The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 476 This is scraping our flesh
The salary increase of officials has been recommended by Zhu Ying.

Zhu Yuanzhang was able to agree this time, naturally because of the full state treasury, and Zhu Ying's hints from various aspects before, and he has said it many times.

Today, it is truly implemented.

There is a saying that during the Hongwu period, the officials and the people suffered.

In this period, the salaries of officials can be said to be hovering on the edge of the food and clothing line.

Some officials say that they haven't eaten for two days, and they are really not joking with you.

Starve to death or be greedy, choose yourself.

So Zhu Yuanzhang always killed corrupt officials.

Think about it, this person has been hungry for two days, and then he couldn't help using a little bit of power. Not only was he full of food, but he also had a lot of fish and meat. A fool would know how to choose.

According to the current salary, the annual salary of an official from the ninth rank is only sixty shi of rice, which is converted into 30 taels of silver. Two taels doesn't seem to be too little.

But who is Zhu Yuanzhang, said that he was born in poverty, not just poverty, he is a beggar at all, with nothing, the lower the person is, the more he has to struggle for life, so the dark side he sees is even more cruel.

He saw with his own eyes that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, corruption was rampant, and the common people were fish and meat. He attributed the corruption of officials to the extravagance of officials.

Therefore, he said: "Government of the country is based on morality and virtuousness, and sages are the hope of the world. However, if a commoner is newly appointed to politics, he must have his integrity and shame and then blame him for success."

That's all.

The standard of the salary system in the early Ming Dynasty was calculated according to Lumi, but the problem was not all the rice used. Among them, the rice was converted into money, silk cloth, sumac, pepper and other items.

As for how much silk is exchanged for a stone of rice, it all depends on the intention of the imperial court. The imperial court says it is worth as much as it is worth, regardless of the intention of the market.

Moreover, during the 20th and [-]th years of Hongwu, due to famines, there were frequent occurrences of salary arrears.

He was struggling on the verge of starving to death, but now that the money and food are not distributed, he will starve to death directly.

If you are not greedy, you can only starve to death.

At this point, it is indeed the place where the imperial court is sorry for the officials, and there is nothing wrong with it.

How does Zhu Ying plan to change it?

He plans to change the previous Lumi system to the Baochao system.

In other words, in the future, the salary will not be issued with rice, silk cloth and other items, but will be replaced with precious notes for free.

This is to bind officials to the national credit system.

Because the current Daming Treasure Banknote, after more than half a year of development, and the Qunying Chamber of Commerce continued to provide money to fill the vacancy, the value is almost the same as that of silver.

The biggest thing is that Zhu Ying already has enough reserves.

When a chamber of commerce has formed a monopoly in Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Ying has past life memories, which are similar to cheating methods, the speed of collecting money is really beyond imagination.

On the capital side alone, a large amount of goods are handled every day. Relying on the order of His Royal Highness, the lower-level officials gave the green light to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

Don't talk about buckling, even intercepting doesn't have that face. Instead, you have to please with a smile on your face, and occasionally you can get some rewards.

The goods in the capital are sold cheaply, but there are still profits. The cheaper they are, the more people will buy them, which will bring up the overall economy.

The people in the past, who had some money, saved it, and they were reluctant to eat or use it.

However, being greedy for small things and cheap things is a common phenomenon since ancient times, like rice, if you don’t buy [-]% off today, will you grab the [-]% off tomorrow?

Nonsense, a fool would not grab it, this is food.

Fine.

Cloth is also discounted today, and oil and salt are also discounted tomorrow.

So what are you talking about, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, and earn.

Just like Di Yusen's wife, Qin Lixue, who has been living in the world for many years, is eager to break a copper coin into two halves and spend it in half. She spent half a month of Di Yusen's salary after just going out on the street.

It is enough to show that the current model of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce in the capital is very successful.

Through continuous collection of money, Zhu Ying has enough reserves, and whether it is the public or officials, the recognition of Daming Banknotes is getting higher and higher.

Besides, banknotes are indeed more convenient to carry than silver.

Ten taels a catty, one hundred and twenty catties.

Hundreds of taels of silver, that's tens of catties.

This is a slightly larger business, running with dozens of pounds on your back every day, it will make you tired enough.

The Daming Treasure Banknotes have a denomination of hundreds of taels, and a few pieces of paper are light and light in the pocket, not to mention how comfortable it is.

Comparing the two, we naturally know how to choose.

Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang were discussing how many treasure notes to issue.

