After more than three years of absence from the capital, Wei Bin returned.

The palace of the Forbidden City is still the same, but Wei Bin is still surprised by the busyness of the previous dynasty.

An old man in the palace like him is more aware of the difference between today and then.

The Wenhua Hall area in the southeast of the Forbidden City now has three major functional areas.

The courtyard of the Wenhua Hall is no longer used for holding prayer banquets, and has now become the exclusive use of the cabinet.

The original Wenyuan Pavilion has been changed into a central shelf library and library building, and the carved room and shrine on the east side of the Wenhua Hall have been converted into offices for officials who serve the cabinet.

The area of the Wenhua Hall is much larger than that of the Wenyuan Pavilion, and now, the ministers have an independent small office building here. The first and second assistants reside in the apse of the ministry, and the other four ministers are on both sides, while the central hall is the meeting hall where cabinet meetings are held to discuss important matters.

To the south of the Wenhua Palace, in the four courtyards on the north side of the south courtyard wall of the Forbidden City, in addition to a Youguo Hall dedicated to the "Xuantian God", there is also a famous inner transport warehouse here.

Now, the Inner Carrier Depot has been moved to the area of the Celebrant on the north side of the Inji Hall, and it has become an area where the Inner Supervisor and the Yakuro are concentrated.

The four courtyards to the south of the Wenhua Hall are now four important departments serving the emperor and the cabinet: the General Political Envoy Department, the Six Branch Rooms, the Imperial Chamber, and the Ming Bao Branch of the Ministry of Rites located on the south side of the Donghua Gate.

This area was originally used as an incense storehouse, and there is also a library of ancient and modern books used for book collection.

But now due to the proximity to the water, a row of houses in the south has become a printing room, a row of houses in the north is an editorial room, and a warehouse on the east side is closest to Donghua Gate.

The last functional area around the Wenhua Hall is centered on the Wenlou, and it also contains many corridors in the area of the History Museum of the Hanlin Academy, the Zhongzuo Gate and the East Corner Gate, and there are many small offices and small meeting rooms for the cabinet and ministries.

The six or so squires who can now live here all have another title: Wenlou walking.

If Shilang wants to further become a scholar, it will be difficult to have this experience.

And the Wuying Palace, which is the opposite of the Wenhua Palace, is obviously preparing the same structure now. The house was still being renovated, but Wei Bin knew that the Wuying Hall and the Wulou would also have a great effect.

Complementing these new changes is the number of ministers and ministers from the previous dynasty to the present.

Wei Bin accompanied Zhu Houxi from the Heart Cultivation Hall to the Jinshen Palace, and praised again and again: "After the ministers entered the palace, they only saw in the past half a day, and the courtiers were dedicated, diligent and diligent in their lives far better than in the past. ”

Zhu Houxi said with a smile: "You are a first-class smart person, you know that this is still far away." ”

Wei Bin didn't see any age, but gained a lot of weight.

Don't stay next to Zhu Houxi, Wei Bin seems to be very moist in Guangdong.

"How is Uncle Liang's health?"

"I'm not seriously ill, but I'm a lot older after all." Wei Bin paused when he heard this, "I'm afraid that I only have a few years to live at most." ”

He didn't say anything, but since the emperor asked himself, he still had to give his own judgment.

Prince Liang has been living in seclusion in his hometown for more than four years after his resignation, and now when he heard Wei Bin say this, Zhu Houxi just nodded.

can't curse people, so Zhu Houxi lowered Liang Chu's lifespan expectation a little more: maybe he can only survive another two or three years, and he may even die at any time.

Among the old ministers who were active at the beginning of his succession, the earliest were Yuan Zonggao and Zhou Zhao. From now on, more and more old ministers will pass away intensively, after all, they are already in the old age and even approaching old age.

At this level of lifespan, they are already quite long-lived.

But there is not much time left for Zhu Houxi to cultivate new blood who is bent on promoting reform with him.

In another five years, Daming is only afraid that seventy or eighty percent of people will be replaced above the fourth grade.

So Zhu Houxi has really become a "teacher" now.

In addition to lecturing to those craftsmen in the Imperial Academy, he also needed to speak to many people.

The object of today's "lecture" is the first batch of senior executives of the Ming Dynasty who have personally compiled the charter of the Ming Dynasty Emperor and the official businessmen.

Therefore, Wei Bin was called back, and he was naturally a "teaching assistant".

Among the three major halls of the former dynasty, the Fengtian Hall was used to hold court meetings, the Huagai Hall was a place for him to participate in many ceremonial activities of the Fengtian Hall and the court meeting for a while, and the Jinshen Hall was basically only used to change clothes to prepare.

Today, the temple has been used as a classroom.

