Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 550
PS: This chapter... still occupies a hole, and now I am trying my best to revise the previous chapter of occupying a hole. It has been revised to Chapter 530, and I am making progress a little bit.

In the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, most of the officials and lords had the two salaries of "founding title" and "official salary" and granted land, that is, the vast majority of officials had high incomes. Lu's officials and gentlemen are not really as poor as they say.

Don't talk about the fact that the Ming Dynasty has not raised its salary for more than 200 years, because whether the salary was raised in the late Ming Dynasty has a hammer relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang?Don't talk nonsense about "the ancestral system is immutable", because the system of classics in each dynasty and generation of the Ming Dynasty is constantly changing, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who has changed since then, doesn't know it.

Also, many people talk nonsense about the fact that the salary of the Sangong in the Han Dynasty was 1044 shi, while the salary of the first-rank officials in the Ming Dynasty was only 220 shi. They tried to prove that the salary of the officials in the Ming Dynasty was very low. It was Daming who was wronged. Officials, however, as a degenerate literati in the Central Plains said: Putting right and wrong aside is playing hooligans - one liter in the Han Dynasty was about 1022 ml, and one liter in the Ming Dynasty was 1044 ml. The 4849 shi of the officials and lords is equivalent to [-] shi in the Han Dynasty, which is almost [-] shi higher than the [-] shi of the Han Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, the reason why the officials and lords of the Ming Dynasty kept crying for being poor and shouting that the salary given by the Zhu family emperor was not enough to spend was because the history books recorded that the officials and lords in the Song Dynasty had high income, high expenses, and high income. Enjoyment, but the officials and gentlemen of the Ming Dynasty took the standards of the Ming Dynasty to benchmark against the Song Dynasty, and naturally there was a psychological gap.

And the second reason is because the income is not enough to meet the needs of expenses - officials and gentlemen have to greet and send off, honor their superiors, have humane affairs, and hire servants, all of which cost money. Combined with factors such as insufficient implementation of salary standards and rising prices, it seems reasonable for Ming officials to cry about being poor.

Take Hai Rui, a famous upright official in Ming Dynasty, as an example.

When Hai Rui served as the county magistrate of Chun’an, his salary was discounted by 27% to 360%. What he actually received was 27 shi rice, [-] taels of silver and [-] guan banknotes. , calculated with only twelve shi of rice and [-] taels of silver, can it make a family of five live a relatively good life?
明清时代的社会经济史研究表明，当时普通百姓五口之家每年如果有30两银子，日子已经可以过得相当不错了——以每年每户(以一家五口计)日常生活所需口粮为米15~18石(以常年米价1石值银1两为准，约需银15~18两)；副食(包括油盐、肉荤、菜蔬之类)全年每户支出约银七两；全年每家用布匹支出大约用银三两；燃料每年支出约银三两，全年生活费支出总计为银30两左右。

Judging from Hai Rui's salary, the life of the family should not be very difficult, but the reality is that Hai Rui can't even afford two catties of meat - the main reason is that Hai Rui's family has a large population, which is incomparable with the average family of five. .

When Hai Rui was in Chun'an, apart from his mother and wife, he had three daughters and two sons, plus domestic servants and maidservants. No matter how they went up and down, there would have to be a dozen or so people. Wealthy's salary is used to feed a dozen people, and this salary is inevitably not enough.

In short, there are all kinds of messy departments, and the responsibilities of each other are also very clear. They should not only support each other, but also restrict each other.

However, once disasters like Little Ice River occur frequently, or when the people really can't survive, the difference between the big and small courts will appear.

It was not until he took the memorials of various local governments and the situation of Jinyiwei to confirm each other that Emperor Zhu finally figured out the key to the problem.

In the past ten years, Qi Feng's thoughts have gradually changed from making money at the beginning to enjoying life now.

There is a huge hidden danger in directly copying the Bolshevik theory, that is, Ming Dynasty does not have the living environment for that theory.

Tokugawa Jiaqi's whole body was numb - he cared but didn't take it seriously, what kind of attitude is this?

