Xia Yuanji's eyes were like a tiger, and he asked, "Official, how are you going to change?" ”

"It is said that I am a low official, but this is not the case." Zhu Gaoxian said slowly, "But why do officials always feel that they are low? ”

Xia Yuanji stroked his beard and fell into deep thought: "This ......"

Ming officials, at least at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, could not be directly converted into silver for calculation.

At the beginning of the country, hundreds of officials were given all the natural rice stones, such as seven stones of the county month, and eighty-four stones of the year.

In fact, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were based on grain, and grain can be used as a basic reference system to measure the income level of officials in the early Ming Dynasty.

is from 1234 grade officials, from 1,000 stones to 300 stones, each step decreasing by 100 stones, all give 300 yuan; It is two hundred and twenty stones, and it is reduced by fifty stones, and the banknotes are all one hundred and fifty yuan. One hundred and twenty stones, ten stones, and ninety banknotes. It is decreasing ten stones from the seventh grade to the sixth grade, and the banknotes are all sixty times. Seventy-five stones, five stones, forty-five banknotes. It is from nine products and seventy stones, and the banknote is thirty runs.

Discount banknotes are not calculated, only the true color is counted.

One stone in the Ming Dynasty is about 114 catties, one stone in the Han Dynasty is 60 catties, one stone in the Tang Dynasty is 106 catties, and the Ming Dynasty is 1,530 stones in the Han Dynasty, which is slightly higher than the 2,000 stones in the Han Dynasty, that is, the income of the state herdsmen, which is lower than the 2,000 stones of the same level in the Han Dynasty; The Ming Dynasty Zhengqipinzhi County had an annual income of 100 stones, corresponding to the income of 200 stone officials in the Han Dynasty, which was not high but by no means low.

This is still compared with the Han Dynasty, if you compare the Ming Dynasty officials' Yulu with the Tang Dynasty officials, then Li Tang Yulu is like a beggar who begs for food.

"In the final analysis, it's because of the grassroots system."

Zhu Gaoxian sighed and said, "The Shenming Pavilion is set up in the inner and outer prefectures, counties and townships, and all the people in the territory who have committed crimes, write their mistakes, and make the list on the pavilion, so that people know that they are afraid and dare not do evil." I rule by officials, just like the Affirmation Pavilion, relying on autonomy to govern the grassroots, but autonomy without supervision is a complete joke! ”

For example, in charge of civil cases and daily public security, the Lijia system, civil households, marriages, land fights, and all trivial matters, it is not allowed to sue the official, and it must be decided by the old man in the Lijia.

The Lijia system is stupid enough, and there is an even more stupid food chief system!

The grain chief is responsible for the local grain collection, collection, and transportation, and cooperates with the chief to measure the land, compile the fish scale atlas and yellow book, advise farming, and report tax evaders.

After the Hongwu empty seal case, the grain chief system has existed in name only, and after that, the distribution of taxes can only be greatly apportioned.

The defects of the grassroots self-government system made the Yellow Book and household registration in the Ming Dynasty almost a joke. But more importantly, with the rapid collapse of the grassroots self-government system, the extremely compact grassroots establishment of the Ming Dynasty soon became unable to cope with the daily government work.

Xia Yuanji touched his chin and approved Zhu Gaoxian's words: "That's true, the county is in charge of the county, the county is in charge of the affairs of a county, and the county and the chief bookkeeper are in charge of the grain and horses, and the patrol and arrest." The canonical history of the canon is moved out of the cashier. If there is no county clerk, or there is no master book, the clerk will be assigned to the clerk. The county and the main book are different. A county government, even officials and officials, only four to six people, the grassroots autonomy collapsed, and the local government was unmanned, then ......"

"Well, there's only one way to solve this problem."

Zhu Gaoxian said what Xia Yuanji didn't finish: "Looking for temporary workers, three shifts and six rooms, the officials of the grassroots county government of the Ming Dynasty are all temporary workers who are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials!" If the county government wants to do something, it can only find temporary workers, how can the county official's salary support so many people, even if all the money is used to take care of the next people, it is still not enough! And the income of these temporary workers, in addition to all kinds of apportionments, can only be deducted from the people! Small greed breeds big greed, big greed breeds huge greed, from top to bottom, all of them are greedy, layer by layer of protection, layer by layer of collusion, how to maintain such a damaged rule of officials? ”

If Zhu Gaoxian's words are translated, it probably means: Since antibiotics cannot completely eradicate the virus, then it is better to lie down and fend for yourself at the beginning.

From the bottom up, it is lying flat, "believing in the wisdom of the masses", running in for a hundred years, Zhengde and Wanli years and then revising the Ming Huidian, everything is fine, and the law endorses and acquiesces in systemic corruption at the grassroots level.

After such a system was formed, the people became insanely poor, the officials were greedy, and the soldiers were insane.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, even if the Liaodong Army was already less than three percent strong, it had been able to fight back and forth with Houjin Jiannu, but the system collapsed, the people above did not give strength, the Ming army couldn't even eat, and there was no pension when they died, how can this be fought?

The Ming army is not satisfied, and the full salary is invincible!

The Ming Dynasty was not cracking down on corruption, but gathering corrupt power and redistributing it to the ruling group!

Xia Yuanji's scalp tingled when he listened: "Such a rule, from bottom to top, and then from top to bottom, has formed an incredible system, if it is a long time, the Ming Dynasty will die!" ”

"So, we need change."

