Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty Taizu was born in extreme poverty, and after he won the country, the amount of money set for officials in the world can be described as harsh.

It doesn't matter if people from wealthy families have a good family, but those from poor families who have entered the officialdom through the imperial examination will have difficulty maintaining various expenses.

If you are a magistrate, you have to be greedy, and you will lose more than you can make up for what you lack, and you will be greedy and greedy if you have a conscience.

This situation led to the Ming Dynasty having the most corrupt officials, as long as there are officials, there are definitely corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the most corrupt manipulations are also the most.

What is drenched and kicked, and the fire is not consumed; It is just common to set up a name and win over the gentry, and there are many and rich means of corruption and bribery, even a broken stone can scrape oil and water for you.

This is a magistrate, but if he becomes a Beijing official, especially a petty official below the fourth rank, he has no power or power, and he has no chance to perform these riotous operations at all.

It doesn't matter if you are born rich or rich, but if you are born poor, you can only live on these incomes. And a year's worth of silver and rice add up to be converted into silver taels, ranging from tens of taels to hundreds of taels.

The prosperous place of Beijing, the place where the dynasties gathered, the price is high, Luoyang paper is expensive, Chang'an rice is expensive, and everything in Beijing is expensive.

If you are a foreigner, you first have to rent a small courtyard as a residence, and when you become an official master, you can't walk, so you have to hire a sedan chair and get a few long entourages to fill the official face, all of which are at your own expense.

If the annual salary can be paid in full, it can still be maintained tightly, barely enough to support the family. But if you deduct a little, you have to find something else.

And this money has not been distributed every year, everyone is tightening their belts to live, and they don't even dare to touch the meat. Now the treasury is tight, and pepper and spices are used to offset the money.

Can this be endured?

Now almost all of the people who come to line up to lead the people are poor officials, and they can't bear it when they hear that they can only fold a liter of pepper for ten taels of silver.

The crowd was furious, and hundreds of nearly a thousand people waved their fists and shouted, threatening to kill these dog officials of the household department.

Some people even shouted in the crowd, setting the tone for this riot, "The traitor is in the court, the upper is extravagant and the lower is greedy, deceiving the monarch's father, and deceiving the middle palace!" These dog officials have coveted all our money!

Ladies and gentlemen! Don't move now, but when! Qing Jun's side, punish the minister! ”

"The dynasty has been raising soldiers for more than 100 years, and the festival of righteous death is today!"

"Qing Jun's side, Zhu Yuchen!"

Shouting in their mouths, pushing and shoving one after another, they were about to rush inside, and when the household officials saw that the situation was out of control, they hurriedly shouted to the scribe: "You are still stunned! Why don't you go and ask the ministry to come over! ”

Dozens of scribes still looked at the angry scene of this group of people in confusion, heard a few shouts, and a few people suddenly came to their senses, turned their heads and ran to the depths of the Fengying Library.

This abundant warehouse is a large courtyard, in addition to the storage of silver grain, there are also many value rooms.

A few hundred meters away from the gate, in the deepest duty room, Han Wen was sitting in it and tasting tea.

As the secretary of the household department, the most senior leader of the entire household department, he is naturally very high-level, and he must maintain the consistent fine style of leadership.

The leader is only responsible for mobilizing and shouting, cheering for the people below, and staying away when it is his turn to do things.

It is necessary to leave the platform to subordinates, and to give the people under him a chance to express themselves.

I just don't know how it behaved.

Thinking distraughtly, he took a sip of tea, took a sip of tea, and tasted it in his mouth, the muscles on the side of Han Wen's ear moved, as if he heard a noisy footsteps, but after a few breaths, the door of the room was slammed open.

As soon as he entered the house, several scribes who rushed in threw themselves on their knees, "Lord Ministry, something is wrong!" Check it out! ”

Han Wen's heart sank, and he got up suddenly, "But those officials are making trouble?" ”

"Hundreds of people were making a fuss at the door, and now they were about to rush in! The scene can't be sustained, Lord Ministry, go and take a look! ”

Hearing that hundreds of people were angry and about to rush in, Han Wen stopped his steps slightly, then gritted his teeth and shouted at the scribes: "What are you panicking, the headquarters will personally go to appease them!" ”

After saying this sentence as if to boost his own spirit, Han Wen didn't stop any longer, lifted the hem of the red second-grade official robe, and hurriedly left the duty room.

Hundreds of meters away, walked a mile, and when the Hubu Shangshu Hanwen arrived, the door of the Fengying Library was already a pot of porridge.

Dozens of people crowded in front jumped on the big case, and hundreds of people pushed and shouted in the back.

A group of officials and scribes in the household department, together with the warehouse workers, are desperately blocking it, and all kinds of books and files are scattered. Countless pieces of paper fluttered in the air, dancing with snowflakes.

The line of defense composed of six thick cases was already precarious, as if it was about to be broken through in the next second.

Seeing such a terrifying scene in person, Han Wen's pupils shrank, and he immediately shouted desperately: "Are you going to rebel!" ”

At the age of fifty-six, in this era, the loess is buried in the chest. This loud roar shouted out desperately, full of anger, and faintly overshadowed the clamor of these hundreds of people.

Hearing this shout, everyone present immediately quieted down, and some people went to look at the red official uniform, as well as the golden chicken tonic on the chest.

After a few breaths, the crowd whispered, "This brocade chicken is a complement of the second grade, is this person the Hangul of the Hubu Shangshu?" ”

"It should be"

"Why is Tobe Shangshu here?"

"Why didn't you see it just now?"

The official is a first-class official who crushes people to death, not to mention a second-grade official, who is already a big man in the court, and in the officialdom, the lower officials have an instinctive awe of the upper officials.

Seeing this second-grade Tobe Shangshu, the situation on the field actually has a tendency to stabilize. But soon someone gritted his teeth and shouted: "What about the book of the household! Can the Household Book be greedy for our money! Let him talk back! ”

"Talk back!"

"Talk back!"

"Where is our money greedy by your household!"

Like droplets of water falling into a pot of boiling oil, there was a thunderclap, and the faintly stable situation was noisy again.

Hearing the shouts of hundreds of people behind him, the dozens of people standing on the big case were immediately encouraged, and their anger rose from their hearts, and they pointed at Han Wen and said, "Talk back!" Where are you greedy for our money! ”

Han Wen's official residence is the second grade, the head of the household department of the Ming Dynasty, when did he let people point their noses and shout back like this, but he knew that this was not the time to care, so he yelled:

"What do you mean to be greedy by us! Don't want to add sin! This year has been a year of disaster, with rebellions in two provinces, floods in three provinces, drought in five provinces, and landslides in Puzhou. The expenses of the imperial court are extremely large, and the deficit of the treasury is appalling, there are as many as millions of taels, such a huge deficit, can you not be considerate and considerate of the imperial court? ”

As soon as the words fell, someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "We are considerate of the imperial court, who will be considerate of us!" ”

"I have ten people in my family to support, how should I live this year without Yulu!"

"The millions of shorts must have been coveted by you!"

“.”

The first few sentences are okay, but when he heard the last sentence, Han Wen choked for a while, and even if he was angry, these dogs who stepped on the horse, these words were also spoken, don't you lose your conscience!

(End of chapter)