"Rank, honor, merit, title?"

Facing the questions of his classmates, Tang Shunzhi nodded his head: "The rank is naturally simple, if you have an official body, you will have a rank, and you will have a total of eighteen grades." The title of grace is the original false title, but the civil officials are from the training doctor to the Guanglu doctor, where the eighteenth rank; The military attachés are from Captain Zhongxian to General Longhu, who is twenty ranks. Later, there was only one other payment for the title. It's just that the title is not limited to civil and military officials, there are also eighteen rank village sages, and no official status can still be awarded. ”

“…… What are the eighteen sages? ”

"It is said that Qinye Lang, Qi Jialang, Anxiang Lang, Zuoxian Lang, Senfu Lang, and Junwanglang are all upper, middle and lower. This townsman is first of all the official government to make a book, and the road is convenient for him. Since the beginning of the lower Pinzuo County, there is a favor, there is a gift, you can attend the county, government, and provincial three levels of the township sage hospital, and recommend the two to accompany the two to participate in the county, government, and provincial affairs meetings once every three years, and you can send a letter to the emperor. The county wanglang in the provincial-level Xiangxian Institute can even be co-named, and in the name of the Provincial Xiangxian Yuan, it is necessary to make suggestions, complaints, and impeachments. ”

After hearing this, someone suddenly said indignantly: "This is not only the imperial history of the white clothes, but also the imperial history of profiteers and the imperial history of the head of Qian!" ”

Tang Shunzhi looked at them a little strangely, and then knew in his heart: these fellow prisoners and the people in Beijing have naturally placed themselves as future officials, and these eighteen rank township sages are not the goal they strive for, but in the future, local officials will be under great pressure from the supervision of these three levels of township sage courts.

Someone shook his head again: "Whoever is a village sage, the place naturally has a lot of room for recommendation." As soon as this move came out, it was nothing more than a collusion between local officials and big households. ”

"Don't forget your titles and titles." Tang Shunzhi reminded, "Civil and military officials and village sages above Zuoxian Lang can all be awarded meritorious titles for merit in the future." After the new system, the shadow, the grace of the queen, and the pursuit are only related to the title. Collusion is inevitable, but once the incident is removed, it will be a major event that will affect future generations. And this nine-grade township sage, if the official body is hopeless, how can he not be dedicated to seeking a meritorious title, being able to be a shadow, being condemned by the Ministry of Rites, and being awarded a township and county lord? ”

The sixth-rank titles could also begin to flow up and down, and the prisoners soon felt that this move to open the door of the Great Seal Reward did not know what kind of changes would be caused by the Ming Dynasty.

It was difficult to talk about the reason for the moment, and the topic returned to simple characters, the new layout of the book, and next year's exam.

"You won't try to answer the questionnaire with this simple word and this new style in the next year's meeting, right? It's just a simple word, if the Ming Dynasty can be like this, it is also a good thing to be able to write a few fewer strokes on a page of the book in the future. However, I really don't understand why this new left-to-right, top-down style has to be changed. ”

Nowadays, all books are written and printed from the top down and then from the right to the left.

This standard has been changed, and it is difficult for people to adapt to the confusion caused by reading old books and writing new experiences.

As the prisoner said, none of them understood the need for this.

After Tang Shunzhi thought about it, he suddenly reached out and dipped it in tea, and wrote a few lines on the table.

“…… Yingde, what is it? ”

Tang Shunzhi looked at his classmates: "The students of the Huangming Academy are not talented, this is nine, this is seven, this is four, this is one, this is three, this is eight." These two symbols, one is called a plus sign and the other is called an equal sign. Do you know this equation now? ”

“…… The sum of ninety-seven and four-one is one hundred and thirty-eight? "It's not that Confucian students don't understand mathematics, so they reacted immediately.

"Isn't it much simpler than the calculation?" Tang Shunzhi looked at the arithmetic that was gradually working on the table, and his eyes were a little deeper, "I think that this new arithmetic and new arithmetic is one of the reasons." Among the new laws, the accounting method is quite heavy, the purchase law, the commercial law, the tax law, and the future silver, grain, salt, silk, and silk...... I don't know how many places are inseparable from arithmetic, and officials especially need to know how to arithmetic. ”

“…… Just because of this new formula? ”

"Or maybe there is something else to me, that's not something I can guess."

