Chapter 248:

There was silence in the temple.
Suddenly, a sound exploded on the dragon seat.
"A good man does not avoid relatives! A good one treats each other with sincerity! Good one is still living in the imperial city, but I don't know what is happening under the imperial city! Well, very good!"
Emperor Jiacheng patted his legs with his big palm at once, and sneered and looked around at everyone: "For your part, do you deserve my trust ?!"
The eunuchs knelt first, and then the ministers knelt down one by one.
"Your Majesty, the minister is ashamed." Yang Chonghua knelt at the front and prostrated himself on the ground: "The minister as the Hushang Shangshu, such terrible things happen below, the minister is suspected of being oversight."
Peng Junyi followed him: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty. The Lord of the Ministry is busy with the cabinet, and some things of the Hube are looked at by the Weichen. The matter of granting salaries to the officials was previously managed by the master of the original Huyou Fangfang , I really don't know. "
"Sir Fang? But Fang Anxian?" Emperor Jiacheng asked.
Peng Junyi said: "It is this person."
This Fang Anxian is not an unknown person. Last year, because of Wu Ge ’s old case, he was dragged down. It was not easy for the Emperor Jiacheng to remember him, and he was sentenced to 3,000 li.
If I knew that there was still this one, it was estimated that the Emperor Jiacheng had the heart to kill him.
Nowadays, people have been exiled, and Dachang didn't punish him once and then he couldn't get rid of it.
As for that Fang Anxian, whether it has anything to do with this greedy Lumi, no one knows. Now that people are absent, it naturally becomes a headless case.
In fact, everyone knows that things are not that simple. If it is just a Fang Anxian, as to make those low-level officials dare to be angry or not?
But there are some things that you know well, but you can't say it, including Xue Tingyan who didn't say it. It seems that you can't get insight into the situation.
"Your wife is also a good woman. A woman in the country knows that the people are in trouble, and the officials can't get money from the people. Don't those greedy officials fight for it? Even a woman is not as good as you, you say me What use do you want! "
"Your Majesty is angry."
Emperor Jiacheng scolded a few words, probably because of Xue Tingyan's previous statement, he didn't chase and fight like he used to.
At this time, Xue Tingyan said again: "There are still things to be done by the officials."
Yang Chonghua and Peng Junyi's eyebrows jumped as soon as they heard it.
"You said."
"There is another reason why the minister chose the Talon ticket number to issue salaries on behalf of him. The ticket number is to do the exchange business in various places. They all have a semicolon in each place. The court escorts the tax bank to Beijing every year, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources. The court The exchange can be done through the ticket number. In this way, the court not only saves the manpower and material resources for the court, but also avoids the loss of fire. "
Hearing this word of fire, all the officials in the temple jumped in shock.
He was so daring, he dared to use fire.
The so-called fire energy, as the name implies, refers to when the court collects tax silver, because the silver paid by the people is piecemeal, these pieces of silver are melted and cast into silver ingots.
In fact, it is still related to taxation. Taxation in the past dynasties is a big problem for the court.
As for how taxes are collected and how they are collected, they are constantly changing according to the current situation. Take the former dynasty as an example. At first, the former dynasty only collected grain and no silver money. The second assistant, Zhang Juzheng, implemented a whip and changed to collect tax and silver.
In this way, not only can the cost of transportation and storage be saved, but also the expropriation of erosion and distribution can be exempted without the assistance of the person in charge of the insurance and food.
Although the method is good, it still has drawbacks. This method was eventually abandoned.
When it came to Dachang, Dachang followed the previous dynasty, and it was still dominated by the real corn millet, occasionally folding silver. And the silver handed in will only need to be smelted into silver ingots by various local governments before they can be escorted to Beijing.
The melting of broken silver will inevitably result in consumption, which cannot be borne by local officials, so it is shared among the people.
In other words, in addition to paying the taxes that people should pay, they also need to pay a certain percentage of the cost of fire, and some even charge 20% or 30% more. This money naturally fills the pockets of corrupt officials.
The so-called Qing Zhifu in three years, 100,000 silver snowflakes, most of these 100,000 snowflake silvers were born above this fire.
This is also one of the reasons why taxes and grains are lowered every year. The people can only get the money by paying the tax silver. The county officials below naturally want the people to pay the money.
Emperor Jiacheng was not unaware of this matter, so after he ascended the throne, he proposed the law of bringing fire to justice. It was a pity that the treasury was clanking at that time, even if Emperor Jiacheng wanted to be generous, he could not be generous.
So it can't be done.
In the past two years, Emperor Jiacheng also mentioned this matter, but unfortunately it has been blocked. If Xue Tingyan's words can come true, this can be a good way to benefit the country and the people.
"Xue Aiqing's words are true? Then I can't understand it. This fire consumption is an unavoidable loss. If the broken silver is handed over to the Tailong ticket, the Tailong ticket will use its own method to Shangjing and carry out the exchange. Is this fire? Can't they bear it themselves? "
"This--" Xue Tingyan paused and glanced round at the few elders with a smile, before lowering his eyes: "Your Majesty, the ticket number is the transaction of exchange, and naturally there are ways to reduce the loss of fire consumption. To the lowest. As for the slightest loss, all the merchants in the world are proud to be the emperor and can work for the court. This is the supreme honor. Naturally, they will not bother about these things. "
As he said, he showed a shameful face: "It is also because the courtiers are favoritism, so they will say these words with embarrassment."
By this time, the cabinet ministers had no idea what to say.
As a high-ranking person, they have nothing to do with them. Even if the following people get their money, it is filial piety. But there is no fire, the one who should be honored is still honored, and there will be no loss.
