Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 726

The emperor's personal conquest took more than a year to quell the chieftain rebellion in Yunnan, and the whole territory was reformed and returned to the country; the conquest of Dongwu made Daming an extra province; territory.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen returned to Beijing, he naturally received a warm welcome again.No one dared to go out of Beijing to welcome all the civil and military officials and the emperor's relatives.It can be said that with each of these victories, Emperor Chongzhen's prestige has once again been greatly improved.

If it is said that in the past, the people of the capital might feel that the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen was not as high as that of Taizu Chengzu, but now basically no one thinks that he is inferior to Taizu Chengzu.The territory of Ming Dynasty has far exceeded the time when the country was founded.

The patriarchs of the three tribes in Mobei were also among the welcoming crowd. Seeing the majestic and triumphant Imperial Forest Army and hearing the surrounding crowd's amazement at the emperor, Shuo Lei and others were all secretly thankful.

If Babu hadn't been sent over to find out the reality, and knew that Daming was far stronger than Jianlu, he might have been unwilling to submit to Daming and had taken a confrontation. It was destroyed.

At this time, Shuolei also had to sigh with emotion. Emperor Ming's tone was so tough back then, so he was confident.If they really didn't have the strength, they would be extremely happy if a Mongolian tribe professed their vassalage to the Ming Dynasty. How could they say that they must submit to the Ming Dynasty!

Now, although he can't be called a great sweat, he can't be the emperor of the country, but at least he has kept his glory and wealth, isn't he!

Just when they were thinking this way, Emperor Chongzhen had already returned to the palace.

As Emperor Chongzhen expected, Empress Zhou hurriedly mentioned the marriage between the prince and Princess Changping to Emperor Chongzhen that night.Said that they were too old and had to arrange a marriage quickly.He even eagerly told Emperor Chongzhen a few candidates for concubines and concubines.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, women who marry into the royal family cannot be women who have meritorious service, and are usually from well-to-do families, that is, ordinary people.And when a princess gets married, once she becomes a son-in-law, she will have no hope of official career, and can only enjoy wealth and honor while eating and waiting to die.

This kind of rule can effectively prevent relatives from sitting down.

After listening to Empress Zhou's twittering, Emperor Chongzhen did not express his opinion. Until the next day's family banquet, Emperor Chongzhen directly said to the prince: "Your concubine, I will let your mother worry about it, and I will leave it alone."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Princess Changping, and said, "I will decide your marriage, how about it?"

Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Princess Changping, even the crown prince.

Princess Changping blushed when she heard this, she is already a girl who is too old to be old.It is impossible to say that she has not thought about this matter between men and women.Of course, he would think about who his future husband would be, whether he was handsome, whether he was talented or not, and so on.

At this time, Princess Changping lowered her head and replied in a low voice: "Let the emperor be the master!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "How about I choose a son-in-law for you among the candidates for natural science?"

"Ah?" Princess Changping couldn't help but be very surprised when she heard this, and looked up at Emperor Chongzhen without being shy.

The others were similar, including the prince and queen, who were all surprised.

Among them, Queen Zhou quickly reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, consorts cannot serve in official positions. Those candidates may not be willing to become consorts."

"Yes, Your Majesty, twisted melons are not sweet." Concubine Tian also persuaded, "If the examinee rejects it, it will also damage the royal family's face!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled lightly and said, "Then if I want to change the rules, can a son-in-law be an official?"

"Your Majesty, you must not do this!" When Queen Zhou heard this, she was shocked and quickly advised, "This is the ancestral teaching. You must not violate it, otherwise it will damage your Majesty's reputation!"

She still can't say what her relatives are involved in politics, so she can only advise from another angle.

Emperor Chongzhen listened, but he didn't take it seriously, and immediately said lightly: "The times have changed, and the ancestors' precepts can't be changed. Let me ask you, before there were other miscellaneous subjects, but there were natural subjects?"

This natural discipline was founded by Emperor Chongzhen, and of course it did not exist before.

After hearing what he said, Queen Zhou wanted to persuade her again, but she didn't know how to persuade her appropriately.

However, Emperor Chongzhen ignored her, looked at Princess Changping and said, "I ask you, are you willing?"

Because of the intentional guidance of Emperor Chongzhen, not only the prince devoted himself to the study and practice of natural knowledge, but even the princesses were the same, after all, it was encouraged by the emperor.

Therefore, Princess Changping can say that in this Ming Dynasty, no, in this era, her natural knowledge is definitely at an upper-middle level.Hearing that her future husband can be a leader in this field, of course she likes it.

It is a matter of her life, she can be regarded as a woman in the new era, of course, it may be because of Emperor Chongzhen's kind attitude, so she bravely looked at Emperor Chongzhen, nodded and said: "Yes!"

