Zuo Zongtang got his salary, and the envelope with a little thickness had Zuo Zongtang's name written on it, as well as the year and month. August 1865 salary. The seal of the person in charge of property is stamped on it.

For the former governor of Zhejiang, it was a strange thing to start eating the salaries of the new government. After hesitating for a while, Zuo Zongtang mustered up the courage to tear open the envelope, which was a stack of colorful money, and the paper on which the money was printed was very special, and he felt a little astringent when he pinched it on his fingertips. But it's not hairy at all. Most of the wages are in the denomination of ten yuan, and from the perspective of huàn, ten yuan is equivalent to one tael of silver.

There are patterns on both sides of the front and back, and on the front is a pattern of three figures of workers, peasants and soldiers standing side by side. The symbolism is that the workers, peasants and soldiers unite in the struggle for victory. So this money is also called "great unity". In addition to the salary, there was also a salary slip in the envelope, which wrote Zuo Zongtang's basic salary and allowance.

got a salary of nearly 120 yuan, and Zuo Zongtang didn't know whether his salary should be too much or too little. In March of the ninth year of Kangxi (1670), it was stipulated that the monthly salary of the Beijing banner forward, the guard, and the leader (dialing Kush, equivalent to a sergeant) was 4 taels, and the monthly salary of the horsemen was 3 taels. The annual rice is 46 Hu (23 stones); The infantry received a monthly salary of 3 taels, and the infantry received a monthly salary of 1 tael and 5 yuan, and the annual salary was 22 taels (11 stones). In the Qing Dynasty, the salary of a seven-grade official was 45 taels of silver and 22 stones of rice and 5 buckets of rice per year, and the eight-grade official was 40 taels of silver and 20 stones of rice. That is to say, the income of an ordinary Eight Banner cavalry is basically the same as that of a ten-year cold window Kejia Jinshi.

The new government does not distribute grain, and the grain is purchased at state-run grain stores on its own. The price of one pound of rice is five cents, and one stone of rice in the Manchu Dynasty is about 180 catties, and 20 stone rice is 3,600 catties, which is about 1,800 yuan, plus 40 taels of silver, which is 2,200 yuan. According to Zuo Zongtang's salary of 120 yuan a month, his annual income of 1,440 yuan is much lower than that of Manchu officials.

But from another point of view, the Manchu officials had a fire consumption, and they needed money to support their staff. The new government has no staff, and all income goes to individuals. At least Zuo Zongtang himself can't eat 3,600 catties of grain a year anyway. That's not a small amount of money.

"Jinliang" very instinctively began to consider the financial characteristics of the new government, the new government's seemingly extremely cruel policy of eliminating landlords, under the financial system of the entire new government, Zuo Zongtang began to understand this cruel reason.

Weeser put forward the concept of "agricultural population" and "non-agricultural population", in addition to feeding themselves, the agricultural population must also provide food to feed the non-agricultural population. The landlords had to use the grain to make a profit after getting it, and this was in full contradiction with Weese's system. The new government has a real need for food. Food is not a means for the new government to make a profit, but a means for the new government to maintain the current system.

From the perspective of the new government, the landlords are digging up the meat of the new government by making profits from grain. With soldiers and guns in his hands, Zuo Zongtang really did not see any reason for the new government to let the landlord class make profits. Wei Ze's attitude was very simple: since the Guangfu Party did not rely on the landlord and gentry class to maintain the power of the Chinese Dynasty, there was no reason to maintain the existence of the landlord class.

As a bureaucratic class, Zuo Zongtang may not have any true feelings for the landlords and gentry. Therefore, Zuo Zongtang admires Wei Ze more and more, Wei Ze not only has ideas, but also supporting systems and policies. The landlord gentry was the mother of the cultural class, and while Wei Ze abandoned the landlord gentry, he forcibly allowed the soldiers and workers who followed the Restoration Party to receive compulsory education in an all-round way. With such a group of reliable people coming out to be officials, Wei Ze is indeed not afraid of being controlled by the landlords and gentry again.

Thinking of this, Zuo Zongtang suddenly felt that the name of the stack of "Datuan Festival" in his hand was very good. The workers, peasants and soldiers were united, and the workers and soldiers were all members of the Liberation Party, and the dividends released by the land reform allowed the peasants to get tangible benefits, so the workers, peasants and soldiers were united around the Liberation Party with Wei Ze as the core. In front of the Liberation Army, the landlords and gentry were scum. Compared with industry, the military-industrial complex has at its disposal huge investments, complex and advanced technology and equipment, and the landlords and gentry are powerless to resist. Compared with the number of people, the number of peasants is dozens of times more than that of the landlords and gentry. The eliminated landlords and gentry were no longer convinced, but they were helpless to take the Liberation Party.

Just when Zuo Zongtang sighed, the accountant came to Zuo Zongtang. "Secretary Zuo, do you want to apply for social endowment insurance?"

"Social pension insurance?" Zuo Zongtang was very puzzled.

The accountant handed over a red-headed document with the words "Social Pension Insurance". This insurance is a part of the monthly payment, men at the age of 55, women at the age of 50, can receive a pension from the state social pension insurance department.

It is clearly written in the text that if the person dies before retirement, then the pension paid in full will be paid to the immediate family members of the contributor. In the event of death after receiving a pension, the amount received is less than the amount paid, and the State also pays the remaining part of the pension to the immediate family members of the contributor. Of course, if you can live longer, all this money will be earned by everyone.

