Ma Wensheng also had to stand up at this time, after all, in terms of age, he was the oldest among all the ministers here, and he was already in his eighties. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIf he doesn't stand up again, won't people think that he is in love with power?

Seeing Ma Wensheng stand up, Zheng De knew that most of his plan had already been completed. After all, the two bigwigs of the court have already stood up to express their support, and it will be difficult for others to oppose it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated."

Zheng De waved his hand at them, and after Xie Qian sat down reluctantly for the last time, he slowly spoke, "In that case, I should vote by a show of hands." If you agree with the implementation of the retirement system, please raise your hand to agree! ”

Almost all of them raised their hands, leaving Xie Qian alone to sit there awkwardly. Seeing that everyone's eyes were looking at him, he hesitated for a moment and raised his hand at the end.

"Twelve people except for the abstention of the left capital Yu Shi Taishan, eleven people and eleven votes unanimously passed." Zheng De finally announced the results of the vote.

He really didn't expect this to be the result in the end. After all, this decision can be said to have harmed the interests of most of the people here, after all, how many people can really retreat in a hurry while being in a high position?

But this vote also made Zheng De's impression of this group of old ministers who did not have a good impression of him for the first time, and perhaps they were stubborn and stubborn on some issues involving the ancestral system. But on some major issues of right and wrong, they still have a clear idea.

Of course, Zheng De should be most grateful for his cheap dad. The world often says that Hongzhi once had many gentlemen, if it weren't for Zheng De's father who left him such a group of ministers with good conduct, but met a group of real villains who formed a party for personal gain. I'm afraid this matter will not be so easy to solve.

Of course, if that was the case, Zheng De would not discuss it with them in a good voice.

Although it was unanimously approved, there were two people who couldn't be happy. One is Li Dongyang, a scholar of the Jinshen Palace, who helplessly folded his fingers and calculated, if he waited until he retired at seventy, wouldn't he have to work in the government and the opposition for more than ten years. But he was more eager than everyone present to be a servant, to return to his hometown so that he could live a free life. But if there is a rule like this, even if he resigns, the emperor will definitely use such an excuse to refuse.

Ay! What should I do?

There is also a scholar Xie Qian of Wuyingdian University, who feels extremely sorry and helpless for the fact that Liu Jian and such old ministers as the court are leaving. This is a group of old ministers left by the first emperor who are excellent in both talent and conduct, even if they are a little older, but they are not to the point where they really can't do it.

But now that the wood is in the boat, although he likes to "Kankan", it is not true that he has no brains, so he naturally will not stand up and say anything again.

"Your Majesty, if all civil and military officials retire according to this system, I am afraid that there will be a large number of vacancies in the DPRK and China next year. Therefore, the minister would like to ask His Majesty to take the position next year to fill the vacancy of the office. Liu Jian put forward one of his own suggestions with some apprehension.

In fact, he didn't care too much about the vacancies of middle and high-level officials such as the Six Ministries and Jiuqing, after all, the imperial court still had such a talent pool as the Hanlin Academy. The triennial imperial examination has led to the accumulation of a large number of talents, which is enough to make up for the vacancies left by himself and others. However, for the large group of low-level officials, if the shortage is too serious, it will definitely not work.

"Enco? That's right. Zheng De agreed.

Liu Jian made another suggestion at this time, "Does Weichen think that the retirement age of Zhengsanpin officials can be changed to seventy?" After all, most of the six Jiuqing will need to retire next year, and if most of the six servants retire next, I am afraid that most of the court will be empty. ”

In fact, what Liu Jian said is also true. Not to mention anything else, just the twelve people here, except for Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, the two elders, plus the household department secretary Han Wen, the secretary department secretary Zhang Sheng, and Dai Shan, who is sick, the remaining seven people have reached the retirement age standard set by Zheng De, and they will definitely retire together next year. If Dai Shan has no accident this time, she can only work for another year and has to retire, which means that there are eight vacancies left at once.

In addition to Xu Jin and Sun Jiao, the remaining twelve people have to retire eight people, so that the total number of people exceeds sixteen. If the important official positions of the imperial court are still like this, you can imagine how serious the vacancies of other official positions will be, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the court will be empty.

