"There is no deduction, no one will deduct such a little thing." Ma Zhou shook his head.

"Then why?" Li Chengqian's matter at hand was basically dealt with, so he wanted to hear Ma Zhou's explanation, dropped the music fold in his hand and got up and walked to the door, and said as he walked: "Let's go, let's go out and find a cool place to say, it's too stuffy here, and I can't get angry." ”

Ma Zhou naturally had nothing to do, followed Li Chengqian out of the room, found a relatively shady small pavilion outside and sat down, took a breath of cool autumn air and said: "Your Majesty, do you know that our Datang's Yulu is actually divided according to how many stone grains, right?" ”

"Hmm" Li Chengqian nodded, indicating that he knew, and at the same time motioned for Ma Zhou to continue.

"But Your Majesty, do you know what the price of our Datang grain is now?" Ma Zhou stretched out four fingers as he spoke: "It's still four wen and one bucket, which means one stone of grain and forty wen." ”

"In this way, it is the top official, and a month's salary is 3,000 stone grain, and if the total money is calculated, it is one hundred and twenty yuan. But this is only the top level, and if you convert the following county orders and the like, it is about six or seven times a month. ”

"But they need to feed their families and servants with these six or seven dollars, and most importantly, they need to pay the wages of the servants below, so that there is not much money left in the heavy load, and what about our other prices? cotton cloth one horse three or four through; A bicycle runs two through five; Carriage...... The carriage should be forty or fifty times. ”

When Ma Zhou said this, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he smacked his lips and said: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, the minister's wife has told the minister several times that she wants to change the furniture at home, but she has no money!" ”

"How so? Do you mean to change the distribution of food directly to the distribution of money? And it's going to go up a little more? What Ma Zhou said was something that Li Chengqian did not take into account, he was always thinking about how the people were, and never thought that the officials had reached the brink of not being able to survive.

"Your Majesty, that's not what the minister wants to say." Ma Zhou froze, and then said: "The minister means that he is afraid that the grassroots officials will take risks, and they will not be able to support their families, and they will be tempted by some external materials to do something detrimental to the interests of the Tang Dynasty in exchange for certain benefits." ”

When Ma Zhou said this, he was already ready to accept Li Chengqian's anger, but to his surprise, the new emperor was not as excited as he expected, but frowned slightly, and said after a while: "Your worries are not unreasonable, now there are a lot of new things in Datang, these things are temptations for officials, this is something that objectively exists, I don't want to deny it." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" While Ma Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, he gently sent a sycophant.

"But having said that, how much do you think is appropriate?" Li Chengqian's brows did not loosen, but wrinkled even tighter: "If it is too much, it will also be a burden on the treasury, and if it is too little, it is not too much different from not rising, and it is meaningless." ”

Ma Zhou shook his head: "Your Majesty, what the minister knows is only a general situation, and he doesn't know the specifics. ”

Although he also knew that Li Chengqian asked him like this just to find out first, and he didn't necessarily really determine the standard of Yulu, but considering the impact of this matter, he still kept his mouth shut sensibly.

You must know that no matter what kind of standard this standard is formulated, in the end, some people will be happy and some will be worried, and there will always be some people who are dissatisfied with it, and when this dissatisfaction cannot be directed at the emperor, it can only be directed at the person who made the idea.

So the best thing to do at this time is to shut up and don't pull hatred for yourself for no reason.

Li Chengqian originally didn't think of this problem, but now that he thought of it under Ma Zhou's reminder, he immediately realized the serious consequences of this matter.

He can't let his subordinates eat rice and vegetables every day, and he can't let his subordinates live a life that is not as good as ordinary people.

However, the proportion of rising money must be well controlled, and if it rises too much, it is easy for officials to have an inexplicable sense of superiority, and it will also make the people feel envious, so that the officials are certainly satisfied, but it is undoubtedly unfavorable for the future of Datang, and it will form a situation of official standard.

All the people in the country want to be officials, but no one wants to do something practical, and if they don't become officials, they will be dissatisfied, which virtually creates a gap between the people and officials.

And if the increase in income is less, then the officials will still be dissatisfied, and then they will be perfunctory when handling official business, or they will use their power to open the door to some people.

……

Thinking about it, Li Chengqian couldn't help but be a little stupid, and didn't come back to his senses until the sky gradually darkened, sighed and said: "Let's discuss it tomorrow morning, this is a big deal, let Lao Du and Lao Fang come here, oh, Yu Zhining is also here, and the six books are also called." ”

"Yes!" Ma Zhou agreed, and by the way, he took out a notebook from his pocket and wrote down the few people Li Chengqian said.

This is a habit that he has only developed in the past half a year, just because Li Chengqian may not always remember some things, and if he does not write them down, he is likely to forget them.

In addition, the pencil is so easy to use, no matter when, as long as you take it out, you can use it, which greatly facilitates the recording work, so Ma Zhou will bring a few with him at any time.

Of course, in fact, not only Ma Zhou, many officials and people in Datang are very fond of pencils, although the words written will be very ugly, but it is undeniable that this thing is convenient, for this reason Lao Cheng has a period of time every day to smile happily, and when he meets people, he says that the graphite mine is the most successful business he has invested in in his life.

……

The next morning, a group of old guys gathered in the study that used to belong to Li Er and now belonged to Li Chengqian.

After Li Chengqian waited for a group of old men to sit down, he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I believe you already know the content of today's discussion, right?" ”

"Your Ministers know!"

"Then let's talk about it, do you think this money should go up, and how much should it go up?" Li Chengqian glanced at a group of old men in the study, and prayed in his heart that these old guys had better be pragmatic and not do the kind of thing that makes decisions with a pat on the head.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it should rise, if it doesn't go up again, we old sticks will have to eat the soil." Li Daozong, the Ministry of Rites, Zongzheng Siqing, and Li Chengqian's uncle were the first to express their attitude. ()

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