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Chapter 285 0282 [Combating corruption]

corruption!

It has appeared quietly since the establishment of human society.

In the face of corruption, from ancient times to the present, there has been no solution, either at home or abroad.

Zhu Chongba killed so cruelly, and even tortured like skinning and pulling grass. What was the result?

Should be greedy or greedy!
The wages of avarice is death.

In response to official corruption, Zhao Da came up with another plan, high salary to maintain integrity.

In terms of salary alone, officials in the Zhao and Song Dynasties were not very high. The first-level official only received [-] guan a year, but the allowances and benefits were not enough.

The first is additional expenses. A Zhizhou of the fifth rank can receive thirty guan of additional money every month, seven stones of rice, ten stones of noodles, ten sheep, three people, and two horses.

Next is meal money, job land, tea soup money, and then minister money.

Finally, there are all kinds of ice money, charcoal money, clothing money, horse money, house money... Counting all the miscellaneous allowances and benefits, a fifth-rank official can easily earn three to five thousand guan a year.

Moreover, during festivals and festivals, officials would also distribute rewards.

This money is enough to support the officials' wealthy and luxurious life.

Zhao Da's original intention was to provide officials with extremely high material conditions so that officials would not engage in corruption again.

However, Zhao Da overestimated human nature, and greed has no limits.

Han Zhen never felt that he was smarter than the ancients. So many geniuses at home and abroad in ancient and modern times have not solved it. Why did he think he could solve it?

How could he, a young man from later generations, compare to these clever people who play tricks and tricks?
He is self-aware. The only thing he is better than the ancients is the vision from later generations and some miscellaneous knowledge.

At this time, Han Zhen glanced at Zhao Ting.

Zhao Ting was suddenly shocked.

Sure enough, Han Zhen said: "Zhao Ting, you have rich experience, let's talk about it."

"..."

Zhao Ting felt anxious and uneasy.

After quietly taking a look at Han Zhen's expression, he couldn't help but secretly let out a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no teasing or ridicule.

The fear in my heart gradually dissipated, but what followed was embarrassment.

Damn it, what does it mean that he is experienced?

The other officials did not laugh at them, they all looked solemn, because of all the civil servants here, who doesn’t have some shit on their butt?
Even Xie Ding has accepted filial piety money from his subordinates.

Regardless of whether he donated the money to poor scholars or built a school building after he got the money, as long as he took it, he could not escape the charge of accepting bribes.

There is no way, since you are in officialdom, you have to abide by the rules.

Everyone else takes it, but you don’t?
Aliens can never survive in a group.

If you don't take it, how can I take it?
If I don’t take it, how will the boss get it?
If I don’t take it from above, how can I make progress?

This is the current situation of Zhao Song's officialdom.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Ting said bravely: "I feel that corruption should be punished with heavy laws, so that corrupt officials can be deterred."

Hearing this, Xie Ding said: "Although heavy rituals can have a deterrent effect, there will always be corrupt officials who take chances and take risks."

Another official suggested: "Maybe we can support him with a high salary."

Han Zhen said with a smile but not a smile: "The salaries paid to officials in Zhao and Song are not low. Corrupt officials are not rampant now. It is said that Cai Jing's family wealth is tens of millions. This is just Cai Jing. There are tens of thousands of officials in Zhao and Song. I'm afraid the money they have embezzled is More than a billion!"

The official looked embarrassed at the rebuke and could only sneer.

Han Zhen smiled and asked, "Does Xie Shangshu have any countermeasures?"

Xie Ding smiled bitterly: "This... the county magistrate forgives me, but I don't have a proper way."

This is not because he is perfunctory, but because he really has no choice.

Everyone has selfish desires. Even if you don’t have them, can you guarantee that your family, relatives, and friends don’t have them?
"I often say that everything in the world is for profit, and everything in the world is for profit. All of you here have studied hard and practiced martial arts since you were young. You are nothing more than fame and fortune. Either you want to be famous in history, or you want to be rich. , or want to gain both fame and fortune, this is human nature. But..."