Writing from top to bottom in columns is due to the fact that bamboo slips were used in the first place, and there are reasons why the wrist of the brush should be suspended and appear more coherent from top to bottom.

China is not without hard pens, wooden pens, bamboo cone pens, reed pipe pens, bone pens, red willow pens, etc., have appeared, and some people occasionally use them. If you can rely on your wrist when writing, it will also save effort and be faster.

But Tang Shunzhi's guess was not wrong at all, arithmetic is indeed one of the reasons why Zhu Houxi decided to push this matter together with simplified Chinese characters now.

The significance of mathematics for the further development and standardization of technology is too great, whether it is out of the need for the mathematical cultivation of officials after the new law, or in order to tap the genius of mathematics and physics on a larger scale, Zhu Houxi has to try.

Under the order of the imperial power, the official document system fully requires this, and it is possible to change this inertia in a few decades.

Inertia is just inertia, and while powerful, it is not unchangeable.

And the habit of observing things with the eyes is that left and right are better than up and down.

Changing to this style, coupled with simplified Chinese characters and punctuation, will make it a little more efficient to read and receive information.

Now in the Palace of Heart Cultivation, Wen Zhengming respectfully watched Wen Suyun leave, and then saluted Zhu Houxi: "Concubine Shuniang was the first to write a draft of simplified characters for Your Majesty, and the minister listened to Concubine Shu's advice, and His Majesty instructed him many times, how could the minister not take it to heart?" On the minister's side, classes can be started at any time. ”

"Then let's arrange it, starting with the Ministry of Rites."

In official documents, there is etiquette everywhere, and etiquette everywhere.

The whole country, the school administration is basically the overall responsibility of the Ministry of Rites.

Now, the three talented people who did not have a good career in the original science have to give lessons to other leaders in the imperial examination.

It's simple: teach them how to use the Jiajing Dictionary, teach them to standardize the use of punctuation marks and new formats in official documents.

They are all selected by the imperial examination, so naturally there is no need to teach simple characters one by one. After explaining the usage of the dictionary, it is up to them to figure it out for themselves when they go back.

There will be a period of adaptation and transition, and the emperor did not force the national official documents to change quickly, but the emperor himself has to pass the purpose, whether you are an official who can adapt to the new standards, and whether you have the attitude to take the initiative to change, the emperor will look at it in his eyes and make his own judgment.

In the Huangming University, such classes are held very quickly.

It is enough for each group of people to spend half a day, and if they don't remember and listen carefully, they will affect their careers.

But Zheng Kui's master training class has to be recognized one by one.

The people who taught them were not only the talents and lifters who came here to serve with an attitude of trying in the early years, but also the eunuchs in the palace master of ceremonies and the inner study hall.

In the field of recognizing new characters, even these eunuchs are more professional.

It's close to the water.

But Zheng Kui and the others need to learn not only literacy, but also arithmetic, as well as classes taught by other skilled craftsmen in the College of Engineering.

"I brought this newspaper back today, and I read the words on it. Now, let me first talk about this honor, merit, and title. ”

After introducing this new system, the person in charge of their class was the high-ranking right attendant of the Ministry of Works.

Since Zhu Houyu returned to Beijing last year, before the promotion of Beijing officials above the third grade, in fact, they have been studying for about a month, and it is Zhu Houxi himself who attends the class.

It naturally does not take a month to recognize simple characters, and it mainly talks about thoughts.

Now that he had finished reading the plain words of the new system in the newspaper, he looked at them solemnly.

"This official will not hide it from you, and now the factories you belong to have become a new kind of yamen, which Your Majesty calls an enterprise."

"The people who were selected to come here for further study are all in the hope that you can become the chief engineers of your respective enterprises in the future."

