Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 524 High Salary Raises Integrity, Peeling Real Grass
"Twenty percent? How is twenty percent enough?" Liu Hongjian laughed as soon as he heard it, and said to himself that a dignified seventh-rank county magistrate doesn't earn as much as a craftsman in his ordnance shop. What a joke in the world?
Sometimes he also admires the civil officials all over the world, especially those honest officials who abide by their character and refuse to associate with the world, such as Hai Rui, and his wife's grandfather Sun Chengzong.

Even though he was dying of poverty, he insisted on standing upright, walking upright, sitting upright, working hard for the court, but he couldn't even support his own mother.

Looking back at the Song Dynasty, although the Song Dynasty was poor and weak in terms of military affairs, it was extremely rich. Most of the monarchs of the Great Song Dynasty were good-natured people. No record of comers.

Even the salaries of officials of all ranks are ridiculously high. Taking Bao Zheng, the governor of Kaifeng, who is known as the cannon, as an example, the annual salary of this guy is about 2000 million yuan when converted to later generations.

Yes, you read that right, not 200 million, but 2000 million!Still every year!
The Song Dynasty encouraged business and economic prosperity, and the tax revenue of the imperial court was dozens of times that of the current Ming Dynasty, so it had the strength to increase the salaries of officials.

But officials have enough money to spend, coupled with the shackles of moral laws, corrupt officials are considered to be rare in the dynasties, and high salaries to support honesty are also considered to be a rare shrewdness of the Zhao family.

Maybe Daming didn't have it before, but Liu Hongjian came, and he vowed to let the 300-year-old ship of Daming sail in the right direction he thought.

The Song Dynasty is fine, and the Ming Dynasty is also fine, [-]%?It's too shabby!

"I think it's inappropriate. Nowadays, an ordinary soldier in the frontier army is paid two taels a month, and this is only infantry. The monthly salary of cavalry is three taels, and the monthly salary of musketeers and artillery soldiers is even worse.

Moreover, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were provided with half of their food and clothing by the imperial court. From this point of view, it is really inappropriate for the soldiers in the world to study hard for ten years and win the rankings, and the actual monthly salary for the magistrates is less than four taels. .

The old minister thought that [-]% was too little!It is not enough to inspire all the officials in the world to work hard to serve the court. "Liu Hongjian said with great care.

"I also think that [-]% needs to be considered." Chief Assistant Li Banghua kept silent, but his heart was like a mirror.

Thinking of him as a dignified chief assistant and minister of the Ministry of War, his monthly salary is only 60 taels, of which [-]% is a discounted salary in kind.

Now that God has given him such a good opportunity, he glanced at his old colleague next to him, and said to himself, does your family have a mine?
"Then how much does Liu Qing think the promotion should be?" Although Chongzhen had already made up his mind, as an emperor, as long as he spoke, it was a conclusion.

For the sake of fairness, he has already developed a habit of asking his own advisers, especially the indifferent Lizi in front of him, before expressing his final will.

"Well, this is a question. I have doubts. Dare I ask Mr. Ni, how much is the salary of the current prince?" Liu Hongjian did not answer directly, but asked Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department.

"Returning to the prince, the prince's first-class salary is ten thousand shi. If it is converted into silver taels according to the prices in previous years, it is about 1 taels, and the annual salary of the county king is about 2000 taels." There is a prince.

Under the fury of the rebellion of the nobles of Chongzhen, no matter whether they were relatives of the emperor or the relatives of the state, all the nobles were demoted to the first rank, and all the original twenty or so princes became county kings.

"So, the monthly salary of a first-class prince is about 800 taels, and the monthly salary of a first-rank official is 90 taels. This is not suitable, Your Majesty." Liu Hongjian immediately made a fool of himself.

From top to bottom, the courtiers who really worked in the Ming Dynasty were not first-rank officials, but six ministers, and the six ministers of the second rank were the real pillars of the dynasty.

Most of the officials of Zhengyipin have false titles with positions but no powers, such as the Sangong hoped by hundreds of officials, Dazongzheng of the clan's mansion, and so on.

Liu Hongjian's meaning is very clear, is it more important to be a prince who doesn't do anything, or a minister who helps you deal with state affairs every day, busy from morning to night, too busy to have time to eat?
Meng Zhaoxiang and the other cabinet ministers looked at each other, thinking that the lord has started talking nonsense again, and you have taken the money and land of the nobles, and now you want to...

That's the prince!

"You son of a bitch, don't beat around the bush with me. Now that you have made up your mind, tell me quickly whether it is suitable or not. I am free to measure." Chongzhen couldn't see that this kid was "benevolent and seductive" again.

"Hey, I think that the salaries of the relatives are set too high, and the salaries of the officials are too low, and most of the relatives run shops, so there is no shortage of food, but the officials are busy with government affairs and rely on their salaries. Day, this is really detrimental to fairness.

The minister thought that the ministers of the ministries had made great contributions, and should at least be equal to the salary of the king of the middle county. Seeing that Chongzhen was about to get angry again, Liu Hongjian had no choice but to speak bluntly.

He also kept an eye out and didn't specify whether he was going to be demoted to the relatives or promoted to the officials, but just after Liu Hongjian finished speaking, several ministers all gave him grateful glances.

The one who knows my suffering is the king of Anguo County!
In the end, Chongzhen was thinking of the descendants of the Zhu family, and did not listen to Liu Hongjian's one-sided words. After repeated discussions by a group of people, the annual salary of the prince level was adjusted to 6000 taels, and the monthly salary was about 500 taels.

The first level of the county king is still 2000 taels, and the monthly salary is about 160 six taels.

Among the officials, the monthly salary of Zhengyipin was raised to 160 taels, almost equal to that of the county king.

The monthly salary of Shangshu of the second rank is 140 taels, the monthly salary of the servant of the second rank is 130 taels, and the monthly salary of the third rank is 120 taels...

Because Liu Hongjian knew the sufferings of grassroots officials in various places, the rate of demotion gradually decreased from the fourth rank and below. When he reached the county magistrate of the seventh rank, his monthly salary was still as much as 50 taels.

The adjustment rate of upper-level officials is almost equivalent to [-] times of the original level, and the adjustment rate of local officials, such as the county magistrate level, has been increased by [-] or [-] times. The rate is astonishingly high.

What's more, Liu Hongjian strongly emphasized that whether it was a courtier or a magistrate, the salary distribution was mainly in silver, and the bad habit of exchanging salary in kind was abolished.

Chongzhen thought about it again and again, and only said one sentence: If the imperial court has no money to use after three years, I will take you as a questioner!

Liu Hongjian smiled and said nothing about this, three years?At that time, don't think too much money will cause prices to soar.

"I have one more thing to say. Our Ming Dynasty has always said that we should follow the ancestral system. I think that the ancestral system should be followed, especially the one proposed by Emperor Taizu." Liu Hongjian said seriously.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ni Yuanlu became restless, what?Do you want to follow the ancestral system for the king of Anguo County?What a joke in the world, the ancestral system is probably not as good as a piece of shit in your eyes, my lord!
Chongzhen was also surprised, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd, so he just gave him a wink to signal him to continue talking.

"As early as the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu made a rule of embezzling 60 taels of bark and real grass, which I deeply agree with.

Therefore, the minister felt that while the emperor was announcing the world to adjust the salaries of all the officials, he also wanted to add this ancestral system to the world to tell the world all the officials! "Liu Hongjian said darkly.

(End of this chapter)