Chapter 88 Secret discount system, government clerk system!

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "The emperor has thought carefully!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu and asked, "Master, what can you do?"

"The method is simple!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "I think it is unlikely that they will transfer their land in a short period of time, but it will not be possible in the long run. If they really want to transfer their land, they must cooperate with the court's next step.

The New Deal - Divide one person into one acre!"

"Dividing people into acres, I remember my master said, let people with more land pay more taxes, and people with less land pay less taxes?!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "This is a good policy!"

"Your Majesty, the Japanese minister formulated the national policy of apportioning children into acres in the cabinet. However, it is not easy to apportion children into acres. Once implemented, it will inevitably encounter a lot of resistance. Just like what the emperor said,

They used to hide the population, but now they are hiding the land!"

Having said this, Zhang Haogu paused for a moment and asked: "But Your Majesty, Rong Chen wants to ask a question. Who do you think knows best how much land these big landowners have?"

Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought, and then said: "Is it them?"

"It's impossible for them to remember it themselves!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Just like now, I don't even know how much land my family has!"

Zhu Youxiao: "..."

Later, Zhu Youxiao said: "Master, please stop showing off!"

"They are the common people, the tenant farmers in their families. They know best how much land the landlords have!"

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, first of all, what we need to train is a group of grassroots officials. Their main role is to mobilize the people and boldly expose how much land these landlords have hidden. To make the people believe in the court, we must

Let the people recognize that as long as these landlords are exposed, it will be of great benefit to them!"

Zhu Youxiao was a little excited: "What the master said is absolutely true, but I, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, didn't we establish Yongding County?"

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Based on Yongding County, these refugees and disaster victims, the court might as well give them an identity called Si Li, and let these alternate officials bring ten Si Li each with them when they go to the local area for verification!"

Zhu Youxiao listened very seriously: "Master, do you mean to ask these officials to do specific investigations?"

"These officials are specifically responsible to the emperor!"

Zhang Haogu said: "Your Majesty, we might as well set up an academy. These officials are selected from the academy. They need to know how to measure the land and do arithmetic. They also need to know some propaganda, so that they can be responsible for promoting the policies of the imperial court.

Besides, I can still give the emperor some discounts!"

"First, let them report the local situation to the emperor every month. Second, it is also used to assist these alternate officials to prevent anyone from deceiving the superiors and hiding the truth, so that the alternate officials cannot discover the real corrupt officials. The third is

Let them report and report corrupt officials. This secret may not necessarily be sent to the cabinet, but it can also be sent to our academy!"

What Zhang Haogu is talking about is another of Yongzheng's most evil tactics - the secret discount system.

To put it simply, it allows officials of all sizes to submit secret memorials, which makes information collection and communication more convenient, but it also increases the emperor's burden - this is how Yongzheng died of exhaustion.

Zhang Haogu didn't plan to ask all the officials to present memorials. How about they die from exhaustion?

The first is to specify the content, and the second is to specify the number of people.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "This is quite interesting!"

Then, he was slightly startled: "Isn't this the same as Jin Yiwei?"

Zhang Haogu said: "Your Majesty, the duties and powers are still different. Jinyiwei is responsible for military and political reconnaissance, arrests, interrogations and other activities. They can also participate in the work of collecting military intelligence and instigating rebellion against enemy generals. The nature is different!"

"The task of the clerks is to read, read, and understand arithmetic. In addition, their main job is to help the imperial envoys of the Metropolitan Procuratorate complete the inspection work, but the role of the Jinyiwei is not that!"

After a pause, Zhang Haogu muttered in his heart: "As for the Jin Yiwei, it's okay to bully and bully the people. If you really expect them to do something, forget it. If this was the Jin Yiwei in Zhu Yuanzhang's era, there would definitely be no problem, but the problem is that now

It cannot be said that the Jin Yiwei has no effect at all, but that’s all it is, he has long been a lackey of Dongchang!”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of 150,000 Jinyi Guards.

However, in the end, it did not bring any positive effects to the turbulent country of Ming Dynasty.

"I think it's feasible!" Zhu Youxiao nodded: "But, how should these officials be arranged?"

"I think that the imperial court wants to give them a public position, which is different from Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi. How about calling them political affairs officers? They are to assist officials in managing politics!"

Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up and he said: "Okay, this political officer is quite interesting!"

Zhang Haogu said: "In addition, I think that their treatment should be improved. After all, it is for the imperial court. After this year, they will always need ten taels of silver!"

"In addition, there is the issue of elderly care. Their elderly care work needs to be solved. In addition, they must be given a certain degree of ideological education so that they understand that what they do is a just act and serves the country and the people.

Benefit your descendants!"

Zhu Youxiao frowned and said, "Are you going to get money from the Ministry of Household Affairs again?"

"I think that if we implement the system of dividing people into acres, it will not be a problem to support these officials with the increased tax revenue for the court!"

Zhang Haogu continued: "Your Majesty, it is impossible to let the horse run well and not eat grass at the same time!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "That makes sense!"

"also!"

Zhang Haogu hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "If you want them to work harder, you have to give them official titles and break the boundary between petty officials and officials. If they have made great contributions!"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu and said: "There is no precedent in the two hundred years of our country!"

"Your Majesty, new laws for the country!"

Zhang Haogu said: "It is necessary to break the tradition. Those who have made meritorious service to the court should be rewarded, and those who are capable should be reused. What I mean is not to be promoted directly, but to start from junior officials, for example, from the ninth rank, and give them

An opportunity to make them think that as long as they serve the court, they can be promoted!!"

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and said, "Is it too hasty?"

Zhang Haogu said: "Your Majesty, this is a matter of course. If someone has made a great contribution, the Emperor will reward him. Now an internal consensus has been formed, and over time it will become a routine. Now that a routine has been established, we will set up explicit regulations!"
Chapter completed!