Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 664

Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian, was a little angry. He didn't expect Yang Mingshen and others to prepare such a move. He actually thought that he would first find a bunch of talents for himself on the grounds that no officials were willing to do it. He couldn't refuse, so he had to forcefully laugh. :

"Mr. Yang deserves to be the person who used to manage money for His Majesty. He is really thoughtful. The official told the truth that the imperial court intends to lightly tax taxes to help the people's livelihood. A very small part of the finances is used to pay the salaries of officials, so these are not in the compilation. Officials in the Qing Dynasty only received one silver dollar a month (equivalent to ten yuan a month in later generations);

By the way, there are about [-] editors here who have resigned from office, and they are paid one yuan a month. "

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but cursed Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian: "I have seen a shameless official, but I have never seen such a shameless official like you. How did (temporary workers) go on?"

Although, Yang Mingshen didn't believe the words of Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian, but he didn't want to expose it, so he could only grit his teeth and said, "In this case, I should agree. These students I recruited are all young talents who are dedicated to serving the country. They don't care about salary. The salary is only to contribute to Daming and accumulate experience, Tang Xu, come here!"

At this time, a young scholar who looked dignified and confident walked up to Yingtian Governor Bai Yunming:
"Tang Xu, a student of Nanjing Normal School, has met your lord!"

"Lord Futai, this person is good at financial management. He has managed more than [-] million silver dollars. He can remember the profit and loss of major companies in Zhili in southern Qing Dynasty. Do you think he can apply for the position of Governor's Yamen?"

Yang Mingshen asked.

"It just so happens that there is a lack of a tax ambassador in the governor's yamen, but you are young after all, and I can't use it rashly. I will try you for three years first. How about the salary of five silver dollars a month?"

Bai Yunming, governor of Yingtian, deliberately lowered the salary so that the student named Tang Xu would be discouraged, and he even reminded: "Although I know that Mr. Yang's bank sweeps the floor is only thirty silver dollars a month, but there is no way, the governor's yamen You are very poor, this official can only give you this treatment, you can choose to refuse this official."

Tang Xu showed embarrassment. He was not a poor person, but he couldn't accept such a low salary, because it was an insult to his poor life and personal knowledge level.

At this time, Yang Mingshen gave Tang Xu a wink.

Tang Xu knew that he could not offend his big benefactor Yang Mingshen, so he could only grit his teeth: "The student is willing to accept this official position."

"Very good, very good. Sure enough, he is a young man with ambition. He is indifferent to fame and wealth. I am far inferior to you. Very good! I will come to the governor's office to report tomorrow! If you are late by a moment, you will be fined half a year's salary! This official manages subordinates I've always been strict, but I won't be as lenient as you, Mr. Yang!"

Bai Yunming gritted his teeth and said a few words, and patted Tang Xu on the shoulder a few times, but his eyes kept staring at Yang Mingshen:
"You're ruthless! I don't believe that you, a student, can do things without money."

"Students, please remember your master's orders!" Tang Xu said and left.

Here, Yang Mingshen made up thousands of vacancies for Bai Yunming's governor's office in the same way. When he left the governor's office, Tang Xu and others couldn't help finding Yang Mingshen:

"Sir, we are not greedy for profit, but the governor's office treats us with such a low salary, it is really insulting, five silver dollars a month is better than setting up a sesame seed stall on the street, sir, why do you want us to agree? !"

"Don't you see that this is Bai Yunming, an old bureaucrat, who intentionally manipulated people. You should first become officials and work hard. He Bai Yunming only gives you five silver dollars a month, and I will give you four hundred a month. The subsidy of silver dollars (equivalent to more than 4 yuan a month for future generations) is double that of your treatment in the bank, so let's go to the official position first and control the power!"

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People from Qianqing Palace and Dongchang have also reported the reactions of the provinces to the establishment of parliaments to Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, it's a strange thing. The salaries of newly recruited officials in various places have been announced. I didn't expect it to be so low. Some provincial officials only pay one cent a month for officials below the eighth rank, and some even pay two cents a year. There are so many officials in the world who are willing to contribute freely to the Dalai Lama.”

People from Dongchang reported this to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing after listening:
"This is a way for the bureaucrats to deliberately embarrass the merchants. If I expect it to be correct, these merchants must have helped the government to advance the money. This can be regarded as shooting a rock at their own feet. The merchants want to participate in the government. If you want to reduce your own taxes, you will not expect to pay more wealth to hire a group of officials, and the requirements of these officials who are students are no lower than those old-fashioned officials who can only extort."

"However, these businessmen will definitely not be willing to just advance the salaries of the officials for the government. After the establishment of the parliament, they will definitely use the advisory body to set rules for the government and ask the local government to improve the treatment of grassroots officials. It is justifiable. Let the local government use its own finances to pay the salaries of grassroots officials, instead of using itself to advance the payment."

"Of course, it's not that simple. The House of Representatives has to stop it. When they're done talking, it probably won't be until next year;
Just let them talk more, the officials have no time to exploit the people, and the people have no time to question the government, so that the world can continue to be peaceful;

Whether the people below are wrangling, quarreling or even fighting, you don't have to worry about it, let them make trouble, people always have to vent their energy;
However, due to the major changes in the local judges, it is difficult to maintain local law and order, and a large number of old-fashioned officials will definitely cause trouble after resigning. Most of these people used to be idlers. You will confuse the public with false rumors, and you people in the East Factory must be strictly guarded;

Stealers, robbers, murderers and even rioters, no matter who they are, they should be arrested and killed. There can be chaos in the parliament, but the law and order cannot be disrupted. "

When Zhu Youjian said this, Ma Jixiang from Dongchang quickly nodded and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already explained everything, and everything is under strict control."

"The Ming Empire is currently in the transition period between the new regime and the old regime, and I don't want them to be resolved quickly through war, so it is bound to be a long period of time that the internal transition of the empire cannot be completed quickly, making it difficult for the empire to expand rapidly;
Immediately send someone to Xiyi and tell the governor of Xiyi, Li Mingrui, to find a way to prevent the English merchants and people from causing trouble, and say that I intend to form a country of marriage with the English Stuart royal family, if the country is willing to marry a royal family far away The first-line relative, the stunning princess, is my concubine in Daming, and Daming can help the Stuart dynasty maintain its rule. "

"The minister obeys the order."

(End of this chapter)