I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 289 Three Years of Jianwu
The day after Japan came to court.

Lin Jingyu, the Minister of Rites, wrote: "The people requested that Enke be reopened."

The imperial examination is held every three years, and anyone who has passed the examination within three years is called Enke.

Zhu Yijiong only thought for a moment and then wrote to criticize: "No."

There is no shortage of officials in Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the political effect of two consecutive examinations, one for Enco and one for normal imperial examinations, is enough.

It is time to restore the subject once every three years, and the content of the scientific examination must be re-planned.The proportional difficulty of Mingshu and Jinshi subjects will be readjusted.

Lin Jingyu also seemed to know that it was not appropriate to add Enke, so he also said another thing: "Please reopen the provincial official schools."

This official school existed before the Ming Dynasty. As the name suggests, it is a government-run school. Most scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties came from the official school.

Linsheng is also a scholar from the official school, that is, a scholar who eats the food of the official family.

In addition, there are aggrandizements and epiphytes.

Zhu Yijiong did not criticize this time. He thought carefully and then replied: "Let's discuss it later."

Official schools can be reopened, but they must follow their regulations.We definitely can no longer purely teach the Four Books and Five Classics as before, and we must add explicit calculations.

In addition, there are many details, and this matter needs to be discussed in detail with the cabinet for a long-term plan.

He took down the one from the Ministry of Etiquette, picked out another one at random, and flipped through it.

Zhu Yijiong immediately summoned everyone in the cabinet.

"Has the Cabinet re-drawn officials' salaries?"

Wang Li handed over his hand and said: "It has been all drawn up and is about to be submitted to His Majesty for review."

After that, hand over a detailed memorial.

Zhu Yijiong took it and read it carefully. The cabinet had indeed put in the hard work.

In terms of the overall salary formulation, the basic salary of upper-level officials has not increased significantly, mainly for officials below the fourth rank, whose annual salary has generally been increased by a large amount.

For example, the annual salary of a seventh-grade official in the new system was 90 taels and 45 shi, which was exactly twice that of the Manchu and Qing dynasties.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty has not yet raised honest silver.

When it comes to official salaries, we have to mention Qian Ming.According to the system, the annual salary of Zheng from the seventh grade in the former Ming Dynasty was 200 shi and 60 banknotes.

It seems that there are more than Manchu and Qing Dynasties, but that is not how it is calculated.

Let’s talk about Lumi first. Let’s assume that the Qian Ming Dynasty had an annual salary of 200 shi. Instead of issuing treasure notes, they would all be issued Lumi.

而前明丰年1两银可买12石，欠年7、8石不等，以每两10石来算，年俸200石相当于年薪20两。

Including the treasure money, this thing is worthless at all. As early as the Yongle period, little Judy had been fighting for years, and it was almost turned into useless paper.

By the Jiajing Dynasty, the Baochao system had basically collapsed.

Therefore, even by the best calculation, it is not empty talk that the salary of the previous Ming Dynasty was the lowest in history.

Naturally, Zhu Yijiong cannot be like Lao Zhu, who wants the horse to run but does not give the horse grass to eat.

"Well done." Zhu Yijiong nodded and gave a fair evaluation.

Now that the finances are affluent, raising salaries for officials is not only to allow officials to maintain necessary dignity, but also to reduce corruption.

There was a lot of corruption in the early Ming Dynasty because officials' salaries were too low.

They don't even have enough to eat, and their families don't have any money. So for these people, what's the point of being an official?
It's still ancient times.

However, now that the salaries of officials have been increased, and even the salaries of staff have also been increased, if corruption continues, don't blame the emperor for being too quick.

Zhu Yijiong said: "Let's wait until the beginning of next year to officially implement it!"

"The minister obeys the order."

……

Before we know it, the Spring Festival is here.

This also means that the second year of Jianwu in the Ming Dynasty and the first year of Yongzheng in the Manchu Qing Dynasty have finally come to an end, and the Ming Dynasty has officially entered the third year of Jianwu.

Although in terms of chronology, it is now the third year of Jianwu in the Ming Dynasty.But since the first year of Yonghe, it should be the fourth year now.

The Japanese mission has already returned home with the imperial edict of canonization and accompanying officials.

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Yijiong held a state banquet in the side hall of the palace to entertain civil and military officials according to the management of the previous two years.

This time, not only were the dishes at the state banquet more sumptuous, but also the delicacies of the mountains and seas were needless to say.

The frontline soldiers on all sides have also been paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and have received rewards and condolences from the emperor, as well as the most practical salary payments.

The most difficult financial period for the Ming Dynasty has passed. No major disasters occurred at the end of last year, and natural disasters are basically under control.

Moreover, the promotion of high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes has basically solved the food problem of the Ming Dynasty.

As the Ming Dynasty's finances become increasingly affluent, the Spring Festival state banquet cannot be too shabby.Of course, the Spring Festival state banquet only happens once a year, and Zhu Yijiong’s legacy is not to be extravagant and wasteful.

The previous warning to Jiang Chengzhang, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, that local officials were not allowed to pay tribute and disturb the people was also known to all officials.

