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

Chapter 90 First achievement!Secondary work!Auxiliary work!

"That's right! Winter is approaching, and the autumn planning class has begun. The winter class was originally scheduled to be carried out after His Majesty returns to Xianyang from his east tour, and then he will start planning for the end of the year!"

Li Si thought for a while and said: "The truth is that last night, the Prime Minister made a surprise investigation and approved the political performance of Donghai County, Qi County, Langya County, Jiaodong County, and Jibei County!"

"From the aspects of household registration and finance, prison management and banditry, clan registration, border garrison status, geographical administration, encouraging students to teach farmers and mulberry trees, etc., the five counties in the original Qidi have been managed in an orderly manner. In the end of the year plan... the five counties The county guards all hope to obtain the [most] excellence appointed by His Majesty!"

"Then I dare to ask Qin Yucheng, if after implementing your so-called comprehensive salary model, the governance status of all 36 counties in Jiuzhou will show a downward trend next year, what will you do?"

……

After Li Si finished speaking, he took out a volume of bamboo slips.

The visitor stepped forward to take it...

Then Zhao Gao presented it to the First Emperor on the Langya Platform.

This time the situation changed instantly.

Li Si directly cited the performance data to speak!
The administrative pain and delays mentioned by Lao Li just now are still somewhat vague.

But the current political performance data of the five counties in Qidi are different.

This is a clear example!
If the overall political performance of the 36 counties in Kyushu this year is quite excellent, after the salary reduction is implemented next year, all kinds of troubles will pop up...

How to do?
Who can take responsibility?
And in fact...

In the early stage of salary reduction, the 36 counties in Kyushu are bound to have some problems in administration and performance!

After all, there has to be a transition and running-in period!

This is extremely difficult to avoid...

Have you not seen Wang Anshi’s reform in the Northern Song Dynasty?
It is clear that the Green Crops Law, the Recruitment Law, the Farmland Equalization Tax Law, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the Market Transaction Law, the Equalization Law, the Protection of Armor Law, etc. are all quite good policy reform methods.

It can be implemented later.

The situation was completely different immediately.

For example, under the Green Crop Law, during the special lean period, the government lent grain to the people who were short of food at an interest rate of two to three cents, which would be paid back in the following summer and autumn with taxes.

As a result, the officials forced farmers to borrow money. It didn't matter whether your family was short of food or not. Anyway, if the court issued a statement, ordinary people like you must support the national policy.

Moreover, the interest rates were secretly kept very high by local officials...

That is to say: the implementation of policies often requires time for adjustment and adjustment, so as not to allow people below to take advantage of loopholes.

If you encounter any difficulties, stop immediately!
Then it is almost impossible for the imperial court to promulgate policies that can be implemented normally!

and so!
Li Si's move is strongly suspected of being targeted!
Lao Li has been in officialdom for half his life, but in fact his vision is not limited at all...

The political performance commission bonus and year-end assessment reward proposed by Yin Lie... As the name suggests, Li Si knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Since Yin Lie wants to encourage...

Then Li Si would naturally come up with a way to make Yin Lie retreat in advance!
On the Langya stage.

"..."

Ying Zheng silently browsed through the performance approval status of the five counties in Qidi.

The Qin Dynasty has been unified for three years.

The first year was definitely the worst time for political performance among the 36 counties in Kyushu.

In the second year, all aspects became familiar, the governance of each county began to get on the right track, and political performance showed an upward trend.

In the third year...that is, this year, the five counties in Qidi have done very well in household registration and finance, prison management and banditry, border garrison status, geographical administration, and encouraging teachers to teach farmers and mulberry trees.

Especially when it comes to finances.

The fishing industry and sea salt industry in Qidi are developed.

Once done, it should be able to provide a steady stream of tax revenue for the empire.

As for the commercial taxes of the Qin Dynasty, the situation was different in each county.

Because Da Qin specifically included merchants in the business register according to Shang Yang's household registration system.

Usually there are corvees and border guards, and they often attack cheap merchants first.

As for the specific details of commercial tax...

Daqin will set up an official trade bazaar, which will not only charge high rents, but also collect customs clearance trade taxes at major passages!

All merchants must pay customs clearance and trade taxes in accordance with Qin law and the weights and measures after unification.

Don't you dare to be a bit naughty!
According to the law, they are severe punishments of beheading and exile!

Anyway, being a businessman in Daqin is not easy...

So what if a bankrupt businessman cannot afford to pay taxes?
The result is often that they are directly punished with hard labor, and they and their families are all used as servants... to put it bluntly, they are official slaves.

However, Da Qin has nominally abolished slavery.

But in fact, human trafficking was frequently prohibited in all feudal dynasties.

Back to this moment.

Yin Lie just used the argument that human nature is inherently evil to prove that high annual salaries will only breed more greedy local officials, which will cause problems such as redundancy and accumulation in the empire in the future.

