The imperial meeting at Qianqing Palace ended, and Su He and senior officials of the imperial court reached a consensus.
Some problems did arise during the implementation of the examination law.
However, this system has effectively improved the efficiency of officials.
Don't give up eating because of choking. Even if some problems arise, it will not affect the progress of the examination.
Officials must get used to passing the law. Officials who cannot get used to the law can only be eliminated from the officialdom.
Prime Minister Wang Zhongce saw that since the implementation of the National Examination and Entrance Examination Law, the most problems have occurred when it was first implemented.
He gave suggestions that the examination method should be implemented in Beijing this year to collect enough experience.
After next year, we will start to promote it to all provinces across the country at a rate of two to three provinces per year.
The local situation is more complicated, and the court must proceed step by step and not act too hastily.
The situation must not be beyond the control of the imperial court.
Su He recognized Wang Zhongce's suggestion and asked the cabinet to sum up sufficient experience during the implementation of the test law.
When the commander of the Zhuque Guard and the great eunuch Zhou Fangzhi saw the civil and military officials, they had already left the Qianqing Palace.
He walked to Su He and persuaded: "Your Majesty, some officials have said that it is hard to make a living in office.
The imperial censor's investigation went too far, and many officials complained.
Could Your Majesty ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate to restrain itself?"
Su He said: "I have stated my position just now, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate did the right thing.
The main purpose of Kaochengfa is to rectify the administration of officials and allow officials to perform their duties.
They must not escape from what they have to do.
They should not interfere with things that should not be done.
Now the Metropolitan Procuratorate is doing a very good job and we cannot dampen their enthusiasm."
Su He knew what Zhou Fangzhi meant. He was afraid that the imperial examination process would be too intense.
It caused a backlash in the officialdom, and a large number of officials resigned.
Su He was not worried about this situation.
There are many reserve officials in the Imperial College who can take over the vacant positions at any time.
Dahua has such a large population and there are so many people who want to be officials that there is no shortage of people to be officials.
In the pre-Ming Dynasty, many people wanted to be officials, so they cut themselves off and became eunuchs.
Suhe was just a small prince when it was established.
He held recruitment halls, and there were so many dissatisfied literati who came to serve as officials.
In addition to these reserve officials, Su He's greatest confidence is that he also has a large number of senior intellectuals at his disposal.
That is a much larger number of officers.
Dahua's officers all receive long-term education, and their academic level may not be worse than that of Juren.
They are not illiterate officers like Qian Ming.
Even if a large number of officials resign, Su He is not afraid of this situation.
With a single order from him, a large number of military officers would retire and become officials.
Nowadays, a group of military officers retire and become officials every year.
It is already the largest source of officials besides the imperial examination, exceeding the number of people who recommend nobles to become officials.
Even if Suhe encounters the most extreme situation, martial law can be implemented across the country and order can be quickly restored.
As the founding emperor, he was not afraid of the civilian clique as long as the army was not in chaos.
The civil servant group also knew the great strength of Emperor Su He.
They would never dare to force him to prevent Emperor Su He from launching a large-scale purge of officialdom similar to the three major events of the Hongwu Dynasty.
Su He looked at Eunuch Zhou Fangzhi and said in a cold tone: "Eunuch Zhou, the imperial examination law is not implemented in the palace. This is no reason for you to slack off.
Continue to do your job well and don't get involved in government affairs."
When Zhou Fangzhi heard what Emperor Su He said, he was so frightened that he lay down with beads of sweat on his forehead.
He was born in the Royal Army of Dahua. He injured his lower body on the battlefield and then entered the palace and became a eunuch.
He has a wife and children, so he thinks more than other eunuchs.
He just tried a little bit of testing. As a person close to Emperor Su He, even if he had a very low status.
But he can also fake the power of a tiger and wield great power.
Now looking at Emperor Su He's performance, what he did just now was a bit arrogant.
The status of eunuchs in the imperial palace of the Dahua Dynasty was extremely low.
He is only responsible for security work and occasionally issues a few imperial edicts.
Eunuchs in the Dahua Dynasty did not hold actual power and could not participate in government affairs.
The princes and the nobles' children went to elementary school together.
In school, they formed a group with the prince as the center.
As expected, these children will be the future team of the princes.
After they ascend the throne, they have people they can trust, and they don't need to train eunuchs.
It is foreseeable that in the future, eunuchs will also lose the opportunity to control power in the Dahua Palace.
What Zhou Fangzhi did just now was beyond the scope of his duties.
He immediately knelt down in front of Emperor Su He, kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy: "I am guilty, I should not interfere in the affairs of the state, I ask your Majesty to punish me."
When Su He saw Zhou Fangzhi's statement, he knew where he had made a mistake and there was still a chance to save it.