Not only did the Spring Festival state banquet dishes in the palace become better, but even the streets and alleys of Nanjing were obviously more lively on this day than in the previous two years.

This also means that more and more people are starting to have extra money in their hands. This is all due to the abolition of humble status and the smooth implementation of the new tax laws.

More and more people are freed to work in cities to make money when they have a surplus of labor.

This not only increases the income of the people, but also promotes the development of the private commodity economy.

There must be corruption in the local area, and this cannot be eradicated.

But for now, the local corruption problem is generally not serious, and there were no troubles during previous disaster relief operations.

After the Spring Festival state banquet in the front hall was over, Zhu Yijiong returned to the harem and had another family dinner with the queen and the concubines.

Zhu Yijiong's concubines, including the queen, total 14.There are three each in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, two each in Huainan and Jiangxi, and none in southern Jiangxi.

The next day, the first day of January.

Zhu Yijiong did not work, but stayed in the harem to entertain his son and accompany the queen and concubines.

Still patiently, I accompanied these women to watch several operas, including the famous Kun Opera, the "ancestor of all operas".

Kunqu Opera has become popular since Jiangnan, and it was still one of Hongguang's favorite operas at that time.

Even in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, dynasties changed.

Kun Opera not only did not decline because of the war, but also developed further and derived more repertoire.

However, this had nothing to do with Zhu Yijiong. Anyway, it was very painful for him to watch.

He would rather review the memorials in the Imperial Study Room than watch these costumes dressed in exaggerated (compared to normal ancient clothes) and sing opera lyrics that Zhu Yijiong didn't understand at all in a special tune.

He obviously knew every word, and even showed him the music and he could understand it.But when someone sings it, his eyes darken.

It can only be said that Zhu Yijiong really does not know how to appreciate this kind of traditional culture (no belittling, the dog's head will save his life).

We have a break on the first day of the first lunar month, and on the second day of the lunar month, it’s time to work normally.

The officials below were already at work.

"Your Majesty, the front line is reporting that Wang Dingming of Henan and Zhang Pei of Shandong have been defeated, and there are also changes in the northwest of the Manchu Qing Dynasty."

"So fast?"

Wang Dingming of Henan and Zhang Peibu of Shandong were small figures and unknown in history.

Simply taking advantage of the military calamity in the north, the Manchus felt that their energy was exhausted, so they rebelled and wanted to compete for the golden throne in the Jinluan Palace.

A typical pioneer for kings.

Among them, Wang Dingming and Zhang Pei clearly contacted the Ming army and asked for a seal from Nanjing.

This Wang Dingming is quite interesting. In his letter to Zhu Yijiong, he even mentioned his name, saying: Dingming is willing to reserve this land in the Central Plains for the Ming Emperor.

After seeing this, Zhu Yijiong laughed it off and immediately issued an order: "Wang Dingming canonized as the chief military officer of Henan and Zhang Pei as the chief military officer of Shandong."

The General Soldier of the Ming Dynasty was different from the General Soldier of the Qing Dynasty. The General Soldier of the Ming Dynasty had no rank, but had great power and belonged to the highest military officer of a province.

The Qing Dynasty's general soldiers had a grade, the second grade, which was considered very high.But the power is very small, basically only the military power of one government, and it is subject to many constraints.

The defeat of Wang Dingming and Zhang Pei was already doomed. They were just two cannon fodders specially brought out to bleed the Manchus.

It's just that these two cannon fodders couldn't recognize themselves. Zhu Yijiong appointed them as the commander-in-chief of the two provinces, purely for the sake of face, and they actually thought they could do it.

However, although the two cannon fodders Wang Dingming and Zhang Pei are dead, it does not mean that Henan and Shandong have truly been pacified.

Just at the end of last year, heavy snow suddenly fell in Wuding Prefecture, Shandong Province.

The situation in Shandong, which was already about to be stabilized by the Manchus, became even worse again.

Wuding Prefecture was unable to provide disaster relief, and the victims brought by the heavy snow completed their transformation from victims to rebels within ten months.

There was even a rebel leader nicknamed "Jingpotian", who expanded rapidly with Binzhou Putai as the center.

Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong Province, was directly threatened, and the governor Chen Shiguan (Qianlong's rumored father) hurriedly sought help from Emperor Yongzheng in Beijing.

Moreover, in addition to this, the life of the Kong family in Yanzhou, Qufu was not easy.

Historically, Yongzheng was supposed to postulate the fifth generation of the Confucian sage as king last year, but the previous generation Yanshenggong Kong Yuqi was sprayed to death by Wang Jingqi.

Not only did this decree fail to come true in the end, but even the Duke of Yansheng in Beikong remained vacant.

After reading the frontline report, Zhu Yijiong made a reply: "To consolidate the Huaibei border defense, some assistance can be provided to the Henan and Shandong rebels as appropriate, and the frontline will make its own judgment and handle it."

After he finished his reply, he added: "Instruct Wu Wai, commander of the Jinyi Guards, to come see me as soon as possible."

　Go to bed(#ω#) Go to bed early
　　
　
(End of this chapter)