"Holy Lord, are you ordering too many of these officials?" In the main hall of the Luoyang Palace, after discussing some major events, Wei Yunqi took an official document, which was reformulated by Yang Shidao, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, according to Yang Dong's requirements.

Yang Tong now under the rule of all levels of officials at all levels are generally high, if the monthly income is converted into grain, the position of the six-grade official is about 100 stones, if it is calculated according to the price of grain before the troubled times, this is already a three-grade thousand stone members, not much worse than the twelve Wei generals and the temple secretaries.

But it's different down, a county order, in the era of the two emperors of Wenwu is divided into the upper county order from the sixth grade, the middle county county order from the seventh grade, and the lower county order on the eighth grade, that is to say, the same county order, not only the level is different, even the Lu is not the same, the annual income of the county order is 600 stones, that is, about one stone and six buckets a day, according to one stone and ten buckets, about fifty stones a month.

And to Yang Tong here, the Taishou and the county order abolished the distinction between the upper, middle and lower, removed the upper and lower, the Taishou was unified from the five grades, and the county order was unified from the seven grades, and the Yulu was also calculated by grade, and the officials of the Great Sui were all promoted from the Hanshi, before that, more than ninety percent had no official experience, and no one in the county and county officials was demoted or reduced, so naturally there would be no dissatisfaction; If it is calculated based on the price of grain during the period of Emperor Wen, everyone's income has been greatly improved. Because of this, Wei Yunqi felt that this new system was too high.

"Is it high? I think it's a little too little. ”

"Less?" Wei Yunqi's eyes were about to pop out.

"You might as well think about it from a different angle."

Wei Yunqi racked his brains and thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Weichen is blunt, please make it clear to the saint!" ”

Yang Tong said: "Let's take the county order as an example, he is in charge of the people's livelihood of a county, and most of the corrupt officials that many people said in the past were county orders. This is not to say that county-level officials are not greedy, but that the county order is closest to the people, what the county order looks like, and the court is like that in the eyes of the people! Therefore, the reputation of the county order determines the image of the imperial court. ”

When everyone heard this, they all woke up to the fact that the county order is a grassroots official, and if they don't implement the policy properly, even if the imperial court has a miracle medicine, it will not cure a stubborn disease in a place.

"But Brother Huang! If the county order is greedy, mediocre, and inactive, it can be punished by the criminal department and the imperial department according to law, what does this have to do with Gao Yulu? Yang Yu asked everyone's thoughts.

"A county order must resolve civil disputes and care about people's livelihood every day, and for the people, the county order is the sky!" Yang Tong looked at everyone's puzzled looks, and then said, "But how much is the county order?" With a month's income, you can barely buy fifty stone rice! That's enough for the average person! But according to the county order, he can't always wear official clothes when he goes out, and he also has to participate in some celebrity gatherings or something, so he must have decent clothes. There is also the security of the county order, although the county has county soldiers, but they belong to the military department, Yulu is issued by the imperial court, is the people of the imperial court, the county order is not qualified to mobilize them to protect themselves, the county order in the settlement of disputes, to meet the wishes of the honest people, but offended the unruly people, in order to prevent these unruly people from beating and assassinating, the county order has to pay for a few relatives to support themselves, in addition, there are a few subordinates at home to serve, which also needs money. A county magistrate has dozens of people to support, and where is his little money enough, he can only use the power in his hands for personal gain, so as to step by step towards the abyss of depravity. ”

"Corruption has been a malpractice since ancient times, and in the past, the governance of corruption was mainly based on suppression, but I believe that it is better to block than to loose, we must find out the key to the problem, and then start from the root cause, improve the income of officials, so that they will not be corrupt for their livelihood, the income is so high, why should officials go to corruption? If he is still greedy, then the problem is big, at least it is a person's moral problem, and at worst, he wants more money to recruit troops and horses, and try to rebel. Therefore, when high salaries are popularized, all corrupt officials will lose their reasons to be sympathetic and pardonable, and all those who engage in corruption and irregularities will be severely punished, and those who commit serious cases will be punished as treason. ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "In addition to these, this move of the Holy Lord can also increase the attraction of talents. ”

Yang Tong said: "A country has such officials, the country can afford it, no matter how poor it is, it will not be short of this money, not to mention that the Great Sui is not bad for money, so there is no need to treat everyone badly; Moreover, it is not easy for the country to cultivate a talent, and I don't want them to take risks because of the necessity of life and eventually embark on the road of no return. ”

"Brother is taught!"

