Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 191 The reincarnation of history, this system must not be changed! (seeking subscription)

In the history that Su Che knew, the emergence and implementation of the whip method greatly increased the fiscal revenue of the imperial court, eased the economic crisis, and also eased the conflict between the landlord class and the peasant class to a certain extent.

This can be regarded as extending the life of Daming in his later years.

It is a pity that with the death of Zhang Juzheng in the tenth year of Wanli, the one whip method lost its most powerful supporters. This policy of strengthening the country and enriching the people was completely destroyed, and Zhang Juzheng was also liquidated after his death.

but.

At that time, Daming was gradually entering his later years, and there were many disadvantages, just like a carriage that was about to collapse. Even if the coachman repaired it, its essence has not been changed, so Zhang Juzheng's reform was not successful, which is very normal of.

But now it is different.

The current Daming is the Daming of the early years, the Daming of the Hongwu period, everything is waiting for prosperity, and it is flourishing. Although there are many problems left over from the Yuan Dynasty, it is not without solutions.

As long as the One Whip Law is made a national policy and continues to become an inherent policy of the country, the country will inevitably be extended a lot.

For this reason, Su Che will not hesitate to push away all those who stand in front, no matter if they are relatives of the emperor, dignitaries of the founding of the country, or important officials of the court.

Xuanning Hou Cao Tai was exiled.

Ouyang Lun, the son-in-law, was exiled.

Guo Heng, the servant of the household department, was beheaded.

The reason why Guo Heng was treated differently was not because the other two were relatives of the emperor and the founder of the country, but because they were involved in other cases.

When Guo Heng was arrested for buying banknotes, Jin Yiwei began to thoroughly investigate him, and was surprised to find that the case of the servant of the household department, Mr. Guo Heng, was not limited to the purchase of banknotes.

What he committed, the acquisition of treasures, is quite light.

As one of the ultimate sources of the previous empty seal case, Guo Heng, the servant of the household department, was also involved in it and covered many people.

In addition, he cooperated with officials in various provinces to cheat, embezzle taxes, steal and sell official food, and the huge amount of cases involved can be described as shocking!

The case shows:
Guo Heng used his power to collude with Li Yu, Zhao Quande, Hu Yi, Wang Daoheng and others for corruption. There are three matters.

[-]. Privately embezzling the taxes of Taiping Mansion, Zhenjiang Mansion and other mansions to reduce court taxation.

450. Privately embezzling the autumn grain in western Zhejiang. The autumn grain in western Zhejiang should have been handed over 200 million shi, but Guo Huan only handed in more than [-] million shi.

[-]. When collecting taxes, cleverly set up a name to collect various taxes such as water foot money, food money, treasury money, gods and Buddha money, etc., to fill private pockets.

When Fang Keqin implemented a whip method, the biggest resistance was not among the common people and landlords, but among these colleagues.

Twelve chief secretaries across the country were involved in this case, including Zhao Mao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Huidi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Mai Zhide, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

According to censorship.

Guo Huan and others embezzled more than 400 million Shiling rice in total.

In the Ming Dynasty, a stone weighed 153.5 catties, while a catty at that time weighed 594.6 grams. Therefore, a stone in the Ming Dynasty was approximately equal to the current 182.54 catties.

More than 400 million Shiling rice...

If converted into modern catties, it would be nearly 43 billion catties of Lingmi!
This number is really terrifying.

And this Lingmi, it is impossible to recover all of it.

Su Che's method is to kill hundreds of chief officials and recover most of the stolen money without affecting too much.

In the history that Su Che knew, when Lao Zhu saw this number, his eyes turned red. The food is our food! !These damned corrupt officials! !

Lao Zhu was naturally not reconciled to such a vain loss. In order to chase the stolen food, it directly turned into a nationwide commotion, involving countless wealthy businessmen who wanted to buy, and countless wealthy folks went bankrupt because of this.

In addition, across the country, tens of thousands of officials were involved in the case, all of which were traced to the source and all were beheaded!

This shocking case had a great impact.

You must know that it is only the Hongwu period, not long after the founding of the country, there is such a major corruption case, it is true that the government has corrupted to a certain extent.

There are many reasons for this.

On the one hand, it is because the salary level set by Zhu Yuanzhang for officials is not high.

Zhu Yuanzhang's wages to officials are stuck at a well-off level, which is enough to support the honesty. That is to say, it is completely sufficient or even more than enough to spend normally.

For example, in an extreme case like Fang Keqin, he can still give away his surplus salary to others, and even send it to the treasury.

