In a series of personnel appointments in the East Palace, Cai Maode's transfer to the governor of Shandong was a flat transfer; The three envoys were vacant, and only Zhang Shiqi was appointed to participate in politics and supervise the affairs of the second government of Denglai. As the two prefectures that can be directly controlled under the rule of the East Palace, Hou Fangyu and Wu Weiye served as the prefects of Deng and Lai.

Because Dengzhou is the station of the Shandong Naval Division, there is Shen Tingyang, the commander of the Naval Division, who has set up a line in Weihaiwei, and needs people who understand the importance of governance, so Hou Fangyu is more suitable than Wu Weiye. And Laizhou has Zhu Cihong in charge, and Pingdu has Zhou Yuji's cavalry battalion in the center, and the pressure is less, so it was handed over to Wu Weiye.

Wu Weiye didn't expect that he would be able to regain his use, thinking back to the time when he gave up on himself, he was really guilty, and he made up his mind to be a good official who was proficient in general affairs and not let the prince down.

Zhu Cihong is really unavailable.

The rule of officials in the whole country has collapsed, and Shandong naturally cannot be left alone. It is safe to say that every incumbent official has been corrupt and corrupted, otherwise he would not have survived. Zhu Cihong has always been generous with the problems in the subsection, but his tolerance for corruption and mediocrity is extremely low, so he naturally cannot accept the old officials of Shandong to serve as localities.

And in terms of the promotion of government decrees, only by appointing their own people from the East Palace Department can they ensure that the following will not be violated. In a wasteland, only when the rice is raised can the weeds be removed. These newly appointed secretaries of the East Palace Department are the rice that Zhu Cihong wants to cultivate.

Because, the rule of the Ming Dynasty was destined to collapse from the time of Taizu.

Without him, it's just too against human nature!

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao redefined the age of civil and military officials. With nine products from the difference, a total of eighteen levels. It is 1,000 and 44 stones, and it is 90 stones. At first glance, it seems to be enough, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, it was indeed enough to have 90 stone rice a year. However, this rice is not all rice, and there are many treasure notes that are depreciating day by day. The official took the rice and did not eat it alone. I also have to hire a master, a long class, etc. as private individuals.

After the world stabilized, social production resumed, and social wealth gradually accumulated, especially the large amount of silver obtained by foreign trade made Huangming more and more prosperous. In the context of rising prices and living standards, 90 stone meters were relaxed according to 2 taels of silver per stone, but only 180 taels. to the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties. The wealth of the Ming Dynasty reached its peak, and the ordinary well-off families pooled money to do maritime trade, and the annual income was more than one hundred and eighty taels.

Mr. Hai Rui, who really carried out Emperor Gao's will, was so poor that he only went to the market to cut two taels of meat on his mother's birthday, which made the people of the city rush to tell each other and were shocked.

There is not enough security to live at home, not to mention that the officialdom has to be sent to usher, and the scholars have to socialize. If you want to live with dignity, you can only use your brains in the power in your hands. Therefore, petty officials cheated to save the poor. It has become a habitual political practice for big officials to embezzle in order to get rich.

"The officials of the past dynasties are as thin as our court." Zhu Cihong spent one night with the two prefects and the 14 newly appointed county magistrates, and selected 10 old officials and 10 squires to thoroughly sort out the various expenses and revenues of the local administration.

Those old officials and squire Pingnong never imagined that they could sit in front of the crown prince and discuss things, and even dine with the crown prince. Everyone is grateful, and they can't wait to dig out their hearts and lungs. Zhu Cihong is also very considerate of them. He didn't ask about any favoritism, but asked everyone to think about where they had to spend money and what money was apportioned to the squires and peasants.

Yao Tao took a group of female officials and sat around on the side, writing down each item and writing it into the form. In the end, there are miscellaneous eighty-seven sub-items.

"These twenty-seven sub-items. If it is classified according to the East Palace, it can be classified into three categories. Yao Tao stood in front of everyone generously, not wearing a palace costume, but a five-grade civil official uniform. This made everyone dare not look directly, and they had never seen a woman who could be a court official. And it's still five products! Although Shandong is the hometown of saints and has a strong style of etiquette, it is limited by its status in the end, and it does not dare to speak out as bluntly as the imperial history of Beijing.

"Administrative overhead." Yao Tao's voice suppressed everyone in the hall and did not dare to gasp loudly. She said: "Including the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone of the county government, the food and silver of the sedan chair man, winter carbon and summer ice, as well as public entertainment, festival gifts and other expenses. ”

Wu Weiye was a little surprised that the East Palace actually included publicly-funded entertainment and festival gifts in the administrative expenses, which was previously prohibited by the imperial court.

