The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

The rain is coming and the wind is all over the building.

An order from the navy made the situation in Champa, which had gradually stabilized, suddenly become complicated.

The news spread in the market, even Long Dongqiang, the leader of the Cao Gang, also spread the news that he had received an order.

It's only one day, he has to do something.

Long Dongqiang, who had faced the threat of the Ming Dynasty, was more aware of the power here. If the Navy wants to intervene in the current gang formation in Champa, then the choice is a very important issue.

When it comes to court eunuchs, no one knows what the meaning behind this is.

Just relying on his gang, it is impossible to fight against the navy.

He needs help.

Zhu Ying couldn't think of a simple sentence of her own that made Zhancheng Fengyun throb.

It's too high up.

As the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, the actual controller of the entire Ming Dynasty now stomps his feet casually. Not only will the entire Ming Dynasty tremble three times, but the aftershocks brought about are also unbearable for neighboring countries.

However, it is obvious that the current Zhu Ying does not have these ideas, or that the emperors who have controlled the power of the world in the past dynasties basically do not have such cognition.

The key factor here is still the problem of information dissemination and feedback.

Of course, no matter how big the commotion in Champa was, from Zhu Ying's point of view, it was just a ripple on the lake, and it couldn't turn up much waves.

"How's the little guy doing recently? Are you still insisting on it?"

In the study, Zhu Ying, who was leisurely looking at the statistics of various departments, smiled and asked Ye Yueqing next to him.

He rarely intervenes in the power of officials now, which is tantamount to completely letting go.

But for the changes in the entire Ming Dynasty, it is still necessary to grasp it at all times, and the overall affairs have been reduced a lot.

Ye Yueqing was a little distressed when he heard the words; "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup you poured into Wen Cheng, and you insist on it every day, and it makes me feel uncomfortable."

"I let the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital stay with me all the time, and I am always worried that something will happen to him. Can't you think of something else?"

Zhu Ying shook her head slightly: "The one who suffers the most is the master. He is the future prince of the Ming Dynasty, and a good physique is very important to him. I don't want the future emperors of the Ming Dynasty to be in poor health."

"Not only Wen Cheng, but Wen Cheng's children and grandsons will all be like him."

Maybe Zhu Ying was just fooling around at first, but later realized that this is actually a very good training opportunity for the pampered princes and grandchildren.

Throughout the ages, succession issues arising from short-lived emperors usually lead to turmoil in the entire country, the most important being the surge in powerful officials.

Ye Yueqing also knew that he could not interfere with Zhu Ying's decision, so he could only sigh.

"So much?"

At this time, Zhu Ying happened to turn to the statistics book and couldn't help but speak.

Ye Yueqing glanced curiously.

I saw the words on the top: Remember the list of prefectures and counties in the 31st year of Hongwu, and there were a total of 32 scholars.

This is a very exaggerated figure.

In the past, scholars were not poor scholars, but truly privileged.

Do not kneel before seeing officials, exempt from corvee, tax exemption, etc.

The imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were based on quotas. The total number of people in the first round was only 500 people from all over the country, and they were selected according to their rankings.

Since Zhu Ying was canonized as grandson in the 25th year of Hongwu, he has been gradually reducing the privileges of being a scholar and raising people.

At the same time, vigorously opened schools.

In the beginning, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce paid for the establishment of the capital's school, and then launched the five-year compulsory education system, which was directly rolled out across the country.

Since the 27th year of Hongwu, the prefectures and prefectures of the whole country have basically been laid, and most of the upper counties and middle counties have also been included. Only some particularly poor lower counties have not yet been completed.

In the 29th year of Hongwu, the privilege of being a scholar has been completely abolished.

Faced with such a situation, scholars all over the world naturally complained a lot, but Zhu Ying didn't care about their opinions at all.

There was a lot of discussion among the people for a period of time, but there was no news about it in the court, and even in the memorial, it never mentioned this matter.

For the big family, the resources of a scholar are not a big deal, and there is no need to offend the grandson for this.

And like landlords and heroic gods, they can't unite against the imperial court.

The more people wear shoes, the more scruples they have.

As for some old scholars, let alone complain, at most they complained a few words.

