"This, this ......" Wen Tiren was stunned, not knowing what to say.

I support the rectification of the Xu officials Wen Tiren, after all, the current Xu officials are really rotten. However, Xu was a state and county official, and even entered the dynasty as a high-ranking official of the six ministries, which completely subverted his cognition.

The scholars studied hard, for ten or twenty years, and they were lucky enough to be admitted to the Jinshi before they could become officials, and these officials could actually achieve the same position as them, which was really unimaginable for Wen Tiren, who also experienced cruel scientific examinations.

Hong Chengchou could understand Wen Tiren's mood at this time, and sighed: "A lowly person like Xu can also be an official, and I can't accept it at the beginning." However, when you think about it, the bureaucratic system of the past was too unreasonable.

It is true that scholars can only gain fame after hard study, but because of this, Jinshiju people only care about reading the Four Classics and Five Books, and never understand specific civil affairs. On the contrary, these officials deal with the people all day long and are familiar with various government affairs. If the official does not understand government affairs, he is naturally deceived by the officials, what kind of official is it? So why not select officials from among the junior officials? ”

Wen Tiren sighed: "It's good to be like this, but I'm afraid it will be opposed by all the officials in the court." ”

The officials in the court are all from Jinshi, and they are the most self-conscious of their own fame, how can they tolerate those who were born as petty officials and are listed in the court with them? When this method reaches the imperial court, it will definitely cause an uproar, and you can imagine how much resistance it will encounter.

"As long as the people of the world are satisfied and supportive, what are the court officials!" Zhu Youzhen sneered.

Wen Tiren smiled bitterly. In front of the emperor, the court officials are indeed nothing, but the court officials represent the officials of the prefectures and counties of the world and the gentry of the world. The emperor's method of selecting officials is tantamount to completely abolishing the privileges of the imperial examination, and it will inevitably meet with a violent backlash from the gentry of the world.

As for the people of the world, of course they will support it, at least these newly elected officials are far more honest than before.

Wen Tiren finally understood that the reason why the emperor left the court to tour the south was that he knew that this kind of reform method could not be used in the court at all, so he did so many things in Shandong, and he planned to make a revolution from the bottom up. First change the low-level officials and firmly control the local governments and counties, and then it will be meaningless for the court officials to oppose or not.

But the Ming Dynasty has thirteen political secretaries, does the emperor plan to do these things one by one? The court officials are not fools, and the gentry in the world are not fools, seeing that wherever the emperor goes, the officials and gentry are robbed and killed, how can there be no rebound?

"The method is a good method, but I am afraid that it will be too difficult to implement. There are 13 political departments in the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of prefectures, thousands of counties, and hundreds of officials in each county, and there are too many officials in need of them, and the selection of officials, from officials to the promotion of officials, management and supervision, these are too difficult. Wen Tiren sighed.

The current officials are rotten, but who can guarantee that the newly recruited officials are not rotten? How so many officials supervise them is also a problem.

"Therefore, a complete system is needed, including a series of things such as recruitment, performance appraisal, rewards and punishments, promotion, and supervision. For example, in the recruitment of officials, the examination of officials can be held by the provinces, and only those who pass the examination can become officials. Zhu Youzhen said indifferently.

"What about the imperial examination, is it completely canceled?" Wen Tiren said busily, this is a problem he cares about, and it is also a problem that the gentry in the world are concerned about.

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while: "The imperial examination will not be completely canceled, it can still be held, but those who pass the examination will not be directly awarded officials, but will be officials directly under the yamen of the imperial court, and those who must make certain achievements and experience in the future can become officials."

In the future, the officials of the six ministries will be promoted from the prefecture and county, and the county order will be promoted by the officials who have made achievements. You can become an official in the Jinshi examination, and this situation will not appear again in the Ming Dynasty in the future.

The scientific examination is still divided into the provincial examination, the provincial examination is held by the political secretary, regardless of whether the good or the low, regardless of whether the talent is born, as long as the people of the Ming Dynasty can participate, and those who win the examination are assigned to the local officials.

The examination was held by the imperial court, and those who passed the examination could be assigned to each yamen of the imperial court as officials. ”

"You can participate regardless of your background or background, so I'm afraid there will be a lot of applicants." Wen Tiren sighed. And in this case, where is the dignity of the former people in the examination?

Zhu Youzhen smiled, that is, to gradually deprive the noble status of the gentry, in the future, the officials of the Ming Dynasty will not have so many privileges now, and the gentry will completely disappear if they do not pay taxes.

"Two Aiqing, this kind of system was also thought of by me considering the disadvantages of the imperial examination, but the stakes are very high, and it cannot be implemented for the time being, so the two Aiqing should not leak it for the time being. I have entrusted the matter of scientific research reform to the two Aiqing, and from today onwards, you will think carefully about this matter and formulate a perfect system. Zhu Youzhen said.

The matter of changing the imperial examination to the official examination is the picture that Zhu Youzhen saw when he borrowed from the soul tour, but he was only a casual observer, and he knew very little about the system of later generations, so he could only put forward a concept, and the specific measures still needed to be supplemented by smart people like Hong Chengchou and Wen Tiren.

"You should do your best!" Hong Chengchou and Wen Tiren replied in unison.

Wen Tiren, in particular, changed his depression just now and regained his mental vitality. The emperor entrusted him with such an important matter, which means that he has faith in him and can single-handedly formulate and implement the system of the world, what an honor!

"At the time of Taizu, because of the rebellion of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, the post of Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province was banned, and six departments were set up to manage the affairs of the world, and major matters were decided by the emperor alone.

However, Taizu was energetic, and he could handle the affairs of the world alone, how could the emperors of later generations be like Taizu, so there was a cabinet to assist the emperor later. Today, the power of the Cabinet is no less than that of the Prime Minister.

However, after all, the name of the cabinet is not right, and there is the name of the prime minister but not the name of the prime minister, so it often causes political disputes in the court. I often wonder if we should restore the prime minister system of the Qin and Han dynasties.

Two Aiqing, can you help me think about whether it is feasible? ”

At this moment, not only Wen Tiren, but also Hong Chengchou's heart was beating wildly.

Prime Minister, this is the ultimate dream of all officials!

However, in Daming, no matter how good an official is, at most he will become the first assistant of the cabinet, and even if he becomes the first assistant, he is only an auxiliary minister, not a legitimate prime minister!

Now the most trusted by the emperor are the two of them, and if they really set up a prime minister, they will inevitably come out of the two.

"Your Majesty, Taizu has a testament, and future emperors are not allowed to set up the post of prime minister." Wen Tiren's voice trembled.

Zhu Youzhen smiled dumbly: "Taizu can still be an official." Time has passed, as long as Daming can get better and better, presumably Grandpa Tai will not blame. ”

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