have five ethics, reading is to become a gentleman with knowledge and courtesy, to teach the king to Yao and Shun, and to restrain the desire for profit." How can you regard reading as satisfying your own selfish desires and for the prosperity of your family from the very beginning, and think that you should be a master when you study, and you should be a shining lintel. The dignity in the ranks is not so particular! The gentleman's way of reading!"

"But Da Sinong still admits that people have dignity."

At this moment, Pan Sheng stood up and refuted Hai Rui, then cupped his hands to Zhu Yijun and said:

"Your Majesty, I think this statement is quite to the point. Now that the court is discussing the new ceremony, it should think about whether it should regard the scholar as the head of the four peoples, and whether there should be a distinction between the compatriots;"

"But in my humble opinion, there should be some. One thing is that the wisdom of the people has not yet been developed, and scholars are still needed to guide them! In addition, the imperial court must give priority to scholars and set an example. Otherwise, the people of the world may not know what reading is. Benefits too!"

"But at this time, it is true that there are no more scholars than in the early days of the country. There are as many scholars as crucian carp crossing the river. That's why there is a government where officials and gentry pay food and serve as errands. You can't let some scholars who only want to be rich and honor betray the country. Is the new policy that has been implemented so hard to be abolished?"

"It is easy to abolish this government, but it is even more difficult to rebuild it!"

At this moment, Hai Rui got up and said.

Shen Shixing laughed at this moment: "Naturally, it cannot be abolished. Xie manages yin and yang, not only caring about selfish desires but also disregarding justice, so that the gentlemen of the world will be uneasy."

After Shen Shixing replied, Hai Rui and other ministers nodded.

"Nowadays, the world's silver has increased greatly. At least the families of powerful officials and gentry are not short of silver, so even if they work together, it's just paying more money. It's not a matter of forcing them to perform hard labor, and the situation of confusion between superiority and inferiority is not so serious."

"Even if we want to be exempted from military service in the future, it can only be done after the country becomes richer, and everyone in the world will be exempted from Ding Yin."

Zhu Yijun said something at this time.

Shen Shixing cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is right. But if you want to reconcile the upper and lower levels, you should indeed ease the relationship between the imperial court and Shilin!"

"Since the introduction of the New Deal, in order to bring order out of chaos, the authority of scholars has been overemphasized but not favored enough. It is inevitable that there will be suspicions of overrectification, which has increased the resentment of scholars, so that there have been a large number of cases of scholars treason and collaborating with barbarians."

"To implement new national policies, such as relocating people, transporting grain and building roads, they need to assist the government among the people, not to mention that court officials are also selected from among them, and even disaster relief and robbery also need their cooperation, and they need to supervise corrupt officials .”

"In addition, many major events in the future will require their cooperation. They need to organize the villagers in the name of the clan or encourage the villagers to go out to work or go out to settle down."

After Shen Shixing spoke, he lowered his head and waited for Zhu Yijun's judgment.

Zhu Yijun said: "I know that ruling a country is inseparable from scholar-bureaucrats. Whether the court and the people can enjoy the joy of the monarch and the people, and whether the culture can prosper, they will succeed or fail!"

"In the past, in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, the government and gentry were able to successfully implement the integration of officials and gentry as errands. It was also because Hai Aiqing and some loyal people in the south of the Yangtze River, under the persuasion of Master Shen, understood the difficulties of the court, and the court actively contributed funds to encourage the world. Those who seek other benefits can finally be implemented smoothly."

"Nowadays, if Master Shen wants to continue to reform the system, to promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, he still needs the cooperation of loyal people from all over the world. He needs the unity of the upper and lower levels. The imperial court should provide incentives. Ancient and modern."

"I thought about it."

"How about this, first of all Zengguangsheng and epiphytes who cannot eat granary are also allowed to eat granary, and the granary diet of granary students is appropriately improved, and Juren is also allowed to eat granary. The Ministry of Rites will set the standard of granary food. You can get granary food to solve basic livelihood problems or help one or two families, but you can’t merge the land because of preferential treatment, you can get slaves and maidservants to contribute.”

"Secondly, the official position will be awarded to the recruiter, and the official position will be assigned to the official position by the Ministry of Officials if the candidate fails to win the rank twice in a row!"

"Since the abolition of preferential treatment makes scholars and clansmen not aware of the goodness of studying, it should be combined with the reality that the imperial court needs to increase bureaucracy!"

"The Ministry of Officials will add township and township level officials here. Those who confer the officials will be awarded the same Jinshi background, and the civil service will be given to those who have the same Jinshi background. The first among the Jinshi has a higher starting point, and it is considered more expensive than the Juren."

"In addition, in order to open up people's wisdom as soon as possible and correct the atmosphere, we should increase a large number of teaching posts and set up more schools! The department should prepare to establish a more complete school system on the basis of government-run social studies and academies, and even train a large number of teaching officials. Design a batch of normal schools to be used by academic officials."

"Furthermore, it is not impossible to exempt the whole family Ding Yin. Those who are willing to be sent by officials to go abroad or serve as officials overseas can exempt the whole family Ding Yin, in order to encourage them to go out and make contributions to the country."

"Finally, for the restoration of China's glory in the Han and Tang Dynasties! All students will be given ninth-rank crown belts, and everyone will be given eight-rank crown belts. They can recruit people to go to sea in the name of the court to open up our Great Ming and Han land. If you want to come back, you can ask the court to confer the title of third-rank hereditary military meritorious service and send another official; If you want to come back, you can ask the court to confer a first-rank hereditary military merit, and send another official."

"I don't care that they go out because they really just want to support the country of barbarians and look at China. What I care about is that they are cowardly and cowardly and unwilling to go out to make contributions. They only know how to bully their own people and instigate The little people fought against the imperial court, but I betrayed the little people who were instigated by myself when the imperial army came under pressure."

(End of this chapter)