"It's not easy to manage yin and yang!"

Shen Shixing sighed after hearing Wang Xijue, and said, "The servant can only be encouraged!" ”

Qianqing Palace.

After Zhu Yijun secretly revealed and asked for a summons on Shen Shixing, he summoned him in Nuange on the afternoon of the next day.

When Shen Shixing came, Zhu Yijun was holding a telescope that had just been built to look at the vermilion wall outside, and said, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Shen Shixing glanced at the telescope in Zhu Yijun's hand, then was slightly stunned, and then informed Zhu Yijun of the boycott.

Zhu Yijun just smiled after hearing this: "That's it? ”

Shen Shixing was stunned again, and then said: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be cautious!" Gaine, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always been a place where talents gather, once they cannot be used by the imperial court, they will be used by local ambitious people, and it also makes the imperial court talent ceremony famous. ”

"People from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, aren't they all loyal and righteous people?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the same as all parts of the world, and naturally there are most people who know loyalty and righteousness."

Shen Shixing hurriedly replied.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "I think so too, after all, Master Shen is also from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but he is very knowledgeable in the matter of rent reduction and interest reduction, and he can be regarded as a loyal minister of this dynasty!" ”

"Minister."

Shen Shixing gave his hand.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "Hey! I'm telling the truth, Master Shen doesn't have to be humble, he can't even deny that he is a loyal minister? Since most of the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are loyal and righteous, there is no need to worry too much about this matter. ”

"Your Majesty said yes, but the minister is thinking that the court can't help but deal with it."

"After all, there are too many scholars from Jiangsu and Zhejiang who have boycotted the examination this time, and many ministers of the South and Central Government have also become uneasy because of this."

"The minister is not really looking down on the villagers, but he does not dare not to know His Majesty and not say anything, the scholars of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are indeed good at economics and water conservancy and tuntian, which is conducive to being placed in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangzhou, and benefiting the local people for the imperial court."

Shen Shi said.

"I also admit that the place where humanity gathers is to have more talents."

"Qing is also thinking about the overall situation of the imperial court."

"But the imperial court is not just the imperial court of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you can't coax the scholars of Jiangsu and Zhejiang because of the trouble of the scholars of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, even if the imperial court wants to encircle the scholars, it is also to envelop the scholars of the whole world."

Zhu Yijun said.

Shen Shixing said yes, and then said: "Your Majesty's heart is filled with Kyushu Wanfang, and there is only one place in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. ”

Then, Shen Shixing raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu Yijun as if he had realized something, and said:

"When Your Majesty says this, the minister is wondering whether he should issue an edict to increase the number of Jinshi in order to facilitate the management of overseas affairs, trade affairs, and increase financial resources in the future, and to extend the grace of the Holy Grace to the world?"

"And according to the latest census, there will also be a number of additional places for the provinces?"

"Very good!"

Zhu Yijun took off the telescope and said.

"The six departments have been increased to seven, so it is natural to increase the number of Jinshi people."

"In this way, not only the provinces have increased the number of jinshi places, but the ruling ministers of your political hall have carefully discussed and discussed, how much to increase, and fix a few for each province, and each province must have at least one jinshi quota!"

"In this way, at least one representative of the province will let me know the situation of the people there, but most of them will be fixed, and the total number of jinshi will be increased to five hundred according to the data provided by the Royal Academy."

Zhu Yijun said at this time.

Shen Shixing bowed his hands happily: "Your Majesty is good at governance, and the country will be prosperous for a long time!" ”

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly.

After Shen Shixing saw Zhu Yijun, he came to the Imperial Division and said with a smile to the ruling ministers: "Princes, a great kindness has fallen in this dynasty!" ”

Zhang Xueyan got up at this time and asked, "He Ende?" ”

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty's decree is to increase the number of jinshi to five hundred, at least one fixed number in each province, and increase the number of people according to the population of each province. ”

When the ministers heard this, they were all stunned.

After a while, Pan Chengcheng smiled and bowed in the direction of the Qianqing Palace: "The holy grace is glorious, and it can dissolve the resentment of the world!" ”

"That's right!"

