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Chapter 165 Salary increase?

Recently, Zhu Youjian's life is quite comfortable, and regaining Taiwan can be regarded as fulfilling one of his wishes.

After all, every Chinese is somewhat paranoid about this place.

Although they have been fighting in the past few years, they have never lost a battle.

Even the people who said that he had the appearance of Yingzong back then have shut up now.

The changes in the past few years are obvious to all.

Although His Majesty the Emperor is somewhat arbitrary, he is actually very tolerant of everyone.In the past few years, no one's head has been chopped off.And never point fingers at the work of various departments.

Although the East and West Factory and Jinyiwei are vicious, it is not that there is no way out for everyone.

Slowly, everyone felt His Majesty's temper.

His Majesty will be more patient with those who are capable and able to do practical things.

Those who are incompetent and boastful are all dismissed by His Majesty.

Headed by the five great scholars in the cabinet and supplemented by six ministers, the old machine of Daming continued to run smoothly.

the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month
early morning
Zhu Youjian drank a bowl of Laba porridge cooked by Zhou Yufeng as usual, and came to Qianqing Palace.

Fan Jingwen and others were summoned.

"Governors, there is no war in Liaodong right now, and I plan to cancel the Liao pay! What do you think?"

"Your Majesty is wise. Since there is no war in Liaodong at this time, there is no need to collect Liao pay. Liao pay has been increased for more than ten years, and the people have suffered for a long time. Canceling Liao pay can give the people a little respite."

As soon as Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Fan Jingwen echoed loudly.His Majesty had already discussed this matter with him yesterday. As His Majesty's loyal supporter, of course he should be the first to voice his support.

But the cabinet is not a single person, and if there is support, there will be dissent.

For example, Bi Ziyan, who also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was not happy.

"Your Majesty is merciful. I care about my own people. I should have no objection. But if the Liaoning pay is cancelled, where will the soldiers in Liaoning come from?"

"You still ask me about this? Get it from your household department!"

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate!"

"What's wrong?"

"My Daming Household Department is already struggling, and there are too many places to spend money. I'm afraid I can't afford such a big burden!"

"Can't you afford it? The military salaries of the Beijing Camp and the Yongwei Camp are all funded by my internal funds. Disaster relief and river control also come from internal funds. The salaries of Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang are also from internal funds! Bi Ziyan, you keep shouting that your household department has no money! Where is the money? Don’t think I don’t know. The court’s income last year was not spent at all! Where did you go with the money? Is it buried in your yard? "

"It's not finished, but last year, a total of 700 million shi and 550 million taels of silver were received last year, and now there are only 85 taels left. I didn't embezzle a penny. If your majesty doesn't believe me, you can kill me." Forget it! Anyway, the Ministry of Finance cannot bear the heavy burden of Liao pay!"

"you!"

Zhu Youjian pointed at Bi Ziyan whose neck was stuck, his nose was about to crooked from anger.They are all surnamed Bi, why is there no such thing as Bi Maokang's cuteness! ?
Seeing this, Fan Jingwen hurriedly said:

"Old Bi, His Majesty just said that, why are you excited?"

"Your Majesty is guilty, please punish me." Bi Ziyan knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Forget it, you and I have known each other for so long. But you have to know that Ming's army cannot always be supported by internal funds. How to formulate an effective plan to increase the revenue of the treasury is the top priority."

The only way to increase the treasury's revenue is to increase the payment! "This time it was Ma Shiying who spoke.

"Not really."

"Does Fan Shoufu have a good strategy?"

"Whether it's a good strategy or not, it's just a rehash of the past."

"Let's hear it?" Zhu Youjian interjected, looking at Fan Jingwen and Ma Shiying who were discussing.

"Business tax!"

"No!" Ma Shiying immediately objected, his tone hurried, but he quickly reacted and closed his mouth.

Zhu Youjian narrowed his eyes slightly, then asked Ma Shiying with a smile.

"It seems that Ma Qing has different views on this matter, but it's okay to say it. It's a matter of discussion, and you should speak freely."

"Your Majesty, I just feel that merchants are also His Majesty's subjects. Wouldn't it be unfair to these merchants to cancel Liao's salary and distribute it to merchants?"

"What Ma Qing said makes sense, what do you think?"

"Business tax is not impossible to collect, but it depends on how to collect it. It is very difficult to ensure the interests of the people at the bottom and make those wealthy businessmen pay taxes willingly." Lu Zhenfei, who had not spoken until now, said.

