Hearing this, the first thing that came to Wei Zheng's mind was the affordable housing sold at a low price by the government in later generations. At the same time, in order to prevent the people from making profits through affordable housing, the method of prohibiting private transactions of affordable housing also appeared in Wei Zheng's mind....

In an instant, a smile full of weirdness appeared on Wei Zheng's face.

Just when everyone is deep in thought, thinking about solutions. Wei Zheng had already spoken: "Okay, my lords, for this worry, this official has a way to solve it..."

"When the Governor's Office of Shanxi Province distributed ploughing cattle to the people and tun people at a low price, it directly issued a decree to the people of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces: In the territory of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, it is forbidden to trade ploughing cattle privately....If you want to sell ploughing cattle, you can only trade with the local official uniforms, and recycle them at the original price of one hundred taels of silver...."

"In addition, in the opinion of this official, this decree can be used not only for ploughing cattle, but also for tuntian....all tuntian issued by the government to the hands of the tun people is also forbidden to be traded privately....if you really don't want to farm, you can only sell these tuntian fields to the government at the original redemption price... Then the government resold it to the people at a low price, so as to avoid a situation in which a large amount of land in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces was annexed to the hands of the landlords and gentry, and the ordinary people had no land to plant. ”

Wang Peng's eyes looked excited, and he exclaimed: "Your Excellency is wise...... In this way, there will be no more displaced people in our two provinces..."

Wei Zheng nodded, and after seeing that everyone was no longer talking, he ordered with a dignified face: "Since this is the case, then this matter is decided by the official....After going down, the military advisor will immediately be in the name of the Governor's Palace." Garrison the entire army of the Tiger and Leopard Army and all local troops in Datong Province. Announcing the decision of the Governor's Palace on the pension of the dead in battle and the reward for the expedition..."

"Yes. Adult ......"

Just when everyone thought that today's deliberations were coming to an end. Wei Zheng suddenly asked a very inexplicable sentence.

"Strategist, this official remembers that it has been a month or two since this official took office as the governor of Shanxi, but after such a long time, it seems that this official has not received a salary from the imperial court..."

As a military advisor, Zhou Shuyuan didn't know why Wei Zheng had this question.

But. still replied in an orderly manner: "My lord, according to the decision of Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, your monthly salary is eighty-seven quintals of rice, which can be equivalent to ninety taels of silver according to the price of rice that year. In order to facilitate the statistics and distribution of the imperial court, the imperial court has been distributing it in the form of silver...."

"As for your Excellency, your Yufeng last month, the imperial court has already issued it to the Governor's Palace, but because there are too few Yulu, the lower officials did not alarm the adults, and directly let people enter the warehouse..."

Hearing this, there was a smile full of mockery. It quickly appeared on Wei Zheng's face.

Under everyone's incomprehensible gaze, he continued: "Ninety taels of silver per month. If it is placed in the time of Emperor Taizu, it is indeed very high....but in this year, you can only buy more than ten loads of grain and rice..."

"Fortunately, the official doesn't have any family, otherwise, these monthly salaries are not enough for the family's expenses for a month..."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng directly shifted his gaze to Wang Peng and asked bluntly.

"Lord Wang, this official wants to know how much you earned a month when you were the county magistrate of Qipin, and whether it was enough to support your family..."

A helpless expression flashed directly on Wang Peng's face, and after taking a deep breath, he replied to Wei Zheng: "My lord, according to the decision of this dynasty, the monthly salary of Qipin County is seven quintals of rice, which is equivalent to silver, which is seven taels of silver..."

"Maybe the imperial court already knew about the rise in the price of rice....seven quintals of rice every month, half of which were distributed in the form of grain and rice, and half in the form of silver."

"Xia Guan sometimes thinks: If all the money issued to us by the imperial court every month is silver, then the monthly salary can only buy a load of rice, and even the family's rations are not enough..."

Wei Zheng nodded and continued to ask, "What about after becoming the prefect of Datong?" ”

The helplessness on Wang Peng's face was immediately replaced by a smile, and he replied to Wei Zheng: "My lord, the monthly salary of the prefect of Zhengsipin is twenty-four quintals of grain and rice, although seventy percent of the grain and rice are distributed in the form of silver, but compared with the original Qipin County Order, it has been greatly improved, and in a year, you can still save hundreds of taels of silver..."

Wei Zheng, who was sitting on the main seat, wanted this result.

After waving his hand to Wang Peng, he said, "Okay, the official knows..."

After speaking, he directly shifted his gaze to the more than ten henchmen in front of him, and asked, "I believe that most of you here have the same thoughts as Lord Wang. With the continuous rise of prices in this dynasty, the money given to us by the imperial court is no longer enough for us officials to live..."

