In the spring of March, when the flowers are red and willow green, everything recovers, presenting a beautiful scene of vitality.

But in such a warm season, the inside of the Wuying Hall is "cold and biting".

Jia Yun came to the Wuying Hall nervously, didn't dare to raise his head, and bowed solemnly: "Minister Jia Yun greets Your Majesty, holy bow." ”

Emperor Chongming's face was gloomy, and he didn't pay attention to Jia Yun for a while, and Jia Yun didn't dare to touch his head when he saw this, so he knelt on the ground and waited.

A few days ago, there was a huge corruption case in Gansu, and Emperor Chongming was angry because of this matter, so the guards, palace maids, and eunuchs in the imperial city were cautious these days, for fear that they would not know why they would dislike the Son of Heaven and bear the disaster without reason.

Emperor Chongming stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup on the imperial case, and he didn't notice it for a while, the teacup slipped down, and he only heard the sound of "pop", and the tea splashed everywhere. Fun Cabinet

"Brother Huang, are you okay?" Seeing this, the king of Zhongshun under the imperial case hurriedly stepped forward and said with concern.

Emperor Chongming frowned and said lightly: "It's okay. ”

As he spoke, Emperor Chongming turned his head and scolded Gao Xian, who was helping to wipe it clean: "Bastard, the tea is so hot, how can you be a dog slave." ”

When Gao Xian heard the reprimand, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "The slave and maid are guilty, please punish the master, please punish the master." ”

Emperor Chongming snorted and ignored it no further.

Jia Yun, who was honest on the side, saw this situation, and he also knew in his heart, Gao Xian had followed Emperor Chongming for so long, how could he not even grasp the temperature of the tea, which clearly became Emperor Chongming's punching bag.

"Brother Huang, it's not good for you to dissipate your anger, and it's not good for your body to be angry." King Zhongshun comforted.

Emperor Chongming suppressed his anger and said angrily: "How can you let me not be angry, there is almost no clean official in the entire Gansu Dynasty, and my Great Qianchao is full of corrupt officials." ”

When King Zhongshun heard that Emperor Chongming was so angry, he didn't know how to persuade him for a while, and looked at Jia Yun who was kneeling on the ground, and King Zhongshun quietly made a look.

Jia Yun's face was calm, pretending not to notice the eyes of the envoy of Zhongshun, what kind of naughty smile did he make, he didn't know why he was summoned by Emperor Chongming, how could he touch his head at this time, and honestly wait for Emperor Chongming's lecture?

King Zhongshun raised his eyebrows, not knowing if this Jia Yun really didn't pay attention or did it on purpose.

Emperor Chongming came to his senses, glanced at Jia Yun who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up, where to kneel and show whom." ”

Jia Yun was helpless when he heard this, without the order of the Son of Heaven, did he dare to get up, dare to love himself and be used as a punching bag like Gao Xian.

But whoever calls the other party the Son of Heaven will be a punching bag.....

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After bowing down and agreeing, Jia Yun stood aside honestly.

Emperor Chongming was in a bad mood, so he didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Jia Yun, you also know about the corruption case in Gansu, I am worried about the rampant corruption of officials inside and outside the court, and the king of Zhongshun said that you have a strange strategy, so I summoned you to ask you how to prevent corrupt officials and corrupt officials." ”

The corners of Jia Yun's mouth twitched after hearing this, and he thought that he was summoned for something, and he dared to be loyal to the king, and to prevent corruption and corrupt officials, what can you say to Jia Yun as a general, isn't this cheating him.....

"Back to Your Majesty, only the law is strict." Jia Yun replied seriously after a long time.

Emperor Chongming's face was black, and he held back for a long time to say such a bullshit, I really don't know what to say.

sighed in his heart, he was also confused, he really believed in the words of the loyal king, and it was estimated that the loyal king was also comforting a word or two.

However, it is no wonder that Emperor Chongming, after all, Jia Yun's previous "wonderful strategies" are very effective, so Emperor Chongming has a trace of illusion.

Jia Yun saw Emperor Chongming's face, and his heart was also stunned, no matter what Emperor Chongming's purpose was, but he had the grace of knowing himself, if it wasn't for Emperor Chongming, Jia Yunyan would be able to achieve today's earl?

