Wanli Youming

Chapter 524 Hai Rui Joins the Cabinet and Changes the Subordinate System

Chapter 524 Hai Rui Joins the Cabinet and Changes the Subordinate System

"Your Majesty should be clear that this minister is not someone who is just trying to catch fame!"

"Nowadays the country is richer, and the minister just happens to be in charge of the bureaucracy, and the common people just happen to need it most not to be entrapped by the subordinate officials. The minister should get rid of this chronic disease, so as to live up to your majesty's kindness of using the minister!"

At this moment, Hai Rui cupped his hands and answered Zhu Yijun's question.

Zhu Yijun was silent for a moment.

After a while, Zhu Yijun suddenly got up.

"it is good!"

Then, Zhu Yijun gave a big praise, and said to Hai Rui: "There is a Qing in the Ming Dynasty, and the people will be blessed!"

Hearing what Zhu Yijun said, Hai Rui raised his head to look at Zhu Yijun, then pushed the golden mountain, turned down the jade pillar, and bowed in front of Zhu Yijun:

"How dare I accept His Majesty's praise!"

"If it weren't for Your Majesty, the minister is still just in the name of being rich, how can he talk about helping the people?"

"The one who truly blesses the world is Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yijun helped Hai Rui up: "Although I have the heart to protect the people, I must have a minister who protects the people like Qing."

At this moment, Hai Rui's face was full of excitement, his white beard trembled slightly, and he said yes.

Shen Shixing and other ministers in power also looked at Hai Rui with complicated expressions and could hardly hide their respect.

"Since the Qing wants to change the official system, it can't just have the power of the official department, and pass the decree. Hai Rui, the Dongge University scholar, will join the cabinet to pre-arrange the affairs of the official department."

Zhu Yijun said another sentence at this time.

"According to the order!"

Shen Shixing replied at this time.

Hai Rui saluted again for a moment.

Zhu Yijun helped him up again.

As far as Hai Rui was concerned, he was the furthest among Juren if he was able to get one step into the cabinet.

Zhu Yijun's admission of Hai Rui to the cabinet was considered a break from the norm.

And Hai Rui wants to reform the subordinate staff system, perhaps because he himself is a juren, and he also feels the same about Jinshi's monopoly of official resources, so he has more motivation to reform the subordinate staff system, so that officials and officials can be integrated.

"Mr. Gangfeng must come to abolish this serious evil. Although the servant is Yuanfu, it is not enough to make Shilin fear. I hope that the subordinates will no longer be Shilin's minions!"

Because of this, Shen Shixing also talked to Hai Rui after leaving the Forbidden City.

"Yes, Mr. Gangfeng is famous all over the world, and he is familiar with local officials. The reform of the official system must be a success."

Wang Xijue also smiled and said something to Hai Rui.

"Everyone is ridiculous!"

Hai Rui replied.

Then, Shen Shixing said again: "In the future, there is no need to call him Mr. Gangfeng. Since he is also in the cabinet, he should also be called the old man of the cabinet."

Wang Xijue and others nodded: "Exactly!"

Hai Rui handed over again.

He understood what Shen Shixing meant, and continued to call Mr. Gangfeng more respectful on the surface, but in fact he meant to reject him, while calling him old man meant to really accept him.

After Shen Shixing returned the gift, he smiled at Hai Rui: "Ge Lao is in charge of reforming the subordinate staff system, and once the subordinate staff system is reformed, it is not without its disadvantages. The disadvantages are undoubtedly mainly in two aspects:

First, once the officials are all changed to officials, the salary expenditure will inevitably increase, and the court expenditure will increase;

The second is that scholars with fame and reputation must have resentment, and they will exclude those who come from officials, and even regard the imperial court's arrangement of officials below the county magistrate as an insult to themselves and breed dissatisfaction;

As for these two evils, our other cabinet ministers and ministers cannot stand idly by. First of all, we must use the reform of the subordinate staff system, and use the opportunities of subordinate staff to be more active to improve taxation and ensure tax revenue increases. , although the status has been improved by changing from official to official, but the responsibility has also increased;

Secondly, this year is the year of the township examination. Please further increase the number of Xiaolian and Shengyuan, as well as the number of Jinshi, and increase it by a large margin. In this way, starting from the reform of the official system this year, even if there are scholars who are dissatisfied, it will be because there are too many scholars. There are few official positions, so I have to be willing to accept the transformation of the former official position into an official position. "

All the cabinet ministers nodded and said, "Very true!"

