Da Qin: Rebuked the dissatisfied ministers, held the sword towards the emperor at the beginning

Chapter 88: Basic salary + performance commission bonus + year-end test rewards!

around.

More than a dozen local ministers were the first to shout uncontrollably.

"Grandstanding!"

"Jumping Clown!"

"Ridiculous……"

……

The annual salary of local county and county officials is based on the nine ministers of the court.

Now Jiuqing's annual salary has been cut in half.

Then it must mean that one of them, these local important officials, will have their annual salary cut in half!

Originally, it was two thousand stones per year.

Now there is only one thousand stone...

As the old saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury.

From luxury to frugality...

But it’s often harder than death!
There are two cases in later generations.

A certain billionaire listed boss jumped off the rooftop after going bankrupt.

In fact, even if this listed CEO who was once worth hundreds of millions goes bankrupt, he can still clean every corner of his home, which is definitely equivalent to the assets of a middle-class family.

But the boss still chose to commit suicide without hesitation.

There is also a case where a senior executive of a technology company fell in love with a new beautiful employee.

But the beautiful employee has a boyfriend who is about to get engaged, and they are in a very good relationship.

At the beginning, the top management tried their best to win over the beautiful employee.

Until a certain company lottery, No. 1 was able to go abroad for a seven-day luxury trip.

then.

The senior management used their connections to allow the beautiful employees to travel abroad for seven days on a luxurious trip.

After the beautiful employee comes back.

She immediately began to take the initiative to get closer to the higher-ups...

This is human nature!
After tasting the taste of money.

Almost everyone will surrender completely.

Then integrate money and power into your soul and blood...

Who dares to take away half a point!

It's equivalent to killing them!
They will definitely resist fiercely!
Under the Langya stage.

Li Si glanced at the excited local ministers.

He said slowly: "Qin Yucheng, don't you think the salary reduction you proposed is a bit too big? What is your basis?"

Lis needs to figure it out.

Why did Yin Lie cut off Sangong's annual salary to the heel?

Why should the annual salaries of the nine ministers of the temple and local county officials be cut in half?

Salaries have dropped so drastically!
There must be a reason and basis!
Instead of Yin Lie opening his mouth, this matter would be settled.

"Li Xiang, my basis is very simple."

Yin Lie thought for a while and said: "In the last [Fan Ping System] of the right prime minister, it was clearly stated that the name and annual salary of Duke Fan Ping will be fully comparable to those of the three princes in the temple!"

"But the annual salary of ten thousand stone is really a burden on the empire's finances."

"I made calculations last night and reduced the Duke Fanping's ten thousand stones to two thousand stones, which is the most reasonable."

"Therefore, Sangong's annual salary will naturally be reduced as well."

"Lest Duke Fanping lose his price too much and affect the majesty of the Ying family."

……

Yin Lie in the second public debate.

He once carefully calculated that the number of royal descendants would double in ten generations, plus an additional 5000 million shi of food.

Although Yin Lie set many restrictions later.

Reduced to the fifth rank.

Killed in five lifetimes!

There are restrictions on the title examination of the father's generation.

Marquis restrictions on promotion due to political performance, etc.

But in terms of the specific annual salary quota, Yin Lie still wants to press down.

After all, what he had previously calculated was only the doubling of the number of nineteen dukes in the First Emperor's generation, as well as the salary expenditure...

If we add in the second emperor, the third emperor... all the descendants of the tenth emperor...

Although there is a five-level salary reduction system, there is a mandatory limit on the number of feudal dukes.

but!
Yin Lie still wants to add an extra layer of insurance!
That is: lowering the annual salary of Duke Fanping from the source!
After all, the First Emperor's prestige is unrivaled...

Even if Duke Fanping's annual salary was cut to the heel, the princes would not dare to directly contradict their father.

But that may not be the case in future generations.

to be honest.

Yin Lie hoped that in the first generation, the annual salary of Duke Fanping would be reduced.

Suppose the court in later generations is not peaceful.

The second emperor or the third emperor can check and balance the temple and the local government by raising the salary of the Duke of Fanping...

For example, after the success of Jingnan, Zhu Di in later generations wanted to prevent vassal kings from all over the country from imitating the same example.

Zhu Di killed the last three guards of the feudal lord with his backhand!

But as compensation…

Zhu Di once again restored the annual salary of vassal kings in various places to the share during Taizu's reign!

This move also directly led to the overwhelming financial burden of the empire in the late Ming Dynasty!
That is to say!

If the first generation set the annual salary of the Duke of Fanping too high...

Later emperors will lose the space for rewards and punishments!

It’s not easy to do favors!
therefore.

The low salary of the first generation was a matter of course.

but……

"The truth is understood."

Li Si said with great interest: "According to Qin Yucheng's intention, the basis is that the annual salary of the Duke of Fanping needs to be reduced. After that, the annual salary of the three Dukes will be reduced, and the annual salary of the nine ministers of the temple, the local county governor, and the Marquis of Fanping will all be cut in half..."

