The official salary of the dynasty has long become a big problem, and even a new science and technology scholar once complained in public and said: Since ancient times, the official salary has been so thin, and there has never been such a thing.

At the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the highest grade of the first grade was 1,044 stones, 331 stones, 712 stones, 266 taels of silver, 53 pieces of silk, 356 pieces of cloth, and 7,128 pieces of banknotes......

The lowest from the ninth grade of the age is only 60 stones, 42 stones of natural color, 18 stones of folded color, 25 taels of silver, 5 pieces of silk, 9 pieces of cloth, and 180 pieces of banknotes.

According to the calculation method of the official salaries of this dynasty, they are basically calculated in terms of grain and rice, and the payment is both rice and goods. Rice is the natural color, and the object is the folded color. Due to the fact that the folded goods and treasure money are becoming cheaper, the proportion of officials to salaries remains unchanged, and the actual income of officials is getting smaller and smaller.

Not to mention anything else, silk cloth, with the development of the textile industry in Jiangnan and Shu, the value of silk cloth has depreciated by more than half in the past century.

In the past few years, the household department has always been unable to make ends meet, and often used silk cloth instead of Yulu to distribute to hundreds of officials, which directly led to many officials having to sell it to cloth merchants in the city at a low price after receiving it.

In this way, Yu Lu has shrunk in disguise again.

It is better to say that those with high officials or those with property can say that they are like the middle and lower-level officials of the Qingshui Yamen, and they may not be able to support their families if they are frugal on food and clothing.

The reason why the old sage was regarded as the holy lord by the civil and military officials was because his old man had issued many decrees to open the door of convenience to the household department and borrow silver from the officials who were "in distress at home......

And at every turn, he will reward hundreds of officials with a wave of his hand, who can not love such a "trench and inhumane" king?

On the contrary, today, a large part of the reputation for being mean and unkind is that when he was in charge of the household department during the Zhaowu period, he repeatedly wrote letters prohibiting officials from borrowing money from the household department, and deliberately recovered the shortfall.

This matter was noisy for decades, until the beginning of the seventh year of Yuan You, the deposit of the household increased the amount of silver, and the distribution of official salaries was changed from grain and rice to cash, which made the civil and military officials no longer so poor.

Of course, the advent of the prosperous era means that the value of silver will be relatively depreciated, and the official income will not rise for a hundred years, and that little money is really not enough for the officials to maintain their good life.

Especially those Qingshui Yamen in the capital, such as those in the Hanlin Academy, poor Hanlin was not called in vain.

The demand for a salary increase has long been discussed in private, but no one dares to put it in the open.

Readers, all they want is face.

I can't take the silver and hang it on my lips at every turn, and how can I mix it in Shilin when it is passed out.

But Jia Cong is different, he mentioned this matter today, let's not talk about whether there will be people who "despise" him and are full of copper smell, just talk about working for the welfare of middle and lower-level officials, normal people have to be grateful for this great kindness.

……

The emperor responded to Jia Cong's invitation, passed the God of Wealth Lin Shangshu into the palace, and the two monarchs and ministers studied for a long time in the Qinzheng Palace, and finally drafted the latest official system.

The cabinet soon received the emperor's dictation, and when the heads of the people were slaughtered in the vegetable market, the holy decree of doubling the official income was transmitted to all parts of the capital.

And not only that, at the same time as the salary increase, the emperor also ordered the Ministry of Industry to select suitable locations in the capital to build "public rental housing" for middle and lower-class officials, which is said to be a small courtyard with two entrances in one water, which is specially rented to officials who cannot afford to buy houses in Beijing at a very low price.

Hey, this news is a great grace to those poor Hanlin and poor imperial historians.

Soon, those officials who were panicked because the emperor picked up the knife handle and cut off the heads of the people immediately forgot their former friends of wine and meat, and swarmed to hand over excerpts to the General Administration, chanting songs, and shouting long live.

Even Lord Haigangfenghai, who was the most upright and unmoving, dragging the dragon robe and spitting stars, wrote an excerpt and sent it to the emperor.

The content of the excerpt is particularly interesting, the front seconded the praise of the emperor's love for the hundred officials, and the second half is a change of words, saying that since the official salary has more than doubled, the life of the hundred officials has no worries, and it is natural to work hard for the country.

And since the serious official salary is enough for officials to enjoy a good life, shouldn't those "ice respects", "carbon respects" and other subsidized silver be abolished......

I don't know which person in the flying fish suit spread this excerpt, and the public opinion in the capital quickly changed from the matter of the imperial power going to the countryside to everyone to spray Haigang Peak together.

The tenth day of the Lunar New Year coincided with the rest of the day, and Jia Cong ran to the Huanghuafang Lin Mansion early in the morning.

Daiyu talked about the big debate between the government and the opposition in the past two days, it is said that Hai Gangfeng fought alone in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and even put down cruel words at a discussion meeting in Guozijian, he wanted to fight ten!

