The sky gradually brightened, the porridge on the old terrier's side was also good, and the people could come to the porridge shed of the old terrier, drink a bowl of porridge for free, and then go to Mingdemen, where the Taicang Department set up a grain collection office, and each family had fifty catties of brown rice.

You will find that these fifty catties of brown rice are definitely enough.

Other dynasties, other emperors, don't dare to say, but in Li Shimin's period, corruption is definitely a basically difficult thing to have, ah some people will say, how is it possible, it is impossible for that dynasty in history not to be corrupt, since ancient times, some people have wealth, there is greed!

Of course, "basically" does not mean to completely eradicate corruption! Rather, it is an isolated phenomenon, and the amount of corruption is not large (the amount of corruption in a year generally does not exceed the person's salary in one year), and the duration is not very long (it is rare to commit crimes for more than three consecutive years), and they will be quickly exposed and punished mercilessly.

So was there such a dynasty in ancient history that was not corrupt? (Except for individual phenomena)

Some people's first thought may be Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty had the most severe punishment for corruption, and corrupt officials were all punished with the worst capital punishment, even if this punishment was made, the number of corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty was still rare in history.

There is also the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty is very goodThe Song Dynasty in order to prevent corruption, it gave officials a high salary, for example, the basic salary of the prime minister in the Song Dynasty was about 300 yuan per month, 40 horses of silk, 60 horses of silk, 100 taels of cotton, 1 horse of Luo, plus 100 stones of grain.

According to the general price conversion of the Song Dynasty, his monthly income was discounted by about 500 guan, that is, 500,000 yuan, and he could buy 120,000 catties of high-quality rice at that time. According to the price of slightly better rice (10 yuan kg), the monthly salary of the prime minister of the Song Dynasty plus benefits is about 600,000 yuan today!

The treatment of relatively low-level officials is also quite good. The basic salary of the lowest-level official is 20 yuan, which is equivalent to the current monthly salary of 250,000 yuan! The difference between the other two items is not large, at most about 4 times.

Not only do they get high salaries when they are in office, but after they retire, these old cadres can also receive a salary! Moreover, during the New Year's holidays, the relevant departments of the imperial court will come to the door to offer condolences, and they must bring "New Year's gifts".

In addition, the Song Dynasty also had an unprecedented "retired cadre promotion policy": officials could sit at home and wait for promotion after retirement. Of course, it is not a real job that is promoted, but a disguised retirement benefit. There is a waiter named Zhang Cun of the Ministry of Rites, who has been retired for 15 years, and has been promoted from "retired deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites" to "retired minister of the Ministry of Rites", and receives the minister's retirement salary.

However, the Song Dynasty's high salary did not prevent corrupt officials, but instead raised a "paradise for corrupt officials" with high salaries

According to the principle of "high salaries and honest salaries", it seems that the officials of the Song Dynasty took the high salaries of those who had never been before or after them, and it seemed natural for them to be honest and honest. However, high salaries have not been able to curb corruption, and corrupt officials are in the air.

It is not uncommon to see famous corrupt officials in the Song Dynasty in history, such as Ding Wei, Wang Qinruo, Cai Jing, Qin Hui, Jia Yidao, Tong Guan, Gao Yu, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi!

Some people concluded that only 10 of the officials who stood in the Song Dynasty were incorruptible, and the remaining 90 were corrupt officials.

Even if it is a generation of famous ministers, they set up banquets at home at every turn, and special giant candles must be used on the banquet, which is like Lu Mengzheng, who was born as a poor scholar in the daytime, after becoming a big official, he likes chicken tongue soup, and he will kill hundreds of chickens when he drinks soup.

During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, why there was almost no soil for corrupt officials to survive, it was because, first of all, a good dynasty needed a good leader, and Li Shimin was undoubtedly a Ming monarch.

Li Shimin can be said to have the best overall quality among the emperors of all dynasties; he was born into a big family, received a good education, and went deep into the masses during the war, so he could understand the people's feelings very well.

Compared with Liu Bang, who is a scoundrel, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who has been a monk, Li Shimin's quality is higher. As a result, we will find that the phenomenon of mass killing of heroes in other dynasties has basically not appeared in Li Shimin.

Secondly, the essence of the emperor is to be a leader, you have to have a sense of responsibility and crisis, so that the people below can believe in you and face difficulties with you. Li Shimin's sense of responsibility lies in always putting the people in his heart, the emperor has done this, where do the people below dare to embarrass the people? In terms of the sense of crisis, Li Shimin has been pursuing talents, hoping to better ensure the stability of the country.

Third, Li Shimin's style of administration is to be honest and frank with others. Therefore, when Zhenguan ruled, Wei Zheng could say anything, if it was replaced by other emperors, Lord Wei would have been pulled down and executed.

And the effect of this is that the emperor does not need to supervise his subjects at all times, and the courtiers do not have to hold everything in their hearts and dare not speak out. In this way, the court is harmonious, and the monarchs and ministers trust each other, so why bother to be corrupt and die?

In the end, the so-called phenomenon of the great harmony of the world, perhaps the period of Zhenguan rule in the Tang Dynasty, is the closest. At that time, many of the people did not close their doors at night, because the social order at that time was quite stable, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. There was no corruption during the reign of Zhenguan, and Li Shimin was upright, and the people below did not dare to be crooked.

When the kings and the people live in harmony, where is the need to risk corruption? When courtiers can all play a role, who has the heart to embezzle?

Li Zhan is to see the grain received by the people with his own eyes, fifty catties of brown rice is fifty catties of brown rice, it will not be one or two less, and then follow these people to Li Tai and Li Ke to receive ten catties each, and it will not be less than one tael, not only will it not be less, but the quality will not be a little bit worse.

Because if this is bad, Li Tai and Li Ke will be looking for death, the people don't have to look for it, Li Shimin will go directly to his two princes, and if he doesn't beat the two of them hard, Li Shimin will never give up.

This is the reason why the upper beam is positive, and the lower beam will not be crooked.

is also the reason why during the Zhenguan period, there was almost no officialdom.

Li Zhan arrived at Dunhuafang at almost 10 o'clock in the morning, and at this time, there was already a long queue in front of Dunhuafang, and many people were waiting to receive coal stoves and honeycomb coal.

But at this time, Li Chengqian has not yet arrived, you must know that Li Tai and Li Ke have already arrived at their own Shimi's place, and Li Chengqian has not yet arrived.

Li Zhan's face fell again.

Fortunately, about a quarter of an hour later, Li Chengqian rushed over, and as soon as he came, Li Chengqian originally wanted to find Li Zhan to explain, but when the people in line saw Li Chengqian, they knelt down excitedly and shouted in unison: "Prince Chitose!" ”

Li Chengqian had no choice but to answer, and then greeted them one by one, looking at those people who saw Li Chengqian's excited look, I don't know why, Li Zhan was not so angry, and the corners of Li Zhan's mouth smiled slightly.

This made Li Chengqian's little waist board also stand up, and he came to Li Zhan's side with a wicked smile and shouted to the people: "You are Mr. Li Zhan, the owner of Qingfeng Building, the coal furnace and honeycomb coal in everyone's hands also have a share of Mr. Li Zhan's contributions, I hope everyone can also remember Mr. Li Zhan." ”

Li Zhan looked at the people who bowed to him, and he felt slightly comfortable in his heart.

Li Zhan hopes that in his lifetime, he can make the people happy!