“……”

Zhu Di frowned slightly, and after thinking about it for a long time in his heart, he was surprised: "The scribe of our Yan Palace, all the salaries of a year are not much less than those of the four rank members of the court!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An replied with a faint smile.

Zhu Di was a little distressed and said: "We didn't know that the salaries of those scribes in Yanwang's Mansion were so high!" ”

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, the salaries of those scribes are actually not high!" ”

"Not tall?"

Zhu Di couldn't help but glare at Guo An.

Guo An said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, how many shops and caravans do we need to manage in the Yan Palace, and how many account books do we need to see?" ”

"Moreover, Weichen thinks that compared with the Han and Tang dynasties, as well as the officials of the Zhao and Song dynasties, my Ming Dynasty's Yulu is really too low!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but look annoyed, and stared at Guo An tightly, "Guo Qing is thinking that we have mistreated those officials?" ”

Guo An hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty is angry, and Weichen has no such intention. Moreover, Weichen can be a marquis and receive food, and he is already very grateful to His Majesty! ”

Zhu Di was only subconsciously annoyed, and he was not much angry.

"You deserve it!"

Guo An said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

"Those officials are not greedy enough!"

Guo An also echoed: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, eight out of ten officials in the world are greedy!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di was taken aback.

"How is this possible?"

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, if a person becomes an official, and his relatives, friends and friends in his hometown ask him to do something, can he refuse?"

If his wife comes to his mother's family and asks him to do something, or if he is a friend of the teacher, there are well-known local families who ask him to do things......

Even if it's a little thing, can he refuse? ”

Zhu Di said coldly: "As long as it is not allowed by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, they should refuse!" ”

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, if what they do, colleagues in the same yamen know it, and they already have a tacit understanding, they don't make a noise, they don't report, they should give face, and everyone will earn money together!" ”

Zhu Di couldn't help but say hatefully: "These corrupt officials! ”

Guo An said helplessly: "Your Majesty, even if you are an honest official, you can't escape the sophistication of the world!" ”

Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Guo An, "In this way, Guo Qing is also greedy for ink?" ”

Guo An shook his head again and again, "Your Majesty Mingjian, Weichen was only a small prince's mansion before, and there were no relatives and friends looking for Weichen.

Now, although Weichen has been made a marquis by His Majesty, he is only a nobleman and has no real power, so no one has come to find Weichen! ”

"Really?"

Zhu Di was a little suspicious.

Guo An nodded hurriedly, "Your Majesty, you also know how much money Weichen's family has.

Wechen has already been prosperous and rich all his life, so why do you need to do some illegal things with a little silver tael? ”

"And so it is!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di nodded slightly.

"In this way, there will be no end to the corrupt officials in the world?"

Guo An nodded, "Exhaustive!" ”

Zhu Di asked again: "Corrupt officials also involve money, so Guo Qing has no good way?" ”

Guo An said helplessly: "Your Majesty, during the Hongwu period, how many corrupt officials and corrupt officials did the first emperor kill?"

So what? There are still endless corrupt officials in the world! ”

"Alas!"

Zhu Di sighed heavily, squinted his eyes, and said with helpless hatred on his face: "Could it be that you just let those corrupt officials act recklessly?" Let the Qing officials become an outlier? ”

Guo An thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, you can actually curb the number of corrupt officials. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Di's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly stared at Guo An tightly, "Let's know, Guo Qing must have a clever plan." ”

Guo An continued: "Your Majesty, in fact, the core issue is still the issue of officials. ”

Zhu Di said with a puzzled face: "Didn't Guo Qing say that the income of the fourth-grade official is enough for them to live well?" ”

"Wechen said it!"

Guo An nodded and said, "But Your Majesty, there are very few sixth-rank officials, seventh-rank officials, eighth-rank officials, and ninth-rank officials."

If their family has a large population, it can only be enough to feed them.

However, they have no money to buy the house they live in, the clothes they wear, the meat they eat, the condiments they eat, the pen, ink, paper, inkstones, and other things they use......

It's also very poor! ”

Zhu Di was stunned.

"Therefore, Your Majesty, many of its officials also have a conscience, and they did not want to be greedy for ink in the first place.

However, when they think that they have studied hard for so many years, they have finally achieved high school and fame, and they are still living a very difficult life.

In addition, there are some businessmen and gentry who live a rich and luxurious life, and some corrupt officials are tempted again, in comparison, aren't these officials extremely unbalanced in their hearts?

After a long time, how many officials can withstand the temptation?

Even if they can withstand it, can their wives and children, old and young, withstand it? ”

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Do you want me to increase their income?" ”

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if my Ming Dynasty's taxes can afford to increase the income for these officials?" ”

"I can't afford it!"

Zhu Di shook his head again and again, there are nearly 30,000 officials in the Ming Dynasty, even if each official adds a few stones, he will add hundreds of thousands of stones of grain a month.

