Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 87 Who is this person?
For a high-ranking official of the second rank, the salary from the court was only adequate.

Although he had already been prepared in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little surprised when he heard Liu Bowen say these words himself.

He knew in his heart that Mr. Liu would never lie to others.

In the original time and space, during the period when Liu Bowen's salary was suspended, the family was almost unable to open the pot. In the end, he was so poor that his son Liu Lian went to the streets to sell paper fans written by him.

This is normal. After all, the daily expenses in the capital are huge, and Liu Bowen's house is huge.

The cost of repairing it all year round costs a lot, and the house given by the emperor cannot survive without repairs.

Hu Weiyong on the side quickly spoke up and said, "What Liu Zhongcheng said is that the salary given by the court is indeed only enough to feed and clothe the family."

There was nothing wrong with what he said. In fact, according to his family's consumption level, the salary given by the court was not even enough for daily expenses.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at everyone and probably knew something.

Although the others didn't say anything, it could be seen from their expressions that the salary was indeed too small.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang and Xu Da and said: "Korea Gong, Tiande, when the officials' grades and salaries were formulated, you were present and participated in the discussion. Why didn't you tell us at that time? Tell us, and we still Can you not pay attention to it?"

Li Shanchang and Xu Da looked at each other, but they wanted to say something.

But at the beginning, although Zhu Yuanzhang consulted with the founding fathers of the six kingdoms to discuss the formulation of official ranks and salaries, it was actually Zhu himself who made the final decision.

How could these old people not know what Zhu Yuanzhang's temper was?

As long as it is something he believes in, no one dares to raise an opinion, because they know that even if they raise it, it will be useless.

And there is the most important point, which Li Shanchang did not mention, that is, not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the national treasury was really empty.

In many places that had been severely damaged by wars, the imperial court exempted them from taxes.

Coupled with the border troops, it was another huge expense.

This made the already poor imperial court even worse. As the steward of the Ming Dynasty, Li Shanchang saw this even more clearly.

Therefore, at that time, he did not feel that there was anything wrong with the salaries of officials at all levels formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

No matter how low it is, his salary as a first-grade official is always enough.

As for Xu Da, this man has almost reached the point where he has no reward. In recent years, he has been able to eat and drink with just the reward. The imperial salary is dispensable to him, so he is not that concerned about the level of official salary. sensitive.

"We are going to increase salaries for everyone." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at everyone and suddenly said.

The voice just fell.

The entire imperial study immediately became quiet.

It was as if time had stopped.

Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen each had expressions of extreme shock on their faces or in their eyes at the moment they heard the news.

But among all the people present, there was no one who was not a human spirit.

The look of shock disappeared in a flash.

Everyone stood up one after another to express their gratitude to Emperor Zhu for his great kindness.

Zhu Yuanzhang then told the important ministers in front of him one by one the anti-corruption policy that Zhu Biao brought back from Yangzhou City.

This time, the shock on everyone's faces finally couldn't be hidden.

People like Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen have done in-depth research on corruption issues, so they know the hardships of governance, and they understand even more how rare the plan Zhu Yuanzhang just told them is.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, this plan is truly unprecedented and unprecedented. I believe that the results will be seen soon after implementation." Liu Bowen said with excitement.

At that time, he was an official in the former Yuan Dynasty. It was precisely because he saw through the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty that he resigned and went into seclusion.

Now that there is such a plan that can effectively curb corruption right in front of him, how can he not be excited?

Li Shanchang also nodded and praised: "This plan can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It not only curbs corruption, but also solves the problem of slackness and laziness of some officials. Your Majesty's move can be said to have injected new energy into the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty." A new trend." The rest of the people present also followed suit.

"Since everyone agrees, then the matter is settled."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled with satisfaction and said: "Shan Chang, you, the Ministry of Education, are responsible for formulating specific assessment items and the amount of salary rewards. At the same time, you will immediately come up with an implementable plan to implement specific policies."

"Bo Wen, your Yushitai is responsible for the implementation of procuratorial and political review matters, and you must also formulate an implementable plan."

"After you have a plan for this matter, contact the prince directly."

"It's getting late. If there's nothing else, let's stop here today."

The New Deal also represents supreme rights.

Zhu Yuanzhang put the two most important parts of the New Deal in the hands of Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen respectively. He also had the intention of letting the Huaixi nobles and the eastern Zhejiang scholars check and balance each other.

This is the so-called imperial mind technique.

Of course, there is no need for Zhu Yuanzhang to say a word on this matter.

Both Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen will do their best to implement this policy without reservation.

After leaving the palace.

Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong rode in the same carriage.

on the carriage.

"Xiang Guo, this series of policies to combat corruption are so interlocking that they eliminate and suppress corruption. If they are really implemented, I can guarantee that corruption will be curbed to the greatest extent." Hu Weiyong sighed with emotion. road.

Li Shanchang nodded.

Especially the political review system, when he heard about it, he felt chills on his back.

"Xiang Guo, who do you think came up with these policies?"

Li Shanchang thought seriously for a while and finally shook his head.

He really couldn't think of a candidate.

He also suspected that it was Liu Bowen, but he carefully observed Liu Bowen's expression at that time, and it didn't seem to be fake.

As for their leader, both Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong were immediately excluded from the candidates.

They know very well what kind of person Zhu Yuanzhang is.

He is indeed a wise and mighty hero.

But for corrupt officials, throughout history, no emperor could be found who hated them more than him.

In their opinion, if they invented some new torture method to deal with corrupt officials, it was most likely that Lao Zhu came up with it himself.

Use killing to stop corruption, use violence to stop corruption.

This is Zhu Yuanzhang's style.

As for such a clever strategy as proposed before, especially the first step is to increase the salary of all officials, it is absolutely impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to come up with this.

Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong can think of this.

The courtiers who were able to attend this meeting were all excellent people, and others could naturally think of it as well.

Now everyone has the same question in their mind.

Who is this person? !

(End of this chapter)