Chapter 337: The Ming Empire Continues to Reform

The next morning, Zhu Lei began to run around for all kinds of weapons that his younger brother needed, after all, Zhu Lei knew that his younger brother attached great importance to these weapons, so Zhu Lei also attached great importance to it, after all, he only had one younger brother in his previous life.

And most of the weapons that his younger brother needs have to be re-maintained, and for example, at sea, this batch of surface warships, a lot of equipment is no longer usable, so it has to be replaced, after all, the object of buying this batch of weapons is his younger brother, if it is someone else, Zhu Lei will directly sell it and don't care about anything, but what his younger brother bought is different, the safety of his younger brother and his parents, and for the sake of the motherland in his previous life, he has to do this, even if it is a loss, there is no way.

Zhu Lei was busy for nearly a month for the weapons his brother needed, and finally completed the transaction with his younger brother, and then he returned to his previous life, during the day he would go to the major laboratories of the Yongan Group to discuss various science and technology with the scientists of the Ming Empire, and every night he would go to the mall to put various weapons, in just over a month, Zhu Lei has accumulated nearly 1 billion energy coins in the mall, These energy coins are prepared for him to buy a technology he saw in the mall, this technology is the warp engine technology, but if you want to buy such a technology, even if you rent a billion energy coins in his hands, it is far from enough, to get the warp engine is the landmark technology of the intermediate and middle-level civilization, although the theoretical research of the warp engine, Zhu Lei's Yongan Group has been studying for many years, and there are also phased results, but if you want to develop a practical warp engine, it is still far from enough, According to Zhu Lei's estimation, at the current speed, if you want to develop a truly practical warp engine, if there is no external help, it will take at least 50 years to make a breakthrough, and it may not even be able to break through, so when he saw this technology for sale in the mall, he never forgot to buy this technology back, even if it is a broken technology, it is also very helpful for the Ming Empire to study the elemental engine, and it can shorten the world war for the Ming Empire to study the warp engine.

So no matter what, Zhu Lei will not give up on such technology, not to mention that what is sold in the mall is not a broken technology, but a real and complete warp engine technology, although the warp engine technology sold in the mall is only the most basic technology, but this is exactly what Zhu Lei wants to get, after all, if it is a high-end civilization warp engine, Zhu Lei may not want it, after all, if the difference in technology idle speed is too big, it will be even more difficult for the scientists of the Ming Empire to eat through. And the first generation of technology is just suitable for the research of scientists in the Ming Empire, not to mention that the civilization that sells this warp engine is a pure mechanical and electronic mixed scientific and technological civilization, so this kind of technology is more suitable for the Ming Empire, so Zhu Lei is so obsessed.

It's just that the price of this technology sold in the mall is 10 billion, so with Zhu Lei's current little background, he can't afford to buy such a technology.

So Zhu Lei is now saving money hard, hoping to buy warp engine technology as soon as possible.

In addition to these, Zhu Lei often finds time to spend with his family, after all, it has been more than 20 years since he got married, and he doesn't really have much time to spend with his family at home.

Just like now, nominally he is at home, but in fact he is busy every day, and he is often busy until midnight.

So Zhu Lei, he tried to spend as much time as possible with his family.

Just when Zhu Lei was living his life leisurely.

The government of the Ming Empire began to brew a new round of reforms, so the government officials of the Ming Empire are now busy with their feet, since the Ming Empire unified the world for 20 years, the various reforms of the Ming Empire can be described as wave after wave, from the beginning of the cabinet reform to the reform of the administrative system, and then the army reform, and now the Ming Empire is preparing for a new round of reform, that is, in the existing various systems of the Ming Empire, a new system has been added, and the contribution system is made.

In the past 20 years, the changes of the Ming Empire can be described as very fast, it is simply a day at a time, all of this Zhu Lei and his Yongan Group play an irreplaceable role in it, and the officials of the Ming Empire are also trying to maintain their roles, until now the entire Ming Empire and the Ming Empire 20 years ago have undergone earth-shaking changes.

