"Yuying, you are finally back!"
Ding Yuying worked all day on Zhu Cixiang's ship, and only when the fleet docked at Yilingzhou Pier did she take a small boat back to Prince Zhu Hexing's ship.
Prince Luck had a hard time along the way. In order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from losing both the emperor and the prince at the same time, he could not go to Zhu Cixiang's ship to listen to politics. He could only take classes on his own ship - yes, he had to take classes! He is still a student at the Army Martial Arts Hall, and now he is traveling with the team to experience the atmosphere of war on the battlefield and observe the battle up close. Therefore, the instructors from the Martial Arts Hall followed them. On the way to Kuizhou Prefecture, the instructors could give them lessons.
The class takes place on Prince Luck's boat. Throughout the day, he was crowded into classes with hundreds of classmates, taking two French classes, two arithmetic classes and two drawing classes. Zhu and Xing almost felt dizzy during the class.
Moreover, the instructor from the Jiangwu Hall said when he was taking us away, when we disembarked from the ship at Nanjinkou, we would also take time to organize a French test. His Majesty the Emperor would personally set the questions and invigilate the test. If he failed, he would be slapped with a blackboard!
Zhu Hexing hates French exams the most because he always fails in them! If you don't do well in the exam, you will have to be reprimanded by Emperor Zhu... What's even more annoying is that his brothers Zhu Hehao and Zhu Hekun are both very good in French!
Oh, there is also a little brother Henry Chu (Mary Mancini’s son). He is a little kid, but his French is actually much better than him!
He is almost a father, and his French is not as good as that of a little kid. It is really shameful.
So Zhu Hexing has been thinking that when he becomes emperor, he will definitely abolish French classes... What is the use of learning this thing!
However, his father's health is so good, and even Grandpa Huang is still alive, so he can only think about canceling the French class. Now he has no choice but to memorize the words honestly until Ding Yuying comes back.
Seeing his wife entering the cabin, Zhu Hexing no longer had the intention to memorize the words. He threw down the book and stood up to greet her.
Ding Yuying was startled by the prince's enthusiasm and hurriedly gave him a blessing gift, but was pulled by the prince: "It's just the two of us, what else can you say to me? You are my wife, and you are so polite." ?”
Ding Yuying felt happy when she heard this, and gave Zhu Hexing a wink, and then said with a smile: "Husband, you have been working hard all day, you must be tired, right? I asked the ship's kitchen to prepare food quickly, and go to bed early after eating." Alright."
Zhu Hexing laughed and said: "I told you to go down a long time ago... and asked me to boil the bath water. After dinner, we will take a bath together."
After hearing this, Ding Yuying's cheeks started to heat up, "Husband, we'll talk about this later...Father, I asked you to tell me about today's military and national events!"
"These again..." Zhu Hexing was a little disappointed and had to sit down at the table with his wife.
Ding Yuying took out the manuscript of today's record, placed it in front of Zhu Hexing, and then began to talk about important things: "Husband, today's imperial meeting is still discussing the imperial examination in Sichuan."
"It's so frustrating!" Zhu Hexing commented.
Ding Yuying said with a smile: "It's not about tormenting people, but to use an examination to deceive those who can torment people in Sichuan to come to the imperial court. Only in this way can the Battle of Pingchuan get twice the result with half the effort. So today, my father decided to hold the imperial examination first, and then The soil in the fields was cleared, and finally the fields were divided... The imperial examination was first conducted on a trial basis, and then on a large scale. The trial run was to take one state to run a state, and one county to run a county. First, take out all the petty officials in the states and counties. , let them take the official test. During the official test period, they will take the test once in January and eliminate them in March. After the whole Sichuan is pacified, the father will hold the Sichuan Grand Competition, but only the prefecture and county officials who have passed the official test and have not been eliminated , are qualified to participate in the Sichuan Grand Competition, and those who win the competition can be awarded the title of prefect or county magistrate or an official of the provincial government, ministry or court with the same official rank."
Zhu Hexing didn't seem to understand, so he asked, "Are all the candidates selected for the trial imperial examinations the state and county officials?"
