The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 167 Put Civil Officials in a Cage
"Chen Yuanyuan, you have completed the task well this time, and you have worked hard. From the remaining military expenses, you take out 50 silver and reward all the personnel who handled this task on my behalf."

"It's Your Majesty. Being able to contribute to His Majesty and the New Deal is a blessing from my concubines and sisters." Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly replied.

"Well, judging from the reaction of the gentry and landlords in various places this time, it is really inappropriate for you to directly promote it like this, after all, if the name is not right, the words are not right.

So I plan to set up a propaganda supervisor. If there are women under your name who are capable and want to serve the royal family, you can recommend some to me.

Those young girls can also recommend a batch, and they will all become the exclusive entertainers of the royal family in the future, the same as the shopkeepers of the court ladies, not geisha. "

Zhu Cihong also said that he decided to set up a special propaganda department to compete for public opinion.

After all, it is inappropriate to always let these famous prostitutes to publicize to the common people. It is hard to say, not to mention that without a formal identity, many things are inconvenient.

So he plans to recruit some storytellers, and then select some talented prostitutes and some girls who are being trained from among them, and give them identities. In the future, they can go to various places to perform talents to appease the people under the name of the royal family. While promoting.

As for traditional literati, in order to maintain the purity of the inner court, Zhu Cihong would never recruit them. He would rather train new scholars himself than let them enter his inner court prisons.

After hearing this, Chen Yuanyuan was also very excited. She immediately didn't want to be the shameful female officer of the Fengyue Department, but wanted to be the female officer of the Propaganda Supervisor. Even if she was an assistant, she would be willing.

As if seeing what she was thinking, Zhu Cihong poured cold water on it: "I already have a candidate for the chief female officer of the Propaganda Supervisor, and Fengyue Division is equally important. You should stop thinking about it and do it honestly." Female officer of the Fengyue Division, as long as you work hard, I will never treat you badly in the future."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine will definitely do her best to take care of Fengyue Division and complete the tasks assigned by Your Majesty."

Chen Yuanyuan said this, but she was a little disappointed in her heart, because she knew that all the sisters would go to the Propaganda Prison instead of staying in Fengyue Division.

Zhu Cilang thought about it, and decided to give her some sweetness. After all, the brothel industry is still very important to the future social stability, so he said, "That's good. If you can train me ten thousand singers in ten years A girl from Japan who is good at dancing, has good looks, and can play piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting will come out, and I will make you a talented person."

"what!"

"Thank you Your Majesty, the concubine will definitely complete the task..."

Chen Yuanyuan suddenly turned from sadness to joy, and hurriedly knelt down to worship, and became a little incoherent in the excitement.

"Okay, let's go down and do things, don't just think about dancing for me all day, I'm in a good mood, and when I have time, I will naturally let you sing and dance.

From now on, the money earned by Fengyue Division every year will not need to be handed in, and it will be used for funding. Except for 10,000 talented and beautiful courtesans, ordinary geishas will also have to prepare some, at least [-]+, ten years later , I want all my Han women to stop being prostitutes. "

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said.

Hearing the domineering words of the little emperor, Chen Yuanyuan admired him from the bottom of his heart, and also felt that what he was doing was of extraordinary significance.

He also heard that the little emperor would let him dance when he was in a good mood, Chen Yuanyuan's whole body softened, and after a while of flattery, she reluctantly left.

Sure enough, when they returned home, it was announced that Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan and dozens of famous prostitutes almost decided to join the propaganda supervisor without any hesitation, obviously they were not stupid.

The next day, Zhu Cihong personally interviewed Li Xiangjun and other dozens of famous prostitutes, and after some explanations, Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan and other six girls were temporarily responsible for preparing for the propaganda prison.

As for the chief female officer, he planned to leave it to Liu Rushi in the future.

"Lang'er, now that the three aspects have been properly arranged, what do you plan to do next?"

