Bavaria.

Chang Yuchun, the deputy general of the conquest, thinks that these things have been quite outrageous recently.

First of all, there was news in Beijing that he suddenly got the position of president of Jinling Military University, and I wanted to become the head of a school and teach students because I couldn't read a few words.

And then today.

Once again, the Messenger brought the Lord's decree along with a 'questionnaire' for him to fill out.

After asking Tu Xiao, who was also assigned to fill out the questionnaire, he learned that this was similar to the imperial examination paper.

Imperial Examination...... It's even more outrageous.

However, after Tu Xiao read the content, Chang Yuchun was interested, which was originally about the "Daming Monthly". "Daming Monthly", good thing, these days, many of these chapters, he has repeatedly asked the Confucian scholars around him to read it several times.

For example, "Zhu's Entrepreneurship Chronicle", Chang Yuchun likes it very much, and thinks that it is indeed too 'slight', and it is wonderful to get a thick romance.

and "A Chinese Ghost Story", which is interesting.

Shuzhong Sword Immortal.

It happened that he was about to enter Shuzhong, and if he was free, he would send someone to find it in the mountain, catch one or two sword immortals and bring them back to the capital to present to the lord.

As for "Dream of Red Mansions", I don't like it when I meet the spring, the children's crying and chirping, and they have to return the tears or something, it's not good to ask for it, return the body, and be a husband and wife for a lifetime, how simple.

There is also a chapter involving Juntian again, Chang Yuchun deliberately asked people to copy a lot of copies, and spread it to the guards, which is another encouragement to the soldiers, and the recent feedback is also good.

Besides, the 'questionnaire', since it is arranged by the master, then fill it out.

Dictated by himself, Tu Xiao wrote, and the time before dinner on November 28 was quickly completed, and people immediately sent it back at night.

After eating, he began to gather the generals to discuss tomorrow's affairs.

In order to hoard enough grain and grass to avoid supply difficulties for the army to penetrate deep into Shu, the lord's edict was to launch an entry into Shu at the beginning of next month.

However, we can't wait any longer.

It is not because Shuzhong continues to increase troops to Wu Youren's military town, which has now reached 50,000, but because it ...... In the past, three Shuzhong generals have quietly sent people over, saying that they would surrender and be willing to respond.

Therefore, it can be seen that the heart of the Bashu army.

If the first place is still a deception at the beginning, again and again, again and again, it is impossible to be fake.

Furthermore, even if it is fake, what can it be?

Wu Youren currently has 50,000 soldiers, which is already half of the troops in Shuzhong, and on his own side, even if he stays behind all the way from Xingyuan to defend the army, he still has 150,000 troops in this Bazhou City.

Three times the enemy, the momentum is strong, and breaking a Wu Youren is not yet a hand-to-hand capture.

Often meet the call of spring, and the generals will arrive soon.

In addition to Tu Xiao, the surveying and mapping envoy of the third grade, there are mainly two deputies of Chang Yuchun, Xue Xian, whose official position is the right of the second grade of Jiangxi Province, and Gu Shi, the deputy governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, who is also the second grade, both of whom are also trusted by Lao Zhu over the years.

Speaking of which, the Chinese book Pingzhang with the name of Chang Yuchun is juxtaposed with Zhu Yuan, and it is from the first product.

In the Ya of Bazhou City, which was requisitioned as the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals discussed and decided to attack Wu Youren's military town before dawn tomorrow, and they were full of energy.

Chang Yuchun also summoned three messengers who had been detained in the Ming army camp for these days to arrange for the cooperation between the inside and the outside.

November 29th.

On a new day, God also appreciates the face, this is a day without fog. The Ming army, which had been preparing overnight, was launched on time at the right time, and all three internal departments should have given feedback, one created civil strife, one opened the camp gate, and the other took advantage of the chaos to capture Wu Youren, who wanted to escape.

The 50,000 troops that Xia Guo raised with all his might became a joke for a while.

The battle lasted until noon, and the Ming army destroyed 8,000 enemies and captured more than 40,000 prisoners. The country of abundance completely opened its mind to the Ming army.

Chang Yuchun was not carried away by this victory.

Because, problems come one after another.

The edict sent by his lord yesterday also mentioned again that after entering Shu, he must not kill too much, so as not to provoke a rebellion in Shu. At the same time, even if you go to the city of Chongqing, if you can be appeased, you still have to avoid swords as much as possible. This is not the first time that a similar explanation has been given, and Chang Yuchun can't help but listen.

