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After talking to Su Yuniang, Zhu Jishi summoned Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan, Luo Bingzhang, Zhong Ziliang, Wang Dehu and others into the palace to discuss matters.

As soon as Luo Bingzhang saw Zhu Jishi, he fell to the ground and reported: "Your Majesty, more than 60,000 children from the three provinces have gathered in Yingtian. ”

Zhu Ming's Xiucai examination, according to the system, should be divided into two rounds: the county examination and the government examination. However, at present, the local government is not complete, and many areas have not even been equipped with judicial officials, let alone academic officials. Naturally, it was impossible to conduct the county examination and the government examination, so they simply concentrated on Yingtianfu to take the examination. The location of the exam is not in Yingtian City, but in the Ming Tomb. The Ming Tomb covers a huge area, and there are more than 30 monasteries within the wall, and there are enough places to arrange these 60,000 children to take the exam.

Zhu Jishi said with a smile: "Then there is Lao Luoqing, have the exam questions ever been good?" ”

Now the imperial examination of the new Ming Dynasty is not something that can be passed by reading the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", as well as the theory of strategy and politics of various countries. If you only concentrate on reading the books of the sages, you will definitely not be able to pass the exam. And the changes are not limited to this, the fledgling new education has also begun to be combined with the imperial examination selection system. All new-style middle school graduates can directly have a talent reputation, and new-style university graduates have a famous reputation!

Of course, the number of graduates of the new schools is so small that it is impossible for them to master the imperial court, and the new education itself also requires a large number of talents, who are basically absorbed by the expanding new education system.

Therefore, the officials of the current Zhu Ming regime are still dominated by traditional Confucian scholars. There's no way around it. The intellectuals in China in this era were all Confucians. If not. It will be as illiterate as the court of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. No matter how good God's scriptures are, these illiterate monks won't be able to read them.

Luo Bingzhang said: "The topic is divided into two articles, one is: Zhou and Tang are heavy on the outside and light on the inside, and Qin and Wei have their own opinions on the outside and on the inside; The second is: Zhuge Liang has no heart to apply for business and uses his skills, and Wang Anshi uses the truth of Shen Shang to hide his name.

"Four Books" and "Five Classics" two questions. The first title is: The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in the people, and in the ultimate goodness; The sub-title is: To the people of the world. Gather the world's own goods, trade and retreat, each has its own righteousness.

In addition, it is planned to issue two questions to test the political theories of various countries. This subordinate is not familiar with it, and he asked the king to ask the question. ”

Zhu Jishi thought for a while and said: "It's better to consider the gains and losses of the Ottoman Empire and Egypt's reform and the Russian Peter's change of government and the country's growing strength." ”

"That's very good." Luo Bingzhang said again: "Qingming is in the near future, why don't you go after the imperial examination, the king and the Jiangnan scholars will sacrifice and sweep the filial piety tomb together, and announce that the Ming Dynasty should be in the sky?" ”

Zhu Jishi nodded and said: "It's time to pay a good tribute to the filial piety tomb, and ...... the last draft of the "King James Constitution" has been formulated?" Can it be announced to the world at the time of the Qingming Festival? ”

The "King James Constitution" began to be formulated by the Constituent Assembly as early as after Zhu Jishi seized Guangdong, and it has taken more than a year to now, on the basis of referring to the constitutions of various monarchies in Europe. Three drafts of the "King James Constitution" have been formulated.

Zuo Zongtang said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's still too late." At present, 80 percent of the Constituent Assembly is Cantonese, 10 percent is from Hunan and 1 percent from Fujian, and there are almost no representatives from other provinces. His Majesty felt that after the completion of the Liangjiang Imperial Examination and the straightening out of the local political power in Liangjiang, the public bureaus should be set up in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui provinces to elect more members of the Constituent Assembly to participate in the formulation of the constitution. Other than that...... The Constituent Assembly should also have more Confucian representatives, or one third of the Confucian scholars, one third of the lords, and one third of the merchants. ”

Luo Zenan also said: "Your Majesty also thinks that this should be the case. In addition, since the provincial public bureaus are elected by taxpayers, they should not only count commercial taxes and ignore land taxes. Those who pay more than a certain amount of land tax should also have the right to participate in the public bureau. ”

Zhu Jishi didn't speak for a while, he knew that Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan were safeguarding the interests of scholars, and at the same time, they were also consolidating the position of the Xianghu party in the DPRK. The public bureau system of the Ming Dynasty was established in the name of collecting commercial taxes, which was in fact the parliament of a capitalist country. Now the role is only to levy commercial taxes and supervise local governments. However, it is this kind of power that has made the status and power of the scholars and doctors drop greatly. A power of impeachment, a power of judicial immunity, made the magistrate half a cut short in front of a group of businessmen and councilors.

