Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Just after putting forward this opinion, Hong Chengchou realized that he was stupid - if this thing collapsed, the consequences would not be something he could resist, even the Emperor Chongzhen might not be able to resist.

Hong Chengchou also knew that he was in a hurry, and he was a little nervous because of the train connection on both sides of the Yellow River, so he made such a suggestion rashly.

Forget it, let’s honestly figure out how to build bridges more reliably.

Emperor Chongzhen looked amused at Hong Chengchou's appearance, so he said, "When we have time later, let's go to the Royal Academy and find Mo Hua to study together, and see how we can do it better. "

Hong Chengchou bowed and said: "Yes, after I returned, I also ordered someone to sort out the relevant data of these experiments, and brought them to the Royal Academy for reference."

In terms of the scientific research strength comparison between the Ministry of Railways and the Royal Academy, Hong Chengchou also knows that he does not have an advantage. On the contrary, the Royal Academy is more powerful, and the data obtained by himself may be a bit difficult for the Royal Academy. usefulness.

After the Emperor Chongzhen hummed, he dismissed the topic, and then said: "The previous things have been finished, and they can be done right now.

But there is one more thing that can't be done right now, or in other words, there won't be any effect in a short time. I want to discuss it with all my lovers. "

Wen Tiren bowed and said, "Please make it clear, Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said: "It's still an official matter. Presumably since the 12th year of Chongzhen, Fang Aiqing has been blaming me constantly, right?"

Fang Zhuang's face is already full of wrinkles, it seems that he can squeeze a mosquito to death with just a single movement, although there are not many mosquitoes that he can squeeze and play in winter.

After hearing Emperor Chongzhen's joke, Fang Zhuangli leaned forward and said, "If Your Majesty asks the old minister to pick out dozens of county magistrates now, the old minister is really powerless."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "So, I didn't make this request either, did I?

But then again, some of the lovers in the court are not too old, and many of them have reached the age of having grandchildren, and I really can't bear to make them work hard.

But what can I do?This Enke has been opened again and again, even if it is now scheduled for a biennial tribute test, it is still not enough, what can I do?

Now the overseas land is thousands of miles wide, and the number of officials needed is also countless. Where can I find these many officials? "

According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, a county needs a county magistrate of the seventh rank, a classic history who is not in the mainstream, a county magistrate of the eighth rank, and a master book of the ninth rank.

Among them, the county magistrate, county magistrate, and master book belong to the civil service system. Dian Shi is the subordinate officer in charge of arrest and prison under the county magistrate. In theory, it belongs to the military system. concurrently.

Under such circumstances, the position of Dian Shi became the "official official" selected by the Ministry of Officials and signed by the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen's brain got hot at the beginning, in order to find a way out for the retired veterans, Qu Shi's position was changed to county lieutenant, which belonged to the military position of the eighth rank, and returned to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

This also means that the county magistrates and chief registrants who could have been transferred out had to be reset and appointed separately.

Because it is impossible for the court to accept the situation that Qu Shi concurrently serves as the county magistrate and the head book but is under the jurisdiction of the five army governors' mansion-let the county lieutenant do everything, why do you need the county magistrate?

As far as Emperor Chongzhen himself was concerned, it was impossible to accept such a situation-separation of powers, mutual checks and balances is the kingly way, and monopolizing the power in the county by one person is purely asking for trouble.

It’s just such a level. In addition to the post of county lieutenant in a county, the remaining county magistrate, county magistrate, and chief bookkeeper are three people. Out of hundreds of counties, the number of officials needed is directly thousands.

After being slaughtered by Emperor Chongzhen, and a large number of officials were transferred out, the entire Ming Dynasty really couldn't gather thousands of officials in a short while.

Unless all the students of Guozijian are sent out to be officials, and then Emperor Chongzhen opens Enke again and directly sets the number of admissions at [-], it is possible to solve this problem.

But these more than 1000 people still have to study, otherwise, they are prone to problems, causing troubles, or relying too much on the master—but Emperor Chongzhen didn't like the existence of such a role as the master.

Whether it's Fang Zhuangli, Wen Tiren or the other bigwigs in the court, they all know this well, but there is no good solution at all.

If I really want to solve this problem completely, it will not be possible until 25 years after Chongzhen, the group of students in the sociology restored by Emperor Chongzhen grows up, and the number of imperial examinations increases greatly.

The question is, can this kind of thing be dragged on to Chongzhen 25?

