"Ma Mingluo said that your monthly salary will be set at ten taels." Chongzhen's gaze swept over Wang Wei, Fu Shan and a few others, and asked, "Do you think that's enough?" ”

"Back to the saint, ten taels of silver per month is enough."

Wang Wei, Fu Shan and several others hurriedly replied in the middle of the matter.

"But I don't think it's enough, and it's not enough!" Chongzhen waved his hand and said.

"Huh?" Hearing this, Ma Mingluo, Wang Wei, Fu Shan and others were a little confused, what is the situation?

They originally thought that the saint would think that they wanted too much, but they never expected that the saint would be too little, and the saint would think that the ten taels of silver per month was too little? How does this say?

As an emperor, will you still think that the officials take too little?

Emperor Taizu Gao was eager to let the officials work for the court in vain.

It can only be said that the bird's ambition is safe, or the times have limited Ma Mingluo's vision.

History has fully proved that low salaries are undesirable, and Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention in setting low salaries for officials was to save the state financial expenditures, but the result was counterproductive, and on the contrary, it led to a great waste of state financial expenditures.

Of course, a simple high salary is certainly not desirable either.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were dozens of times that of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also officials who were corrupt.

Since the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng, the Qing Dynasty has set up a system of raising incorruptible silver, and the quota of incorruptible silver can even reach 100 times that of Yulu, but local officials should be greedy or greedy.

Therefore, it must be a high salary, a strict supervision mechanism and a severe punishment system.

It is necessary to make corrupt officials understand that the benefits of corruption may be far less than the benefits that can be obtained by being a clean official, which includes huge economic benefits.

In this case, the corrupt officials have to weigh before reaching out, is it worth it?

Of course, Chongzhen did this, and there was an ultimate purpose that was not enough for outsiders, that is, to tie the interests of the royal family and the interests of all the scholars of the Ministry of Internal Affairs through this salary system.

From now on, all the scholars of the royal family and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be a community of interests, and one will prosper and the other will lose.

"The monthly distribution of Yulu is according to what you just requested, seven products and ten taels, and Ma Mingluo is the head of the sixth grade, so he will take twelve taels." Speaking of this, after a pause, Chongzhen said again, "But in addition to taking the monthly salary, you still have a year's salary to receive, and in the future, after the age of Zhishi, there will be Zhishi gold!" ”

"Ah, there's still a year to receive?"

"After Zhishi, there is Zhishijin?"

The high-level officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs present suddenly became interested.

Silver is undoubtedly a good thing, and no one will not like it.

Ma Mingluo thought of it and asked directly: "Holy Lord, what do you say?" What does Zhi Shijin say? ”

"That's right." Chongzhen gently tapped his finger on the beauty behind him, and then asked, "Ma Qing, can you first estimate how many assets the Internal Affairs Office has now?" ”

"How many assets does the Ministry of Internal Affairs have?" Ma Mingluo was stunned and said, "Shengshang, this has not been calculated, because there is a phenomenon of cross-shareholding in various yamen under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, for example, the Royal Silver Account has a shareholding in the Industrial and Commercial Industrial Silver Account, and the Shiyi Institute also has shares in the Industrial and Commercial Industrial Silver Account and the Shipping and Shipbuilding Silver Number, which is not easy to calculate." ”

Chongzhen smiled: "I didn't ask you to make accurate calculations, so you can simply estimate them." ”

"Estimates?" Ma Mingluo nodded and began to calculate, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs holds 5,100 shares in the Imperial City Exchange, which is equivalent to 51 million in silver, 2,000 shares in the Shipping and Shipbuilding Silver Shipyard, which is converted into 10 million in silver, and the shares held in the Arsenal, Gunpowder Factory, Lead Factory, Huangming Times and other factories are about 5 million taels in silver. ”

"There is also the Royal Silver Horn's shares in the Industrial and Commercial Industrial Silver Horn, which is equivalent to 30 million silver."

After saying this, Ma Mingluo said again: "In the end, it is the royal silver number, but how much silver the royal silver number is worth, this minister really has no way to estimate." ”

The Royal Silver Horn is also the property of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is fully controlled.

Chongzhen said: "Although there are more than 100 million taels of silver in the account of the Royal Silver Account, these silver are depositors', so it cannot be simply counted as the assets of the Royal Silver Horn, so let's convert 50 million taels of silver first." ”

Ma Mingluo said: "In this case, the Ministry of Internal Affairs now has assets of about 116 million taels, in addition to about 40 million taels of cash in the account of the Royal Silver Horn, and about 60 million taels of bonds that have not been sold. ”

Hearing this number, Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi, Chen Zilong and other scholars were a little confused, so much?

