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Text Chapter 687: Salary Increase

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    Wang Kuang was moved. The situation Xu Guoxu mentioned was not an isolated case, but existed widely among various ministries. Since the beginning of the dynasty, that is, since the establishment of a unified country, the liquidation of property of each department has been controlled by itself. The emperor wants to see  , as long as the data is reported, if all departments are greedy from top to bottom, it will be corrupt to an unknown extent.  (Baidu search.

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    m,) Unless the emperor becomes suspicious or an official from other departments reports it, another person will be sent to liquidate it.

    This is not good. Although since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, there have been many officials in almost all dynasties and generations who have been loyal to their duties. It can be said that they have never been discontinued. As soon as one crop disappears, a new crop appears, but the phenomenon of corruption has never been seen.  Those who have failed must rely on people's consciousness to govern. This is definitely a flaw. This Zhenguan period was considered the best. The emperor was enlightened and the ministers in the court were also dedicated. In addition, they had their own intentions to let the big shots in the court  With more or less sources of income other than salary, it can be said that officials rarely worry about food and clothing, and don't have to worry about running out of money. But what about those places that are more difficult?  For example, in Hebei, thanks to the good officials there, Luo Pengquan and others had to travel, and the governor and county magistrate spent their own money to buy their clothes.

    But you have to know that officials in Hebei really depend on their salaries. In a poor place, the price of food, salt, etc. is higher than that in Jiangnan. With their meager salaries, I am afraid they can even make up for their official uniforms.  It was replenished again and again.

    Perhaps it was because at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the treasury was empty and the court could not afford such high salaries. The salaries of officials in the Tang Dynasty could be said to be very shabby, taking first-grade officials as an example.  It¡¯s only 700 shi plus the 12-square-meter field with the job title. Based on the previous yield of 3 shi per mu, the equivalent is only 3,600 shi. This has to be good land to have such a high yield, deducting the amount for farming.  As for farmers' rations, it would be good to receive a thousand dan from the government, even if the salary and salary were added up, the total would be 2,000 dan.  But this is the annual income, which is less than 200 shi or 2,000 bushels per month.  If calculated based on the current price of food, it would only cost six guan.

    And there are at least dozens or even hundreds of people in a first-grade official's family, old and young, and they eat hundreds of bushels of food every month.  Do you have to wear it or use it?  There are also monthly payments and favors, etc. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to describe the life of officials who are not rich and not corrupt. The word shabby is not an exaggeration. For example, Old Man Wei, if it were not for the appearance of Wang Kuang, he would still be living now.  To be the same as before, I can only support a few family members and a few guards, which is very shabby.  It¡¯s not easy for a family. Not to mention such a big family, how can more than 30,000 yuan be enough?).

    With the first-grade official in such embarrassment, one can imagine how miserable the ninth-grade official¡¯s life must be, with only thirty stone as salary and two and a half hectares of farmland per year.  This is still a Beijing official. During the Takeru years, foreign officials did not have salaries.  It was not until the early years of Zhenguan that Gao Jifu, a member of Zhongshushe, suggested that foreign officials be given a salary one level lower than that of Beijing officials.

    Of course, officials¡¯ income sources are not limited to these two sources. There is also salary, which is some subsidies for the officials¡¯ families.  But this little money may not be enough, and it is also because many officials also have their own private properties and livelihoods in addition to these. This way they will not have enough to eat, but their lives are not as good as those of merchants who specialize in business. Even  Even the big farmers who specialize in farming can't compare.  In such a low-income situation, before the whole world was poor, they were relatively good, but now that the whole world is rich, their income is already lower than that of ordinary people.  If things go on like this, it is inevitable that some people will become corrupt.

    , the salary given to civil and military officials is quite reduced in the Sui Dynasty system, from 700 shi for the first grade, 600 shi from the first grade, 500 shi from the second grade, 460 shi from the second grade" From the ninth grade to 30 shi, all  It is provided once a year, and foreign officials receive no salary.)

    Because Wang Kuang has always been allowed by the court to do business openly, he has never cared about his own salary. In the past, Lin Ming received it on his behalf and helped him manage the land. Later, he went to Chang'an, first Miao Wu and later  The senior high school student was in charge, and the income was too small, so the two of them never mentioned it in front of Wang Kuang. As for Wang Kuang, he was used to living a good life and didn't think much about it.

    Now the expression of Xu Guoxu, a foodie, evokes a lot. When the national treasury is full, he still thinks of ways to increase the salaries of various officials so that they can have enough food and clothing. If they don't have to quickly set up an audit system to prevent problems.  If not, even if the world is unified, I am afraid that Li Tang can only exist for a few hundred years longer than in real history. Maybe he will not live that long, and the whole country will fall into war again. Wang Kuang himself has worked hard  The situation of one country in the world that I helped plan will not last too long!

    Not only the issue of salary, but also the issue of local officials' self-esteem in supporting soldiers must be solved. The system of suppressing soldiers and the system of general management are still implemented in parallel. In real history, there were Jiedushi envoys. It was really because of Jiedushi envoys.  ?The existence of ?? made Anlushan and his like separate vassals and became a hotbed of rebellion.  Wang Kuang can't guarantee whether there will really be separatism of local forces in the future. This must be completely eliminated from the system before he can rest assured.