After being silent for a while, Fang Zhuangli leaned back and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you choose the best one from the existing county magistrates in Daming to be the county magistrate, and then choose the best one from the Imperial College to be the county magistrate?"

Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said: "Even if all the students of Guozijian are recruited as county magistrates, how many vacancies can be filled? What about the county magistrates that are missing?"

Hearing now, Fang Zhuangli, Wen Tiren and the others understood what Emperor Chongzhen meant.

To put it bluntly, Emperor Chongzhen planned to change "officials" into "officials".

Unlike county magistrates, county magistrates and other imperial officials, officials are actually recruited by the county magistrate, and their status is actually a citizen, and their salaries are not paid by the state, but paid by the county magistrate himself.

In other words, bureaucrats are all "state cadres", but officials can only be counted as "replacing work with work".They are "servants" in the government, and their status is no different from government servants (watchmen, catchers, jailers, etc.).

It's just that the watchman, catcher, and jailer either perform hard labor or military service, and the subordinate staff provide knowledge and income. Therefore, the subordinate staff's status is extremely low, and they are often called "dog officials".

In addition, there is another rule that subordinate officials cannot be censors, nor can they be admitted to Jinshi, which means that there is no room for advancement at all, and they can only be "professional talents" in county-level units.

If it is only recognized that these officials are hired by the treasury and paid by the court, then there is no problem, since the treasury has plenty of money anyway.

But after turning these people into court officials, it means that there is another way to become an official besides the imperial examination-from official to official.

In this way, what is the significance of the ten-year cold window?

Ten years in the cold window, no one asked, once he became famous all over the world, it is said that after the imperial examination, he can be a high-ranking official, a horse can be ridden, and there is no shortage of beautiful women.

Let these officials who failed the imperial examination enjoy the same treatment as the scholars who passed the orthodox imperial examination, the hearts of the big guys are not balanced.

Although he felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, Fang Zhuangli still said: "I still have tens of thousands of subordinates in Ming Dynasty, who can serve as county magistrates and chief bookkeepers."

As soon as Fang Zhuangli finished speaking, Meng Shaoyu took over the conversation: "Your Majesty, after all, the subordinate officials were born in the rough, and many of them are people who have tried and failed. People will have ambitions that they shouldn't have?"

Emperor Chongzhen chuckled, and said, "Then what can Meng Aiqing do?"

Meng Shaoyu immediately lost his temper.

The fuck is still talking, you old man just flipped the table?This stinking problem has been going on for more than ten years, why don't you change it?

Although the egg hurts so much, Meng Shaoyu still bowed his body and cupped his hands and said: "In my opinion, it is better to select the best ones from these old officials and send them to Ryukyu, Annan, Mughal and other places.

If their performance in the Jingcha is acceptable, they can consider transferring back to Daming, which can be regarded as a good way out for them. If these people can't even pass the Jingcha, then it's better to stay outside of my Daming. "

Meng Shaoyu's meaning is very simple. Most of these people are scumbags. Even if you pick the big ones out of the dwarves and pick out a few who are barely better, you should throw them out of Daming and let them practice with barbarians first. , Learn how to be a county magistrate.

If there are really any talents to make, bring them back to Daming and give them a chance, otherwise, let them cloud the barbarians instead of coming back to harm the people of Daming.

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and then said: "That's fine. Go back to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites to see if it is possible to hold two special Enke.

One of the Enke was only aimed at the county magistrate and the chief secretary, and did not examine stereotyped articles, but only examined how to govern the people and how to develop a county well, and the best among them was selected as the county magistrate.

As for the other one, it is to test these long-standing subordinate officials to see whether they have enough ability to be promoted to a county magistrate or head book, and choose those who worry about them to fill the vacancies. "

Meng Shaoyu and Fang Zhuangli bowed in response together, but then continued: "Your Majesty, once these subordinate officials are promoted to county magistrates and chief clerks, can they participate in the imperial examination in the future? Can they be promoted again?"

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Since you have already become the county magistrate and master secretary, you are a high-ranking court official. Whether you are promoted or not, it is up to the Beijing inspection to decide."

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Meng Shaoyu breathed a sigh of relief.

It is possible for these people to be promoted, but is Jingcha so easy?

Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen did not specify whether these people could take the Jinshi examination again, that is, they could not take the examination by default, and they could not be promoted to Yushi, so let them suffer slowly.