"Why do you have to be willing to pay taxes? Isn't it a matter of course for businessmen to pay taxes?" Fan Jingwen asked back, and now he is unconditionally on His Majesty's side.It's not convenient for His Majesty to leave, but it's convenient for him.He is the chief assistant, whoever he wants to tear up!
Lu Zhenfei sighed and did not speak.

He understands the truth, but it is not easy to implement it.

Several people had a heated discussion on this matter, but there was still no unified caliber.

"Let's put this aside for now. I still have something to discuss with the cabinet ministers."

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"I'm going to increase the salaries of my officials in Ming Dynasty, so that I can be honest with high salaries!" Zhu Youjian threw out a blockbuster.They were so shocked that they opened their mouths and remained silent for a long time.

Which game is this playing, Your Majesty?
Well, why did you suddenly think of increasing our salary?In the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have heard of people who were stripped of their skins because of corruption, but I have never heard of any emperor asking for a raise in wages.

The salary of Daming was set by Emperor Taizu, and it has not changed for more than 200 years.

Zhengyipin is 87 stone meters.

From Yipin is 72 shi meters.

The second product is 61 stone meters.

If you look at it literally, a stone of rice weighs more than 100 catties, and the monthly salary of Zhengyipin is 87 stones, which seems a lot.But the problem is, this is Genuine First Grade, the highest ranking official in Ming Dynasty.The salaries of officials at all levels below are reduced step by step.

Take the county magistrate as an example. We often talk about the magistrate who destroys the family and the county magistrate who destroys the family.He is the chief executive of a county, but how much is his monthly salary?

7.5 Shi meters.

If the county magistrate has a family of five, eating and dressing, although they are not very rich, they can be regarded as a well-off family.But the problem is that even the 7.5 shimmi cannot be distributed in full, and treasure notes must be used instead.

In the orthodox years, only [-]% of the rice will be issued for the fifth grade and above, and the rest will be converted into precious banknotes; [-]% of the rice and [-]% of the precious banknotes will be issued for the sixth grade and below.
It was a little better in the early stage, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the value of the treasure banknotes depreciated sharply, and the treasure banknotes were usually exchanged for about 3 Wen.It is equivalent to one stone of rice for officials. The imperial court gave 10 guanbao banknotes, but actually only gave more than 30 copper coins.

This price is dozens of times lower than the market price.In other words, the part of the salary that was converted into banknotes was almost the same as nothing.

A county magistrate has to support his family and can only earn a few hundred catties of grain every month.But the county magistrate also has to live, welcoming and sending off, door errands, and accepting concubines.There are many places to spend money.

After studying for half my life, I finally managed to get a post as a county magistrate. How can I live like this?Are you kidding me?

What is the purpose of being an officer?
Of course, there are also people who are not corrupt, such as Hai Rui Hai Qingtian, who can't even afford a coffin when he dies.

Who wants to live such a day?
Anyway, I don't want to.

Scared of poverty!

Human nature is the most vulnerable to the test.

It is said that I spent money to take concubines, but if you look at the successful people in Ming Dynasty, isn't concubine a standard feature?
Hai Qingtian's life is so tight that he still has two concubines!
"You cabinet ministers, talk about it, how much is the most appropriate increase."

Including Fan Jingwen, several people were silent.The boss asked the employee, I want to give you a salary increase, and let the employee say how much it will be raised.

How to say?
"Everything is up to His Majesty!"

Zhu Youjian laughed, feeling embarrassed.

"You don't have to worry about it. The increase in salary is not only related to you, but also to the vital interests of all the officials in my Ming Dynasty. How about this, after you go back, each of you will submit a notebook and write your thoughts on it."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the few people left, Zhu Youjian sighed.

It seems that the discussion has been going on for a long time, but in fact, apart from canceling Liao's salary, nothing has been discussed.

It was just a temptation for him to ask Fan Jingwen to mention the business tax.

Today's event will soon spread throughout the government and the public, let's see who dances the most!
These monsters should be dealt with severely if they want to be dealt with.He already had a preliminary plan in mind.

As for the salary increase, it doesn't mean that the officials of Daming really can't survive, his idea is very simple.Corrupt officials should be corrupt, but honest officials must be able to settle down.

Is there no one in Daming who is not greedy?
He only hoped that these people could remain relatively clean after becoming officials.In the case of good living conditions, if we can consider a little more for the people, even a little bit, the life of the people will be better.

Even if there are not many such officials.

(End of this chapter)