Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

"Sacred Majesty's Nilin?" Xie Xianhe asked puzzledly, "Father, our Xie family didn't do anything? The interest rate of the third bond issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is so low, our Xie family even bought one hundred thousand taels. "

"What I said for my father is not this." Xie Xuelong said, "What I said for my father is party struggle!"

"Party struggle?" Xie Xianhe said in astonishment, "Father, you didn't start a party struggle either."

"As a father, I shouldn't reveal Shi Kefa's corrections." Xie Xuelong said, "In the eyes of the Holy One, this is obviously a dispute between the cabinet's second assistant and the first assistant, and it is a party dispute."

"Ah this?" Xie Xianhe was speechless for a moment.

He once dissuaded him from this, but his father did not listen to him.

Unexpectedly, such a trivial matter brought disaster to Xie's family.

After a pause, Xie Xianhe whispered: "Father, even if the Holy Spirit doubts this matter, there is no evidence, so as long as you refuse to admit it to the death, Father, he will have nothing to do with you."

"Evidence? Xianhe, you are too naive." Xie Xuelong shook his head, and continued, "My son, there is no room for redemption in this matter. If the father decides to end it on his own, at least he can keep the dignity of the cabinet minister. Xie's family Karma can also be kept, but if you fight to the end, you can't keep anything."

What have Wei Guogong and Bao Guogong become now?

"Father!" Xie Xianhe looked dark, wanted to cry but didn't dare.

Now he also believed in his old father's judgment, but he really couldn't bear to watch his father commit suicide. Is this what a son of man should do?

After tidying up his clothes, Xie Xuelong said again: "Xianhe, the second and third are useless, don't let the two of them know what's going on, or they might do something stupid."

"You just told the two of them that as a father, you stumbled and fell into a well while admiring the moon."

After a pause, he said again: "When I report the funeral to the imperial court tomorrow, I also said that I fell into a well."

"Father!" Xie Xian and fell to their knees with a plop, not daring to cry, only sobbing.

Xie Xuelong stepped forward and patted his son on the shoulder, then heaved a long sigh and walked out of the study to the courtyard.

There is a deep well in the middle of the yard, which is said to lead directly to the East China Sea, and no matter how dry the well is, the water has never dried up.

"Father!" Xie Xianhe rushed out from the study and grabbed Xie Xuelong, not wanting his father to jump into the well, "Father, let's think of another way, there must be another way! It won't be like this, it won't be like this !"

"Silly boy, there is no other way." Xie Xuelong sighed softly, "This is already the best result."

After finishing speaking, Xie Xuelong gently opened Xie Xianhe's hands, and said again: "Son, you need to remember that from now on, my Xie family will make a living in business for generations, and future generations are not allowed to enter the officialdom."

"En." Xie Xianhe nodded vigorously with a crying voice.

"Don't do stupid things." Xie Xuelong sighed, "My Ming Dynasty has ushered in an unprecedented sage king, and the prosperity of all nations is close at hand, but it's a pity that my father can't see it..."

After finishing speaking, Xie Xuelong plunged into the ancient well.

"Father!" Xie Xian and Gan howled, and rushed to the well.

But I saw that the water in the well was splashing, and no one was there. …

Looking up at the night sky again, I saw dark clouds everywhere, where is the moon?
"Father!" Xie Xianhe murmured twice, then slumped to the ground.

……

Early the next morning.

Officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs such as Ma Mingjue, Ruan Dacheng, Wang Wei, Fu Shan, and Fang Yizhi all went to Yilun Hall, and even Chen Zilong from the Agricultural Science Department in Xuzhou was rushed back during the incident.

The only ones who were absent were Yan Yingyuan and Xu Yingwei.

Chongzhen summoned Ma Mingpao and other departments to discuss a major issue.

"I called you here to discuss a matter." Chongzhen leaned back on the brocade mat very comfortably, and said leisurely, "Because recently someone has been gossiping about me behind my back, saying that I want the horse to run again, Tell the horses not to eat grass, call me an old picky, let Qin Wang Shizi work for nothing, but don't give a penny of salary."

As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, Zheng Sen said, "Your Majesty, the salary doesn't matter, but should the funds for each department be increased? Our flight department only has one thousand taels of money. What is this little money enough for?"

"Zheng Sen, don't talk." Fu Shan said, "Your Zheng family has a great career, and you can live without receiving a salary from the court and starving to death, but we can't, we really can't hold on."

Speaking of this, Fu Shan paused for a while and said to Chongzhen again: "Your Majesty, it is my minister who said that you want the horse to run and also want the horse not to eat grass, but this is not gossip, but the words of the minister's mind." , if you don’t pay salary, I really can’t hold on, our medical department now has a hundred and ten people, and everyone’s expenses are maintained by consulting people.”

"Fu Shan, I don't mean to blame you." Chongzhen smiled, "I called you here today for this matter. Other officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have their salaries. Work hard."

After a pause, Chongzhen went on to say: "Also, the reason why I didn't give you salaries before was not because I was reluctant to give up money, but because I wanted to test you to see if you can live in poverty. The result is not bad, absolutely. Most of the Qin Wang Shizi kept their bottom line, and did not stretch out their hands indiscriminately relying on their status as Qin Wang Shizi."

