When everyone heard Zhu Yijun's words and saw the situation of the Tax Department, they really didn't know what to say. This was especially true for Xu Wenzhang, who felt a bit stupefied.
It seemed like the Emperor had thought of this and had planned it all out.
Of course, Zhu Yijun had planned it all out. In order to avoid using these people, Zhu Yijun had even given these people scholarly titles.
For example, those doctors and the like. Basically all of them had a scholarly title of a Juren. The other provinces also had it.
There were even many people from the Inner Factory who had become famous students in the local area.
The method was very simple. Throw in money, be generous, and then find people to flatter them.
Through the entire process, the Internal Factory had accumulated a lot of experience. With some tricks, it was easy to get them a scholarly title of a Juren.
When the Imperial Edict was issued, these people would be transferred to the local tax office.
"Alright, you, Prince, stay here and familiarize yourself with the situation. We will return to the palace first."
Zhu Yijun didn't want to come today, but Xu Wenchang went to look for Zhu Yijun. He wanted to let Xu Wenchang take a look and explain things later.
After leaving the yamen, Zhu Yijun brought Xu Wenchang and Hai Rui back to the palace.
"Your Majesty is really generous. It is really surprising!" Xu Wenchang said with some emotion.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand. "There is no need to say such things. Since the two of you are here today, we will talk about Daxing with you.
We plan to let the two of you take over after the new year. We also plan to implement a new system. "
When the two of them heard Zhu Yijun mention this matter, their expressions instantly turned serious.
"We will name this system the 'civil servant' system. The character for civil servant is derived from the word 'public'."
Zhu Yijun smiled and explained to the two of them. "We want to replace the petty officials with civil servants and get rid of all the petty officials in the yamen."
"Of course, if you are a petty official with good performance, you can also become a civil servant."
"If you want to become a civil servant, you first need to be an Elementary Scholar. Then, civil servants will receive a salary every month. I have not thought of the exact amount, but there will definitely be a salary."
Zhu Yijun emphasized, "In the future, the salaries of all civil servants will be paid by the imperial court. They will no longer be raised by the officials themselves."
Zhu Yijun was very disgusted by this. When a county magistrate took office, he needed to hire a large number of people, from advisors to bailiffs, and even the carriage and horses had to be prepared by the county magistrate himself.
Daming, the salaries of government officials were very low, and they couldn't afford to support these people at all. Thus, apportionment and fire came.
From this point of view, this was a kind of corruption that was tacitly allowed by the imperial court, which led to even greater corruption.
Zhu Yijun wanted to block this path. He couldn't let them take money from this.
As for those petty officials, they had no hope of being promoted. Once they were in this position, they would stay in this position for their entire lives. These officials were made of iron, and they would do anything for money.
They were of the lower class and were looked down upon by others. Other than making money, there was nothing else they could do.
"Civil servants are divided into three grades. There will be an assessment every year. Those who pass the assessment will be promoted, those who pass the assessment will be retained, and those who pass the assessment will be demoted.
Those who are promoted to the third grade, and still pass the assessment in the fourth year, can be promoted to an official. "
This path had to be cleared. Only then would it be attractive to the Elementary Scholars.
Zhu Yijun's policy was targeted at the Daming Elementary Scholars, or poor Elementary Scholars.
In fact, the majority of the Daming Scholars were High Scholars, and not Elementary Scholars.
Compared to High Scholars, who could become officials, High Scholars could not do much. Hence, they might as well not become officials.
The imperial court had a series of tax exemption policies, and they might as well stay at home and be rich.
Land, money, women, whatever they wanted, they could get.
High status, big face, many preferential treatment, and not seeking to be promoted. Most of these people would end up as Elementary Scholars.
What did a poor Elementary Scholar have?
Nothing at all. Most of the poor scholars were struggling at this stage. These were the people that Zhu Yijun wanted to recruit.
Through the assessment system, he wanted to select a batch of useful people.
Although Zhu Yijun wanted to change the current imperial examination system, and wanted to nurture qualified officials, it was not something that could be done in a short period of time.
Using civil servants to replace petty officials, and at the same time, selecting more talents from the Elementary Scholars. At the same time, he wanted to separate the relationship between civil servants and High Scholars. This way, everyone would not crazily chase after High Scholars. There were many benefits to this.
The Daming Dynasty had been established for so many years, and after so many years of imperial examinations, how many Elementary Scholars were there?
Zhu Yijun was not afraid of the older ones, as long as they were capable. This was also the reason why Zhu Yijun chose Hai Rui to be the County Magistrate.
As long as a civil servant was able to persist under Hai Rui and obtain a high evaluation, they would definitely be useful.
Looking at Hai Rui, Zhu Yijun sighed in his heart, "Hai Rui is indeed a capable man. He can even do such a thing."
"Hai, you, you can write a civil servant code of conduct. It will be similar to your book, 'The Governor's Constitution'. You can write down your personal conduct and everything that needs to be followed. When you are done, show it to me. In the future, all civil servants will be assessed according to this."
This civil servant policy, Zhu Yijun was not the least bit worried that it would not be implemented.
