Emperor Chongzhen did not give a reply immediately, but after thinking for a while, he asked Zhang Mingwei: "What the gentleman said, "You still have to have a bitch, what is this saying?"

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei did not rush to urge him to draw a conclusion and patiently explained: "Your Majesty, at any time, there are people who violate the law. Since that is the case, I think these people are bitches, so they can be regarded as a warning to others!"

The origin of the cheap book actually starts with the bitch, but it ends up being passed down from generation to generation and extends to the cheap karma.

After Zhang Mingwei finished speaking, the Wenhua Palace was very quiet and everyone was thinking about these words.

Seeing this, he added: "For this bitch, he is actually a prisoner of sin. I would like to add that if he reforms and atones for his sins, or if the official sentence is over, he should no longer have the resources to be a bitch and restore the household registration of a good citizen."

Finally, Zhang Mingwei added: "No one is born to be a bitch, and no one will be a bitch for the rest of their lives after being a bitch. As for future generations, this is even more true. For this, our dynasty has many examples to prove it. Your Majesty might as well think about it. Is this right?

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he looked at Zhang Mingwei's gaze and suddenly remembered.

Didn’t Emperor Taizu have been a monk, beggar and other cheap karma before, but in the end he ruled the world!

Also, there are quite a lot of soldiers in the Ming army, including senior generals, and even those who have been awarded titles. They were not all thieves before. If we talk about their origins, aren’t many of them considered cheap people?

However, it is precisely because of their service for the country and their great military achievements that the prosperity and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is now!

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Thinking of these, especially the increasing population of the hereditary people, Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind and immediately said to the ministers below: "I think the sir is right, and there is no need for this kind of cheap man to exist. The people of the Ming Dynasty are all my people. How can I favor one and the other and treat it so differently?"

When Du Yinxi and others saw Emperor Chongzhen express their opinions, they looked at each other, but before they could speak, they heard the eunuch Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch in charge of the seal, first step out and say: "Your Majesty, I think that abolishing the lowly family will be of great benefit to our Ming Dynasty!"

"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard this. He looked at him curiously and immediately ordered, "Let me tell me!"

Even Zhang Mingwei was a little curious, not knowing what Wang Chengen said, let alone others, they were all watching Wang Chengen and waiting for him to speak.

Wang Chengen told Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, these lowly people are mostly dependent on the powerful people in various places. As the Duke of the State said, they are dissatisfied with the court, so they only follow the top tyrants in various places. But if the lowly people are abolished, these originally lowly people will be grateful to Your Majesty and the court. In this way, the court's strategies will be much smoother when implemented locally! The simplest example will be reflected in local taxes, making it even more difficult to cheat!"

Speaking of this, he paused. Based on the expression of Emperor Chongzhen, he estimated what he was thinking, and then continued: "According to the information obtained by the Dongchang, our Ming Dynasty used yellow books to report household registration, but many prefectures and counties used white books to collect tax grain, also known as actual collection books, which did not match the two. Some clerks also had private books in their hands, and even the prefecture and county magistrates could not interfere."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was shocked and immediately confirmed: "Take it serious?"

"I can send someone to the East Factory to get the relevant files immediately!" Wang Chengen said immediately.

Ordinary civil servants will not reveal such things. However, Wang Chengen was the head of the inner court and was inconsistent with the interests of civil servants. At this time, he heard Zhang Mingwei start, and he had the courage to reveal this matter.

Otherwise, even people from the inner court would have to just live.

In the original history, Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty finally abolished the lowly family, and one of the root causes was also due to taxation issues.

The treasury was empty, and the implementation of several policies he formulated was unfavorable, so he abolished the lowly family and won the support of these people in the local area, making the new policy smooth.

Of course, the reason why Emperor Yongzheng did this was that he had the biggest basic foundation, which was the Eight Banners of Manchuria. He did not move the interests of the Eight Banners of Manchuria at all. Including the lowly belonging to the Eight Banners of Manchuria, should it be a lowly or a lowly person?

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen immediately asked Wang Chengen to go to the Dongchang archives. Then, he looked at the chief assistant Du Yinxi and others and asked sternly: "What the big companion said, is there any such thing?"

"Some prefectures and counties do this!" Of course Du Yinxi did not dare to open his eyes and talk lies. "The weaker the control of the court is, the more likely it is to happen. In the past, but now there are fewer!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he also understood that this had a lot to do with the authority of the central government of the court.

