I am the king of the dead

Chapter 433: The Salary Raise Is To Consciously Catch Corruption
The first longitude line in the world will pass through the Tai'an Palace, which is the unanimous decision of the Qin Tianjian and the Ministry of Industry.

After all, even the royal palaces of the Ryukyu Kingdom are built facing the imperial palace, and the 0° meridian does not even refer to the Fengtian Hall of the imperial palace, but to Tai'an Hall, Zhu Qiyu's bedroom.

This is the submissive heart of the Ministry of Industry and Qin Tianjian, and it is also the etiquette of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu agreed with this very much.

Similarly, Wang Zhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, asked for an increase in the salary of the Ming Dynasty, which is also the obedience of the Ministry of Officials.

Wang Zhi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, if the salary is not enough, corruption will surely breed."

This is Wang Zhi's exploration of the Ming Dynasty's official administration in Wan Yanshu.

In the fourth year of Hongwu, the 13th year of Hongwu, and the 20th year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty fixed the salary three times, and the salary was higher each time.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang is indifferent and ungrateful, so why is the salary higher than the last three times?

In particular, Hongwu's last fixed salary in 20 years was implemented until the 16th year of Chongzhen.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Daming had only his last breath left, and he could no longer issue grain notes.

During the Hongwu period, the distribution of salaries was mainly based on rice and beams in kind.

During the Yongle period, objects were also the main items, because the Armada of the Ming Dynasty went south to the West and brought back a large number of things such as spices and gems. These spices were the main items that were discounted at that time.

In the Xuande and Zhengtong years, banknotes began to be folded.

This practice of folding banknotes continued until the end of the Ming Dynasty. When the Ministry of Households issued salaries, even the capital officials did not pick up the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty that were considered assy ass paper.

For 250 years, the officials of Ming Dynasty did not have a salary increase.

During the Hongwu period, the gentry above Juren were only exempted from hard labor.

But in the 24th year of Jiajing, Mantian first appeared.

Ming gentry, Juren, Jinshi, officials exempted from land and mu Zhengfu, and Ding service were officially customized.

In the 38th year of Wanli, in the "New Regulations for You and Mian", first-rank officials were exempted from 350 mu of land, Jinshi was exempted from [-] mu of land, juren was exempted from [-] mu of land, and students were exempted from [-] mu of land.

"But a high salary can't keep you honest." Zhu Qiyu emphasized again.

Can high salary support honesty?History has also proved that it is not possible.

If it is said that the three fixed salaries during the Hongwu period were extremely high and controversial, then during the Yongzheng period, the high salary was the highest since the Central Plains Dynasty in 2000.

The county magistrate of Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture, had an annual salary of up to 1000 taels of snowflake silver during the Yongzheng period.

Converted based on the price of Suzhou rice, the county magistrate's salary in the Ming Dynasty was as high as 900 taels.

The Jiuchong Hall where Yu Qian lived was rebuilt from the Duke's Mansion of the State of Qi, and it raised many people, and it cost nearly 900 taels of silver a year.

The annual salary of the county magistrate of Changzhou, Suzhou Prefecture during the Yongzheng period was equivalent to the cost of one year's insurance.

But Yu Qian is from the first rank, and the county magistrate is from the seventh rank.

The annual salary of Zheng Qipin of the Ming Dynasty is ninety shimi, which is converted to 45 taels according to the price of rice in the capital.

However, corruption cases during the Yongzheng period also emerged in endlessly.

Yongzheng increased the salaries of officials in the Qing Dynasty because he was promoting the return of fire consumption to the public.

Until the Guangxu period, the Qing Dynasty implemented a whipping method of the Ming Dynasty. The yellow books and fish scale books used were all the yellow books and fish scale books approved in the 15th year of Wanli.

Even in the last years of Chongzhen, in order to pacify Liao Dynasty, the collection of Liao's three salaries never stopped.

Everyone's tax law is the same, why can Yongzheng raise the wages of officials?
Fire consumption, sometimes, it is not fire consumption, it is apportionment.

The fire consumption of the Ming Dynasty is different from that of the Qing court, and the fire consumption of the Qing court is an additional levy.

Yongzheng thought of a brilliant idea. He confiscated all the apportioned fire consumption, or gray income such as ice respect and carbon respect, and then distributed them to all officials as money for maintaining integrity.

All of a sudden, the salaries of Qing court officials increased ten to thirty times.

But Yongzheng found sadly that his high salary to support honesty didn't work at all, instead the greedy people became more greedy.

Raising honesty and silver is Yongzheng's attempt to face the corrupt officialdom.

In the later years of Yongzheng, he scolded the bureaucrats for being greedy and not being able to swallow elephants. The imperial court obviously paid so much money, and the salary of a county magistrate was higher than that of a first-rank official in the Ming Dynasty!
But corruption is still unstoppable.

After Emperor Qianlong ascended the throne, he first abolished the gentry to pay food as a whole, then abolished the maintenance of honest silver, and finally came up with the criminal silver.

"In the years of Hongwu and Yongle, there seemed to be a lot of corrupt officials. Taizu Taizong couldn't catch them all, and they couldn't kill them all." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.