Although the High Scholars had the final say in the imperial court, but how many High Scholars and Elementary Scholars were there?
Once this policy was announced, it would definitely be welcomed by the Elementary Scholars. Zhu Yijun did not believe that any official would dare to oppose it.
Regardless of whether it was studying or being an official, being able to help the younger generation was a good thing. However, if it was to block the path of civil servants, it would be equivalent to cutting off their path to promotion.
Although they were worried, no one dared to do it. Because once they did it, they would be scolded!
When Hai Rui heard that the Emperor wanted him to formulate a civil servant code of conduct, he quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured. I will formulate it when I return."
Zhu Yijun nodded his head and said with satisfaction, "You, the new Da Xing County will be the benchmark for all the counties in the world. You must do a good job. Before you take office, you must improve and formulate a system as soon as possible."
Although Zhu Yijun did not want to use those Elementary Scholars, in fact, if he did not use them, he would have no one else to use.
The Daming County was so big, and there were so many people needed. If he relied on himself to train them, it would take too long. Moreover, he had no way to arrange for these scholars who relied on the imperial examinations.
Zhu Yijun had always remembered his identity. He was a reformer, not a revolutionary.
Revolutionaries and reformers were different. Revolutionaries destroyed and rebuilt, while reformers themselves had vested interests.
Who had the biggest vested interests in the world? Of course, it was him, the Emperor of the Daming County.
How to make the Great Ming Dynasty better, richer, and stronger without shaking the foundation of the Great Ming Dynasty? This was what he should be doing.
It was okay to touch the interests, but he could not completely drive the vested interests into a corner.
Before a new class was formed, he had to rely on these people to stabilize his rule.
However, looking at the attitudes of Hai Rui and Xu Wenchang, it was obvious that they treated the scholars much better than the petty officials.
This matter was finalized in this way. The two went back to study and formulate a civil servant code of conduct.
After the two left, Zhu Yijun also breathed a sigh of relief. Now that the layout was completed, the only thing left was to implement it.
It was easy to formulate a policy, but the real implementation and implementation was difficult. Not to mention in the Daming Dynasty, there were many cases in the later generations of the Daming Dynasty who agreed on the surface but disobeyed on the inside.
From the introduction to the implementation of a policy, there were many cases where the policy changed in the end.
The news of the Daming County Tax Bureau inevitably spread, causing many people's eyes to fall to the ground.
The establishment of a new yamen so quickly surprised everyone. However, there was still more to come.
Because the Emperor's imperial edict had come again. It was to establish tax bureaus in all the provinces of the country.
The status of the provincial tax bureau was the same as that of the Inspector-General and the Administrative Commissioner. It was under the control of the Inspector-General, but it was also under the management of the Daming County Tax Bureau.
After this move was made, tax bureaus popped up all over the country overnight like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
The yamen was quickly established, and the personnel were quickly in place. This made the jaws of the officials drop to the ground.
As the personnel of the Imperial Bodyguard were transferred to the tax bureau, tax servants with the word "tax" written on them suddenly appeared all over the Daming County. This was unexpected.
No one thought that things would progress so quickly and so suddenly.
The cabinet.
The atmosphere in the entire cabinet yamen wasn't very good these days. Some time ago, there was some unhappiness because of the soldier's silver.
However, this matter had passed, so there was no need to be tense all day. Everyone knew that the conflict between Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing could no longer be resolved.
Of these two, one would definitely leave, and most people didn't think that Shen Shixing would succeed.
Inside the Grand Secretary's duty room, Chen?
Bald Camel Pan Nai?
Yellow Oriole Jing Zhen
The flames in the charcoal brazier weren't big, but the temperature wasn't low. The two sat together.
Chen? Stealing cattle to become a manor?
Ping Huang Chop Zhao Xun
"Why do you have to do this?" Zhang Siwei glanced at Chen?
Stop?
Ψ Pan Nai's broken bones, eight gurgling illusions, swinging the heart to control the swan?
Quietly playing with the tiger?
How could Xun Chao play with the knife?
Still?
Love and jealousy, suck lazily, and play with the tiger?
In reality, whether it was Shen Shixing's side or Zhang Siwei's side, none of them expected Zhu Yijun to have such a trick up his sleeve.
From their point of view, the soldier's silver would definitely cause a struggle. In the process of implementing it, there would definitely be opposition from the local authorities.
Shen Shixing's side would take this opportunity to fight back against Zhang Siwei.
Zhang Siwei also wanted to use this opportunity to remove some of the officials from the local authorities and replace them with his own people.
In the past, this had happened countless times. The most recent time was Zhang Juzheng's land clearing and examination method.
In order to achieve his goal, Zhang Juzheng carried out a great purge of the government officials.
Whether it was the six ministries of the cabinet, the governors, or even the prefectures and counties, they were all replaced with people who supported him.
Although some of these people supported Zhang Juzheng's policies, some simply wanted to be promoted, these people were indeed Zhang Juzheng's supporters.
This time, the soldier's silver gave Zhang Siwei an opportunity to become the next Minister Zhang.