Although Zhang Yan is busy drafting girls, she has always been very concerned about the New Deal, and obviously knows that it has something to do with Daming's national fortune.

"Auntie thinks that if the child orders the implementation of the new land policy now, the officials at all levels will honestly recompile the household registration and measure the land?"

"Yes, but those officials and local powerful families are too deeply involved, and they will definitely bend the law for personal gain and perfunctory. Even if officials from various places want to do their jobs with all their heart, they will be unable to support them alone, and the garrisons in various places cannot do these delicate tasks. "

Zhang Yan nodded, and then said with a worried face, apparently also understood the real situation of local officials in Daming.

"How does Auntie think how to deal with it?"

"According to what Lang'er said, officials can also be included in the official system, and the imperial court will distribute their salaries uniformly, but Auntie is worried that even if this is the case, I'm afraid they will not be able to do things with all their heart."

Zhang Yan shook her head.

"That's right, in fact, the officials in various places are the biggest cancer in our Ming Dynasty. They don't have to worry about their reputation, they exploit and oppress the people, they have no scruples, they deceive their superiors and their subordinates, and they simply do whatever they want in various places.

As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his weapon. If this cancer is not completely eliminated and rectified, the New Deal is empty talk. Therefore, including officials in the official evaluation system is only the first step. All officials will be transferred to completely cut off their local foundation. What I need is their experience, not connections. "Zhu Cihong said slowly.

Zhang Yan's eyes lit up immediately, she didn't expect that things that had been unsolvable in the past dynasties could be easily solved here in Lang'er.

Immediately, Zhu Cihong explained to her in detail about the rank and salary of officials.

Zhu Cihong's plan is that all officials in the future will be selected and assessed by the Ministry of Officials in a unified way, as long as they have a reputation as a scholar, they can sign up.

Once you pass the assessment, you will be awarded from the ninth rank, and you can be promoted to the first assistant if you perform well.

The only difference between officials and officials in the future is that one starts low, starting from the ninth rank, and the other starts high, and directly starts from the seventh rank after the middle Jinshi.

Zhu Cihong also adjusted the salaries and ranks of civil servants. The first assistant is the first rank, the second assistant is the first rank, and the ministers, provincial governors and other cabinet ministers are the second rank and second rank.

The left and right ministers, the chief ministers, and the secretly rubbing envoys are the third rank, and follow the third rank.

The magistrate is the fourth rank, Zhili prefecture is the fifth rank, Sanzhou is the sixth rank, the county magistrate is the seventh rank, the county magistrate is the seventh rank, the head of each house is the eighth rank, and each house secretary is the eighth rank and the ninth rank. The class yamen are the ninth rank, from the ninth rank.

The salary is issued in a unified manner, which is divided into three types: regular salary, maintenance silver and bonus. The regular salary is issued once a month.

The highest Zhengyi rank Shoufu has a monthly salary of 5 yuan, plus bonuses and Yanglian silver, it can have [-] to [-] taels a year.

The lowest rank is from the ninth grade, and the monthly regular salary is also three taels, plus the annual bonus, there are more than fifty taels a year.

The money for raising honesty is fixed every year, and it is only distributed to officials above the seventh rank. Once they have embezzled and accepted bribes, in addition to being dismissed from office and punished for their crimes, all the money for raising honesty that has been issued over the years must be taken back.

Bonuses are available to all officials. Like Yanglian Bank, they are paid out once a year, and the amount paid is based on the tax revenue of each locality as a reference ratio.

"Lang'er, is this salary too high?"

After Zhang Yan heard this, she also secretly thought that Lang'er was very generous, let alone the amount of the bonus, just the maintenance silver and regular salary were twice as much as Daming's current salary.

For a county magistrate of the seventh grade, there is also nearly a thousand taels of silver for the regular salary and the maintenance silver for a year.

