"What your Majesty said is that the people have always been diligent. The previous weakness of the country was not the fault of the common people, but the fault of the powerful and powerful and the excessive learning of the yamen."
Sun Chuanting followed up and said something at this time.
When Zhu Youxiao heard what Sun Chuanting said, he laughed: "What a powerful and powerful person, but the result is too many poor students!"
"Speaking of which, the powerful and powerful are now pretty much restricted. They have few opportunities to have direct contact with the people. Even if they want to bully the people, they mostly do it through government officials and imitators. If you want to make the people rich, the court can't just send out money. In order to achieve good governance and reduce the burden on the people, we must strictly control these corrupt officials who continue to exploit the people."
"Among these inferior officials, local subordinate officials and scholars are the most common. The subordinate officials are mostly the minions of the local powerful, while the scholars are the children of the local powerful, just like the servants and masters of the powerful who exploit the people."
Liu Hongxun replied.
"The system of subordinate officials must be changed!"
"Officials and officials will be brought together in the same way, so that officials will have the opportunity to be promoted to high-ranking officials, so that they no longer have to only focus on profit, and there will no longer be restrictions on their ability to take the imperial examination!"
"Becoming an official requires assessment and education level. New officials must have academic requirements and take exams. All of them will be entered into the official files of various places, including counties, prefectures, prefectures, and provinces, as well as official records. Each department will keep a file of the officials in that place, and the officials will also enjoy the honors and silver coins, but it will also be included in the examination results, and there will be bonuses."
Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty is wise! It is a good idea to give the officials a way out and use them as talents for the imperial examination. In such a huge empire, most of the decrees will eventually fall into the hands of these officials and rely on them to execute them. There are many imperial decrees Whether it benefits or harms the people is not related to the court's original intention, but to how these officials carry out the court's decrees."
Liu Hongxun replied at this time.
"It can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty is still essentially controlled by these subordinate officials."
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Nowadays, there is still a shortage of officials in the local areas, and the phenomenon of imperial power not going to the countryside still exists! There was no telegraph before, and it was limited by inconvenient transportation. To avoid having too many officials, it would intensify the pressure on the countryside." Due to the oppression of the local people, the number of local officials was not rashly increased to ensure that the imperial decrees were better implemented in the local areas. However, now that there is a communication method such as the telegraph that can instantly convey the decrees to the local area, more in-depth communication can naturally be carried out. Administrative system reform.”
After saying that, Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked around, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Your assistant ministers in the political affairs hall, cabinet ministers and ministers of various ministries and temples have discussed it and decided to add those official positions in the local area. , what level should be set? In the past, each local government office was no longer just a government office, but an official government office, subject to the dual leadership of the superior of the same government office, the superior government office, and even the central government office of the court."
"yes!"
Liu Hongxun replied.
"There are too many scholars in the Ming Dynasty, but there are also many new tasks to add various documents. The previous government offices are indeed no longer satisfied with the aspirations of scholars seeking official positions, and they cannot effectively deal with various local affairs. As far as I know, in Jiangnan, There are many emerging towns in Guangdong, Gyeonggi, Sichuan, Jingxiang and other places, but there are no corresponding officials to govern them. However, some towns, such as Nanxun, Zhujiajiao and other large towns, can be upgraded to counties. Now the addition of official positions is indeed beneficial. necessary."
Zhu Xieyuan replied at this time.
"When it comes to scholars, the harm of poor study, that is, the harm of students, has always been a major local problem."
Zhu Youxiao replied at this time.
"That's not entirely true. Even though there are scholars who are involved in lawsuits and form associations to threaten the government, it cannot be ruled out that there are scholars who are willing to stand up for the people because they are more knowledgeable than the people and are more passionate about justice in the world than the people. Resist some immoral and illegal things done by corrupt officials.”
Lu Xiangsheng put forward his own different views.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Scholars are knowledgeable people, and public affairs do need their supervision, but they must be prevented from manipulating public opinion and controlling government affairs in the name of supervising public affairs."
After Zhu Youxiao said this, he looked at Liu Hongxun and other assistant ministers, and said quite seriously: "My dear friends, you should know that during the Temple Dynasty, the first assistant Wang Xijue once asked Donglin Party leader Gu Xiancheng, everyone in the world will oppose the temple order. , and Gu Xiancheng replied that whatever the people of the world advocate, the temples will also oppose."
"I don't hope that in the future, because these scholars manipulate public opinion, every government decree issued by the imperial court will be opposed and the imperial decree cannot be implemented."
"It's okay now. The orders I issued, whether it's exemption from corvee or exemption from farm taxes, basically benefit the people without their cooperation. However, if plagues, floods, etc. occur in the future, the people will be required to cooperate with the government's emergency response. Some scholars with ulterior motives, such as those who have been dissatisfied with the government's policies for a long time, once they confuse the people and do not cooperate with the government, what should they do? The government can use extraordinary means against them, but they can use extraordinary methods against the people. Extraordinary means?"
When Zhu Youxiao said this, he said: "I have always been used to being ruthless, but for the sake of great love and righteousness, I don't mind doing great evil things! But I believe that all of you who love me do not want to see me doing something to save all people." To massacre thousands of people who were causing trouble, this is contrary to the benevolence of the Han compatriots who should treat each other with affection, and is not conducive to the country being in a tolerant state."
Liu Hongxun and others also began to think seriously after hearing this.
Indeed, they did not want to see Zhu Youxiao use mass killing methods to forcibly reform and eliminate disadvantages as before.
Therefore, at this time, Lu Xiangsheng, who can be regarded as the Donglin Party in history, stood up resolutely and said: "Your Majesty! There is nothing wrong with scholars speaking for the people of the world. The reason why it is detrimental to the country is because of cliques, and cliques are It stems from the competition in the imperial examination!"
“Originally, there is no first place in literature, but because of the imperial examination, scholars all over the world are divided into high and low in terms of literary talent. Those with high literary talent naturally become party leaders and academic lords, who can control a county, a government, or even a government. The cultural context of a province! In order to seek wealth and honor, the scholars of that place need to agree with the academic clan, and the academic clan relies on this to control the local cultural context and then control the government!"
"In your opinion, academic cliques cannot be allowed to appear, and if academic cliques are not allowed to appear, scholars cannot be distinguished in terms of literary talents, such as the number one scholar, the second best scholar, the third flower, and the likes of Hui Yuan and Jieyuan. Existence, existence means that while the imperial court gave him the highest honor of literary talent, it also gave him the privilege of controlling the cultural context and political affairs of the place?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
"Your Majesty is wise! If you do not allow the emergence of academic circles, you must prevent scholars from competing in literary talent. I also follow your majesty to confer the three saints Confucius, Mencius, and Xun as the most holy sages, with the intention of preventing the world from being the only one. A saint is the king, and there is no saint in China who has been inspired by his actions. The number one scholar, the second best scholar, etc. are actually only useful to the scholars themselves and the scholars. They help them compete with each other for their fame and wealth, but they are not useful to the imperial court. It doesn’t make much sense. The imperial court never selects capable ministers who can manage the world and benefit the people based on their literary talents!"
Lu Xiangsheng replied.
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