"In this refresher class, you didn't pass the final exam, so you will only be awarded Pinqin Yelang. If it can be passed, it can be any factory engineer. This engineer is an official character, from the seventh grade. If the top ten performance appraisal, you can be the deputy chief engineer of any factory, from the sixth grade. ”

"In addition, the top ten in the performance appraisal will see you in the palace." After a pause, he said, "This official might as well make it clear, if you are in the top ten in the performance evaluation, you are afraid that you will be able to see Your Majesty from time to time in the future, you are a person who is in the heart of the emperor, and the future is limitless." ”

After he finished in one breath, he gave the time to the teacher who taught them to read.

"Do you understand? Don't complain anymore, don't say why you have to learn so much. Their teacher was just a showman, and he looked at these craftsmen with envy, "If you pass the final exam, you will have a rank of seven ranks, and you will have a good fortune." It is said that the dragon gate has never been more than this. ”

Zheng Kui had been here for a few days, but it was only today, after many things had been publicly announced, that they had been informed of the true benefits of the members of the Master Craftsman Training Class.

The grade is set as the engineer of the first factory from the seventh product, the deputy chief engineer from the sixth product, and the chief engineer of the sixth product.

There is also the vice president of technology at the headquarters on top of this, from Sipin. Technical President, is the fourth product.

This is an official product, the sixth is the prefect, and the fourth is the prefect. The important thing is that this official product can also be transferred to the official office in the future!

Promote and make a fortune, glorify your ancestors...... Zheng Kui looked at the other companions, and saw that everyone's eyes were full of warm light.

And a few of those who are lazy these days regret it at this time.

One step slow, one step at a time.

But they'll have to stay here for three more years, and there's still plenty of time!

At this moment, in the capital, more than a dozen people rushed to the Ming Pao line outside the Donghua Gate.

"Manager Jiang, is there still "Ming Pao"? The 100 copies in the small bookstore have been robbed, can you make up 500 copies? ”

A newspaper is now priced at 50 cents, which is quite a low price.

The books on the market are the cheapest in the engraved copies, but depending on the quality of the paper binding and the number of pages, it also ranges from one or two hundred to two or three taels of silver.

The price of manuscripts, rare ancient books, and unique books is even more expensive.

Ordinary engraved books, a page is about 500 words.

It's good to have dozens of pages in a book, and ten thousand words are books.

The total number of words in this copy of "Ming Pao" is not inferior to that of a normal book, but the price is only 50 wen.

The distribution department of Ming Pao Bank gave these booksellers in Beijing only 30 texts.

Originally, these booksellers were just in the mindset of trying it out, and each promised to take a little bit of it.

But with the addition of simplified Chinese characters and the amount of explosive information conveyed in the newspaper, this inaugural issue was out of stock in a blink of an eye.

After the court decided that the official documents should be written in simplified Chinese characters and new styles, and they were still preparing to take the examination to become officials, although there may be some complaints, which one can ignore them?

"There is also "Jiajing Dictionary", Manager Jiang, I don't know if there is still stock? Also, does the imperial court allow our library to be engraved? ”

"That's all for this time, the "Jiajing Dictionary" will first be sent to the provincial officials, civil and military officials, and local officials. Words are important things, so how can they be printed at will? If there is a mistake or omission, will it not be mistaken for the children of men? ”

It was first published on a trial basis, and 10,000 copies were printed, but now that I look at it, the effect is no longer stopping.

After Manager Jiang sent these booksellers in the capital, he hurriedly went to Zou Shouyi, the president of Ming Pao Bank.

"President, I'm afraid we need a big engraving factory!"

In the next issue, 50,000 copies may be printed, and there may be more in the future.

There is an account that can be calculated, and this cost is mainly the cost of engraving. However, if the number of copies is more, how much less can the cost of each copy be after being evenly spread?

If hundreds of thousands or even millions of copies can be printed, maybe ...... You can make money by selling newspapers.

This newspaper does not need to be bound, so it saves a lot of work.

"The Qiaogongyuan in the southeast of the city to Tongzhou, the general printing factory of the newspaper has long been planned. Engraving can start over there, and it will be next year at the earliest. Until then, there's no hurry. ”

Zou Shouyi was 17 years old in the township test, 20 years old in the middle school will be the first in the examination, and Zhengde six years of exploration.

