It is not unreasonable for Emperor Jing'an to take the opportunity to eradicate the Xie family and take the opportunity to eradicate the Ning family.

The Ning family is indeed too prestigious in the northwest, whether it is a civilian or a military.

To put it mildly, if the Ning family really wants to rebel, the vast majority of the military and civilians in the northwest are willing to follow.

Now that the Ning family has betrayed the imperial court under the banner of loyal ministers and orphans, the military and people in the northwest can accept it so quickly, and it is the same reason.

Compared with some military generals who have nothing to do with themselves, the civilian officials present are really nervous.

The main reason is that Chi Fei's proposal to set up a clean and honest society is like a sword hanging over their heads.

Because they are worried that some gray income, which has become a common practice, will also be punished by the Integrity Society as corruption and bribery.

Generally speaking, although the officials of the previous dynasties were not high at the beginning of the founding of the country, they were enough to meet the needs of officials' lives and official duties.

But the problem is that officials' salaries do not rise with rising prices.

In ancient times, officials were not as bold as modern workers who could boldly ask their owners for a salary increase, and even if ordinary low-level officials had the courage to mention it to their superiors, it was useless.

Because all the officials' salaries were issued by the imperial court, if they wanted to improve their salaries, they had to have a considerable status and were willing to speak up for lower-level officials, so that the imperial court could discuss the matter.

But when it comes to the ministers in that position, there are too many ways to get money, which one is really short of money? How can you care about how much you have?

Especially when the treasury was tight, making such a suggestion that required a large amount of appropriation from the imperial court would only make the emperor unhappy, so basically no important minister of the imperial court was willing to do this thankless task.

Because the income could not rise, and the officials also wanted to live a decent and comfortable life, they could only rely on other methods to make money.

Many dynasties generally imposed strict punishments on official corruption, coupled with the official system, many officials were afraid of being caught and impeached, so many officials generally did not dare to embezzle on the surface, but through the gray channel that everyone tacitly accepted to collect much higher money than Yulu.

These include the two grey incomes of land occupation and rent collection and regular money.

The so-called occupation of land and rent collection means that the officials themselves have the privilege of tax exemption, so many people will attach their fields to the names of officials, so as to avoid paying taxes.

In return, officials were able to collect a good rent.

This could easily lead to land annexation, but because it was very difficult to rectify, the imperial court issued several decrees to curb this behavior, but it was not effective.

Compared with the collection of rent, the collection of regular money is the most important source of income for officials at all levels.

The so-called regular money is an unwritten rule that is gradually formed in the private environment of officials at all levels.

There are many types of common money in officialdom, ranging from "charcoal respect, ice respect, and farewell respect" when officials give gifts, to the consumption of silver money, which are all ways for officials to obtain gray income. And no one cares, after all, even those officials themselves are not clean.

This regular money has become the default existence of the entire bureaucracy, and almost all officials rely on it to make money.

And where does the money come from for those lower-level officials to give gifts to higher-level officials?

The so-called wool comes from the sheep, and it is naturally scavenged from the local people.

The end result is that all the people are actually supporting the entire bureaucracy, knowing or not.

Officials at all levels are like countless large and small bloodsucking vines that are constantly sucking the blood of ordinary people.

Didn't the emperor know about this kind of thing? Of course I do.

But if the emperor wants to govern the country, he needs a bureaucratic system, and if he wants to change this situation, it will infringe on the interests of most officials, and it is still unknown whether the emperor will be able to continue to be in office.

Therefore, not only the Great Wei, but basically many dynasties have acquiesced to the gray income of officialdom from the bottom up.

The clean and honest social supervision system proposed by Chi Fei is to cut off the source of this gray income from the root.

Because if the local officials can't get enough oil and water from the people, they can't supply the officials above. The officials above will not be able to honor the officials who are higher than him.

As a result, the whole system of routine is difficult to maintain, and officials lose most of their grey income.

This is the Achilles' heel that Mr. Zhang Wenxuan is worried about: this new supervision system will definitely touch the vital interests of the vast majority of officials.

If it were the court of the Great Wei, Chi Fei, who made this suggestion, would definitely be regarded as a thorn in the side by countless officials, and vowed to get rid of him as soon as possible.

At this moment, Ning Zhiyuan once again said to everyone in a neutral voice: "I forgot to mention just now that if the supervision system of the clean and honest society proposed by my son-in-law is implemented, I will add another income to the original income of all officials, which is called Yanglian Yin."

The Pension Association varies according to the grade of different officials, ranging from 500 taels to 10,000 taels.

The higher the grade, the more silver you will get.

To put it bluntly, this Yang Lianyin is to replace the usual practices such as Tan Jing and Bing Jing to give officials at all levels a good life, so that they don't stretch out their hands to the common people.

And this silver is not static, it will change every five years according to the local prices, so that you officials don't have to cry poor all day long.

However, I said ugly things in front of me, once officials at all levels accept this incorruptible silver, if anyone dares to stretch out their hands again, then don't blame me for being a martial artist who is not emotional.

Well, that's all I have to say. Let's discuss whether my son-in-law's suggestion is feasible. After speaking, Ning Zhiyuan returned to his seat, and then sat down with a golden sword.

When those civil officials heard that there was still a clean silver, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Although this cheap money is still a lot worse than the usual money in the past. But with this money, at least officials at all levels can live a more decent and comfortable life, and they will not live a hard life by relying only on meager money.

Moreover, the general made it clear that he wanted to implement this official supervision system called the Honest and Honest Society in the northwest and even in the northeast. It's already good to be able to get so much money.

Compared with the relieved burden of the civil officials, Mr. Zhang Wenxuan showed a very relieved smile on his face.

It turned out that the lord and Mr. Su did not fail to notice the biggest weakness of this supervision system, that is, it would touch the gray income interests of officials at all levels.

It is because they all know this that they put forward the practice of "raising incorruptible silver" as an alternative to regular money.

And the lord is the real ruler of the entire northwest and even northeast regions, so it is reasonable for him to propose the practice of raising incorruptible silver, rather than Mr. Su.

It can be seen that the two of them have already discussed.

As soon as this statement of raising honest silver came out, it immediately made up for the last shortcoming of this brand-new official supervision system called the Honest and Honest Society.

This couldn't help but make Zhang Wenxuan feel both relieved and admired.

It is indeed destiny for the lord to have a genius like Mr. Su to help.

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