Chapter 628: The controversy resumes again

This time, Zhu Youzhen didn't ask Chen Xie for a way, and went back to think about it himself, anyway, this official position and the imperial examination must be combined, how to balance the pros and cons of it, this is what the emperor should do. He felt embarrassed to ask about this matter. Don't say it, Zhu Youzhen went back, followed the devil in the palace, got a big blank piece of paper, and drew on it himself.

No one knew what he was going to do, so he tossed from afternoon to midnight, Wang Chengen persuaded him seven or eight times, and then he was unwilling to go to sleep. When I got up early the next morning, I didn't go to the morning court, and continued to ponder this matter, and I didn't discuss it with the cabinet ministers, so I pondered it myself. After another day of tossing, there was finally a score, and Zhu Youzhen asked Chen Xie to come into the palace early in the morning.

After seeing the meeting, he didn't have time to hurry, so Zhu Youzhen handed over a piece of paper with a table drawn and full of words, and said hurriedly: "Look at it, how about doing this?" Chen Xie looked at it carefully, don't say it, the people of the old Zhu family may not be able to play anything else, and it is definitely not bad to play people's hearts. Zhu Youzhen's thing has made people's hearts very thorough.

The whole idea is to grasp the point of a "age". There is a red line, forty years old. People in these years do not live long, families with good conditions can, fifty or sixty years old are more many, and life is rare for seventy years, this is not nonsense.

No matter who you are, the age of forty is a red line, and when you reach this age, you lose your qualification for the imperial examination. Before this age, what you get in the test counts. If you are a junior sergeant, you will become an official, starting from the seventh grade. If it's a lifter, I'm sorry, I can't continue to take the exam, but I can choose to be an official, starting from the eighth grade. As for Xiucai, it starts from Jiupin.

If this is not a good system, there is a clause added here, these petty officials can be promoted. And it is not limited by the level of fame. If you are a nine-rank official, the term of office is five years, well done. You're going up a level. If you have a special table, you can be promoted without having to complete the term, of course, the premise is to look at the individual's ability and luck.

The second red line is still age, this red line is sixty-five years old, if you can't enter the cabinet before the age of sixty-five, I'm sorry, you will lose the qualification to join the cabinet. None of them are eligible to participate in Tingtui. If you reach the age of 65 and cannot join the cabinet, no matter what position you hold, you must retire and go home after three years. There are exceptions, that is, the emperor ordered to retain, which is called taking affection.

After the imperial examination was finished, Zhu Youzhen pondered the affairs of this township again. In principle, the county is divided into several large chunks, and then becomes a township or town. Officials at this level are nine pins. There is no one from the ninth grade, it is the lowest. As long as it is a talent, you can take up this position, and if there are more than two competitors for a position, then everyone has to take an exam to decide who will do it. In this exam, I won't take the Baguwen exam. Arithmetic, agriculture, water conservancy, and gewu are all among them, depending on the meaning of the county order, you can decide what to test, but there can be no less than two.

Chen Xie read it very seriously, sincerely. It is not easy for Zhu Youzhen to come up with this thing. Although there is still a little flaw, it is harmless. "Your Majesty, this system tends to be perfect, and it is difficult for ministers to find faults." Chen Xie seemed to be praising it, but in fact, he still hid his words. Zhu Youzhen heard it, raised his hand to stop him from kneeling down and patting his ass, and said, "Wait, tell me, what's the flaw." ”

Chen Xie really figured out Zhu Youzhen thoroughly, this gentleman is very stubborn, if he hadn't been hit hard for more than ten years, it would be hell if he could accept Chen Xie's construction with his character.

Since His Majesty asked, the minister said directly. This system is very good, but there is one point, the power of the prefectural magistrate is too great, who will supervise the prefectural magistrate in the appointment process will not be favoritial? Once the county magistrate catches these petty officials in their hands and colludes to commit fraud, it will be very easy to find out his clues. ”

Zhu Youzhen was really anxious at this time, and said angrily: "Chen Sihua, the power of the grassroots is in the hands of the gentry and the officials, and you said that the county order is easy to be set aside." Now that the power is in the hands of the county order, you say that the power is too big, what do you want to say? ”

Chen Xie smiled and didn't speak immediately, Zhu Youzhen found that he was a little out of shape, and calmed down and said, "Okay, you say." ”

