Daming Zhu Di: Father, why aren't you dead? !

Chapter 21
"His Royal Highness, you answer."

Ji Boying just glanced at little Zhu Si. This young Zhu Di has too little accumulation in political affairs. Of course, this does not mean that little Zhu Si has no talent for handling political affairs.

On the contrary, there is no doubt about Emperor Yongle's talent as an emperor, but the current little Zhu Si doesn't care about political affairs, because with Zhu Biao around, these things in the court have nothing to do with him.

"The change of officials' salaries is to put an end to corruption and maintain a clean government for the people. The second is to build the stability of the official system in future generations. The third is to strengthen the imperial power and consolidate the rule."

Compared with the little Zhu Si who is under twenty, the old Zhu who came from Jianwen Time and Space is already over [-] years old, and has reached the pinnacle of a man in all aspects. As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Boying laughed.

"Yes, I got the point, but there is one more point."

"Fourth, mobilize the subjective enthusiasm of officials."

As soon as these words came out, Lao Zhu, A Biao, and the two Zhu Sis all had doubts in their eyes. Can the official salary mobilize the enthusiasm of officials?This is really the first time I heard it. After all, since ancient times, promotions have been for the purpose of gaining power, and power comes naturally with wealth, not just for a little salary increase.

If you tell people in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty that you want to live off your salary, even dogs will look down on you.

Ji Boying saw the doubts in the eyes of the four people, and did not answer immediately, but continued.

"The next step is how to change the official salary system to achieve the goal."

Ji Boying didn't ask any questions this time, because it will soon involve some concepts of later generations, and if there are too many questions, these few people probably won't be able to answer them.

"To sum it up in four words, courtesy first and soldiers second."

"First of all, the salaries of officials at all levels should be increased. For example, the monthly salary of nine-rank officials should be raised to twenty shi.

Before Ji Boying finished speaking.

"Twenty stones?!"

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! Let these corrupt officials die!"

Lao Zhu's head was shaking like a broken wave drum, Lao Zhu was not picky, he just simply felt that these officials were not good people and did not deserve such a high salary.

Ji Boying just glanced at Lao Zhu, ignored him, and continued to speak.

"In addition, the ancestral system must be established. The monthly salary of officials must be paid with food, and cannot be replaced by precious banknotes or other items."

Zhu Biao couldn't help asking questions when he heard this.

"Dare to ask the immortal master, why can't you use precious banknotes instead of monthly salary, it is more convenient to use banknotes instead of salary."

In A Biao's view, it is more convenient to issue precious banknotes directly, and when the imperial treasury is tight, it is enough to print a little more.

Daming banknotes?

This thing is indeed useful, but it’s just a few superficial hairs. Daming earns so little silver a year, and the imperial court can print tens of millions of taels of Daming banknotes. It’s just a fool.

Needless to say, in the later period, the actual purchasing power of Daming banknotes was already lost by more than half during the Yongle period, and after that, the Daming banknotes were completely waste paper, and it hurts to wipe your ass.

This is no wonder A Biao, after all, what he studied is the art of emperors, the words of sages, not economics.

Ji Boying glanced at A Biao and smiled.

This is another question, and Ji Boying doesn't intend to expand on it here.

"This is another question. We will talk about it later when we have time."

"In addition to the basic salary increase, the imperial court has to set up a separate 'year-end bonus package' every year. The specific amount of this bonus package fluctuates according to a certain percentage of the fiscal revenue of the year. According to this salary bonus package, a year-end bonus range is set for each official grade. This range is controlled at about 1-5 times the official's annual salary, and a year-end performance assessment is carried out."

"Let me give you an example. The annual salary of a ninth-rank official is 60 taels of grain, which is approximately equal to 100 taels of silver for the year. If his mid-year assessment is rated as "A", then the official's year-end bonus can be set at 500 taels of silver. "B" year-end bonus is 300 taels, "C" is 100 taels, and "D" has no year-end bonus. "

"Of course, each assessment level can be further divided into subdivisions, such as "A-top", "A-medium" and "Middle-A". Different small levels also correspond to different year-end bonuses. This can be specifically divided when formulating. "

"In this way, officials will focus on performance improvement for year-end performance bonuses."