"Wechen is taught!"

Everyone was convinced.

Corruption, all dynasties and dynasties have been difficult to eradicate, but it is undeniable that Yang Tong launched the policy of high income and clean government, undoubtedly opened a new road, in the use of high money to improve the sense of belonging of civil and military officials at the same time, supplemented by severe criminal law, stone demerits, 'one person committed a crime and three generations' and other means, can indeed curb corruption to a large extent.

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Just when Yang Tong was discussing with the ministers, Concubine Lu Qinghua came to the cultivation where her sister Pei Yuehua lived, Pei Yuehua was afraid that her 'father-in-law' Li Mi would marry her to someone she didn't like or didn't know, so after sending Yang Xifang to Dasui, she stayed in Dasui and didn't leave. Soon after transferring from Yecheng to Luoyang, Yang Tong gave her a small mansion, which only covers about two acres, but it is enough for her and several subordinates to live.

When Lu Qinghua arrived outside the back hall, he only heard bursts of laughter coming from the hall. Looking from afar, I saw my father Pei Yu sitting in the middle, and her sister Pei Yuehua sitting at the bottom, the father and daughter talking and laughing, talking about parting.

But as Lu Qinghua walked up to the lobby, the hall suddenly quieted down, Pei Su and Pei Yuehua looked at her together, Lu Qinghua stepped forward quickly, knelt down in front of his father, tears flowed out, and choked up: "Daughter knocks on her father!" ”

"Child, I'm sorry for you!" Pei Su was also sad, and hurriedly helped her up, seeing that she was radiant, far from being comparable to before, he couldn't help sighing: "Child, after hearing that you 'died', your mother was in pain, and when she arrived here, Yuehua told the truth." ”

"The daughter is not filial, which makes the parents worry." Lu Qinghua wiped away her tears, and it was only now that she knew why her sister asked her to invite her, it turned out that her father had arrived.

"As long as you are doing well, your mother and I will be relieved." Pei Su was happy and sad in his heart, and suddenly, he remembered his eccentric granddaughter, so he asked, "By the way, what about Fang'er?" ”

"I didn't know that my father was here, and my daughter didn't bring Fang'er." Lu Qinghua glared at his sister, Pei Yuehua was not afraid, and grinned, "Aren't I going to surprise my sister." ”

Pei Su asked with concern: "Qinghua, you, is Emperor Shengwu good to you?" ”

This question only made Lu Qinghua blush, but what can she do now that the matter has come to this? lowered his head, and said softly with shame and shame: "Husband, the saint treats his daughter very well, not only canonizing his daughter as a concubine, but also canonizing Fang'er as Princess Wu'an." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Qinghua asked, "Is my father still serving in Li Mi?" ”

Pei Su also knew his daughter's embarrassment, and didn't want to say anything, so he took the opportunity to say: "Before being a father, he was forced to be a pseudo-Wei official out of helplessness, Emperor Shengwu was angry and assassinated countless officials of Li Mi, more than ninety percent of the local officials became the souls of the sword, and the pseudo-Wei officialdom was paralyzed, Pei Shiqing's family also suffered, most of their family was killed, only some women and old people survived, and all the men and children with Pei's blood were killed, and the casualties were very heavy, even Pei Shiqing was also cut in two, and the family property was looted. The father took the opportunity to resign from his official position for fear of reprisals. ”

Pei Su has always had a grudge against Pei Shiqing, who was going to sell his two daughters several times, and he only had two daughters, so he didn't feel sorry for what happened to Pei Shiqing's family.

But Lu Qinghua was taken aback, the pseudo-Wei officialdom was killed by assassins, of course she also heard about it, but Pei Shiqing was almost wiped out, and it was the first time she heard about it, thinking of the time when this happened, a sweet feeling suddenly surged to her heart, and she replied shamefully: "Husband, the saint is angry for his daughter." ”

Pei Yuehua burst out laughing, "It's you, sister!" ”

Pei Su also misunderstood, simply thinking that Yang Tong was 'rushing to the crown - angry for a red face', and he was also very relieved in his heart, which shows that his daughter was not only not wronged, but quite favored.