Hai Rui also bowed his hands to Shen Shi again, and then returned to the Ministry of Officials, and told the matter to Wang Zongmu, who was already the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Wang Yongji, who was already the right servant of the Ministry of Officials. The subordinate staff system, and let him join the cabinet, as well as the support of the first assistant Shen Shixing.

The two hurriedly bowed their hands to Hai Rui to congratulate.

And Wang Yongji then smiled excitedly and said: "In this case, brother Gangfeng will go ahead, I will try my best to follow, and strive to make the reform of the subordinate staff go ahead!"

"It must be carried forward!"

"Although I was born as a Jinshi, I know very well that there are almost hereditary subordinates, which not only makes it difficult for those born as Jinshi to know that their love is higher than the top because they don't go to the countryside to directly get close to the people, but they are often restricted by the subordinates. It’s best to be like a clay bodhisattva and let the subordinates do what they want, it’s better to open up the upper and lower levels, so that new Jinshi can start from the difference between talking about politics with the people!”

Wang Zongmu, who made great contributions to reforms such as Qingzhang Tianmu in the past, was one of the few civil servants who praised Wang Anshi a lot. Therefore, he supported Hai Rui's big move in the bureaucracy, and he also stood up to express his views at this time.

After hearing this, Hai Rui stood up and bowed his hands to the two: "Then we will join hands and let the dynasty build a new official!"

Wang Zongmu and Wang Yongji also cupped their hands: "You should do your best!"

Soon, Hai Rui officially published the second question book of the Ministry of Officials. Please set up an examination system for officials in the Huangming Dynasty. First, improve the official selection system. rank, but the ninth-rank officials are divided into upper and lower ranks. Originally, the ninth-rank officials were changed to the ninth-rank officials, and the existing subordinates were all changed to officials. In the future, they will all be tested according to the examination method. Examination, set up a two-level examination system for the Ministry of Officials and the Chief Secretary of the local government. Officials selected for the examination of the Ministry of Officials are all awarded officials in the capital, and officials selected by the Chief Secretary are awarded officials in the locality where they are located. Take such an examination as an officer.

The establishment of an official examination system was an idea that Zhu Yijun had mentioned a long time ago, and now Hai Rui has also proposed his final plan based on the idea mentioned by Zhu Yijun, rather than just thinking it out of his head.

The reason for setting up two levels of examinations, that is, the central government selection examination conducted by the Ministry of Officials and the local officials selection examination conducted by the chief secretary, is to reduce the examination cost.

After all, Ming Dynasty is too big, and there are too many low-level officials. If they really have to come to the capital to take the exam, and the back and forth plus appointments, it is estimated that the official positions below the local county level will be vacant for at least a year.

Only allowing students to take the exam is naturally to improve the quality of grassroots officials. After all, even if the students are above the level, it is no longer a thing, and it is at least passable to be willing to take someone as a guarantee of morality.

In order to prevent students from being unwilling to go to local officials for the sake of becoming a Jinshi, Hai Rui also asked the emperor Enzhun to be a student and a minor official and still be able to participate in the imperial examination. Hereditary dissatisfaction.

Zhu Yijun naturally approved.

……

Not long after, Gu Xiancheng learned about this from Gu Yuncheng, and he was stunned: "What, the subordinates are changed to officials, the subordinates are abolished, and the imperial examinations are not allowed, and the students who get the local officials in the filial piety examination can also participate in the grand competition?"

Gu Yuncheng nodded: "This is obviously to completely send the monarchy to the countryside!"

Gu Xiancheng asked: "Who changed it, which Jinshi was so hard on himself, and gave up the qualification that Jinshi all over the world can share your worries?!"

"Haigang Peak!"

(End of this chapter)