Zhu Biao hissed, he was a little confused, it was the first time he heard this kind of operation, but he felt a little familiar.

"Is the year-end assessment mentioned by the immortal teacher consistent with Jingcha?"

"Not really."

Ji Boying shook the ashes from his cigar, year-end performance and promotion are two different things.

"The year-end assessment only assesses the performance of officials, which is directly linked to the year-end awards of the year."

Even if a ninth-rank official has ordinary achievements, with a "C" rating, he can still have a salary of 200 taels of silver a year. Although he doesn't say how rich he is, it is enough for daily life and interpersonal relationship management. If he saves a little, he can save a lot.

In this way, some truly upright officials, such as Hai Rui, will be avoided. Tragic incidents in which the family can't even pay for the burial after death.

"Brother, we have a question. If you give money to these dog officials, won't they be greedy?"

Lao Zhu frowned tightly, took a deep breath on his cigar, and let out the smoke ring melancholy.

He has been in the market since he was a child, and he has seen too many corrupt officials, and he knows that the greed of these guys is endless, and there is no saying that greed is enough.

"I agree with your father's statement."

Fourth Zhu also nodded. He was also the only one with practical experience in the case of corrupt officials.

Before Jing Nan, Zhu Lao Si made a lot of preparations, the most critical thing of which was offering bribes.

Zhu Laosi gave a huge amount of his wealth to officials at all levels in the Yingtian court, and even eunuchs in the Forbidden City, frantically stuffing money.

When this group of people first started collecting money, each of them was a bit cautious. Later, if they didn't give it away, some shameless people would even come to ask, and the further they went, the more silver taels this group of people asked for.

"of course not."

Ji Boying reached for the wine bottle, and Xiao Zhusi was even faster, and quickly picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for Ji Boying.

"Man's greed is endless."

As a living person, Ji Boying looked at the whole history from a bird's-eye view. High salaries were not without precedent. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng initially naively thought that as long as officials were paid high salaries, corruption could be eradicated.

Therefore, the decree stipulates that on the basis of the annual salary, the officials have been increased with "supporting honesty and integrity".

The amount of this money is much higher than the salary, which is about 10-100 times the annual salary of an official, which is extremely exaggerated.

Take the governor of the second rank as an example. On the surface, the annual salary is only 155 taels of silver, plus 155 stone grains and rice, but the annual salary for raising honesty can reach up to 13000 taels of silver!
I have to say that Yongzheng is a good boss.

But unfortunately, people's desires are endless, and I won't be satisfied just because you give me a salary increase. On the contrary, after getting used to it, I will feel that I deserve it, and then want to get more.

After the Yongzheng Dynasty announced the promotion of silver and integrity, those officials who should be corrupt continued to be greedy. On the contrary, because the emperor gave out more money, they became even more unscrupulous.

Of course, after Yongzheng realized this, he immediately took measures and eventually became the most successful emperor in the history of anti-corruption. His experience is very worth learning.

"The above list is the ceremony."

"Officials who can ensure honesty and integrity can also live a prosperous life, so that they will not fall to the point where they cannot live without greed. At the same time, it can also strengthen the enthusiasm of officials in political affairs, because the better they do, the more salaries they earn."

"It is no longer a joke to make a fortune by relying on salary."

Ji Boying picked up the wine in front of him and drank it down.

"After the ceremony, there are soldiers."

There was a smile in Ji Boying's eyes, but everyone including Lao Zhu could feel a chill emanating from Ji Boying's body.

At this moment, Lao Zhu regained his spirit instantly.

"Brother speaks bluntly, but Yuanzhang will do everything!"

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