Guo An sighed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, can you give them treasure money?" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di's brows furrowed slightly, "Guo Qing thinks that only by increasing the number of people can the disease of corrupt officials be solved?" ”

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, corrupt officials are a stubborn disease, and this method can only be alleviated, but cannot be completely eradicated." ”

"Can it be alleviated by increasing the amount of money?"

Zhu Di asked again.

Guo An shook his head slowly, "Your Majesty, just increasing the amount of money has achieved very little effect. ”

Weichen felt that for the salaries of these officials, they should also be treated like the feudal kings of various places, in addition to improving the basic salary, there should also be a year-end bonus.

As for how much the year-end bonus can be, it depends on how much taxes and property can be paid in a year.

As for how much bonus those officials can get, it depends on how well those officials are evaluated.

If he is a nine-rank official, his monthly salary is five stones and five buckets......"

"Your Majesty, a nine-rank official's moon is actually five stones and five buckets?"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "Hmph, it's enough for a family of eight to eat!" ”

Guo An smiled slowly, and hurriedly pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty forgives the sin, it's Weichen who made a fuss!" ”

"Now talking about assessment and year-end bonus, that is, an upgraded version of Jingcha.

If he is a nine-rank official, his monthly salary is five stones and five buckets...... As long as his assessment is grade A, the year-end bonus can give him ten times the monthly salary, which is fifty taels of treasure money!

If it is grade B, only thirty-five taels of treasure money will be issued to him;

grade C, it is fifteen taels of treasure banknotes;

As for Ding, there is no year-end bonus......

If the rating goes any further, Your Majesty should send the Imperial Inspector and the Jinyi Guard to thoroughly investigate all the circumstances of this official!

Did someone frame him, or did this official bend the law for bribes and act recklessly? ”

"Of course, this is just a speculation by the ministers, and His Majesty can let a group of cabinet ministers or a group of courtiers participate in the agreement.

Specific divisions, such as subdividing assessment levels, or formulating assessment content, what major cases have occurred under the command of those officials? Or is someone in the colleague who is corrupt and exploits the people, and he knows that he chooses to hide it?

Or, as a magistrate, the verdict was unfair? Inaction? Give people a favor......

These year-end bonuses, but His Majesty's justifiable rewards to these officials, whether they are clean officials or corrupt officials, have a great temptation.

Even, this money can help some officials solve the difficulties of making a living?

In this way, even if someone wants to turn a blind eye to those officials, or pull those officials into the water, those officials will have the confidence and reason to refuse! ……

In this way, many officials may choose to turn against each other for the sake of year-end bonuses and no longer join the same stream.

As long as officials in various localities do not collude, there will be a lot more jealousy among them, and there will be a lot less of cliques and private interests.

Moreover, those officials will inevitably focus more on doing things for the bonus of the year-end bonus, in order to improve their performance! ”

"Hiss......"

Zhu Di took a cold breath, his eyes widened, and he looked at Guo An in shock.

Although there are so many, Zhu Di is still a little confused for a while.

However, it feels a little familiar, and the situation is similar to that of his Yan Wangfu.

And when he thought that when he was in the Yan Wangfu, even if he didn't supervise it much, all the officials in the Yan Wangfu were doing their best, and he couldn't help but tremble slightly with excitement.

If the officials of the entire Ming Dynasty are really like the officials of his Yan Palace, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty rule the Qingming Dynasty and surpass the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties?

But......

Zhu Di's brows furrowed again, "Guo Qing can calculate, not only to give officials a salary, but also to set up a year-end bonus, even if the silver dug up from the silver mine of the Japanese Kingdom is used, our Ming Dynasty will not be able to support it for a few years." ”

Guo An smiled confidently and said, "Your Majesty, you can raise the business tax!" ”

"Business tax?"

Zhu Di frowned, "How much silver can be collected in commercial taxes?" ”

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, the first emperor looked down on the merchants, so he set the commercial tax at thirty taxes and one, but Weichen thought that the commercial tax could be set at fifteen taxes and one!" ”

"So much?"

Zhu Di said: "In this way, can those businessmen agree? ”

Guo An asked: "Your Majesty, do you think that according to the situation in Beiping, those businessmen can make money with a fifteen tax and one tax?" ”

"You can make money!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then thoughtfully.

"But with such a big change, how could those officials in the court agree?"

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, the money from the commercial tax is all for them to increase their income and year-end bonus, which official dares to disagree?" ”

Zhu Di: "......"

Guo An continued: "Moreover, when the sea trade opens, I don't know how many merchants and gentry will go to the sea to trade, and the commercial tax of the sea trade will be doubled or tripled, maybe these commercial taxes can not only be enough for those officials' salaries and year-end bonuses, but also for the clans of the feudal kings and year-end bonuses in various places!" ”

"The fortunes and year-end bonuses of the feudal clans in various places......"

Zhu Di couldn't help but be full of excitement again, and then began to think slowly.

And the more I think about it, the more feasible I feel!

……

(End of chapter)