Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 83: The Civil Service Group Is Miserable
Under Li Wei's instructions, both Abu and Laifu took action. Salesmen and deliverymen all over the street began to inquire about Fan Min's family intentionally or unintentionally when dealing with various stores.

When work ended in the evening, Abu and Laifu summarized the relevant information and handed it to Li Wei.

In just a few days, the number of people in Fan Min's family, how much oil they buy and how much salt they eat every month, how often they consume rouge, gouache, perfume and soap, how many servants there are in the family, how many maids and concubines are all handed over to Li Wei. superior.

Based on this information, Li Wei entered the computer into a table, listed the one-time expenses separately, calculated in detail the Fan family's monthly necessary expenses and incidental expenses, and then made a chart analysis to calculate his approximate expenses for a year.

It’s not that I didn’t know, but I was shocked to find out that the monthly expenses of a doctor like this are nearly 1000 guan, which is more than [-] guan in a year!
In the two months after the new year, it will cost one hundred guan to keep a concubine alone, and if other expenses are included, it will be nearly [-] guan!

Of course, this money is nothing to Li Wei, but it is too much for him as a young doctor of the fifth grade!
After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system, in order to appease people's hearts, he gave a salary increase to all officials. However, the salary of a fifth-rank official was 250 shi meters and 150 guan notes, which added up to less than [-] guan a year. It was definitely not enough for this guy. There must be corruption!

In fact, the annual expenses of an ordinary family in the capital are only about [-] guan, and the seventh-grade official can get [-] guan, and there are various other benefits. The total is not much less than the salary.If you don't have so many servants and concubines, your salary will still be very loose.

I'm afraid that if one of these people becomes an official, the whole family will have to eat him, plus various servants, maids, and concubines, it will definitely not be enough.

But there are some things that can't be helped. After all, Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years, and many people rely on family support. When you become an official, you can't be ungrateful and only care about yourself.

There was a movie called "Partners" in later generations. When the male protagonist was in college, relatives in the village raised funds to support him. How could he not repay his family if he became rich like this?
Thinking of this, Li Wei thought of why in ancient times people had to be punished for committing crimes. In this case, each official represented a family. If one person achieved the Tao, chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, they would naturally have to be neat and tidy when committing crimes.

Li Wei summarized these calculation results and wrote them briefly in the memorial. This time it was his turn to play someone else.

"Damn it, if a tiger doesn't show off to a cat, you think I'm sick!"

After putting the memorial away, Li Wei muttered to himself viciously.

……

In Wuying Palace, Xue Xiang was summoned with anxiety. He had a bad feeling.

"See Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang held a pamphlet in his hand and did not let him off the hook. After a moment, he slowly said:

"There are official rules in officialdom. We don't understand even if we cast stones to ask for directions or offer advice to attract good friends. Xue Shangshu, tell us, what are the rules in officialdom?"

Xue Xiang trembled all over and knelt down in panic: "I am guilty, please forgive me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him intently: "We asked you to give that kid some advice, but I didn't ask you to lead him astray. How brave are you!"

Xue Xiang lowered his head a little lower, and explained timidly: "I never meant this. Mr. Li misunderstood what I meant. I just want him to get around more with his colleagues and pay attention to human interactions during the holidays. I didn’t mean to instruct him to pay or accept bribes!”

"Hmph, there are all kinds of favors. Tell me what kind of favors you have."

"This... minister, my family is poor. I only send some calligraphy and books to express my feelings, but nothing else."

Speaking of this, Xue Xiang couldn't help scolding Li Wei in his heart. This brat didn't even bring a greeting note during the Chinese New Year. He just sat at home and ignored no one. He, an old man, even took the initiative to send a greeting note. He didn't even know how to reply. He just saw how ignorant this guy was so he gave it a little thought, but he didn't expect to be tricked by him.

"Huh, really? What about the others? Also sending copybooks and books? Or gold and silver treasures?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked coldly.

"Here, I don't know very well what others give me."

"Ok?"

"I...I heard that people often send gifts of charcoal or charcoal to me. Some people have also given them to me, but I have rejected them and never accepted them!"

Xue Xiang replied tremblingly.

There are many other ways for officials to give gifts in ancient times. In addition to the charcoal gift for the door, there are also the rouge and gouache money for the female family members called makeup mirrors, the ice gift for summer, the Wen gift for children to study, etc.

These transactions in the name of favors are actually bribery and bribery.

"Hmph, Men Jing, Tan Jing, your names are quite elegant!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with a cold light. After a moment, he softly said to Xue Xiang who was kneeling on the ground: "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xue Xiang stood up tremblingly, feeling scared for a while, secretly thinking that he must stay away from that Li Wei from now on, and must not be tricked to death by him.

In fact, he was relatively honest as an official, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would not have been able to let him off so lightly.

"Li Wei, you have to keep an eye on us from now on. For things like today's sect respect, you can tell him directly."

"??"

Xue Xiang asked doubtfully: "Your Majesty, didn't you ask me not to lead him down the wrong road?" "The road is before him, and it is his choice which one to take, and we didn't ask you to hide it from him. "

"..."

Xue Xiang was speechless, then why did you scare me just now?I'm so old, this is no fun!
Knowing that he would inevitably have to deal with that brat in the future, Xue Xiang couldn't help but feel full of resentment.