At the same time, at the end of the 30th year of Hongwu, Zhu Ying promulgated a new regulation, that is, the number of admissions for scholars will no longer be restricted.

In fact, this news has already spread, and Zhu Ying also mentioned this matter at the court meeting, but it was delayed for half a year until the end of the year to implement it.

To put it simply, each province will issue a set of test papers, and then candidates will answer them.

As long as you reach the first-class score, you will be given the title of scholar.

However, the current fame is obviously a little bit weaker than before, and the difficulty of the test paper is not high.

It may seem surprising that more than 30 talents popped up all of a sudden, but it is actually normal.

However, this kind of thing is the first time in all dynasties, throughout the ages.

Because of the delay in collecting data statistics, what happened last year will not be completely counted until this year.

"There are so many scholars, how do we arrange them? We can't just let them go." Ye Yueqing asked with some doubts.

Zhu Ying said with a smile: "So, now is the time to carry out a major reform of the official system of Ming Dynasty."

Regarding the reform of the official system, Zhu Ying has always had ideas.

How many people are there in Daming now?

With the development of Ming Dynasty's economy, in the last census, the population has already exceeded 8000 million.

The past few years have been peaceful and stable, the imperial court encourages more births, and the population continues to increase.

The number of babies born may have reached a very high limit.

Not to mention that food and clothing are more common now, even when there was no food in the past, it was always the first time you were pregnant, and you continued to give birth.

On the other hand, how many officials are there in total in Ming Dynasty?

According to the current statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are a total of more than 3 people with official status, not even [-].

And these 8000 officials have to govern the [-] million population of Ming Dynasty.

Even in the case of the separation of the military and the government.

The magistrate of a local parental official has almost all the power over people's livelihood, which is simply outrageous.

As long as there is some lazy administration, the economy of the entire county will be completely stagnant, and government affairs will pile up like a mountain.

The demands of the people at the bottom cannot be resolved at all.

In other words, even now, most of the common people are more listening to the arrangements of the clan.

It is still difficult for imperial power to go to the countryside.

At this time, an eunuch came to report: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty has summoned you."

Zhu Ying smiled at Ye Yueqing, and already guessed that it was about 30 scholars.

Immediately got up and went to the Huagai Palace.

In Huagai Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang is scolding Ren Hengtai, Minister of Rites.

"It's just nonsense, such a big matter, why didn't you tell us earlier, how did you become the Minister of Rites?"

"Our eldest grandson doesn't understand these things. Don't tell me you haven't understood the key to imperial examinations after you have been in the Ministry of Rites for so many years."

"You really have the guts to give 30 yuan to a scholar. When will our Daming's scholar be so worthless?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart is bleeding.

Every scholar should be rewarded with land, at least ten acres of fertile land.

30 talents, this is 300 million acres of fertile land, are you crazy?

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know that the privilege of being a scholar had been cancelled.

Since Xiao Wencheng was born, most of the imperial power has been gradually transferred to Zhu Ying.

These powers are jointly held by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying, which is equivalent to having decision-making power.

Since the decentralization of power to the court ministers, Zhu Yuanzhang has gradually reduced the number of inquiries about the grandson's arrangements.

For one thing, Zhu Yuanzhang was getting old and couldn't keep up with energy.

Secondly, it is also the reassurance of grandson.

Such behavior can be regarded as a smooth transition of imperial power. At least after his death, the entire Ming Dynasty will not have much shock.

For the ministers, there is basically no difference between Taisun's decree and His Majesty's decree.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not completely indifferent, but his interests are mostly concentrated in taxation, military affairs, firearms, and some international affairs.

Ren Hengtai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was in a daze.

He did things according to Taisun's request.

If you haven't told Taisun yet, how can he tell?

Taisun came directly with an order. Could it be that he should not be able to resist the order.

At this moment, Ren Hengtai didn't dare to blame Taisun, that would only make him die faster.

I can only lie on the ground and keep kowtow: "Your Majesty forgive me, Your Majesty forgive me!"

A companion is like a tiger, he is really afraid that His Majesty will directly order Jin Yiwei to drag him out and chop him up.

Not to mention, Zhu Yuanzhang really has this idea now.

