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Chapter 1120 Bonuses
In previous years, Emperor Chongzhen would not have any opinion on this negotiated result.Because they were all negotiated according to the rules set in advance, and he is a very rule-based person.

At this time, all the ministries and halls were very happy. After all, this year's dividends have increased several times compared to before.

However, this time, Emperor Chongzhen did not reply to Shoufu's words, but said with a cold face, "I remember that when the shares were split, it was given to the six government offices. I remember correctly, right?" ?”

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback for a moment. They didn't understand why the emperor suddenly mentioned this at this time?

"Return to Your Majesty, it's for the six yamen and the inner palace." Wen Tiren had already stepped forward to answer the question, so he replied affirmatively.

These people in the Wenhua Palace are all human beings. At this moment, they have a faint feeling in their hearts: It seems that the emperor is about to make a fool of himself!
Sure enough, they immediately heard Emperor Chongzhen suddenly raise his voice, and shouted coldly: "But why didn't I find out that the previous share dividends were given to the six government departments?"

"..." Wen Tiren was taken aback for a moment, no matter how shrewd he was, he didn't react immediately.Today's matter, the emperor has not communicated with him.He thought about the dividends in the past, and they were indeed given to the six departments!
Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at the six books on the side.

The six ministers didn't want to understand what was going on. Seeing the eyes of the chief assistant, Xu Guangqi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and testified first: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has indeed received dividends, no problem!"

Li Changgeng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also went out and said: "The Ministry of Officials has also received dividends, no problem!"

"..."

The six ministers have been listed successively, and there is no problem with dividends.

Hearing what they said, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly sneered, turned his head and ordered Liu Xingzuo, the commander of Jinyiwei who was standing beside him, and said, "Give each of them a copy and let them see if the six yamen have received it." Dividends over the years!"

"The last general obeys the order!" Liu Xingzuo immediately clasped his fists in agreement, and picked up a stack of memorials from the imperial case, as if he knew what the content was, he went down and distributed a copy to the people below.

Wen Tiren was the first to get it, and quickly opened the memorial to read it.Just looking at it, he suddenly understood what Emperor Chongzhen meant when he said that the previous dividends were not distributed to the six yamens!

So, he turned his head to look at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and saw that Li Changgeng also unfolded the memorial and began to read it.

Li Changgeng's face, which was rosy just now, suddenly became very pale, and even the hand holding the memorial was trembling faintly.

The ministers of other yamen also lost the excitement just now, and several of them also turned pale.

Only the eunuchs, the supervisor of ceremonies and the eunuch Bingbi, were calm, because the matter of dividends had nothing to do with them.

They looked at the memorial in their hands, and saw that it stated the six parts of the past, and the specific whereabouts of the silver.Looking at the name of Li Changgeng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, it is in the most conspicuous position, and the amount of money that fell into his pocket is also the highest among all personal pockets, which is very dazzling.

Among them, Wang Cheng'en, the admiral of Dongchang, was the most proud. There were many treacherous and cunning people in these ministers. Some money was transferred several times and used various names before it finally fell into the pockets of these ministers.And none of this was hidden from the eyes of the fan servants he sent out.His only regret was that he didn't know why the emperor asked Liu Xingzuo to divide it, as if the results of these investigations were Jin Yiwei's errands!
Suddenly, there was a "pop", and there was a lot of movement.This sound made Li Changgeng's hand tremble, and the memorial fell to the ground.

Everyone heard the sound and looked, only to see that Emperor Chongzhen slapped the imperial case suddenly, with anger already on his face, he shouted: "Qing and others are all the highest-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they are important ministers of the imperial court. I have always trusted him, and even changed the previous practice, the court income is given to various departments. The result is good, these dividends and silver taels, but did they fall to the six departments?"

Hearing this, even the most stupid person would know what the emperor meant.

Li Changgeng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, his legs went limp, and he knelt down on the ground, lowered his head, and played in a low voice, even slightly trembling: "The minister is guilty!"

Shen Yongmao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also knelt down and confessed his crime with his head bowed.