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he remembered something again and immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, when it comes to this matter, I think it is best to change the current situation!"

"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen immediately showed a very concerned look when he heard this and quickly said, "Sir, please speak!"

Before, he thought that the country is prosperous and the people are in peace and prosperity, but unexpectedly, there are big problems hidden behind the prosperity.

Therefore, when Zhang Mingwei proposed that there is another situation and it is best to change it, he really wanted to know what the situation was.

I heard Zhang Mingwei say to Emperor Chongzhen: "Since Qin unified the six countries and unified the country, they have been governing the world at the three levels of provinces, prefectures and counties. I think this model needs to be changed!"

Although there are some differences in different historical periods, it is probably that way.

When Emperor Chongzhen and others heard this, they couldn't help but wonder why Duke Xingguo took the topic so far? And this has been done since ancient times, so why did he suddenly change it?

Thinking of this, Du Yinxi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked immediately: "Is the Duke's intention of being Xuanwei Office or something? However, now that the land has been changed and the relocation has been revoked!"

After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei smiled at him, shook his head and said, "I'm talking about it. Of course, it's not Xuanwei Department. I want to say that it should add another level of government office, that is, under the county, and set up another administrative level to govern the local area!"

Speaking of this, without waiting for them to ask, Zhang Mingwei explained himself: "In the past, because of population, I thought it was not very wrong to go to the county level. But now, the population is increasing, and the villages and towns under the county are more and more populated. Especially in the south, the scale and economy of many towns are unprecedented. For example, Nanxun Town, which produces silk, sells silk as many as tens of millions of taels of silver in an annual manner..."

Although the examples of Nanxun Town are a bit extreme, there are actually not many such people like Nanxun Town in the south of the Yangtze River.

It can be said that the population of the Ming Dynasty was much larger than that of previous dynasties. Although the population was lost a lot after the wars at the end of the Ming Dynasty. However, the base is here. Now the country is peaceful and the people are safe, especially when vaccinated with cowpox, living conditions are getting better and better, and the court encourages childbirth, the population will only increase.

These things, whether it was Emperor Chongzhen or the senior Ming officials in the hall, were naturally aware of them. Therefore, after hearing Zhang Mingwei's words, they all showed a thoughtful expression.

Zhang Mingwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said seriously: "A county government office has only a few officials, county magistrates, county magistrates, chief clerks, and clerks. There is no problem when the population is small under the rule. But now, can they manage it? Under the county government office, there is no lower level yamen to take charge. The court will have much weaker control over the local area, and various problems that the court will not expect, such as local tyrants, deceiving the court, etc.."

"This is not an exaggeration!" Zhang Mingwei said seriously at the end, "With the increase in population, the greater the possibility of this situation!"

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen, he raised his voice and emphasized: "Your Majesty, the times have changed. I should prepare for these aspects today. What should be moved should be moved, what should be planned should be planned, and what should be changed should be changed!"

After Zhang Mingwei finished speaking, Dongchang’s files were retrieved.

When Emperor Chongzhen went to view the files, the officials below whispered.

"The Duke of the State said this is reasonable. If the transaction amounts to tens of millions of taels of silver a year, how can it be without the control of the government?"

"But you can't say that. Look at the northern counties, especially those lower-class counties, there is only a population. It is not necessary to add a higher-level yamen!"

"What about the superior counties? There are many in the south, including those on the coast, so it is necessary to add a first-level yamen!"

"In this way, it cannot be generalized, but it can be set according to the different levels of prefectures and counties!"

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Zhang Mingwei naturally did not participate in the discussion, just listened to them chatting.

While chatting, they naturally paid attention to Emperor Chongzhen's movements. After seeing that Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have read the files of the East Factory, they consciously stopped the voice.

After Emperor Chongzhen confirmed it, he had already recognized Zhang Mingwei's proposal in his heart, and ordered the cabinet and the Silijian to take the lead and continue to discuss and come up with specific plans for Zhang Mingwei's suggestions.

The same is true. The matter of modifying the etiquette system was involved in a wider range of things. It was not until a few days before the end of the year that the etiquette system was revised, household registration reform, and the plan to add an office below the county level was recognized by Zhang Mingwei and approved by Emperor Chongzhen.

Among these reforms, the revision of the ritual system was originally very eye-catching. The other two items involved thousands of people, which also caused a great shock.
Chapter completed!