The emperor personally fought for more than a year to quell the rebellion of the chieftains in Yunnan, and to transform the land into the entire territory; conquering Dongwu, giving the Ming Dynasty an additional province; on the way back, he destroyed Annan, allowing Annan to truly become the territory of the Ming Dynasty again.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen returned to the capital, he was naturally warmly welcomed again. All civil and military officials, royal relatives and nobles dared not to leave the capital to welcome him. It can be said that as Emperor Chongzhen won the battles one by one, his prestige improved again.

If the people in the capital might have felt that Emperor Chongzhen's prestige could not keep up with Emperor Chengzu, then now basically no one thinks that he is worse than Emperor Chengzu. The territory of the Ming Dynasty was far beyond the founding time.

The patriarchs of the three tribes in Mobei were also among the welcome crowds. Looking at the heroic and triumphant imperial guards, listening to the crowds around them amaze at the emperor, Shuolei and others were secretly grateful.

If Babu hadn't sent him to explore the truth and reality, and knowing that the Ming Dynasty is far stronger than the Jianlu, he might have been unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and took a confrontation. If that were the case, with the Ming Emperor's current great martial arts, he would have really been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Shuolei had to sigh that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had such a tough tone at the beginning, which was confident. If he really had no strength, it would be very happy that the Mongolian tribe would surrender to the Ming Dynasty. How could he say that he had to submit to him?

Although we cannot be called a Khan or a local emperor now, we have saved our glory and wealth!

Just as they were thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen had already returned to the palace.

As Emperor Chongzhen expected, that night, Empress Zhou was anxious to mention the marriage between the crown prince and Princess Changping to Emperor Chongzhen. She said that they were too old and had to arrange the marriage quickly. She even told Emperor Chongzhen a few candidate concubines and princesses very eagerly.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, women who marry into the royal family cannot be a well-off family after a meritorious service, or ordinary people. When a princess gets married, she will have no hope of becoming a prince-in-law, and she can only live a life of wealth and honor by just waiting for death.

This rule can effectively prevent foreign relatives from becoming overwhelmed.

After hearing the chatter of Empress Zhou, Emperor Chongzhen did not make any statement. Until the next day at the family banquet, Emperor Chongzhen directly said to the prince: "Your concubine, I will let your mother worry, and I will ignore it."

After saying that, he turned to look at Princess Changping and said, "I will make the decision on your marriage, how about it?"

Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to Princess Changping, even the prince.

Princess Changping's face turned slightly red when she heard this. She was already eighteen years old and could not be older. She said that she had never thought about this matter between men and women, and that was impossible. Of course, she would think about who her future husband would be, whether it was handsome or not, whether she could learn talent or not.

At this time, Princess Changping lowered her head and replied in a low voice: "Let your father make the decision!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "I will choose a prince consort for you among the candidates participating in the natural subjects, how about it?"

"Ah?" Princess Changping was surprised when she heard this. She didn't even bother to be shy and looked up at Emperor Chongzhen.

The others were similar, including the prince and the queen, who were all surprised.

Among them, Empress Zhou hurriedly reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the prince consort cannot be an official, and those candidates may not be happy to be the prince consort."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the forced melon is not sweet." Concubine Tian also persuaded, "If you are rejected by the candidate, it will also damage the royal face!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he just smiled faintly and said, "Then I want to change the rules. Can the prince-consort become an official?"

"Your Majesty, you must not!" Empress Zhou was shocked when she heard this and quickly persuaded, "This is the case with the ancestral teaching, and you must not violate it, otherwise it will damage Your Majesty's reputation!"

She couldn't say what foreign relatives interfered in politics, so she could only advise them from another perspective.

Emperor Chongzhen heard this, but he disagreed and immediately said lightly: "The times have changed, and the ancestral teachings cannot be changed. I ask you, could there be other miscellaneous subjects in the past, or natural subjects?"

This natural discipline was founded by Emperor Chongzhen, and of course there was no such discipline before.

After hearing what he said, Empress Zhou wanted to persuade him again, but she didn't know how to persuade him.

However, Emperor Chongzhen ignored her and looked at Princess Changping and said, "I ask you, are you willing?"

Because of Emperor Chongzhen's intentional guidance, not only the prince devoted himself to the study of natural knowledge, but also the princesses in practice, after all, it was encouraged by the father.

Therefore, Princess Changping can be said that in this Ming Dynasty, no, in this era, her natural knowledge is absolutely at the upper level. I heard that her future husband could be the best in this field, so of course she likes it.

She is a lifelong event that concerns her. She is also considered a woman in the new era. Of course, it may also be because of Emperor Chongzhen's kind attitude. Therefore, she looked at Emperor Chongzhen bravely and nodded and said, "I'm willing!"

