The next day, at the small court meeting, Jiajing announced the preparation for the establishment of the Daming Water Division, Pan Huang wanted to object, but as soon as Jiajing said that it was Xiao Feng's suggestion, Pan Huang shut up.

Money is indeed tight, but it depends on how it is spent. Judging from historical experience, every money Xiao Feng spends can bring great benefits to the imperial court, which Pan Huang knows in his heart.

But Yan Song immediately objected for three reasons: the first ship construction is the business of the Ministry of Industry, and the person in charge of the Ministry of Industry is no longer his godson.

The second completed sailor is in charge of the military department, and Ding Rukui can't wait to wear one-legged pants with Xiao Feng. The third and most important thing is that Xiao Feng suggested, and if Xiao Feng suggests anything, the old man will naturally oppose it!

Of course, none of these three reasons can be put on the table, but this is not difficult for Yan Song, and he naturally has a reason to make it public.

"Long live, Lord Xiao is young after all, and he is eager to work. This thought is naturally good, but the imperial court has banned the sea since Chengzu, and there is naturally a reason. The foundation of the Ming Dynasty is the land, and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is in the Central Plains. It costs a lot to build a water division, and when the country is in danger, it is useless. The sailors of the Great Song Dynasty once ran rampant on the waterways and beat the Mongols with nothing to do, but when it was really full of beacons, they only ended up floating on the sea, and finally the monarch and the minister committed suicide by throwing themselves into the sea! It's not that the minister said that the sailor is useless, but the cavalry of the imperial court is not yet full, and it is far from being able to sit back and relax on land. In all fairness, Yan Song's words are indeed reasonable and responsible, and the ending of the Song Dynasty sailor he cited is also a very powerful argument, and the ministers all looked at Xiao Feng to see how he responded.

Xiao Feng solemnly arched his hand: "What Lord Yan said is indeed reasonable, but it is just a leopard in the tube, and it is difficult to see the whole picture." Since ancient times, a strong army has been better than a hard battle. The Ming Dynasty has been fighting with the Japanese for many years, and the reason for this is that the Ming coastal defense is almost blank. In order to exterminate the Japanese invaders, how much silver did the imperial court spend every year, and how many soldiers did they raise along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River? The people on the seaside were killed and robbed, and the county towns were burned and destroyed, what a big loss? Yan Song insisted: "The Japanese are just clowns who jump off the beam, and it is only a matter of time before the imperial court destroys them!" Xiao Feng shook his head: "When Lord Yan said this, he didn't know the root cause of the trouble. Even if I killed a lot of Japanese robbers some time ago, even if Hu Zongxian and Yu Dayou can kill all the Japanese who have already landed, what is the use? As long as there is a war in the Japanese kingdom, a large number of Japanese will still swarm here, and we will continue to fight them, endlessly! This is not the most terrible, along the coast, there has always been a saying of 'five widows and one widow', among the five widows, there is only one widow! Most of the remaining four were coastal people. It is because they cannot fish safely or be protected from the coast, so they have no choice but to compromise and collude with the Japanese invaders. If there is no water division in the Ming Dynasty, it can only defend, not attack, and can only passively wait for others to fight, so that the coastal land will always be the source of chaos in the Ming Dynasty, the land of swallowing gold! When Xiao Feng said this, he saw that Jiajing and the ministers were all raising their heads and opening their mouths slightly, obviously the atmosphere was already in place.

Immediately waved his arms vigorously, separated his hands, and put on a fierce posture of looking up to the sky and hugging the moon.

"Why didn't you ban the sea when you became an ancestor? At that time, the Daming Sailor was so majestic, only we beat others, no one else beat us, so naturally there was no need for the sea ban. It was later that the Daming Naval Division gradually weakened and could not fight at sea, so it had to retreat to the shore to defend. In order to prevent a large number of enemies from blending in, the sea had to be banned! But if the Ming Sailor regains its glory, it will not only block the road for the Japanese to invade, but also open up the trade route and make money for the Great Tomorrow! At that time, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty will soar, the national fortune will be prosperous, and all countries will come to the dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will be able to absorb the luck of all countries as its own national fortune! Because it was a small court meeting, Xiao Feng was inconvenient to say the significance of this matter to Jiajing's cultivation, but Jiajing understood it in an instant, and immediately took a picture of the book.