Everyone thought that even the reasons for refusal can be found so fresh and refined.

"However, this is not a long-term solution after all, and the salary must still be paid."

Chongzhen said: "Now you all talk about it, what standard should the Ministry of Internal Affairs distribute salaries?"

Zheng Sendao: "Your Majesty, I think it is enough to compare the salaries of Beijing officials. We will receive as much as the seventh-rank Beijing officials pay."

Everyone refused to say anything.

This thing is a little sensitive.

Chongzhen could only roll the roll and asked Fu Shan, "Fu Shan, what do you think?"

Fu Shan said helplessly: "As the Holy Master Hui said, it would be no problem if it was converted into silver according to the salary of Beijing officials, but it would not work if it was distributed according to the standard of Beijing officials."

"Take the salary of a seventh-rank Beijing official as an example."

"The monthly salary set by Hongwu in the [-]th year was seven shi and five dou, part of which was distributed as lumi, and part of which was converted into treasure banknotes. changes, but the salary quota has not changed, and the salary of the seventh rank is seven stones and five buckets.” …

"If the seven stones and five buckets of money can be converted into silver and distributed, it will be seven taels of five dollars at the current price of rice, which is more than enough to support a family."

"But if these seven stones and five buckets are converted into precious banknotes, the current price of precious banknotes is even less than five renminbi silver. If it is just one person, it is not a big problem, but it is difficult to support a family."

Chongzhen smiled when he heard the words, and said, "Is it really enough to convert it into seven taels of silver?"

"It's definitely enough to feed a family." Fu Shan said, "But if there are dozens of people, it's definitely not enough."

With a monthly salary of seven stones and five buckets, which is more than 1100 catties of rice, families with less than ten mouths can still live comfortably, and even have meat to eat every meal, but more than ten mouths will be a little tight, but they can maintain food and clothing There is still no problem, don't even think about drinking, eating meat or eating out.

For Qin Wang Shizi, it must not be enough.

In addition to their work, they also have to socialize.

If the salary standard is set too low, it is inevitable to go back to the old path of the great grandfather.

Therefore, Chongzhen did not intend to repeat the same mistakes, but it would not work to blindly set up the Yanglian Bank, because the Qinglian Bank system in the Qing Dynasty has proved that corrupt officials will not stop being corrupt just because of the existence of the Yanglian Bank.

At that moment, Chongzhen turned his attention to the scholars again: "What do you mean?"

Chen Zilong, Fang Yizhi, Ruan Dacheng and the others said: "The ministers and others are only waiting for the sage to look forward to it."

These few are all from well-off families like Zheng Sen and have no shortage of money, so they don't care about salary.

But Fu Shan, Wang Wei and other people didn't say anything, they still hoped for more.

"Don't talk?" Chongzhen asked with a smile, Wang Wei, Zheng Zunqian and others who were silent, "If you don't talk, I will make a decision. The monthly salary will be determined to be seven stones and five dollars."

Hearing this, Ma Mingpao finally couldn't sit still.

Ma Mingpao said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, can you add more? The monthly salary of seven taels and five cents is indeed a bit small, and it is enough for Liubiju to drink a few meals, and then the whole family will have to drink Northwest Wind. "

Chongzhen asked: "Ma Qing, according to your opinion, how much should it be increased?"

Ma Minglu said: "Why don't we just make up ten taels? The monthly salary of ten taels should be about the same."

While talking, Gao Qiqian suddenly walked in quickly to report: "Long Live Lord, Xie Mansion just sent someone to report the funeral, saying that Mr. Xie Ge accidentally fell into the well when he was watching the moon in the mansion last night, because there was no one in the courtyard at that time." , No one found out for a while, and when Xie's family found out, it was already too late, and Mr. Xie Ge was already dead."

"Ah? Fell into a well?" Zheng Sen, Fang Yizhi and other young scholars were dumbfounded.

Ma Mingpao, Ruan Dacheng and other older ones are awe-inspiring, looking at the moon?Yesterday was the new moon, how come the moon?And what about falling into a well is too fake, right?
The crown prince Zhu Cihong felt another first-class feeling in his heart.

Others don't know the inside story, but Zhu Cihong knows it.

The emperor's summoning was able to force the second assistant of the cabinet to fall into the well and die?
A sentence from "Han Feizi" could not help appearing in Zhu Cihong's mind: Husbands and dragons are insects, and they can be disturbed and ridden.However, there is a reverse scale diameter ruler under its throat, and if anyone touches it, he will kill him.

Father is indeed kind, and he is not willing to commit more crimes in leisure time.

But if someone violated his reverse scale, the father would also send down thunder and wrath.

Mr. Xie Ge, Mr. Xie Ge, you really shouldn't stir up party strife again and offend your father.

Chongzhen's eyes also turned to Zhu Cihong: "Prince, you go to Xiefu to express condolences on my behalf. By the way, don't forget to pay ten taels of silver from the House of Internal Affairs. Xie's family is not short of silver, so it's fine if we want it."

Fang Yizhi and Huang Zongxi couldn't hold back when they heard the words.

As expected, the Holy Majesty is still the same as before, Kang Gan.

After Zhu Cihong left, Chongzhen said: "Continue."