Chapter 652: Three Fires

As soon as the first moon passed, the whole world came to life, the remnants of snow on the branches were still there, and the tender green still couldn't wait to come out. The birds foraging for food have become high-pitched, and the water that has turned into snow has quietly washed away the dust accumulated in the harsh winter, and there are more dim streams of water on the gray earth.

After the new monarch ascended the throne, he went step by step, and there didn't seem to be much change. Just when people thought that this qiē would continue peacefully, a thunderclap sounded in the silence.

In the first year of the new construction, on the second day of February, the dragon raised its head, and the great court meeting.

Zhu Cihong, who was sitting upright on the dragon chair, said faintly in front of the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, the system of ceremonial supervisors was formulated for the ancestors, and I thought it was out of date, the system strictly hindered the smooth operation of the government, and it was time to cancel it." "On the calm hall, the first thunder of the imperial court in the first year of the establishment of the new era exploded. The ministers didn't react at all, what's going on? How can you say that the system that has existed for 200 years has been canceled if it is canceled?

When everyone didn't react, Chen Xie knelt down silently, holding the wat board with both hands, and said: "The holy monarch is in the court, and the ministers are fortunate to have a lineage, and the country will be forever solid." ”

The ministers reacted, and fell to their knees in an uproar, Zhu Cihong was calmed by this formation, but he really didn't expect it to be such a move, and the ministers all bowed to the ground. It was undoubtedly difficult to make this decision, but when Chen Xie talked to him in private, he emphasized the efficiency of the operation of state politics, emphasized that personal ability cannot be unlimited, and grasping all rights in his hands is actually irresponsible to the state and a product of his selfish nature. A king who does whatever he wants is cool, but it's not a good thing for the country. As a wise king. The most important thing is not to do everything well, but to use the right people to do things well. Chen Xie's words are actually pitted, Zhu Cihong didn't understand, in fact, the hidden thing is still the word "right". "Rights" require checks and balances. Otherwise, it will be like a wild horse on the loose, and no one knows where it will rush, which is a terrible thing.

The abolition of the celebrant is a heavy concession of the monarch's power, but this concession is also limited, so Zhu Cihong said in the next sentence: "Let's be even, the system of celebrant supervisors has been abolished, and the future affairs of the state will generally be decided by the cabinet." However, it involves military affairs. or if the cabinet cannot make a decision, I will convene a meeting of the Imperial Council to make a decision. ”

What is the Imperial Council? With Zhu Cihong's explanation, everyone understood. Ordinary government affairs are decided by the cabinet, but when it comes to the military, the formulation of laws and regulations, and the clan, such issues as the cabinet's difficulty in making decisions can be discussed and resolved at the Imperial Council. The participants of the Imperial Council were members of the Cabinet and the Secretaries of the Ministries.

Overall. The emergence of this system shows that the monarchy has taken the initiative to take a big step back. After the abolition of the old system of voting and wearing red, the emperor no longer interfered too much in many affairs of the state. is still this system, but the emperor has grasped the rights of the army, policy making, and the clan more tightly. Combined with the previous cabinet system, it is not difficult to see that on the surface, the emperor's rights over the state have been relaxed. In fact, an emperor who has a veto over cabinet members is actually more centralized. On the other hand, the country's decision-making on specific government affairs has become more democratic.

In any case, this is after Zhu Youjian reorganized Jinyiwei and Dongchang. The Ming monarch made another heavy political move. After this move was communicated to the whole country by the guòdi newspaper and newspapers, not a single official did not say excitedly, "The Holy Monarch is in court."

But on this day, there was not only such a thing, and then Zhu Cihong said: "I decided to open Enke, but I feel that the current imperial examination system is not perfect, and I plan to further improve it." There is also the test method, I think there are still some deficiencies, need to make a little improvement, here to say, I am still young, inexperienced, omissions are inevitable, please love Qing axe. ”

The eunuch came out and sent a message to the ministers, one for each person, and everyone took a look. Two things, the first is Enke, the age of participating in the imperial examination has been further lowered, and it is directly a one-size-fits-all approach, 35 years old. No matter what level you are, the road to the imperial examination will be over before the age of 35. The reason is very simple, the national talent selection ceremony, the selected talents, it takes at least ten years from the seventh grade to the second grade, according to the new court push system, you are eligible to participate in the court push. The Emperor's privileges at the time of the court were nothing more than a designated candidate and veto. In other words, Zhu Youzhen's cabinet promotion system left room for himself, which Zhu Cihong did not change. The emperor has the right to designate a person who is not qualified enough to run for the imperial election. Whether you can pass it or not, basically it's not a big problem, why do you say that? The people the emperor specifically pointed out can't do anything, what do the ministers want to do? Don't give any face?

