In November 15th year of Chongzhen, Luoyang Mansion.
This day is the day when the salary is paid every month. That is, according to Yang Shanlu's New Deal, officials from the five provinces began to receive the new salary.
Only at this time, these officials in Luoyang Prefecture were very worried... Although the envoy said very well, they will pay three times the salary, high salary and honesty, and they promised to be the kind of real money, nothing. It's a mess of true colors.
But can such a good thing really happen? Officials like them are accustomed to the various tactics in officialdom, face to face, behind the scenes, not to mention this increase in salary, but there has never been a huge change in the three hundred years since the founding of Ming Dynasty! So now, can such a good thing really be their turn
Of course, no matter what, the mystery is about to be revealed now.
When these officials came to the households where they paid special salaries and began to receive this month's salaries, they were really shocked... Oh my God, is this true? They really received three times the salary!
And this triple salary, as promised, is real money! There is nothing messy of true colors!
Even if this is compared with the past, it is said that it is a salary, and the result is a piece of silk cloth or semi-new silk. In any case, it has some value and is easy to realize, so I will bear it, but more At the time, I didn’t even send that, but instead sent some pepper and hematoxylin to replace it. What do you think can be used for this kind of thing? Is it used as a meal? So in comparison with the present...
So after these officials received their salaries one by one, one of the inspectors said with emotion: "Damn it, it seems that this time it is really moving!"
Inspectors like him belong to the inspectorate department of the county government. The official position is the smallest of the nine ranks in the government. Therefore, the salary for a month is only the five stones of the district, and even the five stones are basically received. A variety of colors, so it’s not enough to feed the family...
However, the inspector of the inspection department like him has a very small official position, and the power is not small. The inspection department is responsible for hunting thieves, cross-examination and falsehood, and he still holds the power of life and death! (No one can kill under normal circumstances, but his position is flexible. For example, when pursuing criminals, he lied that the deceased was forced to kill because of a vicious resistance).
Therefore, the inspectorate inspectors is like the big wolf dog who looks after the nursing home. His duties are not small, but he drank a bowl of gruel every day. Therefore, it is inevitable that he will dereliction of duty and deal with some grievances. False and wrong case.
But now? Looking at the four shining small silver cakes in my hand, and such dazzling eyes, it is clear that they are made of fine silky silver, and each is heavy and very heavy, this inspection is very emotional. : "After half a lifetime of tolerance, I didn't expect that there will be such a day. It seems that this salary alone can guarantee a good life!"
And if this is the case, is there any reason to do ignorant things again? Or do you really think he likes to do that kind of thing? Then was scolded by someone pointing at the spine behind his back? That's all forced by life... But what about now
Then, after seeing the inspector getting his salary, he was a bit stunned for a while, even his eyes were a little moist, but the push officer behind him smiled.
Pushing official is a criminal name of a government, and it is already considered a not-so-small official. For example, as a push official of Luoyang government, this person is from the sixth rank, and the push official from various prefectures and counties is the seventh rank. Therefore, if he was in the past, he would disdain I talked to petty officials like the inspector, but now...
He happily patted the inspector's shoulder and said, "Hehe, what's the excitement? Let me tell you the truth, our good days are yet to come!"
After all, as a Luoyang government official, his day-to-day affairs are closer to the special envoy, so he knows more than this kind of grassroots officials, including the annual leave system and the rest system that will be introduced in the future... This kind of thing I didn't dare to think before. The good things I think about are actually going to be enjoyed by them now, so such a good mood...
Of course, those are all spiritual enjoyment, but now it is material enjoyment. Just like this time, as a sixth-rank official, he can receive more salaries, so this time he brought one. It comes from a small pocket.
And when he received the salary this time... When he looked at the seven small silver cakes in his hand, he smiled with satisfaction... This is almost the same, you know, such a small silver cake is almost one and two and a half heavy. ! (Half heavier than the fifty-gram small gold bar of later generations).
And in this way, he was equal to a dozen silvers in one go! Can you get ten taels of salary in one month? You know this is ten taels of silver, which is enough for a middle-class family to comfortably pass the first half of the year, but what about now? Can he get so much in a month? Even compared to the two or three taels of silver received in the previous month, four or five times
From this point of view, that is the treatment of being an official, and if you can receive so many clean salaries, it seems that you have to think twice about things that are ignorant in the future!
Because seriously, who doesn't want to be a good official, an upright official, and a man praised by individuals? But the problem is, just like before, it won’t work like this. It’s not enough to get a couple of dollars a month to maintain a basic life! Is it true that he should learn from Hai Rui and eat chaffy vegetables every day? Let wives and children suffer
But now? With so much salary, can you finally be an upright and good official
And seriously speaking, the duty of pushing officials is more important than that of the inspector. Pushing officials like him is equivalent to the president of the court of later generations, who specializes in criminal law and trial, but when he is forced by life, even the court The dean of the hospital is going to make gray income and accept bribes. Is there any fairness in this trial? So this official... But what about now
Then just when these officials were very emotional, some young officials came to receive their salaries, and when these officials saw them, they were all in unnatural awe... because these were all special envoys!
