The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 412
It is related to the selection of scholars from the north and the south. Zhu Yuanzhang has actually noticed the imperial examinations in these years.

But it didn't matter.

In other words, he didn't take the imperial examinations seriously, and it didn't matter if he stopped casually for seven or eight years in the middle.

Such a situation mainly lies in the relationship of the lifelong system of officials.

When all the official positions are full, this means that the imperial court does not need to conduct imperial examinations to select scholars.

Because the students who passed the exam have nowhere to put them.

For most officials, once they are officials, they are for life.

For example, a county magistrate in a remote place.

If nothing unexpected happened, maybe a certain Juren would be arranged to come over at the age of 40 or [-].

It doesn't matter, the talent is not particularly outstanding, and the local political performance can only be said to be passable.

In this case, the county magistrate will probably work until sixty or seventy.

It is even very possible that when he died in this official position when he was seventy or eighty, he would report to the court and ask for a new county magistrate to come over.

It sounds a little ridiculous, because even at the age of seventy, the county magistrate is already confused, even demented, and he will still stay in this official position.

"Grandpa, my grandson has another idea here, please grandpa taste it."

Seeing that the old man was very satisfied with the memorial to the north and the south to select scholars separately, Zhu Ying immediately struck while the iron was hot, and brought out his idea of ​​making officials adopt the retirement system.

In fact, Zhu Ying had already written these contents a long time ago, but he never brought them up because he was concerned about the old man's thoughts.

Because the old man is not young anymore, Zhu Ying is afraid that the introduction of this regulation will make the old man think of himself.

Now that spring is just around the corner, the imperial court is still relatively full of official positions.

How to arrange for these students in the middle school is also a problem that both I and the old man have to consider.

What's more, with the scheme of selecting scholars from the north and the south, more students will be selected.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial and began to check it.

Zhu Ying observed carefully.

At the beginning, the old man's brows were tightly wrinkled, which made Zhu Ying feel a little worried.

But soon, after seeing the reason written by Dasun, Zhu Yuanzhang's brows slowly relaxed.

In this memorial, Zhu Ying actually collected many specific cases.

Most of them are absurd things caused by officials who are too old.

There are also some troubles and hidden dangers brought to the people by the weakening of abilities in all aspects after old age.

The simplest way to say it.

No matter what kind of official positions, especially inspectors, censors, or even county magistrates, to a large extent, they need to go to the countryside below to see what unfair and illegal things happen every once in a while.

If you are old, basically you can only be in the government office every day, and you can't control the outside world at all.

At this time, some people below have completely emptied their authority, and it is unknown.

Even some decrees issued by the imperial court could not be effectively spread to the bottom of the people.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, and then asked:

"Da Sun knows what a huge expense this is, and it will continue to burden the national treasury."

"For a long time, how can we continue."

"The health office, according to the gradual restructuring of the grandson, will gradually be borne by the national treasury. In addition, the salaries of the officials of the world after retirement, we are really worried."

"Since the ancient dynasty, this kind of behavior has never happened before."

"Dasun said in it that without any worries, it can effectively prevent officials from corrupting their behavior."

"We know these officials best. No matter how high their salaries are, their greed has never diminished."

"Perhaps many officials set up lofty ambitions at the beginning of their careers to live a life of incorruptibility and benefit the people."

"However, all kinds of temptations, family relationships, relatives and friends, are not so easy to get rid of. If you open this head, when you do corruption later, you will have no restraint and scruples."

"Furthermore, if you become an official at the age of 60, if those people are in good health, wouldn't the imperial court support them for 30 to [-] years?"

Daming now has very detailed regulations for officials to retire, that is, to retire.

Officials with a rank of three or higher will retire at their current positions, and those with a rank of four or less who have held their current positions for three years and have no major demerits can be promoted to official positions.

In the early years, Zhu Yuanzhang had stipulated the original salary of official food, but soon found that the burden was too heavy and canceled it.

Later, it was also stipulated that officials would not be granted official salaries under normal circumstances, but those who were poor and could not survive on their own, Siyue would give Mi Ershi to cultivate their lives.

It means that retired officials who can't even afford to eat can receive a subsistence allowance to ensure that they will not die of starvation.

According to Dasun's current proposal, all officials who have reached the age of 60 and have no special needs will apply for retirement.

After that, the imperial court will also have to bear the salary arrangement after their retirement.

This made it difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to accept.

Facing the old man's question, Zhu Ying, who had been preparing for a long time, did not panic at all.

Then he took out another booklet from his pocket and handed it over.

"Good boy, keep a hand with us."

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help taking it with a smile and cursing.

The Ming Dynasty did not have an institution similar to the Statistics Bureau of the later generations. This booklet contains a summary of current officials.

While the old man was looking at the summary data, Zhu Ying introduced, "Da Ming currently has 890 officials in office."

"Even if it is based on the average distribution of ten guan banknotes per person, the monthly income is nearly 30, and the annual income is about 360 million. According to the current income and tax increases, it is not difficult to bear."

"Among these officials, 40% are over 40 years old, the remaining [-]% are above [-] years old, and only [-]% are under [-] years old."

"Most of the officials' grandchildren have simple records in the records. About [-]% of the officials were not promoted based on their political achievements, but were promoted through seniority and then recommendation."

"The biggest disadvantage of recommendation is that relatives hide from each other, and it is easiest to form crony relationships. Those talented officials are not promoted, but these relatives are allowed to come up."

"For a long time, it has been a huge hidden danger to the official environment of the entire Ming Dynasty."

"Grandpa knows everything well, so he can definitely argue for loyalty and treachery. My grandson thinks he has some knowledge, so generally there won't be any problems."

"But what about the descendants of future generations, are they sure to be excellent from generation to generation? If there is a fool in the middle, wouldn't it destroy the foundation of Ming Dynasty?"

"There are many dynasties in ancient and modern times. The founding of the country is the pinnacle. None of the latecomers can surpass it. On the contrary, they are getting weaker and weaker, and the lives of the people are getting more and more difficult. Therefore, the dynasties are destroyed and a new country is established."

"The key to this, Sun'er thought over and over again, seems to be the work of a foolish emperor, but in fact it is more closely related to officials at all levels."

"If there are more unworthy descendants, we will be Ming."

At this point, Zhu Ying stopped talking.

Because Zhu Ying knows very well that the old man's weakness has always been how to make the Ming Dynasty last forever.

At present, all the systems of Ming Dynasty are set around this point.

Sure enough, while listening to Dasun's report and looking at the detailed data in the brochure, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind began to change.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand: "Come on."

Zhu Ying chuckled: "The grandson knows that he can't hide it from grandpa."

After speaking, he took out the third booklet from his pocket.

(End of this chapter)