Speaking of it, this big world is the world of the old Zhu family, how much money they make every month, the grandfather and grandson have discussed it, and this matter will be done.

There is really no need to call officials for a meeting.

When the official salary system was formulated, it was basically Zhu Yuanzhang who made the total calculations alone, and then Empress Ma came up with some ideas.

"Dasun, your setting is too high, no, no, no, no, how can a mere ninth-rank official get so many precious banknotes, you have to change it, change it."

"Dasun, the standard of your cafeteria is not up to standard, and every meal has meat, no way, eating so much, isn't it like a canteen, change it, you have to change it."

"Dasun, it's impossible for you to give out so many rewards at Zhengdan at the end of the year. We have given them so many treasures every month. It's a festival, so just think about it and change it. "

"Dasun, how can this official enjoy so many benefits, and there are too many government officials who patrol and arrest, no, they have to be changed, and the standard of food has to be lowered. These are our treasures. "

"How come the expenses in this palace have been raised so much, grandson, alas, I really don't feel bad for selling my father's land!"

"This is scraping our flesh!"

In the past few days, Zhu Yuanzhang's exclamation, scolding, and red-faced arguments came from Qianqing Palace every day.

Grandpa and grandson are really like fighting a war.

It made everyone in the palace panic.

Every time Zhu Ying returned to Kunning Palace, Ye Yueqing would advise her a few words: "Your Highness, just give in to Your Majesty, I can hear the sound even in Kunning Palace."

"Even Concubine Ning has come to tell me several times, don't fight against His Majesty, you have to follow your heart."

On the surface, Zhu Ying agreed well, but on the second day, it was the same again.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, paying so much money at once is tantamount to scraping his body, how can he be willing to do so.

The matter of the argument between the grandfather and grandson spread quickly in the palace, and even the ministers in the court knew what happened now.

They listened closely, and many ministers even deliberately stayed longer after the morning court, in order to know some news in advance.

This is about their salaries.

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people, even officials are human beings, and they cannot do without two meals a day.

"It is said that His Royal Highness Taisun wants to raise our salaries. Now he is arguing with His Majesty, and the whole palace knows about it."

"Let me tell you, I got news from the eunuchs in the palace. This time, His Royal Highness is going to reform. Our salary, rice and other things will not be distributed, and all of them will be replaced with treasure notes."

"Are you sure? This is good news. After receiving the money every month, you still have to exchange the banknotes. You know the price on the market. The price of rice is getting lower and lower because of His Royal Highness Taisun's chamber of commerce. trouble."

"I think it's good to issue treasure notes. Nowadays, there are things in the capital that cannot be bought with treasure notes. It's straightforward."

"Of course, this treasure is no problem in the capital, but in other regions, there is no problem. Some places are short of food, and there is nothing to do if this treasure passes."

"That's not easy. The things that have been issued by the treasure banknotes can be directly exchanged for food."

"This trick makes sense. In the Ming Dynasty, we had high-yield crops, and now we don't have much shortage of food. This year, I'm really not used to it. I'm in the Ministry of Households, and I haven't even received much news of the famine. "

"At this time in previous years, there were still famines all over the place. Now that there are guarantees from the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, the seedlings of the famine have just appeared, and a large amount of cheap food has already appeared over there. You don't have to worry about it at all. It's really much more comfortable."

The news of Qianqing Palace not only affects the officials, but also eunuchs, maids, concubines, including many princes and grandchildren, are all thinking of ways to inquire.

The eunuch Liu He, the chief inspector of ceremonies, also became very busy during this time.

There is no way, when the grandpa and grandson are talking about things in the palace, he is the one who guards the gate of the palace, so you can hear some news from inside, no matter what.

In fact, most of the news was revealed by Liu He. It's not that he couldn't control his mouth, but he was secretly instructed by Zhu Yuanzhang and His Royal Highness Taisun.

It can also be regarded as a temptation for officials, eunuchs, and the palace.

This stretch can be regarded as involving everyone in the capital.

In the early court, everyone tacitly did not talk about this matter, and in the next court meeting, they basically did not talk about the affairs of the early court, and they all talked about the issue of salary.

No way, this is a matter of eating for oneself.

Whenever Liu He sent word to the little officials below that His Royal Highness Taisun had won today, he was immediately overjoyed.

Tomorrow, when it was said that His Majesty had won, there would be wailing all over the place.

It can be said that in the 26 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a trouble as it is now.

He just rubbed the emotions of all the officials, and it was like heaven and earth for a while.

Finally, it was the morning court on the seventh day.