"Senior brother is reasonable, it is imperative to rebuild the Daming Water Division, what are your opinions?" Yan Song was extremely frustrated, and reluctantly bowed his hand, since Jiajing said so, he definitely couldn't openly oppose it anymore.

But the frustration slowed his movements a little......

"Minister, second!" Yan Song turned his head in surprise and looked at Xu seconded, Xu seconded the proposal with a humble face, and even his lines did not change, but he would never speak in front of Yan Song before!

In an instant, a cool breeze blew into Yan Song's back, and the faces of the Yan Party officials were also a little uncomfortable.

Zhang Juzheng immediately followed.

"The minister also seconded it!" Ding Rukui didn't expect that he would instantly change from a hardcore fan to a third, and hurriedly expressed his position.

"The minister also seconded it!" Pan Huang waited for a while, and saw that no one else seconded the proposal, so he made his position clear.

"The minister also seconded the proposal." That's enough, Jiajing nodded with satisfaction and looked at Yan Song, who hurriedly expressed his belated love.

"Long live the foresight, the old minister is not as good as the old minister, the old minister is in charge of the cabinet and the six ministries, and fully supports Lord Xiao." thought that this matter was over, but Xiao Feng immediately raised a new question.

"Long live, rebuilding the water master requires many craftsmen. Today, there are only a few dozen craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, and there are only 100 craftsmen in the WTO concept. Moreover, the imperial court wanted to smelt steel, make better weapons and armor, muskets, ships and cannons, and require a large number of skilled craftsmen. Without craftsmen, everything is just on paper. Yan Song snorted dissatisfiedly: "Lord Xiao, there are many craftsmen in the world, as long as the household can afford to pay for it, you can ask for it casually, what is there to discuss about such things?" Xiao Feng shook his head and said: "Although there are many craftsmen in the world, they are all for the sake of making a living, how many skilled craftsmen are there?" The real skilled craftsmen are not recruited by the imperial court with a lot of money? Just like the soldiers in the guard, most of them will scatter when they encounter the enemy, and the enemy will go and return, so how can they have any combat effectiveness? When the war really started, it didn't rely on the battalion soldiers? This hit Ding Rukui's sore spot, and he shook his head and sighed, saying that it was too fucking difficult.

This is a fact, it has been repeatedly verified, and Yan Song is not good at categorically denying it, but just insidiously digging a pit for Xiao Feng.

"This matter is true, I don't know what Lord Xiao can do to solve this situation? If Lord Xiao has a way, he might as well personally manage the Ministry of Engineering and the Ministry of War. This is a hint to Jiajing that Xiao Feng is likely to seek control of the six divisions under the pretext of rebuilding the Daming Water Division, and his heart can be punished.

Jiajing nodded: "Senior brother has any suggestions, although it is said, everyone will discuss it." Xiao Feng took a deep breath and knew that at the critical moment, when he said this, he would inevitably be shocked.

"Senior brother, the household registration system established by Taizu was changed following the Yuan Dynasty. Among them, military households, civilian households and artisan households belong to good registration. This practice of relying on compulsory classification to ensure the source of occupations has indeed ensured social stability in the process of post-war reconstruction and has played a great role. However, time has changed, and after a hundred years, relying only on forced classification will only dry up talents and reduce combat effectiveness. There is a shortage of skilled craftsmen, as evidenced by the fatigue of the guards. There was silence in the court, and after a while, Yan Song was overjoyed.

Originally, I just wanted to dig a pit for Xiao Feng, but this guy didn't think it was deep enough, and he climbed to the top of the mountain and jumped down!

"Xiao Feng, you are bold, you are arrogant, you are crazy! The household registration classification system is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the wise decision of Taizu, you dare to attack this system? Jiajing also frowned a little, what do you mean, junior brother, do you want to cancel the household registration classification?

Will this work, and the world will not be in chaos?

"Senior brother, if the household registration classification is abolished, no one will be willing to be a soldier at that time, no one will be willing to be a craftsman, when the Ming Dynasty needs an army and a craftsman, how can it be good?" Xiao Feng smiled: "Long live, my lords, may I ask why Da Ming did not set up a literary household?" That is, to set up a separate household for readers? "Huh?

This question sounds like nonsense, but everyone really hasn't thought about it seriously. Yan Song, as the main debater, of course, has to take the lead.

At the same time, Yan Song also felt a burst of sadness: when the two sons were officials in the court, why did they use themselves to go into battle shirtless.

Now that the father and son are gone, the other strict party officials are fucking rubbish, grass on the wall!

