Faced with the fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty in the past two hundred years, how to solve the problem of low salary, although Yang Reform was unwilling and disgusting, not as an emperor, as a person who wanted to change the world, he also had to face this problem, and had to put this problem on the agenda and put it on the table

As Sun Chengzong reminded, he has cut off many ways for the bureaucrats to make a fortune, such as fire consumption and salt administration, and now they are broken and drifted, which is almost forcing the bureaucrats to a dead end, forcing them to the opposite side, although they are still in a strong position, but in the face of the pressure of continuous rebound, they are not comfortable, and they must also solve this problem.

Since talking to Sun Chengzong about this issue, Yang Gai knows that he has encountered great trouble, but he also knows that his opportunity has also come, and it is time to open an opening to this fundamental problem that has been left for 200 years.

Today, it is not on the platform, but in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

Several of Yang Reform's henchmen, Sun Chengzong, Shi Fenglai, and Bi Ziyan are all there.

"Yesterday I talked to Master Sun about the salary of my dynasty, and I summoned a few people today, just to talk about this matter, Bihu Department, you should know best about this matter, what is going on with the salary of my dynasty? How often do I hear about what is made rice, and what is released, and what is peppered, and what is folded, can you explain these to me first. Yang reformed and thought hard all night, but there was some gain, the idea is there, but I don't know that it does not conform to the rules of the Ming Dynasty's current salary, if it is contrary to the Ming Dynasty's salary, this idea will be lost, so ask first.

Shi Fenglai, Bi Ziyan was very strange, and when he heard the emperor say this problem, he was even more surprised, the emperor still wanted to solve this problem? This is quite a tricky problem, and it is no less difficult than moving the salt merchants.

Seeing that the emperor asked this question, Bi Ziyan began to explain to the emperor.

"Back to Your Majesty, I will give it to you, which is divided into two kinds, the true color and the folded color......"

“…… There are three ............ of true colors."

“…… Rice per month, one stone per month ......"

“…… It is said that the silk rice is folded......"

“…… It is said that the silver rice ......"

“…… Later, a horse of silk was folded into silver and seven coins......"

“…… There are two folds ......"

“…… It is said that the natural color banknote ......"

“…… Silk cloth ......"

“…… One stone per ......"

“…… Each banknote is 200 pieces of folded cloth, and then a piece of cloth is folded into silver and three coins......"

Bi Ziyan, the head of the household department, began to explain in detail to the emperor the current Ming Dynasty's policy of Yulu.

In the face of this extremely complicated policy, Yang Reform could only grit his teeth and listen carefully, not allowing himself to "faint".

“…… In addition, there is also the cultivation of incorruptible fields, and the saying of preferential and exempt fields......"

“…… Raising Liantian is now dedicated to the military generals of the border towns, but there is no ...... in the Beijing officials and localities."

“…… The preferential and exempt fields are often said to be tax-free fields for scholars, with different grades and different preferential fields,...... Zhengyi product should have ......"

Bi Ziyan babbled a lot about this

Tian Shi.

At this time, Yang Reform is already listening to the book of heaven, which is compared with the simple and clear way of calculating wages in RMB in later generations, in addition to torturing Yang Reform, it is even more torturing Yang Reform.

Yang Gai forcibly endured the irritability and depression in his heart, as well as the nausea of vomiting, and continued to force himself to listen to the wage policy of the Ming Dynasty.

Bi Ziyan also looked at the emperor from time to time while talking, in order to make his words more serious, Bi Ziyan tried his best to be "professional", and many of them were memorized from the "Daming Huidian". Seeing that the emperor was getting more and more unable to sit still, only anger came out of his ears and nostrils, so he hurriedly stopped and cut off what he had to say.

Just when Yang Reform couldn't help but vomit, Bi Ziyan finally stopped.

"Finished?" Yang asked with a feeling of nausea and dizziness.

"Back to Your Majesty, I'm done." Bi Ziyan said embarrassedly. Looking at the emperor who was about to "faint", Bi Ziyan felt very innocent.