This is probably the most "advanced" classroom in the entire Ming Dynasty, because there are eunuchs in the imperial study who are very familiar with some of the methods that the emperor will use.

The Internal Archives Division is already a more professional eunuch secretary team than the Inner Library, with teaching aids, courseware, and teaching materials...... What Zhu Houxi arranged, Huang Jin could handle properly.

At least at this time, in the temple of the body, the "slide" can already be used.

On the huge wooden shelves are the large scrolls that have been specially made - only the most critical ones will be made by the Interior Division.

The small drawings are drawn directly in the textbook and distributed to the attendees with more detailed content, so that they can listen to the lectures and learn.

At this moment, on the cloud platform outside the hall between the Jinshen Hall and the Huagai Palace, nearly 100 people stood in line.

Among this group, the most prominent positions are three.

One, it was Zhu Rangxu, the king of Shu. After Gao Kewei was in turmoil in Sichuan, Zhu Rangxu did not hesitate to support all the emperor's requirements, and with the reputation of the King of Shu in Sichuan for more than 100 years, Xue Lun, the Marquis of Yangwu, and Fei Hong quickly stabilized the situation in Sichuan, which made the five military camps that should have entered Sichuan to stay in Huguang.

The other is Xu Yande, the son of Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo. Xu Guangzuo first greeted the emperor in person, and then went south to serve as the emperor's town in Guangdong, and then rushed back to Beijing to temporarily supervise the Beijing camp. Now, Xu Guangzuo is seriously ill, and Xu Yande is the next Dingguo Gong.

The third person is a newly crowned earl, but his origin is not simple - the sixth grandson of Sincerity Bo Liu Ji, Liu Yu.

There are three people, one is the prince of the clan, one is the son of the prince of the country for many years, and the other is a lord who was renewed the title by the grace of the emperor of the new dynasty.

Among the rest, there were eunuchs, many civil servants, and some civilians wearing cloth clothes with restrained and excited expressions standing at the back.

These civilians are businessmen.

After nomination, they are selected from a large list.

Just like the craftsman Zheng Kui, they didn't expect to have the opportunity to attack His Majesty, and even go to this palace to listen to the emperor's lecture in person.

In a solemn atmosphere, Huang Jin walked out of the palace gate: "Your Majesty has arrived, and all the subjects have entered the palace and taken their seats. ”

Many desks and chairs had been set up in the hall, and a small wooden sign was set up on each table, on which everyone's name was written, and the merchants were the top.

The name is placed in the temple of the body, which is a major event that you can talk about, genealogy, and sacrifice to your ancestors after you go back!

It was still after they all found their place that Zhu Houxi arrived here.

Some rites cannot be abolished, after all, this is in the Forbidden City.

But what they were asked to do today was the ceremony of meeting the gentleman.

Protégé of the Son of Heaven!

The four big words came out of these businessmen's hearts again, and they felt a little hotter all over their bodies.

"Huang Ming Ji, Huang Ming Medical Hospital, the Imperial General as a supervisor, the War Bureau, the Weaving Bureau, the Ministry of Rites Ming Bao Xing, the Household Department Baoyuan Bureau, the Baojin Bureau, the Bao Salt Bureau, the Military Department Ordnance Supervisor, the Tong Post Bureau, the Ministry of Industry Construction Bureau, the Treasure Ship Supervisor, the River Transport Bureau, the Shipping Bureau, and the Pastoral Supervisor."

Zhu Houxi looked at the number series one by one and said sixteen names.

"From next year, you will change many industries in Daming."

What Zhu Houxi said is true.

Huang Mingji has already changed the entire "ecology" of maritime trade and even conscription in Guangdong, and now, there are more areas where great changes are brewing.

It even includes coinage, salt making, mining, post transmission, Cao Yun, Ma Zheng and many other fields related to the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty.

"Whether the new law can really enrich the country and strengthen the army, you are the key." Zhu Houxi wanted to let them understand the importance of this first, "As the heads and senior executives of the first batch of sixteen large enterprises in the Ming Dynasty, they are relatives or ministers, and they can realize that they can make great contributions to the lifeline of the Ming Dynasty; Those who have official status still retain their rank and rank, and can still be sent to other positions in the future, and even be included in the national policy council; Those who do not have official status will be appointed from today onwards. ”

These words included all those who were present.

The most excited are still the businessmen who will be at the helm of these many "big enterprises", which means that they will be able to wear brocade silk openly in the future!

"But I would like to tell you first: this is the temple of the body, and you must also keep it in mind. There are laws and regulations, accounting laws, household audit and clearing departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and there are officials and people in various places, if there are corrupt and perverted laws, adulterers, tax evasion, and oppression of businessmen, I will not spare them! ”

Zhu Houxi paused for a moment before saying, "Half of you are one of the imperial court offices, and half of you are a commercial house. What I have given you are some privileges related to the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. What you need to keep in mind is that your primary task is not how much money you want to earn, how much merit you make, or how much official you want to promote, but what your respective responsibilities mean for the foundation of Daming and for the new law. Now, I'll explain them to you one by one! ”

Sixteen super-large "state-owned" groups have their own monopoly resources.

