Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Chapter 167 Prince Qi's mansion is full of lunatics!
Xia Yuanji's eyes were like tigers, and he asked, "Officials, how do you plan to change?"

"It is said that the salary of the officials in my court is low, but it is not true." Zhu Gaoxuan said slowly, "But why do the officials always think that the salary is low?"

Xia Yuanji stroked his beard and fell into deep thought: "This..."

The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty, at least in the early Ming Dynasty, could not be directly calculated as silver.

At the beginning of the country, it was stipulated that the salaries of all officials were paid with rice and stones of natural color, such as seven stones of rice per month in magistrates, and 84 stones of rice per year, which is enough to support the honesty.

In fact, the official salaries of the Ming Dynasty were based on food, and food can be used as a basic reference system to measure the income level of officials in the early Ming Dynasty.

Officials of the first, second, third and fourth grades, from a thousand stones to three hundred stones, are given a salary of three hundred guan in each step, with a reduction of one hundred stones at each level; 220 stones of the fifth rank, reduced by fifty stones, and 150 guan of banknotes.There are 120 stones in the sixth grade, and ten stones are subtracted from each other, and the banknotes are all ninety guan.From the seventh grade, the ten stones are reduced from the sixth grade, and the banknotes are all sixty guan.The eighth grade is 75 stones, five stones are reduced from the original, and the notes are 45 guan.From the ninth grade, seventy stones, thirty pennies.

Folding banknotes is not counted, only true colors are counted.

In the Ming Dynasty, one stone was about 114 jin, in the Han Dynasty it was 60 jin, and in the Tang Dynasty it was 106 jin. In the Ming Dynasty, the official salary of the second rank and six ministers was 1530 jin in the Han system, which was slightly higher than the 2000 shi in the Han Dynasty, that is, the income of the state herdsman. It is lower than the 2000 shi of the same level in the Han Dynasty; the annual salary of the seventh-rank county magistrate in the Ming Dynasty is 100 shi, which corresponds to the official income of 200 shi in the Han Dynasty, which is not high but by no means low.

This is still compared with the Han Dynasty. If you compare the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty with officials in the Tang Dynasty, then Li Tang's salary is like a beggar who sent off beggars.

"In the final analysis, it is still because of the grassroots system."

Zhu Gaoxuan sighed and said, "Shenming pavilions are set up in prefectures, counties, and township Sanli societies. If the people in the territory have committed crimes, they will write down their mistakes and put them on the pavilion, so that people will be afraid and dare not do evil. Our government is governed by officials. , just like Shen Mingting, relying on self-government to govern the grassroots, but self-government without supervision is a complete joke!"

For example, the Lijia system, which is responsible for civil cases and daily public security, civil household marriages, field fights, and all trivial matters, are not allowed to sue the officials, but must be resolved by the old Lijia in charge.

The lijia system is stupid enough, and there is an even more stupid food chief system!

The head of grain is responsible for the local grain collection, collection, and transportation, cooperates with the head of the village to measure the land, fabricates fish scale atlases and yellow books, encourages farming, and reports tax evaders.

After Hongwukong printed the case, the grain chief system existed in name only, and the distribution of taxes could only be distributed by Daxing.

The shortcomings of the grassroots self-government system made the yellow book and household registration of the Ming Dynasty almost reduced to a joke.But more importantly, with the rapid collapse of the grassroots self-government system, the extremely compact grassroots establishment of the Ming Dynasty soon became unable to cope with daily government affairs.

Xia Yuanji rubbed his chin and approved Zhu Gaoxuan's words: "That's true. The county magistrate is in charge of the government of a county. The county magistrate and the master are in charge of food, horses, and patrolling. The history and literature are moved out. If there is no county magistrate, or If there is no master register, then they will be assigned to the position of the chief minister. The county magistrate and the master register are different. There are only four to six people in a county government, including officials and officials. The self-government at the grassroots level has collapsed, and there is no one in the local government, so..."

"Then, there is only one way to solve this problem."

Zhu Gaoxuan said Xia Yuanji's unfinished words: "Looking for temporary workers, three shifts and six rooms, and the subordinate officials of the grass-roots county government in Daming are all temporary workers who are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials! If the county government wants to do things, it can only Looking for temporary workers, how can you support so many people with the salary of the county magistrate? Even if all the salary is used to manage the servants, it is still not enough! The income of these temporary workers, in addition to various apportionments, can only be obtained from Embezzlement from the common people! Small greed feeds big greed, big greed feeds giant greed, from top to bottom, everyone is greedy, layer upon layer of protection, layer upon layer of collusion, how can such a broken bureaucracy be maintained?"

If you translate Zhu Gaoyi's words, it probably means: Since the virus cannot be completely eradicated after taking antibiotics, then let's just lie down and fend for ourselves in the first place.

From bottom to top is to lie flat, "believe in the wisdom of the masses", after a hundred years of working together, during the Zhengde and Wanli years, the Daming Huidian was revised, and everything will be fine, the law endorsed the tacit approval of grassroots systemic corruption.

After such a system was formed, the common people became poor and crazy, the officials became greedy and crazy, and the soldiers became poor and crazy.

Even though the Liaodong army at the end of Ming Dynasty was less than [-]% strong, it was able to fight back and forth with Hou Jin Jiannu, but the system collapsed, the people above were not strong enough, the Ming army couldn't even eat enough, and there was no compensation when they died. , how to fight this?
The Ming army is not full of pay, and full of pay is invincible!
The Ming Dynasty was not trying to eradicate corruption, but gathered the power of corruption and redistributed it by the ruling group!
Xia Yuanji Ting's scalp was numb: "This kind of bureaucracy, from bottom to top, and then from top to bottom, has formed an incredible system. If it goes on for a long time, Ming Dynasty will perish!"