"Officials can't survive just by relying on their money, so corruption has become a must for them... Under such circumstances, how can these officials do things for the people and their own officials with peace of mind..."

Zhou Shuyuan, the military advisor, still didn't know the purpose of Wei Zheng's series of questions. After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he directly asked with a puzzled face: "My lord, what do you mean..."

Wei Zheng did not hesitate, and replied bluntly: "In order to let the civil and military officials of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, especially those at the lowest level, do their duty to the people and do things for their own officials, this official has decided to increase the salary of all civil and military officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, at least to ensure that these officials have a worry-free life, and there is no need to embezzle and accept bribes for the sake of silver..."

Seeing the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, Wei Zheng continued to throw out to everyone his big plan to completely bind these people in front of him to his own interest group.

"No matter how much the imperial court gives everyone, as long as he is an official in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces and does things for his own official, he can enjoy the monthly subsidy issued by the Shanxi Governor's Palace..."

"Of course, this road closure subsidy can also be called a price subsidy...."

"As far as this official knows, since the Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, the price of grain has risen almost fifteen times....The price of grain has risen, and other things have also risen. In order to ensure that all civil and military officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces can do their best to serve their own officials, this official has decided to distribute all the losses caused to you by the rise in prices in the form of subsidies from the Governor's Palace..."

"Take the Qipin County Decree as an example....According to Taizu's decision, the monthly salary is seven quintals of grain and rice, which is converted into silver, which is seven taels of silver. According to the calculation of the fifteen-fold increase in prices, the subsidy given by the Shanxi Governor's Office to this county order every month is ninety-eight taels... In a year, it was 1176 taels of silver. In addition, in order to allow all adults to have a good year, all civil and military officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces could receive a one-time silver payment ranging from 200 taels to 1,500 taels from the governor's palace before the year. ”

"Starting from two hundred taels of silver in the seventh grade, according to the grade, increase by one hundred taels in turn...."

"As for the civil and military officials below the seventh grade, the Governor's Office will also issue a certain subsidy....As for the specific subsidy standard, the Governor's Office will make different decisions according to different official positions....In a word, the Governor's Office will definitely not let the civil and military officials of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces worry about money and life...."

Wei Zheng said this, and everyone in the council hall showed a look of shock from the heart....

And after the shock, there was a hint of surprise, which quickly came to my heart.

You must know that these people who can sit here, without exception, are all cadres and Qing officials carefully selected by Wei Zheng. Although the monthly allowance issued by the imperial court was enough for them to live, compared with those merchants and gentry and landlords, it was very embarrassing.

Many times, these people are thinking that after they become officials, they will not get anything except for the glory of their ancestors and their status that everyone looks up to.

Because, I didn't even meet the basic requirements of being the head of the family.

That is: to give your family a comfortable and prosperous life.

And now, the governor in front of him actually gave himself a stipend....

Once this matter becomes a fact, with his current grade, he can get at least three hundred and sixty taels of silver every month, and in a year, it will be more than four thousand taels of silver....plus the subsidy issued by the governor's palace every year, that is five thousand taels of silver....

A full 5,000 taels of silver, even in Beijing, where the price is the highest in the Ming Dynasty, can ensure that his family can live a comfortable and prosperous life, and he can also save a considerable amount of silver for his descendants......

When Wei Zheng's face was slowly covered with a hint of smile, a group of subordinates finally reacted from the surprise.

As if they had been discussed, they stood up from their seats at the same time and replied in unison: "Your Excellency Governor Xie....Your Majesty....Lower Officials....The last general swears allegiance to the Governor, and is willing to serve the Governor to the death......

While Wei Zheng nodded, the smile on his face was quickly retracted. After a moment's notice, he continued.

"Of course, this official gave all the civil and military officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces such a high salary, in this case, if this official finds that there is still corruption among the civil and military officials in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, then don't blame this official for executing the beheading decision in accordance with the Ming laws revised by Taizu back then, and even raiding the family and destroying the ancestors..."

"In addition, such a high subsidy was ostensibly given by the Shanxi Governor's Office, but in fact, it was given by the official. Therefore, if the official finds out that there is anyone who disobeys the yin and yang in front of the official and does not do anything for the official, then the official will not blame the official for driving him out of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, going to other provinces, and taking the poor money that the imperial court distributes every year..."

In fact, Wei Zheng's worries are superfluous....

Because, under the temptation of more than ten times the amount of money, not many of the Ming civil and military officials who are accustomed to living a hard life can hold on.

Besides, even if he was corrupt and bribed in other provinces, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would have so much silver every year, and it was still a normal income without any worries...

Therefore, as long as Wei Zheng's order continues, the civil and military officials of the entire Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will be invisibly tied to their own interests by the high amount of money issued by Wei Zheng. (To be continued......)