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Chapter 405 It's Still About Money

Just as Lu Chengqi wanted to get up, Lin Zhenzhong, Minister of the Household Department, came out and said: "Your Majesty said about the salaries of the tenth-rank officials, I just did some calculations in my mind. If all the subordinates are changed to tenth-rank officials and the salary is issued by the imperial court, my household will be fine. The Ministry of Finance needs to issue 150 million more coins in one month. I have to spend more than one million guan in the salaries of officials in my dynasty. As a result, the expenditure of the treasury has increased suddenly. Even if I save more, I am afraid that I will spend more than 3000 million guan in salary a year. In addition to the funds allocated to the Military Weapons Supervision, the Royal University, the Royal Military Academy, the Supervisory Department, and various yamen, how can the treasury support it? If there is another natural disaster, what should we do?"

Lin Zhenzhong held the imperial wat and spoke eloquently.Although there is not a single word against this ten-rank official system, it is really impossible to use the treasury revenue and expenditure to put pressure on the little emperor.Lu Chengqi also understood Lin Zhenzhong's meaning, no matter how clean and honest an official is, when encountering such a thing beyond him, his first thought is to oppose rather than support.Even if Lu Chengqi used his personal prestige to suppress him, they would be obedient, and even "strike" in disguise, collectively claiming to be sick, in order to put pressure on Lu Chengqi.Although this kind of thing has never happened before, Lu Chengqi, who has watched the court drama of the Heaven and Dynasty in the future, can imagine it with his toes.

Politics is an art of compromise, even if Lu Chengqi has all the power in the world, he can't do whatever he wants.Even though he knew that the ten-rank official system was the most suitable system for Dashun, it greatly damaged the interests of those who had already become officials and those who were going to pass the scientific examination to become officials. How could they compromise?

The intelligence of these people is not inferior to those of later generations.They are especially sensitive when it comes to their own interests.At this moment, the opponent Lu Chengqi faced was the entire class of scholars.I am afraid it will not be so easy to make a quick decision like the last time we rectified corrupt officials.Just put too much energy on internal friction, how can this country develop, and it will be fine if the country does not perish.

It's just that so many people strongly objected, even Lu Chengqi's firm will was shaken a little: "Could it be that this time the steps are a bit bigger? No, I just let nature take its course, and based on Li Ran's words, the tenth-rank official It’s just drawn out by the system. I really didn’t do anything about it! After all, I’m still a little tender. If things get worse, the ten-rank official system will come naturally, alas..."

These words of self-pity and self-pity cannot be said after all.Lu Chengqi also knew that if he gave in today, the ten-rank official system would never be brought up again in the future.A lesson from the past and a guide to the future, these important court officials are not just for nothing.How can they take it lightly when their own interests are at stake?If you don't take advantage of the situation today and give these important court officials a chance, I'm afraid the ten-rank official system will come to an end without a problem.

These thoughts swirled in Lu Chengqi's mind, struggling to find a solution.When he was worried that no one would rescue him, he caught a glimpse of Li Ran, the imperial censor in front of the ranks of officials, and was overjoyed in his heart: "Yes, this old boy asked the question, why did he stay out of it? "

Thinking of this, Lu Chengqi immediately stared at Li Ran and said, "Li Qing, in your opinion, how to solve the problem of salary?"

There are many important officials surnamed Li in the court, but when Lu Chengqi said this, everyone knew that he was asking about Li Ran.Because Li Ran is the instigator of this matter, if you don't ask him, who should you ask?

Li Ran also knew that if he brought up this matter, it would be impossible to stay out of it.But he didn't expect the little emperor to be so radical, he directly took the salary from the bottom of the pot and took away the official's job.In terms of doing things, ten officials may not be able to catch up with one capable official.As time goes on, except for the extremely capable officials, who can guarantee that they will not be replaced by subordinate officials?Such a system is really terrible. Although Li Ran seemed to stay out of the matter, he broke out in a cold sweat.Now it was his turn to speak, and he immediately said what he had been preparing for a long time: "Your Majesty, I think this ten-rank official system is really inappropriate. Those who are subordinates, as long as they know some poems and books, have never passed the scientific examination. Examination. If the ten-rank official system is implemented, who in the world will not fight to be a subordinate official? Why bother to study hard in the cold window to win the title of the gold list? Your Majesty, the imperial examination is the foundation of our country. If the ten-rank official system is implemented If you go down, it will definitely cause a catastrophe, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Lu Chengqi fell into deep thought, except for a few courtiers, the entire Daqing Palace knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Li Ranben has no party or affiliation in the court, and his popularity is extremely poor.Is there any official who has not been impeached once or twice by him or his Yushitai?Those who have not been impeached by Yushitai are ashamed to tell others that they are Beijing officials above rank five!It's rare to see Li Ran have such popularity, so many people followed his words and begged Lu Chengqi to take back his life, it seems that this time they really hit their nails...

When Lu Chengqi thought about it carefully, it seemed that he hadn't thought it through carefully. If he took this shortcut and used the opportunistic skills of the Chinese, maybe a good thing really turned into a bad thing.If you think about it from this perspective, what Li Ran said makes sense.

The significance of the imperial examination is to select talents for the country, provide opportunities for scholars who do not have aristocratic status to participate in politics, expand Dashun's ruling social foundation, and make Dashun's bureaucratic system more advanced and more in line with the needs of the times.More importantly, the imperial examination provided the bureaucracy with a steady stream of high-quality talents, which is the real purpose of the imperial examination.The quality of subordinate officials is uneven. If the ten-rank official system is implemented, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be evil officials, cruel officials, who will cheat and cheat for the so-called promotion of the so-called political achievements, and fish the common people.

Thinking of the possible consequences, Lu Chengqi was finally willing to back down a step: "Everyone, please be safe, I really didn't think carefully about this matter..."

Seeing that Lu Chengqi wanted to take back his life, the Chinese and military officials in the palace were overjoyed and said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!" After finishing speaking, they stood up happily one by one.

But before Lu Chengqi finished speaking, he continued: "...However, I must implement the ten-rank official system. As for the promotion of ten-rank officials, the merits and virtues shall prevail. Those who do not have merit will not be promoted. Those who do not work for the people and bully the people will be dealt with according to the law, dismissed from their posts, and cannot be reused for life; all ten-rank officials are limited to six years, and those who do nothing will also be dismissed. I have said that the court does not support idlers. The king's salary is a matter of loyalty to the king. The change is like this, what do you think?"

After hearing Lu Chengqi's words, who among the civil and military officials would not understand that they were tricked by the little emperor?It's just that the little emperor can back down so far, and they can accept it.At least tenth-rank officials with imperial examination background can have the opportunity to be promoted.In this way, it is the right path for promotion to be the one with fame and fame, which is not much different from the original one.It's just that the less advanced Jinshi can only be promoted after going through the training at the bottom.As for the life and death of the Xinke Scholars, these civil and military officials would not care about it. They wished that they would not be retired for the rest of their lives, would not retire, and would not beg for bones!
(End of this chapter)