"You toss and turn, I'm dizzy." Yang Gai wiped his dizzy forehead, his brain that had finally cleared up this morning, this time, he was dizzy again, and the dizziness and nausea were as if he had turned dozens of times in place.

"This ,...... Your Majesty, this ...... "Bi Ziyan is embarrassed, he is very serious according to the "Daming Huidian", but it is professional and authoritative.

"Yes, I don't want to ask much, and I don't want to know so much, just ask, what is the specific one that the Beijing official is receiving now? Do you receive silver, rice, or something else? Is it paid monthly or annually? It seems that if you want to be a Ming monarch in the Ming Dynasty, it is not ordinarily difficult, just being familiar with these complicated policies and rules is an extremely complicated matter. ,

Looking at the emperor who was about to vomit, Shi Fenglai just felt funny, Bi Ziyan was even more embarrassed, Sun Chengzong frowned slightly, the emperor seemed to be going to do something about the root problem of the two hundred years, and he didn't know if the emperor's method could solve this problem.

"Back to Your Majesty, now the Beijing official's salary is received on a monthly basis, such as taking the seven-grade official as an example, the annual salary is 90 stones, except for one stone of rice per month, the rest, mainly silver, about two or three taels of silver per month, and a small part of silk cotton or something...... Bi Ziyan said embarrassedly.

Yang Gengai plucked out his ears and said exaggeratedly: "Didn't I hear it right? One stone of rice, two or three taels of silver? The seven-rank official received this? "Yang Reform is quite exaggerated, even if he has a little superficial understanding of the salary policy of the Ming Dynasty, he still thinks he heard the number of two or three taels in his household book, and he still thinks that he heard it wrong.

"Back to Your Majesty, that's right." Bi Ziyan said embarrassedly, this number is indeed a bit embarrassing

"How do I remember that the treatment of my new army is similar to this, right? is also to receive one stone of rice, two taels of silver, this is to catch up with the treatment of the seven-grade official" Yang Reform said exaggeratedly, this strange thing in the Ming Dynasty is not one or two, think about it

He has recruited tens of thousands of "seven-rank officials" to fight, and this effect is steely.

The few people listening below all became embarrassed, and the emperor was really open-mouthed.

“…… Wait, I can't count it, wait...... "Yang Gengai has also read books for a few years, and he has memorized the ninety-nine multiplication table in this arithmetic, two or three taels a month, how much is it in a year?" But thirty taels, even if it is twelve stone rice a year, it is only twenty-four taels of silver, and it adds up to only fifty taels of silver, which is far from the price of ninety stones.

“…… Why can't I come? This is obviously 90 stone meters, how can it be counted as 50 stones? Where did the rest go? These 30 or so stones are all silk cotton? "Yang Gengai drew on the scratch paper for a long time, but he still didn't figure out where the rest of the rice went, so didn't Bi Ziyan say that the silk cotton or something was only a small part? How can there be such a big gap as more than 30 stones, which is still a small part?

Listening to what the emperor said, several people were even more embarrassed.

"Back to Your Majesty, these more than 50 stones are the true colors that the minister just said, and the true colors are divided into rice and silver, which add up to 54 stones, and the difference between the 90 stones and the year is indeed more than 30 stones...... Folded around, all folded and gone......" Bi Ziyan wiped his forehead, and said In the end, he didn't know how to explain to the emperor where the thirty or so stone rice went, and the process of folding the color can be described in an epic, and the final result is to fold the thirty stone rice into a few coins of silver, this process is enough to be described as earth-shattering, crying ghosts and gods, or don't say it.

Yang Gengai looked at Bi Ziyan dumbfounded, more than thirty stone meters were folded and lost? This kind of folding kung fu is many times more than drifting and not knowing how many times "smart", and how much does it happen to drift, but it is good, and directly folds more than 30 stone meters into a fraction of the back of Yulu.

The emperor was dumbfounded, and several of the emperor's henchmen could only accompany the emperor in a daze, very embarrassed.

“…… Wait, Bi Aiqing is saying that in fact, a seventh-grade official can only receive fifty-four stones of Yulu every year, and the rest are gone, right? Yang asked in disbelief.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's almost the same, even if there is, it's less than six dollars of silver." Bi Ziyan said embarrassedly.