Zhou Fangzhi's loyalty is not in question, and his mind is not twisted.
Zhou Fangzhi was the only eunuch in the palace who had both children and a loyal eunuch who was not twisted mentally.
Su He just reminded him to let him know his position clearly, but did not change his mind.
"Get up! It's good if you can understand your position clearly.
The commander of the Xuanwu Guards reported to me that a large gold mine had been discovered under the rule of Nanyang Magistrate Wang Qiyuan.
Due to the turmoil in the officialdom during this period, he couldn't even find anyone to handle matters, couldn't apply for a mining license, and was wandering around in a hurry.
I am looking for an opportunity to learn about the situation in Nanyang.
Go and take Wang Qiyuan to Qianqing Palace."
Eunuch Zhou Fangzhi kowtowed heavily and said, "Thank you for not killing me, Your Majesty. I will definitely remember what happened today."
After thanking him, he walked out of Qianqing Palace and prepared to announce the decree to Wang Qiyuan.
Zhou Fangzhi knew that he only had this chance. If he made a mistake next time, even if he was not jailed, he would not be able to stay with Emperor Su He.
When he walked out of the Qianqing Palace, he realized that his whole body was soaked with sweat. The situation just now was too terrible. He was only one step away from the gate of hell.
He can remember what happened today for a lifetime.
Emperor Su He's attitude was very clear, eunuchs could not interfere in politics.
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Wang Qiyuan stood in front of the Qianqing Palace, he was extremely nervous.
A large number of minerals were discovered in the area under his rule, especially gold mines with abundant reserves.
In order to collect mineral taxes, all minerals under Dahua's rule were owned by the imperial court.
Even local governors or local officials such as the Nanyang Governor-General do not have mining rights.
If the Nanyang Governor-General wants to obtain mining rights, he must first report the news of the discovery of minerals to the Ministry of Industry.
The Ministry of Industry shall review the scale of the minerals discovered by the prospecting team and issue a mineral certificate.
The Nanyang Governor-General purchased the mining rights from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
It is necessary to go through complicated procedures to obtain a mining license.
Mining minerals privately without a mining license is considered theft, and relevant personnel are also involved in tax evasion.
Even if Governor Wu does something like this, once it is discovered by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Taxation Bureau.
As the governor of Nanyang, he must also bear responsibility and will probably be imprisoned.
As a promising governor of Nanyang, Governor Wu would never ruin his future because of this trivial matter.
Before Wang Qiyuan came to the capital, he just wanted to apply for a mining license as soon as possible.
He did not expect that there would be some twists and turns in the officialdom of the capital, and the head of the household department and the foreign minister who handled the matter were all arrested.
As the county magistrate, he did not manage many affairs, and all the work had been arranged when he left.
In order to complete the tasks assigned by Governor Wu, he had no choice but to wait in the capital.
Wang Qiyuan did not expect that a eunuch from the palace would tell him that Emperor Su He wanted to see him.
He finally had the opportunity to see the emperor's face.
He is only a seventh-grade county magistrate, and it is a great honor to be received by the emperor.
Wang Qiyuan walked into the Qianqing Palace and looked at Emperor Su He who was wearing casual clothes and drinking tea on a chair.
He immediately bowed ninety degrees and said, "Long live my emperor."
Emperor Su He is really easy to recognize. The silver coins used every day have Emperor Su He's face printed on them.
I come into contact with this avatar every day. As long as you are not blind, you can easily identify it.
Su He put down the tea cup and ordered: "Give Wang Zhixian a seat."
Wang Qiyuan sat on the chair respectfully, waiting for Emperor Su He's questions.
Su He didn't keep him waiting for long. After seeing him sit down, he asked directly: "I saw the information from the Ministry of Industry. A huge gold mine was discovered in your county.
How did you discover this gold mine and do you want to mine it yourself?"
Wang Qiyuan replied respectfully: "The village soldiers in Hexi under my rule, in order to expand the village, opened up wasteland deep in the mountains.
After they expelled the local indigenous people, they occupied the indigenous villages.
It was discovered that there were a large number of gold products in the indigenous village.
A large amount of nugget gold was also found in the chief's village.
High-purity raw ore such as nugget gold can only be produced in large-scale gold mines.
After Wu Zheng, the head of Hexi Village, discovered this situation.
They were overjoyed and continued to eliminate the surrounding indigenous people and obtained a large number of gold products.
In doing so, they were like poking a hornet's nest and were attacked by a large number of surrounding indigenous tribes.
Hexi Village could not support itself and asked the county for help.
Wei Chen led the security forces to Hexi Village to wipe out the indigenous tribes.
This was a relatively large alliance of indigenous tribes. Their weapons were lagging behind and they were quickly eliminated by my troops.
