"What are you talking nonsense about? Are farmers not human beings and officials are human beings? Why should farmers live a hard life while officials live a leisurely and prosperous life?" Lao Zhu's eyes widened and he asked Han Du sternly.
"I dare to ask your Majesty, why do officials have to work as hard as farmers?" Han Du said to Lao Zhu without giving in, "Your Majesty only sees that today's officials are leisurely and wealthy, as if this is the official's fault.
I dare to ask the emperor, where did the officials come from? Which of today's officials did not rely on the imperial examination to enter the court step by step? But farmers work hard to grow food, is it easy for officials to take the imperial examination?"
"Twenty years of hard study in the cold window, the real iron inkstone wears it. Your Majesty, when the peasants were having fun in their childhood, the officials began to study hard under the teacher's rule early. When the peasants had sweet dreams at night,
, officials are still suffering from headaches and thorns in the buttocks. People who have suffered like this for twenty years will still have to live the same life as an old farmer after becoming an official. I dare to ask the emperor, is this fair? "
Is it fair? Of course not.
We are all human beings. Some people choose to suffer hardships from childhood, so naturally they should enjoy leisure and prosperity as adults. Since you choose to enjoy life as a child, you must be prepared to endure hardships when you grow up.
"But I gave them a lot. I also gave them the income of twenty or thirty acres of land." Lao Zhu defended.
Han Du sneered. If Lao Zhu could really give him twenty or thirty acres of land, the officials would have nothing to say, but the fact is that there is not that much at all.
"A farmer can cultivate more than ten acres of land a year, and the income of an official is equivalent to that of two or three farmers. Since the emperor thinks that the amount given to officials is enough, please ask the emperor to gather all the farmers from all over the world.
, just arrange two or three farmers for each official position, what else do hundreds of officials need to do?" Han Du said disdainfully, and added by the way, "By the way, we can also open up a field for them in the Yamen.
Come out and let them be self-sufficient. In this way, the emperor may even save his salary, how good is it?"
"Pfft~" Zhu Biao stood aside, seeing Han Du's lazy look and hearing the teasing in his words, he couldn't help bursting into laughter. ??
As a result, as soon as he spoke, he was glared hard by Lao Zhu, whose face was ashen.
Lao Zhu was so angry at Han Du's words that he asked farmers to replace officials in power. Han Du couldn't think of it. If farmers can govern a country, why would he set up imperial examinations to select talents? He might as well select officials directly from farmers.
never mind.
But is this possible? It's simply impossible.
But thinking about it from this direction, is it really that the salary given to officials is too low? After all, one official can handle more government affairs properly than ten farmers combined. The anger on Lao Zhu's face slowly dissipated
Go, I couldn’t help but think about it seriously.
After a while, Lao Zhu sighed and shook his head, saying: "But the country's power is limited, so we really have to live within our means."
Han Du chuckled in his heart and looked at Lao Zhu, "You should live within your limits. In the final analysis, it's not that Lao Zhu is stingy and reluctant to meet officials."
"Your Majesty, it is true that the country's power is limited when it was said in the early years of Hongwu. But now it is the sixteenth year of Hongwu. If nothing else, the fish that the navy catches from the sea every year is enough to distribute to all officials in the world.
Got your salary?"
And it’s not like it is now, even if
It is distributed according to the grain distribution, which is enough.
The embarrassment on Lao Zhu's face flashed away when he heard this. With the continuous blood transfusions from the Jiaofang Division and the Navy Fishing Division, plus the grain obtained by Han Du from Luzon, after transporting 1.5 million shi, Zhu
After Shou left, he also began to urge Mr. Zhao and others to bring the food.
Therefore, although taxes have dropped this year due to drought, Lao Zhu has more money and grain at his disposal than before. However, this money has only one use, and Lao Zhu naturally does not want to use it so easily to increase the salaries of officials.
.
Moreover, this matter affects the whole body. If it is agreed to increase the salary of all officials, wouldn't those who worked at the bottom in the Guo Huan case also be pardoned?
But with Lao Zhu's hatred for corrupt officials, he didn't want to spare these people at all. Moreover, he even said in the court that corrupt officials would be killed one by one. How long has it been? If Lao Zhu changed his mind, what would happen?
Not to slap him in the face?
