The rest of the household officials were not qualified to hear the emperor's personal pronouncement of their sentences, and with the decree of more than 500 people being beheaded, the criminal department Shangshu took the decree and left, and the court was instantly filled with an atmosphere of rabbit death and fox sorrow.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the officials and said: "The most precious thing on the fox is the fur, the most precious flesh and blood on the cattle and sheep, and what is the most precious thing for people?" It is the solar term and the bones, Wangqing and others cherish and love themselves, don't go astray! ”

The officials lowered their heads and said that they were listening to the holy teachings, and Zhu Yuanzhang was wasting his tongue with them, he had already said what he should say, and those who didn't listen to it would have their own ends.

Then ended today's court meeting, Zhu Biao was not in the mood to see more than 500 people beheaded, and followed Zhu Yuanzhang back to the imperial study.

Li Shanchang saw that the father and son above were gone, and he also had to go back to Zhongshu Province to allocate manpower to plug the gap in the household department.

Yang Xian walked out of the Fengtian Temple, ready to see the fate of those household officials, who let them dare to check their old bottoms, and they didn't want to think about their clean butts.

Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son walked to the imperial garden, Zhu Biao looked at his father and said: "Rectifying the rule of officials is not overnight, and my father doesn't have to worry about them." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang held on to the flower bed and said: "We know this, but I feel sorry for them, it took decades of hard work to climb to a high position, and if you make a mistake, you will never come back." ”

After the father and son walked around, Zhu Biao said: "The imperial examination is just around the corner, and my father has thought about the content of the palace examination." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "We understand this, and when the time comes, let Liu Bowen write a few and submit them, let's pick one that suits our hearts." ”

Zhu Biao smiled and nodded: "There are 300 scholars in the imperial examination, which is just enough to supplement the vacancy in the household department." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think so: "We plan to let them go to Shanxi with you to practice, after all, you know how to write and ink, thank you for the calculation, I can help you deal with the relocation affairs." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Biao thought that his father was not worried about himself: "Father, the sons are sure to do a good job in the relocation of the people, and all parties in the court are in urgent need of manpower, so it is better to put them in the places where they are needed more than to hand them over to the sons and daughters." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "Most of them are children of families who don't know firewood, rice, oil and salt since childhood, and they may do well in learning, but we don't have to worry about letting them do errands directly!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands behind his back: "Dealing with the relocation with you is the best training, let them take a good look at the suffering of the people at the bottom of my Ming Dynasty, and then they can know how to deal with local affairs, these are not things that can be learned from the Four Books and Five Classics." ”

Zhu Biao smiled, the melody of the intellectual youth going to the countryside sounded in his mind, and after knowing the meaning of his father, Zhu Biao had no intention of refusing.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at his son and said: "When you get to the place, you don't care where they come from, you can press them with dirty work and tiredness, and take a good look at their quality." ”

Zhu Biao nodded and agreed, the father and son turned around a few times, Zhu Yuanzhang was going back to work again, and Zhu Biao also had to go to see about the imperial examination.

Zhu Biao went back to the East Palace to change his clothes, and then went to Song Lian's side first, and learned that dozens of northern candidates had rushed over in the past two days, and several of them happened to be in special circumstances, and Song Lian was preparing to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions.

It turned out that among the candidates who came from the north this time, they were all recommended by local officials, and four of them belonged to the children of government officials, which should not have been recommended, but the local officials also specially wrote a letter to come.

The above explains the local situation, except for the children of the officials' families, there are no other suitable people in the county, so it is hereby recommended as a last resort, and if you don't agree, it can also be invalidated, and everything is subject to the will.

Zhu Biao thought about it and planned to allow it, that place Zhu Biao knew, it belonged to the northernmost border, and the living conditions were bad, so it was indeed difficult to have other candidates.

In ancient times, there were actually political trials, prisoners, monks, Taoist priests, merchants, prostitutes, elites, subordinates, soaps, and their descendants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

The front ones are easy to understand, but the last two are a little puzzling, the officials are good at arresting and are considered public people, why don't the descendants even have the qualifications for the imperial examination.

Song Lian explained that because catching quick work is a bad act, a job that offends people, and a cheap job.

Always have to arrest people and take people, always deal with bad people and bad things, serious people are destined to disdain this, so they can only let the untouchables do it. Those who do bad things can only be bad people.

Zhu Biao was a little speechless, but the reality is true, most of the local officials are like this, sometimes they really can't find anyone, and the county magistrate is good at catching the strong man to do this, after all, there is a lack of the armed force to arrest the fast, how can the county order govern the local villains.

The security guards of the ancient Greek city-states were also made by slaves, and the citizens committed crimes, and the lowly slaves had to arrest them. Whenever there was a citizens' assembly, many citizens who were too lazy to come out to the meeting were also driven out by slaves with ropes

It seems that ancient civilizations have their commonalities, but Zhu Biao intends to improve the status of officials, and those who were born in the imperial examination are at least officials, not officials.

The difference between officials is like the difference between heaven and earth, and the officials generally work until the master of the county government is at the end, and they are serving the officials.

Zhu Biao first wants to give the officials some channels for promotion, they may not have enough talent to learn, but when it comes to managing the local people, collecting grain and paying taxes, etc., they are experts, and if they can become a county magistrate, it is not impossible.

In fact, the county order of a place does not need to learn anything, after all, he is in charge, but this most important grassroots official must have enough understanding of the local people's livelihood.

This is precisely the biggest problem of the officials who came from the imperial examination, their vision is too big, they always want to govern the country and level the world, look at the sky with both eyes, and refuse to be down-to-earth.

Most of the people who raised people and jinshi were in a hurry to find a relationship after becoming a county magistrate, and local affairs were actually handled by the officers, and a habit was formed from generation to generation.

Zhu Biao is interested in the talents of the imperial examination, but he attaches more importance to talents who can do practical things, and there are always people who can read the Four Books and Five Classics, but there are not many talents who can help Zhu Biao govern the place well.

Of course, it is impossible to raise them all at once, and it is impossible to let them stay in the local area and be promoted, otherwise local forces will not be formed, and their grades will be limited, as well as the difficulty of promotion.

And it's not what should be done now, but Zhu Biao also has to prepare well, this kind of thing belongs to breaking the old system, not an easy thing, and it's not too late for him to start managing the government and planning the layout.

My father is a person who attaches importance to the system, and the literati will not agree, after all, this belongs to preempting their position, and this matter is not only good, but also has many disadvantages, Zhu Biao himself still needs to carefully weigh the pros and cons, and it is not something that can be decided with a tap of his head.

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