Han Zhen changed his words, stopped his smile, and said seriously: "But this is not a reason to exploit the people. I have a plan to deal with the corruption of officials, and I will discuss it with you and others."

It was said to be a discussion, but the tone did not have the slightest hint of discussion. Instead, it was unquestionable.

Han Zhen raised a finger and said in a deep voice: "While maintaining integrity with high salary, it should be supplemented by supervision and strict regulations. First, set up an inspection department to investigate corruption and bribery of officials. Once discovered, officials will be fired and their property confiscated. Then the three tribes will be killed."

As soon as these words came out, although the expressions of all the civil servants did not change, they complained in their hearts.

Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Chongba had already tested it for him. The big stick and the sweet dates were indispensable, so Han Zhen was ready to use both methods.

I saw him continue: "As for high salary and integrity, I plan to adopt the commercial stock system."

Commercial shareholding system?
Everyone was stunned, only Zhao Ting, Liu Mi and Chang Yukun looked thoughtful.

Han Zhen had some time to rest and said: "I plan to invest in a group of state-owned workshops. All officials are stock traders and will receive dividends at the end of the year. As for the number of business shares, it will be determined by the official rank."

Hearing this, many people did not take it seriously.

How much money can be made from the dividends of the workshop? Hundreds of officials share it equally, and the three melons and two dates they get are probably not enough to hire a few maids.

Seeing this, Han Zhen chuckled and said: "Prefect Chang, since you bought the shares, how much dividends have you received now?"

Chang Yukun's eyes twitched. In this era, it is important not to show off your wealth.

But since Han Zhen asked the question in public, he could only bite the bullet and answer: "Thanks to the kindness of the county magistrate, in the past six months, I have received 48 yuan of money!"

hiss!
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of inhaling sounds sounded in the hall.

48 million guan!

You know, before that Chang Yukun was just a seventh-grade magistrate.Zhao Ting cursed in his heart. He had always been worried about his own corruption, but in the end, these bullshit made a fortune one by one, making more than himself.

Without waiting for anyone to react, Han Zhen looked at Liu Mi again: "Liu Shangshu, what about you?"

"Ha ha!"

Liu Mi laughed sarcastically, cupped his hands and replied: "I am not as good as Chang Zhifu, but I still get 22 yuan!"

For a moment, the eyes of all the officials in the hall turned red with envy.

How much money can poor people have?
After working so hard to deduct money from the people, all year round, he would only get a few thousand yuan, and he had to risk the government forcing the people to rebel, and Han Zhen to behead the three tribes.

Look at Chang Yukun and Liu Mi. They receive tens of thousands of yuan in dividends every month, and they get it openly. How can they not be envious of this.

Han Zhen said: "I don't study much, and I am not as good as you in discussing classics and Taoism. But I think about some of Tao Zhugong's methods. Making money is easy for me. Refined salt and white sugar are just a small test. After the sea is opened, it will still be possible." There are more ways to make money."

Overseas trade in the Zhao and Song Dynasties was extremely prosperous, but it was all done by private individuals, and there was never any large-scale official trade.

Korea, Japan, Mayi (Luzon), Srivijaya, Siam... these overseas countries are all good leeks in Han Zhen's eyes.

If you don't cut, you don't cut!
Just burn some glass balls and you can get a lot of gold, silver, grain, and spices.

To be honest, Han Zhen didn't want to give money to the officials from the bottom of his heart, but if he didn't give it to them, they would reach out and steal the people's hard-earned money.

You can't kill them just by killing them. If you kill one group, there will be another group.

Zhu Chongba was ruthless enough, but did he kill all the corrupt officials?
Zhao Kuangyin's countermeasures are not completely undesirable. High salary may not support integrity, but low salary certainly cannot support integrity.

