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Wei Zheng still has to use the old way to tell stories. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I saw him tell the curious drama Xin: "The king of Macedonia advocates honesty, and his lord especially values the integrity of his courtiers. Among them, there is an important minister who has the reputation of being the first honest official of the dynasty. Everyone thought that the first Qing official minister of the dynasty was rich and glorious, but unexpectedly, his mansion could not even afford winter clothes, and he laughed and talked about it, why? ”

"Could it be that the king of his country advocates integrity?" Ji Xin said hesitantly.

"Not bad!" Wei Zheng nodded and continued: "Honesty is naturally infallible! However, honesty requires a degree, and it must not exceed the objective tolerance of the courtiers. ”

"Why don't you put yourself in your shoes. Zixin, I ask you! Wei Zheng immediately looked at Ji Xin, and said: "If the defense of the country is also as clean as the Macedonian country, and I am not the king of the country, but the minister of the country, I will eat the king of the country, and the family has no ancestral business, so I can only rely on Yulu to bear all the expenses." If my mansion is empty today, the rice jar in my house is also empty. At the right time, an old man sent me a few catties of meat and a dozen catties of corn. ”

Wei Zheng looked at the drama without moving, and said concisely: "To receive, or not to receive?" ”

When Ji Xin heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Wei Zheng, and said: "It's just a small gift, and it doesn't hurt to receive it, it can just make up for the lack of rice." ”

"Okay!" Wei Zheng looked at Ji Xin with a vague smile, and continued: "Winter is approaching, it's time to buy some winter clothes, and Yu Lu is just overspending, which is not enough for us to buy winter clothes, and it just so happens that this old man sent fifty hanging knife coins at this time!" Harvest? Or don't take it? ”

The drama replied bluntly: "Since this is the case, then take it, the amount is not much, and I will return it to the old man in the future." ”

"Hehe!" I saw that Wei Zheng couldn't help but chuckle, and then looked at Ji Xin and said, "Can you return it, let's not pursue it first." This time, the old man sent me a whole hundred gold, he begged me to accept it, and then begged me to do a small thing for him, a small or dispensable private matter, the problem is not big, I only need to inform my subordinate officials, the old man only needs to say hello to his subordinates, a whole hundred gold, heavy, receive? Or don't take it? ”

At this moment, Ju Xin suddenly brightened up, and finally understood what Wei Zheng wanted to say, only to see him frown slightly, bow his head and say: "Corruption and bribery start from this-!" ”

"Good-!" Wei Zheng snapped his fingers on the spot. After drinking a glass of wine, the wine poured into his throat, and then he let out a long sigh, raised his eyes and said to himself: "The countless illegal things done by the officials are all illegal in the first place. However, gradually between the illegal and the legal, the law will eventually be violated, and the law will be punished, and if the law cannot be subdued and it will be allowed to go unpunished, the country will be in danger! Benhou does not want my courtiers to be punished for breaking the law. ”

"The root cause must be that there are many reasons, but there is only one one-!" I saw Wei Zheng retract his gaze and fell on Ju Xin instead, and continued: "...... That is the rice jar is empty, and everyone hopes that someone will come to deliver rice at this time~~~! Saints are no exception, saints will be hungry and have to eat! Therefore, if you want to maintain the long-term integrity of hundreds of officials, you should not let their rice jars be empty! My courtiers, if you want to be incorruptible, it is absolutely commendable, yes! However, don't break the law, you will be punished if you break the law! ”

Wei Zheng thought of the Ming Dynasty, the dynasty with the most corrupt officials in history, partly because the Ming Dynasty was the lowest in all dynasties, and the "civil servants" of the Ming Dynasty relied on that iron rice bowl The salary was not enough to support the family, which led to some officials having to be greedy in order to make a living.

Hai Rui, a famous Qing official, can't even afford two catties of meat. It stands to reason that Hai Rui, as a county of Wupinzhi, also has 168 stone of rice, which is equivalent to about 80 taels of silver. And the family of five in the Ming Dynasty, if there were thirty taels of silver a year, and the small life was good, why couldn't Hai Rui even afford two catties of meat?

Of course, the basic expenses are not enough!

Even the invited "master" is Hai Rui's "salary", there is an old mother, a wife, two concubines, two daughters and a son, plus domestic servants, Hai Rui's family is almost a dozen or so people, relying on that "salary", life is inevitably a little tight.

Obviously, this is beyond the basic bearing capacity of "civil servants", and Hai Jui, an honest official is only called Hai Jui, and other officials began to maintain expenses through the extra money obtained by receiving gifts.