It not only affects the elite of the Ming Empire, but also profoundly affects all the people of the entire Ming Empire, for example, 20 years ago, it was a gift from God that ordinary people in the Ming Empire could live more than 100 years old, but now the life expectancy of ordinary people in the Ming Empire is generally more than 1,000 years old, and in terms of material, even ordinary people in the Ming Empire.

If you want to buy a hovercar, it's not much different from buying a bicycle 20 years ago.

You must know that 20 years ago, even the people of the Ming Empire wanted to buy a car, but today, 20 years later, people don't need to think about buying a hovering car like buying a bicycle.

Of course, if you want to buy an aerospace vehicle, you have to consider it like buying a car, but for aerospace vehicles, most people in the Ming Empire can buy them without burden, and even some luxury spaceships are now slowly being bought.

And in other aspects, for example, in terms of food, although the entire Ming Empire now has a population of more than 15 billion, which is larger than the population of all countries 20 years ago, but now the food of the Ming Empire is very rich, all kinds of fruits, meat and vegetables are very cheap, plus people can use solar energy to charge energy coins by themselves, so people can live well even if they don't work, even if there is no charging equipment, just rely on the welfare measures of the Ming Empire can feed these peopleAlthough it is said that the country's expenditure on construction is very large everywhere in the Ming Empire, in fact, the annual financial expenditure of the Ming Empire has not collapsed because of these constructions, but there is a lot of surplus every year, so even if more than 80% of the people in the Ming Empire do not work, the government of the Ming Empire can also raise it, after all, this is no longer the era of farming, the Ming Empire is now completely into the interstellar era, and a lot of work has been replaced by robots.

And with the development of science and technology, there will be more jobs to be replaced by robots in the future, and in the end, manual labor will be completely replaced by robots, so the unemployment rate of people in the Ming Empire will be higher and higher.

Due to the reason why everyone in the Ming Empire practices martial arts, having nothing to do means doing nothing to cause trouble, and it is also like the Ming Empire where everyone practices martial arts, which is a very big destabilizing factor, although now the Ming Empire has a lot of virtual games, which has attracted a lot of people, although these people have no contribution to society, but at least keep to themselves

But for those who have lost their jobs and don't like to play virtual games, it is different, after all, since people can use their own solar energy to charge their energy coins, which means that if the sun is not destroyed, these people will never starve to death.

So this has led to the emergence of a very large number of parasites, this group of people have nothing to do every day, and even cause trouble everywhere, and forming gangs has become a very unstable factor in the Ming Empire.

Therefore, for the stability of the Ming Empire, and for the future development of the Ming Empire, the Ming Empire must have a new policy to guide these people.

Therefore, after several years of discussion, a new contribution system has emerged, and these systems are suitable for the title of the Ming Empire, which is to say, from now on, in addition to the military merits obtained in the war, there are other ways to obtain the title, and this contribution system has been proposed as early as ten years ago.

However, due to various reasons, it was not until five years ago that the Ming cabinet began to discuss this matter, after all, the interests involved in all aspects of the contribution system are too great, including the interests of the military, before which the title of the Ming Empire could only be obtained through foreign wars.

However, after the contribution system, the title of the Ming Empire can also be obtained through non-war routes in the future, which is very unfair to the military of the Ming Empire, especially those who have obtained nobility.

Therefore, the military will not agree, and even the government will not agree, so this matter has been discussed since five years ago and has only begun to be implemented.

However, although all the people of the Ming Empire can obtain the title through the contribution system, the title obtained through the contribution system is completely different from the title obtained through military merits.

There are two kinds of titles obtained through military merits, one can be hereditary, and the other is not, the hereditary title is passed from father to son, and children are passed down from generation to generation.

