I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 597 Civil Service Exam
Seeing the distressed expressions on the faces of the others, Yang Shiqi said with a smile,

"My lords, don't worry too much. Your Majesty's move is a major event that benefits the country and the people, and everything must be cautious.

Not only do you need to write the exam questions yourself, but they also need to be reviewed by His Majesty and several other adults in the end!Only finally can be confirmed. "

"If you adults think this matter is more difficult, you can choose a few helpers each. I believe His Majesty will also haggle over every ounce with you adults on this matter!"

After listening to Yang Shiqi's words, they not only did not feel relaxed, but felt that the burden on their shoulders was even heavier.

If they just write the exam questions themselves, then in order to keep more people in their department, they can still think carefully and deliberately make the questions simpler.

But if several other films and Li Tian's inspection are needed in the end, they can't do small tricks with Ben.

Yang Shiqi's words not only didn't help them, but pushed them a step further into the fire pit, and the sad looks on their faces became more and more serious.

Look at none of them talking.

Li Tian patted the table lightly and said,

"Since no one has any opinions, this matter will be settled like this.

At this time, there are still two or three months before the exam. I hope that you can try to come up with a perfect exam question during this time. I am very much looking forward to seeing your exam questions! "

After saying this, the sixth minister's face became even more bitter, but he had no choice but to hand over to Li Tiandao,

"The ministers obey the order, and they must live up to His Majesty's entrustment and prepare this examination question."

Li Tian smiled and snapped his fingers,
"That's great, let's move on to the next topic!"

After finishing speaking, Li Tian glanced at Yang Shiqi again, Yang Shiqi understood, took out a document that he had prepared a long time ago from his sleeve, and passed it on to everyone for viewing.

While they were watching, Yang Shiqi explained,

"This was drafted by His Majesty and me some time ago. Regarding the promotion and treatment of civil servants, you adults can take a closer look. If you have any opinions, you can put forward, and I will check the gaps and make up for the omissions!"

At the beginning of this material, I explained in detail what a civil servant is.

Here Li Tian gave them a very modern explanation.

That is, the so-called civil servants refer to "public officials who are responsible for the overall management of economic and social order and national public resources, safeguarding national laws and regulations, and implementing relevant obligations."

This group of people includes, but is not limited to, officials from various local yamen, officials, clerks, yamen servants, etc., as well as temporary expansion personnel of Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and various ministries.

At the beginning, Li Tian made a detailed division of the grades and responsibilities of civil servants.

They are all called the tenth rank, which is one level lower than the ninth rank, which is the lowest in Daming.

But this grade is only symbolic, and it is only a psychological comfort for them to say that it is the tenth grade.

The salaries of civil servants vary according to the positions they hold, but the grades of salaries are no longer calculated according to the normal grade.

For example, a civil servant in charge of auditing local fiscal revenue, although their rank is the same as that of the government servants who patrol the streets, their salaries are different because of the difficulty of the work.

There is a minimum salary standard for civil servants, but there is no upper limit for the highest salary.

The minimum is calculated according to the five shi rice from the ninth grade in the past, which is similar to the salary of an ordinary soldier.

This salary is not high, but it is not low either.

Five shi is equivalent to [-] catties of rice. Calculated by the way that one person consumes [-] catties of rice a month, a civil servant can feed almost [-] people.

This is already equivalent to the size of an ordinary big family.

However, the strange flowers of the Ming Dynasty were there. The salary was never paid in full. Forty percent of the salary was made of other things, such as silk cloth, charcoal fire, oil and salt.

In other words, the salary that a civil servant can usually get is only about three hundred catties of rice.

But this is enough for them to feed a family of five or six.

It can be said that it is still better than most ordinary people.

The salary of this level is much higher than that of the old servants.

Li Tian also has his own reasons for this.

Anyone who can pass the civil servant examination must be someone who is familiar with the law and can read and write. In this way, a large part of the unlearned and incompetent will be eliminated.

The staff has been streamlined, and the extra part is more than enough to support these civil servants whose wages have been raised.

Moreover, high salaries mean heavier responsibilities. If they fail to meet the assessment standards in the coming year, they will be dismissed without mercy.

Civil servants are destined to become the mainstay of Daming's governance of the country in the future, and Li Tian will never tolerate their good and bad.

The means of assessment must be very strict.

In this way, most of the corruption can be eliminated.

High salary is not only a burden for the country, but also a foundation for making Ming stronger.

At the beginning, the various ministers complained about giving such a high salary, but after reading the relevant responsibilities and the strict assessment and selection system, they all fell silent.

They have to admit that the human civil servants selected by this method are indeed worthy of such a high salary.

Of course, the benefits of civil servants go far beyond this.

In the past, officials such as Lixu Wenshu in various places were low-level personnel. Out of fear of the power in their hands, the common people called them adults on weekdays.

But the actual situation is that they are not in the mainstream at all, and even their salaries are paid to them by the county magistrate by withholding local fiscal revenue.

In the eyes of the imperial court, they are simply dispensable, and their names are not even worthy of appearing in the report.

But being a civil servant is different. Although there is still no improvement in grade, they can be regarded as public officials with names and surnames in the court and can be recorded in the court anyway.

In the future, not only will there be a normal promotion channel, but if you say it, you will also be a person who eats the emperor's food, which is much better than before.

The last and most important point is that their positions and salaries have been recorded by the court, and county officials everywhere have no reason to exploit them or even become corrupt.

You know, in the past, county magistrates concealed and overreported the number of local officials and servants, which was an important means for them to solicit money.

In this way, everything becomes transparent, and it will be even more difficult for the county magistrate to become corrupt and accept bribes.

The head of the six departments felt that the more they looked at the civil service system, the more powerful they became. In the end, they couldn't help but slapped themselves on the thigh and said,

"Your Majesty is truly a man of God. Once the civil service system is implemented, I am afraid that there will be no more corrupt officials in the world."

(End of this chapter)