Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 334

"Your Majesty, this has already cost enough to immigrate from the Northeast and Southeast Asia. If you want to immigrate to North America."

Peng Jun said with a bitter face.

He is not in charge of the family and does not know how expensive firewood is.

He has since become the left prime minister of Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that there is no balance almost every year, and sometimes even owes some debts, the Ming treasury is very worried.

This has been since ancient times.

Where the imperial court planned the income of the year in advance at the beginning of the year, there was almost no such thing as a surplus in the treasury.

What if something happens to this?
"It is possible to issue bonds, and the land of Jinshan will be used as collateral. In addition, the area of ​​Jinshan, the town wants to be entrusted to Sanjinzi. Concubine Shi now owns the Nanyang Shipping Company and has plenty of money. If Jinshan is the fiefdom of Sanjiner, she will definitely It won't be nothing, what does the right minister think?" Emperor Zhu said quite shrewdly.

Peng Jun said that the emperor is wise, but he was already complaining in his heart, "The emperor is so smart that he even counts his wife's money."

However, the population of Jinshan City is only a few hundred now.

To confer the title to Zhu Yixin, the second son of the emperor, seems a bit... not worthy of the status of the second prince.

Seemingly aware of Peng Jun's worries, Emperor Zhu waved his hand and said, "Jinshan must be a great city in the future, and my prince cannot be the ruler of success, but must be the master of pioneering! The seal to North America is for the sake of Ming Dynasty and the opening up of China. Damn, this is the mission of my princes!!"

North America is a great place.

Of course it is to be distributed to the sons.

But this is a nobler thing to say.

Having said that, Emperor Zhu began to discuss another matter with Peng Jun.

That is the matter of unifying the national imperial examinations.

"Left Prime Minister, let's not talk about the Jinshan and India matters for the time being. Now that the unification is underway today, I think that the southern region has the conditions to conduct a unified scholar examination. The imperial examination will no longer be divided into provinces according to the time and content of each province. With a unified imperial examination, in the future Ming Dynasty’s scholarly examinations can be compared every year, and each province will get 1000 Wen Xiucai and 500 Wu Xiucai each time, how about it?”

Due to the impact of the war, the situation in each province is different, so the "Scholar Examination" of Ming Dynasty is not held regularly. Up to now, every province has held the "Scholar Examination", but the number of candidates has exceeded 20000. A scholar is qualified to be an official, and it is easy to get an official position.

However, the era when it was so easy to become an official is over now, because there are people from all over the country who have become officials, and the next scholar test will be much more difficult. Each province only selects 1500 scholars every two years. It is very difficult to arrange official positions for these talented gentlemen.

"Okay, there should be a system, but the quota for 1500 people is a little less, why not set it between 1500 and 2000 people, how about determining the quota according to the taxes paid by each province?"

Peng Jun thought for a while and said.

Emperor Zhu nodded when he heard the words: "This charter should be worked out as soon as possible, but I still need to add two rules, one is the retirement system, and the other is the age limit system for scholars. Let me talk about the retirement system first. I have preliminary ideas. The county Officials below the level, 55 to retire, provincial government officials, 60 to retire, ministerial level officials, 70 to retire! '

"In addition, the age of a scholar should not be too old. In my opinion, if you are over 30 years old, you should not take the examination for a scholar."

Retirement system.

It was something that Emperor Zhu had been thinking about for a long time.

People tend to be confused when they are old, but Daming doesn't need so many stupid officials.

Moreover, with the retirement system, a part of the bureaucratic system can be kept alive. After all, there is a steady stream of running water.

Emperor Zhu even wanted to mention the rejuvenation of cadres.

It's just that after he thought about it for a while, he felt that it was too early to mention this.

Peng Jun was taken aback.

Then his face changed drastically.

"Your Majesty, is...is this too urgent?"

Peng Jun was sweating coldly on his forehead.

At the age of 30, you will not be allowed to take the exam for talent.

What kind of rule is this?
Why does the emperor always get these moths out.

If he passed these things when he was the prime minister, I am afraid that his reputation will also be affected
And this... really has too much influence.

The turmoil of canceling the exam in Sichuan last time has just passed, what if there is another storm of canceling the exam in other provinces?
It is said that there is nothing wrong with setting an upper age limit for the imperial examinations-a scholar is still a white man at the age of 30, so it is indeed time to find something else to do.

But being a scholar is actually a kind of identity!
In the imperial examination, as long as you have the breath, you can continue to take the exam, maybe you will win the next time!

This is a hope for scholars, an opportunity to become a master in an instant.

No matter how poor a scholar is, there are not many people in the local area who will bully him. Who can guarantee that he will not pass high school next time in the imperial examination and become a master of Juren?
This is especially true for scholars from wealthy families, whose gentry status is based on their connection with officialdom.

And the next time I may be an official in high school, it will be the most important link.

This is the so-called Tianshelang in the morning and Tianzitang in the evening!

With this possibility, the identities of these scholars can be distinguished from ordinary civilians. They are the reserve team of officials and the reserve army of the privileged class.

Now the Xianghu Party in the Ming Dynasty is a typical gentry group and it is a typical example.

Not all scholars in Hunan can be officials in the court of the Qing Dynasty, but because of the existence of the imperial examination, they all have the possibility of being an official, so they can be one party and cite each other.

As long as anyone has won the Jinshi.The Xianghu party members in the court will vigorously promote the juniors, and the Xianghu scholars in the opposition will serve as staff and run for them.

The scholars who did not come out of their hometowns relied on the protection of those classmates and fellow villagers who were ruling or serving as aides, and ran wild in the countryside to be their big landlords.

It is precisely because of this that those old landlords who know that they will not be able to win a scholar in this life will study hard all day long with their books in their hands, and take the imperial examinations again and again, in order to stay in the circle of scholar-bureaucrats and keep their own gentry. identity!
Without this identity, it would be difficult for them to evade land taxes and oppress civilians.

But now Emperor Zhu set the threshold of 30 years old.

It is equivalent to digging out the foundations of the vast number of official reserve teams and the vast number of gentry groups.

After 30 years old.

You have no possibility of studying and becoming an official.

Will there still be a Xianghu Party, a unity of gentry?

After 30 years old.

Just go and earn a living elsewhere.

Of course Emperor Zhu knew it.

He changed it like this.

There will certainly be a huge backlash and opposition.

But Emperor Zhu was not afraid of this.

Because he is worried that if things are not reformed at the time when he has the greatest prestige and the strongest control over the army.

In the future, if you want to change, I am afraid that you will be powerless.

He must push forward the reform of the imperial examination forcefully.

This is the key to whether his policy can be maintained.

If the gentry below want to rebel, please feel free, and if you don't want to rebel, you should take an exam!
(End of this chapter)