After a few instructions, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xue Xiang to retreat, and then took out another piece of paper. What was recorded on it was the information that Li Wei had asked Laifu and Abu to investigate in the past few days.

It's just that these messages are messy. I bought a few bags of rice today, a few kilograms of oil tomorrow, I took a carriage one day, a hammer here and a stick here and there, and they were just decimals of dozens or hundreds of yuan. Zhu Yuanzhang After looking at it for a long time, I didn’t know what this kid could find out if he asked for these things.

In fact, in intelligence work, information analysis is more important than information collection. Just like the famous A and I in later generations, a lot of intelligence is analyzed from public news information.

The information obtained by Li Wei must also be calculated and analyzed before he can get the information he wants. Although the personal guards are pervasive, they all have military backgrounds after all. If they are asked to do additions and subtractions, it is okay, but multiplications and divisions are enough. Only a general can do it. No matter how advanced calculation and analysis is, it can't be done.

Not to mention these personal guards, even the officials in charge of the account books in the Ministry of Accounts were far inferior to Li Wei, an engineering student of later generations, in terms of mathematical calculation ability, not to mention that he had a computer.

The next day, Li Wei took the memorial and went to the morning court with the human alarm clock Han Yike. Now he was also a real important official of the court and could go into the small room and wait for the door to open.

In the court, the ministers took turns to play things in an orderly manner. Li Wei did not take a nap and patiently held back his big move.

When it was his turn, Li Wei went out to hand the memorial to Xu Shou and handed it over, saying: "Your Majesty, I am impeaching Fan Min, a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, for the source of his huge wealth is unknown!"

As soon as Li Wei's words came out, the officials were stunned.

What the hell?The source of huge wealth is unknown?

Fan Min was also stunned, what kind of crime is this?Never heard of it, but it sounds quite new.

In addition, he is now the Acting Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although he has not been promoted to a regular position, generally those who are given some face by his colleagues will be called the Acting Minister directly. If they are not given face, they have to be called the Acting Minister. Li Wei calls him a doctor, which is a bit rude.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on it and was puzzled when he heard the charge of impeachment by Li Wei. He knew that Li Wei was investigating Fan Min, and he also expected that this guy would probably file a petition for impeachment in the next few days, but the source of the property you are impeaching is unknown. There is no such clause in the Ming Dynasty Laws, right?

"Tell me in detail."

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly, he would not be as confused as those below. As an emperor, he had to pretend to understand even if he didn't understand.

"According to my understanding, Fan Min's family has a population of nineteen. In addition to Mr. Fan's seven wives, concubines and children, there are also eight servants and maids. Each person costs at least two guans per month, and one coachman costs three guans per month. Money, and housekeeper..."

Li Wei talked for a long time, counting Fan Min's family's expenses in detail, and finally concluded: "After statistical analysis, it can be concluded that the annual expenses of Fan Min's family will be as high as [-] yuan, and Fan Min's annual expenses will be as high as [-] yuan. The salary is not enough even if it is calculated based on the seven hundred guan per year of the second-grade master. I wonder where the money Mr. Fan spends comes from?"

After Li Wei finished speaking, he turned to look at Fan Min, who was at the front of the household troop queue.

The officials were confused when they heard this, but Fan Min was shocked. He couldn't understand the messy data in front of him, but the conclusion Li Wei finally came to was quite different from the actual situation of his family.

As for his salary, he has not yet become a full-time official. With how stingy Zhu Yuanzhang is, how can it be possible to give him a second-level salary in advance?
"No, you are wrong in your calculation. There are several maids and servants that I just bought... and hired a few years ago. I only had four in my family before! There are also concubines, who were just adopted this year..."

Fan Min retorted in panic.

Li Wei nodded calmly: "Well, Mr. Fan is right. I have calculated it based on Mr. Fan's family situation last year. Apart from these, even if I take into account Mr. Fan's occasional extravagant consumption, Mr. Fan will spend every year. There are still [-] to [-] guan for expenses. Previously, Master Fan was only a fifth-grade official with an annual salary of less than [-] guan. So where did the extra [-] to [-] guan come from, Master Fan?"

Fan Min's face was pale and speechless. Let alone before, even now his salary was less than [-] yuan, and Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't increased it for him yet.

Including the slaves, according to the standard of the fifth rank, he can have up to five slaves, but if calculated according to the value of the minister, he can have eight slaves. He has already begun to enjoy the treatment of the minister before he becomes a full official.

"Your Majesty, I am impeaching Shilang Li for exceeding his authority to investigate important officials of the imperial court and taking personal revenge. Your Majesty, please punish him severely!"

Zhang Zongyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, suddenly came out and said that he came forward firstly because it involved the authority of the Ministry of Punishments, and secondly...

Hong Yi, the official, left, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not let him go home to farm, but sent him to another place to be the chief envoy.

The imperial censor An Ran also left. After all, he was old and was not popular with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Luo Si, the Minister of Rites, acted as if it had nothing to do with him and would resign tomorrow.

Xue Xiang from the Ministry of Industry is not in the same group.

Zhao Ben, the Ministry of War, had little status in the early Ming Dynasty when the emperor and generals were extremely powerful.

Tobe, is being impeached...

The civil service group is miserable!
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