"It allowed Tianjin Yousi to escape the catastrophe. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Huang Daozhou said with some mockery.

Li Yuzhi looked at Huang Daozhou's interjection helplessly, but there was no way. People are more famous than themselves, and their qualifications and power are higher. He had to endure it.

Of course, he also understood. After all, as a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, he is a member of the implementation of the examination method.

The impression left by the test law on all officials is mostly negative. Especially for them, the opposition. Almost with their eyes closed, they know that they do not want to implement these reform decrees. But according to the examination law, if they dare not to implement it, there will definitely be punishments waiting for them.

No one wants to be punished, but it also means that the power of their soft resistance is also lost.

Therefore, for Huang Daozhou, Hou Baosen tried his best to do things, and of course he would not be punished. When I think about it, I can't help but feel a little sour.

At this moment, Li Yuzhi thought of the next words, and suddenly there was a sour breath all over his body: "But the most important thing is ...... It was Hou Baosen who won the first prize. ”

"First prize?" Huang Daozhou has seen new terms every day since he worked under Zhu Cihong, and he has some resistance. But at this moment, when I heard this new term involving money, I still couldn't help but lift my spirits.

"That's right!" Li Yuzhi said sourly: "It is a bonus for Hou Baosen's success in counterinsurgency." ”

"Isn't it normal to put down the rebellion and reward meritorious deeds?" Although Zodiac Zhou felt sour, he also felt that it was not a big deal. I was very puzzled, and Li Yuzhi took it out alone.

Li Yuzhi said again: "But what if this is the norm? The great achievement of counterinsurgency cannot be waited for. But according to the test law, if things are done badly, they will be punished. As long as it is done and the assessment is passed, there will be rewards and bonuses. That Hou Baosen got the first-class examination bonus, not an idle reward for meritorious deeds. It is in accordance with the rules, there are bonuses every year, and you can look forward to the test every month! If this is based on the restoration of the value of the original treasure money, there is another bonus for the officials who do errands with their hearts! ”

Huang Daozhou was stunned, turned his head to look, and found that on Li Yuzhi's table, there were heavy stacks of movements. It was a fascicle that was passed in various places, and originally these fascicles represented punishment one by one.

But now, it means that pieces of silver dollars are flashing.

"Officials of the world...... It's all in the hands of my emperor......" Shi Kefa muttered, causing Huang Daozhou to wake up suddenly.

He turned his head and carefully examined Li Yuzhi's face. The appearance is still the same, but whether the inner mind is still as firm as before, it is obviously no longer the same. Seeing this, Huang Daozhou understood.

"The amount of the first prize is 300,000 yuan...... That is, it is equivalent to 300,000 taels of silver. Li Yuzhi did not waver in his gaze at Huang Daozhou, and still explained slowly but firmly.

According to the exchange rate carried out in the collection of taxes, one silver dollar is equivalent to one tael of silver. Although the treasure banknote is only a piece of paper, the exchange rate is also this standard. Although the people still have many doubts about the treasure banknote, they also implement this standard when they see the tax collection, and they all know about it. In some places where the official uniforms are effectively enforced, there are gradually examples of using treasure money.

Naturally, all of this makes the value of the 300,000 yuan clear and attractive.

"This is not a way to be greedy for ink, not a contribution of the gentry, and not to extort people's money. In this way, there is a bonus of 300,000 taels. And it's fixed, it's routine, and as long as it's done, it's there. This kind of bonus is really attractive. Tianjin Governor's Yamen, Household Department Yamen, and the newly established Jinghai County Governor's County, that is, the attached Guo Zhi County. Here, there are only four chief officials, but they can share three percent of the profits, ninety thousand taels of silver, and three people. 30,000 taels per person! It is said that in three years, the Qing prefect will have 100,000 snowflakes of silver, if he can get the reward silver given by the imperial court in a dignified manner, who will take the hot dirty silver? Li Yuzhi said that, and his eyes couldn't help but get hot.

"300,000 yuan, if this reward continues, I'm afraid that next year's autumn tax in Tianjin will be doubled like Shuntianfu." Zodiac Zhou snorted coldly.

300,000 yuan looks tempting, but according to the basic laws of economics. Unless the imperial court collects a tax worth 300,000 taels, otherwise the 300,000 yuan treasure banknotes sent out will be waste paper. Coupled with the treasure money accumulated in the past by the people, this figure of 300,000 taels will be expanded.

So, it's a reward, it's also a bait.

However, there is no difference between the two. Hengxin has taken the lead in accepting 5 million yuan in treasure notes. Shi Kefa threw out another bombshell news.