After interrogating the prisoners, we learned that Hexi Village is not far from the indigenous sacred mountain.
The reason why they attacked Hexi Village was to prevent our people from approaching the Holy Mountain.
Wei Chen was preparing to exterminate the indigenous tribes in the Holy Mountain. When the security forces arrived at the mountain, they found that the local indigenous people had fled.
The sacred mountain is a golden mountain, and the local indigenous people live in caves.
The cave is gleaming with gold and contains a lot of gold nuggets. It is a gold mine.
Wei Chen knew the value of the gold mine and sent a security force to guard the gold mine.
Wei Chen immediately took some villagers and took a boat to the Nanyang Governor's Mansion to report the relevant situation to Governor Wu Hongyi.
Governor Wu immediately sent troops to protect the safety around the gold mine, and at the same time sent a prospecting team to find out the gold mine's reserves.
The prospecting team has spent half a month and has not found out the size of the gold reserves, but their estimated reserves exceed the largest gold mine discovered in the country.
Wei Chen received an order from Governor Wu Hongyi and went to the capital to apply for a gold mining license.
According to the relevant policies of the imperial court, you only need to pay sufficient taxes and purchase a mining license according to the scale of the mine.
Minerals such as gold mines can be mined by government-run enterprises or private enterprises.
We, the Nanyang Governor-General, are planning to establish the Nanyang Gold Mining Company to specialize in mining this large gold mine."
Su He listened to Wang Qiyuan's words. He had many things to avoid, and only reported what was beneficial to them.
This is a very large gold mine, with proven reserves exceeding the largest gold mine in the country.
The Nanyang Governor's Mansion couldn't sit still, fearing that the gold mine would not belong to them, and prepared to take over the mining rights of the gold mine before the news was leaked.
Dahua has a lot of real gold reserves, but they are all buried deep underground and cannot be mined with current technology.
Shandong and Fujian are places rich in gold mines.
Most of the gold mines are not in good quality, and the cost of smelting them into gold is too high.
The mining of these gold mines can only be postponed until technology advances.
The shortage of gold in Dahua has also caused the number of gold coins issued to be very low. The main currency in circulation is mainly silver coins.
Su He knew that with the advancement of European navigation, large amounts of silver were mined in the Americas.
Priced in gold, the price of silver fell rapidly.
If Dahua was still denominated in silver at that time, it would mean that the wealth of all the people of Dahua was plundered by Western countries.
The world has abundant silver reserves, but gold is relatively scarce, and gold retains its value the most.
A large amount of silver entering the market will inevitably cause the price of silver to collapse.
This is an objective law of economics and cannot be changed by human will.
Even if the silver mine is in the hands of Dahua, a plunge in silver is inevitable.
Su Heming knew that this law was an objective law, and he had already thought of a solution.
He has always paid attention to the situation of gold coins. At the beginning of issuing currency, he chose to issue gold coins, silver coins and copper coins together.
The solution is simple: transition from the silver standard to the gold standard.
In the era when precious metals were used as currency, gold was used as the standard currency to measure the country's assets.
Then the national wealth will not shrink due to the depreciation of silver.
For the Dahua economic system to truly transition to the gold standard, the imperial court must possess a large amount of gold.
An area with relatively low mining technology requirements and rich gold reserves.
Su He remembered that the three places of Southeast Asia, America, and Africa were rich in gold.
After the navy captured Nanyang, he sent a prospecting team to look for gold.
The prospecting team did not find a large-scale gold mine, but was found by villagers who opened up wasteland.
Su He looked at Wang Qinian and praised: "Wang Zhixian, you did a very good job in this matter.
I will hand over the mining rights to the gold mine to the Ministry of Household Affairs and sell it to the Nanyang Governor-General based on the scale of your investigation."
Wang Qiyuan bowed excitedly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Su He said with a smile: "With this gold mine, the imperial court no longer has to invest a penny in Nanyang.
If you are self-sufficient, you can quickly build up the Nanyang region.
This should be regarded as a reward from Nanyang for providing a large amount of food to the imperial court."
No matter which company you leave the gold mine to, it will rot in the pot.
Within Dahua, gold is not money and he has no way to trade it normally.
You must go to the bank to exchange for gold coins before normal circulation transactions can occur.
It is a government-owned enterprise under the Nanyang Governor-General's Palace and is a company managed by the local government.
This is not an award to private individuals or companies owned by local governments. Profitable income must be used to develop the local area.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Taxation Bureau and other relevant agencies are very strict in their examination of these companies.
Especially for gold mining companies, such key companies, it is extremely difficult for someone to commit corruption.
The imperial court has collected most of the gold mine's profits through taxes and the sale of mining licenses.
With the additional income from this gold mine, Suhe no longer has to suppress the military, and the Dahua Dynasty can expand outwards on a large scale.