“…… More than 30 stones,...... Six coins of silver ...... "Yang reform is about to collapse, it's better not to ask about the inside story of the Ming Dynasty, this question is enough to scare people to death."

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, in fact, back then, the imperial court also paid the money in full, but later, because of the relocation of the capital, the problem of money ingots, this is more and more worthless, and now, these more than 30 stone Yulu will be discounted to a few dollars of silver...... Bi Ziyan felt that he still gave the emperor a little mention of this epic general folding problem, which made the emperor a little impressed.

“…… Okay, needless to say, I understand......" Yang Reform Ninja was dizzy and nauseous, and hurriedly stopped Bi Ziyan and said in more detail.

After drinking a cup of tea and settling down, Yang Reform was better, and the Ming Dynasty actually had "great talents", who could fold the expenses of the imperial court to this extent, no

It's a genius, and it's never going to be to that extent.

Sun Chengzong's brows were furrowed, looking at the emperor looking dizzy and disgusting, he was worried that the emperor hadn't even figured out the salary issue, so he was in a hurry to reform the root problem of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, how could this be good? It's hard, it's hard,

Yang Reform also looked at the ceiling and lamented, he still gave the Ming Dynasty a two-hundred-year-old root problem, he didn't even find out the inside story of this, so he was ashamed to talk about the bad habits of reform, which really didn't know the depths.

“…… Then how do the officials of our dynasty live? Could it be that there is no other way than to embezzle and drift away? If the situation is what Bi Ziyan said, it means that the corruption in the Ming Dynasty is much more serious than he expected, relying on fire consumption, corruption, and drifting life is the norm of the entire Ming officialdom, if he is forced to press down as the emperor, it is conceivable what kind of backlash will be provoked, and the conflict of interests can not be settled, so the sea power or something is just a flash in the pan, and he can now be forced, and wait for himself to die? It is bound to rebound immediately, and it is very serious, the Ming Dynasty will slide rapidly into the abyss, and it is not easy for the Ming Dynasty to return to normal, and it will immediately return to the track of history, this problem has to be faced and solved.

"Back to Your Majesty, I can't say that, in addition to Yulu, there are also preferential and exempt fields, as well as winter and summer official uniforms, pen and ink money, as well as the soap and groom of the messenger, etc., can not be generalized......" Household Shangshu Bi wiped his head and said shamefully.

"Oh, if you want to calculate it this way, that's about the same, that is, the two or three taels of silver you receive every month is also considered a net income? …… "Yang Reform listened, this is better, and it can be regarded as understanding, although the salary of the official is low, but the state includes food and shelter and work clothes, as well as transportation expenses, office expenses, secretaries, etc., the actual salary is pure income, if you count the preferential exemption field, that is, the part of the treatment that can be exempted from taxes and taxes, in fact, the treatment of the official is not low.......

"Back to Your Majesty, it's almost like this......" Bi Ziyan's forehead began to sweat, this problem, it's okay not to say it, but when you say it, it's a ** annoyance.

"It's pretty much the same, in this way, a seventh-grade official, the life of a family can be regarded as rich, not bad, and it's okay......" Yang Gengai muttered to himself.

Shi Fenglai has always been embarrassed, what does it mean to be rich? What does it mean to get by? The emperor really lives in the palace, he has never gone out, and he doesn't know the outside world, what is a family? The official doesn't marry a few concubines? At that time, Taizu formulated this Yulu, but it took into account the "family" to live, but did not consider the second wife, the third mother, and even the seventh or eighth milk for the official, if the official is only "one family", then life is indeed not a problem, and there is even saving, it can be said that he is rich, but the second and third mothers also join the "family"? How is this calculated? How can you raise a second and third mother without money? What about the children born to the second mother, the third mother, and the seventh or eighth mother? Do you want to eat? Shi Fenglai blushed, and he seemed to be too

There are several concubines, do you want to talk to the emperor about this problem? Forget it, your butt is not clean, since the emperor didn't ask, then it's better not to say.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." Sun Chengzong really couldn't help it, the emperor wanted to open the root problem of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years, but looking at the current situation, the emperor didn't even understand the details and situation of this root, for fear that the emperor would say something "weird", ruin the image of the always wise emperor, and break his own rules.

