"Your Majesty should know that ministers are not people who sell their reputations!"

"Now that the country is richer, the ministers just happen to be in charge of the ministry, and the common people just happen to be the most in need of not being harmed by the officials, the ministers should get rid of this chronic disease, so as to live up to the kindness of Your Majesty to reuse the ministers!"

Hai Rui answered Zhu Yijun's question at this time.

Zhu Yijun was silent.

After a while, Zhu Yijun suddenly got up.

"Good!"

Then, Zhu Yijun praised it, and then said to Hai Rui: "The Ming Dynasty has a Qing, and all the people are blessed!" ”

Hai Rui heard Zhu Yijun say this, looked up at Zhu Yijun, and then pushed the gold mountain, poured the jade pillar, and bowed in front of Zhu Yijun:

"How dare the minister accept such praise from His Majesty!"

"If it weren't for Your Majesty, the minister would still be only in a broad name, how could he talk about blessing the people?"

"Those who truly bless the world, Your Majesty too!"

Zhu Yijun helped Hai Rui up: "Although I have the heart to bless the people, I must also have a minister like Qing to help the people." ”

Hai Rui was already excited at this time, his white beard trembled slightly, and he said yes.

Shen Shixing and other ruling ministers also looked at Hai Rui at this time, their expressions were complicated, and it was difficult to hide their respect.

"Since the Qing wants to change the official system, then it can't just be the authority of the ministry, and the decree will be passed on.

Zhu Yijun said another sentence at this time.

"Yes!"

Shen Shixing replied at this time.

Hai Rui bowed his hand again for a while.

Zhu Yijun helped him up again.

For Hai Rui, he can go one step into the cabinet as a lifter, and he has gone the farthest among the lifters.

Zhu Yijun's letting Hai Rui enter the cabinet can be regarded as breaking the convention.

And Hai Rui's desire to reform the system of officials may also be related to the fact that he himself is a person and empathizes with the monopoly of official resources by Jinshi, so he has a greater motivation to reform the system of officials and let officials and officials be united.

"This big disadvantage must be reformed by Mr. Gangfeng, although the servant is Yuanfu, it is not enough to make Shilin fearful, and I am willing to let Xu no longer be Shilin's minions!"

Because of this, Shen Shixing also said to Hai Rui after leaving the Forbidden City.

"Yes, Mr. Gangfeng is famous all over the world, and he is familiar with the governance of local officials, and the matter of changing the official system will be a success."

Wang Xijue also smiled and said to Hai Rui.

"Praise from all the public!"

Hai Rui replied.

Then, Shen Shixing said: "In the future, you don't have to call Mr. Gangfeng, you are in the same cabinet, and you are also called the old minister." ”

Wang Xijue waited for the head: "Very much! ”

Hai Jui gave up again.

He understood what Shen Shixing meant, and continued to say that Mr. Gangfeng was more respectful on the surface, but there was still a sense of rejection, and calling the elder of the pavilion meant that he was truly accepting.

After returning the salute, Shen Shixing smiled at Hai Rui and said: "The elder is responsible for reforming the system of officials, and once the system is changed, it is not completely without drawbacks, and the drawbacks are undoubtedly mainly in two aspects:

First, once all the officials are changed to officials, the expenditure of Yulu will inevitably increase, and the expenditure of the court will increase;

Second, meritorious scholars will inevitably have grievances, and they will exclude those who are from official backgrounds, and even regard the imperial court's arrangement of their official positions below the county level as an insult to themselves and breed dissatisfaction;

First of all, we must take advantage of the reform of the system of officials, take advantage of the more active opportunity of the officials to improve the tax administration, ensure the increase of tax revenue, and severely punish those who dare to use their hands to evade taxes and evade taxes.