So, 40,000 soldiers became a problem for a while.

Escort to the rear...... The Qinling road is difficult to travel, and it is really inconvenient.

Placement in situ ...... That's more dangerous.

Disbandment and repatriation...... I'm afraid that these people will become the enemies of the Ming Dynasty again in a blink of an eye.

Kill them all...... Chang Yuchun thinks so, however, not to mention that the lord wants to eat and hang, even if he is a subordinate, he will not agree to him doing this.

Now, if these 40,000 people are not dealt with well, the army will not be able to enter Shu with confidence.

After an afternoon of deliberation, I finally came up with a plan.

First of all, all the generals of more than 1,000 households of the Xia army were selected and escorted to the rear.

The rest of the soldiers, each stripped off their shirts and whipped three times, and then gave three days of rations and was dismissed on the spot, and agreed that on the way of the army's subsequent expedition, they would not only no longer be forgiven, but would also implicate their families. At the same time, if these people refuse to return to their hometowns and wander around Shu to make chaos and become thieves, once they are arrested, they will also implicate their families and kill them all.

After dealing with 40,000 soldiers, Chang Yuchun did not listen to Xue Xian's suggestion to divide his troops to take Chengdu, and still adopted the strategy of capturing thieves and capturing the king in the Battle of Dadu, and the army went down the river and went straight to Chongqing, which was 600 miles away.

……

Chang Yuchun opened the Micang Road and successfully entered Shu, and arrived in Jinling the next day through the flying pigeon.

The court was excited for a while.

Lao Zhu sent an urgent order again, on the one hand, he asked Chang Yuchun not to kill indiscriminately, and on the other hand, for Xia Guoming's family, if he can be gentle, he will still be gentle.

Lao Zhu also agreed with Chang Yuchun's practice of not dividing his troops to take Chongqing directly, if he could force the Xia lord to surrender, it would be difficult for other states and counties in Shuzhong to resist again, and both sides could reduce casualties.

The North Route Army was like a bamboo, but the East Route Army led by Liao Yongzhong and Yang Jing was not very smooth, and it was still stuck in Qutang Gorge, that is, the White Emperor City that Shu Han Liu Bei retreated to after the defeat of Wu, one of the Yangtze River hazards.

Lao Zhu was not in a hurry, but just sent a letter asking Liao Yongzhong and Yang Jing to contain the Qutang garrison and prevent them from returning to Chongqing.

The rest will be left to Chang Yuchun.

In this way, the time entered December of the first year of Hongwu.

The main thing that Zhu Yuan has been busy with in the past few days is to arrange for another 100,000 craftsmen to come from most of the capital.

It was also learned that another 100,000 were also on the way, arriving in the second half of the month, and there was also a joint letter from Xu Da and Jin'an, the prefect of Beiping, who also agreed to come down, and the rest of the craftsmen stayed in the north and were no longer transferred.

Besides, the one-time resettlement of 100,000 people is not a trivial matter, nor is it a big deal.

If according to the standards of militarized management, it is only the word 'camped', but if you want to give these 100,000 people a sense of belonging and put them into work as soon as possible, you must take a lot of pain.

The resettlement sites have been selected in advance.

This time it was still half, half in Beijing, and half in Taiping. Half of the Jingshi is arranged at the eastern foot of the shogunate, on the Taiping side, or in the surrounding mountains where the iron ore has been proven.

In addition, the first step in resettlement is to build a house.

For this reason, Zhu Yuan deliberately transferred some people back from Mingzhou, after all, they are very experienced in all aspects such as brick making, tile burning, wood cutting, and building houses, including the girl Haitou Feng and the family around him.

Hai'er's father, Tu Rangchun, was originally a Daishan fisherman, good at shipbuilding and repairing ships, and was a skilled craftsman. When he was originally arranged to work in a tile factory, Tu Rangchun proposed the idea of a movable mold for a stamping tile machine, and Zhu Yuan casually ordered a 'team leader' position.

This time, he was transferred and officially entered the stream and served as the director of another tile factory set up at the eastern foot of the shogunate, with the official position of Shohachipin.

In addition, the mulberry picking family also arrived in Jinling.