Now it is obvious that Xue Tingyan came prepared, and there was Emperor Jiacheng handing a ladder on top of it. Naturally, one thing could be less.
You know, today the cabinet is not like the past, it is a piece of iron. Even if it's really noisy, it's still two words about whether it can succeed.
He was willing to offend all officials, let him offend, and one day he would be himself. Someone couldn't help thinking so maliciously.
But by now, no one had taken the old thoughts and underestimated the young man.
The age is young, the poses and mental skills are not bad. Wu Yong's defeat was in his hands. It didn't seem to be what many people thought before, it was all based on luck.
"... After May, there should be a group of tax banks escorting to Beijing. This matter is left to you, and you are responsible for co-ordination. The Ministry of Home Affairs will assist you. Don't let me down ..."
Each side has their own thoughts, and the two men and officials have discussed the matter.
After hearing what Jia Chengdi said, several ministers all smiled bitterly in their hearts. Even if they wanted to object, it did not give them a chance.
"The minister has one more thing to say."
"Is there anything?"
"Your Majesty loves the people like a child, the people are the people, and the officials are the people. The officials are meager and have to maintain their decent status. The ministers were sent out as county officials in the past, clothing, food and accommodation, and even chariots, masters, and handymen, except the court. It is up to you to bear the supply. You are not afraid of His Majesty's jokes. When I first arrived in Dinghai, I was still asked by a stubborn joke to get a teacher. So I asked Your Majesty to pay for the officials. "
"Grants?" Emperor Jiacheng murmured, the meaning is unclear.
The following officials looked at each other and continued to remain silent.
"Your Majesty, Feng Lu is not enough to support his family, and he can understand a little bit of greed, but if Feng Lu is enough, or still greedy, then ..."
The remaining words, Xue Tingyan did not finish, but Emperor Jiacheng's eyes were bright.
He murmured: "It's not too early, you each have official duties, this matter will be discussed tomorrow morning. You can wait for it."
After respectfully paying respect to Jiacheng Emperor, these high-ranking officials quit.
No one walked with Xue Tingyan, so Mao Wenhao was not far behind him.
Hurrying to the palace gate, Mao Wenhao took a few quick steps: "Master Xue, you are a miserable old man."
Where is this so-called?
But after the previous one, Xue Tingyan also saw that Mao Wenhao was a wonderful person. Then he smiled and said, "Master Mao should be grateful to this official."
"Why does the old man thank you?"
"Mr. Mao should be grateful that this official has fulfilled your heart of being a loyal monarch." Then, Xue Tinglan laughed aloud, and then went away.
Leaving Mao Wenhao staring blankly at his back, he couldn't get back to God.
As early as the next day, the matter was discussed.
It was also the intention of the Jiacheng Emperor that he did not mention what happened in the Qianqing Palace yesterday, but only said that he would pay salaries to the officials.
People who don't like yellow and white things are still willing to pay to the royal court.
On this matter, the hundred officials talked about me one by one, all of them were happy, and they did not forget to sing praises to Jiacheng Emperor. Several officials who were present at the Qing Palace yesterday looked at these unconscious fools who fell into the pit with pity.
On this occasion, Xue Tingyan proposed various methods of salary increase.
For example, the original salary can be adjusted according to local prices, and the standard for each grade is different. The salary of the Beijing official is higher than that of foreign officials of the same grade, but the local official has subsidies such as car and horse miscellaneous work. The officials have a performance appraisal for officials every year, and different awards can be set according to the performance appraisal.
There are also high-ranking officials, especially local officials, such as governors, governors, and inspectors, who can set up a certain amount of nourishment silver. The number of silver for keeping money varies, set according to their official positions, remove the bad rules, release silver to raise officials in the court, and stop collecting money from the people.
This new law has attracted much discussion.
If this law can be implemented, it will benefit all officials. In particular, the so-called nourishing silver can actually reach tens of times and hundreds of times of the original salary.
Everyone knows that greedy money will be beheaded by strikers. If the court is willing to subsidize the officials, it is unlikely that anyone will take the risk of greed.
Of course, in addition to the law of salary increase, severe penalties and heavy penalties are also imposed on the removal of ugly rules. Once caught and bribed, they are not tolerant.
This matter was discussed for five or six days before it was finally agreed.
Afterwards, Emperor Jiacheng sent the matter to the household ministry again, letting them come up with a precise statute, and then informed the world through the imperial decree of the Lord.
At the same time, the tax bank's changes have also been announced to the hundred officials, and the fuel consumption is naturally gone.
I don't know what kind of mood, although the courtiers also have some voices of opposition, but these voices are not loud. Perhaps this is the so-called short-handedness and short-handedness?
Emperor Jiacheng just added salaries to the following people, and also added a lot. Naturally, he was embarrassed to go against them.
I have to say that this is also a surprise. This is at least easier than Xue Tingyan thought.
Of course, he is not without benefits, just take the Tyrone ticket. Now that he is doing the affairs of acting as an official pensioner on behalf of the imperial court, he is also responsible for escorting the tax bank to Beijing for various prefectures and counties, but now it is a lot of people everywhere and has added a lot of business.
That's all, just to replace the tax bank for the imperial court, and the fleet of the Tailong ticket fleet will pass through all places, which is a convenient door to open.
"Do you know what kind of treatment is the ship on the river for transportation? All the ships along the canal are retreating, and no one can obstruct it." Finally, Xue Tingyan and Zhaoer blew up again.
"Then I have to thank you. What do you want to do? Master Xue is also a second-rank member. The little girl is too little to take, and many are incapable." Zhao'er smiled and his eyes rolled: "So, In the future, you will receive more than one hundred or two silver pockets every month, which is definitely a reward. "