This is what affects the whole body!

The reason why Yin Lie was not on the main boat that set out to sea yesterday was to solve the problem at once!
This is the key point!

If Yin Lie proposes to reduce the annual salary of Duke Fanping, it will inevitably reduce the annual salary of the three Dukes!
Then the annual salary of San Gong has been reduced.

How can the annual salaries of the temple officials and local county governors not be reduced?

And if you do it like this.

The salary reduction will be cut off layer by layer!
From top to bottom!

I am afraid that none of the nearly [-] officials in the empire will be spared!

It's a big deal!

In an instant, all the temple princes and local officials who were watching had extremely serious expressions...

Including Ying Zheng on the Langya stage, his eyebrows were furrowed!

Obviously.

Ying Zheng did not expect Yin Lie to be so bold. The salary reduction was beyond his expectation, which made him hesitate for a while.

There are two main reasons for Ying Zheng's hesitation...

suddenly.

Li Si, the Prime Minister of the Left, did not wait for Yin Lie to answer. He immediately continued: "Qin Yucheng, I really disapprove of your plan to reduce your salary, because your steps are too fast and too big!"

"Our Great Qin is now in a state of ruins, including the Great Wall, Chidao, Mausoleums, Imperial Tombs... including the plan to reclaim the Yangtze River and the Yellow River proposed by you, Qin Yucheng."

"As we all know, the Yellow River is prone to flooding. If we want to reclaim the Yellow River, we must build dams to control the water potential, and we must salvage the sediment from the lower reaches of the Yellow River every year!"

"To sum up, each item is comparable to Zheng Guoqu's expenditure in the past. It requires the full cooperation of hundreds of officials and ministers. The temples and localities must be prepared..."

"Qin Yucheng, you are offering such a large salary reduction at this time. Do you want to continue to build the Great Wall, Chidao, Lingyi, Imperial Tombs, and the Yellow River?"

"If your salary reduction plan causes problems in national affairs, wouldn't it be an even bigger mistake?"

……

Li Si brought out the national conditions of Da Qin without being humble or arrogant!
There is no need to mention anything about the Northern Expedition!
There are five national-level projects in total, including the construction of the Great Wall, the construction of Chidao, the construction of mausoleums, the construction of imperial tombs, and the reclamation of the Yellow River!

How many people’s jobs are involved! ?Including civilians in Guizhou Province, they can all be allocated land for farming through corvee service...

As a result, officials had to reduce their salaries...

Then Li Si can only say that the wool comes from the sheep.

You dare to reduce the salary of Qin officials today.

Tomorrow, Qin officials will dare to block the land distribution of civilians in Guizhou...

You won't be allocated land if you don't pay?
What can you do?

Or just put the price clearly, and those who pay will get the fertile land.

Without paying any money, all the barren leftover land will be divided.

There you go!
The implementation of the court's policies will be difficult every step of the way!
As the saying goes, save the officials first!

If even the life of officials is difficult, how can the life of civilians in Guizhou become better?

As for fighting corruption...

Li Si said it was useless!

You, Yin Lie, have reduced your annual salary to such a ridiculous level, and if you dare to cut it in half, the people below will be greedy even if they are not greedy!

No matter how you deal with corruption, you are only treating the symptoms but not the root cause!

It's useless!
therefore!

Li Si felt that Yin Lie was too aggressive this time and did not take into account the current grassroots national conditions of Daqin!
Blindly considering the future imperial financial expenditure on the title of Fan Ping...

The issue is……

The life in front of us is going to be unbearable!
Who can think about what will happen ten generations later!

The huge Kyushu Empire!
Which year is the financial situation not tight?
The finances are not enough every year, and Li Si has long been used to it.

It's just that when the treasury has money, we can let go and work happily!
When the treasury has no money, let us deduct it, and we can live our lives as usual!

But now you, Yin Lie, want to overturn the table and smash the bowl!
It must be a bit too much!
"and also……"

Li Si said in a deep voice: "I have advised your Majesty a long time ago that since our Daqin is promoting the abolition of enfeoffments and the establishment of prefectures and counties, the salary of officials cannot be set too low."

"Because we can't just consider the issue of fiscal expenditure, but we also have to take into consideration the recognition of the county system by nearly [-] officials across the country!"

"If the implementation of the county system makes life difficult for officials across the country, they will definitely think about turning around and welcoming back the enfeoffment system!"

"The abolition of enfeoffments, the establishment of prefectures and counties, and the annexation of vassals are the basic national policies that our Great Qin has just formulated, especially since you, Qin Yucheng, also participated in the revision of the [Fanping System]..."

"So! Qin Yucheng, you can't just focus on finances, you must also pay attention to maintaining the continuity and stability of national policies and governance!"

"At the same time, you can't just focus on the future, but also focus on the present!"