"Do you want to persuade me to just let those corrupt officials go?" After Han Du beat around the bush for a long time, Lao Zhu also came to his senses. He said that officials' salaries are low and those who are not enough to live on should have their salaries increased.
In fact, it was not just to intercede for the officials involved in the Guo Huan case.
However, Lao Zhu was unwilling to let those people go just like that.
"I don't mean that." Han Du shook his head and said.
This was somewhat beyond Lao Zhu's expectation, but it made him curious. He said with a smile, "Then tell me what you mean."
But Han Du's words made Zhu Biao on the side become worried. Originally, he thought that things had finally turned around, but he didn't expect that Han Du himself would waste it in vain.
Han Du saw Zhu Biao's anxiety from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but smile in his heart. Although father and son are of the same mind, Zhu Biao still doesn't understand his father very well.
Han Du also laughed and said: "It is a fact that the official salary is too low, but it is also a fact that they plunder people's property and steal and sell official rations. The salary is too low, and they are pitiful, but they steal and sell official rations and embezzle public funds. The same is true.
His crime is punishable."
"Okay, okay, okay." After hearing Han Du's righteous words, Lao Zhu couldn't help but applaud Han Du. He smiled and said to Zhu Biao: "Did you see, Prince, what does it mean to distinguish right from wrong? This is to distinguish right from wrong.
, you are not as good as Han Du in this matter, you should ask Han Du for more advice in the future."
"My son, my son obeys the decree." Faced with his father's lesson, Zhu Biao no longer wanted to do it, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
But in his heart, he couldn't help but curse what Han Du was doing. He was obviously looking for Han Du to help, not to add insult to injury. If Han Du said this, there would be no way for those officials to survive.
Lao Zhu laughed for a while, then slowly stopped smiling, and asked calmly: "If I remember correctly, you were dragged in by the prince. Could it be that the prince came to you just to bring these officials into the house?"
Have they all been killed?"
"Your Majesty, I haven't finished speaking yet." Han Du heard the murderous intent in Lao Zhu's tone and knew what he was thinking.
He was asked to help by the prince, but now he helped the prince. In Lao Zhu's view, since Han Du could betray the prince because he was afraid of himself, then if Han Du was threatened in the future,
Is it also possible to switch sides? "What are you talking nonsense? Are farmers not human beings and officials are human beings? Why should farmers live a hard life and officials live a leisurely and prosperous life?" Lao Zhu stared and suddenly screamed.
Ask Han Du.
"I dare to ask your Majesty, why do officials have to work as hard as farmers?" Han Du said to Lao Zhu without giving in, "Your Majesty only sees that today's officials are leisurely and wealthy, as if this is the official's fault.
I dare to ask the emperor, where did the officials come from? Which of today's officials did not rely on the imperial examination to enter the court step by step? But farmers work hard to grow food, is it easy for officials to take the imperial examination?"
"Twenty years of hard study in the cold window, the real iron inkstone wears it. Your Majesty, when the peasants were having fun in their childhood, the officials began to study hard under the teacher's rule early. When the peasants had sweet dreams at night,
, officials are still suffering from headaches and thorns in the buttocks. People who have suffered like this for twenty years will still have to live the same life as an old farmer after becoming an official. I dare to ask the emperor, is this fair? "
Is it fair? Of course not.
We are all human beings. Some people choose to suffer hardships from childhood, so naturally they should enjoy leisure and prosperity as adults. Since you choose to enjoy life as a child, you must be prepared to endure hardships when you grow up.
"But I gave them a lot. I also gave them the income of twenty or thirty acres of land." Lao Zhu defended.
Han Du sneered. If Lao Zhu could really give him twenty or thirty acres of land, the officials would have nothing to say, but the fact is that there is not that much at all.
"A farmer can cultivate more than ten acres of land a year, and the income of an official is equivalent to that of two or three farmers. Since the emperor thinks that the amount given to officials is enough, please ask the emperor to gather all the farmers from all over the world.
, just arrange two or three farmers for each official position, what else do hundreds of officials need to do?" Han Du said disdainfully, and added by the way, "By the way, we can also open up a field for them in the Yamen.
Come out and let them be self-sufficient. In this way, the emperor may even save his salary, how good is it?"
"Pfft~" Zhu Biao stood aside, seeing Han Du's lazy look and hearing the teasing in his words, he couldn't help bursting into laughter.