What Liu Jian said is indeed a problem, but the system must not be changed. Zheng De thought for a while, "Then so be it, if you think that the third-rank official is talented and under the age of seventy, I can grant the second-rank doctor to the doctor, so that he can go up to seventy?" ”

Liu Jian saw that the emperor had taken a step back, but he didn't insist anymore. And Zheng De's idea also gave him an idea, "Chen thinks it's feasible." And it can be done by granting loose officials to those who are too senior and too low-grade. Keep them to work for my Daming Jiangshan Sheji. ”

Sanguan is an official title with an official name but no ministry, and is used to indicate the rank of an official, and there is no actual position. Zheng De felt that Liu Jian's idea was good, and it could solve the serious discrepancy between the qualifications and grades of civil and military officials in the imperial court.

After all, the ministry officer is a carrot, and the rank and official position are combined, and you can't be promoted without a vacancy, which also leads to a serious discrepancy between the grade and the qualifications of some officials. is like Zheng De's teacher Yang Tinghe, who has been in the officialdom for almost 30 years, and is still a scholar of Zhengwupin Zuochunfang University. But with his qualifications, serving as a waiter of the third rank or so is fully qualified for this qualification, but there is no vacancy and he can only continue to hold this official position of the fifth grade.

"It's better to be like this, in the future, I will be awarded a loose official by all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they will be promoted to the rank of loose official according to their qualifications. This can also solve the situation that the official's official grade does not match the qualifications, and can better arrange the official to fill the vacancy, and it is not easy to cause controversy. ”

Ministers are officials who have actual positions as opposed to loose officials.

The ministers were also surprised when they heard this, but they didn't expect that the emperor wanted to award the loose officials among the civil and military officials because of Liu Jian's words. After all, there are too few awards given to casual officials compared to ministry officials. The emperor's large-scale appointment of ministers is really a precedent for the opening of this dynasty. Even in the previous dynasty, there was no such thing.

Seeing that all the ministers were silent, Zheng De couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it okay?" ”

At this time, Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, stood up and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, there is no precedent for this matter!" ”

"Can't it be granted without precedent?" Zheng De asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Ma Wensheng was speechless for a moment, after all, there was really no such regulation, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Zheng De glanced at everyone, and continued, "It seems that this dynasty does not allow it to grant loose officials to officials." I think that granting loose officials can also prevent some people from being promoted without qualifications, and it can also allow those who are too senior and too low to live on a meager salary. What's so bad about killing two birds with one stone, isn't it just for people to work out the loose officials? ”

The ministers were silent when they heard this, after all, what the emperor said was also reasonable.

Seeing that none of them spoke, Zheng De said directly, "Since you don't speak, I will assume that you have agreed to this matter." ”

Although the idea of having all the civil and military officials in the court be granted to loose officials is a bit strange, there is nothing to argue with, and everyone finally acquiesced to the matter.

Zheng De finally asked, "Do you have any questions or suggestions for the retirement system?" ”

"Your Majesty, if all retired officials receive their salaries according to their pre-retirement positions, I am afraid that it will increase the burden on the imperial court, please think twice." At this time, Tobe Shangshu Hanwen stood up. If he doesn't stand up, he can't do it, the emperor has been spending too much money recently. In particular, I heard that a few days ago, the emperor promised 500,000 taels of silver to the Beijing army and the pro-army, which made him feel restless recently, for fear that the emperor would come to him again to ask for money, which was really stressful. If he continues like this, he will want to resign and retire early.

Zheng De frowned, "Do you think that my Ming official's salary is so high that he can't even pay for it?" ”

Weichen didn't mean this, but he just thought that he could let seventy Zhishi officials receive full salaries, sixty-five-year-old Zhishi officials could receive half salaries, and sixty-year-old Zhishi officials would not receive all salaries. What does Your Majesty think? Han Wen quickly explained. Otherwise, if everyone here misunderstands that they are unwilling to give money to retired officials, they will not have to continue to mix in the court after the word is spread, and they will drown themselves in one spit.

Zheng De waved his hand, "You don't need to say it anymore, I have made up my mind." All the officials of my Ming Dynasty will receive all the money after retirement, and this matter is decided. ”

Seeing the emperor talking like this, Han Wen didn't want to say anything more. After all, I am afraid that I will really set up a lot of enemies for myself in the DPRK and the central government.

"Anything else?" Zheng De glanced at the ministers present, "Since there are no questions or suggestions, then we will move on to the next topic." For the vacancy of the imperial history of the right capital, do you Aiqing have any good candidates? ”