"Hengxin? Hengxin firm, that Hengxin? Huang Daozhou ...... in surprise, but quickly relented.

For the real core officials of the DPRK and China, Hengxin can be said to be a secret that circulates in a small area. Huang Daozhou and Shi Kefa can know that it is because Hengxin Commercial Bank has donated to the school many times, so that the imperial treasury will not be in the bag.

Shi Kefa nodded slowly, a flash of light in his eyes.

Hearing this, Huang Daozhou couldn't help but pause: "Five million taels...... What a big deal......"

"Hengxin Money Bank in the provinces and provincial capitals of the world, the main capital cities, and key counties announced the opening of Hengxin Money Bank and the Imperial Central Bank together to accept the exchange of treasure money. Especially in the southern coastal areas, the opening of Hengxin Money Village is even more rapid. This means that the treasure money accumulated in the country can absorb the denomination of 5 million yuan. In some places, there are even runs. In this way, it can be said that it is equivalent to consuming all the old treasure banknotes accumulated in various places before, and when the new treasure banknotes begin to circulate, there will be no old treasure banknotes. Li Yuzhi said what he had heard, and he couldn't help but sigh one after another.

Of course, there were other things he didn't say. For example, Hengxin Bank did not follow the exchange rate of the Imperial Central Bank. People are going with the market, and there are more runs, and the old-style treasure banknotes are really suppressed into waste paper prices. Rao is like this, and it is still to let the people who hold treasure money line up to grab it, until the imperial court issued a treasure money to pay the land endowment that the gentry is exempted, which made this rush to an abrupt end. Not only that, but there are many big families who beat their chests and sigh in the follow-up, shouting that they will suffer. Because, at this moment, Hengxin's exchange rate soared all of a sudden, so that those big investors who tried to pay taxes with cheap treasure banknotes could only suffer a loss, and exchanged a batch of treasure banknotes while they were still cheap.

Just like this, one in and one out, Hengxin still makes money.

Zodiac Zhou didn't know about this verse, he was shocked. I couldn't help but sigh a few words again and again, and in the end, I wanted to say something more, but I couldn't open my mouth for a while.

From the perspective of personal morality, this is indeed worthy of others, and it is even more embarrassing.

Hengxin did make a fortune through a run in the end, but before that, who knew that the imperial court would win in the end in canceling the preferential exemption of the gentry?

"Perhaps, the test method is indeed a good method." Zodiac Zhou whispered.

In the past, the reason why the officials of the Ming Empire were afraid of the test law was that once the test law was not successful, they would be punished.

Especially in order to affirm the power of the test method, it is naturally indispensable to borrow the story of your first use. This can make people understand that it is powerful, but it is also very fearful. Previously, due to Zhang Juzheng's authority, everyone could not resist and could only passively accept it.

Once Zhang Juzheng lost power, he rebounded violently, so that the test method could not be sustained. A good law has vanished.

Later, although many officials in the Qingzhang fields were promoted because of the effectiveness of the Qingzhang fields and the implementation of a whip law to gain profits, Zhang Juzheng was inevitably suspected of appointing private individuals.

Now, Zhu Cihong has re-proposed the test method, but it has been matched with a corresponding bonus, which is a great piece of good news.

Obviously, Zhu Cihong also doesn't want officials to be able to stick to a fixed salary and have no hope. Especially for a landlord, if there is no way to motivate, it will not be possible for them to make a difference in their own position.

As for raising the salaries of officials across the country, the imperial court could not afford to double the tax. Moreover, wage increases alone can only have a temporary effect. Unless hyperinflation occurs, the imperial court will lose more money than it gains will outweigh its losses under the law of diminishing marginal returns just by raising wages.

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In the Privy Council, the remnants of firecrackers signaled that it had just been a New Year.

Ni Yuanlu entered the office, but saw that there were already people coming and going, and many Privy Council officials actually came to work in the office early.

You must know that after Zhu Cihong registered, he announced that he would extend the Spring Festival holiday. In previous years, the imperial court only had three days off for the Spring Festival. But Zhu Cihong waved his hand and announced a ten-day long holiday. Some are older and more senior, and even have annual leave. For example, Ni Yuanlu, as a member of the imperial court, has 15 days of paid annual leave. Those who have served as officials for more than one year basically have a minimum annual leave of five days.

When many officials heard the news, they hurriedly used it.

They have been looking forward to it for a long time.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ni Yuanlu came in, he found that many officials who were on leave had come early at the moment.

