"Twenty percent? How is 20% enough? Liu Hong gradually laughed when he heard it, and said in his heart that a dignified seven-grade county order is not as much as a craftsman in his ordnance office, is it really a big joke in the world?

Sometimes he admires the civil officials in the world, especially those who abide by their character and refuse to be in the company of the world, such as Hai Rui and his wife's grandfather Sun Chengzong.

is obviously poor and wants to die, but he straightens his waist, walks right, sits up straight, and works hard for the court, but he can't even support his mother.

Looking back at the two Song Dynasty, although the Song Dynasty was poor and weak militarily, it was extremely rich, and most of the monarchs of the Great Song Dynasty were good people, and they were even more praised to the sky for civil officials, creating a record of not killing Wenchen for hundreds of years.

Even the salaries of officials of all grades are ridiculously high, take Yin Baozheng, who is known as the reputation of Bao Cannon, as an example, the annual service of this guy is converted to later generations, about 20 million yuan.

Yes, you read that right, not two million, it's twenty million! Or every year!

The two Song Dynasty encouraged business and economic prosperity, and the imperial court's tax revenue was dozens of times that of today's Ming Dynasty, so it had the strength to raise the salaries of officials.

And the officials have enough money to spend, coupled with the constraints of the moral law, corrupt officials are few in the dynasties, and high salaries and honest support are also a rare shrewdness of the Zhao family.

Daming may not have been there before, but he Liu Hong gradually came, and he vowed to let Daming, a three-hundred-year-old broken ship, sail in the right direction he thought.

Two Song can, so can Daming, two percent? It's shabby, isn't it?

"I think it's inappropriate, nowadays an ordinary soldier in the border army is paid two taels a month, this is only an infantry, a cavalryman's salary is three taels, and a musketeer and artillery are even worse.

Moreover, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty should be fed and clothed by the imperial court, so from the perspective of treatment, the world has studied hard for ten years and won the list, and the actual monthly salary of the county is less than four taels, which is really inappropriate.

Therefore, the minister thought that two percent was too little! It is not enough to motivate all the officials in the world to work hard to serve the court. Liu Hong gradually cherished the way.

"The minister also thinks that two percent needs to be considered." Shoufu Li Banghua has not said anything, but his heart is like a mirror.

Thinking that he is a dignified head assistant and a secretary of the military department, the monthly salary is only worth sixty taels, of which seventy percent is still in kind, he has actually been dissatisfied for a long time, but he does not dare to admonish because of his face.

If he had a good opportunity today, he glanced at his old colleague on the side, and said in his heart, "Do you have a mine at home?"

"Then how much does Liu Qing think it should be improved?" Although Chongzhen has made up his mind in his heart, as an emperor, as long as he speaks, it is a conclusion.

For the sake of fairness, he has developed a habit of asking his own adviser before saying his final will, especially the second or fourth person in front of him who doesn't care.

"Well, this is a question, the minister has questions, dare to ask Lord Ni, what is the salary of the prince of the dynasty?" Liu Hongjian did not answer directly, but asked Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department.

"Back to the prince, the prince's first-class salary is 10,000 stones, if it is converted into silver taels according to the price of previous years, it is about 10,000 taels, and the annual salary of the county king is about 2,000 taels." Ni Yuanlu didn't know what Liu Hong was asking about this, and said in his heart where is the prince in Daming now.

Under the anger of the rebellion of the nobles of Chongzhen, whether it is the royal family or the relatives, all the nobles were demoted to the first rank, and the original 20 or so princes all became county kings.

"In this way, the monthly salary of the prince's first level is about more than 800 taels, and the monthly salary of a first-class official is 90 taels, which is not suitable, Your Majesty." Liu Hong gradually made another moth.

The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty are really from top to bottom, and the first and second to none is not actually a first-class official, but a six-part Shangshu, which is the real pillar of the dynasty.

Most of the officials of Zhengyipin have fictitious titles without power, such as the three princes hoped by the hundred officials, the great Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, and so on.

Liu Hongji's meaning is very clear, is it important to be a prince who doesn't do anything, or is it important to be a Shangshu who helps you deal with the affairs of the dynasty every day, from morning to night, and is so busy that he has no time to eat?

Meng Zhaoxiang and several other ministers looked at each other, and said in their hearts that the prince has begun to talk nonsense again, you have just received the silver of the nobles, and even the land of the nobles, and now you want to ......

That's the Prince!

"You erection, don't beat around the bush with me, since you have made up your mind in your heart, you can quickly make it clear whether it is suitable or not." Chongzhen couldn't see that this kid was 'following the temptation' again.

"Hehe, the minister thinks that the salaries of the relatives are too high, and the officials are too low, and most of the relatives run shops, in fact, there is no shortage of food, but the officials are busy with government affairs and rely on salaries to live, which is really unfair.

The ministers thought that the secretaries of the various ministries had worked hard and made great achievements, and they should at least be on par with the salaries of the county kings in the Xun Qi. Liu Hong gradually saw that Chongzhen was about to get angry again, so he had to speak bluntly.

He also kept an eye on it, and did not say whether it was for the relatives to descend or to promote the officials, but as soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, several Shangshu cast grateful glances at him.

Those who know my suffering, the king of Anguo County!

In the end, Chongzhen was thinking about the descendants of the Zhu family, and did not listen to Liu Hongji's words, and after repeated discussions with a group of people, the annual salary of the prince was adjusted to 6,000 taels, and the monthly salary was about 500 taels.

The first level of the county king is still two thousand taels, and the monthly salary is about one hundred and sixty-six taels.

Among the officials, the monthly salary of Zhengyipin was increased to one hundred and sixty taels, almost the same as that of the county king.

The second grade of Shangshu is one hundred and forty taels, from the second grade of the waiter one hundred and thirty taels, and the third grade is one hundred and twenty taels......

Because Liu Hong gradually knew the suffering of grassroots officials in various places, the range of demotion gradually decreased from below the fourth grade, and when it came to the county order of the seventh grade, the monthly salary was still as much as fifty taels.

The adjustment of officials at the top level is almost 1.6 times the original level, and the increase of local officials, such as at the level of county magistrates, is 6 or 7 times, which is a staggering magnitude.

What's more, Liu Hongjian strongly emphasized that whether it was a courtier or a magistrate, the salary was mainly paid in silver, and the bad habit of discounting money in kind was abolished.

Chongzhen thought about it again and again, and only said one sentence: If there is no silver available in the imperial court in three years, I will ask you!

Liu Hong gradually smiled and said nothing, three years? When the time comes, you don't have too much money and the price of goods will skyrocket.

"The minister also has a word, our Ming Dynasty has always followed the ancestral system, and the minister thinks that the ancestral system still needs to be followed, especially the one proposed by Emperor Taizu." Liu Hong gradually took a serious path.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ni Yuanlu was not calm, what? Do you want to follow the ancestral system? It's really a big joke in the world, the ancestral system is probably not as good as a piece of in the eyes of the prince!

Chongzhen was also surprised, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this vertical gourd, but he just gave him a look and motioned for him to continue.

"As early as the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu set the rule of embezzling sixty taels of skin and grass, and the ministers thought so.

Therefore, the minister felt that while the emperor announced to the world that the salaries of hundreds of officials were being adjusted in a big way, he should also add this ancestral system to it to inform the world's hundreds of officials! Liu Hong gradually became yin.