When Wang Jing returned to the hall of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Shu and Yang Tinghe, who were sitting on the left and right sides of the Ministry of Rites to deal with things, quickly stood up, looked at the edict in his hand, and said with some doubts, "Lord of the Ministry of Rites, what is this edict?" ”

"Let's have a look!"

Wang Jing waved his hand, returned to the main seat, and unfolded the edict directly on the bookcase. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Yu, Yang Ting, and the two glanced at each other, a little curious about how this lord of the ministry had sold the guanzi today, so they hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look.

"The Ming School and the Imperial Examination Reform is an Edict"

Seeing the beginning of this edict, the two glanced at each other again, and recently it was rumored that the emperor was going to reform the school and the imperial examination, but I didn't expect this to be true. The two continued to watch, and the more they watched, the more frightened they became, and the more incredible they felt. Such a detailed reform measure can not be completed by one person overnight, so who wrote this edict?

And when they saw the end, the two of them found a strange place, this edict was not stamped with a jade seal at the end, so what was the use of this Shangshu Lord taking it back?

The two looked at Wang Jing with doubts, and before the two could speak, the latter explained, "This edict is prepared by the emperor to promulgate, but I feel that it is still a little imperfect, so I transcribed it to our Ministry of Rites Yamen, hoping that we can make up for the shortcomings." ”

Although this edict made large-scale adjustments to the schools and imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, it did not completely change the entire system except for the abolition of the academy examination, so Zhang Shu, Yang Tinghe and the two did not raise strong objections after reading this edict, but were surprised that the emperor could make such a bold decision at this age.

"Lord Ministry, who wrote this edict?" Zhang Shu felt extremely curious at the moment.

Wang Jing thought about it, and said a little uncertainly, "Maybe it's from the hands of Wang Tingxiang, a close minister next to the emperor!" ”

"It seems that he is the only one." Both nodded approvingly.

Wang Tingxiang, as a favorite of the emperor's side, was the first celebrity in the dynasty. Although it is inevitable to be criticized, he is low-key and modest, and he does not interfere in the government with his power, and his perception among them, the important ministers of the court, is still good. And now from this edict, it seems that the ability is also very good, and it is not unreasonable for the emperor to value him, but can a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy son of heaven have such a sense of knowledge?

The three of them seemed to want to go together, and when they looked at each other, they all felt a little incredible.

Wang Jing glanced at the two of them, "What do you think of this edict?" ”

"The prosperity of the world is education, and it is indeed a great good thing for Your Majesty to set up a three-level school system of county school, government school, and national school, but is it biased to let all people have to go to school to study before they can participate in the township examination and the meeting examination? After all, in addition to government schools, there are also private schools and seowons, and students studying here should also have the opportunity to participate in scientific examinations. Zhang Lan raised his own questions.

"There are also children who have to go to the county school at the age of six, is this too young? You must know that most of my people live in the countryside. Do you think it's appropriate to go to school at such an age? ”

"Your Excellency, if the annual event is held, I am afraid that it will eventually lead to the superfluity of people in the DPRK and China, and the redundancy of officials and redundant personnel will become more and more serious." Yang Tinghe thought about it and put forward his own suggestions.

Wang Jing stroked his beard, glanced at the two of them, and nodded, "What the two adults said is very true, and this matter still needs to be explained to Your Majesty." ”

In the end, the three of them carefully considered it, and put forward some of the drawbacks, which made the edict appear more perfect, which achieved the purpose that Zheng De expected.

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"Your Majesty, why did you send the imperfect edict to the Ministry of Rites?"

In the Maoqin Palace, Wang Ting felt a little confused compared to Zheng De's approach just now, but the latter explained with a smile, "As the saying goes, 'three Zhuge Liang top one Zhuge Liang', always the two of us behind closed doors, I am afraid that there will inevitably be unexpected places, if you gather the wisdom of everyone, wouldn't it be able to make this edict appear more perfect?" ”

He borrowed the practice of his previous life, and when he issued a reform measure, he always sent a draft opinion to solicit the opinions of ordinary people. In this way, we can try the people's reaction to this measure, and second, we can make this measure as perfect as possible, take into account the interests of ordinary people, and let the policy measure be implemented smoothly.

Of course, due to the fact that the information is not very developed now, his opinion draft can only be sent once in the imperial court.

"If this edict is known to the ministers of the DPRK and China before it is issued, will it cause any unnecessary trouble?" Wang Tingxiang was still a little worried.