"Since my father is not a puppet Wei official, I simply took my mother to Luoyang to live in peace, so that our family can be regarded as reunited. Sooner or later, the Holy Lord will uncompress the crusade against the ministers, and as the capital of the puppet Wei, Pengcheng will inevitably have a tragic war, and you are not safe there. Lu Qinghua said.

Pei Yuehua also said: "Yes, father, it is said that 'people in troubled times are not as good as Taiping dogs', and Dasui is the only pure land today, Li Mi will finish sooner or later, you and your mother will come to Luoyang!" We live together. ”

Pei Su's heart was moved, and he muttered: "Okay, when I go back, I will take my wife to Luoyang." ”

"When will my father go back?"

"When will Father go back?"

"......" Pei Yu glanced at the two excited daughters speechlessly, and said unhappily: "It seems that since I started, I haven't even eaten water, am I so unpopular?" ”

"Ahh I forgot! Pei Yuehua stuck out her tongue and ran to arrange it herself.

Lu Qinghua smiled, "Father, why don't you bring your mother too?" ”

"Dig into me? You're still a little tender. ”

"......" Lu Qinghua

"You cheated to death, which made my wife and I sad for a long time! Now it's smooth. ”

"Father!" A deep sense of guilt flashed out of Lu Qinghua's eyes, and he choked up: "It's all my daughter's fault." ”

"Only in this way can you have a happy reunion, which is the best result, and I don't blame you." Pei Su sighed: "This matter must not be spread outside, otherwise it will be fatal to Emperor Shengwu and to you." ”

Lu Qinghua bit his lip and said, "My daughter understands!" It's just that my daughter has changed her surname ......"

"So what?" Pei Su interrupted his daughter's words and said: "If my daughter's family marries out, it is someone else's, if Emperor Shengwu is not the emperor, then you are the Yang family and Mrs. Yang, isn't this also a change of surname?" No matter how much you change, you can't change the fact that you are my daughter. ”

"Thank you, father." This is Lu Qinghua's biggest heart disease, and with his father's understanding, the gloom in his heart disappeared at once.

"This time, I was entrusted by Uncle Pei."

"Uncle Shiju?"

"Exactly!"

"Does he want to re-descend to Sui?" Lu Qinghua frowned.

"Pretty much." Pei Su narrowed his eyes slightly, and sneered: "The "Treatise on the Six Kingdoms" written by Emperor Shengwu has long said that 'the destruction of the Six Kingdoms is not good for non-soldiers, and the war is not good, and the disadvantage is to bribe Qin. Bribing Qin and losing strength, the way of destruction ...... 'But Li Yuan didn't take this lesson, after becoming the emperor, he became cowardly as a mouse, fought a big defeat, and didn't find a way to win a fierce battle, in order to unite people's hearts, he ran to negotiate with the Great Sui again and again, in order to steal his life, signed a series of treaties that lost power and humiliated the country, and compensated a large amount of money and food. Now it's good, in just a few years, it has become the 'Six Kingdoms' of 'bribing Qin', and it is naturally not far from 'ruin'. ”

His gaze slowly swept over Lu Qinghua's face, and Pei Su continued: "Uncle Shiju is very shrewd, even his father is far inferior, how can such a person be martyred for the pseudo-Tang Dynasty?" It's just that he was worried about the truth, so he took a detour and asked his father to run this trip. ”

Lu Qinghua was silent for a moment, and simply said bluntly: "Although the saint loves his daughter, his daughter will not participate in ......"

Pei Su glared at Lu Qinghua and said, "If you want to participate, I won't let you yet." ”

"Huh?" Lu Qinghua was stunned.

"I used to worry about you the most, you are doing well now, why should I hurt my daughter for the sake of the distant clansmen? When I'm stupid! "Pei Su only has two daughters, he is absolutely amazing, whether Pei's is good or bad in the future, it has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't care about Pei's continuation.

"Thank you, father." Lu Qinghua's heart was warm, and after a while, he asked again: "But father, the family in the world has always regarded the saint as a flood beast, and reprimanded him for being a barbaric, rude, and domineering god, why is this uncle?" ”

"Why did you descend to Sui?"

"Yes!"

