"Yuying, you are finally back!"

Ding Yuying worked hard on Zhu Cixiang's ship all day long. It was not until the fleet docked at Yilingzhou Pier that she took a small boat back to Prince Zhu Hexing's ship.

Prince Luck had a hard time along the way. In order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from losing both the emperor and the prince at the same time, he could not go to Zhu Cixi's ship to listen to politics. He could only take classes on his own ship - yes, he had to take classes! He was still in the Army

The students from the Jiangwu Hall are now accompanying the team to experience the war atmosphere on the battlefield and observe the fighting up close. Therefore, the instructors from the Jiangwu Hall are accompanying them. On the way to Kuizhou Prefecture, the instructors can still

Give them lessons.

The class took place on Prince Luck's boat. Throughout the day, he was crowded with hundreds of classmates for class. He took two French classes, two arithmetic classes and two drawing classes. He was very good at class.

Kazuyuki almost felt dizzy.

Moreover, the instructor from the Jiangwu Hall said when he was taking us away, that when we disembarked from the ship at Nanjinkou, we would also take time to organize a French test. His Majesty the Emperor would personally set the questions and invigilate the test. If he failed, he would be slapped with a blackboard!

Zhu Hexing hates the French test the most, because he always fails in the test! If he fails in the test, he has to be reprimanded by Emperor Zhu... What's even more annoying is that his brothers Zhu Hehao and Zhu Hekun are both very good in French.

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Oh, there is also a little brother Henry Chu (Mary Mancini’s son). He is a little kid, but his French is actually much better than him!

He is almost going to be a father, and his French is not as good as that of a little kid. It is really shameful.

So Zhu Hexing has been thinking that when he becomes emperor, he will definitely abolish French classes... What is the use of learning this thing!

However, his father's health is so good, and even Grandpa Huang is still alive, so he can only think about canceling the French class. Now he has no choice but to memorize the words honestly until Ding Yuying comes back.

Seeing his wife enter the cabin, Zhu Hexing no longer had the intention to memorize the words. He threw down the book and stood up to greet her.

Ding Yuying was startled by the prince's enthusiasm and hurriedly gave him a blessing gift, but was pulled by the prince: "It's just the two of us, what else can you say to me? You are my wife, and you are so polite."

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Ding Yuying was so happy when she heard that, she gave Zhu Hexing a wink, and then said with a smile: "My husband has been working hard all day, must be tired, right? I asked the kitchen on the ship to prepare food quickly, and go to bed early after eating."

Alright."

Zhu Hexing laughed and said: "I told you to go down a long time ago... and asked me to boil the bath water. After dinner, we will take a bath together."

After hearing this, Ding Yuying's cheeks felt hot, "Husband, we'll talk about this later...Father, I asked you to tell me about today's military and national events!"

"These again..." Zhu Hexing was a little disappointed and had to sit down at the table with his wife.

Ding Yuying took out the manuscript of today's record, placed it in front of Zhu Hexing, and then began to talk about the important things: "Husband, today's imperial meeting is still discussing the imperial examination in Sichuan."

"It's so annoying!" Zhu Hexing commented.

Ding Yuying said with a smile: "It's not about tormenting people, but to use an examination to deceive those who can torment people in Sichuan to come to the imperial court. Only in this way can the Battle of Pingchuan get twice the result with half the effort. So today, my father decided to hold the imperial examination first, and then

The soil in the fields was cleared, and finally the fields were divided... The imperial examination was first run on a trial basis, and then on a large scale. The trial run was to take one state to run a state, and one county to run a county. First, all the petty officials from the state and county were taken out.

, let them take the official test. During the official test period, they will take the test once in January and eliminate them in March. After the whole Sichuan is pacified, the father will hold the Sichuan Grand Competition, but only the prefecture and county officials who have passed the official test and have not been eliminated

, are qualified to participate in the Sichuan-wide competition. Those who win the competition can be awarded the title of prefecture or county magistrate or an official of the provincial government, ministry or academies with the same official rank."

Zhu Hexing didn't seem to understand, so he asked, "Are all the candidates selected for the trial imperial examinations from state and county officials?"