"Oh, Master Sun has to say anything." Yang Reform, who had been muttering to himself, heard Sun Chengzong speak, looked at Sun Chengzong with some surprise, and said.

"Your Majesty, the root problem of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years, if Your Majesty wants to solve him, you still have to be cautious, not reckless, but you can slowly figure it out, you can't be urgent, you can't ask for speed, if there is no practical way, you must not ......rush it," Sun Chengzong anxiously reminded the emperor.

Shi Fenglai and Bi Ziyan both looked at Sun Chengzong and the emperor in surprise, what is the root problem of the past two hundred years, and does the emperor want to do something about the root problem of the past two hundred years?

"Hmm......???" Yang Reform, who had already confused the Ming Dynasty's Yulu policy, was even more dizzy when Sun Chengzong said this.

“…… What does Master Sun mean? Yang Gengai asked dizzily, today he was refreshed, but now, he was confused and his mind was in chaos.

"Your Majesty, there is no practical way, you must not do anything to the court, besides, at this time, it is not a good time to increase the amount of money, it is better to wait for a while, and wait for the turmoil of the salt merchant case to pass." Sun Chengzong didn't care about anything, so he directly made it clear, several people here are the emperor's henchmen, and they don't care if they know it. ,

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Shi Fenglai and Bi Ziyan exclaimed, the emperor wants to give the officials a lot of money? Where's this? Both of them looked at the emperor in shock, this is really the root problem of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, and the emperor came to them today for this matter? This is a huge event

"Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for talking too much, this is by no means a good time to increase the salary, at this time, Your Majesty has just leveled the salt merchants, and he hurriedly increased the officials, which is extremely detrimental to His Majesty's prestige......" Bi Ziyan was frightened into a cold sweat, at this juncture, giving officials a salary increase, but there will be a big incident, this is a very serious problem. Bi Ziyan immediately stood up and persuaded the emperor bitterly.

Shi Fenglai was already stunned, looked at the emperor dumbfounded, and listened to Bi Ziyan's hard persuasion to the emperor before he came back to his senses, this is the moment, but he really can't do this, if he does it, this will encompass the good reputation that the emperor has accumulated.

"Your Majesty, you must not, you must not raise your salary at this time, Your Majesty, now that you have received this salary for two hundred years, it doesn't hurt to receive it for a few more years, Your Majesty, you must not be impulsive......" Shi Fenglai was also frightened, isn't the emperor quite wise, how can he make this faint move? Isn't this a handle to the emperor's "enemies"?

Looking at a few anxious henchmen, Yang Gai was very relieved, and there were finally a few who planned for himself.

“…… Good, good ......" Yang reformed

sighed with relief, said a few good, and pressed his hands again and again to quiet down a few henchmen.

When several people saw that the emperor pressed their hands again and again, they also calmed down and watched what the emperor said.

"Your loyalty, there is no doubt about it, I see it in my eyes, and I also understand that I now want to open up the root problem of the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not a big move, and you don't need to panic......" Yang Gai comforted again and again.

"Your Majesty......" Sun Chengzong asked anxiously, today, he broke his usual rules, it was not the emperor who opened his mouth to inquire, but asked about political affairs, today's situation is not ordinary, and he has to make an exception.

"I have thought of a way, which can be regarded as an opening for me to the root problem of the past two hundred years, as for whether it will work, I don't know ......" Yang reformed and abandoned the complicated wage policy of the Ming Dynasty and began to talk about his own method.

“…… I am going to change the capital official's salary into a military ticket payment,...... I had treasure money before, but the treasure money depreciated badly, no different from waste paper, and also ruined the reputation of paper money, so I was going to pay the Beijing officials with military tickets, and through the bad reputation of the paper money, I would issue an extra one or two percent of the money to the officials who led the bills, and the argument was that the paper money was easy to depreciate, which was a disguised salary increase......" Yang Gai said his thoughts.

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