"Okay!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded happily after hearing this, "I want to make a new rule about the clan and royal family, starting with my daughter."

It is true that Emperor Chongzhen came up with too many new things, including things, sayings, ideas, etc. Therefore, it is not surprising that his concubines and children heard it, but they are very concerned about what new rules the emperor will make this time. They all looked at Emperor Chongzhen curiously, wanting to hear what he had to say.

I just heard Emperor Chongzhen scan everyone and said seriously: "The so-called art industry has a specialization, so the reason why I opened miscellaneous subjects this year is because of this. In the future, it will be stipulated that you can only be an official in any field if you come from any subject. Instead of being a Jinshi, he became a parent officer and led the military and political power."

No one interrupted, they all listened quietly, occasionally seeing them frown, and they all seemed to be thinking deeply.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about it, and continued: "People with a background in natural sciences can only hold official positions in natural sciences, and have nothing to do with military affairs. It is not a violation of the ancestral system to choose a son-in-law from among them. In addition, the royal family of the vassal kings can also take natural science exams. Subjects are treated the same as ordinary candidates. If you have the ability, you can be an official."

In the past, Emperor Chongzhen actually slashed the clan of the vassal king to avoid hereditary succession, but achieved a diminishing title; now it can be regarded as compensation, and he can become an official.Although he is not the chief officer in charge of military and political power, he is at least an official no matter what.

When Concubine Tian and others heard this, they were all delighted.Because Emperor Chongzhen’s previous regulations started with his own sons and daughters as examples.Now that there are benefits, their biological sons and daughters can also enjoy them.

Although their children do not have to worry about food and drink, if they can become officials, who would be afraid of being overwhelmed by officials!
Emperor Chongzhen explained his thoughts to them in detail, and after slightly revising his statement based on their reactions, he announced it to the ministers during the court meeting the next day.

First, in the future, Daming will have to be both male and female to get married. The reason is to learn more while young. In addition, it is also conducive to smooth childbirth and the safety of mother and child.

Second, encourage multiple births, no matter male or female, if there are more than two children, each child in the family will be exempted from five-year hard labor and can raise children at home;
Third, since the 20th year of Ming Dynasty, miscellaneous subjects have become a common practice. If you have the ability, you can also take all subjects.The imperial court saw that he was born in the imperial examination to be appointed and dismissed from official positions, and he had a policy of specializing in the practice of art.

Fourth, the royal family of the vassal kings can also participate in the miscellaneous subject examinations, and as long as they can be admitted, they can also take the corresponding official positions.In this way, the son-in-law of miscellaneous subjects doesn't need to give any special explanation, so he just let nature take its course and there will be no problems.

This change is so great that it can be said that it has not been seen in all dynasties.At least in the Ming Dynasty, it was a huge change.

However, this change can benefit most people.Although there are too many scientific examinations, at the same time, the official position will be greatly increased.The vassal king's family can be an official, but they can't be the military and political chief. This is the bottom line that Ming officials can accept.

As for the marriage, the emperor directly stated the reason, it was to let the young learn more knowledge, and also to allow pregnant women to give birth smoothly, and the data provided by the factory guard showed that if the age is too young, it is not conducive to childbirth.This is for everyone's benefit. Although some people disagree, no one dares to object.

Of course, one of the most important reasons why no one objected to this innovation was that the current Emperor Chongzhen had such a high prestige that he promised everything he said.In addition, the continuous occurrence of facts proved that Emperor Chongzhen's decisions were ultimately correct.

As a result, Emperor Chongzhen moved his lips, and the officials below became busy.

The cabinet, the six ministries, and other yamen began to discuss the specific implementation details and how to implement the will of Emperor Chongzhen, and then reported it to Emperor Chongzhen for approval, and then implemented it after approval. until passed.

At this time, they suddenly discovered that the emperor really had the foresight.

You must know that Daming's official position is actually very limited.

Locally, a county has grades, that is, county officials, county magistrates, master books, and classics.The others are all officials, which are actually a kind of counting service, and theoretically they are not paid.

Things in a county, even if the population in ancient times was not so large, it can't be managed at all.Now by adding various scientific examinations to increase official positions, this unreasonable situation in Daming can be effectively improved.

There are specialties in the art industry, and each officer performs his own duties. No matter what, he can always take a breath, right!

This kind of innovation cannot be completed in a short while, but it is impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to focus all his energy on this aspect.

It can be said that on the way back to Beijing from the south, Emperor Chongzhen stopped and stopped for as long as two months. After observing the local people's conditions in Daming, the most important point after overall consideration was not actually this innovation, because there was still The more urgent matters had to wait for him to solve them.

(End of this chapter)