Secondly, this year is the year of the township examination, and when the recital is requested to further increase the number of filial piety and students, as well as the number of jinshi, and it is greatly increased, so that from the beginning of this year's reform of the official system, even if some scholars are dissatisfied, they will have to be willing to accept the change of the previous official position into the official position because of the large number of scholars and the lack of official positions. ”

All the ministers nodded and said, "Yes! ”

Hai Rui also bowed to Shen Shixing again, and then returned to the ministry, and told Wang Zongmu, who was already the left attendant of the ministry, and Wang Yongji, who was already the right servant of the ministry, that the emperor had agreed to him to change the system of officials and let him enter the cabinet, as well as the support of the first assistant Shen Shixing.

The two hurriedly congratulated Hai Rui.

And Wang Yongji then said with a smile on his face full of excitement: "In this case, then Brother Gangfeng is going ahead, I will try to follow as much as possible, and strive to really let the reform of this official be carried out!" ”

"We must carry it out!"

"Although I was born in Jinshi, I know very well that there are almost hereditary Xu officials, which not only makes it difficult for those who are born in Jinshi to know the lower feelings because they do not go to the countryside and are directly close to the people, but also often restrained by Xu officials and it is best to be like a clay Bodhisattva and let the following do, it is better to get up and down, so that the new Jinshi can also start from the difference between talking to the people about politics!"

Wang Zongmu, who made great contributions to the reforms of the Qing Dynasty and Tianmu in the past, was praised by few civil servants and ministers, so he supported Hai Rui's big move in the official system, and at this time he also stood up to express his views.

After hearing this, Hai Rui got up and bowed his hand to the two: "Then we will join hands to let this dynasty build a new official rule!" ”

Wang Zongmu and Wang Yongji also bowed their hands: "Do your best!" ”

Soon, Hai Rui officially went to the second official department of the question book, please set up the Huangming official examination system, first improve the official selection system, and no longer set up officials in the future, the existing officials are changed to official positions, all set up from the nine products, but the nine officials are divided up and down, the original from the nine officials to the nine products, and the existing officials are changed to officials, and the future are all according to the examination method, the new local officials from the inside are all required to take the examination, set up a two-level examination system for the Ministry of Officials and the local political secretary, the officials selected for the official examination are awarded to the Beijing officials, and the officials selected by the political department are awarded to the local officials, And only scholars who have made meritorious contributions or above are eligible to take such examinations as officials.

The establishment of an official examination system was an idea that Zhu Yijun had already proposed, and now Hai Rui also put forward his final plan based on the idea proposed by Zhu Yijun, rather than coming up with it in a snap.

The reason for the establishment of two levels of examinations, namely, the examination for the selection of officials by the central government and the examination for the election of local officials presided over by the secretary of government, is to reduce the cost of the examination.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is too big, and the number of grassroots officials is too large, so if they all come to the capital for the examination, back and forth and the appointment is issued, it is estimated that it will cause the official positions below the local county level to be vacant for at least one year.

After all, even if the students are above the level, they are willing to be involved in the task of protecting morality, at least they can get by.

In order to avoid the reluctance of the students to go to the local government to be officials for the sake of the middle jinshi, Hai Rui also asked the Son of Heaven to allow him to be a student and a minor official or to participate in the imperial examination, and at the same time abolish the imperial examination system for Xu officials, so as to offset the dissatisfaction caused by the fact that Xu officials can no longer be hereditary.

Zhu Yijun naturally approved.

……

Not long after, Gu Xiancheng learned about this from Gu Yuncheng, and was stunned: "What, the Xu officials have been changed to officials, and the Xu officials are not allowed to take the imperial examination, and the local petty officials who have won the filial piety examination can also participate in the big competition?" ”

Gu Yuncheng nodded: "This is obviously to want the monarch to go to the countryside completely!" ”

Gu Xiancheng asked: "Who changed it, which Jinshi couldn't get along with himself so much, and gave up the qualification of the world's Jinshi to share worries for the king?!" ”

"Haigang Peak!"

(End of chapter)