This phenomenon is very interesting. In the 600 years of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, only the Hongwu and Yongle years had the most corrupt officials, and there will be no more corrupt officials in later generations!

Wang Zhi shook his head and said, "It's not there anymore, it's just that I don't catch it."

What Wang Zhi meant was that after the reign of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, a long process of acquiescing to corruption began, which lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Under the circumstances that the imperial court could not pay out the salary, Bing Jing and Tan Jing came into being.

The once-in-three-year plan has gradually become a tool for hiding dirt and evil, and it is full of cliques and cliques.

The reason why Zhu Qiyu laughed was that there is no corruption in the United States of later generations, because it is legal, tacit, and will not be held accountable.

Just like the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"I remember that I stopped the salary and said that I want the full salary, right? After the salary is fixed, let Jingtai pay the new salary for four years." Zhu Qiyu made a decision.

raise.

Times are developing, consumption levels are improving, consumption concepts are changing, and Daming's products are enriching.

Is it possible to govern the country with clear morality and restraint of selfish desires?

Officials are human beings, and it is unrealistic to forbid selfish desires.

Zhu Qiyu inherited the behest of his ancestors and ascended the throne as emperor, so he followed the standards of the Hongwu period and the Yongle period, and re-established the fixed salary.

In the fourth year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu also planned to pay a repayment of salary directly based on the new salary.

Wang Zhi bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qiyu took a sip of tea and looked at Wang Zhi. It was obvious that Wang Zhi hadn't finished speaking. According to the reasons Wang Zhi listed in Wan Yan Shu, there were more important things to come.

If Wang Zhi didn't want to use the salary increase to stop the mouth of Daming Fengxian's spokesperson, then he wouldn't be Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi sat up straight and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, anyone who commits other crimes can still be forgiven, but the crime of corrupt officials cannot be forgiven."

"Xiang because of the local officials' excessive collection of private groups, which has exhausted the people. After repeated strict orders, but the accumulated habits have not been changed. Every time the money and grain are added to the main item, the apportionment is increased, or the easy-to-know is not announced, and the name and sex are set up. Ke Lian."

"Either enter into private pockets, or bribe superior officials, causing the common people to run out of fat and suffering. These kinds of abuses are deeply abhorrent!"

Zhu Qiyu was full of smiles, Wang Zhi said earlier that he would increase the full salary and real salary, and then he talked about the specific reasons for doing so.

Catch and fight corruption.

What Wang Zhi meant was: the crimes of corrupt officials cannot be forgiven, and the excessive expropriation of private factions by corrupt officials has caused the people great suffering. Names, wanton and reckless.

The money either went into his own pocket or into the pocket of Shangguan, which is extremely hateful.

"Who will fight against corruption?" Zhu Qiyu asked curiously.

Wang Zhi took out a book of memorials, with three names on it.

The first one is Wang Ao, Wang Ao, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, who was not allowed to return to Beijing for 25 years because he offended Yang Shiqi.

Wang Ao, who hung the seal of the imperial censor of the right capital, deposed 57 corrupt Mohist officials and beheaded 27 when he was patrolling Jiangxi.

The second and third are Zuo Ding and Lian Gang, from the nursery rhyme of the capital: Zuo Ding hands, Lian Gangkou.That is to say, Zuo Ding was ruthless in attacking, and Lian Gang dared to admonish and impeach him directly for the sake of power.

Zuo Ding was a Jinshi for seven years in Orthodoxy, a Juren who practiced Gang and Xuande for ten years, and entered Taixue.

Zhu Qiyu said playfully: "This Liangang seems to be the one who bit Wang Shangshu most viciously..."

Zuo Ding is the censor of the capital, Lian Gang is the censor of supervision, and they are the ones who bit Wang Zhi the most viciously.

These two people, Wang Zhi actually wants to use them to fight against corruption.

"Yes." Wang Zhi is also helpless, he wants to use these two people, but these two people have great opinions on him, they are the main attackers of Lian Zhang's impeachment of Wang Zhi, and their firepower is very fierce.

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said: "Let's just use Liangang, Zuo Ding is fine."

Lian Gang is a Juren, no matter how high he climbs, he will not pose any threat to Wang Zhi. The ceiling of Juren's officialdom is not high, and if he comes from a poor background, he is underestimated.

Zhu Qiyu did this to preserve Wang Zhi's past and posthumous reputation.Use his own way to treat his own body.

Wang Zhi is a teacher, so he naturally knew that His Majesty's purpose was to protect him, but he still shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Zuo Ding is ruthless."

Wang Zhi still wants to use Zuo Ding, which shows his determination to fight corruption.

How did Yang Shiqi deal with Wang Zhi, Wang Ao, Li Xian and others who had a little friction with him?
Wang Zhi was almost exiled, Wang Ao went around for 25 years, and Li Xian was kicked out of the capital.

Wang Zhi can be said to have a public heart.

"That's good." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Just these three."

"How is Ji'er's studies? Hu Shangshu always said yes, Wu Jing also said yes, Wang Shangshu is also the prince's junior teacher now, how is he?"