In addition, officialdom has always had bad rules and prohibitions, and every three festivals and two birthdays, they have to "honor" their bosses, and the so-called two birthdays are the birthdays of their bosses and their wives. And how many people like Hai Jui can stand the test? Obviously, corruption is out of control.

The Ming Dynasty advocated the so-called ethics and integrity, which was good, but it did not start from an objective point of view, which led to the fact that if I overspent and happened to be favored by some people to "send charcoal in the snow", it gradually intensified, which further led to not being greedy and accepting bribes, I had no money to give gifts to others, and I could not enter the inner circle.

Wei Zheng thought of those bad things in the Ming Dynasty, and couldn't help but think of the Song Dynasty!

The Song Dynasty can be said to be the dynasty with the fewest corrupt officials in all dynasties, and it is also the dynasty with the highest salary of "civil servants" in all dynasties. The Song Dynasty officials' salaries were the most generous among the previous dynasties that practiced the Song Dynasty, and their treatment was equivalent to ten times that of the Han Dynasty and two to six times that of the Qing Dynasty, and the life of the Song Dynasty was unimaginable.

The root cause is that the Song Dynasty was the richest era in the history of Chinese civilization.

The Song Dynasty was rich!

Wei Zheng in his previous life also read a statistic that the GDP of the Song Dynasty accounted for more than half of the entire world at that time.

The culture of the Chinese nation, which has evolved over thousands of years, was created in the Zhao and Song dynasties.

The income of Bao Zheng and Bao Qingtian, the famous Qing officials of the Song Dynasty, was converted into the currency of later generations, and the annual salary of Bao Zheng, a "senior civil servant", exceeded 10 million yuan.

With such a generous treatment, who would be stupid enough to be greedy and accept bribes if they have nothing to do!

Wei Zheng retracted these thoughts about the history of later generations, and then looked at Ju Xin, and said: "Advocating the so-called clean style too much can only be counterproductive. ”

"What the prince said is very true!" The drama Xin was impressed and said.

As the saying goes, the economic base determines the superstructure!

"The foundation of a strong country is rich! Therefore, there are still a few points in Zixin's law that must be changed! Wei Zheng took the opportunity to lead to the following questions, and said concisely: "First, the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business should be changed to the emphasis on agriculture and business!" Second, the tax system should also be changed! The end of it......"

"The prince can't-!" Hearing this, Ji Xin was shocked, and hurriedly persuaded without losing his temper: "The foundation of a strong country lies in a rich country; The foundation of a rich country lies in the people; The foundation of the people lies in cultivation and weaving. Businessmen are profit-seeking by nature, and encouraging business will inevitably lead to everyone pursuing profit, and everyone will abandon farming and cultivate by mistake, which will inevitably lead to no one cultivating the land. If there is no one to plough the fields, where will the food come from? What do the people feed on? If there is no food and the people are hungry, they will become chaotic people, and if there is chaos, the country will be in danger! This is to sacrifice the original and seek the last, and it must not be! ”

"Wangjun Marquis must think twice before acting-!"

I saw that the angry Ji Xin quickly got up from the mat and fell to the ground and knelt in front of Wei Zheng.

Suppressing merchants, encouraging farming, and emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce are the eternal truths and the consensus of all countries and dynasties. When Ju Xin heard that Wei Zheng wanted to improve his status as a businessman, and even encouraged business, he was really anxious!

At this moment, Ji Xin, who was kneeling on the wooden floor, had already made a plan in his heart, if the prince insisted on carrying it out, he would pull Su Qin and Jiang Mu to come, even if he gave up his life to die, he would persuade Wei Zheng to take back his life.

"Zixin, you ......" As soon as Wei Zheng, who was a little stunned, spoke, Ju Xin, who was kneeling on the ground, replied: "Choose the king and serve, be a courtier, be loyal to the king, and the king's fault and the minister does not notice it, it is the minister's fault, and the crime of being a minister in vain should be ten thousand deaths." Encouraging the people to do business will inevitably shake the country's foundation, and the future will be endless! If the prince insists on doing it, the minister will swear to death! ”

Wei Zheng, who was sitting on the ground, couldn't help but be stunned for a long time when he saw the hurried voice of Ji Xin, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but cry and laugh, and involuntarily leaned over in front of the case and said slowly: "My son Xin, isn't Ben Hou still talking to the end, you are going to die?" Wait for Ben Hou to finish speaking-! Clearly! TD - ! Is it okay for Zixin to advise again? Huh? ”

Drama Xin: "Uh, this ......"

Wei Zheng: "Still kneeling?" Get up! ”

Wei Zheng, who looked helpless, snorted with a "um" snort and twisted his head to signal him to sit back, seeing this situation, Ji Xin bowed embarrassedly, said "no" and sat back again, and waited for Wei Zheng to follow.

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