Originally, Zuo Zongtang felt a little harsh about the age regulation of 55 years old for men and 50 years old for women. In this era when the average age is barely 40 years old, 55 and 50 years old is a threshold. But with the provision for the return of the pension, this pension is very humane.

"Who can participate in this ......" Zuo Zongtang glanced at Wen Jiàn's head, "Participate in this social pension insurance." ”

"Since it is a social pension insurance, it is something that everyone can pay. However, in principle, people in the city, especially people in the government, enterprises, and public institutions, must participate in the insurance! The accountant explained to Zuo Zongtang, a recruit.

If in the eyes of ordinary people, the accountant of the government is also one of the officials. In the eyes of Zuo Zongtang, who has been a big bureaucrat, the accountant is just a small official. Even if everyone in the new government is a civil servant, there is no distinction between officials. Zuo Zongtang will not have a natural sense of awe for accounting like the people. He calmly asked, "Do you have to participate?" ”

The accountant smiled: "It's okay not to participate, but what can live longer than the country?" The Manchu regime lasted for more than 100 years. The government of the Republic of China was people-oriented, and it was not as good as the Manchu regime? ”

Zuo Zongtang's face changed immediately, not only because the pension system implemented by the government of the Republic of China is indeed trying to practice the concept of providing for the elderly, but also because an accountant can explain the problem with the life of the country. Zuo Zongtang has certainly received too much shock here in the new government, and the level of understanding expressed by the grassroots personnel is undoubtedly the shock of the shock. Zuo Zongtang has not seen many talents, but in the new government he has seen, almost any person who is pulled out is a rare talent in the Manchu court. Zuo Zongtang felt that he was simply a frog at the bottom of the well, and now he suddenly saw the sea.

When he met Wei Ze, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but ask this question. Wei Ze replied proudly: "There is an ideal of helping the country through the world, and there must also be a means to help the country through the world." This thing can only be relied on by the system. ”

At that time in the 21st century, Weeser's mother was a bank manager. Among the things that impressed Weser deeply, the bank required all departments to have a good grasp of the terms of service. Seeing his mother studying and reciting with a thick text, Wei Ze was still quite strange at that time. It is true that studying hard every day is a slogan that I have learned since I was a child, but seeing that my wife is actually practicing this slogan, Wei Ze still feels very strange.

When Wei Ze led a group of people to do a career, he found that in fact, administration is such a thing, there is ideology, there are power organs to formulate laws according to ideology, administrative organs to formulate systems, staff to memorize the system, can answer, explain, and solve administrative implementation problems. Although there are many doorways in between, the basic concept and basic implementation process are easy to understand. Even if the staff does not understand the policy, they have to memorize how to interpret the content of the policy. So Weeser put this into practice in the new government.

Zuo Zongtang carefully asked Wei Ze about his philosophy of the government, no matter how simple or tricky his question was, Wei Ze could explain it clearly and clearly. This industrial-age way of solving problems has been built up over hundreds of years and cost hundreds of millions of lives. Where has Zuo Zongtang seen these things, the more he, a smart man, sees the system established by Wei Ze, the more he has the urge to bow and worship.

When we hear Weeser talk about the core concept of the modern state, let everyone become a laborer, improve one's ability through labor, and finally have the possibility of self-liberation. Zuo Zongtang stayed there in a daze. After a long while, he suddenly got up and knelt down for Wesser. Zuo Zongtang said excitedly: "Your Majesty, I don't know anyone. I didn't even go to Majesty here early, thinking of my previous days, it was really wasted! ”

Wei Ze helped Zuo Zongtang up, and he said with a straight face: "Comrade Zuo Zongtang, our Guangfu Party attaches great importance to the title of comrade. I think a person still has to have a little ambition and some spirit. The gang of people in the old society learned to lead beasts and cannibals, and they were bred to be cannibals. I don't agree with that, I think we still need to push society forward a little bit. I think when people die, they pat their chests and say how many people I have killed and how many people I have harmed in my life. Some people do find great joy and fulfillment in it. But if you ask yourself, I have saved some people in my life and helped social progress. I think it will give people a lot of satisfaction. According to our old Chinese saying, I have never lost my conscience in this life. ”

Although Zuo Zongtang was not so excited that he cried bitterly, he couldn't help but burst into tears at this time. "Your Majesty has such a benevolent heart, Zuo remembered that he dared to fight against His Majesty before, he was really ashamed!"

Wei Ze asked Zuo Zongtang to sit down, "Comrade Zuo Zongtang, we talked about "The Art of War", and you also think that the soldier saint has actually seen through the war and knows that people must make mistakes in doing things, either here or there. Even if you do things exactly according to the rules, the results of the facts are very different from the results of the imagination. There is nothing abnormal about you defecting to the Manchus, and it is normal now that you are willing to follow the Liberation Party. Whether you are seeking personal prominence or following the social revolution is the most important question. ”

Zuo Zongtang is now finally able to understand why people like Hei Chenggang admire Wei Ze so much, and he said excitedly: "Zuo doesn't dare to talk about anything anymore, Zuo is only willing to follow His Majesty." To be able to work for His Majesty, that's enough! ”R1058