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Only Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, did not kneel down, because in this memorial, only the dividends from the Ministry of Rites went into his personal pocket.

No one dared to deny it.Because they knew in their hearts that the content of this memorial is so detailed, it shows that the emperor has absolutely grasped the ins and outs of the dividends.

What's more, after just going through the military parade, the might of the army is impressive, and all of this is especially the new army formed by the emperor himself and poured his heart and soul into it!Anyone who has participated in the military parade will understand that whether it is the soldiers who have become part of the Beijing camp or the people of the capital, they all have great respect for the emperor.The emperor's prestige is at its peak!
For civil servants, in addition to this, the emperor suddenly improvised during the military parade.The so-called Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu all had the spirit of not taking it seriously.The heroism of Qinyuanchun is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.The so-called poetry expresses feelings, which allows these civil servants to see what kind of feelings Emperor Chongzhen has!This shock to civil servants will definitely not be smaller than the shock of regaining Liaodong!

In their eyes, the Emperor Chongzhen at this time was already an emperor with both civil and military skills!His current prestige firmly suppresses the civil servants' desire to resist.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was angry, and the courtiers under him, the high-ranking officials of Ming Dynasty, knelt down and bowed one by one.All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the Wenhua Palace was very tense, and it was simply incompatible with the festive atmosphere of the upcoming Chinese New Year.

"I know that some of you may not take this seriously. In the past, wasn't it like this? The money issued by the court would be plucked every time it passed through a yamen, haha, fire consumption, right..." Emperor Chongzhen said with a sneer again, "It's a grand excuse to find an excuse. Every time you reach out, have you ever thought about the words of Confucius and Mencius? To be an official for thousands of miles, is it really just for money?"

"Do you think that this kind of thing has been agreed upon for hundreds of years, and I'm making a big fuss if I ask about it?" In Wenhua Palace, only the words of Emperor Chongzhen echoed, even if it was Wen Tiren, or the Supervisor of Rites. Here, they all lowered their heads, bearing the emperor's anger: "If the ancestral system is followed, how many of the six dignified books of the Ming Dynasty can be exempted from the punishment of peeling and filling grass? Are they all peeled and filled with grass, and sent to the six yamen to warn the latecomers?"

Li Changgeng had the most money in his pockets. Hearing the emperor's words, even though it was a cold winter day and it was snowing heavily outside the hall, he couldn't stop his sweat and kept dripping down.

"For money! You can be shameless! But I want face!" Emperor Chongzhen's anger filled the Wenhua Palace, and his address to his courtiers had changed from "Qing" to "You" before he knew it, and it was completely gone. A little bit of respect, "Dignified second-rank official, what example did you set for the world's officials? I have been waiting, waiting for some of you to wake up! But until today, no one is thinking of reforming! Now It's time for a new dividend, no wonder you guys are so excited when I see it!"

In fact, as long as the real evidence is in hand, Emperor Chongzhen can not spend so much time doing this kind of thing, and directly order the factory guards to take down the corrupt and perverted.Absolutely no one would say anything about this kind of thing, because it is tenable in principle and on the bright side.

However, the purpose of Emperor Chongzhen was not so simple. His purpose, besides collecting the share dividends into the national treasury, also wanted to touch the unspoken rules of "plucking geese and plucking geese" that had been formed for hundreds of years in Ming Dynasty.This is not as simple as punishing a few corrupt officials and sternly treating a yamen.

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he paused for a while, and slowly looked at the courtiers below, watching them all either sweating profusely, trembling with fear, or bowed silently.

Suddenly, he softened his tone a little, put away his anger, and said to the courtiers below: "I am not an unreasonable person! I know that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the salaries of officials in my Ming Dynasty were not high. Especially for low-level officials, it is only enough for the officials to live on their own. If there are greetings, exchanges of favors, or a prosperous population, it is definitely not enough to rely on the salaries of officials alone. It should be for this reason that they slowly Developed the unspoken rules of "geese plucking hairs" in various ministries..."

Hearing the emperor who was furious just now, suddenly say such reasonable words, all of a sudden, these courtiers were a little bit overwhelmed.At the same time, they couldn't help but secretly thank the emperor for his understanding.