Unconsciously, the Holy Interior's Office had swelled to such a terrifying scale?

Chongzhen pondered for a moment, and then said in a shocking voice: "I plan to let the existing scholars of King Qin and those who will graduate from Guozijian in the future all have shares in the Internal Affairs Office. ”

"Huh?" The scholars present were all discolored.

Let them have a stake in the Ministry of Internal Affairs? I really didn't expect this.

Even Ma Mingluo and Ruan Dacheng cast envious glances at Zheng Sen and the others.

As the editor-in-chief of the Huangming Times, Wang Wei is even more envious and jealous, he is not a diligent prince.

The heart said that the saint is really not an ordinary favor to these Qinwang scholars, this is really a protégé of the Son of Heaven!

"Ma Qing, as well as Wang Qing and Ruan Qing, you don't need to be red." Chongzhen smiled and said, "A few of you will also have a share in the Internal Affairs Office." ”

Ma Mingluo scratched his head a little embarrassed, and asked again: "Holy Lord, the businessman wants to take out real money when he enters the stock market, do you want to take out the silver when the ministers buy shares in the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

"Of course not." Chongzhen smiled and waved his hand, "You only take dry shares." ”

"It would be nice if that were the case, hehe." Ma Mingluo was happy, and said, "Otherwise, if you need to take silver as a shareholder, the minister can only take out a hundred taels of silver at most, so it won't be much fun." ”

Fu Shan smiled bitterly and said, "Master Ma can still take out a hundred taels, but I can't even take out ten taels." ”

"Me too, I can't take out ten taels." Wang Wei also laughed, "You can't embezzle the newspaper's money." ”

"You don't need a penny or two." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "I plan to divide the Internal Affairs Office into 200,000 shares, as long as it is an official or a scholar belonging to the Internal Affairs Office, it must be an official, and the officials below are not counted, as long as it is an official or a scholar, it can occupy a share in the Internal Affairs Office, and dividends will be distributed accordingly every year according to the profitability of the Internal Affairs Office. ”

After saying this, Chongzhen asked Ma Mingluo again: "Ma Qing, how much did the Internal Affairs Office make last year?" ”

"Last year's profits?" Ma Mingluo said, "Shengshang, can the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued by Shiyi be considered profitable?" ”

"Of course, of course, this is the profit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Chongzhen said without thinking, "The bonds sold by Shiyi were not sold out of thin air, but took the cultivated land of Kaifeng Mansion, Guide Mansion and Xuzhou as collateral, and the soldiers of King Qin and the border army shed their blood to defend Xuzhou, and recaptured Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, which is of course the profit of the Internal Affairs Office." ”

"Is that profitable?" Zheng Sen said, "Shengshang, if Shandong is recovered, Beizhi is recovered, and even Liaoxi and Liaodong are recovered in the future, won't it also be the profit of the Internal Affairs Bureau?" ”

"Zheng Damu, you might as well look further." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Your father is Zheng Zhilong, he must have told you about Nanyang, if one day the Shizi battalion can take the entire Nanyang with the army, then all the land in the entire Nanyang is the profit of the Internal Affairs Office." ”

After saying this, Chongzhen continued: "So you don't have to worry about the profitability of the Internal Affairs Office at all, it is impossible for the Internal Affairs Government not to make a profit, the stronger our Ming Dynasty, the stronger the profitability of the Internal Affairs Office!" At present, the total assets of our internal affairs government are only 200 million, but in the future, 2 billion or even 20 billion is possible! ”

Hearing this, the eyes of Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi and other scholars suddenly lit up.

This business can be done, I have to talk to Yan Yingyuan and Xu Yingwei when I go back.

At this time, Ma Mingluo interjected and said: "Holy Lord, if the issuance of bonds is also considered profitable, then the profit of the Internal Affairs Office last year was more than 39 million taels of silver deposited in the account of the Royal Silver Account. ”

Chongzhen said: "More than 39 million taels, divided into 200,000 shares, each share is more than 190 taels of dividends." ”

After saying this, Chongzhen said to everyone again: "When you go back, you will tell the others that those who have an account do not need it, and those who do not have an account should quickly go to the Royal Silver Account to open an account, so that the Internal Affairs Office can issue you last year's dividends." ”

This is Chongzhen's logic, do things or don't do them, and if you want to do them, you must do them perfectly.

The matter of interest bundling, ninety-nine steps have been taken, and it is not bad for the last trembling.

There are more than 6,000 Qinwang scholars, each of whom is nearly 200 taels, which adds up to 1.2 million taels!

Such a large sum of silver, if you want to say that Chongzhen is not distressed, it must be fake, but he thinks it is worth it.