"Yes," Ding Yuying said, "the parents of towns, villages and villages, the police inspectors who arrest theft and bandits, the tax officials who collect grain and tax, the academic officials who educate the people, and the construction officials who manage water conservancy and rivers all have to

Only local people can do it well, so we have to use trial imperial examinations to recruit talented people from all the prefectures and counties in central Sichuan and use them for the country."

Towns, townships, and villages are the most basic political power of the Ming Dynasty. They are all on the same level, but they are different in function and layout. Towns generally refer to small towns with less than 1,000 households (in terms of population).

In the densely populated southeastern region, many small towns with more than 1,000 households are also called towns), townships are of course rural areas, and squares are districts under large cities (at the county level, called cities).

Under these three grassroots governments, there are also two units of residents' self-governance, Li and She. Li is under the township, and usually one hundred households is one li. She is under the town, and the number of households is uncertain, but the number of households is divided.

A certain area usually has ten li below each village in a town. The li chiefs and presidents are elected by the residents. These li chiefs and presidents usually also serve as local political officials.

The parent officials of towns, townships, and villages can either be recommended by the village chief or the president from among the local officials who have passed the official examination, or they can be appointed by the superiors - the choice of which method usually depends on the local tax payment and rent (official land)

Rent) situation. Towns, townships, and villages appointed by superiors do not concurrently hold administrative positions.

There are three ways to select superior officials in towns, townships, and districts. One is to select local government officials from qualified officials, provided that the place is not important, and the tax and rent are paid and the public security situation is good; the other is to be selected by the provincial government.

(Zhili Prefecture) selection, all state (substate), county, and city officials who have paid taxes and rent and have poor public security, and are not important areas, are selected in this way; third, they are appointed by the cabinet, and all important areas,

The eleven richest southeastern prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, plus the prefecture, county, and city officials of Wuhan, Tianjin, and Tianhe prefectures, are all nominated by the cabinet, but in principle, officials will also be selected from local people.

Of course, no matter what method is used to select officials at the state (substate), county, and city levels, including subordinate officials at the same level, the emperor ultimately needs to issue an edict through the cabinet and formally appoint them, so the emperor has the final say.

veto power.

This method of selecting and appointing local officials only applies to the direct provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and Sichuan is still a war zone. Even if it is completely recovered, vassal towns will be established first, and then gradually changed to direct provinces according to the actual situation - vassal towns do not mean autonomy.

, but the military governs the local area. This governance model has been in existence since the early Ming Dynasty. For example, the Shizhou Military and Civilian Command is such an institution for the military to govern the local area, but it has never been a semi-independent separatist regime.

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Since Sichuan will be temporarily governed by the military, there is very little room for grassroots autonomy. The parents of towns, townships, and districts are all appointed by superiors, and there will be no administrative officials.

"What about the state and county officials across Sichuan?" Zhu Hexing asked with a smile, "Who does dad want to do this hard work?"

Ding Yuying sighed softly: "Father didn't say anything, but I have already guessed something..."

"Guessed what?"

Ding Yu said: "I guess you, the prince, will have to be a county magistrate sooner or later...because my father told me today that when we get to Yong'an, you and I will have to go to the county government for a month.

In order to familiarize yourself with local government affairs. I guess, after this month, you will have to be a county magistrate for a while! You have to do it well, otherwise it will be bad! "

"What? I have a prince to be a county magistrate?" Zhu Hexing was stunned, "Isn't this nonsense? How can any prince be a county magistrate since ancient times? And I can't do it either! What if I really can't do it well? He can still

Replace the prince?"

That's right! What should I do if I really don't think it's good? Ding Yuying glanced at her husband and said to her heart: If she doesn't think it's good, then she will be eliminated! You are the prince, so of course you can't be eliminated, otherwise my father would have replaced you long ago, and you would have nothing to do with me.

It's over! Now that you have me, of course you can be eliminated... If you are not good at being a county magistrate, you will eliminate me, and it will be the level of elimination with a grand burial!
Chapter completed!