And Li Si took out the bamboo slips approving the political performance of the five counties in Qidi!

True!

Li Si did agree with all of Yin Lie's arguments against high salary to support integrity.

But Li Si also used reality to demonstrate that the current high salary and annual salary in Da Qin has a positive impact on all aspects of the empire.

Even if there may be some drawbacks in the future!
But if the basic salary + performance bonus + year-end assessment bonus proposed by Yin Lie, which is this comprehensive salary model, will be full of disadvantages when implemented now, then how can we talk about the future?

Especially judging from the fact that Yin Lie set the basic salary quota very low...

It is indeed a bit extreme!

This was something that even the First Emperor could not deny.

"Qin Qing!"

Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "A commission bonus for your political achievements + a year-end test reward...be more detailed!"

Ying Zheng said that Yin Lie's comprehensive salary model must at least make sense theoretically and should not have too obvious loopholes.

Otherwise...it will be very troublesome!

Li Si personally checks it!
There is no possibility of being fooled by Yin Lie, he must come up with a 100% reliable plan!

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Yin Lie slightly handed over his hand. He also knew very well that facing Left Prime Minister Li Si, he would definitely have to show his unprecedented true ability.

suddenly!

The seat of local ministers.

The governor of Donghai County stood up and said: "Qin Yucheng, you must think clearly before making suggestions to His Majesty. It affects the food and clothing of nearly [-] officials across the country. You must bear full responsibility for your words and deeds!"

Sheriff Qijun: "That's right! This is a big matter. Even if it is a public discussion, not everyone can talk nonsense with their eyes closed!"

Sheriff of Langya County: "Qin Yucheng, you have set your basic salary so low. If you are too picky about performance commission bonuses and year-end exam awards. Haha... Then we all don't need to eat!"

Sheriff of Jiaodong County: "I want the horses to run, but I also want the horses not to eat grass. Qin Yucheng is considered the No. 1 person for advice on the national policy of reducing salary. No matter whether you succeed or not, you will definitely leave your name in history!"

The Governor of Jibei County: "Anyway, as long as it is a policy promulgated by His Majesty, we will be free to follow it. But if the lower-level officials are full of resentment and the performance approval for the coming year will fail, then we will have something to say to Qin Yucheng! "

……

The governors of the five former counties in Qidi expressed their stance together.

Their purpose is very clear, which is to exert extreme pressure!

Or an explicit warning!

Or there is a needle hidden in the cotton!
With the First Emperor sitting in charge, they didn't dare to act too presumptuously!
But today is the Langya Public Debate. As local ministers, they are always qualified to speak.

Even if the words are a bit harsh.

It is impossible for Yingzheng to directly punish these important local ministers...

After all, his political performance this year is indeed good, and he is a very capable minister, so his words are naturally quite tough.

In the field. "The county guards are really impatient!"

Yin Lie frowned slightly and said, "I told you, my comprehensive salary model is just the beginning."

"The reason why I set the basic salary low is because some people who are not officials want to live in the Qin Dynasty with their eyes closed but there is no way out!"

"Therefore, in terms of performance commission bonus, I will set it up according to the battlefield bounty model..."

……

Since ancient times, officialdom has been like a battlefield!
Especially in the Qin Dynasty, the country was founded by force, and the officials basically started their careers through military service.

They really like the rewards and punishments on the battlefield!
opposite.

"Battlefield Bounty Mode?"

Li Si said that he could always hear some new words from Yin Lie's mouth.

The princes of the empire and the local ministers also looked at each other in confusion after hearing this.

Yin Lie explained: "The so-called battlefield bounty mode is nothing more than ascending first, killing generals, trapping the enemy, and capturing the flag!"

"For example, the first warrior to climb up the city wall according to Lord Shang's method... will be rewarded heavily!"

"And the warriors who follow them up the city wall will only receive routine rewards."

"The reason is that hesitation and wandering are the most taboo on the battlefield. Everyone wants others to die as a back-up, while they live to the end to get the reward!"

"So if you climb first, only the first one can get the most generous first merit reward. There is no such thing as secondary merit or auxiliary merit!"

……

Shang Jun is really smart.

If secondary power and auxiliary power are set.

Then many people will think that being the first to do it first will almost mean death, then we will get secondary and auxiliary skills, medium risk, medium reward, and a stable horse.

The problem is that……

The most taboo thing on the battlefield is to shrink back!
You shrink, I shrink!
It could easily cause a rout!

Only with extreme rewards for being the first to succeed can we inspire brave men who are not afraid of death!
Under the leadership of some desperate Saburos, the surrounding soldiers will follow numbly and instinctively...

And when the two sides officially fight hand-to-hand!

At this time, all soldiers will be driven by the instinct of survival and kill the enemy crazily, making progress without retreating!

That is to say: the commander-in-chief needs the first batch of warriors to rise up and boost the iron-blooded morale!
The same is true!