High salary to maintain integrity, cooperation with judicial supervision, supplemented by torture and punishment, this is the best way Han Zhen can think of.

This is an attempt to divert the attention of these officials away from the poor people.

Han Zhen knew in his heart that no matter what kind of system, it could not prevent official corruption, but he could not do nothing.

Although this two-pronged approach cannot completely eliminate official corruption, it should be able to greatly improve the trend of corruption.

Sure enough, when they heard what he said, the eyes of all the officials suddenly lit up.

Han Zhen asked: "Do you have any objections to this method?"

"I have no objection!"

All civil and military officials spoke out in unison.

Han Zhen nodded and said in a serious tone: "I have always been a villain before being a gentleman. I can give you fame and fortune, but if anyone dares to take food from the people's mouths, don't blame me for being unkind!"

The coldness in his words made everyone shiver, and Liu Mi quickly expressed his stance: "The county magistrate is gentle, I am not a greedy person."

The rest of the people also opened their mouths.

Han Zhen waved his hand: "Let's leave now."

The first court meeting ended in a cold sweat among civil and military officials.

"I'm waiting to retire."

Everyone stood up and bowed in salute.

After leaving Shaoyang Palace, all the civil and military officials looked happy and congratulated each other.

Liu Qi wanted to leave, but Xie Ding called him to his house for dinner, and they all got on the carriage.

Seeing his unhappy expression, Xie Ding asked, "What's wrong?"

"That fellow Zhao Ting was able to become the prime minister, but my uncle only got the position of minister."

Xie Ding glanced at him and said thoughtfully: "Do you think it is a good thing to join the cabinet now?"

"Is not it?"

Liu Qi was stunned for a moment, looking puzzled.

Xie Ding shook his head and said with a smile: "From now on, you just lead the troops to fight. It's better not to get involved in officialdom matters."

Hearing this, Liu Qi couldn't help but curl his lips.

This is the reason why he doesn't like to deal with civil servants. He likes to make things mysterious. He can clearly explain something in two or three sentences without having to make many twists and turns.

……

But it was said that after Yang Weizhong and other surrendered generals returned to Tokyo, Yang Weizhong was stabbed to Sichuan without even seeing Song Huizong's face.

Without him, there would be another rebellion in Sichuan.

The rebels were a father and son surnamed Zhu, who claimed to be descendants of Wang Xiaobo. They started an uprising in Zizhou on Tongchuanfu Road. They revived Wang Xiaobo's slogan of "equal high and low, rich and poor alike". In a short period of time, they gathered 20 people and occupied six areas in two states. County land.

Han Zhen defeated the Western Army and forced Zhao and Song to negotiate peace, which gave countless ambitious people hope and triggered a series of chain reactions.

The remnants of Fang La in the south are also starting to make moves.

What troubled Huizong of the Song Dynasty didn't end there. Liu Yanqing failed to exterminate Zhong Xiang Yang Yao, and the officers and soldiers were defeated. Zhong Xiang took the opportunity to occupy three counties.

Liu Yanqing is really not to blame for this defeat.

He is originally from the north and is not familiar with water warfare. In addition, the southern imperial army has long been corrupted. It will take at least three to five months of training before he can become combat capable.

But Song Huizong urged him to kill Zhong Xiang as soon as possible.

Liu Yanqing had no choice but to bite the bullet, and the two sides fought in Dongting Lake. His generals underestimated the enemy and fell into Zhong Xiang's plan to fake defeat. They chased them all the way to the shoal, causing the officers and soldiers' warships to run aground.

The water thieves who had been ambushing them took the opportunity to break out and not only defeated the officers and soldiers, but also captured dozens of warships.

In desperation, Song Huizong could only send Xin Xingzong and Liu Guangshi to Jinghu and try to recruit troops.

But how could Zhong Xiang, who was obsessed with the emperor's addiction, accept the offer and directly kill the officials who persuaded him to surrender?

(End of this chapter)