Historically, in February of the 13th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Ministry of Households to re-draw the salaries of civil and military officials, and divided the annual salaries of officials into two categories: Lumi and banknotes:
One thousand stones from the first rank, nine hundred stones from the first rank, eight hundred stones from the second rank, seven hundred stones from the second rank, six hundred stones from the third rank, five hundred stones from the third rank, four hundred stones from the fourth rank, three hundred stones from the fourth rank, They all give another three hundred guan salary notes.

The fifth grade is 220 stones, and the fifth grade is 170 stones, and another 150 yuan is given.

The sixth grade is 120 stones, and the sixth grade is 110 stones, and another ninety pennies will be given.

For the seven grades and one hundred stones, from the seven grades to ninety stones, another sixty pennies will be given.

There are 75 stones for the eighth grade, and 45 stones for the eighth grade, and another [-] pennies.

There are 65 stones for the ninth grade, and [-] stones for the ninth grade, and another [-] yuan of banknotes.

That is to say, even the lowest official from the ninth rank can get along quite well just by relying on salary for a year.

But the problem is that one has worked so hard to become an official in order to reach the pinnacle of life and live a good life. How can he be satisfied with a salary that is only enough to eat, clothe, and support his family?

You must know that in addition to supporting yourself and the whole family, an official has to have a few followers and maids to serve him. In addition, weddings and weddings, children's education, human relations, and relationship management all have expenses, and there is no cost at all. few.

The salary that Lao Zhu gave was certainly not low, but if he really wanted to enjoy it, it was far from enough.

Greed knows no bounds.

In addition, the part of the income of officials' salaries is because they are issued with precious notes, but this thing depreciates every day, and people who take it out are disgusted by flowers, so the original salary is directly discounted.

Therefore, corruption must become the first choice of many officials!

And this is also the practice of the past dynasties, it can be said that it has a long history.

In addition, many ills left over from the Yuan Dynasty made this phenomenon even more common.

Once you enter this big dye vat, you will be greedy and I will be greedy, and it will be abnormal if you are not greedy.

If you are not greedy, then we are not friends.

Human nature is complex after all.

No one is born evil, and no one is born good.

Once you fall into the vortex of corruption, many things will be beyond your control.

Faced with this situation, Lao Zhu's choice is to kill and kill, skin day lilies, and use crazy killings to frighten all corrupt officials and let them see what the end of corruption is like!
Because too many officials were killed, and even caused the national government system to stagnate, Lao Zhu had to let these corrupt officials work in the prison, and then kill them after they finished their work!

But such cruel methods still cannot prevent the continuation of corruption.

Because the officialdom environment itself has not been resolved, even killing too many people will not help!

Facing this question, Su Che thought for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion.

If you want to change all this, you must change the most fundamental officialdom environment, make this big dye vat clear, and give those officials who are corrupt and accept bribes a chance to start a new life!

After Su Che beheaded all the hundreds of criminals for public display, and recovered most of the stolen money, he wrote a profuse article in his study denouncing all corrupt officials.

This article is titled "Letter to the World Corrupt Officials"

The content of the article is this:
There is a god of fairness, but there is no heart to love the people.

In the morning, he is generous and anti-corruption; in the evening, he talks and laughs and accepts bribes.

Between pitching, only interests are weighed, looking left and right, all are capable of searching.

Caibi Ziya is not used unless it is a gift; Debi Boyi is not used if it is not nepotism.

Eager for people's fat and people's ointment, take it in proportion.Anxious to cover up people's eyes and ears, trying to cover up.

Those who follow me will be prosperous and rich, while those who go against me will be displaced.

Make sure to cultivate a thick skin, and specialize in practicing the heart of snakes and scorpions.

Standing taller than the sky, I am the only one who respects me.Circle a wide square, let me walk freely.

Suck the blood and sweat of thousands of families for my entertainment.The fertile land of thousands of mu, strengthens my mansion.

Selling officials and nobles, promotions are all in my hands, corrupt and perverting the law, life and death are all in my hands.

Let your thousands of men point your fingers at the backbone, do your own way.Regardless of his people scolding the ancestors, I like it and I like it.

Although there is royal censor Jinyi, what can I do?Who dares to touch me if you let your people raise a big patent?
Although this place is secluded, the luxury is unparalleled in the world.Although there are many laws, I can adapt them all.

Wine and song, life geometry?You and other small people are causing many troubles.

Why don't you keep yourself safe and live poorly; how can you always sue and make me worry?
Here is an order to arrest all of them and strictly discipline them...

This [-]-word article writes down all the ugly faces of those corrupt officials!
The style of this article is very similar to Su Che's before. It never piles on rhetoric or writes any difficult and uncommon words and sentences. The meaning is simple and straightforward, and it can be said to ask the heart directly.