Wang Zhi said with a smile: "The minister also said yes, the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Jianji is very intelligent."

Three-year-olds look young, and seven-year-olds look old. Zhu Jianji's knowledge is still good.

Zhu Qiyu nodded, Wang Zhi bowed his head and retreated.

Zhu Qiyu watched Wang Zhi leave, and said to Xing'an: "Go and find Zuo Ding and Lian Gang, I have something to tell them."

"Yes." Xing'an bowed his head and left.

The officials who are responsible for supervision and inspection have an active role in clarifying the administration of officials and cleaning up the official style, and it is also their job.

In the 16th year of Hongwu, Kaiji was Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Kaiji did something that ordinary people have thought about, that is, Li Daitao stiffened.

Kaiji accepted a bribe of tens of thousands of taels from the family of a death row prisoner, and used another death row prisoner as a scapegoat. He also extorted money from the families of other prisoners.

Kaiji's practice was immediately exposed by the prison officer.

Kaiji, his servant Wang Xizhe, and the principal Wang Shuzheng killed the prison officer together.

The supervisory censor Tao Houzhong learned of this and began to speak out.

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Kaiji's holy family, was in the midst of his reign, and Kaiji's wife, Mrs. Guo, was a female historian in the palace and was a close friend of Empress Ma.

But Tao Houzhong didn't have any scruples until he impeached Xieji and put him in Jin Yiwei's sky prison, making his grievances avenged.

During the reign of Xuande, the censor Gu Zuo had Gu Qingtian, who was well-known as Bao Zheng of the Ming Dynasty. He was sternly corrected and deposed by the ministers who were corrupt and lawless, and the court gang was awe-inspiring.

Emperor Xuande went to the banquet, Gu Zuo was alone, and he became an official in the first year of Zhengtong.

Tianshun was not going well. During the Tianshun period, there was a "cool official" Li Gang who patrolled Nanji and Zhejiang. Within three years, more than [-] corrupt officials in Zhejiang were impeached, and they were finally deposed.

Also during the Jiajing period, Sang Qiao, Hu Rulin, Xie Yu, Wang Ye, Shen Liangcai, He Weibo, Wang Zongmao, Ye Jing, Zhou Mian, Wu Shilai and other Fengxian officials who opposed Yan Song and others, successively, have been Impeach Yan Song.

In the harsh environment where bureaucratic groups are generally corrupt, some wind and constitutional officials are inevitably not affected by it. Some people succumb to power and are willing to be eagle dogs; Those who have it.

But there are also people who are upright, fearless, loyal to their duties, and unselfish, playing a positive role.

Since the formulation of the "Constitutional Outline and Matters", a group of people have also emerged in the team of Fengxian officials.

For example, this Zuo Ding, and Lian Gang.

"See Your Majesty, is Your Majesty safe?" Zuo Ding and Lian Gang were announced.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "I'm safe."

"You cooperate with Wang Ao, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, to carry out supervision, anti-corruption and arrest of corruption, and you must not slack off."

Zuo Ding and Lian Gang glanced at each other, a little puzzled, they thought they were called to talk about Wang Zhi, but they didn't expect to receive the Ministry of Officials first.

Zhu Qiyu motioned for them to sit down.

"You have been impeaching Wang Shangshu recently, and I have not replied to you." Zhu Qiyu started talking about this matter from the beginning.

Zuo Ding and Lian Gang belonged to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they didn't know the past of the Ministry of Officials.

"Ten... ten... 16 years?" Lian Gang swallowed his saliva. The Ming Dynasty has only been established for more than 80 years, and only 16 years have passed.
Zuo Ding was a Jinshi for the seventh year of Zhengtong, and he was the censor of Sichuan Dao for eight years. At that time, Yang Shiqi's son had already obeyed the law, and Yang Shiqi had already retired.

Lian Gang didn't even know, he was just a juren.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Wang Shangshu is responsible for the examination of the law, and the affairs of the bureaucracy are complicated. Jiezhen period is illegal, and it has nothing to do with Wang Zhi. Do you still want to be knives in other people's hands?"

"Cooperating with Wang Shangshu to do a good job in anti-corruption and arresting corruption is a great achievement."

Zuo Ding and Lian Gang bowed their heads and took orders.

After the two left, Xing'an said helplessly: "Your Majesty has personally instructed them. If they want to gain fame, they will continue to impeach them. If they really think that Wang Shangshu is unethical and appointed officials, they should stop talking."

Zhu Qiyu was too modest. After the Battle of the Capital, someone impeached Yu Qian, and more than one person. Zhu Qiyu directly reasoned with them in Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Qiyu also saved Hu Min, and He Zhang impeached Hu Min for being immoral. After receiving the support of the emperor, Hu Ming admitted that he was immoral, and he fired all his firepower, scolding He Zhang and others bloody.

He has no morals, so what are those officials?Villain?
Now that Zhu Qiyu is protecting Wang Zhi again, it is for the smooth implementation of the examination method of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu looked at their leaving backs and said, "I hope they don't make mistakes."

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