Zhu Gaoxian's eyes shone brightly, "If you reform the governance of grassroots officials, the upper class will be naturally clean." ”

"But...... This is to be the enemy of the world! ”

Xia Yuanji sighed and said, "Restructuring and reform, how easy it is to talk about, now the rule of the Ming Dynasty has formed a stubborn disease of the tarsal bones, if the change is tantamount to moving everyone's dim sum, it will inevitably be beaten by the crowd, and the person who touched their dim sum will be torn apart!" ”

The reform and restructuring smashed the original plan for the interests of officials and reformulated new rules for interests.

In this way, there are two beneficiaries, one is the emperor and the other is the imperial court.

The emperor of the current dynasty concentrated power in his hands in this dynasty, and the imperial power was dominant.

The imperial court improved the original shortcomings, continued the national ancestry, and benefited the Spring and Autumn Hundred Generations.

At the same time, there were two victims, one who was the original beneficiary of the rule of the government, and the other who proposed the change.

The original beneficiaries of the rule of law have lost their original interests in the change of rules, and they are bound to be purged and slaughtered in the change.

And the person who proposes the change will become the enemy of everyone, and will be swept up, and there will be no life, and this person will not be the emperor, but the victim pushed out by the emperor.

"One person's life is exchanged for a hundred years of merit, and a lifetime of sin is famous for all generations."

Zhu Gaoxian leaned on the railing with his hands, his deep eyes looked up at the unreachable Milky Way in the distance, and his eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, "The ancients are cloudy, do not fight for one lifetime, fight for a hundred generations." How difficult is it to have a name for all worlds, and if you want to benefit the common people, how can you spare your life? ”

"One sin in a lifetime, a name for all generations, haha, interesting, interesting."

Xia Yuanji laughed, the corners of his old eyes moistened slightly, "King Qi, what do you think of my old Xia?" ”

"Xia Gong, eternal."

Zhu Gaoxian smiled lightly, "I am the person in power, then Xia Laoshangshu should be the first minister of this dynasty!" ”

"Okay, the first prime minister of this dynasty, what a famous minister."

Xia Yuanji's eyes suddenly became fierce, quite a tiger Although he is old, he is still fierce for the mountain monarch, "Then let me be the first minister of this dynasty and be the victim of this change!" ”

Zhu Gaoxian stared at Xia Yuanji for a long time, and said slowly: "I can protect you for ten years, within ten years, I can protect Xia Laoshangshu in power, without the name of the prime minister, but the fact of the prime minister, ten years later, no matter whether the change is successful or not, I can't keep it, with your life, to calm the hearts of the officials in the world." ”

"But this king can guarantee that after the death of Xia Laoshangshu, I will retain the bloodline of the Xia family, although it cannot be made public, but it can still prosper for generations."

After saying this, Zhu Gaoxian turned around and left, without any mud and water.

His robe swayed in the night breeze, leaving only one sentence: "I haven't been here tonight, and you haven't heard anything." ”

Zhu Gaoxian can support the reform of the government behind the scenes, and he can also make suggestions for the reform of the government, and he can even be the master behind the change of the government, but he must not be involved in the reform of the government on the surface.

Because he is the one in power, and the one in power must be clean on the table.

And Xia Yuanji, who had to bear all the charges alone, was pointed out by thousands of people, was abused by officials all over the world, and finally died without a place to be buried.

He died with filth, but in exchange for the clarity of the Ming Dynasty, in exchange for the name of eternity!

Xia Yuanji bowed respectfully: "Minister Xia Yuanji, thank you for your success." ”

Under the dim lights, the young man's back was hazy, and there was unbridled laughter.

But all the core members of the Qi Wangfu have three things in common:

One, not afraid of death.

Two, crazy enough.

Three, the madman.

And these three things are even more vividly displayed in the leader Zhu Gaoxian.

……

In the East Palace at night, the temperature is slightly cool, and the attic halls all show cold loneliness.

In the past, the East Palace, where people came and went, and the bustling flow of passengers, has been quiet for a long time.

After months of solitary confinement, everyone in the court figured out one thing - the prince lost power!

Everyone is scrambling to break away from the princelings, even if they do not quit the princelings, they are isolated in the court, a small number of people are firmly on the side of the prince, and the rest of the people who insist on standing for the prince until now can't believe that the prince has fallen so lightly, and still believe that the prince will come back sooner or later.

But most people still chose to turn their backs on the crown prince Zhu Gaochi.

When the prince was in power, there were many people who came to add icing on the cake, but now the prince is decadent, and no one comes to send charcoal in the snow.

In the cool courtyard, the carved beams and paintings, the eaves and red columns all show the glory of the past, and the thick dust on the decoration also shows the loneliness of today.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi sat on a rattan chair in the courtyard to admire the moon, but the wall was too high, and the full moon could only see half a wheel, like a canary in a birdcage.

"Dad, Jian Shangshu was dismissed, and he spoke for you with beggar bones in the morning today, and His Majesty directly approved it."

Zhu Zhanji walked over, with bloodshot eyes in his eyes, and a slightly sloppy stubble, and a hoarse voice, indicating how bad the young emperor's mental state was after months of solitary confinement.

"yes, I see." Zhu Gaochi replied lightly.

(End of chapter)