The matter of the official gentry receiving food in one piece, the progress is more than smooth, the Zheng family army soldiers in the Zhou Mansion in Suzhou Fengmen, caused a huge shock to the scholar class, many scholars and doctors are obedient on the surface, pay taxes, but secretly are concerned about the coming storm, in their opinion, Zheng Jiajun soldiers dare to do it in the Zhou Mansion in Suzhou Fengmen, that is a great disrespect to the emperor, but unfortunately as time goes by, there is no news in the capital, but many adults in the court collectively impeached and even scolded Zheng Xunrui, But the emperor did not have the slightest attitude to say, which made the scholars of Nanzhili completely understand that Zheng Xunrui dared to vigorously implement the matter of the integration of officials and gentry in Nanzhili, and he must have received the support of the emperor.

The official gentry's integrated grain collection is going smoothly, even Zheng Xunrui didn't expect it, he always felt that there would be some violent conflicts, after all, the power of the adults in the court is not small, so many officials' hometowns are in Nanzhili, can't they still encourage the emperor to take measures, I can't imagine that the emperor has no attitude for a long time, it should be a tacit acquiescence to the measure of the official gentry to pay for the grain.

Zheng Xunrui knew very well that the matter of the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry could only be carried out smoothly in Nanzhili and Fuzhou, because a large number of his henchmen and supporters were concentrated in Nanzhili and basically controlled these places.

Seeing that the treasury of Nanjing's household department is gradually filled, and Hongmen Qianzhuang has basically mastered the lifeblood of Nanzhili's economy, most of the gold and silver have been deposited in Hongmen Qianzhuang, and Hongmen Qianzhuang's ticket amount and ticket stubs have begun to circulate on a large scale in various parts of Nanzhili, Zheng Xunrui's next step is to concentrate on the officials' Yulu.

And the horses need to run well. If you want the horses not to eat grass, such a thing is not valid, the income of the Ming officials is pitifully low, if there is no income in other aspects, not to mention that the low-level magistrates and governors and so on cannot be maintained, even if they are cabinet ministers in the court. It is impossible to support the family, after all, the identity is accompanied by the rise of the family, and in an era like the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to ask the cabinet ministers to watch their wives and children at home.

Zheng Xunrui is already a high-ranking official from the first grade, but the annual salary is less than 500 taels of silver, and the county governor of the seventh grade only has 60 taels of silver for the whole year, and the staff employed by the county magistrate. It also needs the county magistrate to take out the silver to feed, and even the official uniform needs the officials to take out the silver to buy it.

High salaries and honesty are still reasonable to a certain extent, if officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty can't live a decent life by relying on Yulu, then you ask people to be honest and honest, it will be a big joke.

The salaries of the officials of the four prefectures and three prefectures of Huaibei have long been changed, and their subsidies are several times that of the capital, and they take these subsidies and the money. Even the officials and officials in the government can live a decent life. Only by doing this, Zheng Xunrui was able to strictly demand officials at all levels in Huaibei, and severely punished officials who were found to be corrupt and not lended.

On the basis of the beginning of the comprehensive collection of trade taxes in Nanzhili and the implementation of the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry, Zheng Xunrui can consider changing the matter of the officials, but this needs to be done. There is another thing that must be done, and that is to abolish the officials at all levels.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the officials at all levels of government do not have a salary, and there may be some subsidies on weekdays, which require the government at all levels to come up with their own money. The status of the government officials is also the lowest, no one can afford it, and most of the government officials in many places are scoundrels and gangsters, these scoundrels and gangsters enter the government, and after becoming government officials, they try their best to exploit the people so that they can live, which also leads to the image of the government is very bad.

When Zheng Xunrui served as the governor of Caoyun, he vigorously cleaned up the government service of the four prefectures and three prefectures of Huaibei, all the government officials who had bad deeds were dismissed, and the government officials who stayed behind were subject to strict assessment, and the older ones should also be reformed, but they could be given a certain amount of subsidies, and at the same time the specific number of government officials was specified for the prefectures and counties, which should not be exceeded.

When the matter of the official gentry paying for food was still in progress, Zheng Xunrui had already begun to consider the matter of increasing the number of officials.

This matter quickly spread out, after all, the examples of the four prefectures and three prefectures in Huaibei were there, and the officials in Yingtianfu, Suzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion and other places did not know how envious they were, and when they heard such rumors, officials at all levels were enthusiastic and worked extremely hard to do things.

Zheng Xunrui also has a problem, that is, the officials of the six departments in Nanjing, there are a lot of people, which is a big burden.

When he was in Huaibei, Zheng Xunrui didn't need to think about so many things, and the officials of the Caoyun Governor Yamen were also abolished, and only about 100 people were retained in the end, but the total number of officials in the Nanjing Sixth Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate reached more than 400 people, which was a heavy burden.