Did Ming have leprosy?

Wouldn't it be better to fight for the dragon and destroy the thief than to serve those mud legs wholeheartedly as servants?
At that time, the Tangkou of the Central Plains had not yet experienced the pain of complete national annihilation.

Change to Europa's so-called separation of powers?
In fact, this kind of thinking can only be thought about. If this game is really put in the entrance of the Central Plains, it will be a big death.

However, compared with the spread of a large number of cases in Japan within a few days, the leprosy in Daming is very confusing.

Of course, it cannot be said that this theory is wrong, because all countries in the world preach it in this way.

More importantly, the living conditions of the people of the Ming Dynasty were countless times stronger than those of the Qing Dynasty.

In other words, even in later generations, most of the officials and lords who were investigated still had multiple concubines, and there were too many places to spend.

However, the biggest reason why officials and gentlemen are crying poorly is because of taking concubines.

Tokugawa Iezari's complexion immediately darkened.

As he was talking, Tokugawa Ieki suddenly sighed again: "Our country of Wa still has to rely on Daming after all, and country of Wa still has to do business with Daming after all."

Not to mention that Zhu Jinsong and Emperor Zhu still implemented the law of high salaries to support honesty. The salaries given to the officials of the Ming Dynasty are not only the highest in the history of the entire Central Plains, but at least it is enough to ensure that those officials have no worries about food and clothing, even if they are a nine-rank The salary of the Zhima official is enough to support a family of ten.

It is also the lord of a country, but the lord of a country is different from the lord of a country.

Because Emperor Zhu directly clarified the status of the cabinet in the world.

How many years has the Qing Dynasty been cold?

Because there has never been a truly unified dynasty in Europe, the barbarians are also accustomed to the mentality of a small country with few people, and they are also accustomed to the small court system.

Now those good people and untouchables of the Wa country are hiding around the Ming merchants, what can the shogunate do?
In case those Ming businessmen are angered, and those Ming businessmen are provoked to fight against the shogunate, the shogunate will be the one who will be unlucky in the end!
The more he thought about it, the more entangled he became, Tokugawa Ieqi simply frowned and asked, "Have you negotiated with those merchants from the Ming Dynasty? Are they not afraid of being infected with leprosy?"

In addition, we have to consider another factor, that is, the life of the officials is mostly extravagant, but the court has no reason to pay for it-whether the officials can live like ordinary people is their own business. If one's own living standard is too high and one's salary is not enough, and this is used as a reason for corruption, then the "reason" will always exist.

In all honesty, the first half of what Zhu Yuanzhang said is a bit ridiculous, because most of those officials and gentlemen passed the exam step by step after ten years of hard work. There is absolutely no problem in the second half: ordinary people work hard for a year without losing a few dollars, and floods, droughts and locust disasters can even kill the whole family. Exploitation and abuse can indeed be called inhumane.

When Hai Rui passed away at the age of 75, he still had two concubines by his side—even the famous Hai Gangfeng had two concubines. Naturally, it goes without saying what kind of birds other officials and gentlemen at all levels are. ?
Therefore, the so-called low salary of Ming officials is actually caused by family problems such as relatively large families and concubines relative to officials, because no matter whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or the subsequent emperors of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for anyone to replace the officials. They bear the costs of taking concubines.

I am also in this state - not enough sleep, sweating, lack of brain function, even typing on the keyboard until my head feels dizzy and my fingers hurt. Is this just a cold? ? ?

However, the final interpretation power of Daming Law lies with the Ministry of Punishment.

Want to regain your rights by changing phases?
This put the state system of Daming in a very delicate state: it looks very beautiful, and it can almost be regarded as a model of Xu Jun. Except for an emperor, the rest can be regarded as pure cooking oil. It can even be said that it is running in an almost perfect posture.

Tokugawa Jiaqi couldn't help frowning, his face was full of entanglements.

This is a delicacy that was first created by the people of the Japanese country and quickly developed. Except in Daming and France, this delicacy has been spread to the whole world along with the footsteps of the servants of the Japanese country.

