back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 12 Establishment of Salary
The autumn wind hit Taishi Yang's old face, causing him to feel the chill like a blade, and he walked out of the palace with trembling steps, as if he had lost his soul.The servants outside the palace were shocked when they saw it: "Master, what's the matter with you? Where's the official hat, where's the Chaohu?"

Grand Master Yang seemed to be irritated when he heard the words, and roared angrily: "How is the old man, how can you, a slave, ask? Go, go, ask again, be careful of your head!"

The house slave was taken aback and didn't dare to say more, so he quickly let Grand Master Yang into the sedan chair and was about to start when suddenly a mocking voice came from behind: "I don't know who is so powerful, so it is Grand Master Yang."

"Oh, is that the grand master Yang who thought he was incapable of teaching and begged for his bones to return to his hometown? He was so majestic before!"

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The cynicism made Grand Master Yang in the sedan chair so angry that he almost had a heart attack.The house slave also understood what was going on, and was startled, and quickly carried the sedan chair and fled the palace as if flying...

Lu Chengqi settled the biggest worry since time travel, proudly humming the popular songs of later generations, all the way to the Chuigong Hall, reviewing the memorial.The eunuchs and maids behind him couldn't help being curious when they heard his different tunes, but they were too embarrassed to ask questions.

And at this time, the voice of the servant came from the front: "The queen is here!"

Lu Chengqi greeted him with a smile, but was held back by Zhou Zhiruo who hurried over, and hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, you are so confused, so confused!"

Lu Chengqi didn't understand, so he said, "Zitong, did I do something wrong?"

Zhou Zhiruo said anxiously: "Your Majesty, why don't you understand that the grand master is your teacher, and also the tutor of many officials. If these people decide to ask the grand master to return to the court, how will you deal with it?"

Lu Chengqi was taken aback, he hadn't thought about this, but with his personality of being the only one in the universe, how could he be influenced by a group of civil servants?Immediately sneered and said: "Then I want to see whether their mouths are stronger or my knives are stronger!"

Zhou Zhiruo suddenly realized that Lu Chengqi was no longer the previous Lu Chengqi, but a murderous executioner, she was so shocked that her face paled.Lu Chengqi noticed his abnormality, restrained his murderous aura slightly, and said in his heart: "I'm not as good as Zhu Chongba, how many people's heads did the executioner chop off in the case of Hu Weiyong? It's kind of me to do this." Yes. Um, no, how did Zhiruo get the news? It seems that someone is doing something wrong, so we need to investigate carefully." Thinking of this, Lu Chengqi once again had murderous intentions in his heart.The harem and eunuchs are not allowed to be regents. This is his bottom line. If someone deliberately provokes troubles, he doesn't mind killing them.

Lu Chengqi comforted: "Zitong, don't worry too much. I don't care about those clowns. Well, you go and rest, I'm going to review the memorial."

Zhou Zhiruo was worried at first, but when she saw Lu Chengqi's confidence, she was skeptical.She said: "It is good for the emperor to have a sense of proportion, and the concubines don't say much."

Lu Chengqi sent Zhou Zhiruo to the harem before returning to the Chuigong Hall.While walking, Lu Chengqi ordered his confidant, the little eunuch: "Go and find out, who informed the queen just now, I need a definite answer!"

The little eunuch got the order, and hurried to the harem, Lu Chengqi sneered, and said in his heart: "Such a clown, you don't know how to restrain yourself when the master is gone. If you want to die, I will help you too!"

Walking into the Chuigong Hall and looking at the memorials that had piled up like a mountain, Lu Chengqi couldn't help feeling dizzy. Although he likes to read all kinds of YY novels, it doesn't mean he likes to read memorials full of ancient prose!Even if the level of ancient prose is not bad, and I have learned calligraphy for two days, but with so many memorials, when will I have to review them?No wonder the ancient emperors lived so short and worked so hard, how many people can live long?
"No, I have to find a way to reduce the workload. Well, it seems that the cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty is good, why not borrow it?" Lu Chengqi's eyes lit up, and he had to strike while the iron was hot. Only by reducing the power of the prime minister, the cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty seems to be a good choice.

