For these assistants who have been tamed, Xiao Ruxun has never been harsh.

In fact, in order to let these tame ministers do things honestly, Xiao Ruxun even restored the minister's salary to almost one-fifth of that of the Song Dynasty.

The higher the official position, the higher the salary, but even the petty officials of the ninth rank will not be unable to eat because of the problem of Yulu.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born hard, and felt that the courtiers should be able to eat as well as him, and the money distributed was given according to the basic physiological needs of people, so they could eat enough, but they couldn't eat, and they had no money to do anything else except for eating.

He hopes that the courtiers in the world are workaholics like him, as long as they work, but people are different, in addition to work, people also need leisure and entertainment to relax their nerves, but this demand for consumption has not been taken into account by Zhu Yuanzhang.

So no matter how you kill, you can't kill the corrupt officials, of course, this is the emperor's tricks, and there are also problems in the court's financial difficulties, but with such a low salary, there are no other corresponding benefits, and the officials are indeed not happy.

Xiao Ruxun took it into account, so after taming the ministers, he gave them good treatment.

As an official of Daqin, you don't have to worry about eating, drinking, or clothing, as long as you work honestly, you can live a very good life, although your family only has hundreds of acres of rewarded land, you still have to pay taxes, but at least you live a good life.

Just like Wang Xijue, the first assistant of the cabinet, the prince and the prince, the monthly salary of sixty taels of silver, this is a simple monthly salary, excluding the benefits of maintaining integrity, there are other kinds of fragmentary rewards, rewards for festivals every year, summer benefits and winter benefits and so on.

When I go to work, I eat and drink, what is the standard for eating, what is the standard for drinking tea, and the family sends silk and satin oil and fish meat, almost all-round care, as long as you don't take the initiative to consume, you can completely achieve zero consumption in Beijing, and the silver Wang Xijue got is full of silver, not mixed with water.

In summer, the emperor gave ice and cold drinks, in winter, the emperor gave silver carbon and cotton clothes, in summer there were ice cubes to relieve the heat when it was hot in the palace, and in winter, there was charcoal fire to keep warm in the palace office.

Some low, cramped and dilapidated government offices in the capital have also been demolished and rebuilt, making them bright and ventilated, and the office environment of officials has also been greatly improved.

In addition to the sixty-two monthly salaries, Wang Xijue can also get other benefits, which are about twice the monthly salary.

In other words, his monthly income can reach about two hundred taels of silver, and it is not a problem for one person to support the family, and it is more than enough to do some entertainment in ordinary times.

This is the top bureaucratic treatment, then the local Qipinzhi County, the monthly salary is also ten taels of silver, and the incorruptible treatment is about twenty taels of silver, so that they can eat and drink without worry, and they can also feed their families and meet various needs.

The township chiefs and all kinds of grassroots petty officials, the minimum of that is three taels of silver, and more than twice the welfare, no matter what, they will not starve to death, and their lives are better than those of ordinary people.

When the objective environment for corruption does not exist, the problems that arise can be simply uprooted.

By freeing officials from worries, they will be able to work hard and be more resistant to bribery.

If everyone is like Zhu Yuanzhang, everyone works in addition to eating, and that kind of social state that is close to idealism is really idealistic.

Therefore, although Zhu Yuanzhang stabilized his position of power in the name of killing corrupt officials and took the opportunity to exclude dissidents, he killed so many people, and it is estimated that he himself muttered in his heart.

Of course, it is impossible to eradicate corruption.

People's greed has no end, the officials of the Song Dynasty are so high, they are just as corrupt, and at the same time, corruption is also a card in the emperor's hand, anti-corruption is how to play a good-looking card, and it is always politically correct.

But as the courtiers of Great Qin, their salaries were much higher than when they were officials in the former Ming Dynasty, although all they got was money, cash or other possessions, silk and satin, precious jade and delicacies, etc., and the land was not even thought about.

They can only live on the money allocated by the central government, and have no other income, and their families are not allowed to do business.

As for the act of using his power to help local relatives accumulate wealth and then enjoy it in the local area after retirement, it is necessary to ask the officials of the Investigation Department what they eat.

The Black Yama King is not joking, he has caught your handle, the power held by the Black Yama is not a joke, and those thousands of heads are not cut off with a smile.

They were defeated by the emperor.

The ministers knew this, but they did not have the ability or will to resist.

In this state, they have no chance of succeeding in resisting, and their lives are not bad, so what do they want?

Anyway, Wang Xijue has no other ideas, he just wants to spend his old age in peace after completing his task.

So seeing the restrained looks of several ministers, Xiao Ruxun asked with a smile: "Is the food still to taste?" ”

Wang Xijue hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "The meal is very delicious, and the ministers thank Your Majesty Longen." ”

After saying that, the four of them put down the dishes and chopsticks together, and they had to stand up to thank them, Xiao Ruxun stretched out his hand and pressed Wang Xijue, and asked the other three to sit down and not stand up.

"Okay, okay, don't stand up at every turn, eat, people are iron and rice is steel, if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic, no matter how busy you are, you can't forget to eat."

After the four of them sat down again, Xiao Ruxun opened the conversation box and said: "This meal is the most important thing in the world, if you don't eat a meal, it is a great torture for people, just now in the world, I don't know how many people are still struggling with hunger, every time I think of this, I can't help but feel heartache."

But just now, when the prince was eating, there was still some rice left uneaten, which made me angry, this kid has never had a hard life since he was a child, I fought bloodily outside, and his kid hid at home to eat and drink well, and in the future, he had to clean him up. ”

The four of them didn't hear it right.

This...... Is the emperor having a family affair with us?

The four of them made eye contact with each other very tacitly.

Wang Xijue's reaction was unprecedentedly fast.

"What Your Majesty said is very true, the few little grandchildren in the old minister's family are also, they have been raised with brocade clothes and jade food since childhood, they don't know the suffering of the people, and they don't eat minced meat, and the old minister is also anxious about this, but those children are very stubborn, in addition to reprimanding, I don't know how to teach."

Wang Xijue made a good start, and then the other three people also confided in the emperor about their troubles at home, and the atmosphere became harmonious.

"This family has a scripture that is difficult to read, no wonder the people often say, this Qing official is also difficult to judge family affairs, I understand, my family of four has troubles, not to mention those everyone, alas, raising children to know the kindness of their parents!"

Xiao Ruxun shook his head and said as if sighing.

The four of them didn't know if they really felt the helplessness of this sentence, and they sighed softly.