Today's morning court was extraordinarily quiet. After saluting, the hall was full of civil and military personnel, not a single voice was heard, not even the sound of breathing was heard.

Just because yesterday, the discussion between the grandpa and grandson was over, and according to the latest news from the eunuch Liu He, the supervisor of ceremonies, this matter should have been decided.

Zhu Yuanzhang is on the dragon chair, and Zhu Ying is standing beside him.

After looking around for a week, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said: "Today's morning court, we want to announce something. After so many days, all of you Aiqing know some rumors about this matter."

"That's right, it's about the salaries of our officials in the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing this, the eyes of the civil and military officials below began to light up.

Now that Daming's benefits are getting better and better, colleagues in the household department are saying that the treasury is almost full of grain, and now all places are busy building granaries and making reserves.

Taxation is also a new high since the founding of the country, and the salaries of officials have of course increased.

In the eyes of many officials looking forward to it, Zhu Yuanzhang coughed lightly and said: "Let the grandson tell everyone."

Zhu Ying bowed sideways, then took a few steps forward, and stood in the middle of the Golden Luan Hall.

"First of all, let me tell you about our Daming situation."

"Since the end of the 25th year of Hongwu, for nearly half a year, due to the planting of high-yield crops, all provinces in Ming Dynasty are currently high-yield. Without delaying the planting of rice and wheat, the high-yield crops received are the same as the previous years. more than three times that."

"Famines in various places were basically resolved when they occurred. The characteristics of high-yield crops, cold resistance and drought resistance, were planted on a large scale in various parts of the north, and the problem of food for the people was solved on a large scale."

"Let's not talk about every household, but the phenomenon of starving to death, it can be said that in our Ming Dynasty, it has basically begun to gradually disappear."

"According to estimates, in the next three years, everyone in our Ming Dynasty will have food to eat and clothes to wear."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Fengtian Hall bowed their heads, all civil and military officials, guards and eunuchs all fell to the ground and worshiped.

Shan shouted: "Long live Daming, long live Your Majesty!!!"

The passion of the voice and the real emotion are the most in history.

It resounded through the entire Fengtian Hall, so that it could be heard clearly outside the hall. Following the yell in the court hall, all the guards outside were kneeling and yelling.

The sound of Shan Hu kept coming from afar, resounding through the palace and the sky.

The lingering sound continued.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair and watched all this, his face was filled with obvious joy, and wrinkles appeared in the corners of his eyes.

After the sound ended, Zhu Ying continued:

"The lives of the people of Ming Dynasty are rich, so naturally we cannot forget that our ministers and workers of Ming Dynasty can have today's prosperous age, which is inseparable from the hard work of every minister in his personal official position."

"The imperial court will never forget every courtier, and will not treat every courtier badly."

"Especially good officials with a clean sleeve must be treated with emphasis."

"Therefore, after seven days of discussions, my grandfather and I have decided to comprehensively increase the salaries of all the officials and carry out reforms."

"The first item of the reform is that the salaries of all officials in the future will be distributed by Baochao, and various benefits, rewards, and treatment at various levels will be established."

"Naturally, we won't explain each level in detail in the courtroom."

"After today's court meeting, the academicians of the Imperial Academy, Minister of Industry Shen Mo, Minister of Military Affairs Ru Yu, Minister of Household Affairs Zhao Mian, Minister of Officials Zhan Hui, Minister of Criminal Affairs Yang Jing, and others went to the Huagai Hall to discuss the details."

"It will be announced tomorrow morning, and it will be officially implemented next month."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ying said with a slight smile: "You don't have to worry, the new salary system will certainly not disappoint you."

"In the days to come, I still need you to work tirelessly. I implore all your ministers to serve our Ming Dynasty and our people."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Ying, as the grandson of Emperor Ming, bowed and bowed to each other from afar.

Immediately, the hearts of the national scholars were all born in the court.

The leader, Zhan Hui, knelt down and kowtowed: "The minister must be the Ming Dynasty, and I will do my best, and I will die!"

All the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty followed, shouting: "The minister must be the Ming Dynasty, and he will do his best, and he will die!"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who watched all this, turned his attention to the bowing figure of his grandson.

This obeisance is really a return of civil and martial arts.

He knew that in the days to come, Dasun's authority and people's hearts would be truly under control.

No matter what you do, you will get the sincere support of the officials.

The officials of Fengtian Temple are essentially an extension of the emperor's power, and they can only completely control the court.

The emperor is the emperor.

(End of this chapter)