The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 498 Ming Dynasty officials: As long as you are not dead, you have to come to work!

{But they still have to support the county government.}
{The county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief clerk, the registrar, and a certain number of clerks including the "three shifts and six offices".}
{The three classes refer to the civilians, jailers, constables and other yamen runners.}
{The six rooms refer to the clerk rooms of "Li, Hu, Li, Bing, Xing, Gong"}
{Other people working in the county government include: doormen, coroners, and quick hands}
{Police officers, machine gunners, archers, jailers}
{Battle class, warehouse, and soldiers.}
{Not only to support the county government, but also there was no office funding in the Ming Dynasty}
{The county magistrate also had to pay for the office expenses of the Ming Dynasty county government}

｛Ming Dynasty officials also did not have official land.｝
{Even if you can support a whole family by living frugally, you only need one or two staff members and they are paid the minimum wage}
{Finally, you still have to bear the office expenses. Not to mention having a surplus, you simply can't afford it.}
{So if you return to the Ming Dynasty and become an official, you will also be greedy if you want to maintain the normal operation of the government.}
……

[In addition, officials in the early Ming Dynasty also enjoyed the worst vacation system in thousands of years:]

【Three days of vacation per year.】

[These three days are the Spring Festival, the Winter Solstice and Zhu Yuanzhang’s birthday. ]

[At other times, as long as you are not dead, you have to come to work. ]

……

The period of Han Dynasty and Emperor Ming Dynasty
"Somebody come!"

Liu Zhuang suddenly jumped up, stomping on his shoes and shouting:

"Liu Jin!"

Liu Lun, who was lying outside looking at the sky, jumped up.

"What's wrong, Father!"

Liu Zhuang pointed at the sky and said excitedly:

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Copy this down!"

"You always say I'm strict!"

"Show them what strictness is!"

……

Tang Dynasty and Emperor Gaozu's period
"It's really hard for me to understand what this person is thinking."

Li Yuan couldn't figure it out.

"If you want the horse to run, you have to make sure it's well fed, right?"

“I understand abolishing job fields, but it can’t be a one-size-fits-all approach, right?”

"Give me less."

"Besides, why do you need so much land?"

Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng looked at each other.

Li Jiancheng stroked his beard and said hesitantly:

"Aye, the heavens didn't seem to say how Zhu Yuanzhang treated the Zhu family."

Li Shimin also said:
“This guy really cares about family.”

At first, Li Yuan didn't understand what the two were talking about.

Reacted.

"Give it all to the child?"

……

Ming dynasty.

There was a "bang" sound!

"Is there still a king's law? Is there still a law?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned red with anger.

"Corruption and corruption are still talking about great principles!"

"The Yuan Dynasty ruled the country with leniency, but greed became even more vicious!"

"Besides, I've already calculated it!"

Old Zhu was so excited that his saliva was flying everywhere.

“The basic daily needs of a household, including food and other incidentals.”

"One shi of rice a month is enough!"

"The monthly rice allowance is enough for him to feed thirty people!"

"What else do you want?"

……

In a government office somewhere in Yingtian that cannot be disclosed.

Several ministers looked at each other.

"Did you move?"

The official with a long beard stroked his beard and sighed.

"Can you not move? It costs money to bribe people."

A round-faced official frowned.

"What do you think His Majesty will do?"

The white-haired old official beside him sighed.

"Kill..."

Several people remained silent.

"…While the Queen is here, let's make it clear to the Highness."

The long-bearded official thought for a moment and said resolutely:
"Your Highness is still reasonable. If you explain yourself clearly... the worst that can happen is that you will lose your job!" The round-faced man said with a sad face:
"Lose your life."

"Ugh……"

……

[It is obvious that there are big problems with the Ming Dynasty’s system.]

【However, Zhu Yuanzhang would rather doubt his own ideas on governing the country than doubt the problems with the national system. 】

[He stipulated that anyone who embezzled more than 60 taels of silver would be "skinned and stuffed with straw"]

[Since this punishment was usually carried out in the land temple in the city center, the land temples in many places were later renamed "Pichang Temple".]

[After the scarecrow is finished, it is usually hung on the flagpole at the entrance of the government office or the land temple as a warning.]

[For a time, scarecrows with human skins were scattered in the wind on the flagpoles of government offices and land temples across the country.]

