After several protégés left, Gao Gong did not leave, and let Gao Pragmatic also stay, Gao Pragmatic knew that the third uncle must have something to say to him, but he didn't feel strange.

Sure enough, Gao Gong touched his famous beard and spoke: "Pragmatism, the grievances between Xu Jie and me, in the final analysis, are not differences in people's lives, but political discord, which you should know." ”

"My nephew knows." Gao pragmatically nodded, but said: "The reason why my nephew doesn't want the third uncle to fall at this time is mainly from the reputation of the third uncle. ”

Gao Gong said lightly: "I'm afraid that I'll make people panic all over the court?" ”

"People may not be afraid, but there are certainly a lot of people who are dissatisfied." Gao Pragmatic sighed very unagedly: "The third uncle is now unparalleled, and he can indeed not be afraid of people's words, but after all, Xu Jie has been in power for many years, whether it is the center or the place, the protégés and former officials can be called innumerable, no matter how you are, it is impossible for you to depose them all, it is easy to defeat Xu Jie today, but how to deal with the countless Xu disciples?" These people are all hidden dangers, and once the situation between the DPRK and China changes slightly, they will inevitably jump out and counterattack. ”

Gao Gong raised his eyebrows: "Because I am worried about the counterattack, I let these people follow Xu Jie's example of lazy government back then, and only want to be an official and a big official?" Then what does the cabinet still want to do with the auxiliary ministers, wouldn't it be better to pinch a few mud bodhisattvas? ”

Gao Pragmatic shook his head when he heard this: "If you don't defeat Xu Jie, it doesn't mean that you don't oppose Xu Jie's approach." ”

"What's the use of opposing it in your heart?" Gao Gong also shook his head: "If you want to refresh and cheer up, there are some things that must be done." ”

Gao Shishi thought for a while and replied: "Naturally, a gentleman should do something, but my nephew thinks that the so-called name is right, and the third uncle opposes Xu Jie's way of governance, so it is best to start with the way of governance, and don't care too much about Xu Jie." ”

Gao Gong frowned and said: "You just said that Xu Jie's disciples are all over the world, and now you say that you start with the way of governance, isn't it a contradiction?" Since his protégés and former officials are all over the world, even if I catch a few people who are lazy and lazy, how much can I catch? But if I directly defeat Xu Jie, how can those people not be afraid? ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "No." They may be afraid, but they are not afraid in the right place. Third uncle, at present, Haigong is fighting with Xu Jie, in the final analysis, this case is a great corruption case, and it may not even be corruption, it can only be said to be a clever robbery. Even if the third uncle uses this to defeat Xu Jie, it will only play a deterrent role in the rectification of officials, and it will not have much meaning for officials to correctly face their duties, and even because of the discord between you and Xu Jie, the internal and external officials may only regard it as the officialdom between you and Xu Jie, which will not only help the overall situation, but also damage your prestige. ”

Gao Gong frowned and thought for a moment, and then asked, "You mean, not only should I not kill Xu Jie, but also show a magnanimous attitude as much as possible?" ”

Gao pragmatically nodded: "Yes." ”

"Doesn't that help the bigger picture?" Gao Gong asked rhetorically.

"So that's not all Sanbo has to do." Gao pragmatically said: "According to my nephew's simple opinion, the problem of hundreds of officials floating in things cannot be solved by defeating a certain person, the most important thing is to form a new evaluation system." ”

Gao Gong's eyes flashed: "What kind of system?" ”

Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said, "Specifically, my nephew has not thought about it in detail, but he has two principled views. ”

"Tell me about it." Gao Gong did not hesitate to speak.

"First of all, we must quantify the performance of officials."

Gao Gong frowned: "What is the quantification of officials' political achievements?" ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Sanbo, this problem is very complicated, let's take a county as an example, what do you think?" ”

"Huh?" Gao Gong waved his hand: "You can tell me and listen to it." ”

Gao pragmatically said: "Let's assume that the current nephew is a county order, what about you, or Tianguan (the ancient name of the official book)." ”

"Hmm." Gao Gong suddenly showed a smile, and he didn't know why.