"What's the trouble? This edict was to have been given, and it was to have been known to them. Zheng De didn't want to get too entangled in this matter, so he thought about it and asked, "By the way, you go and ask Wang Yue to inform Sun Jiao to come over." ”

Soon, Sun Jiao, the head of the household, rushed over.

"Aiqing, please take a seat, how are the things handled by the household department?" Zheng De thought of the mess in the household department, and specially asked him to ask.

Sun Jiaoyan said with a ashamed face when he heard this, "The minister is incompetent, and he is worthy of His Majesty's entrustment."

Looking at Sun Jiao, who looked a little haggard, Zheng De couldn't feel blame. Thinking about it, it is probably not something that can be done overnight to thoroughly sort out the financial system of the entire empire.

"It's okay, take your time." Zheng De also knew that this matter was not in a hurry, so he was relieved, thought about it and asked, "By the way, have you encountered any difficulties in dealing with these things?" ”

Seeing that the emperor was so considerate of himself, Sun Jiao also shook his head when he was moved, "Your Majesty Weichen Xie cares, everything is still going well." ”

Zheng De nodded, "If it really doesn't work, the matter of Daming Bank will be postponed for a while, and the matter of Daming tax will be done first." What is going on now about the matter of changing the land endowment to grain and levying silver? ”

"Your Majesty, if all the fields are converted into grain and silver and escorted into Beijing, I am afraid that it will lead to a shortage of food in Beijing and the political envoys in various places, if it is a year of disaster and famine, I am afraid that it will be unsustainable, and it is easy to provoke the people to revolt, and the ministers think that they need to think twice about changing the fields into grain and levying silver." Sun Jiao directly raised his concerns.

Zheng De was also shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect that there would be such a big hidden danger in changing the grain and levying silver from the field, but after thinking about it, he put forward his own idea, "Then keep a part of the grain collection reserve of the field to deal with all kinds of sudden situations; How about the rest of the fields all converted into silver? ”

"Now the imperial court is doing the same." Sun Jiao said with some hesitation.

Zheng De was speechless when he heard this, and he talked nonsense for a long time, it seems that he has to think about it next, and find some experience or cases from his previous life.

He changed the subject slightly awkwardly, "By the way, there's one more thing. I am a third-class Ming family, a people, a soldier, a craftsman, and there is also the existence of a lowly family, and it is inherited from generation to generation and cannot be left of the country. I think this practice is really unfair and inhumane, so I want to organize the people and unify all the people in the world into the households, but keep the military households, but they can leave the country freely, what does Aiqing think? ”

Sun Jiao was puzzled, "Your Majesty, if all the people are incorporated into the households, if there are no craftsmen's cooks, tailors, horses, boats, etc., I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" ”

"Hukou is only an expression of identity, and it does not necessarily require people to engage in any occupation or the like, of course, military households are another." Zheng De felt a little speechless when he heard this, and explained.

When Sun Jiao heard the emperor say this, he was a little worried, "In this way, wouldn't it be easy to mess up?" ”

Zheng De also guessed what he was worried about, "If there is anything to mess with, just mark the person's occupation on the people's household stickers." ”

Sun Jiao understood the meaning of the emperor's words, in the past, the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was to divide all the people into different households according to their occupations, but now the emperor is to classify all the household registrations into the households, and then distinguish them according to their occupations, which has a different meaning. In the past, due to household registration, there were great differences between people with different household registrations, and their circumstances were not the same, so they could not leave their nationality at will, and there was great unfairness. However, now the emperor only divides the household registration into two types: civilian households and military households, and military households are not mentioned for the time being, if the people of the world are all classified into private households, then this kind of unfairness caused by different household registrations will no longer exist. Anything else for now, at least for the people of the world seems to be a good thing.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

Sun Jiao sincerely slapped Zheng De's sycophant, which made the latter feel quite comfortable. I only heard him mutter and said, "Your Majesty, the yellow books of the three households of the people, the army, and the craftsmen are kept by the household department, the military department, and the Ministry of Industry respectively, and I am afraid that there is still a need to discuss with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry." ”

"There's no need for that." Zheng De waved his hand, "You can just go to them and ask for it, and let them transcribe a reservation by themselves." ”

Sun Jiao still seemed a little hesitant, "Your Majesty, it's better to let the ministers of the DPRK and China discuss the matter of household registration." ”

Zheng De couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw Sun Jiao shirking like this, feeling that he was too uncourageous, and said with a tough attitude, "Okay, you will leave this matter to you." ”

Sun Jiao saw that the emperor's face was not very good-looking, so he could only deal with the matter for the time being.