"If we do it, it will be calculated to ten generations later... Then we simply shouldn't do anything well now. After all, the more we do, the more mistakes we will make, so why bother?"

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Li Si deserves to be Li Si!
The two core points he mentioned completely spoke to Ying Zheng's heart.

The reason for Ying Zheng's hesitation was exactly the same as Li Si's example.

First: With hundreds of wastes waiting to be revitalized, excessive salary reductions will inevitably lead to policy difficulties.

Or it might have been a good policy.

But as soon as it is promoted to local areas, the taste will change immediately.

Because they will be overpriced and exploited at every level!
By the time!
Not only the people of Kyushu suffered...

Including five national-level projects, it is also likely that there will be glitches or delays.

By the time.

Doesn’t the treasury still have to use money to fill the gap?

That is: Yin Lie held down the bow of the salary reduction, but could not take care of the stern of the five national-level projects!
Second, abolish the enfeoffment and establish prefectures and counties as well as vassals!

What Li Si just said was rather reserved...

Actually.

Even if Chunyu Yue, who insisted on restarting the enfeoffment system, was dead.

In addition, the Right Prime Minister Wang Wan proposed the vassal system.

but!

There are still many officials who firmly believe in the enfeoffment system!

Including many grassroots local officials, they cannot understand the high-level national policy structure!
They only believe in one truth!
That is... regardless of whether the enfeoffment system or the county system is implemented, whichever policy can make them live a good life will be their preference.

And the aspirations of nearly [-] officials...

It can definitely be compared to the popularity of the people of Kyushu!

After all, as long as a large number of officials have grievances, a master political manipulator will inevitably emerge, who will use the grievances of officials to make a big fuss, and even force the temple to change national policies!
Since ancient times!

All are so!

Just like when an imperial envoy from the imperial court goes to a certain place, he will enter the prison and tell the criminals on death row... I am going to use your grievances to bring down so-and-so!

to be honest!
The grievances and resentments at the grassroots level can still be suppressed when the Chao Gang is stable!
But once a party dispute breaks out in the temple!
That would be troublesome!

If it goes wrong, it will turn into the Anshi Rebellion like the Tang Dynasty in later generations...

An Lushan was just a border general and a thief, how could he shake the foundation of the prosperous Tang Dynasty?

If it weren't for the three towns of Heshuo, they would have been extremely dissatisfied with Guanlong Group!
No matter how much An Lushan dances...

There are no waves!
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All around.

Three public seats.

"..."

Guowei Tuju always had a dark face.

Now I finally feel a little more relaxed.

Because Li Si tried his best... somewhat beyond Tu Ju's expectations...

Tu Ju now suddenly felt that the best efforts of the left prime minister Li Si were completely comparable to the best efforts of the right prime minister Wang Wan!

Compare the two!

Sit down!

now.

Wang Wan was not surprised by Li Si's performance, because he had always known... Li Si was indeed higher than him in terms of ability...

Wang Wan's strength lies in coordinating connections and forces, and instigating various resources and affairs.

After all, he is the leader of the aristocratic faction in Guanzhong today.

His identity...is a proper guarantee of human connections and resources!

Let’s look at Feng Quji, the imperial censor, who is also one of the three princes...

As the number two figure in the Guanzhong Xungui Faction, Feng Quji is not short of money anyway, so salary reductions and the like will not affect him.

Judging from the current performance of Li Si and Yin Lie...

Feng Quji felt that it was difficult for Yin Lie to win!

Who can withstand Li Si's criticism?

Feng Quji didn't dare to think about it anyway...

side.

More than a dozen local ministers whispered among themselves again.

"Sure enough, Prime Minister Li is more reliable. No matter how talented a young man is, he will inevitably be suspected of being radical!"

"I feel that in today's public discussion, having the left prime minister on the stage is really overkill...I can do it too!"

"Prime Minister Li's two-pronged approach is indeed irrefutable."

……

Local ministers obviously have considerable trust in Li Si.

After Li Si showed his power.

They immediately felt a little relaxed.

Their current mood can be described by a later saying: The flying dragon rides on the face, and they don’t know how to lose!
in the field.

Yin Lie looked around again, and his eyes especially paused for a moment on Tu Jinxuan, because he needed to find a way to make this supreme genius of the Yin-Yang Wood system work for him...

"Li Xiang!"

Yin Lie looked at Li Si in front of him again and said, "What you said is indeed true, but my plan for reducing the salary of all officials has just begun!"

"In my opinion, Da Qin's salary is a bit too simple."

"Therefore, I will propose a basic salary + performance bonus + year-end assessment reward..."

"This is a comprehensive salary model that can take into account the implementation of imperial policies!"

"And just now the annual salary of the three princes is two thousand dan, and the annual salary of the nine ministers of the temple and the local ministers is one thousand dan. They all belong to the basic salary..."

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(End of this chapter)