Of course, there was no clear distinction between Confucian scholars and merchants, many Confucian scholars themselves were engaged in business, and merchants also read the Four Books and the Five Classics. In Jiangnan and Guangdong, the relationship between the two sides can be said to be blended. However, commerce in the Huguang area was not very prosperous, and most of the gentry of the Xianghu Party were cultivators and heirlooms, and no one was engaged in business. Therefore, the Xianghu Party does not have the support of the financial lords behind them, and their foundation is the landlords, and to maintain the political status of the landlord class is to safeguard the status of the Xianghu Party.

"Although the public bureau comes from commercial taxation, but both merchants and farmers, are the people of the Ming Dynasty, according to the principle of the "King James Ming Constitution", it is the same colleagues, and after the constitution is revised by the Constituent Assembly and promulgated in the world, it is time to study the merger of commercial and agricultural taxation and the representative of the public bureau."

Zuo Zongtang nodded and said: "After the merger of commercial and agricultural taxes, who should the tax collectors be responsible for?" ”

Hearing this, for the integration of business and agriculture, Zuo Zongtang has obviously approved.

Zhu Jishi nodded and said with a smile: "After the merger of commercial and agricultural taxation, a unified tax department should be established, which is responsible to the government, but must be strictly supervised by the public bureau. The public bureau has the right to impeach unscrupulous tax officials! ”

The power of impeachment is completely different from the power of impeachment, the former can directly disgrace the local tax secretary, and the latter can only propose to the cabinet and King Zhu Da to remove a certain official, which is similar to the imperial historian.

"So...... Does the public bureau have too much power? Will the main authority move down? Zuo Zongtang frowned slightly.

Zhu Jishi only smiled and said: "The power of the public bureau should also be included in the constitution, and it can be taken to the Constituent Assembly, and the representatives of the provinces will be represented." ”

Wang Dehu interjected: "Your Majesty, what proportion of the noble and gentry members in the Constituent Assembly should be? ”

Zhu Jishi said: "There are 50 members of the Constituent Assembly, of which about 40% are nobles. Another 110 people can be added, 40 people will be designated by Guwang, and 10 people will be nominated by the public bureaus of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui and other seven provinces. A month later, they gathered in Yingtianfu to discuss the final draft of the "King James Constitution", and before the end of May, the "King James Ming Constitution" will be promulgated to the world. ”

"Your Majesty, is there less Confucian scholars in the Constituent Assembly?" Luo Bingzhang reminded in a low voice.

Zhu Jishi said: "There are a lot, and most of the Confucian scholars among the lords and ministers (those who have read the books of the sages are considered Confucian!) Among the members recommended by the provincial public bureaus, Confucianism is afraid that they can account for seventy or eighty percent. This Constituent Assembly is actually a meeting of the Ming Dynasty and the scholars to share the world. ”

Luo Bingzhang was stunned by Zhu Jishi's words, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was the case, so he kept silent. Zhong Ziliang, deputy chief of the general staff, took over the topic and said: "Your Majesty, the second, third, and fourth phases of the Wangjia Army Military Academy will graduate within the year, and there are more than 3,000 students, all of whom have been strictly trained by instructors from Britain, France and other countries for more than a year and a half. In addition, 300 students will graduate from the Military Academy of Jese University within the year. The shortage of officers in the army will be greatly alleviated, and it will be time to expand the army in preparation for the Northern Expedition. ”

There was a difference of three months between the third and fourth phases of enrollment at the Wangjia Military Academy, both of which were enrolled in the first half of 1848 and could graduate by the end of this year. With so many officers, the quantity and quality of the Ming royal army can be raised to a higher level. So Will. The General Staff led by Hemming had already begun to work out various plans for the preparation of the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Jishi was moved by what he said, but he still forcibly endured it, and said: "You can't use force at the same time." First inside and then outside, first literature and then martial arts, this is the right way and cannot be changed! To the north, let's maintain a skirmish. ”

Zhong Ziliang frowned slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, Admiral Haiming (Zhu Ming's military rank) means that the north is also being rectified......"

Will. Heming was a friend of Engels, and it was not surprising that he had a tendency to dream about socialism, so he also looked up to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Zhu Jishi said with a smile: "Then it depends on who on both sides of us can manage the territory better." (To be continued......)