Just doing what he said, Lu Chengqi spread out a piece of rice paper and began to study the feasibility of the cabinet system.Of course, there is also the high salary and honesty policy that he has long thought of.In fact, the salaries of officials in the Dashun Dynasty were not low.Even if it is a small official from the ninth rank, the monthly salary is five guanqian, and the salary is two stones.In addition to the regular salary, there are various subsidies, such as tea, wine, kitchen materials, salaries, artemisia, charcoal, salt, etc., as well as fodder for horses and clothing, food, and food expenses for accompanying servants, all of which are quite considerable.After all, the salary for a month is almost ten yuan.

Lu Chengqi calculated that the purchasing power of one copper plate in Dashun Dynasty is equivalent to one yuan in later generations. What is the concept of ten coins?If the consistent money is worth a thousand Wen, then the consistent money is equal to 1000 yuan, and the ten consistent money is equal to 1 yuan!Even in later generations, this would be an extremely high salary, and this is just a low-level official from the ninth rank.Officials at the first level, like Zaifu and Shangshu, are all second-rank civil servants, with a monthly salary of 150 guan, spring and winter clothes each with ten pieces of silk, fifteen pieces of silk, a hundred taels of cotton, and a monthly salary of fifty stones.Calculated in this way, the average monthly salary is 150 Guan, which is equivalent to [-] million yuan for future generations!What an incredible thing!

Lu Chengqi couldn't figure it out, why were they still greedy for such a high salary?
"Hmph, don't kill this crooked trend, you don't know how powerful I am, Lu Yunzhi. Anyway, I'm also a time traveler, and I have more than 1000 years of knowledge beyond yours, so it's not my fault!" Lu Chengqi smiled wickedly, and wrote a line on the paper pen and ink.

He didn't know that when he wrote this, he wrote the strongest stroke in history!
Just when Lu Chengqi was writing happily, the little eunuch outside the door came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the tipper has been caught."

Lu Chengqi paused, and said, "Is the interrogation clear?"

The little eunuch replied: "I confess it."

Lu Chengqi said lightly: "The servant interfered in the government affairs. It is an unforgivable crime. He dragged him out of the Meridian Gate and killed him with a stick!" Same.

In fact, Lu Chengqi still felt very uncomfortable. As a time traveler, it was still difficult for him to accept that executing a person is like executing a dog.But reason tells him that if he doesn't do this, there may be more people who will violate his bottom line.

In the Grand Master's Mansion, Yang Hong, the son of Grand Master Yang, is anxiously waiting for the summons from the palace.Taishi Yang stared blankly at the outside of the hall. The Taishi Mansion, which used to be so beautiful, has now become empty, which makes people lament the changing world.

Finally, a house slave stumbled in and ran in. Yang Hong recognized that he was sent out by himself to inquire about the news, so he quickly grabbed him and asked, "Is there any news from the palace?"

The servant replied in a panic: "The servant Huang has been executed outside the Meridian Gate..."

Yang Hong said in horror: "How could this be, how could this be..."

Grand Master Yang's originally dull eyeballs recovered a little after hearing these words: "Hong'er, it's useless. I underestimated the current emperor because of my father. I didn't expect him to be so clever and endure for so long. Lost , a crushing defeat... Hong'er, send your wealth to the treasury tomorrow, and we'll go back to our hometown..."

Yang Hong's eyes turned red: "No, Dad, we still have a chance. Have you forgotten that you still have students, and among those officials in the court, which one was not selected by you?"

Grand Master Yang smiled wryly and said, "Hong'er, why haven't you seen it clearly? This is the little emperor telling you and me, we must be aware of current affairs, otherwise that servant Huang will be our fate..."

Yang Hong choked up and said, "Father, I'm not reconciled..."

Grand Master Yang scolded angrily: "You want to kill more than a hundred people in my Yang family to be satisfied, right? You rebellious son, old man..." Before he could finish speaking, Grand Master Yang couldn't breathe suddenly, his eyes turned white, Yang Hong was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted: "Prince doctor, why are you still standing there..."

(End of this chapter)