"So, we need change."

Zhu Gaoxuan's eyes were shining brightly, "If the lower-level officials are changed, the upper-level will be naturally clean."

"But... this is an enemy of the world!"

Xia Yuanji sighed, "It's not easy to change the system. Today's Ming Dynasty's official administration has developed a tarsal disease. If it is changed, it is tantamount to touching everyone's snacks, and they will inevitably be beaten by groups. Dim sum people shred!"

The reform and restructuring smashed the original government benefit planning and re-established new benefit rules.

In this way, there are two beneficiaries, one is the emperor and the other is the court.

The emperor of the current dynasty concentrated power in his hands during this dynasty, and the imperial power was dominant.

However, the imperial court improved the original disadvantages, continued the state, and benefited all generations.

At the same time, there are also two victims, one is the original beneficiary of the official administration, and the other is the person who proposes changes.

The original beneficiaries of official administration lost their original interests in the change of rules, and they were bound to be purged and slaughtered in the change.

And the person who proposes the change will become the enemy of everyone, and will be swarmed to death. This person will not be the emperor, but a victim pushed by the emperor.

"One person's life is exchanged for a hundred years of achievements, and he will be famous for his crimes in one life."

Zhu Gaoxuan leaned on the railing with both hands, looking up at the distant and unreachable Milky Way with deep eyes, his eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, "the ancients said, don't fight for one life and fight for a hundred generations. How difficult is the name of all generations, which is better than the name of a hundred generations , if you want to benefit the common people, how can you spare yourself?"

"Sin in one life, fame in all generations, haha, interesting, interesting."

Xia Yuanji laughed, the corners of his old eyes were slightly moist, "King Qi, what do you think of my old Xia?"

"Duke Xia, Qiangu."

Zhu Gaoxuan said with a slight smile, "I am the one in power, so Old Shangshu Xia should be the No. 1 Prime Minister of this dynasty!"

"Okay, the No.1 Prime Minister of this dynasty, what a name."

Xia Yuanji's eyes suddenly became fierce, reminiscent of a tiger's ferocity even though he is old, "Then let me be the No. 1 Prime Minister of this dynasty, and be the victim of this change!"

Zhu Gaoxuan stared at Xia Yuanji for a long time, and said slowly: "I can protect you for ten years. Within ten years, I can guarantee that Xia Lao Shangshu is in power. He has no name as a prime minister, but he has the reality of a prime minister. After ten years, no matter whether the reform is successful or not, we I can't even keep you, so with your life, I will come to appease the hearts of officials in the world."

"But this king can guarantee that after the old Shangshu Xia passes away, I will keep the blood of the Xia family. Although it cannot be made public, it can still prosper for generations."

After saying this, Zhu Gaoyi turned around and left without any delay.

His gown swayed in the night breeze, leaving only one sentence: "I didn't come tonight, and you didn't hear anything."

Zhu Gaoyi can support the reform of official governance behind the scenes, and he can also make suggestions for the reform of official governance. He can even be the master behind the reform of official governance, but he cannot be involved with the reform of official governance on the surface.

Because he is the person in power, and the person in power must be clean on the stage.

As for Xia Yuanji, he wanted to bear all the charges by himself, was accused by thousands of people, insulted by officials all over the world, and finally died without a place to bury him.

He died with filth, but in exchange for the clarity of Ming Dynasty officials, in exchange for the name of the world!
Xia Yuanji respectfully bowed and bowed: "My minister Xia Yuanji, thank you for your success, my lord."

Under the blurred lights, the boy's back was hazy, and there was wanton laughter.

But all the core members of Prince Qi's Mansion have three things in common:

One, not afraid of death.

Two, crazy enough.

Three, crazy.

And these three things are even more vividly displayed in the leader Zhu Gaoxuan.

……

In the East Palace at night, the temperature is slightly cooler, and the attic and palaces all reveal a cold and lonely.

The East Palace, which used to be bustling with people coming and going, has been quiet for a long time.

After several months of confinement, everyone in the court wanted to understand one thing - the crown prince lost power!
Everyone is scrambling to leave the princeling party. Even those who have not withdrawn from the princeling party are helpless in the court. A small number of people are firmly in line with the prince, and most of the remaining people who have persisted in standing for the prince until now are afraid I believe that the prince fell so lightly, and I still believe that the day when the prince will recover sooner or later, when the prince ascends the throne, he will be regarded as a hero, with a bright future.

But most people still chose to betray the prince Zhu Gaochi.

The tree fell and the monkeys scattered. When the crown prince was in power, countless people came to add icing on the cake, but now that the crown prince is decadent, no one comes to help.

In the cool courtyard, carved beams and painted buildings, red pillars with flying eaves, all of which explain the past glory of this place, and the thick dust on the decoration also shows the loneliness of today.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi sat on a wicker chair in the courtyard to watch the moon, but the wall was too high, and only half of the full moon could be seen, like a canary in a birdcage.

"Father, Shangshu Jian has been dismissed from office. He begged for your bones this morning, but His Majesty agreed directly."

Zhu Zhanji walked over, with bloodshot eyes and slightly sloppy stubble, and a hoarse voice, which showed how poor the mental state of the young grandson of the emperor was after months of confinement.

"Well, I see." Zhu Gaochi replied lightly.

(End of this chapter)