After satirizing corrupt officials, Su Che taught them a lesson.

To kill the chief culprit and those high-ranking officials should have been pursued all the way and killed all the people involved!
This is the original way.

But now, Su Che has given them a chance to repent and make a new start. I hope they can learn from their mistakes, be the parents of one side, and become the capable officials of the world. Passionate blood, heart to serve the country with every fist, and ambition to let the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Who became an official at the beginning, just to be a notorious official who will be infamous for a long time?
What is the point of such a person living in this world?

Why not fight against the big dye vat of officialdom, make the muddy officialdom clear, and let the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment?
Since ancient times, the world prospered and the people suffered, and the world fell and the people suffered. But now that the founding of the Ming Dynasty is to innovate everything and make the Ming Dynasty an unprecedented prosperous age, a truly prosperous age.

So, why not join them and create a prosperous world together?

This article was published by the Imperial Court’s Mansion Newspaper, and spread to every state and county in the world, and spread to every place in the world. Whether it is an official or a scholar, whether it is a businessman or a low-level commoner, after reading this article, they are all shocked. Can't help clapping and applauding.

This article is truly unprecedented!
The structure of this article is very large. First, describe the ugliness of those corrupt officials, expose them to the sun, and let the whole world see their filth. Be a warning to others!
This is what Lao Zhu did originally. In fact, he has done this kind of thing many times. It is not surprising to do it again!
but.

This time, the emperor did not choose to do so.

He learned from the pain, reflected on it seriously, and stated in the article that the reason why there are so many corrupt officials is that the Yuan Dynasty had too many evils, which turned the officialdom into a pure dye vat. In this case, even innocent people , even people who are full of ambitions will eventually be corrupted and become people of other colors.

What needs to be changed is the official environment, not killing all corrupt officials.

Su Che called on all officials, everyone, to work together to change the officialdom and create an unprecedented prosperity.

The most important thing is that Su Che did not patronize Huabing, but also gave actual benefits!

Su Che raised the salaries of all the officials at once, trying to make the officials of the imperial court more decent, and this was the second reform after the whipping method.

Increase the salary level of all officials in Ming Dynasty.

The one-whip law largely eliminated the income of corrupt officials, and at the same time eliminated all kinds of exorbitant taxes, which reduced the illegal income of those officials and increased the income of the court.

But it can only go in and out, obviously not for a long time, and the problem will continue to appear.

So Su Che increased the salaries of the officials, and distributed the increased income from one whip to these officials.

Of course, this part of the increased income cannot be compared with the money embezzled before.

But the problem is.

This is an aboveboard income, and it is money that can be enjoyed with peace of mind. You no longer need to worry all day long, for fear of being investigated or arrested at any time!
It's a very different feeling.

As for whether this policy will reduce corruption, the answer is obviously yes.

It is obviously impossible to completely eradicate corruption!
The environment is so bad, what Su Che can do is to try his best to purify the whole environment.

now.

Inside the palace.

in a palace.

Looking at the memorial on the case, Su Che couldn't help thinking about one thing.

Lao Zhu may have a good education level, but his knowledge of mathematics and finance is not good enough!
Baochao is the best example.

In addition, there are those sons and grandsons who can burst Ming Dynasty in the future!

In order to allow future generations to fully enjoy happiness, Lao Zhu stipulated that the royal family does not have to engage in any occupations.

For every descendant of the royal family, all consumption needs are borne by the state: starting from the age of 10, they start to receive wages and enjoy salaries, and when they get married, the state distributes housing, crown clothes, and wedding expenses.There was also a generous funeral fee when he died.

Lao Zhu, like Liu Bang back then, fantasized that he could use the vassal king to control the army to protect the security of the Zhu family.

As a result, since the Yongle period, the princes have led troops to make troubles, and this situation has led to successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty working hard to make up for this loophole.

On the one hand, the emperors guaranteed the extravagant life of the royal family, and on the other hand, they tried their best to strengthen the control of the royal family, especially the vassal kings.

Under such circumstances, princes from all over the world were deprived of almost all their freedom and became high-level prisoners.

Since they cannot engage in any social occupation, they have only one way to increase their income, and that is to have more children.

Because one more child is born, the state will issue an additional salary according to the level, which directly drags down the entire country's finances.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, government affairs were corrupted, and the salaries of many Zhu Zizhu grandchildren were embezzled and falsely claimed, and they were unable to engage in professional work, resulting in countless deaths of starvation.

Lao Zhu established this policy to prevent future generations from starving to death, but in the end starvation still occurred.

This may be the reincarnation of history.

This system cannot be changed!
(End of this chapter)