On the east side of the thousand-step corridor of the imperial city, the yamen of the household department.

In the yamen, Li Wenzheng, the secretary of the official household department sitting in the hall, took a sip of the tea cup in front of the table, looked at the mountain of documents, and shook his head helplessly!!

After sitting quietly for a long time, Li Wenzheng moved his slightly stiff body, and he slowed down for a moment before speaking.

Seeing this, the little official below said respectfully: "My lord, if you are tired, you might as well rest for a while." ”。

Li Wenzheng shook his head with a smile, and said: "No need, at the end of the year, there are already many things in the household department, so it is better to deal with them earlier, and it is better to explain to the saint." ”

The household department is responsible for the territory, fields, household registration, taxation, salaries and all financial matters of the whole country, and summarizes at the end of the year, so at the end of the year, the affairs of the household department are the most complicated.

When the little official heard this, he flattered and said: "The adults are loyal to the monarch and the country, and we can't reach it." ”

Li Wenzheng smiled and said nothing, as if he had heard a lot of such flattering words, so he did not reply to the words of the little official, but said: "Approaching the end of the year, the first priority is salary, our top priority is to verify the taxes and silver in various places, and you must work together." ”

When the officials saw that Shangguan had spoken, they hurriedly stopped the paper and pen in their hands and responded: "The official respects the order." ”

After expressing his attitude to his boss, one of the officials said: "My lord, Henan is implementing fire consumption and returning to the public, according to statistics, nearly 300,000 taels of silver have been levied this time, and these silver will be distributed to officials in various counties in Henan as incorruptible silver, I don't know if this is true?" ”

In the first half of the year, Emperor Chongming used HEN Province to promote the return of fire consumption to the public, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were concerned about this matter, after all, if the fire consumption was returned to the public, it would increase the income of these officials, why not!!!

Li Wenzheng naturally knew about this, and in his opinion, "the fire consumption is returned to the public as a law to maintain integrity, and it is the rule of officials." ","The so-called "three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver", where does the silver come from? It's deducted from the fire! The fire consumption system allows all prefectures and counties to keep fire consumption privately, and its fire consumption is uniformly fixed and all paid over, and the province is divided into different grades.

According to the provisional regulations of the cabinet, Henan is to pay each official a short share of bittersweet fat and thin, and the upper counties are short of 3,000 taels a year, the middle 2,500 taels, and the inferior 2,000 taels, and this amount of silver is far higher than that of officials, as much as nearly 100 times, which is enough for the living expenses of officials, and in this way, it can indeed curb the trend of corruption among some officials.

After all, since life is worry-free, why take the risk of corruption, of course, for those who are not satisfied, they cannot be satisfied in any case, but relatively speaking, it curbs the corruption of some officials.

Henan province alone has nearly 300,000 taels of fire consumption, and if this is implemented throughout the country, especially in Jiangnan alone, which accounts for one-third of the country's taxes, this fire consumption will be at least millions.

Being an official is not only for the people, but also for the future and wealth, how can the court officials ignore such a large amount of normal income? I'm afraid that Emperor Chongming won't need to say much next year, and the officials below will play on their own to promote the return of fire to the public.

Although some people will refute the encroachment of the interests of local officials, they will not care about this, and this is a matter that benefits officials at all levels, and it is not useful if a few people oppose it.

For Emperor Chongming's proposal to return the fire consumption to the public, it will benefit the country and the people.......

Li Wenzheng groaned and said: "This matter is true, and the Raising Honest Silver will be distributed to the officials of Henan provinces according to the inspection level of the officials. ”

The following officials were moved when they heard this, and now it seems that the officials who are officials in Henan seem to have gained a lot of benefits, and similarly, the officials are not bad, and the inspection level is related to the amount of incorruptible silver, and the officials below in order to inspect the level, bribing the officials of the Ministry of Officials is also common, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials can also get a piece of the pie, which is really the envy of the people of the Ministry of Households......

Li Wenzheng saw this sign, and he didn't blame him harshly, not only them, but also himself, who would not be moved by the legitimate high income?

It's just a pity that this year is only a trial trial, and only officials in Henan have such benefits.

In fact, it is no wonder that the officials of the DPRK and China do not care about this matter, originally thought that the general intention of the fire consumption was to fill the treasury, and the high level of the incorruptible silver was not high, at most it was ten times or so, and I never thought that Emperor Chongming was so generous, and most of the tax and silver returned to the public were distributed, which was really surprising.

Shaking his head, Li Wenzheng said with a smile: "Don't talk about this, let's do my own errand." ”

It's not their turn this year, and the big guys will have a part next year, but I'm not in a hurry to do it.

Everyone nodded respectfully when they heard this, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to envy it.

One of the officials hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, the Jingying side sent someone to urge the Jingying to pay for the silver yesterday, and please ask the adults to have an idea about this matter." ”

Li Wenzheng frowned when he heard this, now the envoy of the Jingying Festival is Jia Yun of the Jia family of the Jingshi, this person is deeply favored, and he is about to become a concubine, and he is in the limelight for a while, I am afraid that it will not be offended....

However, there was already a rule on the payment of money in Beijing, and he had never heard of the practice of issuing money in Beijing first, so Li Wenzheng took the pretext of procrastinating and planned to discuss the matter of paying money in Beijing after all affairs were sorted out.

After pondering for a moment, Li Wenzheng spoke: "I sent it back, now the tax and silver of all provinces are being checked, how can there be any silver in the treasury." ”

Hearing this, everyone also understood, in fact, although the tax and silver are being verified, a part of it has been verified, and this part can be classified into the treasury, and it is not like Li Wenzheng said that the treasury has no silver, but Shangguan said so, and the people below did not say much.

As for the salary, it's not that it really won't be paid, but it will be issued after everything is perfected, and it's better to talk about it now.

Everyone smiled and answered, and then they were busy with their own things.

After a while, there was a sudden commotion outside the yamen, and Li Wenzheng, who was handling official business, couldn't help frowning.

"Go out and see what's going on." Li Wenzheng commanded with a calm face.

As soon as the words fell, before the people below could answer, a few big men broke in outside the door, led by a young man in armor, Li Wenzheng had a bad premonition in his heart when he saw this, and couldn't help frowning, and said, "Uncle Jia, what do you mean?" ”

Earlier, Jia Yun was on an errand in the Gongwei Division, and Jia Yun was a "celebrity", Li Wenzheng, who was the head of the household, naturally knew Jia Yun, and Jia Yun also knew Li Wenzheng.

Jia Yun looked at Li Wenzheng, who was the leader, and asked word by word: "Master Li, what is this uncle here for, you should have a number in your heart." ”