If not, I'm afraid that Jia Yun is still living a hard life at the border at this time, and maybe he may not be alive now, after all, the border is not peaceful.

The grace of dripping water is still reciprocated by springs, not to mention the grace of reconstruction.

What's more, in addition to kindness, Emperor Chongming is also very kind to Jia Yun on weekdays, and he is also diligent as a king, how can such a son of heaven not be loyal?

Thinking of this, Jia Yun thought of ways to prevent corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and after hesitating, Jia Yun said: "Your Majesty, the minister has some ideas, but the minister said, Your Majesty must not blame." ”

"Oh...."Emperor Chongming glanced at Jia Yun unexpectedly, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I gave you the word to reprimand, just hope that you dare to give direct advice, if you have anything, I will not be tolerant." ”

Hearing Emperor Chongming's words, Jia Yun said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the corrupt officials and corrupt officials of the Great Qian Dynasty are rampant, in the eyes of the ministers, this is an inevitable thing, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of Yulu, according to the regulations of the Great Qian, the prince's Yulu, such as the loyal prince, has 10,000 taels a year, and the county two, so Yulu naturally does not have to worry about anything, and the following officials are pitiful, and the first minister is only one hundred and eighty taels of Yulu, the second is two taels, and the third is one hundred and thirty taels, and the more low-level officials, the lower the Yulu, When it came to the eighth or ninth grade official, there were only thirty or forty taels left.

Generally speaking, officials need to spend about 100 taels of silver every year, this silver includes food and clothing, as well as hiring servants, carefully calculated, even if it is a first-class and second-grade official, if he wants to maintain a decent life every year, it is only barely enough, let alone rich, and when it comes to the eighth or ninth grade official, it is almost impossible to maintain a living.

Although in addition to Yulu, officials also have a subsidy of Yulu, and the amount of this money is basically the same as Yulu, but in fact, it is not much.

It is precisely because the level of income of officials is relatively low that they have to come up with various ways to make money in order to make a living.

The minister suggested that a special system should be set up to cultivate and encourage officials to be honest and avoid corruption. ”

Jia Yun proposed the Qing Dynasty's system of raising incorruptible silver, because the situation of the Great Qian Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty was similar, so this kind of system is suitable, if there is any organization similar to the Office of Integrity and Integrity, this is completely inapplicable in ancient times when transportation is inconvenient, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is normal for officials to protect each other, but in the end, it is still useless, and the policy should be applied in a timely manner, not whimsical.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongming sat in front of the imperial case with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "You are complaining to me." ”

Jia Yun estimated that Emperor Chongming misunderstood that he was complaining about Yulu, and hurriedly replied: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister just thinks that if you want to prevent official corruption, you can only investigate the root, if you can't even face it at all, how to talk about governance." ”

After listening to Jia Yun's words, the Zhongshun King on the side was also shocked in his heart, he really didn't expect Jia Yun to dare to say it directly, isn't this against the Son of Heaven? It's really in line with the name of "Chenchen".

Emperor Chongming didn't get angry when he heard this, but his face was much better, he still knew about Jia Yun, this kid dared to say it, otherwise he wouldn't have given him the word to confess.

King Zhongshun, who pondered for a moment, spoke: "Words can't be said like this, people's hearts are insufficient, even if there is a clean bank, a corrupt official is still a corrupt official, how can we prevent trouble?" ”

Jia Yun bluntly retorted: "Lord Wang, although this law cannot eliminate corrupt officials, but it can prevent it, most of the officials are in peace, if they can support their families and maintain decency, who will take the risk of corruption, as long as there is no large-scale corruption, the people will not be unable to live, as for those officials who dare to be corrupt, they will be punished by law." ”

King Zhongshun nodded when he heard this, after all, what Jia Yun said was right, and the same was true of Emperor Chongming before the imperial case, if it can be implemented, it can indeed prevent corrupt officials from running rampant to a certain extent.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Chongming said helplessly: "The treasury is scarce and it is difficult to continue. ”

Although the system is good, the state treasury has no money and cannot afford to raise incorruptible silver, so it is naturally difficult to implement.

However, since Jia Yun mentioned it, he naturally thought of this, so Jia Yun replied: "The minister has a strategy, which can add a sum of incorruptible silver to the imperial court, and it is specially dedicated to Your Majesty........"