Huang Mingji, who has a stake in the shares, has monopolized the privileges of maritime trade, and now it has established a new system in the field of labor service and land transportation.

In the field of transportation, Zang Feng and Ma Cheng have each led one head since then, one is in charge of canal transportation, and the other is to "wear the crime" to open up shipping.

The Baoyuan Bureau already existed, but from this moment on, Zhu Houyu began to take back the coinage right step by step and lay the foundation for the future banking and financial system.

After the integration of the mining and manufacturing of many key products such as salt farms and mines, these fields will involve changes in many fields such as the salt introduction system.

The herd supervisor will take up the task of raising horses in the form of an enterprise. To this end, Daming will need a number of special "state-run horse farms".

The Imperial General Bureau, the Construction Bureau, the Treasure Ship Bureau, the Weaving Bureau, etc., will be based on the huge craftsman resources that they already have, which will not only generate income but also demonstrate.

The Bureau of Military War and the Ordnance Superintendent are more specialized in the research and development and manufacturing of military equipment. With the authority of the emperor, the ministers, lords, and ministers will participate in this major event related to the military armament of the Ming Dynasty at the same time. In conjunction with the procurement law, there are new regulations for the manufacture, distribution, and storage management of equipment.

As for the Ming Pao Bank, the Tongyi Bureau, and the Huangming Medical Nursing Home, they are using the existing post station system, the Di Bao system and the resources of doctors to generate income and profit in the form and efficiency of enterprises, and better implement the law on the treatment of officials.

"In the restructuring of the government office, Guangdong and Shandong have become local examples. As for how the central court will change, you only need to care about the quality. Zhu Houxi looked at them, "Rank, honor, merit, and title are the things you can think about yourself in the future." ”

From the first product to the ninth grade, the eighteenth level of the Ming Dynasty's basic treatment will be determined from then on. As long as there is a character, the basic official salary and treatment have been determined. In addition to money and food, there are also benefits in housing, travel, children's education, medical care and many other aspects. This welfare system is being implemented with the establishment of this batch of large enterprises and the establishment of the Huangming College system.

And the grace title is the previous civil and military rank fictitious title, such as so-and-so doctor or so-and-so general. But now, these titles will have corresponding clear additional benefits and benefits, and even more folk eighteen township sage titles.

Meritorious titles are those honorary words added by the three princes, three orphans and military generals, basically every word represents certain privileges, which are basically the status embodiment of high-grade bigwigs - at this level, they have also transcended material needs.

Titles are simpler and benefit future generations.

"From next year onwards, the Ming Dynasty will be rewarded for meritorious service, and will be punished for mistakes." Zhu Houxi said clearly, "The Ming Dynasty from the clan to the people, from learning, from soldiers, from business, from workers and even from farmers, can be awarded titles and even knights for their meritorious service to the Ming Dynasty." The king, the duke, the marquis, the earl, the county, the township, etc., can be promoted or demoted. If there is no merit, even the clan needs to be demoted and removed from generation to generation. ”

In front of the person in charge of the newly born "state-owned enterprise" of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houxi said this, which was not only to encourage them, but also to warn them.

Zhu Rangxu, the king of Shu, had already heard a lot of Zhu Houxi's "ear-to-ear orders", and he knew what the weight of the three large enterprise groups of the Huangming Grain Reserve, the Imperial General as a Supervisor, and the Huangming Medical Nursing Home were that only the kings of the clan had "shares".

Only the high-ranking princes and county princes in the clan have lost the qualification to be hereditary in the lineage, but the middle and lower levels of the entire clan have been given freedom and the opportunity to rise to the knighthood, and they have been guaranteed by the emperor.

Xun Qi can participate in the Emperor's Ming Ji, the War Bureau, the Shipping Bureau, and the Interpretation Bureau, for the same reason. The establishment of the sixth-class earl system and the new title of the Duke of Yasukuni also made it possible for the lord to be promoted or even awarded the title of king with a different surname in the face of the pressure of demotion and demotion of the lord.

In the promotion of meritorious service in the Huguang Rebellion, some middle-level generals who started from the military were rewarded by the earl, county lord, and township lord.

As for the people, in addition to being soldiers, craftsmen, merchants, and farmers have the grace of eighteen village sages. The low-level ones can go to these "state-owned enterprises" and places to be officials - the premise is to be literate, the middle-level ones have the qualifications to deliver letters to the emperor and attend the Xiangxian Academy, and the high-level ones can rely on the Xiangxian Yuan as a whole to have the authority to hand over the official performance, travel another local patrol county or even patrol the imperial history.