Seeing Ni Yuanlu come in, the officials in the Privy Council greeted and saluted: "Ni Xiang, Happy New Year." ”

"Ni Xiang is auspicious for the New Year!"

"Family Fun!"

"It's all good! Happy New Year. Ni Yuanlu responded with a smile all the way, grabbed a closer scribe and asked, "Xiaochun, didn't you also take annual leave?" Why did I see you coming to the government office early this morning? ”

"The matter of counterinsurgency in Tianjin has long been reported back to Beijing, and everyone knows that this Privy Council is busy with work. Previously, everyone thought that our Privy Council was good at causing trouble and could cause trouble, and they all said that the chaos that came out this time was caused by the whole army of the Privy Council, ......" Saying that, the scribe nicknamed Xiaochun couldn't help but scratch his head, and in the end, he couldn't help laughing and said in a low voice: "Ni Xianggong, of course, I am not satisfied with you." There is another thing that everyone cares more about after knowing it. The first prize...... Gee. Oops, who doesn't blush when they hear it? No, everyone wants to work early and hand in the booklet for the Fa test. I heard that as long as you do a good job, you can get a bonus if the minimum requirements are met! ”

"That's right." Ni Yuanlu patted his shoulder and said, "Work hard, buying a house, marrying a wife and having children in Jingshi are all things that can be done by leisure!" ”

"Hey!" The scribe answered, and worked with great spirit.

As Ni Yuanlu left, the people who were originally pretending to be busy with their own things all crowded in front of Xiaochun. Everyone couldn't help but talk about the matter of this test method.

Ni Yuanlu, who hadn't walked a few steps, glanced back and couldn't help but chuckle. He stepped into Yang Wenyue's office, and sure enough, he also saw that Yang Wenyue had also come early in the morning.

"Yang Xiang, happy new year." Ni Yuanlu greeted.

Yang Wenyue looked up and saw that it was Ni Yuanlu coming, so he hurriedly beckoned him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Happy New Year, Happy New Year." Our New Year is really much better than usual. ”

"Yes, as soon as the Tianjin counterinsurgency came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This matter of canceling the preferential exemption of Tian Fu can finally come to an end. Our military spending can finally be solved. Ni Yuanlu couldn't help but sigh one after another.

"It was like being on the cusp of the storm, but now, it has finally stopped a lot. How is it, coming back from Shanxi, how is the situation? Yang Wenyue's eyes fell on Ni Yuanlu's body, and his eyes were burning.

The Kim Woo Army was stationed in Gyeonggi, and the Privy Council was within easy reach, and the military reform was the smoothest, and all kinds of support were the most reachable. Although the turmoil in the imperial court was quite large, it did not affect the reform of the Jin Wu army. Therefore, this is the smoothest part of the reform in the whole army.

As for the second smooth, that is the First Army stationed in Shanxi.

The commander of the First Army was Major General Chen Yongfu, the former general of the Jinwu Regiment. Chief Military Advisor Xia Chen. The First Regiment was merged with Xuanfu, Datong and the three towns of Shanxi to form the First Army of the Army. Among them, Zhou Yuji, commander of the first division, Qi Xian, chief military division, fierce as a tiger commander of the second division, and Yang Jiayi, chief military division. The source of soldiers was drawn from the original Shanxi Town, Xuanfu Town and Datong Town. At the same time, the personnel structure of the original three towns of Shanxi Town, Datong Town, and Xuanfu Town was dispersed, including all the generals.

The three towns of Shanxi were all frontier troops on the front line of the battle with Li Zicheng, and they suffered heavy losses, and they were more convinced by the takeover of the Guards Regiment because of the great victory in Luzhen.

However, Shanxi is far away from Gyeonggi after all, especially the difficult road, and because of the internal disputes in the imperial court, the reform of the First Army has been slow, so that in October last year, Ni Yuanlu personally went out to assist in the merger and reconstruction of the First Army.

"It's going well." Ni Yuanlu spit out these words heavily: "It is indeed difficult to do things. But if you ride the wind, it's also simple and easy. With the emperor's promise, kill some people, and it will be smooth. ”

"It seems that there are still some border generals who are stubborn. In our army, there is a military law, but it is not a place for them to buy and sell. Well done! Yang Wenyue praised it at first, then suddenly remembered something, and asked with interest: "I heard that the eight Jin merchants of Jiexiu have all been killed cleanly?" ”

"Killing is naturally clean, and treason is not enough, they are really selling and betraying the country one by one!" Speaking of this, Ni Yuanlu gritted his teeth and said. (To be continued.) )