However, Gao Pragmatic has just entered the train of thought now, and he is too lazy to think about it, and continues: "During my tenure as a county magistrate, the annual tax that should be paid is basically constant according to past practice. But if we do a quantitative evaluation of the performance of officials, then if the tax paid every year in the past was 1,000 taels of silver, and the tax I actually paid was 1,000 taels of silver, this performance is ......."

Gao Gong said: "If you don't care about the rest, in terms of full tax payment alone, the evaluation is excellent." ”

"That's not going to work." Gao pragmatically shook his head: "If the tax amount does not increase, this assessment can only be regarded as barely qualified at most, that is, 'can', and even 'good' should not be obtained." ”

Gao Gong's face changed: "You want to use the increment of the tax amount to measure the performance of officials?" That doesn't work, it will definitely lead to the following magistrates forcibly apportioning and forcibly levying levies, and in this process, most of the officials and officials will go up and down their hands and pluck the goose, and the result can only be to make the people's resentment boiling, and even provoke the people's uprising! ”

"Don't worry, my nephew still has the following, but let's explain the matter of this tax amount first, and then it's not too late." Gao Shishi's face was calm, and he said unhurriedly: "The word "increment" that the third uncle just said is very good, but we don't need a fixed amount for this increment, we have to form a percentage to measure and calculate." ”

"What is a percentage?" Gao Gong frowned slightly.

Gao pragmatically explained: "For example, I paid 1,000 taels of taxes last year, and I paid 1,100 taels this year, and this increase is a 10% increase in tax payments. If last year's tax payment was 1,000 taels and this year's tax payment is 1,050 taels, then the tax payment has increased by 5 percent, and so on. We are still calculating the increment of 10 percent, and this year I have paid 1,100 taels of taxes, and if I want to maintain this increment next year, then I will have to pay 1,210 taels of taxes. If it is the same in the year after tomorrow, then it will be necessary to pay 1,331 taels of taxes. ”

Although Gao Gong is a practical scholar, but limited by the academic limitations of this era, it is obvious that mathematics is not very good, so he was stunned for a moment: "How is this calculated?" ”

"Uh...... This is a long story, but the calculation is certainly not wrong, and we will not talk about the specific calculation method next time we have time? After Gao Pragmatic finished speaking, no matter what kind of reaction Gao Gong had, he continued directly along his own train of thought: "According to Sanbo, under normal circumstances, this is equivalent to increasing endowments year after year, and in the long run, it will inevitably lead to turmoil?" ”

"The number of fields is fixed, so if you increase it year after year, it will naturally cause accidents."

"Okay, then let's add another evaluation indicator: stability maintenance." Gao pragmatically said: "The so-called stability maintenance, as the name suggests, means that my county order must be able to maintain the security and stability of the county......"

Gao Gong shook his head and said: "Unless you use the army to suppress it, the people will be endowed year after year, to the point that they want to change their children and eat, sooner or later, they will still have to do something?" Not to mention how many people are going to suffer, but to say that the military salary that this army will spend on the bullet pressure is not also an expense? If you don't get it right, the little money you received is not enough to cover the cost of military salaries! ”

Gao pragmatically smiled: "Look, in the indicator of stability maintenance, what if the expenditure on the use of the army is also included? That is to say, how much military salary has been spent must be deducted from his tax payment amount, doesn't this require me, the county commander, to find a way to open source? ”

"That's fine, but ...... How to open source? Gao Gong thought about it: "No matter what the name of your tax is exchanged, in the end, it will not be paid by the common people?" ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled even more happily: "So, as a county magistrate, I have to find a way to ensure the annual tax payment increment and maintain stability, so I have to find ways to make the people under my rule make more money, otherwise where will I collect more taxes!" ”