The emperor is expanding the entire official system, and is also building more channels for ascension, expanding more opportunities for public voices to convey and even supervise the government.

The old officials who are now standing here are still unsure of the effect.

But two things are certain.

First, after the pacification of the Huguang Rebellion, no one dares to stop the newly made wheels at present.

Second, look at the expressions of those merchants who came here by grace and were among the first batch of merchants who directly became officials.

They were not allowed to think too much, and after the opening remarks, the round of classes that would last for many days began.

Zhu Houxi has sufficient theory, and Wei Bin has rich practical experience.

Wei Bin shared his experience on how Huang Mingji undertook all kinds of things, contributed taxes, and relied on monopoly power to support the country's needs and boost the development of related industries.

At the same time, under the double-entry bookkeeping method and in the annual inventory, the assets and profits of Huang Mingji were also told to them.

The commercial bank is not a new thing, and the private trading house aims to make money. In the past, low-status businessmen had to rely on good relations with the government and officials to obtain the right to operate some businesses.

At present, these 16 state-owned enterprises have some business monopoly management rights, or they have a huge advantage in directly relying on the government.

However, the mission that Zhu Houxi wants them to accomplish is to stimulate the potential of related industries, to take the lead in practicing commercial law and tax law, and to promote the creation and flow of wealth in Daming.

The truth in this involves a new understanding of wealth and a macro understanding of the entire economy.

"How to manage their own people and run their own enterprises well according to the charter, and how to balance the needs of the imperial court with your healthy turnover, you need to understand well." Zhu Houxi said at the end of this class, "If the situation that I want in ten or twenty years is realized, you will have immortal achievements." I can give you a reassurance first: in twenty years, there will be those who will be crowned marquis and worship the prince because of this. If there is another immortal merit, it is a hereditary prince of Shuen and a king with a different surname, it is not impossible! ”

The prince is to begin to strive for immortality beyond the bloodline, to become one of those special true hereditary princes.

The relatives of the county with different surnames are facing the temptation of upward mobility and the pressure of downward mobility.

In front of the middle and low-level civil and military personnel and even the common people in the world, it is the possibility of climbing up in the four sequences of character, grace, merit, and knighthood.

At this moment, in the editorial room of Ming Pao Xing, which is being prepared, are the first batch of Hanlin scholars who participated in the compilation of the "Jiajing Dictionary" of the Hanlin Academy.

Lin Xiyuan is a Jinshi in Zhengde for 12 years, his rank is not high, and his first official position is a state judge.

After the beginning of the sixteenth year of Zhengde, he returned to the capital and became the Qingliu of the Hanlin Academy, which is now less and less popular.

Now, after participating in the compilation of the "Jiajing Dictionary", he became the first batch of officials to "eat crabs", and turned to the editor-in-chief of Ming Pao Bank, which was not in the civil official sequence.

His rank is still the same as the fourth grade, but he no longer has civil authority over other officials or the people.

He was only responsible for editing and reviewing the content of each issue of Ming Pao, using new simplified characters.

Now, the contents of the inaugural issue of Ming Pao have almost been determined, and he is watching carefully.

This issue will be very shocking to the world, and it will also be the first newspaper to be sent to the whole of Daming through the post station system of Daming and through the new translation bureau.

Each government will directly issue a copy, which will be purchased by the officials on an annual basis.

The rest of the government and the private sector can also buy this newspaper through various channels.

The "front-page headline" of the first issue of Ming Pao, which will be printed on a relatively large paper, is exactly what the emperor said in the palace.

"Officials and Citizens Must Be Rewarded for All Their Merit: A Detailed Explanation of the New System of Ming Titles, Honors, and Meritorious Titles"

The style of its content is different.

When Lin Xiyuan was in charge of the compilation of the "Jiajing Dictionary", he stayed by Zhu Houxi's side for a long time as a walking man in the imperial study, and he knew very well that the emperor attached great importance to this matter and these details, so he "abandoned politics and business".

More than 2,000 words were sprinkled with more than 2,000 words, from his handwriting, and there was not much nonsense.

Highlight a meaning: the emperor's grace is vast, and the Ming Dynasty is about to change. Even if it is a common people, there is a day when they have not received a title or even a knighthood, they have accumulated goodness in farming and paying taxes, they are law-abiding, and they are craftsmen who create technical tools with their hearts.

[Everything can be of high quality, only the meritorious person is high. Tell the world to make a covenant, and meritorious service will be rewarded. 】

Lin Xiyuan couldn't help but think of the emperor's young face: In his whole life, is it really possible to change the situation that everything is inferior and only high in reading?

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