For example, if the father is a first-class waiter, then when the son is a second-class waiter, and when the grandson is a third-class waiter, and the grandson of the eldest grandson becomes a third-class viscount, then after that, it becomes a baron, and so on from generation to generation until the title is lost.

There is no hereditary title for the title obtained through the contribution system, which is also a compromise between the Ming military and the government, after all, for the future of the Ming Empire, what should be sacrificed is still sacrificed, but the military still tightly bites the particularity of the hereditary title.

That is to say, if you want to obtain a hereditary title in the Ming Empire, you must obtain it through military merits, and all other methods cannot obtain a hereditary title.

And for the management of the contribution system, there is the royal military and the government of the Ming Empire at the same time, especially for those who have reached the standard of obtaining the title of the blood supply system, it must be inspected by the military and the royal and the government of the Ming Empire, and at the same time to examine whether it is qualified, if there is a party that thinks it is unqualified, then no matter how good this person is, he cannot obtain the title of the Ming Empire.

And after obtaining the title, it does not mean that you can be completely at ease, and you have to accept the supervision of the people of the Ming Empire every year, especially the supervision of the people in his place, if more than 1/3 of the people think that this person is no longer suitable to be a nobleman of the Ming Empire, then the noble management center of the Ming Empire will revoke his title.

This is the result of multi-party negotiations between the military, the aristocracy, the royal family and the government in the past five years of the Ming Empire, and this system will be slowly improved in the future, after all, no matter which system it is, it is inevitable that there will be loopholes at the beginning.

After all, this is a road opened up for everyone in the Ming Empire, not for a certain person, so the Ming Empire must ensure that this road is relatively equal and cannot be controlled by a certain person or a certain party.

After that, all the people of the Ming Empire were divided into slaves, untouchables, commoners, citizens, barons, viscounts, dukes, marquises, earls, and princes.

In addition to the very special title of king, the earl also made detailed provisions in this discussion, if it is not for the military merits obtained in the war, it cannot be made an earl, which is the compensation for the military after the discussion of all parties, after all, the earl is a very special title, which has a profound impact on the entire Ming Empire, so this position must be treated with caution.

And the marquis is also very cautious like the earl, so this title is also quite difficult to obtain, in the discussion all the people think that the marquis will not have a profound impact on the Ming Empire in the future special contributors can not obtain this title, it can be said that this title is for the Ming Empire's soldiers and outstanding scientists.

Of course, other professions can also obtain this title, but it is countless times more difficult than the above two professions, of course, there is also a premise for obtaining the title of marquis, that must be people of all nationalities of the Ming Empire, after all, with the expansion of the territory of the Ming Empire in the future, there will definitely be other races to join the Ming Empire, and these races cannot obtain the title of marquis or above.

And the remaining duke, son, male noble titles, all the people in the Ming Empire can be obtained through the contribution system, all the titles of the Ming Empire are also divided into three classes from now on, for example, the baronial title is divided into a first-class male, a second-class male, a third-class male, and then a viscount title is also divided into a first-class son, a second-class son, a third-class son, and three grades, of which the first class is the highest, and the third class is the lowest.

And below the aristocracy is the level of the people. And the people were also divided into three classes by the Ming Empire, namely untouchables, commoners, and citizens (meritorious people), but all the people were also divided into three classes.

And now the Chinese people of the Ming Empire, that is, people of all races in the Ming Empire, are all citizens after birth, and then obtain the title of nobility according to their personal efforts.

Therefore, when someone commits a crime in the Ming Empire in the future, the political level of this person will be downgraded according to the relevant laws, that is to say, a person is born a third-class citizen, but if he commits a crime, he will become a first-class civilian, or a second-class civilian and a third-class civilian, but the Chinese personnel of the Ming Empire, that is to say, all the nationalities of the Ming Empire will never become untouchables.

Because untouchables and slaves are specially prepared for non-earthlings, no matter how much the humans on earth sin will not become untouchables and slaves.

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