In fact, these people in the Wenhua Palace knew that Emperor Chongzhen said this to save face for them.If you really want to tell the truth, the reality may become very cruel.There are a large number of officials, even if their salaries are sufficient, those officials who reach out for money will still reach out for money.

Regarding this situation, Taizu didn't save face at all back then, and punished him harshly. If he embezzled a little silver, he would use the torture of peeling and filling grass, but it still couldn't stop the corrupt officials from following suit.Today's Emperor Chongzhen obviously did not take the same measures as Taizu did back then.

As a result, the atmosphere in the Wenhua Palace became less tense as Emperor Chongzhen's speech eased before he knew it.

"...However, these unspoken rules have seriously harmed our Ming Dynasty! How much of the military salaries allocated to the frontier soldiers actually fell into the hands of the frontier soldiers? The low combat power of the Ming Dynasty army in the past was due to those who were hungry. The soldiers in the belly, or should someone else be in charge?"

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, his tone became a little harsher, and he raised his voice: "Therefore, this unspoken rule of 'plucking wild geese' is absolutely unacceptable. It is also for this reason that I decided to split the equity in the treasury revenue. , issued to the six yamen. I hope that my Ming officials, no matter how high or low the official position, can benefit from it, and no longer bend down under the pressure of life..."

By this time, all the officials in the Wenhua Palace understood that the reason for the emperor's distribution of equity dividends to various departments was to improve the lives of all officials in the Six Departments. If you arrive, then the yamen gets what you get, and that's okay.But when all the share dividends go into the pockets of the first and second leaders of the yamen, that won't work!The emperor was furious because of this.

When the chief assistant Wen Tiren heard this, he pondered over the emperor's intention and realized something in his heart.At this time, he had already remembered that the emperor had actually talked to him about this matter.After thinking about this, he immediately went out to play to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty's kindness and hard work, I believe that the officials of Ming Dynasty are all grateful for the emperor's kindness! I think that the income from equity dividends should be attributed to the treasury, and then can be used with the salary. It is distributed together to supplement the salary of Ming officials. It is also announced to the world that all officials who are upright and honest, and have outstanding achievements in government, can get dividends from this share."

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help admiring in his heart when he heard this, he was worthy of being the chief assistant he had chosen, and he was really a roundworm in his stomach, knowing what the purpose of this meeting was.He even gave a very avant-garde proposal, which turned out to be in the form of a bonus!

I have to say that officials of the Ming Dynasty should also be a profession. If they are to serve the people wholeheartedly, it does not seem to be in line with human nature.This form of bonus, although I have never heard of it before.Sounds like a good idea though, or try it out and see how it goes!
The Emperor Chongzhen was considering this matter, and Cao Huachun, the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony in another column, also came out and said: "Your Majesty's benevolence is unprecedented in all dynasties. The slaves think that it is reasonable for the first assistant to discuss this. Share capital Dividends come from the treasury, it is His Majesty's kindness, not a gift from the Ministry, this is a matter of course. Therefore, slaves and servants agree!"

Although what he said was a bit nasty, it represented the meaning of the palm print eunuch.When the eunuchs who held the pen saw it, they immediately stood up one by one, and they all followed suit, and flattered the emperor by the way.

On the side of foreign ministers and officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Minister of Rites and others who have nothing to do with today's corruption, or who say they hold the integrity and don't care about the money, all also seconded.I feel that the share dividends should be attributed to the national treasury, and the favor comes from above, rather than being distributed by the palm of the ministry.In the Wenhua Palace, there was a consensus on this soon.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded with a smile and said: "So, I will play by Zhunqing and others. In addition, I have another idea. As for the rewards other than salary, apart from integrity and good performance, I am willing to go to the In the remote places of the Ming Dynasty, those who go to the places where the conditions are difficult and the environment is harsh in the Ming Dynasty to be officials can be rewarded more!"

　On-time updates cannot be restored on weekdays, and Chapter 2 can only be updated after returning from get off work at night.Waiting for the weekend, hoping to return to the punctual update.

　　
　
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