Nanjing's six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other official offices, their biggest feature is that there are many officials, few officials, Nanjing's officials at all levels, there is not much to do, the officials here either offended the dignitaries of the court, or they have been squeezed out, there is not much future, to Nanjing to retire, this also makes Nanjing's officials do not have much fighting spirit, all of them are messing around.

It's a hot potato.

Zheng Xunrui is unlikely to directly dismiss officials, and the shock caused by this may be difficult for him to quell.

But to improve the salary of these officials, Zheng Xunrui is really unwilling, after he became the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, he did not move the officials in Nanjing for the time being, but now he has to think about it.

Xu Wanghua and others had already put forward a suggestion that Zheng Xunrui could control the six departments of Nanjing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian and other official offices, and use the existence of these official offices to install a large number of capable officials, so as to form a strong team.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui understands the suggestions of Xu Wanghua and others, once relying on the Nanjing Sixth Ministry and other official offices, a large number of capable officials will be installed, then the team under his command will really begin to form, and he will be able to compete with the capital at any time.

It's easy to say, but it's like climbing to the sky.

The vast majority of scholars in the Ming Dynasty support the imperial power, they may be members of the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party, but they still have the idea of loyalty to the emperor in their bones, after all, they are educated by Confucianism.

Zheng Xunrui didn't want to rebel openly yet, and on the surface he was still loyal to the emperor and the court, so it seemed unlikely that he would form a large-scale team.

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Zhao Danyu, Liang Xingli and Wen Kun and others gathered in Zheng Xunrui's mansion.

On the matter of adjusting the Yulu, everyone was in favor, but the opinions of the people were not particularly unanimous on how to adjust it and how the government at all levels in Nanjing should deal with it.

Adjusting the income of the officials means that the household department in Nanjing needs to come up with a large amount of silver, which is calculated in the amount of one million taels every year, which is not a small burden, although the current collection of commercial and agricultural taxes is enough to maintain expenses, but the silver spent on the six ministries of Nanjing and other government departments may not have an effect.

The argument lasted for a while, Xu Wanghua looked at Zheng Xunrui and spoke again.

"My lord, my subordinates still adhere to the previous suggestion, the officials of the six departments of Nanjing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Hanlin Academy, and the Guozijian and other yamen must carry out a large-scale cleanup, and the officials below the fourth grade, those who are incapable, the officials can be dismissed, and the officials above the fourth grade, and those who are incapable, can be recommended to the capital or other places......

After Xu Wanghua finished speaking, Wen Kun followed and spoke.

"The subordinates do not agree with Mr. Xu's suggestion, if the lord adopts such a method, it is equivalent to direct confrontation with the emperor's court, and the dismissal of officials must be approved by the imperial court, and the action without the permission of the imperial court will inevitably cause more serious suspicion of the emperor and the imperial court, the status of the Nanjing Sixth Department and other official governments is very special, and it is not as simple as lip service to abolish the officials, as for the abolition of the yamen of Fuzhou County and the government, it is a logical thing, and it will not cause any shock......"

Such an argument has been going on for a long time, and Zheng Xunrui has been thinking about it.

Finally, he spoke.

"Mr. Xu and Wen Kun's views are correct, but they consider the problem from two different perspectives."

After Zheng Xunrui spoke, everyone quieted down.

"The ruler is short and long, everyone has their own strengths, the officials of the six departments in Nanjing, no matter what, most of them are from the two lists, and their knowledge should not be bad, as for the reason why they are officials in Nanjing, I don't want to say more, you all understand, I am thinking, since we can use talents in an eclectic way, why can't we let many officials in Nanjing give full play to their abilities, we don't dismiss them, but we can adjust their positions, let them go to Fuzhou County in Nanzhili, Don't stay in Nanjing and do nothing, it's still okay, as long as they can really show their ability, then we will accept it, those officials who can't adapt or really don't have the ability, after a period of time, come to dismiss again, the way is better, the officials of the four prefectures and three prefectures of Huaibei and the Yamen of the Caoyun Governor, the responsibilities are clear, and the reward and punishment measures are also very specific, and the unqualified officials will be dismissed in accordance with the clear reward and punishment measures, and the officials will have nothing to say, Wouldn't it be better for us to make clear all the rewards and punishments for the officials at all levels in the south and directly under the government, so that those officials who are not competent can retreat on their own. ”

Zheng Xunrui's words made everyone nod, and they were all a little annoyed, why didn't they think of such an obvious measure, using a clear system to restrain officials at all levels, the capable go up, and the mediocre go down, no one has anything to say about such measures. (To be continued......)