"It is the instinct and nature of the family to pursue profits, and it has been indispensable throughout the ages. The family will only be loyal to their own interests, and will not be loyal to any emperor of any dynasty, if the emperor's enemies are relatively strong, and can promise heavy benefits to the family, the family will not hesitate to abandon this emperor, such as the situation is clear today, the Great Sui has the potential to dominate the world, the family is afraid, thinking of leaving a way back for themselves, so they desperately come to the Great Sui Dynasty, in the final analysis, or for their own interests, if the price offered by Emperor Shengwu is high enough, These families must have tried their best to send Li Yuan's father and son's heads to Luoyang. I'm also a member of the family, and I know very well what the family thinks. Pei Su sighed and said, "At the beginning, my uncle was optimistic about Yang Qi, and you were the most outstanding girl in the Pei family, so he did not hesitate to break you up with Emperor Shengwu." For the Pei family, as long as you become the queen and the queen mother, then the Pei family can obtain unimaginable authority and benefits from you. ”

When Lu Qinghua heard this, she only felt cold all over her body, although she was smart in ice and snow, even if she was the queen of Yang Qi, but because of Wang Shichong, the Pei family could not gain anything from her, which also made her have no chance to understand this. At this time, when I heard my father come one by one, I was extremely disgusted and resentful of Pei's family, if it weren't for the family, her life would not have a stain that could never be washed away. Women are like this, she rarely distinguishes between good and evil, good and evil, and some just likes and dislikes. When a man conquers her body and mind, then she is willing to give everything she has, even if she loses her dignity, she will be willing; On the contrary, even if you are very good, all you get is disgust and disgust.

In a woman's world, there is only willingness or not, and there is never right or wrong.

No matter how noble she is, when she is physically and mentally conquered by a man, she is willing to throw away all her dignity and just smile for Bojun.

Otherwise, where does the saying 'the water spilled by the married woman'?

Obviously, Lu Qinghua is the same.

She was furious, her beautiful eyes lit up a raging fire, and she hated Pei Ju so much that she was dripping blood.

If it weren't for Pei Ju, she and Yang Tong wouldn't have been separated, if it weren't for Pei Ju, she wouldn't have married Yang Ju, if it weren't for Pei Ju, she would have been innocent from beginning to end, if it weren't for Pei Ju, she wouldn't have suffered for so many years, if it weren't for Pei Ju, she wouldn't have almost died, and she would not have been separated from her husband and daughter forever.

Everything is Pei Ju's fault.

Even breathing.

A woman's rationality is so unreasonable, and so is a virtuous person.

If Pei Ju knew that Lu Qinghua's thoughts would have to be angry, although he had been involved, the person who was determined by the clapper was Yang Guang.

Lu Qinghua rolled her eyes, her husband happened to be staying in her dormitory tonight, she decided to play to her heart's content first, and then let her husband slaughter the hateful Pei Ju, how can one Pei Shiqing be enough. But after thinking about it, he was afraid that his husband's great cause would be ruined, and asked, "What does my father think of the saint?" Will he compromise with the Maison? ”

Pei Su shook his head: "I haven't been in contact with it for too long, and I don't know the character of Emperor Shengwu, but judging from his attitude towards the family, he is even stronger than Emperor Wu, and he will never compromise with the family." ”

"I heard that when Zhai Rang led the army to attack, he was betrayed and played by the children of the family such as Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu, Wei Jin, etc., and under the encouragement of Yang Gongren and Huangfu Wuyi, he was forced to put on armor and take risks in person, so he had a hatred for the family."

Lu Qinghua was relieved this time, and suddenly said: "My father is also a child of a family, isn't he afraid?" ”

"The two countries are fighting each other, and they will not be killed. How could Emperor Shengwu kill my head? Pei Su said with a smile.

Lu Qinghua said: "The Holy Lord really killed the messenger. ”

"Not really, right?" Pei Su shuddered, his eyes widened, and he said, "I'm just a messenger!" Why kill me? ”

"I also heard from the palace maid, it is said that the unlucky messenger seems to have been sent by Liang Shidu, and that person brought dozens of cars of rare treasures to Yecheng to meet the saint, I don't know the specific reason, anyway, the result is that all the gifts are received, and people are cut according to them." Lu Qinghua's expression was very serious.

"......" Pei Su felt that he had come to the wrong place.

Lu Qinghua said: "Otherwise, if there is a letter or something, the father might as well hand it over to his daughter and let her bring it into the palace, and ask about the tone by the way." ”

"It's good!" Pei Su honestly handed over Pei Ju's handwritten letter to his daughter.

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