"You should slap your mouth when you say that! Everything is inferior, only reading is high! The identity of the scholar is noble, and everyone yearns for it, so why do you need to force the classification of households? Xiao Feng continued to smile and asked, "Then why didn't Da Ming set up merchants?" Shinong businessmen, businessmen are not always noble, right? "In fact, there are merchants in the Ming Dynasty, but only salt merchants, and those other than salt merchants, no matter how big the business is, still belong to the people, not just independent households.

Yan Song felt that Xiao Feng's brain was a little slow today: "Although the businessman is not expensive, he can have a beautiful wife and concubine, and he can be dressed in a wide house, so he doesn't need to be forced, so naturally some people will rush to him!" Xiao Feng nodded: "According to what Lord Yan said, anything that needs to be forcibly classified and established is a profession that is not beneficial, right?" Yan Song was speechless.

That's absolutely true, but you can't say that. Similar to lowly status, such as beggars and happy households, they are all guilty and coerced.

But the military and the artisan are good people, and they are good people. Many ministers in the court were born in military households and craftsmen, and changed their fate through study.

Yan Song wants to say that these two professions are not good, and they are very offensive. Xiao Feng looked at Yan Song, who was stammering, turned to the ministers, and said loudly.

"Military households and artisan households are good families, and like scholars, they are the pillars of the imperial court. In that case, why is it necessary to enforce classification requisition? "yes, why?

Everyone looked at each other, knowing in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say anything. Because it's no good! Just wearing a hat of good nationality, in fact, it is not even as good as a lowly person!

If you work for a lifetime, and you can't see the future, who can be motivated?

"It's not impossible to classify household registration, and it's not wrong to classify guilty people into lowly registration, but to give people hope! The crux of the matter is that if a person is born without a future and hope, then that person will not be motivated to do a good job! Yan Song coughed: "Lord Xiao, all good books are allowed to study for the imperial examination." If you win the promotion, you can change your household registration, and if you reach the third grade, you can change the household registration of the whole family, how can you say that there is no hope? Xiao Feng said with a smile: "The children of military households and artisan households are almost destined for identity as soon as they are born, do they read more since they were young, or do they learn more about fighting and crafts?" Expecting reading to change their fate is much more unfair to them than to the children of ordinary households. Zhang Shilang, did you say? Zhang Juzheng was born in a military household, and he felt the same way about this, and was saddened by Xiao Feng's words, and almost burst into tears.

"What Lord Xiao said is extremely true. Xiaguan's family is a military household, and most of his relatives and friends are military households, and almost no one among his peers has taken the road of studying for the imperial examination. Xiaguan's grandfather was a first-class guard under the tent of the King of Liao, and his income was higher than that of ordinary military households, so he had spare money to support his father's study for the imperial examination. My father was selected for Xiucai, but he was never promoted, so he pinned his hopes on Xia Guan. Xiaguan has been known for his intelligence since he was a child, so he was able to study for the imperial examination. Xia Guan was 12 years old when he was Xiucai, 15 years old he was promoted to the people, and the whole family was overjoyed, counting on Xia Guan to make persistent efforts to get rid of the whole family. The grandfather drank a few more glasses of wine and boasted to the guards and friends that his grandson was promising, and the whole family was expected to leave the country in the future, but it was spread to the ears of the prince of Liao. The prince of Liao summoned his grandfather, and in the name of congratulating him, he asked his grandfather to drink wine. Altar after altar, grandfather later drank until he vomited blood, and the prince of Liao still ordered him to continue drinking. My grandfather was carried home and died that night. Xiaguan was appreciated by the imperial court, long live the grace of heaven, and now he lives in Sanpin, and this year he has taken off the military for his family. It's just that his grandfather is him, but he can't wait...... "Everyone in the court bowed their heads, and the King of Liao was here at this time, although he had no real power, he was also covering the sky in the fief.

Zhang Juzheng thought that he was extremely bitter in his heart, so he would tell such a past. Jiajing was silent, and Yan Song asked: "Military households also have a way to be promoted, as long as they fight bravely to kill the enemy, they will naturally not worry about their future." And there are martial arts to be examined, do you have to study and take the liberal arts examination? "The martial arts that Yan Song said is the martial arts examination.

The martial arts examination has always existed, but from the Song to the Ming Dynasty, the status of the martial arts has been extremely low, and it was even canceled for a time.