"Except for the first grade and the second grade, the others are not too high, but the salaries of the officials were too low in the past, and now they have raised their salaries. If they are still thinking about how to exploit the land and make money, That child is killing so much, they have nothing to say, right?
In order not to say that my old Zhu's family is too stingy, and wants the horse to run without giving the horse grass. "

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, he also set the salary according to the consumption situation of this era.

According to such a salary and bonus to support Lianyin, a county magistrate can not only support his family, eat meat every meal, but also support more than a dozen servants and bearers.

The lowest rank is from the ninth rank, which can also ensure the food and clothing of the family. Although they cannot afford to support servants, they can live a good life.

The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were indeed too low, and in the early stage they used precious money to deceive people, and they even distributed some miscellaneous things.

Hai Rui has already explained how low it is. A magistrate can guarantee food and clothing for the whole family. He can't even afford meat.

It must be unreasonable for life to be worse than that of a local big family.

Seeing what he said, Zhang Yan opened her mouth and didn't say any more.

"Auntie, at the court meeting tomorrow, you will announce this matter and let Ma Shiying take full responsibility for it."

"Lang'er is such a big deal, why don't you go to court in person?"

Zhang Yan saw that he had to push this kind of thing on herself, and suddenly felt a little inappropriate.

"Does Auntie think that those officials will not object at that time? After the baby is gone, they will definitely gossip a lot, and maybe they will resign and die.

Once the boy's temper comes up, I'm afraid there won't be many civil servants left in Nanjing, so it's better to keep out of sight, and if there is any objection at that time, Auntie will just let them go. "

In history, many civil servants in Nanjing were martyred for the country. Except for a very few, Zhu Cihong could not tell the difference.

It's too late, after all, the government affairs in the future will still be handled by civil servants.

So he planned to support Ma Shiying, and was going to delegate power to him, to see if there was room for these civil servants to be reformed, and to see if they could do things.

"OK then."

Zhang Yan's complexion also changed when he heard him say this, she nodded after thinking about it, and then tried to say: "Xiao'er, this Ma Shiying is an eunuch, and now he is the second assistant, and there are already signs of a dominant family. If he is allowed to take full charge of this matter again, he will definitely monopolize the power, so it is better to appoint Gao Hongtu as a cabinet minister to check and balance each other..."

"No, boy, it doesn't matter whether he is the Eunuch Party or the Donglin Party, as long as he can do things, he is a good party, and if he can't do things, he is a chaotic party!

There is no need for checks and balances, what the child wants is for him to monopolize the power and do things wholeheartedly, instead of intrigue all day long, you hold me back, and I will tear you down. "

Zhu Cilang waved his hand. What he wanted was a civil servant group with executive power and an administrative system that could implement his policies in place.

"But…"

Zhang Yan opened her mouth as if hesitant to speak, her face was full of worry.

"Hehe, Auntie, I know what you are worried about, but today is different, this is not the Jiajing, Wanli, Tianqi Dynasty, but the Shenwu Dynasty.

No matter how powerful he is, Ma Shiying, he is limited to the civil servants, and he is just a pawn in my hands.

Hmph, if he is obedient and able to do things, I will reward him. If he is incompetent and disobedient, I will let him go and replace him with an obedient and capable person.

If all the civil servants are useless and disobedient, then I will let them all go, and start a new course to select a group of officials. There are many people who want to be officials in the Ming Dynasty. "

Zhu Cihong naturally understood what she meant, and waved his hand at the end.

Those civil officials used to control the army, money and food, and public opinion, and locked the emperor in the palace as a plaything in his hands.

Those who are obedient are wise emperors, those who are disobedient are stupid emperors, those who dare to resist will be killed, and another emperor will be replaced, and those who are disobedient will continue to be replaced.

Now that the situation is reversed, the military power, money and food are all in the hands of the emperor. After the public opinion is also under his control, the civil servants are completely locked in a cage by the emperor.

If you are obedient, throw some sweet dates into it, if you are disobedient, you will beat them with a stick, if you dare to resist, you will dispose of them all, and then make a new batch and put them in the cage.

(End of this chapter)