Emperor Liu Hong

() With Mrs. Dong's dedicated supervision, the charity project started smoothly.At this time, Liu Hong received a report that Duan Jiong's triumphant army was coming back soon.

It is a great joy for the army to return in triumph.

Zero Qiang first, now almost considered to be exterminated, this is an absolute victory.Although Xianling Qiang is not a big clan, there are quite a few of them.The most important thing is that the big man, who is plagued by natural disasters, needs a victory to stabilize people's hearts.And Liu Hong, who is constantly doing various reforms, also needs a victory to suppress these dissatisfied forces.

There are no trivial matters in the army. Liu Hong knows that to ensure the stability of the regime, it is necessary to hold the hearts of the soldiers.So Liu Hong decided that, taking advantage of this great victory, he would try to curry favor with these army soldiers.

In terms of pleasing soldiers, later generations have done quite well in this regard.There are monuments and martyrs' cemeteries everywhere, which not only solves the worries of the soldiers, but also increases the sense of honor of the soldiers.

Liu Hong must study the merits of future generations seriously.However, it is not easy to build a martyr's cemetery now, but it is completely feasible to build a monument and a martyr's hall.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong immediately sent someone to find Liu Zhong, the newly appointed head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Uncle Zhong, what is our construction team doing now?"

"Return to Your Majesty, our construction team is now laying the foundations for super hotels and department stores."

"Ah, why did it take so long for these two projects to lay their foundations?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, these two projects are too big. Our previous construction team couldn't do it at all. Therefore, we can only recruit a large number of new people. But those people have never touched concrete and don't know how to do it. So, I let them do other projects first to practice, and after they are familiar with the operation of concrete, I let these two projects start."

"Oh, that's how it is." Liu Hong nodded, and said to Liu Zhong: "Uncle Zhong, stop these two projects for a while. I need to build a huge stone monument, at least ten feet high. , and a large Hall of Martyrs, which must be very grand and magnificent. The most important thing is that it must be built before the arrival of the army. Do you think there is enough time?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, these two constructions are not too difficult, the main reason is that the decoration takes time. Especially the decoration of the Hall of Martyrs, even if you work overtime, it will take one and a half months to complete these two projects."

"If it takes a month and a half, it's about the same. Although the army has already returned, they have brought a lot of captives and captured cattle and sheep, so they must not go fast. I am sending people to work for the army, so I should be able to delay them a little longer. Buy some more time, and hurry up."

Knowing that the matter was urgent, Liu Zhong hurried back to make arrangements.

After confirming the monument and the Pavilion of Heroes, Liu Hong immediately found the Minister of Rites, Qiao Xuan.The ceremony of the triumphant return of the army is all set by the Ministry of Rites.Now that Liu Hong has completed two such large projects, of course he must let the Ministry of Rites know and make corresponding arrangements.

Besides, the monument and the Hall of Martyrs are mainly for the dead soldiers.But the triumphant army is all living people, and their arrangements must be done well.

"Your Majesty, it is not too difficult to increase the unveiling ceremony of the monument and the first worship ceremony of the Heroes Pavilion. It is what you said to enhance the sense of honor of soldiers, and the veteran does not know how to do it."

"Old Aiqing, this thing is not difficult." As he spoke, Liu Hong told Qiao Xuan about his future military achievements.Let him use gold, silver and bronze general medals according to the material, divide them into three grades, and just make them.

It was not difficult to design the pattern and shape of the military medal, so Qiao Xuan took the order and left.He was so busy with the triumphant return of the army, he didn't have time to waste time with Liu Hong.

Although military medals are good, in the final analysis, direct material rewards are more impressive.

It just so happened that Liu Hong reformed the official system and wanted to improve the treatment of all the officials. Taking this opportunity, he changed it together.

As soon as Prime Minister Liu Shu, ministers of various ministries, and people from the Military Aircraft Department came to the main hall where Liu Hong was discussing affairs, Liu Hong said: "My dear friends, I think the salary set by the court before is a bit too small. And it is still paid with food. It cannot meet the needs of the officials. We have brought you here now to discuss how we can improve the treatment of the officials."

Hearing that Liu Hong wanted to improve the treatment of officials, all the people present were happy.After all, they are also officials, and they are indispensable for improving their treatment. Of course they are happy.

As the prime minister, Liu Shu spoke up first, "Your Majesty, you are right. Paying salaries with grain really cannot meet the needs of officials. This must be changed first."

The others also nodded in agreement.After all, as an official, who can get less land.What's the use of getting some food back from the court if you can't even eat the food from your own fields.

In the past, they had a lot of extra money, so they didn't care much about it.But now, as soon as the new official system is implemented, their extra money will be gone.All expenses refer to their own output and the court's salary.If you want to buy something, you have to sell the food first to get the money, which is too troublesome.

"After that, all the salaries will be paid out in cash." Seeing that everyone agreed, Liu Hong immediately made a decision. "However, my dear ministers, how do you increase your salary?"

These officials all want to treat themselves, the taller the better.But no one is embarrassed to say this.So the scene froze all of a sudden.

Liu Shu and Liu Hong are the most familiar, seeing this situation, he hurried out to make a rescue.Said: "Your Majesty, the prices of all items are very high now. After the salaries of the officials are exchanged for cash, they basically can't buy much. But it is really wrong to raise the salaries so high that the treasury can't afford it." Easy."

What Liu Shu said was true, this matter is really difficult to solve.Liu Hong suddenly thought of his salary, and immediately found a solution.

"Dear dear ministers, the salary of officials will be doubled for the time being. I know that this salary cannot meet the needs of officials. However, considering the situation of the national treasury, it is really impossible to increase the fixed salary." Liu Hong, Looking at the ministers who were obviously not satisfied, he said again: "Although the fixed salary can no longer be increased, we can still find a way elsewhere."

Hearing that he could find a solution elsewhere, everyone stared at Liu Hong.

"My dear friends, my salary is [-]% of the national treasury. Now, I will use another [-]% of the treasury's income as rewards for officials. If officials govern the country well and the treasury is full, you will get more rewards." .And if the country is not well governed and the treasury is empty, you will get less money. How much money you can get depends entirely on your own hard work.”

When everyone heard this method, they all nodded. It is already good to have this result.At this moment, Zhang Huan said: "Your Majesty, will the members of our army share this [-]% together, or give us another [-]%?"