To be honest, disguised subsidies such as "Bing Jing" and "Carbon Jing", as long as they are not excessive, Jia Cong doesn't think it's a big deal.

But Hai Gangfeng, an honest gentleman who does not tolerate sand in his eyes, believes that as long as he does not conform to the rules, he is greedy for ink in disguise......

Forget it, Jia Cong doesn't dare to get involved in this kind of thing, Master Hai's attack power is really strong, let's let this group of bigwigs fight by themselves.

Jia Cong was paralyzed in the rocking chair in the sun, blowing the warm spring breeze, tasting the tea brewed by Sister Lin herself, and her life was beautiful.

"Hai Gong is guarding off the disaster for Sister Lin, and it is also a loss to Hai Gong, and letting others go may not be able to withstand the powerful offensive of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces."

Daiyu handed the peeled orange petal to Jia Cong's mouth, and said with a smile: "I was still worried, I offended most of the gentry in the sixth dynasty, and I don't know how many people will be scolded. ”

"Coincidentally, right? Our prince let people spread the story. ”

Jia Cong swallowed the orange in one bite, and licked Daiyu's smooth and soft fingertips by the way, which made Daiyu tap on his brain in shame.

The matter was too coincidental, and before Jia Cong sent someone to investigate, Yuan Chun sent someone to send a message, asking the Jia and Lin families to stop recently and stop making trouble.

The crown prince Liu Hong told the emperor and secretly asked the dragon guards to pass on the contents of the Haigang Peak fold.

Of course, the emperor also specially greeted Hai Gangfeng in this matter, and took someone to block the gun for his daughter, and he had to discuss it with someone, so he couldn't chill the hearts of his loyal ministers.

Daiyu tilted her head, pondered for a while, and said, "Then I have to go and thank Hai Gong......"

"Don't!"

Jia Cong turned over and sat up, and said with a straight face: "This matter is not a simple gun block, Haigong wants to use this debate to set the tone for the great cause of anti-corruption." ”

Well?

Daiyu's heart was puzzled: "Isn't Haigong a waiter of the Ministry of Rites?" How could he have thought of fighting corruption? ”

Jia Cong pointed to the sky and responded: "The new deal has been carried out so far, and the matter of the fields has basically been completed. At present, the most important thing is two things, one is to reform the official system, and the other is to rectify the rule of officials. Rectifying the rule of officials requires an upright gentleman, who else is more suitable except for the sea pen holder? ”

Daiyu covered her mouth and exclaimed: "Haigong is going to the Criminal Department?" ”

Jia Cong shook his head.

"Do you want to enter the cabinet?"

Jia Cong shook his head again, and no longer sold Guanzi, and whispered: "Your Majesty intends to raise the rank of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is equivalent to the six departments. And let Hai Gong enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, and concurrently serve as the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Court ......"

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On February 11 of the 11th year of Yuanyou, the emperor issued several decrees.

The first holy decree, He Yaomin, the secretary of the Jin Rite Department, was the cabinet assistant minister and the Baohe Hall scholar, and the right attendant of the Jin Rite Department, Lang Haigangfeng, was the cabinet assistant minister, the East Pavilion scholar, and concurrently served as the left capital of the Imperial Palace.

The second holy decree, the left capital of the Jindu Imperial Palace, Lu Yang, is the prince and the prince, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, ranking among the first ranks.

The third holy decree, Xu Jin, the right capital of the Jindu Inspectorate, was the prince and the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and he was ranked as a first-class person.

The fourth holy decree, the left deputy capital of the Jin Dynasty, Jia Zheng is the imperial history of the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and the official is the second grade.

The fourth holy decree elevates the rank of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is equivalent to the six departments.

At the same time, it is clear that the world will be impeached, and the impeachment power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not interfere with the officials.

"Where there are gains and losses in the court's political affairs, the pros and cons of the people's livelihood, and in terms of timelines, hundreds of officials have treacherous and corrupt achievements, and they must also be corrected according to the facts. The imperial history of the left capital is in charge of the inspection and verification of the officials, and participates in the maintenance of the discipline. ”

"Ministers are treacherous, villains form the party, and those who are powerful and chaotic are impeached, all officials who are obscene, corrupt, and corrupt officials and discipline are impeached, and those who are academically incorrect, and those who write and speak in a book become chaotic and become constitutional, and those who want to use it."

Moreover, it was stipulated that the Metropolitan Procuratorate only needed to be responsible to the cabinet and the palace, and those who dared to interfere with their functions and powers would be dismissed from office and seized the title in the lightest case, and the heavier ones would flow 3,000 miles.

As soon as the holy decree came out of the imperial city, it set off stormy waves in the capital.

Not to mention the fact that the authority of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was instantly raised, just the matter of Hai Gangfeng entering the cabinet and concurrently leading the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was enough to give the honorable ministers in the city a headache.

Who is Haigang Peak? Dare to fight with the emperor in the Fengtian Palace, and dare to pull the old sage's dragon robe and spit on the ruthless people.

This kind of strength makes no one weak when he sees it.

