"Xuan railway worker Yu Zhongming enters the palace!"
And when the chamberlain read the name of the first commoner who was summoned because Zhu Youxiao thought he had excelled in the examination, Geng Yuyuan suddenly showed a look of horror.
He did not expect that the first person chosen by His Majesty the Emperor would be Yu Zhongming.
He clearly remembered that Yu Zhongming only wrote a few words on the answer sheet, and the handwriting was very poor. He could only say that he could read it clearly.
Therefore, he did not understand why the emperor chose Yu Zhongming.
Yu Zhongming, who was born as a worker, did not expect that he would be summoned by the emperor.
He himself was confused and thought to himself, "Did I do well in the exam?"
Yu Zhongming did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly entered Fengtian Gate under the leadership of the chamberlain.
Geng Yuyuan glanced at Yu Zhongming who entered Fengtian Gate with resentment. He didn't understand why His Majesty the Emperor didn't choose himself first, but chose a worker who seemed to have a smell of rust on his body.
"Xuan Daxing County farmer Cen Dahe enters the palace!"
And then, when Geng Yuyuan heard the second name to be summoned by His Majesty the Emperor, he discovered that the second name was not his own!
This made Geng Yuyuan even more puzzled.
"Announcement that Wang, the owner of a small private weaving workshop in Jiangsu, will enter the palace!"
When the third name was read out, Geng Yuyuan was even more surprised. Only then did he realize that there were women among the people who entered the capital.
But what Geng Yuyuan didn't understand was why he was inferior to workers, farmers, and small merchants.
He didn't know where he had failed.
Geng Yuyuan felt very disappointed.
He couldn't help but wonder, did these so-called common people really have skills that they didn't know about when answering questions?
Geng Yuyuan didn't know how long he had been waiting.
It wasn't until the end that he heard his name.
"It is announced that the people from Jiangsu who are proud of Yuan will enter the palace!"
After hearing this, Geng Yuyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and thought to himself: "His Majesty has only chosen me now. Where did I lose?"
When Geng Yuyuan entered the hall, he found that there were more than two hundred people in the hall.
There were workers in work clothes, farmers in shorts, scholars like him, and even women.
Of course, the reason why some workers and farmers wear simple clothes such as work clothes and shorts is not because they are poor, but because they are used to being frugal.
Zhu Youxiao naturally had his own considerations in selecting these people to enter the palace.
These two hundred or so people are all people from different classes in different provinces, and they are all people whose expression ability is still good during the exam, and who have some independent thinking about society and the country.
What Zhu Youxiao has to do is to use these people to unify the governance concepts he and his ministers currently adhere to throughout the country and turn them into unshakable principles of governance, that is, the constitution of the country.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao said: "I chose you for one thing only, which is whether the court wants to reform the law!"
Geng Yuyuan was quite surprised after hearing this and raised his head suddenly.
He really didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly mention this, and that people like himself were elected into the hall for this matter!
You know, as a large number of people came to Beijing and overwhelmed their reform team, he gave up this idea. He knew that the emperor clearly wanted to unite the people and make them give up their desire for reform.
Zhu Youxiao also noticed Geng Yuyuan who suddenly raised his head, so he glanced at him and said: "I know that some people have been thinking about reforming the imperial court for a long time, and even get excited when they hear the word 'reform'! But Can reform really achieve what you want? That’s not necessarily the case!”
"Now tell me, do you think the court should change its laws?"
Then, Zhu Youxiao raised his hand and gave an order.
Geng Yuyuan couldn't wait to stand up: "Your Majesty, the students think that the imperial court should respond to the situation! Nowadays, there are too many redundant officials, redundant soldiers and redundant work, and the conquests are excessive. Although the students do not know whether this situation is a last resort, the students think that if not If the law is reformed to restrain such unbridled behavior of the imperial court, once there is a weak king in the future, it may drag down the country! In addition, the local governments are under the jurisdiction of the imperial court so broadly that the local governments cannot adapt to local conditions, so that the officials only know how to welcome the superiors, but do not care about the inferiors. This often leads to bureaucrats imposing harsh policies in order to please their superiors regardless of the public sentiment!"
“Students don’t think the law should be changed!”
Lu Sheng, a scholar from central Shu, stood up at this time and confronted Geng Yuyuan directly: "First of all, there are not many redundant officials in the world. They just turned the positions that were originally officials into official positions. There was no establishment in the first place. The white servants of the yamen were turned into officials, and the officials and staff were turned into serious officials. In fact, before this was done, these same stewards were also using public money, but now it is just more clear;"
"In addition, the issue of redundant troops is due to the vast territory of our country. Even if each township only needs ten soldiers to maintain law and order, the country will need millions of them!"
"Needless to say, redundant work is just turning the refugees who were previously forced to become slaves of wealthy families because of landlessness into craftsmen. Although the court has incurred a lot more costs in raising officials, troops and workers, it has also been reduced. Suppressing bandits and quelling rebellion is expensive. As for excessive conquests, as for restricting monarch power and increasing local autonomy, although it does have the benefit of preventing the emperor from disorderly government and curbing bureaucrats from harming the people, there is also the possibility that the government will be controlled by rentiers and the local area will become a vassal town and betray the central government. !”
"Since ancient times, the world's system has not been perfect, and for me, the Ming Dynasty, now is not the time to have to change, but there is no need to change."
At this time, Zhu Youxiao asked the workers and farmers in the main hall: "Where are the others?"
Yu Zhongming replied at this time: "Back to the emperor, we don't know whether we should change the law. Anyway, I only know that our life is very good now. My wife and children are on the hot bed, and I can still eat meat every now and then."
"Yes, it's okay to change, and it's okay to stay the same, but just don't make our life worse!"
Farmer Cen Dahe replied with a smile at this time.
"That's right! It's okay to stay the same, but don't make it worse!"
Everyone else followed suit.
Geng Yuyuan was quite angry. He really didn't understand why the emperor wanted to ask these common people who were insensitive to political affairs that the reform did not change the law.
Geng Yuyuan replied at this time: "Your Majesty, the people do not think about the long term, but from the perspective of students, for the long term, it is better to adapt to the situation."
"It's okay to change the law. It can be said that the rules have been settled, so as not to keep arguing and cause trouble. A common woman is a woman and a child, and her knowledge is shallow. Please forgive me!"
Wang, the wife of official Chen Que, started talking at this time.
Lu Sheng also echoed at this time: "Students believe that Wang's views are not shallow. Since some people are clamoring for reform, it is better to set some rules and formulate them into the national constitution to avoid the instigation of treacherous people in the future. The kings of later generations made changes that made the people's lives worse, and they did not follow the Constitution of the country! They even made changes that deviated from the Constitution!"
"Why not, my wise Majesty, while you are still alive, you can formulate the national constitution and set up unconstitutional rules. If it is unconstitutional, you will violate such laws. In this way, future generations will be deceived by some people and want to change the law. Don’t dare to disobey the charter too much! This will help the country maintain peace and stability for a longer period of time!”
"This classmate! Who do you think is a villain? Are those who advocate reform really just villains?!"
Geng Yuyuan couldn't help but attack Lu Sheng at this time.
"alright!"
Zhu Youxiao shouted at this time and said: "Don't make a fuss now, you will make a fuss later."
With that said, Zhu Youxiao said: "What Wang and Lu Sheng said is very good, and it is indeed my intention. All reforms will start with the establishment of the constitution!"
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