This is because of Wu Sanniang, Wu Siniang and Wu Wuniang...... Well, that's because of mulberry picking.

It's the little things.

On the first day of the lunar month, I entered the palace in the morning, in addition to the new January's "Daming Monthly", I also had to help Lao Zhu's consultant with a major event.

The remuneration of officials.

At present, near noon, in the conference room of the East Pavilion, Zhu Yuan is talking to everyone about the concept of 'minimum wage' in later generations: "The so-called minimum wage is to determine a wage standard that can ensure that the people at the bottom are barely enough to eat according to the consumption standards of a place's grain prices. However, we are currently using in-kind as the main salary, but it is easy to unify. Ancestors, Yuan'er felt that the minimum wage standard, 1 stone is more appropriate. These are mainly for artisan households. For a family of five, 1 stone of grain per month, 1 catty per person per day, I think it is very reasonable. ”

After Zhu Yuan finished speaking, Lao Zhu had not yet expressed his opinion, and Li Shanchang on the other side had already said: "Pingzhang, if there are two laborers in a household, wouldn't you be able to get two stones of rice grain every month, then you will be very rich?" ”

"Zuo Xiang, the people are richer, and the world is more stable because of this, isn't this bad?" Zhu Yuan asked rhetorically: "What's more, even if there are two laborers in a household, the more work you do, the more you eat." Do you know that the ration standard for our soldiers is two liters a day, which is three catties. Let's talk about two laborers in one household, but the average is two catties, the children and the elderly eat less, and the two laborers eat more, and there will still not be much leftover. ”

Li Shanchang looked down at the information in front of him, and then raised his head and retorted: "Pingzhang, have you calculated, if this 'minimum wage standard' is set up to raise the salary of craftsmen from six buckets to one stone, how much will it cost, and the imperial court can afford it?" ”

"I've roughly calculated," Zhu Yuan said, "just with the current annual grain tax revenue of the imperial court, it is more than enough." What's more, next, we will increase the coinage, compared to all the grain as a salary, I actually prefer a part of the grain and a part of the coins as a means of payment, which can reduce the burden on the court, the circulation of coins, and also promote distribution. ”

Zhu Yuan said that at the end, Li Shanchang, who originally wanted to refute, was stunned.

This......

Assignment?!

It's his knowledge blind spot again.

Lao Zhu, who was at the head of the head, interrupted at the right time and said: "Just according to what Yuan'er said, set this 'minimum wage standard' and pay it in half of the money and grain." Not...... Let's talk about the official's salary, right? ”

Zhu Yuan looked to the other side.

Lao Li lowered his head and flipped through the salary standard preliminarily drawn up by the household department, and did not speak. Because of the dissatisfaction in his heart, but, he still let the other kid say.

Zhu Yuan waited for a while, and then spoke: "Ancestor, let me start with one, the salary of officials should be paid monthly, not yearly, for example, the minimum drawn up by the household department is 50 stone from the ninth grade of Suilu, divided by 12 months a year, which is not neat. It's better to lose two stones, an average of 4 stones per month, which is just right. The same goes for others. ”

Lao Zhu glanced at the table in front of him, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "It's this reason, then ...... Well, you'll come up with a whole number later. ”

"And ......" Zhu Yuan said: "Like the wages of craftsmen, I think that the salaries of officials should be more silver, less rice, and even all silver." On the one hand, it can improve the efficiency of the payment of salaries, for example, by sending a stone of grain to officials, and sending a consistent amount of money to officials, the latter is obviously more convenient. Even, there is no need to send it, every month in the government office, everyone directly takes it back. It's quick and easy. ”

Lao Zhu didn't nod for a while this time, and looked at everyone in the conference room: "Wait a minute, tell me about it?" ”

Everyone looked at each other a few times, and An Ren, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, opened his mouth first: "Lord, the minister thinks...... It's also good to send out silver money. ”

In fact......

Seriously, there are not many of you who live on the hundreds of stone a year.

Shan Anren opened his mouth, and Yang Siyi, the head of the household, also followed: "Lord, the minister thinks it is inappropriate, or what Pingzhang just said, different places, different seasons, and different food prices. Let's just say that at the moment, Jingshi stone rice is consistent five, and on the side of Beiping, as far as the minister knows, the price of stone rice is as high as three times. If all the money is distributed, it will be better on weekdays, but in the event of a disaster, I am afraid that the officials will not be able to support their own families. ”

Lao Zhu heard Yang Siyi say this, and some wanted to sneer.

