Shen Xun is undoubtedly very sincere, and he is indeed thinking about the overall situation, but he doesn't know Zhu Youzhen's true intentions at all, so he is destined to be disappointed.

After going back, Shen Xun thought about it for a long time, and felt that the emperor would definitely make greater moves, and Shandong would inevitably be a mess. The emperor killed in northern Shaanxi, or to quell the rebellion of the displaced people. But there was no civil unrest in Shandong, the emperor still came like this, how could the gentry in Shandong not be afraid? Can the gentry of other provinces not be afraid?

The officials of Jinan City have been arrested, and the officials of other prefectures and counties in Shandong will inevitably be in danger, and the gentry of Jinan Prefecture will be arrested a lot, and the gentry of other prefectures will inevitably be frightened. What kind of reaction these gentry officials will make next, no one knows! It's scary to think about.

Shen Xun wanted to resign and leave, but he didn't dare. The emperor is in the city of Jinan, if he resigns now, what will the emperor think?

Just when Shen Xun was panicking, Zhu Youzhen issued a new edict, determined to study in Jinan City Mansion five days later, and held a township examination for the clan, all clans can participate, and after passing the examination, they can be awarded officials as appropriate.

"Is Your Majesty going to decide to activate the clan?" Hong Chengchou asked. As we all know, although the Daming clan is supported by the state and its status seems to be very high, it is bound by many rules. It is not allowed to be an official, not to work or do business, and not to leave the fiefdom. Especially for the vassal kings, the emperors of the past dynasties were very jealous. Now Zhu Youzhen actually wants to use a large number of clans as officials, which is beyond Hong Chengchou's imagination.

"For a long time, the clan has brought a heavy burden to the imperial court and the people of the world, and has paid too much to support them. Since my accession to the throne, I have resolved to change this. However, that reform did not bring more improvements, and many clans would rather receive less and less rice, and would rather live a hungry and full life, but still do not want to go to work.

The clan was unwilling to abandon their status, so the imperial court had to continue to support them, and the vassal king and the local government had the opportunity to continue to detain the rice.

After thinking about it, I found that not only the clans themselves were unwilling to change, but the local government was actually unwilling to carry out reforms, so they would have a lot less opportunities to exploit.

The reason why the clans themselves are reluctant to change is because they don't know what they will do, their ancestors have been supported by the imperial court for generations, they have never learned the means of making a living, they don't know how to make money to support their families, and they can't let go of their face as a clan. Of course, there are also some clans who are forced to work or even beg on the streets, that they are hungry and really can't do it, but they don't want to go to the streets to beg if they can receive a little rice.

I wondered if I could give these clans some opportunities so that they could support themselves with their own hands. The Kaienke Township Test is an attempt.

Since the third year of Longqing, the imperial court began to set up sectarians in various places, and in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, all places where there were vassal kings and county kings were set up zongxue, a total of 30 sectarian schools, and famous teachers were invited to teach the children of the clan, and all the children of the clan even the lowest level of Fengguo lieutenants could be admitted for free. In the decades since the establishment of the sect, no matter what their knowledge is, at least most of the children of the sect have been enlightened and know some words, which is much better than those illiterate villagers, and they are enough to do a lot of things.

Therefore, I decided to pass the examination and select some of the best of them, and after training, they should be able to serve as low-level officials in the prefecture and county, and they should be able to do the job, and as an official they can earn enough money to support their families. ”

"The minister understands, why His Majesty is not worried about the paralysis of the local government, and originally planned to replace them with the clan." Hong Chengchou suddenly realized.

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "The affairs of this government are difficult to say, easy to say, as long as the clan learns to adapt to some time, there should be no problem in being a grassroots official." There are thousands of clans in Shandong, and there should be no problem in selecting hundreds of people, and how much Lu rice can be saved for the imperial court to solve the employment of hundreds of clans?

Of course, as long as you choose to be an official, you will automatically lose your clan identity and become a common person in the future, but for most lower-level clans, I am afraid that you want to be a common person more. Even if you are an ordinary official in the county government, it is better than starving in the clan. ”

"As for those clans who fail to pass the examination, all clan families, regardless of men and women, are given ten acres of land each, and the fields are only allowed to be cultivated, not bought and sold, as long as they are willing to work hard, at least they will not starve to death in farming. The land found out by King De was not enough, so he took the land of the Yansheng Mansion and distributed it to the clan. If you don't divide the land, you will lose your clan status, and you will have to pay taxes like ordinary households in the future. Zhu Youzhen continued.

The capable clans were selected to serve as ordinary officials in the government, and the incapable clans were given land to support their families, and the simple means solved the problem of thousands of clans in Shandong, and the great burden on the imperial court was solved, which can be described as a great good. But......

"Most of the lieutenants with low titles are willing to farm, and those county kings and generals are probably unwilling to do it." Hong Chengchou said.

"The number of generals of the county king is not much, and there are more lower-level clans like Lieutenant Zhenguo and Lieutenant Fengguo. The edict was issued again, and from then on, except for the prince and the prince of the county, the title of general was not allowed to be hereditary, and the general of Zhenguo and the general of Fengguo were all commoners and no longer enjoyed the support of the imperial court. Zhu Youzhen continued.

"Great goodness! In this way, in the future Ming Dynasty, the number of clans supported by the imperial court will be greatly reduced. Hong Chengchou said with sincere admiration.

Vassal kings, county kings, and Zhenguo generals, this is the future clan title, and only the title of vassal king and county king can be hereditary, so that the number of Ming clans will drop from hundreds of thousands to thousands, and the burden on the court and the people of the world will be greatly reduced.

"I just hope that the clan can understand my painstaking intentions, and don't think that I am treating them harshly." Zhu You sighed.

"They will understand Your Majesty, and even many clans will be grateful to Your Majesty." Hong Chengchou said.

Zhu Youzhen's move is equivalent to completely lifting the restrictions on the clans, so that they can live a normal life, they can be officials, they can do business, they can work, and even hold special examinations for them to select officials.

"This policy will be piloted in Shandong first, and if it is effective, it will be promoted to the whole country. Hong Qing, you will be the examiner of the clan township test. Zhu Youzhen said. Shandong has arrested a large number of officials and made room for the clans, but other provinces do not have such good conditions, even if the selection examination is held, there is no place for the clans, so they can only take their time in the future.

"Wechen obeys."

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