After serving as the editor of the Hanlin Academy for a year, he resigned and returned to his hometown to devote himself to the study of knowledge, especially for the knowledge of "learning from things".

He is a native of Jiangxi, Zhengde thirteen years Wang Shouren to Ganzhou as an official, heard Wang Shouren's "Gewu" story, Zou Shouyi naturally went to ask for advice.

After coming and going, Zou Shouyi was impressed by Wang Shouren, half a disciple and half a friend, and since then he has taken it as his responsibility to lecture and educate.

However, after Zhu Houxi succeeded to the throne, Zou Shouyi's doubts about "learning from things" had a new answer.

Now he is the president of this Ming Bao Bank, and he very much agrees with Zhu Houxi's words: This newspaper will be the most important tool for educating the world and spreading knowledge in the future.

Simplified characters are easier to learn, and this new style of typography and the way to read sentences are easier to read.

Since the "Ming Pao" is now rare and expensive in the capital, it is natural that some people will circulate, lecture, and even copy.

So, do they want to learn this simple word? Which word is self-correspondence?

The new system, which has a bearing on the fate of millions of people in the world, cannot be ignored.

But there are also those who focus on something else: job advertisements for 16 state-owned enterprises.

"Literacy and practice are required, and those who have meritorious service can try it directly. If the performance evaluation is excellent after the probation, can you ask for the official product? The age of appointment in the industry, after the official product is awarded, can be included in the seniority, can be transferred to the actual official in the future? ”

Naturally, the salary is also said, but it is difficult for them to ignore this statement in it.

Doesn't this mean that now there is no need to wait for the examination to be promoted, the entrance examination, and the waiting for the official vacancy?

The township tests have just ended, and the next year's trial will be imminent.

How many of the new talents and the old talents will give up other talents and raise people to become officials, and go directly to these 16 enterprises?

Looking at the various positions densely packed on it, as well as the official products marked after these positions were regularized, many people were dry.

It's very difficult to change from these to what to remember, what to do, what bureau, and what prison to become a real official, right?

But after all, this is an official product recognized by the Ministry of Officials, and because the authority is not as great as that of the real officials, the officials in these positions seem to be two or three percent higher than the real officials of the same quality.

Several large pieces of paper first smashed continuous ripples in the capital, and then spread to the wider entire Ming Dynasty.

The change in the world's taxes is imminent, and the local gentry who do not serve as officials will henceforth have one less way to make a lot of money by evading the burden of land taxes and forced labor, but suddenly there is a new way.

The monopoly resources in the hands of the 16 state-owned enterprises are no different from the 16 super-large yamen, which are only slightly inferior to the real power of one department or one province.

Going?

The middle and low-level officials in the Beijing Zhuya had a lot of discussions, but they had no intention of caring about this little matter above the fifth grade.

Because on November 1, at the Shuori Imperial Meeting, on the day when the inaugural issue of Ming Pao appeared, a new decree was read out in the Fengtian Temple.

Fengtian Hall was renamed the National Council Palace, the Huagai Hall was renamed the State Affairs Palace, and the Jinshen Hall was renamed the National Policy Palace.

The one-year postponement of the national policy meeting will begin after the Wangri Pilgrimage meeting in November and will last for half a month.

In addition to the counselors, Nanjing's "Jiuqing", the governors of the provinces, the political envoys of Zuobu, the commanders of the border towns, and the Yin of the two prefectures of Shuntian and Yingtian attended as observers.

The important matter discussed was the reform of the central government office of the imperial court.

How to change it, these middle and low-level officials are not clear and uncertain.

However, Guangdong has a model, and various ministries and government departments have just dismantled many "enterprises".

Since the city of Hengyang was broken last year and His Majesty returned to Beijing, the counselors and His Majesty have been calm for most of the year, and there has not been much new movement.

Now, the big one is coming.

In the temple, there is a ventilation meeting first.

Those who are here now, in addition to the current counselors, are the old counselors.

Fei Hong and Yang Yiqing, who had just returned to Beijing, both looked at the emperor dumbfounded.

Prime Minister, Minister of State...... Da Ming is going to pay homage again?

Taizu, can your old man sleep peacefully underground?

(End of chapter)