The current Ming Dynasty is very different from another time and space, and the great military victories cover up many social problems. The number of qi has been exhausted, and these four words can no longer be used to describe the current Ming Dynasty.

But in the eyes of people of insight, the current situation in Daming is very bad. In contrast to the powerful military, there have been disasters for many years, the weather is getting colder and colder, the land annexation is becoming more and more serious, the number of displaced people is increasing, and the tax revenue of the national treasury is shrinking.

Not only has the state treasury revenue plummeted, but the local fiscal revenue has also been declining year by year, the weather is cold and the drought is severe, the fields are not even enough to pay taxes, and there are more and more displaced people in various parts of the north, and the land is seriously abandoned, so it is no wonder that the local fiscal revenue is not decreasing.

As the local government's income decreased, there was no money or food for disaster relief, and more and more people were displaced. The Red Lady's rebellion can gather tens of thousands of people in a short period of time, which is caused by this.

Of course, the gentry landlords were still rich, and the officials were also full of fat, and many gentry landlords took advantage of the disaster year to desperately annex the land, making the situation worse and worse.

The Ming Dynasty has reached the time when it is not possible to change it, which is already the consensus of many people of insight. However, how difficult it is to change, even if he is as strong as Zhang Juzheng, he can only tinker with the status quo of the Ming Dynasty, and he does not dare to change much at all. And even so, after Zhang Juzheng's death, many of the reforms he made were also abolished, and he himself ended up stealing his home.

Although Yuan Keli is in the opposition, he is very clear and worried about the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, so he is very looking forward to Zhu Youzhen's complete abandonment of the Taizu system.

"I've only had a preliminary idea of how to reform me." Zhu Youzhen said slowly, "The most important thing to change is nothing more than the official system, the military system, the tax system, the household registration system and the salt system.

Bureaucracy, I've just said something. The system of selecting officials by the imperial examination can be abolished, and it can be changed to the selection of officials by the imperial examination, and the local imperial court can hold an examination every year to recruit officials according to actual needs. In the future, the officials will be one, the officials will start from the officials, and the prime minister will start from the prefecture and county! ”

"Prime Minister? Your Majesty wants to set up the post of Prime Minister? Yuan Keli exclaimed. Since Taizu, the Ming Dynasty has never set up a prime minister, and Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has also issued an edict, and anyone who dares to suggest the establishment of a prime minister will be beheaded. Zhu Youzhen wants to set up a prime minister, which is definitely a serious violation of the Taizu system!

"Although the current cabinet does not have the name of the prime minister, what is the difference between the duties and the prime minister? The power has even surpassed that of the prime minister. Zhu Youzhen said, "Taizu does not set up a prime minister, because he is worried about the division of power among ministers, and he is worried that the power of the prime minister will overwhelm the power of the monarch." Therefore, there are six ministries but no prime minister, and all state affairs are handled by themselves.

But Grandpa Tai is eloquent and strategic, and he has the ability and energy to deal with all state affairs. Where did the emperors of later generations have the ability of Taizu? Therefore, he had to set up a cabinet and a celebrant to help him deal with state affairs. But after all, the name of the cabinet is not right, so why not simply set up a prime minister? ”

"But if the prime minister is established, the prime minister's power is too great, and His Majesty is not worried that the prime minister's power will overwhelm the monarch's power and the monarch's power will fall?" Yuan Keli asked.

But all emperors want to firmly control the power in their own hands, and they don't want the power to become a puppet, it is for this reason that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, abolished the prime minister, and did not allow later emperors to set up another prime minister.

"With great power comes great responsibility." Zhu You sighed, "The emperor has become the lord of the world because of the royal bloodline, but the emperor himself is also virtuous and foolish, how can he handle all state affairs by himself, and the emperor doesn't understand many affairs at all, so how to deal with them?" Only a cabinet can be established, and the cabinet scholars can assist in handling government affairs. Worried that the cabinet would deceive itself, he set up a celebrant again. But both the cabinet and the celebrant actually took power away from the emperor! Isn't it the same?

Later, the Ming Dynasty set up a government affairs yuan to deal with national government affairs. The Government Council is under the control of the Prime Minister, and a number of Deputy Prime Ministers are set up under it. In order to prevent autocratic power, the prime minister and deputy prime minister can only serve for five years, and at most two consecutive terms, they must go to office!

The six ministries are all under the jurisdiction of the Government Council, oh, not necessarily only six, for example, the Ministry of Taxation can be set up, in charge of national tax collection, the Ministry of Transportation, in charge of repairing and paving roads, post stations, and so on. In the future, other departments may be added as appropriate according to the actual situation.

As for the localities, it is necessary to raise the rank and status of prefectures and counties, reduce the number of grades of political departments and councilors, and raise the status of herdsmen officials.

Supervision departments should be set up in all prefectures and counties, which are under the jurisdiction of the Inspectorate, and their duties are to supervise and evaluate officials, but they must not interfere in local government affairs. The supervision of the imperial history only has the right to supervise, and cannot interfere in specific government affairs!

Below the county level, the establishment of Baojia, or can be changed to a town, changed to a village, set up a town and village head, all of whom are court officials. For example, the town mayor's grade can be set to eight grades, and the village chief's grade can be nine grades. The officials all start from the nine products. Of course, in this case, the number of officials will be large, and the number of servants will be determined according to the situation.

Counties, towns and villages, with a three-level official system, ensure that the decrees of the imperial court can be transmitted to every household. In the future, the management of the countryside will be under the hands of the villages and towns, and the gentry will all be ordinary people in the future, and they will not have the right to meddle in rural affairs. Priority will be given to the selection of retired officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, and vacancies can be recruited through examinations. ”

After saying a long paragraph in one breath, Zhu Youzhen finally stopped, and looked at a few people with a slight panting: "The official system in the future is basically like this." If there is anything wrong, just bring it up and add to it. ”

Yuan Keli was shocked in his heart, he never expected that Zhu Youzhen's change in the official system would be so big!

At the beginning, when Zhu Youzhen said that he wanted to set up a prime minister, he thought that Zhu Youzhen wanted to decentralize power, but now it seems that where is the decentralization, it is clear that he wants to penetrate his tentacles into every corner of Daming!

The establishment of government offices at the town and village levels is tantamount to taking power back from the hands of the gentry. The squires in the future will not be able to hoodwink the imperial court into controlling the countryside. Oh, and I want to abolish the gentry privileges, I'm afraid there will be no more squires in the future!

If this official system can really be reformed, Yuan Keli can imagine what the situation will be in the future! Every decree of the imperial court will be spread to every corner of the Ming Dynasty in a few days, and the control and mobilization power will be greatly enhanced! It's exactly the same as in the pre-Qin period. Oh no, there were still Haoqiang who occupied a lot of land in the pre-Qin period, and there will be no more gentry landlords in the Ming Dynasty.

If it can really be done, I am afraid that it can really achieve the rule of three generations!

"Yuan Qing, do you have any suggestions for the official position reform that I said?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

Yuan Keli came to his senses from the shock, thought for a while and said: "The minister has three questions, one is that there are too many officials needed like this, where does the official's money come from?" Then there is the power to select and dismiss officials, should the officials be delegated to the local government? If all of them belong to the Ministry of Officials, I am afraid that the Ministry of Officials will not be able to control such a huge number of officials. The third is the evaluation and supervision of officials, and how to prevent corruption among officials. ”