"Have you been paid?" Huang Fu, who had been silent, suddenly asked. The tone was full of suspicion, when he was the secretary of the Ministry of Works, there were many craftsmen under him, but he had never seen such a hard worker, so he was a little suspicious that Zheng He gave more silver, if so, he would take this opportunity to find a word later.

Ma Huan is old and refined, where can he not hear the meaning of Huang Fu's words, glanced up, quickly lowered his eyes, and said in a voice that is neither humble nor arrogant: "The men who open the mountain and quarry are much harder than ordinary craftsmen, and the amount of stone required for the daily Dabao'en Temple is very large, so the craftsmen here work longer than ordinary craftsmen, and the wages are higher than the ordinary price, all of which are one hundred literary wages per day, and the wages are good, so naturally no one will cherish their strength!"

"One hundred wen, no wonder you work so hard?" Everyone gasped, Wei Da opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a while, one hundred wen, this Zheng He is really generous, no wonder 500,000 taels of silver disappeared all of a sudden.

It is no wonder that these ministers will be surprised, the Ming Dynasty has always been very low, from Zhu Yuanzhang to establish the Ming Dynasty, the establishment of the Ming Dynasty is based on the grade system, which is divided into eighteen grades, and implements the dual-track system of annual and monthly salaries. The establishment of the Ming Dynasty official system of Yulu first began in the fourth year of Hongwu. In that year, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the provincial and household departments to formulate the standard of civil and military officials, stipulating: "Nine hundred stones for one product, seven hundred and fifty stones for one product,...... Sixty stones from the ninth grade, fifty stones from the ninth grade. Provincial, ministry, government, county, health, institute, and Taiwan constitution officials will be inspected for several months. As a supplement to the Yulu system, the practice of the past dynasties was followed in the early Ming Dynasty, "listen to the military ministers to reclaim the wasteland, and the scribes are informed of the field". At this time, although the end of the money, but the distribution is also in kind, to the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang on a whim, ordered all the wages to be issued treasure banknotes, when the treasure money was just issued, the reputation was good, the people were also happy, and began to run well. However, Zhu Yuanzhang does not understand economics, does not know what inflation is, and neither has reserves nor cashes in and does not trade in the old for the new. According to the regulations of the time, treasure banknotes were equal to one tael of silver, and one tael of silver was equal to one stone of rice. Zhu Yuanzhang was only in the thirteenth year of Hongwu to redefine the system of giving Lu rice and Lu money to civil and military officials at home and abroad, "giving hundreds of officials public land, and the amount of their rent. There are 760 internal and external security officers in the Gong, Hou, provincial, government, Taiwan, ministry, and capital departments, and there are 4,688 acres and 93 mu of land, and 267,780 stone per year!" However, the actual income of the officials is still more than twice as small. By the end of Hongwu, the treasure money had even fallen tenfold, and the officials' salaries were even lower. According to the Hongwu period, a county order of the seventh grade, a year's Yulu is equivalent to only forty-five taels of silver, of course, these are net income, his housing, travel, attachés, food and clothing expenses are paid and subsidized by the imperial court, but the official's family has a large population, and the amount of money required on weekdays is also a lot, 400,000 taels is very little, these workers who open the mountain and quarry, one hundred wen a day, and forty or fifty taels of silver a year, are not inferior to the court officials, how to make them not surprised.

Although after the Yongle Dynasty, the officials' salaries were improved, but: "In Beijing, the military attachés of the first and second grades have four branches of rice and six branches; the third and fourth grades of rice banknotes are half and half of the banknotes; the fifth and sixth grades of six decimeters and four cents of banknotes, and the seventh and eighth grades of eight decimeters are eight decimeters, and the two cents of banknotes." For each new banknote, two ingots are discounted into one stone. After Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, after Zhu Di compiled the "Yongle Canon", dredged the Grand Canal, and moved the capital to Beijing. Build the city of Beijing, go to the West six times, and go out of Mongolia five times, not to mention sending troops to Annan to suppress Tang Sai'er's White Lotus uprising, Zhu Di created the Yongle prosperous era, which has already slowly lost the treasury in the later period, and when Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, the treasury was empty, and the officials' fortunes were also discounted a lot. In recent years, the price of rice has surged, and the daily use is not given, except for the original color rice, the rest of the rice is folded 25 times per stone, and the harvest grain accumulation in the year is followed by a decision. "In this way, the officials' salaries are not much different from those of these craftsmen!

"No wonder there has been a lot more silver taels built in Dabao'en Temple recently, and it was all used by Gonggong Zheng as a favor?" Chen Shan said coldly. He was indeed a little surprised, one hundred wen a day, such a generous treatment made him really unexpected, no wonder none of these craftsmen were lazy, such treatment, for these people who sell their craftsmanship and strength, who doesn't want to keep such a well-paid job.

Huang Fu on the side was about to echo two sentences, when he suddenly saw Yang Zheng glance at him, his expression froze, and he swallowed back what he wanted to say, only to hear Yang Zheng say: "Work hard, the salary is higher?"

