Chapter 696: All reforms start with the constitution
"Xuan Railway Worker Yu Zhongming entered the hall!"
When the eunuch read the name of the first person who was considered excellent by Zhu Youxiao and was summoned, Geng Yuyuan immediately looked shocked.
He didn't expect that the Emperor would win the first victory was Yu Zhongming.
He clearly remembered that Yu Zhongming only wrote a few words on the answer sheet, and his handwriting was very poor, so he could only say that he could recognize them clearly.
Therefore, he was a little confused about why the emperor chose Yu Zhongming.
Yu Zhongming, who was a worker, did not expect that he would be summoned by the emperor.
He himself was also confused and thought to himself: "Are you doing well in the exam?"
Yu Zhongming did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly entered Fengtian Gate under the leadership of the eunuch.
Geng Yuyuan glanced at Yu Zhongming who had entered Fengtian Gate with resentment. He didn't understand why His Majesty the Emperor didn't choose himself first, but chose a worker who seemed to have a rust smell on his body.
"Cen Dahe, a farmer in Xuandaxing County, entered the hall!"
Next, when Geng Yuyuan heard the second name to be summoned by His Majesty the Emperor, he found that the second name was not him!
This made Geng Yuyuan even more puzzled.
"The owner of the private small weaving yard in Jiangsu Province, Wang, entered the hall!"
When the third name was pronounced, Geng Yuyuan was even more surprised. Only then did he realize that there were women among the people entering the capital.
But what Geng Yuyuan didn't understand was why he was even worse than workers, farmers, and small merchants.
He didn't know where he lost.
Geng Yuyuan was very disappointed.
He couldn't help but wonder, do these so-called people really have skills they don't know when answering questions?
Geng Yuyuan didn't know how long he had been waiting.
It was not until the end that he heard his name.
"The emperor of Xuan Jiangsu Province is rebellious to enter the palace!"
After hearing this, Geng Yuyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and said to himself: "Your Majesty has only chosen himself now. Where did he lose?"
After Geng Yuyuan entered the hall, he found that there were more than 200 people in the hall.
There were also workers wearing work uniforms, farmers wearing short-ditch jobs, scholars like him, and even women.
Of course, some workers and farmers wear simple clothes such as work clothes and short-dressing, but it is not because they are poor, but because they are used to being frugal.
Zhu Youxiao naturally had his own considerations when choosing these people to enter the hall.
These more than 200 people are people from different provinces and different classes, and they are all people who have good expression skills during exams and have some independent thinking about society and the country.
What Zhu Youxiao had to do was to use these people to unify the governing concept that he and his assistants now uphold in the country and become an unshakable principle of governing the country, namely the constitution of the country.
So, Zhu Youxiao said: "I chose you just for one thing, this matter is whether the court should reform the law!"
Geng Yuyuan was quite surprised after hearing this and suddenly raised his head.
He really didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly mention this, and that those of him were selected into the hall for this reason!
You should know that as a large number of people entered Beijing and destroyed their reform team, he lost this idea. He knew that the emperor did this clearly to unite the people and let them die of reform.
Zhu Youxiao also noticed Geng Yuyuan who suddenly looked up, so he glanced at him and said, "I know that some people have been thinking about reforming the court for a long time, and even to the point where they are excited when they hear the word "reform"! But can reforming the law really achieve the purpose you want? That's not necessarily!"
"Let me tell me now, do you think the court wants to reform the law?"
Then, Zhu Youxiao raised his hand and ordered.
Geng Yuyuan couldn't wait to stand up: "Your Majesty, the students think that the court should adapt to the law! If there are many redundant officials and soldiers today, and there are excessive conquests and conquering. Although students and others do not know whether this situation is a last resort, the students believe that if the law does not change the law to restrict the court's uncontrollable behavior, if there is a foolish monarch in the future, it may drag down the country! In addition, the local governments are very leniently governed by the court, so that the governments in various places cannot adapt to local conditions, so that the governments only know how to welcome the superiors and do not worry about the superiors. Therefore, the bureaucrats often forcefully enforce strict policies in order to please their superiors!"
"Students think that the reform should not be made!"
A scholar from Shuzhong, Lu Sheng, stood up at this time and directly confronted Geng Yuyuan: "First of all, there are not many redundant officials in the world. They just turned the position that was originally an official position, and the position that was not originally an official, and the position that was originally an official position, and the staff of each official turned into a serious official. In fact, before this, they were also the managers and used public silver. Now it is just more clear."
"In addition, the redundant military affairs are because our country is so vast that even if only ten soldiers are needed to maintain public order in each township, millions of them will be needed in the country!"
"There is no need to say anything about the redundant work. It just turns the refugees who were forced to become slaves of wealthy families because of no land into craftsmen. Although the court has increased the cost of raising officials and raising troops, it has also reduced the cost of suppressing bandits and suppressing rebellion. As for excessive conquests, as for restricting the power of the monarch and increasing local autonomy, although there is indeed the benefit of preventing tyrants from turmoil and curbing bureaucrats from harming the people, there is also the possibility of the court being controlled by profiteering, and the local government becoming a vassal state and betraying the central government!"
"Since ancient times, there is no perfection in the world. For me, the Ming Dynasty, it is not a time when we have to change, so we don't need to change."
Zhu Youxiao asked the workers and farmers in the hall at this time: "Where are the others?"
Yu Zhongming replied at this time: "Back to the emperor, we don't know if we need to reform. Anyway, I only know that life is very good now. My wife and children can still eat meat every now and then."
"Yes, it's not OK to change, it's okay to remain unchanged, but just don't make our days worse!"
Farmer Cen Dahe replied with a smile at this time.
"That's it! It's okay to remain unchanged. If you change, don't get worse!"
Everyone else followed suit.
Geng Yuyuan was quite angry. He really didn't understand the matter of reform or not. Why did the emperor ask these common people who were not sensitive to political affairs?
Geng Yuyuan replied at this time: "Your Majesty, the people do not care about the long-term, but based on the students' opinions, it is better to adapt to the reform method."
"It's okay to reform, but the rules are all set, so as not to keep fighting like this and cause chaos. The civilian women and children have shallow knowledge. Please forgive me!"
Wang, the wife of official Chen Que, started talking at this time.
Lu Sheng also agreed at this time: "Students believe that Wang's views are not shallow. Since some people are clamoring to reform, it is better to set some rules and make them a national constitution so as to prevent future tyrants from instigating future kings to reform, so that the lives of the people will become worse, and they will not follow the national constitution and even deviate from the national constitution to change!"
"It is better, your wise Majesty, while you are still alive, you will set the constitution of the country and set unconstitutional rules. If unconstitutional, you will violate such laws. In this way, even if the kings of later generations are confused by some people and want to reform the law, they will not dare to disobey the constitution too much! This will enable the country to be more stable and stable!"
"This classmate! Who do you think is a villain? Are those who advocate reform really all villains?!"
Geng Yuyuan couldn't help but argue with Lu Shenglai at this time.
"alright!"
Zhu Youxiao shouted at this time and said, "Don't argue for now, you will argue later."
As he said that, Zhu Youxiao said: "What Wang and Lu Sheng said is very good, and it is indeed my intention. All reforms will start with this constitution!"
Chapter completed!