"Okay!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded happily after hearing this, "As for the clan royal family, I want to set a new rule, starting with my daughter."

It was because Emperor Chongzhen had created too many new things, including things, statements, thoughts, etc. Therefore, his concubines and children were not surprised when they heard it. However, they were all very concerned about what new rules the emperor would make this time, so they all looked at Emperor Chongzhen curiously and wanted to hear what he said.

I heard Emperor Chongzhen glance at everyone and said seriously: "The so-called professionalism is specialized, so the reason why I started to hold miscellaneous subjects this year is because of this. Later, it was stipulated that if I came from a subject, I could only be an official in any aspect. Instead of being a Jinshi, I would be an official in my parents and lead the military and political power."

No one interrupted, they listened quietly, and occasionally saw them frowning, and they were all thinking deeply.

Emperor Chongzhen ignored it and continued: "Those who come from natural disciplines can only hold official positions in natural disciplines, which are not related to military and political affairs. The selection of the prince-consorts is not considered contrary to the ancestral system. In addition, the royal family of the vassal kings can also take the natural discipline and treat them the same as ordinary candidates. If you have the ability, you can also become an official."

Before, Emperor Chongzhen actually cut off the royal family of the vassal kings and avoided hereditary replacing them, but achieved a diminishing title. Now he has been compensated and can become an official. Although he is not the chief official who leads military and political power, no matter what, he is at least an official.

When Concubine Tian and others heard this, they were all happy. Because Emperor Chongzhen’s previous regulations started with his own son and daughter as an example. Now that there are benefits, their biological son and daughter can enjoy them.

Although their children do not have to worry about food and drink, if they can be an official, who will be afraid of the officials being overwhelmed!

Emperor Chongzhen explained his thoughts to them in detail and slightly corrected their reactions. He made an announcement to the ministers during the court meeting the next day.

First, in the future, both men and women must be eighteen years old before they get married. The reason is to study more while they are young, and it is also conducive to smooth childbirth and safety of mother and son.

Second, we encourage more children. Regardless of male or female, or more, each child, each child is free from one person for five years of labor and can raise children at home;

Third, starting from the 20th year of the Ming Dynasty, miscellaneous subjects became a routine. If you have the ability, you can take all subjects. The court saw that the imperial examination was the one who was appointed and removed from his official positions, and had a specialized approach to implementing his profession.

Fourth, the royal family of the vassal kings can also participate in miscellaneous examinations, and as long as they can be admitted, they can still be held as the corresponding official position. In this way, the prince consort of the miscellaneous examinations does not need to be given special explanation, so there will be no problem with letting the flow.

This change is so great that it has not been changed in all dynasties. At least in the Ming Dynasty, it was a very huge change.

However, this change can benefit most people. Although there are too many scientific research, the positions will be greatly increased. The royal family of the vassal kings can become officials, but they cannot serve as military and political chief officials. This is the bottom line that the Ming officials can accept.

As for marriage, the emperor directly said the reason, which was to let young people learn more knowledge and allow pregnant women to give birth smoothly. There was data provided by the factory guards, which showed that if they were too young, it would be unfavorable for childbirth. This was for everyone's benefit. Although some people disagree, no one dared to object.

Of course, one of the most important reasons why no one opposed this innovation is that Emperor Chongzhen is now so prestige. In addition, the constant occurrence of facts prove that Emperor Chongzhen’s decisions were ultimately correct.

So Emperor Chongzhen whispered, and the officials below began to become busy.

The cabinet, six ministries and other yamen began to discuss the specific implementation details and how to implement the decree of Emperor Chongzhen, and then report it to Emperor Chongzhen for review. After it is approved, it will be implemented. If it cannot be approved, it will be discussed and revised until it is approved.

At this time, they suddenly realized that the emperor was really foresighted.

You should know that the official positions in the Ming Dynasty were actually very limited.

Locally, a county has a rank, that is, a county magistrate, a chief clerk and a clerk. The others are all officials, and in fact they are also a type of vocational service, and in theory there is no salary and reward.

Even if the population in an ancient county was not that large, it was actually impossible to control. Now, by adding various scientific research to increase official positions, the unreasonable situation of the Ming Dynasty can be effectively improved.

You have a specialty in your profession, and each official performs his or her duties. No matter what, you can always take a breath, right?

This kind of innovation cannot be accomplished in a short while, but Emperor Chongzhen could not focus all his energy on this aspect.

It can be said that Emperor Chongzhen walked and stopped and stopped on the way back to Beijing from the south for two months. By observing the local people's conditions in the Ming Dynasty and taking into account one of the most important points after comprehensive consideration was actually not this innovation, because there were more urgent things that he had to solve.
Chapter completed!