Zhu Cihong just nodded and motioned for Yao Tao to continue.

Yao Tao cleared his throat and said, "The second type of expenses are public welfare expenses such as repairing bridges and roads, and providing disaster relief. This type is mainly apportioned by the government to the squires and commoners. The squires and commoners nodded yes.

"The third category is the official exchange, the money that supports the scholars, and it is the public relations expense." Yao Tao said: "Your Highness, the twenty-seven items are all covered. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, let Yao Tao sit down, and said, "You actually missed an item, I thought of it for you." ”

The county commanders were stunned for a moment, and said secretly: If His Royal Highness even recognizes these, what are the expenses?

"Food." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "The people take food as the sky, you are officials, and you are not immortals, don't you even eat food?" ”

"Your Highness, I have already received the money, how can I still get this food money again?" Liao Xing followed Zhu Cihong in Luoyang, which made up for the Zhizhou of Pingdu Prefecture, which governed the two counties of Weixian and Changyi, and directly entered the ranks of the five products. Also because of the Luoyang incident, his family was very excluded by the local big families, Liao Xing had already repaired his books and went home, and asked the grandfather to make the decision and move his family to settle in Shandong.

And this is also temporary, Liao Xing firmly believes that the crown prince will be able to restore Shenjing within three to five years. At that time, the tide rises, and he can naturally go further.

"The cost of living is your expense." Zhu Cihong said: "The food fee is one meal a day, and if you work overtime, you will have a dinner and count it as a working meal." Six and seven dishes, two dishes and one soup, one meat and one vegetable. Five dishes, three dishes and one soup, plus a small meat dish. In this way, it is the same as when you were in the East Palace, I still take care of the food. Everyone smiled when they heard this. The place where these old East Palaces are most happy to work in the East Palace is to include board and lodging. With their status, it is extremely luxurious to eat meat for a single meal.

"I still have to say," Zhu Cihong said, "the government is not a place to do business. When the imperial court collects taxes, it should be taken from the people and from the people, where can they think of making money from the people? So today we have listed 27 items in these three categories as regular expenses, and I recognize them all. In the future, if there is money that cannot be classified as a local government, you can just tell me. But ......"

Zhu Cihong's words changed: "If you dare to reach out to the people, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless!" Emperor Gao said: Ercheng Erlu, the people are fat and the people are anointed; The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive! In my case, I don't have to worry about this, I'll take care of it! Except for one regular tax, the government will exempt all others. A specific tax adjustment plan will be issued to you soon, and after you take office, the first thing you will do is to persuade farmers to settle down and settle the peasants, resettle migrants, and restore local production. ”

Most of the secretaries of the East Palace selected this time are scholars from the countryside, and no matter whether their family background is good or bad, they are no strangers to the affairs of the farmland. Although everyone, including Zhu Cihong, knew that this was an official article, there was a world of difference between saying it and not saying it. Since the crown prince has made it clear, if anyone does not pay attention in the future, it will be a great sin.

"Moreover, all counties should establish walled forts, measure land, update the yellow book of fish scales, and reasonably approve the field tax as appropriate. If you want to go down and see it in person, you can't just listen to the nonsense reports of the officials below. I don't care what the officials do, as long as I find out that you have people who do not match the truth, I will be severely punished! Zhu Cihong warned.

Everyone smelled the bloody breath in it, immediately restrained their breath, and nodded yes.

"The resettlement of displaced people and migrants must be carried out as quickly as possible and without delay." Zhu Cihong said: "The "County Planning Reference Book" has been sent to you, and I have written it very clearly for various reasons, and I see that several of you have participated in the compilation of this book. So how to govern your county well, I have provided ideas, it depends on whether you can do things. ”

Speaking of this, the state and county officials below were agitated. In the county town planning book, it depicts what a county town should look like. Clean street environment, excellent drainage system, neat housing streets, and a well-defined urban functional area...... It's like an oversized garden waiting for them to plan and rebuild.

Zhu Cihong looked at the people with anticipation, but he had doubts about the effectiveness of this bitter heart. In order to truly achieve the goal of being in order, it is necessary to establish a sound system of local political power, so that the prefectures and counties have the same functional constraints as the provinces. However, there is a shortage of manpower, and it is not possible to start adjusting immediately. (To be continued......)

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