"It should have been like this a long time ago, and then a large number of officials need to supplement the internal and external, and it is the time to increase the number of jinshi to store talents, and at the same time attract those who are still willing to be officials to become officials, so as not to stay in the local area to make trouble."

Yu Youding said.

Zhang Xueyan asked more cautiously: "Will it increase too much?" Although the increase in regular income is limited, the burden on the people that has been secretly increased is not a small amount. ”

"It's okay to be stricter!"

"When there are more officials, the more people will be targeted, and it will be easier to find out about the greed for ink, but when the time comes, you will have to be more ruthless, and you can't be as lenient as before; Even if you don't kill it, you have to copy it ruthlessly! ”

"At the same time, when the family wealth obtained is requested to be given to the state treasury in proportion to the disaster relief, so that the income from the seizure can offset this increased burden, and there may even be a surplus to benefit the people."

Shen Shixing said.

Yan Qing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said with a smile after hearing this: "In this way, even if you don't follow the ancestral system and peel the last, you have to embezzle more than 1,000 taels and be exiled!" ”

"If I commit suicide, chase his three clans, if it is not enough to make up for the stolen money, I will restrict my business and make up for it!"

"Wouldn't that be too cool?"

Xu Xuemo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked.

Yan Qing said very seriously: "It's already very light!" ”

"If Haigong is here, he must say that I am showing mercy to the greedy officials."

Shen Shixing laughed and said, "This is too!" However, the Feng Xianguan and the Six Branches have to be stricter, and those who bring the imperial history or the imperial historian, as well as the matter, embezzle more than 500 taels, and it is best to use the punishment of Dapi! ”

"That's good, then hurry up, we have to promulgate the edict to strengthen the rule of officials before Haigong enters Beijing!"

Liang Menglong, the deputy privy envoy and assistant secretary of the military department, said hurriedly at this time.

Liu Yingjie, the secretary of the ministry, echoed: "Very much! ”

Xu Xuemo also smiled: "I have no opinion, when Haigong enters Beijing, I'm afraid that it will not only be stricter to the Feng Xianguan." ”

Pan Cheng nodded and said, "However, if we do this, will we make the ministers and backward officials behind us dissatisfied, and complain that we will make the officials more strict after we are in power, and not leave a way out for those behind?" After all, although the imperial court now gives a lot of rewards to support their integrity, it is still much worse than the previous various ice respects, charcoal tributes and other gifts. ”

"I just have to block this road!"

"Otherwise, if becoming an official has always been the most profitable way, then what kind of industrial and commercial trade is there to prosper?"

"Most of the world's talented people only bury themselves in the scriptures and texts, and they are profitable in the officialdom."

"It's enough to be rich and powerful!"

"There is no need to be rich, just to curb a group of people who are too profit-oriented to become the ruling party in the future, and those who enter the government are best people who care more about stability, and people who do not care only about profit in matters of righteousness and profit."

Shen Shi said.

Pan Cheng and the other ruling ministers all nodded.

"Then let's discuss these things tomorrow, and go back to the government today to prepare."

Shen Shixing commanded.

……

Not long after, the imperial court officially issued an edict, and starting next year, the number of Jinshi admissions will be increased to 500, and the number of people and students in each province will be increased.

Among them, the total number of Jinshi places in several prefectures belonging to Nanjuan in Nanzhi Jiangsu is fixed, which is much more than the two fixed places in Guizhou.

Although, according to the situation that Guizhou has only produced more than 20 jinshi in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, there are now two fixed places in a region like Guizhou every year, which is still a big bargain, but for Jiangsu, it is also a big benefit.

Because there are not many places fixed for the provinces, most of them are divided according to the proportion of the north and south middle papers, and several provinces in Jiangsu that belong to the southern volume are more powerful in the examination, so they will undoubtedly take up most of the places in the southern volume.

But for Shen Tao, who was already a popular candidate for the top prize, this kind of increase in the number of jinshi was not very attractive to him, and after learning of this edict in the "Di Bao", he said with a calm face:

"Do you think we're going to stop taking the exam?"

"The Emperor's grace is immense!"

However, Zhao Bifan suddenly kowtowed to the ground at this time, looking in the direction of the Forbidden City.

Shen Tao and Qin Hongzhi and other scholars in the Nanzhi Hall couldn't help but look at him.