However, the Bolsheviks, who are also under the great court system, may not be able to use it directly.

Isn't it reasonable for the humble Wa country to disregard the good and untouchable people of the Wa country and spend some time preparing some medicinal materials for the merchants of Ming Dynasty?
……

Of course, Silly Eagle is not much better than Europa, otherwise, Bai Zhenhua would not be on the throne, let alone the big joke that Silly Eagle's internal opening film started with Ermao.

It's just that Emperor Zhu was very confused by the news that came back.

However, the crux of the problem is that the population mobility of Ming Dynasty far exceeds that of Wa Kingdom.

Watanabeemon also fell silent.

As a Ming businessman, Qi Feng has been cultivating the medicinal material market in the Wa country for nearly ten years.

Seeing that Tokugawa Jiaqi fell into a sluggish state, Watanabe Youemon tentatively asked again: "Your Excellency, General, do we still need to prepare some medicinal materials for those Ming merchants?"

Have.

The problem is that Emperor Zhu himself fell into the question of "fixed body".

In the era when the squeamish patients were rampant in the later generations, the dogs raised by the silly thieves always used "what's the matter with this country, ask the body" as an example.

In fact, this is also the reason why the savages like Europa and Silly Eagle are generally big-hearted.

Tokugawa Jiaqi asked with a confused face: "Don't they know how contagious leprosy is? Or do they have a solution to leprosy?"

Once encountering people like Daming who have relatively good living conditions and the government is extremely unreasonable and like to beat people with doctors and medicinal materials, there is no way for leprosy to spread quickly.

Therefore, the officials are not satisfied yet, and want to encourage the students to make trouble, and shout that Emperor Zhu and the court are treating them too harshly...

But the power belongs to the power, and the cabinet elders who can actually lead the six ministries are not of high rank.

In addition, a new variant is coming soon, everyone should find a way to prepare some medicine for diarrhea, no matter how bad it is, prepare some plastic bags...

Watanabe Youemon suddenly thought of a delicacy he had eaten before.

It is too complicated to analyze the specific reasons in depth, but in the final analysis, it is the word of interest after all.

In addition, according to rumors in the world, about 95% of the officials and lords investigated for corruption in the Ming Dynasty violated the regulations and took more concubines. ghost.

Garrison stew.

Therefore, the real reason why officials in the Ming Dynasty cried poor was not because of low wages, but because of their large family size—Hai Rui’s family structure was already very simple, and the standard of living was not high, but it seemed to be stretched. And know.

Based on the current population mobility of Ming Dynasty, it is really amazing that leprosy, which is quite contagious, has not been able to spread.

However, Emperor Zhu knew very well in his heart that this kind of perfection was basically bullshit.

Emperor Zhu couldn't help cursing: "Damn it, it's okay to say that Emperor Taizu treated them harshly, but I also treated them harshly?"

Moreover, the current Ming Dynasty also includes officials in the scope of salary and remuneration, and does not require the officials to bear the expenses of the officials themselves, which saves a large part of the expenses for the officials.

There is nothing to say about Yushitai, their main duty is to spray people, and the emperor, civil and military officials are all the targets they want to keep an eye on.

So is the bear—how about the Bolsheviks?it is good!The key is that human beings have desires!
Of course, this kind of gameplay is not a problem in normal times. After all, even the people in the halls of the Central Plains seem to be the same, and they don't look different.

Especially when the emperor is slowly delegating power, the cabinet can even directly replace the role of the emperor.

The so-called strong living conditions do not only refer to food reserves, but involve all aspects.

Even the rabbit set is not perfect!
Whether it was the beheading of the two horses with tears at the beginning, or the fact that the rich first did not want to drive the rich later and even wanted to reach out to the court, these things all exist objectively!

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu couldn't help laughing at himself.

No matter how I am, I am not a god. How can I solve those long-standing things?
"There are also those officials who jumped out to die by themselves. I don't need to say more about how to deal with it?"

Of course, there is no need for Emperor Zhu to say more, because Emperor Zhu has already used the word "zhen".

(End of this chapter)