As a result, as soon as he spoke, he was glared hard by Lao Zhu, whose face was ashen.
Lao Zhu was so angry at Han Du's words that he asked farmers to replace officials in power. Han Du couldn't think of it. If farmers can govern a country, why would he set up imperial examinations to select talents? He might as well select officials directly from farmers.
never mind.
But is this possible? It's simply impossible.
But thinking about it from this direction, is it really that the salary given to officials is too low? After all, one official can handle more government affairs properly than ten farmers combined. The anger on Lao Zhu's face slowly dissipated
Go, I couldn’t help but think about it seriously.
After a while, Lao Zhu sighed and shook his head, saying: "But the country's power is limited, so we really have to live within our means."
Han Du chuckled in his heart and looked at Lao Zhu, "You should live within your limits. In the final analysis, it's not that Lao Zhu is stingy and reluctant to meet officials."
"Your Majesty, it is true that the country's power is limited when it was said in the early years of Hongwu. But now it is the sixteenth year of Hongwu. If nothing else, the fish that the navy catches from the sea every year is enough to distribute to all officials in the world.
Got your salary?"
And it’s not like it is now, even if
It is distributed according to the grain distribution, which is enough.
The embarrassment on Lao Zhu's face flashed away when he heard this. With the continuous blood transfusions from the Jiaofang Division and the Navy Fishing Division, plus the grain obtained by Han Du from Luzon, after transporting 1.5 million shi, Zhu
After Shou left, he also began to urge Mr. Zhao and others to bring the food.
Therefore, although taxes have dropped this year due to drought, Lao Zhu has more money and grain at his disposal than before. However, this money has only one use, and Lao Zhu naturally does not want to use it so easily to increase the salaries of officials.
.
Moreover, this matter affects the whole body. If it is agreed to increase the salary of all officials, wouldn't those who worked at the bottom in the Guo Huan case also be pardoned?
But with Lao Zhu's hatred for corrupt officials, he didn't want to spare these people at all. Moreover, he even said in the court that corrupt officials would be killed one by one. How long has it been? If Lao Zhu changed his mind, what would happen?
Not to slap him in the face?
"Do you want to persuade me to just let those corrupt officials go?" After Han Du beat around the bush for a long time, Lao Zhu also came to his senses. He said that officials' salaries are low and those who are not enough to live on should have their salaries increased.
In fact, it was not just to intercede for the officials involved in the Guo Huan case.
However, Lao Zhu was unwilling to let those people go just like that.
"I don't mean that." Han Du shook his head and said.
This was somewhat beyond Lao Zhu's expectation, but it made him curious. He said with a smile, "Then tell me what you mean."
But Han Du's words made Zhu Biao on the side become worried. Originally, he thought that things had finally turned around, but he didn't expect that Han Du himself would waste it in vain.
Han Du saw Zhu Biao's anxiety from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but smile in his heart. Although father and son are of the same mind, Zhu Biao still doesn't understand his father very well.
Han Du also laughed and said: "It is a fact that the official salary is too low, but it is also a fact that they plunder people's property and steal and sell official rations. The salary is too low, and they are pitiful, but they steal and sell official rations and embezzle public funds. The same is true.
His crime is punishable."
"Okay, okay, okay." After hearing Han Du's righteous words, Lao Zhu couldn't help but applaud Han Du. He smiled and said to Zhu Biao: "Did you see, Prince, what does it mean to distinguish right from wrong? This is to distinguish right from wrong.
, you are not as good as Han Du in this matter, you should ask Han Du for more advice in the future."
"My son, my son obeys the decree." Faced with his father's lesson, Zhu Biao no longer wanted to do it, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
But in his heart, he couldn't help but curse what Han Du was doing. He was obviously looking for Han Du to help, not to add insult to injury. If Han Du said this, there would be no way for those officials to survive.
Lao Zhu laughed for a while, then slowly stopped smiling, and asked calmly: "If I remember correctly, you were dragged in by the prince. Could it be that the prince came to you just to bring these officials into the house?"
Have they all been killed?"
"Your Majesty, I haven't finished speaking yet." Han Du heard the murderous intent in Lao Zhu's tone and knew what he was thinking.
He was asked to help by the prince, but now he helped the prince. In Lao Zhu's view, since Han Du could betray the prince because he was afraid of himself, then if Han Du was threatened in the future,