At this time, everyone couldn't say anything, Ma Huan glanced at Yang Zheng, his heart secretly showed joy, and he hugged his fist at Yang Zheng and said: "What His Highness said is extremely true, the wages are higher, and these craftsmen are also selling their strength, much faster than usual?"

This is reasonable, plus tens of thousands of people are really here, and everyone can't say anything, and no one mentioned the 500,000 taels of silver at this time.

Wei Da was a little unconvinced, and said: "I see that there are only 10,000 craftsmen here, even if it is a day of white money per person, I'm afraid it won't be able to use 500,000 silver, how can Gonggong Zheng use 500,000 at once, isn't it that you are pretending to be public and private, and you are secretly greedy for the workers?"

This is a bit excessive, don't say that Zheng He is still a dignified Nanjing garrison, even if it is not, he will be angry when he hears this nonsense, and he will be angry when he picks a bone in the egg.

Zheng He's face turned pale, and he suddenly sneered and said, "It seems that Lord Wei has a lot of questions?"

Wei Da straightened up and said, "This official is just loyal to his duty, dare to ask others dare not ask, dare to say that others dare not say?"

Wang Jinghong also sneered at this time: "A good one who dares to ask others dare not ask, dare to say that others dare not say, I have such a good official as Lord Wei who is loyal to his duties, it is really gratifying and congratulatory, but our family does not understand, why can Gonggong Zheng still take advantage of his power and swallow silver taels, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty can't see the clues, but the adults can see the clues, could it be that the talents of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are not as good as adults, and His Royal Highness the Prince is not as good as you?"

Wang Jinghong finished speaking slowly, glanced at the ministers, and said no more.

Wei Da's face changed suddenly, although Wang Jinghong's words were said casually, but the tone set was extremely powerful, how could he compare with the household servant and the household secretary, not to mention that there were also university scholars Yang Shiqi on the field, Huang Fu of Zhan Shifu, and Wu Zhong of the Ministry of Industry, which one of them here is better than him in terms of official position and talent, not to mention the prince.

Chen Shan's face was a little ugly, he glanced at Yang Zheng and Yang Shiqi, Huang Fu's slightly gloomy face, turned his head and glared at him fiercely, and said: "Although what Lord Wei said is a little reckless, there is also some truth, Wei Chen just counted carefully, there are only more than 10,000 people here, even if Zheng He pays one hundred and fifty taels of silver a day, it is only 30,000 taels of silver, how can it be 500,000 taels of silver?"

Everyone just saw that 10,000 people were working here, and they heard that a person had a daily salary of 100 wen, and they had never calculated it carefully, how did they know that there seemed to be a lot of people here, but the silver was only 20,000 taels a day, and the difference between 500,000 taels of silver could be described as a heaven and an earth. At this time, listening to Chen Shan's reminder, everyone came back to their senses, and an official said: "Yes, the lower officials can remember that I built the city of Beijing since the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and there are many skilled craftsmen in Beijing, but there are more than 10,000 people here in Gonggong Zheng, and these wages are as Gonggong Zheng said, and it is only 20,000 taels of silver a month, so why is 500,000 taels of broken silver missing?"

Zheng He snorted coldly, and his face remained unchanged: " Adults have a good calculation, but adults seem to have forgotten, Da Bao'en Temple began to build from the sixth year of Yongle, the Yongle Emperor mobilized the whole country to collect 100,000 good craftsmen and military workers, which lasted 16 years, these 16 years those 100,000 craftsmen died, old and old, sick and sick, are they not people, are they not people, are their wives and children parents not people, do not want people to feed, dare to ask Lord Chen, have you seen those craftsmen who died because of fatigue, have you heard the sound of those dead husbands, wives and children crying, have you heard those parents who have lost their sons and cried bitterly, have you seen those craftsmen who are alone and fearless without arms, you have not seen, what you see is just a circle of numbers, a sound of fameWhich of you really cares about their life and death, and who cares about their families—?"

Zheng He's voice was not loud, but it was extremely shocking, and everyone on the field was under his questioning, no one should respond, even Chen Shan also showed guilt.

Zheng He's gaze swept over everyone, and suddenly shouted coldly: "Where is Ma Huan?"

Ma Huan bowed forward, hugged his fists and said, "Humble duty!"

"Tell you all the accounts of all these years—?"

Ma Huan responded: "Yes!" As soon as the words fell, he reached into his arms, took out a file from his arms, and read aloud: "In the fifteenth year of Yongle, the stonemason and the quarryman died, and there were wives and children at home, six parents, and the court pension was twenty or thirty taels of silver......

In the twentieth year of Yongle, the stonemason Wu Hai died of illness, and the family had an old mother, and he was given a pension of twenty taels of silver......?"

"In the twenty-second year of Yongle, the mountain collapsed, the number of dead and injured was one hundred and twenty-five, and the family had wives and children, parents, and a pension tattoo of 5,000 taels ...... silver?"

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