Chen Xie smiled at this time: "Actually, things are not contradictory, the minister thinks that His Majesty has forgotten about those lifters." Lifting people can be out of office and serve as an eight-rank official. Since there is a concern that the power of the prefectural ordinance is too great, why not create a deputy position of the prefectural magistrate? There is only one county in a county, and the minister thinks that there can be at least two counties on the left and right, with the same level and one in charge. A structure has been formed in which the county commander is in charge of the general and personnel, and the county officials and other officials are in charge of affairs. In this way, the responsibility is on the person. If something goes wrong, no one can get rid of it. When it comes to how to do things, that is what the county should manage, and the county has the final say. The county order can't interfere too much, and can only be built. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little dizzy when he heard this, and subconsciously said, "Wait, you said to manage people?" Chen Xie nodded and said, "That's right, the county order is responsible for managing personnel and grasping the general direction." This management of personnel is not simply a matter of assessing the performance of officials and letting them hold any positions. Chancellor summed up a word, called ideology. What is ideology, in the Ming Dynasty, ideology is to serve the country with loyalty to the monarch as the main body, and strengthen propaganda and guidance on this basis. Let's put it this way, the Three Principles and the Five Constants are a kind of ideology. For another example, if His Majesty wants to encourage industry and commerce, he will be responsible for conveying His Majesty's thoughts to everyone in the county. As for this matter, there must be a special person in charge, and public opinion is too important to fall into the hands of others. People are short-sighted, and more people can only see immediate interests, and it is unrealistic to ask them to have a vision of the world. So what to do? Propaganda, guidance, and occupation of the position of public opinion. ”

Zhu Youzhen felt that his brain was not enough, how could he pull out such a thing. However, there is one thing he understands, that is, let the county order convey the emperor's meaning to the people of the whole county. This article is very much on Zhu Youzhen's mind, but for the addition of a county, Zhu Youzhen feels that he has to discuss it with the insider.

Chen Xie hurriedly changed the topic, this matter is actually very complicated, I really have to say it seriously, I can't finish it for three days and three nights, so don't bother yourself with your own saliva, let Zhu Youzhen and the cabinet ministers suffer. Chen Xie wants to do what he wants to do right away.

"Your Majesty, there is a playbook here, you can take a look at it." Chen Xie took out a document and handed it over, and Zhu Youzhen took it, and he couldn't get in or out when he saw it. What did Chen Xie say? He was going to Liaodong, then to Korea, and then to Japan. What for? Put these three countries together, create a free economic and trade zone, and then build a common defense.

What are the benefits? Once this thing is made, the merchants of the three countries can run around with each other, and as long as they have the so-called "passports" issued by each government to prove that their identities are legal, they can conduct trade activities within the three countries at will. Another advantage is that if there is a war, once there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, the three countries will jointly send troops to beat him. In this way, the maritime threat from the rear of the entire Ming Dynasty will not exist.

The three countries are friendly, but there is a premise for this friendship, you have to hide the good things at home and pull the good things of others back. Why? Two words, trade. In fact, there are not many things that Japan and North Korea can sell to the Ming Dynasty, they are all raw materials, or the population.

To do this, Chen Xie needs an authorization, this matter belongs to the business scope of Honglu Temple under the Ministry of Rites, and Chen Xie is not good to mess around. Because Chen Xie made it very clear that the profits from raw materials from North Korea and Japan, and then selling them into products, far exceeded the profits from selling resources. Zhu Youzhen, a money fan, was moved, and as for the rest, he didn't pay much attention to it. Especially thinking that in the future, the Japanese will become a historical term, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but be moved. Not to mention, Chen Xie also made it very clear in it, without worries, Chen Xie can rest assured and boldly go south to grab money, grain, and land. Chen Xie used a more civilized word, "living space". Zhu Youzhen was instilled with this concept by Chen Xie, and the bankruptcy of the landless peasants of the Ming Dynasty was the only result.

"I'm done!" Zhu Youzhen was very supportive of Chen Xie's action to go to other countries to rob, and Chen Xie received Zhu Youzhen's holy decree to sign contracts with North Korea and Japan on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. Chen Xie just wants a name, just have this thing.

Zhu Youzhen just agreed, and Chen Xie flashed after authorization, Zhu Youzhen was still discussing the imperial examination system and the official system, but it turned out that the goods had already run first, and they flashed without greeting anyone, which was really excessive, and he planned to discuss things with him.

Chen Xie left, and Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to go into battle shirtless and argue with the bigwigs. Originally, there was a thug Chen Xie, but now he can't count on it, so he can only come by himself. Explain the pros and cons to everyone, and then discuss them one by one, wasting countless saliva, wasting time, effort and energy, discussing for more than a month, and finally even six departments and six subjects were involved. Especially the Ministry of Rites, because it involves the appointment of officials, there is also a competition here.

Then it's noisy, Zhu Youzhen is used to it, anyway, he is determined to do this thing, no matter how he opposes it, it is a process of weighing interests. Moreover, Zhu Youzhen has also learned badly, so he also set up a newspaper in Beijing, called "Jingshi Times", which was run by the clan under the banner of a private newspaper. But the quarrel in the court can be seen in the newspaper the next day, who leaked it? Zhu Youzhen! (To be continued......)