And these young officials, let alone, compared with the officials just now, they not only took it very naturally, but also believed in it... Because it was not someone else who made this policy, but Their dean!
With the prestige of Master Dean, is there any falsehood in what he said? In other words, they began to enjoy this kind of treatment as early as two years ago. After all, as special envoys, they are stationed in various places. Yang Shanlu requires them to be honest in their duties, refuse to corrode, and never touch, but it is also not to let them live the ascetics. Of life.
So this kind of juvenile clerk originally had special financial subsidies, or bought cheap farms, but now, you don’t have to go through secret subsidies anymore, but you can take it openly. That’s why. happy…
So after receiving the salary this time, everyone was happy, everyone was happy, and scenes like this happened not only in Luoyang Prefecture, but in nearly a hundred states and counties in Henan, and even in Shandong. , Shaanxi and the entire five provinces of the Central Plains, so such a profound change...
"My lord, after the implementation of the new salary system, the effect is very good!" Then when Yang Shanlu was sitting in the special envoy's mansion, waiting for the feedback, the supervisory leader, Hai Jilian, had already rushed in to announce the good news!
The Department of Supervision, as a department that monitors hundreds of officials, was originally responsible for secretly monitoring, so it was particularly sensitive to such changes, and to be honest, when Hai Jilian dealt with these corrupt officials in the past, he had a little sympathy... because of the imperial court. The salary system is too fucking!
Take Hai Jilian himself, before he met Yang Shanlu, what kind of life was there! Because he inherited the legacy of his ancestor Hai Rui, he refused to be corrupt! But those days are too poor! Eat radish pickles every day!
But now? Hai Jilian was originally like those young officials, with subsidies, but this time his salary has been increased by three times, so in the face of such a change, Hai Jilian feels even more! And he thinks that this is what an official government looks like. It's not a beggar who came out of the government!
And after ensuring enough salaries, if anyone dares to continue to embezzle and accept bribes, and dare to stretch out his hand, don’t blame him for being rude...
And looking at Hai Jilian who was smiling, Yang Shanlu showed a joyful smile... So it seems that his reform of the administration of officials is still somewhat effective? Can you still prescribe the right medicine
And in this way, now that the previous education reform has been carried out smoothly, and the reform of the administration of officials has begun to bear fruit, then you can gnaw another hard bone-that is, Yang Shanlu is going to prepare for military reform! Or to be more specific, it is to abolish the current family system!
As for the shortcomings of this kind of family system, I don't need to describe too much. To put it mildly, the demise of the Ming Dynasty in history has a lot to do with this kind of family system! Because those grassroots officers and soldiers have reached the point where they only know that there are generals, but do not know that there is a court!
It's like in the original history, when the Ming Dynasty was already in turmoil at this time, most of the loyal ministers and good generals had already been killed in battle, and the rest were soldiers of all sizes. They only took the royal salary and did not listen to the court's dispatch!
For example, the most representative Liaodong Guanning Army Group, in essence, is already in a semi-independent state and does not listen to the court's greetings!
It is like in history that Emperor Chongzhen repeatedly ordered Zu Dashou to go to Beijing to report on his duties, but this one who did not listen to the greetings at all refused to go to Beijing! The cat is not coming out in Jinzhou!
And the imperial court had no choice but to hold his nose and endure it, and nothing happened, even in order not to push him to the Manchurian side, he had to continue to give him official ranks ( In the original history, Zu Dashou has achieved the crown prince’s Shaobao, plus the left as the governor!)
Moreover, in the increasingly difficult situation of the country, I dare not miss the slightest amount of salary, and use the salary received from severe performance appraisal every year to feed this unfamiliar dog. Of course now...
As far as the family system is concerned, the Guan Ning army, which is the important town of the nine sides, is like this, not to mention other military leaders, big and small, like Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, Zuo Liangyu, all of them are fighting each other. The strength at hand, that is, the group of family members in hand, refused to listen to the dispatch of the court!
(For example, Zu Dashou had three thousand family members, and Li Chengliang in history had nine thousand family members! Other military leaders, large and small, also have hundreds to thousands of family members.)
Anyway, to the back, those armies, or to be more precise, the "army" made up of ordinary soldiers with loyalty to their family as the core, has become a private soldier in their pocket, only knowing that there is a leader, I don't know. There is a court!
So in this way, what military discipline and national laws, what defends the home and the country, naturally all fart! Is there that kind of stuff? Instead, everything is based on their own interests, and if they are profitable, they will do it, and if they are not profitable, they will escape!
(To give a simple example, if they are sent to build slaves, they will run faster than rabbits one by one! But if they do things that are poisonous and harm the people, they are more capable than one! And they all have all kinds of richness. Experience, so the various harms caused by this...)
But now, it's time for thorough governance!
And for this military reform, Yang Shanlu is already ready. Specifically, he will reform the following two points! (End of this chapter)