"Yes," Ding Yuying said, "the parents' officers in towns, villages and hamlets, the police inspectors who arrest thieves and bandits, the tax officials who collect grain and tax, the academic officials who educate the people, and the construction officials who manage water conservancy and river channels all have to Only local people can do it well, so we have to use the trial imperial examination to recruit talented people from all the prefectures and counties in central Sichuan and use them for the country."
Towns, townships, and villages are now the most basic political power of the Ming Dynasty. They are all on the same level, but they differ in function and layout. A town generally refers to a small town with less than 1,000 households (in the densely populated southeastern region, many small towns with more than 1,000 households are also called towns), a township is of course a rural area, and a square is a large city (at the county level, it is called a town). city).
Under these three grassroots governments, there are also two units of residents' self-governance, Liheshe. A li is located under the countryside, usually with a hundred households as one li. The community is located under the town or square. The number of households is not fixed, but the area is defined. Usually there are ten miles under each town and square. The district chiefs and community presidents are elected by the residents. These district chiefs and community presidents usually also serve as local political officials.
The parent officials of towns, townships and districts can be recommended by the village chiefs and community chiefs among the local officials who have passed the official examination, or they can be appointed by superiors - the choice of which method usually depends on the local tax payment and rent (the official land) rental) situation. Towns, townships, and districts appointed by superiors do not concurrently hold administrative posts.
There are three ways to select superior officials in towns, townships, and districts. One is to select local government officials from qualified officials, provided that the place is not important and the tax and rent are paid and the public security situation is good; the other is to be selected by the provincial government. (Zhili Prefecture) selection, all state (substate), county, and city officials who have paid taxes and rent and have poor public security, and are not important areas, are selected in this way; third, they are appointed by the cabinet, and all important areas, The eleven richest southeastern prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, plus the state, county, and city officials of Wuhan, Tianjin, and Tianhe prefectures, are all nominated by the cabinet, but in principle, officials will also be selected from local people.
Of course, no matter what method is used to select officials at the state (substate), county, and city levels, including subordinate officials at the same level, the emperor ultimately needs to issue an edict through the cabinet and formally appoint them, so the emperor has the final say. veto power.
This method of selecting and appointing local officials only applies to the direct provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and Sichuan is still a war zone. Even if it is completely recovered, vassal towns will be established first, and then gradually changed to direct provinces according to the actual situation - vassal towns do not mean autonomy. , but the military government governs the place. This governance model has existed since the early Ming Dynasty. For example, the Shizhou Military and Civilian Command and Envoys Division was an institution for military government to govern local areas, but it was never a semi-independent separatist regime.
Since Sichuan will be temporarily governed by a military government, there is little room for grassroots autonomy. The parents of towns, townships, and districts are all appointed by superiors, and there will be no government officials.
"What about the state and county officials across Sichuan?" Zhu Hexing asked with a smile, "Who does dad want to do this hard work?"
Ding Yuying sighed softly: "Father didn't say anything, but I have already guessed something..."
"Guessed what?"
Ding Yu said: "I guess you, the prince, will have to be a county magistrate sooner or later...because my father told me today that when we get to Yong'an, you and I will have to go to the county government for a month. In order to familiarize yourself with local government affairs. I guess, after this month, you will have to be a county magistrate for a while! You have to do it well, otherwise it will be bad! "
"What? I have a prince to be a county magistrate?" Zhu Hexing was stunned, "Isn't this nonsense? How can any prince be a county magistrate since ancient times? And I can't do it either! What if I really can't do it well? He can still Replace the prince?"
yes! What should I do if it’s really bad? Ding Yuying glanced at her husband and said to herself: If he is not good, he will be eliminated! You are the prince, of course you cannot be eliminated, otherwise my father would have replaced you long ago, and it would have nothing to do with me! Now that you have me, of course you can be eliminated... If you are not good at being a county magistrate, then I will be eliminated, and it will be a funeral-level elimination!
It’s true that you are with me as much as you are with a tiger!