……

{Correction: There is no record of skinning in the Ming Dynasty legal books such as the Great Ming Code and the Great Edict. The story of skinning and stuffing straw into the skin is only found in various unofficial histories.}
{In addition, there is no record of the Pichang Temple in local chronicles, so the story of skinning and stuffing straw may be a folk legend and is not credible.}
{No, no, no, first of all, unofficial histories are not necessarily all nonsense.}
{Zhu Yunming's "Ye Ji" recorded the following torture in the early Ming Dynasty: "There was skinning. The skin of corrupt officials was peeled off and placed on the official seat, and the replacement was ordered to sit on guard."}
{Shen Defu's "Wanli Yewaibian" is recognized as an unofficial historical note with extremely high historical value. The article on extrajudicial punishment in the book is as follows:}
{“When Taizu founded the country, there was also an order to peel off the skin of corrupt officials and put them in straw bags. Those who were punished with this punishment would have their skins stored in the places they governed as a warning to the next officials. I heard that there are still such punishments in the county storehouses today, and that eunuchs who marry women are also punished with this punishment. In the last years of his reign, all these harsh laws were abolished, and the words were used to warn future sages. How could they be more severe for the ministers?”}
{That is to say, during the Hongwu period, officials who were corrupt and committed crimes were punished by being skinned and stuffed with straw.}
{And the skins of the corrupt officials would be kept in the treasury of the place where they served.}
{During the Wanli period when Shen Defu lived, some local government vaults still kept the skins of some corrupt officials!}
{And during the Hongwu period, if an eunuch married a wife, he would also be punished with such torture.}
……

Ming Dynasty - Shenzong Period
Zhu Yijun looked a little pale.

"Sir? Is this true?"

Zhang Juzheng held the scroll in his hand and agreed silently.

The little emperor swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice:
"Then...then why is there no record of this kind of punishment in the Great Ming Code and the Great Edict?"

Zhang Juzheng sighed, looked up at the sky, and spoke in a complicated tone.

"The ancestral precepts clearly stated that successors were not allowed to use extrajudicial torture, including tattooing, cutting off the nose, castration and other torture."

"Skinning and strawing, which is a hundred times more cruel than this, will naturally not appear in the records of national laws."

"Because Emperor Taizu did not want his descendants to learn and use these tortures."

"Emperor Taizu understood that extraordinary punishments should be used only in extraordinary times."

"Governing the country with strictness is more of a helpless choice in the world we live in."

"Emperor Taizu expected his successors to govern with leniency."

The little emperor recited the four words "govern with leniency".

He thought of Queen Ma’s last words.

Future generations will always think of the people.

……

[But the trend of corruption has not been curbed at all. ]

【Old Zhu thought about it and he understood! 】

[“Alas! Is this really because of my incompetence? Or is it because of the corruption of previous generations?”]

[Is it because I lack the ability to govern the country, or is it because the corruption of the previous dynasty's bad policies was too serious? ]

[It must be the latter! ]

[In October 1385, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang personally wrote the "Imperial Edict" which mainly describes the deeds of those who were executed.]

[“Promulgate it to the subjects and use it as a permanent instruction”]

[It will serve as a model for future sentencing and conviction by officials]

[The following year, the "Continuation of the Great Edict" and the "Third Compilation" were promulgated.]

……

{Most of the cases handled by Zhu Yuanzhang involved corruption, just like the "empty seal case" and Guo Huan's corruption case, all were severely punished.}
{According to incomplete statistics, there were several thousand cases where the punishments were lingchi, beheading, and family extermination, and there were more than 10,000 cases where the punishments were below the level of hanging by the street.}
{In fact, generally speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment of corrupt officials was part of the internal adjustment and struggle within the bureaucratic ruling class, and the damage to ordinary farmers was not very obvious.}
{It can be said that this has considerable positive significance.}
{The reduction of corrupt officials is undoubtedly good news for the people. The deprivation of their property can, to a certain extent, alleviate the difficulties of the country's fiscal revenue and expenditure and reduce the burden on innocent people.}
{Although it was a bit of an overreaction to warn officials with bloody facts, it still had the effect of punishing corruption and changing the social outlook.}
……

The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
"Brutality cannot change the morale."

Liu Heng could understand.

After all, he came from troubled times, and his character is so cold that he will use any means.

but……

"Terrorism will make everyone feel insecure and afraid to avoid disaster, and it will also undermine the foundation of governance."

"This does not help foster an atmosphere of integrity and fairness at all."

Liu Qi on the side couldn't help but say:

"Then, Father, what would you do in your place?"

Liu Heng shook his head and sighed:
"Difficult, difficult, difficult."

"The contradiction between power and rule by man, the contradiction between the division of responsibilities and the autocratic rule of the emperor."

"Officials must have power, but they cannot have unlimited power."

"It can only be done when rewards and punishments are clearly defined, so that both the briber and the bribee can be punished."

“Any illegal gains will be dealt with severely.”

"So that everyone has to consider that if they get illegal gains, they may lose their lives."

"But this goes back to square one. Brutality cannot change the atmosphere."

"It's difficult."

(End of this chapter)