Until the Tumubao Change, the god of war Ming Yingzong buried almost all the elite generals of the Ming Dynasty in the first war, and there was really no one available, so he had to restart the martial arts examination.

But under the mood of emphasizing literature over martial arts, the selection method of martial arts is still very strange, first of all, it is necessary to talk about soldiers on paper, and strategy and strategy account for the majority, as for martial arts, the score is not high.

The key is that even if you are promoted, your social status will not improve much, and even if you get the top few, at most you will be a middle- and lower-level officer.

There is a real case of a child who likes to dance with guns and sticks from an early age, and also likes to read military books. The grandfather felt that his grandson was an all-round man in civil and military affairs, and he had high hopes.

This kid also worked very hard and was admitted to the lifting of people, but he couldn't pass the Jinshi many times in the exam. In desperation, he took the martial arts exam and won the champion!

He happily went home to report the good news, but was scolded by his grandfather: "What is there to be happy about a martial champion who has no interest?" At most, to be a petty officer! You give me peace of mind to study at home and continue to take the Jinshi exam! Remember, don't go out and tell others about your martial arts exam, you are a Wenju person, and people originally respected you very much, as soon as you said that you took the martial arts exam, the whole family will be ashamed to follow you! This case reflects the situation at the time very truly: Wu Zhuangyuan is not as good as Wenju people!

In this case, it is simply a fool's dream to expect Wuke to select generals. So Xiao Feng smiled: "The military household who became a big official without the scriptures and scientific examinations, I don't know if there are any people present today?" The people looked at each other, but no one spoke.

In fact, among the high-ranking officials present today, there is another military household, which is Gao Gong. But like Zhang Juzheng, he became a high-ranking official only after passing the imperial examination.

Those who can become big officials without going through the imperial examination are generally like Qi Jiguang, who rely on the grace of their ancestors to become generals directly, and then make great contributions.

But most of these favors were sealed when Zhu Di grabbed the throne, and the current military households don't have such a good opportunity.

And none of the people who can really be the chief soldiers, governors and even military secretaries in various places are from big-headed soldiers, and almost all of them are from the imperial examination or Enyin.

Xiao Feng saw that everyone was silent, and asked again: "The craftsman who has not passed the imperial examination and is a big official, I don't know if you know who there is?" Everyone shook their heads even more, and this was even more knowable.

Although the chances of military households are slim, after all, they can still exchange their lives for fame. Artisans? What kind of official is he without going through the imperial examination?

No matter how well your armor is made, no matter how sharp your knives and guns are, you are just a craftsman. Give a few more wages, at most enter the Qiaojiang Hall to eat a share of imperial grain, and you still want to be an official?

Isn't this a dream? Jiajing finally spoke: "Senior brother, the people of Limin, each performing his own duties, and the court has rules to follow, isn't it a good thing for the court?" "Jiajing doesn't care about individuals like Zhang Juzheng, whether individuals are treated fairly or not is nothing to the emperor.

The ultimate issue that Jiajing cares about is still the fortune of the Ming Dynasty. Xiao Feng naturally knew this: "Long live, everyone in this world is very different. For example, Zhang Juzheng, although he was born in a craftsman's household, is a genius who reads. There may also be a military or civilian household, who is not good at fighting and reading by nature, but he is ingenious and can become a generation of Luban. But because of his background, he is unlikely to grow up, but instead becomes a crappy soldier with no combat power. There is no greater mismatch of talent. This is like the Ming Dynasty sending 10,000 craftsmen to fight the enemy, sending 10,000 soldiers to build weapons, the same 20,000 people, will be defeated. Isn't this a matter of weakening the combat power of the Ming Dynasty and damaging the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty? This reason is very clear, and Jiajing can't help but agree: "The intention of the junior brother, is it actually to cancel the classification of household registration?" I'm afraid this ......" Xiao Feng also knew that if he wanted to cancel the household registration classification all at once, the action was too big and too violent, and it would definitely cause fierce resistance, so he decided to be gentle first, and then slowly advance.

"It doesn't have to be that way, it's just more flexible. As Lord Yan said earlier, the reason why there is no need for separate households and merchants is because they are famous. As long as the military households and craftsmen can also see the future and see hope, even if the restrictions are relaxed, there will be no one to use. Yan Song said coldly: "Could it be that Lord Xiao wants to let the military households and craftsmen directly become officials?" Xiao Feng shook his head: "Lord Yan, may I ask the imperial examination system, why did you come?" ”