Well, this one is actually an unspoken rule!

In any case, the impact of the imperial examination on the minister is not small, not only the age issue, but also the content of the examination has also been changed. Bagu, as the fairest imperial examination project since the founding of the People's Republic of China, has now been changed. How did you change it? In the future, there will be three main contents, each accounting for 30 percent, and one additional content, accounting for 10 percent. What is the content? First, I still have to do it, but I only need to do one, and I don't need to write too much. Second, mathematics, you don't even know how to count, and you're embarrassed to be an official? Isn't that a curse to the people? Thirdly, the scope of Gewuxue is not only agriculture, but also design industry and commerce, water conservancy, transportation, navigation and so on. If you want to be an official, you have to learn these things, and you don't need to be proficient in them, at least you have to be able to pass. An additional discipline is called Current Affairs. It is to give some simple questions and answers about the big things that have happened in the country in the past three years. If you can't even pass this test, hurry up and wash and sleep.

The matter of the imperial examination is not over yet, and the supplementary method of the examination method is the knife for cutting meat. Why? Because there's a new thing in this, the Bureau of Statistics. The Way of the Six Disciplines, right? This is the emperor's assistant, and now these six subjects have become seven, and there is one more statistical bureau, what are you doing? For the government at or above the county level, the annual statistics are counted. When inspecting an official, the ministry must look at these statistics during his term of office, which serve as an important basis for determining whether an official is qualified or not.

What do you mean? GDP knows, right? It was this thing that was introduced to Daming by Chen Xie. There is no county's annual GDP to be counted, and if it is reduced, the chief officials will go back to rest, there has been no progress for three consecutive years, go back and hold the children, don't come out and be embarrassed. The officials of the Ming Dynasty can't improve the lives of the people, and you have the face to be this official? For more than three consecutive years, it has remained the same, hehehe, the dream of promotion has stopped, you can maintain the status quo, it's really difficult for you. Work at this level until retirement. Those who have made progress for three consecutive years and maintain a level of progress can be used as the most basic basis for promotion. Don't tell the emperor anything about the merits of education, what the people are doing to keep to themselves, it's useless. If you don't have the ability to improve the people's living standards, you don't want to be promoted, and you don't even have to be an official.

This statistical bureau is the eyes and ears of the emperor and is directly responsible to the emperor.

Zhu Cihong's combination punch came out, and the ministers were really caught off guard. The problem of the imperial examination is easy to say, the dead friends do not die the poor, but this statistical bureau is not right, this is the emperor's eyes and ears. Officials are adjusted and promoted, and finally the emperor needs to use the seal. Okay, you go up on the list here, and the emperor over there sends a return ticket to the ministry, and this thing has done nothing to the local people's livelihood in office, no.

What is this? This is a nuclear weapon in the hands of the emperor! A civil servant, the biggest achievement is to enter the cabinet and become the first assistant, the current court push system, if you think about it carefully, it is not good at all. You have to have grassroots experience, at least three years in the prefect's office, which is the minimum requirement. You have to have mid-level experience, governor for three years. You also have to have experience as a Beijing official, and more than three years of work experience in the six departments, six departments, and the imperial history platform. Jingguan is a little better, it's really terrible at the grassroots level, and the local economic index is not good, so don't think about being promoted. These scholars let him write articles, there is no problem at all, let him develop the economy, that is fatal.

The key is that the standard of this statistic is formulated by the emperor and implemented by special departments. It's hard for you to cheat.

But on this occasion today, the front shouted that the Holy Monarch was in the court, and the back you dare to say that the emperor was mediocre? Or is it deceived by villains? Don't dare, if you don't dare, you have to pinch your nose and admit it!

The dizzy ministers, on top of these three fires, were roasted on the outside and tender on the inside. There was no room to fight back, Zhu Cihong successfully burned three fires and dominated today's court meeting. These three fires burned down, and everyone realized that this was not from Zhu Cihong's handwriting, just that small body, where did he think of such a rhythm, so old and spicy.

Everyone turned their eyes to Chen Xie, this thing is standing there dozing off at the moment, it was a little late to toss last night, Zhu Yujiao said that there are too few children, and there must be a few more, otherwise the huge family business will be cheap for the fox spirits outside.

In this way, in the eyes of everyone who wanted to bite him to death, Chen Xie dozed off in the quarrel very rudely.

The three new measures, without exception, were all passed through at the court meeting, and there is no way to refute it. In today's court, there is no iron-clad minister like Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou, even if Gu Yanwu is a courtier who is barely seven grades and is qualified to stand on the tail, he supports these three moves. It is considered to be the only feat since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)