Jia Congle looked at the relatives and nobles in the imperial city who gritted their teeth, as well as the people who debated with Master Hai a few days ago, and almost laughed.

The thirteenth Liu Ke poked Jia Cong's shoulder and whispered: "I said that you kid can't put away your smiling face, be careful of being targeted." ”

Good guy, everyone else will have a headache to death, your kid's mouth is almost to the root of his ears, this is not a big deal to watch the excitement, schadenfreude, right?

Jia Cong immediately changed his face and changed his face to a "painful" appearance.

"I didn't, not me, who said I laughed!"

The corners of Liu Ke's mouth twitched, and his big hand put on Jia Cong's shoulder, and he pinched it hard and dragged him out of the palace.

The two of them walked out of Daxia Gate all the way, and seeing that the old thirteen was about to drag him into the carriage, Jia Cong asked suspiciously: "Thirteenth master, where are you taking me?" ”

"You'll know when you go!"

The carriage soon came to the outside of the Zhongshun Palace, and Jia Cong was dragged into the palace by the old thirteen in a daze, all the way into a pavilion in the palace.

"Huh? Sage, why are you here? ”

"Don't make a sound, wait until I finish this game of chess first."

I saw that the person sitting in the pavilion was the old man of the Emperor Taishang who should be in the Longshou Palace.

The old man is playing against Liu Chong, the son of the king of Zhongshun, and the game between the ancestors and grandchildren is obviously the old man releasing water, Jia Cong only watched it for a while and wanted to give Liu Chong, the poor child, guidance and guidance.

However, the old man's eyes made Jia Cong hold back the words he wanted to speak, and he could only mutter, watching chess without saying anything, true gentleman and so on.

"Grandpa Huang, it's the grandson who lost!"

Liu Chong definitely can't be the opponent of the old man, although the level of the old man is above average, but Liu Chong, a young man, can compete with a saint like Wei Qinghe, who has played a few tricks with a master.

Even if the old man put the water...... Sea~

The old man of the sage waved his hand indifferently, and asked people to put away the chessboard.

He smiled and said: "Practice more in the future, this black and white chess piece is like a person's life, when to do something, what road to take, you have to think more about it, in case you go the wrong way, it is easy to suffer!" ”

The old man has something to say, and Liu Chong is also a shrewd person, so he naturally listened to it.

He stood up and bowed: "Grandson understands, thank you for the teachings of the emperor's grandfather." The grandson will go and tell the imperial uncle......"

Yes? Say what?

Jia Cong's doubts were even greater, the old man ran out of the palace, played a game of chess with the prince of Zhongshun, and said something in a fog, what is it for?

"Jia Cong, Brother Chong'er will be handed over to you in the future."

Yes?

The old man continued: "Brother Chong'er is a good boy, he can't be idle all the time, this bastard of the thirteenth will teach my good grandson badly!" ”

"Daddy! Where is the son of a bastard...... Uh, well, you're my dad, whatever you say. ”

The innocent old thirteen finally reluctantly responded to the bastard's statement, anyway, it was said that the bastard was not a day or two, and it didn't hurt for the dad to scold a few more times.

Jia Cong's face was full of confusion and asked, "Are you letting the prince follow me?" Go to Taifu Temple to raise horses? ”

The decree of the Taifu Temple is in charge of the horses, and the emperor goes out on patrol, and the carriages and horses are all in charge. Among them, Zhiqing, Shaoqing, Yuanwailang and other officials.

According to the rules of the dynasty, the power of the Taifu Temple is not big, and it is not small. Ma Zheng's kind of thing, to a large extent, overlaps with the functions and powers of the Ministry of War, the six departments are higher than the five temples, and the power of the Taifu Temple has been cut off a lot by the Ministry of War.

In Jia Cong's own words, Taifu Siqing is the tuba Bi Ma Wen.

was loyal to the prince of the king, and ran to raise horses with him, which was too wronged.

But seeing that the old man of the sage shook his head: "Taifu Siqing is just a formality for the emperor to restore your official title, and before you go to the Wa Kingdom, the emperor will find an opportunity to restore your title." When you have restored your authority to open a mansion and build a government, let Chong Ge'er go to your Hou Mansion and let him work under you. ”

Yes!

Now Jia Cong understands, you always plan to let your grandson come to me to gild......

It's not right to say that it's gilded, Jia Cong still remembers what the emperor said to him at the beginning.

This kind of thing of changing the law often has to be against the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and even the officials of the whole world.

Relying only on the formal institutions of the imperial court, it is easy to prevaricate and delay until the end is not resolved.

Therefore, he, the Marquis of Yongfeng, that is, the Daxia Development and Reform Commission that has just been created, is responsible for doing what the court officials are unwilling to do, but have to do for the sake of the country.

This kind of thing about the world's great plans must always be taken care of by a royal person.

The identity of the crown prince is sensitive and should not be involved, so this matter will not fall on the head of Liu Chong, the son of the loyal king.

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Let's go here today, continue tomorrow, good night!

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