Looking at Zou Yuanbiao, Zhu Youxiao was helpless. The man in front of him was a Neo-Confucian scholar.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know whether Zou Yuanbiao did it on purpose or if he really thought so, but Zhu Youxiao felt that the latter possibility was really high.

It is probably impossible to understand Zou Yuanbiao or the brain circuits of these people using one's own brain circuits.

When Zou Yuanbiao had finished talking, Zhu Youxiao waved to Chen Hong and said, "Go and bring Zou Aiqing a cup of tea."

Zou Yuanbiao quickly stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Watching Zou Yuanbiao drink water, Zhu Youxiao said: "Ai Qing, since Ai Qing agrees with the New Deal, I also have some ideas."

Zou Yuanbiao was stunned, but he couldn't say "I won't listen, I won't listen" at this time. Your Majesty has been listening to you for so long, and you don't listen to His Majesty? Do you still want to hang out?

Looking at Zou Yuanbiao, Zhu Youxiao said directly: "Zou Aiqing, today's frame-up of Xiong Tingbi makes me sleepy and uneasy. These are the imperial envoys of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, officials of science and education, and the eyes and ears of the emperor. They actually accepted bribes.

If the Metropolitan Procuratorate is trying to frame ministers, what about the other yamen? What about the local officials in various places?"

Zhu Youxiao sighed after saying this, and then coughed violently. When Chen Hong handed over the silk handkerchief and wiped his mouth, he felt better.

"Zou Aiqing, since you want to vindicate Zhang Juzheng and also praise Zhang Juzheng's new laws, do you think you can implement some of Zhang Juzheng's new laws first? For example, the test law?"

The so-called examination method is actually to put a tight spell on the heads of officials. It is an official assessment system established during Zhang Juzheng's reforms, with the purpose of focusing on the effectiveness of assessment work and improving efficiency.

The policy of the government is to "respect sovereignty, assign duties to officials, implement rewards and punishments, and give orders as soon as possible", eliminate redundant officials and redundant personnel in government agencies, and rectify mail and administration.

It is not only necessary to conduct regular inspections of officials at all levels, but also to set deadlines for completing everything they do. The important features of the "examination method" are implemented, which are the so-called "setting limits for examinations" and "responsibility for people."

The official assessment and personnel assessment of later generations have the shadow of the examination law. In a word, the responsibility belongs to the person, and it is completed within a time limit. If it cannot be completed, it will be dealt with. The punishment should be punished and the officials should be fired. The imperial court does not want mediocre and lazy officials.

All redundant officials and those who do nothing will be dismissed and will never be used again.

During the few years that Zhang Juzheng was in power, as many as 30% of the officials were deposed by the imperial examination. These deposed officials formed a group that opposed Zhang Juzheng, and a large number of them were involved in the Donglin Party.

Zhu Youxiao's words are a trap.

Zou Yuanbiao talked about the New Deal and talked a lot, but Zhu Youxiao proposed a test method that the Donglin Party did not want.

Many people in later generations said that the Donglin Party rehabilitated Zhang Juzheng, but in fact it just gave him a name. Since Zhang Juzheng is admired, why not re-implement his reforms?

For example, the examination law, such as Zhang Juzheng's tax system?

Obviously these are things the Donglin Party does not want.

Now Zhu Youxiao doesn't care whether the Donglin Party wants it or not, this is what he wants.

In a word, I don’t want you to think, I want me to feel.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, the essence of Zhang Juzheng's reform is the examination method. Once the examination method is completed, the official administration will definitely improve greatly.

As for Zhang Juzheng's favorite whipping technique, Zhu Youxiao was not optimistic about it at all.

A whip method bypasses the essence of the problem, that is, what if the officials and gentry pay for the food together, and the land in the world is found out? It will still be the same in a few years?

Moreover, the whipping method increased the burden on the peasants, because taxes were collected as money, and grain could not turn into money on its own. The gentry colluded with local officials to suppress grain prices during tax season, making grain worthless, and the people wanted to use money.

If you pay taxes, you can only sell grain at low prices.

During the lean years, the gentry and officials raised the price of food so that the people could not afford to buy food, so they had to sell their land and their lives.

It can be said that the whip law is a compromise law. It is precisely because of its compromise that the burden on the people of the Ming Dynasty increased a lot, and it turned from a law for the people into a law that harmed the people.

If the Ming Dynasty's New Deal had not been abolished, there would have been wars all over the country during the Wanli period, and the people who could not survive would have directly revolted. A whip could only quench their thirst by drinking poison.

As for the solution, it is actually very simple. Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty in later generations has already given it.

The Qing Dynasty inherited the system of the Ming Dynasty, but in the late Kangxi years, the old views of the Ming Dynasty basically reappeared. Taxes failed to come up, and land annexation in various places was serious.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Yongzheng directly settled the matter in one fell swoop.

Without tax exemption, it doesn’t matter if you are a local landlord or how many acres of land your family has. How much land you have depends on how much tax you pay; those who have no land do not need to pay tax.

Of course, this also has disadvantages, because the landlord will rent the house, and the pressure will be on the tenants, making their life even more miserable.

There are also solutions, which are to develop industry and commerce and free people from the land.

If you go to work, do business, serve as a soldier, or go to colonize, you just don’t deserve to be tenants. If people have other ways of living, they naturally don’t deserve to be tenants.

That's what Zhu Youxiao wanted to do, but there is a prerequisite for all this, which is official governance. But with the current official administration, no policies are useful.

So Zhu Youxiao went straight to the imperial examination, and Zou Yuanbiao happened to bump into him, so let him do it!

Zou Yuanbiao was stunned when he heard Zhu Youxiao's words. He passed the test?

For a moment, Zou Yuanbiao denied this idea in his heart.

How can I use the test method?

"Your Majesty, the entrance examination law is too strict and stipulates everything. This is a distrust of the ministers!" Zou Yuanbiao retorted directly: "Your Majesty's ministers are all people who read the books of sages. The conduct of a gentleman lies in

To upright oneself, the way to be a king lies in benevolence and forgiveness. You must trust your ministers, and you must not act like you are trying to pass a test, as this will alienate the ministers from the king!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zou Yuanbiao and knew something in his heart.

This is a defender of Neo-Confucianism. He governs the world not by law, but by the way of a gentleman. What is the mainstream thought of this era?

Although I don’t know whether Zou Yuanbiao said this on purpose or if he really thought so, it is not important anymore. This is his political attitude and political opinions.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Youxiao understood that this person was useless.

Even though he had integrity and backbone, and even dared to commit suicide in the face of the Tatars, he still couldn't use it. If he had really listened to Zou Yuanbiao, it is estimated that the Ming Dynasty would have perished even faster.

Listening to what Zou Yuanbiao said about the emperor's example, Zhu Youxiao shook his head.

You actually believe that as long as the king takes the lead, the following will follow suit. It's simply a joke. If you pay taxes to the emperor's estate, these people will follow?
Chapter completed!