Yin Lie now also needs to reward his first meritorious service with a heavy reward to inspire the first batch of capable ministers...

"The performance bonus is divided into reclamation of the Yellow River, popularization of two-crop rice and wheat planting technology, construction of roads in local counties, etc.!"

Yin Lie put his hands behind his hands and said: "Take the reclamation of the Yellow River as an example. The county governor who is the first to reclaim hectares of land every year will receive a performance bonus of ten thousand stones!"

"And Duke Fanping, who is in charge of taking the lead, has the first county to achieve the Yellow River reclamation achievement under his rule. Duke Fanping can also receive a commission bonus of ten thousand stones!"

"After all, land is the source of development in the Qin Dynasty. Whether it is the sustainability of corvee and land distribution policies, or the basis for population recovery and growth, it is all related to land!"

"So the person who made the first contribution to the reclamation of the Yellow River deserves the highest performance bonus!"

……

In the past, only Sangong could get a salary of ten thousand stone!

Now that these local ministers are working hard, they also have hope of getting one!
Needless to say, Duke Fanping...

As long as they can get good grades in the exams and successfully go abroad, even if they are not responsible for agricultural reclamation, there are laws to enforce everything, and they will still have many opportunities to get performance bonuses.

Yin Lie's generous reward is definitely not a joke!

His real purpose is not purely to reduce his salary...

Wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, dogs travel thousands of miles to eat shit!
No matter how good you are in painting, you can't stand up to the real money!

Just like Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of later generations, once said!

The general's only goal is: win!

As long as we can win a victory and have our officers and soldiers promoted to noble ranks, the so-called sharing the joys and sorrows with our soldiers is not important at all!
The same is true!

Yin Lie lowered the basic annual salary of nearly [-] officials across the country...

The main purpose is actually the redistribution of imperial salary!
The most important thing is to turn the original death salary into an excessive incentive performance bonus.

It's just that Yin Lie's reform was in the name of reducing salary!

"On the battlefield, only the first to take the lead is the first, and there are no secondary or auxiliary contributions... But at the local governance level, it certainly cannot be so absolute."

Yin Lie understood that the imperial court only rewarded the first warrior to climb the city wall, mainly because of the actual situation on the battlefield, morale and many other factors.

The performance of local governments is different.

The first meritorious service deserves a heavy reward, and the second meritorious service and auxiliary meritorious service cannot be ignored.

"Still taking the example of reclaiming both sides of the Yellow River, the first contributor needs to reclaim a large amount of land within a limited time and be ahead of all his fellow county guards!"

Yin Lie's performance commission bonus must not be... you can get it as long as you finish first!

Then it is very easy for hidden favor manipulation to occur!

therefore.

Yin Lie needs to add a double insurance.

"The first contributor needs to meet two hard targets: a one-year deadline, plus the reclamation of [-] hectares of land."

Yin Lie said slowly: "If two county guards cultivate more than [-] hectares of land next year, the one with more land will win!"

"No.2 won the second prize and received a commission bonus of two thousand dan!"

"No.3 received auxiliary merit and a performance bonus of one thousand dan!"

……

Yin Lie only set up three places.

the reason is simple.

There are only a few county guards on both sides of the Yellow River...

It is not a unified reference for the 36 counties across the country.

"Based on the above cases, we can set a fixed quota for performance bonuses for various policies of the empire according to their priorities!"

Yin Lie said eloquently: "For example, when building Chi Road, all 36 counties in Kyushu are involved. If you want to get rich, build roads first!"

"In this way, the first contributor must build the corresponding mileage within a one-year period and be the best in order to receive the first achievement commission bonus: three thousand stones!"

"No. 2 to No. 8 are secondary merit, and the performance bonus will be: one thousand dan!"

"No. 8 to No. 20 are for auxiliary merit, and the performance bonus is: five hundred stones!"

"One from No. 20 to four from No. 30, no merit and no punishment!"

"As for the bottom five No. 30 and No. 36... forget about the bonuses, just wait for the punishment!"

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Yin Lie grinned coldly!
Shang Jun's method has a very strict rule!

Last place elimination system!

That is, when his performance on the battlefield was rated [low] twice in a row!
The general was beheaded immediately!

During the period of peaceful governance, we must not kill people easily!
But corresponding punishment measures must be arranged in place!

"at last."

Yin Lie added: "The specific details of performance bonuses for various national policies will be discussed and finalized by Prime Minister Li and the princes later!"

"Also, I just mentioned the commission bonus for the county governor's first achievement. Regarding the more in-depth evaluation of merit rewards at the county level, township level, and pavilion level, it also needs to be determined by Prime Minister Li based on Da Qin's national conditions. .”

"Anyway, the framework of my idea of ​​performance bonuses is laid out here. Based on this, it will definitely make the local officials of Da Qin... more practical and practical!!"

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(End of this chapter)