At this time, the eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness is here."

"Let him in." Zhu Yuanzhang's face was not very good-looking.

Zhu Ying who was outside the door didn't think much, and walked in directly.

Seeing the eldest grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous spirit melted immediately, but he still felt a little sullen.

"Grandpa, there is great news today. Last year, the number of scholars in our Ming Dynasty directly exceeded 30."

Zhu Ying smiled and said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face froze when he heard this.

Want to get angry, but suppress it.

He can only say, "Da Sun, 30 talented people, what a burden this will bring to our Ming treasury."

As soon as the words came out.

Ren Hengtai, Minister of Rites who kowtowed below, was stunned for a moment.

Zhao Mian, Minister of the Household Department, and Zhan Hui, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who stood respectfully beside them, were also stunned.

It was only at this moment that they realized that His Majesty did not know that the privilege of being a scholar was revoked.

Ren Hengtai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, felt very aggrieved.

A no-nonsense disaster.

Zhu Ying paused, and explained: "Grandpa, at the end of the year before last, I had already sent an order to the Ministry of Rites, asking them to cancel all the privileges of fame and fame for scholars, and the current scholars only have a reputation for fame." It's just in the body, other courts don't care."

"Last year, I asked the Ministry of Rites to abolish the quota limit for the admission of scholars. Based on the standard answers of the examination papers, all prefectures and prefectures who can achieve first-class scores will be awarded the title of scholars. This is the origin of 30 scholars."

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang realize that he seemed to have wronged the Minister of Rites.

But as the emperor, is there nothing wrong with the Minister of Rites? Shouldn't he have told us in advance?

"Get up, useless guy, you can't even explain this clearly." Zhu Yuanzhang scolded again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

This also made the stone in Ren Hengtai's heart finally drop.

His back was drenched in cold sweat.

If Taisun had come later, maybe he would have died unjustly.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "You go out first."

The six ministers bowed and saluted, and then retreated slowly.

It was obvious that His Majesty wanted to have a private chat with the grandson, so Liu He and Jiang Yu also walked out naturally.

"Big grandson, why did you give so many scholars fame at once? From now on, wouldn't this scholar be a bad street?"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to the imperial examinations at first, and he stopped canceling the imperial examinations for a few years in the middle, and then resumed.

Like the emperors of all dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that officials could not give more.

It is too easy for people to become officials, others will not cherish it, and it will weaken the imperial power.

Therefore, the overall number of officials is very limited.

Although you are thirsty for talents, it is too exaggerated for you to have 30 talents.

"The grandson should have told grandpa about this earlier, but he forgot, but it's too late now." Zhu Ying explained.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have a temper when he was with Dasun, so he nodded and asked Dasun to sit down and talk.

Zhu Ying was not too polite, took a sip from Zhu Yuanzhang's teacup, and then began to say:
"Our Daming now has a population of 8000 million. This is still the previous number. It is estimated to exceed [-] million, but it has only happened in the past two years."

"Such a huge number, and I see that the officials of the Ming Dynasty total no more than [-]."

"Like the capital, including high-ranking officials from all over the country, there are probably less than 2 people who actually deal with the affairs of the common people."

"For local officials, they have to deal with too many government affairs, so that if they relax a bit, the problems of the people will not be dealt with in a timely manner, and there are still a small number of officials who really do things for the people."

"Most of the officials, even if they didn't take the fat and anointing of the people, they didn't do much in their official positions."

"Besides, for local officials, their power is too great. From a subtle point of view, this has affected the majesty of the court."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, this kind of situation is actually very common in every dynasty.

But blindly increasing the number of officials is not a good thing.

There are too many people in charge, which makes the place more chaotic and increases the burden of the court's salary.

It's just that for today's Ming Dynasty, the official salary is not a big deal.

Zhu Ying continued: "Fundamentally, the current official system still inherits from the previous dynasties, even the Song Dynasty. The shortcomings here have never been resolved."

"So Sun'er has been thinking about how to reform the Ming Dynasty's official system. It was only later that I realized that it might be a good way to increase the number of officials and refine the jurisdictional responsibilities."

"That's why I want to loosen the restrictions on the number of scholars and increase the number of grassroots officials."