But he held back.

Lao Zhu has experienced the suffering of the world, and he has also seen officials in the countryside to make a living, so he also knows that most officials, where will they completely rely on this to live?

However, this is not suitable for being too blunt.

After some discussion, it was decided in the end, whether it was an official or a craftsman, for the time being, it was half of the money and half of the food.

Subsequently, Zhu Yuan took the initiative to propose the salary of the officials.

This is the one that was once ignored by Lao Zhu, and it is one that is seriously ignored, so that it backfires, causing officials to want to hire subordinate officials and have to find a way to get money out of the official treasury...... If you get used to it, you are no longer just to raise officials, how good it is to stuff yourself in your purse!

The reason is simple, and Lao Zhu immediately agreed.

It's just that, next, how many officials can be hired by each yamen will have to be discussed again.

And so it was noon.

After the meeting was over, and the others were sent away, Lao Zhu took his baby twenty-third grandson to the dining room next door, and asked people to call the prince to come to eat together, and asked with a smile: "But there is anything that can't be said in public?" ”

"Yes," Zhu Yuan nodded and said, "There is an example, a great Qing official in the Wanli Dynasty, named Hai Rui, was so honest and famous that the officials at that time did not like him. At that time, the salary was still set by the founding of the country, and it was naturally impossible for a clean official like Hai Rui to have additional income, so he could only barely support his family, and it was rare to even eat meat. Once, Hai Rui's mother celebrated her birthday and finally bought two catties of meat to honor her mother. This matter, for some reason, has become a joke in officialdom, a group of officials are eating 1,000 taels of silver a table, while laughing at a certain poor sour, the old mother can only buy two catties of meat for her birthday. ”

Lao Zhu was silent for a while, and only said after a while: "Flowing water is not rotten, and the hub is not beetle." I haven't forgotten your sentence, I will write down the things that should be said in the ancestral teachings, and I will ...... in the future Children and grandchildren, everything must also be flexible. ”

Zhu Yuan also nodded, thought about it, and said: "This incident has also had a bad impact, and even distorted some values, which is what I think is the most terrible." ”

"What...... Values? ”

Zhu Yuan said: "There is a saying that if you are an official, if you can't even take care of your own family, no matter how virtuous and honest the official is, it is better to be a corrupt official who has the ability to do things." Oh, the reason is that Hai Rui was so poor all his life that several children died young, and he had no future in his life. Ancestor, do you think this truth is right or wrong? ”

Lao Zhu didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "What do you think?" ”

Zhu Yuan shook his head: "Of course it's wrong, but people's hearts are like this, it's too easy to be affected by these specious truths." ”

Lao Zhu was silent again.

He couldn't figure it out.

Zhu Yuan said: "Ancestor, when I say this, I actually think that we can only conform to people's hearts, just like some fundamental truths. Since you have become an official, it is better to give more, of course, if the state finance allows, give more, so that at least the Qing officials will not be unsustainable because of poverty. Moreover, even if it is not completely incorruptible, at least, if we give more, we can also pull their hearts and not go too far, do you say? ”

Lao Zhu nodded, and asked again: "How to do it, you have a way, right?" ”

"Ancestors, those shares of maritime trading companies are one," Zhu Yuan said: "In the future, if all kinds of state-owned companies directly under the central government generate profits, they will distribute some profits to central officials, and local enterprises will share some profits to the localities." These are all things that I mentioned a long time ago. The profits are divided into several parts, one for the treasury, one for the royal family, one for the officials, and finally, the workers who do things must also have a share. Oh, actually...... Again, this is the way of 'distribution'. ”

Lao Zhu thought for a while, and said, "You go back, write a plan for me in the next few days." ”

Zhu Yuan agreed.

Lao Zhu remembered another: "Will be the secretary...... Oh, now it's the Ministry of Industry, and I've made a few sets of silver coins to come out, and I'll have someone send them to you in the morning, but have you seen it? ”

"I looked at it when I ate in the morning," Zhu Yuan said, "specifically...... I'm going to have to think about it again. ”

"The idea should also be made quickly," Lao Zhu advised: "Since we want to distribute half of the money and grain, when the time comes, if the coins are not minted in time and cannot be sent, then the court will be embarrassed." ”