    Judging from the current situation, the existence of the Jianzhou navy has such conditions. Wang Linbo is because of his own existence, and he has only been in power for a few years. Knowing that this position is hard-won, he probably will not give birth to a supporting force.  There is a sense of self-respect, but if a clan-centered faction is developed in the Jianzhou Navy, if the next successor is still from his royal family, and this is passed down from generation to generation, the army will become a private soldier of a certain clan.  , it would be very bad if only people from this family were to take over.

    If you want to use the knife, you must start with the Jianzhou Navy!  As long as the Jianzhou navy has moved, who dares to talk again if they move others?

    To attack Goguryeo, the navy was divided into three groups, which was an opportunity. After the attack on Goguryeo, the navy was divided into three. When Xu Guoxu's fleet returned from the sea, the fleet could form an army again, so there were four  It will be much easier to continue to split the water army after it has further grown.  There is a principle that those overseas places do not have naval forces, but only naval bases there, and they have to change their defenses every once in a while.  With the current speed of information transmission and transportation, this method can only be used to prevent possible overseas places from escaping the control of the imperial court.

    It happened that Gao Jifu was also present. Since it was he who proposed to pay salaries to foreign officials, he must be dissatisfied with the current salary system of the court. Wang Kuang then laughed and said: "Old Gao, what did you do that year?"  Is the salary enough?" Gao Jifu is still a member of Zhongshushe. He is in the fifth rank. His salary for a year adds up to just over a thousand dan. In the past two years, the output per mu has doubled, and there has been a lot of increase. But  It didn¡¯t exceed three thousand stones.

    "Marquis Jian'an, are you mocking someone?" Gao Jifu was actually lukewarm towards Wang Kuang, because he was appointed by Li Shimin to assist the prince. The prince's status is now in jeopardy, and he is not much better in the court.  Go, if he hadn't been chosen by lot today, he wouldn't be willing to come.  However, he was born into a poor family, and he was an upright official, and he had been fighting for the sufferings of the people for many years. Emotionally speaking, he did not like or dislike Wang Kuang, but objectively speaking, he was very  He admired Wang Kuang's actions, so he did not get involved in the prince's series of actions against Wang Kuang in these years.

    Wang Kuang has always respected upright and accomplished officials. Even if he is sarcastic to Wang Kuang, Wang Kuang can accept it calmly. But for those who are upright on the surface, in fact they are the kind of strict and tolerant people.  If an official who treats himself with one attitude on the surface and another behind the scenes, a muddled and uninformed person, dares to talk to Wang Kuang with such an attitude, Wang Kuang promises to make him miserable.  So Wang Kuang just smiled and continued to guide: "So what Lao Gao means is that it's not enough?"

    "Thanks to Marquis Jian'an, I won't starve to death." When he said this, Gao Jifu's face felt a little feverish unconsciously. Wasn't it thanks to Wang Kuang?  If Wang Kuang hadn't secretly asked someone to give him a share of the marching cake shop, even though only a mere 4,000 guan of mother's money was included in it, and he had to pay for these 4,000 guan first, the annual interest would be more than  He bought these 4,000 guan, and the number of people, old and young, increased year by year. It can be said that he recovered his capital in the first year. In addition, the yield per mu has doubled in these years, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.

    "Lao Gao might as well pay another tribute to the saint and double the official salary. Oh, it's not enough. Let's triple it. How about four times the current level? I'm really not joking. I'm serious. If I'm Lao Gao, you  If you dare to read a book, I will be the first to agree."

    "Are you serious?" Gao Jifu didn't believe it, but he immediately realized that he was wrong. Since the Marquis of Jian'an cared about the suffering of the people, he was willing to spend so much effort to develop new farming methods, and he spared no effort to find high-yielding foreign seeds and energy.  This is not enough to increase the income of the people. The yield per mu has doubled, and the people have no need to worry about food and clothing. A lot of manpower and material resources have to be invested in the imperial village to improve and select new varieties, and a lot of them have been produced.  However, Marquis Jian'an still said it was not enough. He said that in the future, we must produce a thousand catties per mu, so that the people of the world can have new clothes to wear every year and meat to eat every day. They must not only be fed and clothed, but also well-fed and clothed.  good.  What kind of ambition is this?

    Gao Jifu believes that Wang Kuang can really do it one day. With the previous achievements as a foreshadowing, few people now dare to say that Wang Kuang can't do it.  Since the people's lives have improved so much, it is reasonable to care about officials. Gao Jifu believes that Wang Kuang is definitely not joking with him.  So he looked solemn and said: "If that's the case, I will draft the memorial immediately after I return. After drafting it, I will send it to the Marquis of Jian'an for inspection." At this time, it was given to Wang Kuang for inspection. There was no violation of the rules, because the emperor was the first to send it.  As mentioned in the letter that came back, in the important affairs of the court, both the Prime Minister and Princess Changsun, the Marquis of Jian'an, and both the internal and external parties have the right to participate.{PiaoTian Literature www.PiaoTian.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}
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