Because through this money, more than 6,000 Qinwang scholars were completely tied to the royal family, and the two sides became an interest group for honor and disgrace.

Chongzhen's move obviously greatly surprised everyone.

Even Ma Mingluo was also dumbfounded: "Saint, last year's profit also has to be divided?" ”

"Of course it must be divided!" Chongzhen said, "I told you a long time ago, I don't pick it, the reason why I didn't give you money before, it was just to test you, now you should believe my words." ”

"The minister believes, and the minister believes now." Ma Mingluo nodded again and again as if the chick was pecking rice.

Wang Chengen, Lu Jiude, and Gao Qiqian, who were guarding outside Yilun Hall, sighed in their hearts.

The Holy Lord is extremely critical to the ministers of the court, to us insiders, and even to the clan.

But the saint is really generous to these Qinwang scholars, and he will give more than one million taels of silver.

"Besides, I'm not done yet." Chongzhen smiled and said, "In addition to the annual dividends, when you are old, you can also receive a sum of Zhishi gold, which is your share capital, for example, the total assets of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are about 200 million taels, and the share capital per share is 1,000 taels of silver!" ”

"Zhishijin is the share capital?" The scholars were completely unsettled.

Gao Qiqian outside Yilun Hall is even more red, long live you, you are too eccentric.

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "This means that if you are Zhishi now, everyone can receive a thousand taels of Zhishi gold from the Internal Affairs Office!" If you wait for a few decades before doing Zhishi, and the assets of the Internal Affairs Office have swelled to 2 billion, you will be able to receive 10,000 taels of Zhishi gold! With this money, it is enough for you to enjoy your old age in peace. ”

Hearing this, the scholars present couldn't hold back the surprise in their hearts.

However, Chongzhen changed his words and said: "However, Emperor Taizu Gao once said a sentence back then, and I will give this sentence to you today, and you will also tell it to all the other scholars when you go back." ”

After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "The golden bottle is drunk together, and the white blade is not spared!" ”

Hearing this, Ma Mingluo, Ruan Dacheng, Wang Wei and all the scholars immediately looked solemn.

Chongzhen said: "There is no good thing in this world that only takes benefits and does not have to be responsible, I have given you such a generous salary, and when you are Zhishi, I will give you such a large amount of Zhishi gold, you must show your own responsibility, first, don't be corrupt; Second, don't mess with the light and the corpse! ”

After saying this, Chongzhen said to Huang Zongxi again: "Huang Zongxi, the matter of supervision will be handed over to your Supervision Section, although your Supervision Department is subordinate to the Internal Affairs Bureau, it is not subject to any restraint by the Internal Affairs Bureau, as long as you think it is necessary, you can investigate anyone in the Internal Affairs Bureau, including Ma Mingluo." ”

"Minister, listen to the hadith." Huang Zongxi stood up and solemnly agreed.

Chongzhen continued: "If you let the supervision department find out who is messing around, find out once, that is, deduct the dividends of the year, find out twice, immediately fire, and deduct the money!" If corruption is detected, as long as it is found once, it will be immediately dismissed, and the dividends of the current year and the Zhishijin will be deducted, and the stolen money will be recovered and the corresponding punishment will be accepted. ”

Chongzhen has reason to believe that with this high-pressure policy, I dare not say that absolutely no one dares to be corrupt, but at least most people will back down after weighing the pros and cons.

When Ma Mingluo and the others heard this, they all looked awe-inspiring.

At this time, Fan Zhongjie, the left attendant of the ministry, hurriedly came to the outside of Yilun Hall.

Wang Chengen, who was outside the hall, said: "Long live the lord, Fan Zhongjie, the left attendant of the ministry, asks to see you." ”

Chongzhen's response soon came from inside Yilun Hall: "Let him come in." ”

Wang Chengen sang: "Xuan, Fan Zhongjie, the left attendant of the ministry, came to see you." ”

Fan Zhongjie straightened his clothes, walked into the Yilun Hall with a wat board, and paid homage to Chongzhen.

"Let's be flat." Chongzhen shook his hands and asked, "Is Tingtui about to start?" ”

Shi Kefa, the first assistant of the cabinet, was sent to prison in the criminal department because of the edict, and Xie Xuelong, the second assistant of the cabinet, unfortunately fell into the well and drowned while admiring the moon last night.

This situation is definitely not going to work, so it has become a top priority for the court to promote a new cabinet assistant.

"Yes." Fan Zhongjie said respectfully, "This court push is very important, and I also ask the Holy Lord to preside over it in person." ”

"I'm not going." Chongzhen said, "Let Fan Qing preside over it." ”