"Ma Mingluan said that your monthly salary should be set at ten taels." Chongzhen glanced at Wang Wei, Fu Shan and others, and then asked, "Do you think it is enough?"
"Go back to your Majesty, your monthly salary of ten taels of silver is enough."
Wang Wei, Fu Shan and others all responded quickly.
"But I think it's not enough, and it's far from enough!" Chongzhen waved his hand and said.
"Ah?" After hearing this, Ma Mingluan, Wang Wei, Fu Shan and others were a little confused. What is going on?
They originally thought that the Holy One would think that they wanted too much, but they never expected that the Holy One would think that it was too little. The Holy One actually felt that the monthly salary of ten taels of silver was too little? What did they say?
As an emperor, would you still think that officials receive too little salary?
Emperor Taizu Gao could not wait to let officials work for the court for free.
It can only be said that the bird knows the ambition of the swan, or that the times have limited Ma Mingluan's vision.
History has fully proved that low salary is undesirable. Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention of setting low salary for officials was to save the country's financial expenditure, but the result was counterproductive. Instead, it led to a huge waste of national financial expenditure. In the end, ten taels of silver were lost.
The financial expenditure can only cover five taels of silver.
Of course, a simple high salary is definitely not advisable.
Official salaries in the Tang and Song dynasties were dozens of times that of the Ming dynasty, but there was also official corruption.
In the Qing Dynasty, a system of money for raising integrity was established after Yongzheng. The quota of money for raising money for integrity could even reach a hundred times the salary. However, local officials should still be greedy.
Therefore, it must be high salary, strict supervision mechanism and severe punishment system.
Corrupt officials must understand that the benefits gained from corruption may be far less than the benefits gained from being an upright official, which includes huge economic benefits.
In this case, corrupt officials have to weigh whether it is worth it before reaching out.
Of course, Chongzhen also had an ultimate purpose that was not commonplace to outsiders, which was to use this salary system to tie together the interests of the royal family and the interests of all the officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
From now on, all the scholars of the royal family and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are a community of interests.
"The monthly salary will be paid according to what you just requested, seven grades and twelve taels. Ma Mingluan is the head of the sixth grade, so he will get twelve taels." After speaking for a moment, Chongzhen said again, "But in addition to the monthly salary,
In addition, you still have an annual salary to receive, and in the future, you will also have a career bonus when you reach your age and become an official!"
"Ah, is there still an annual salary to be paid?"
"After becoming an official, is there any official reward?"
The senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs present here suddenly became interested.
Silver is undoubtedly a good thing and no one dislikes it.
Ma Mingluan thought about it and asked directly: "Your Majesty, what do you say about the annual salary? What about the official salary?"
"That's right." Chongzhen tapped his finger on the beauty behind him, and then asked, "Ma Qing, please give me an estimate of how many assets the Ministry of Internal Affairs currently has?"
"How many assets does the Ministry of Internal Affairs have?" Ma Mingluan said in astonishment, "Your Majesty, this has not been counted, because there is a phenomenon of cross-shareholding in various yamen under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. For example, the Royal Bank holds shares in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
There are also stock exchanges that have shares in industrial and commercial banks and shipping and shipbuilding banks, so it’s hard to calculate.”
Chongzhen smiled and said: "I didn't ask you to make precise calculations, just make a simple estimate."
"Estimate?" Ma Mingluan nodded and began to calculate, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs holds 5,100 shares in the Royal Stock Exchange, equivalent to 51 million in silver, and 2,000 shares in the Shipping and Shipbuilding Bank.
The shares held in the arsenal, gunpowder factory, lead factory, Huang Ming Times and other factories are worth about 10 million taels of silver, which is worth about 5 million taels of silver."
"Also, Royal Bank's shareholding in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is worth 30 million yuan."
After saying this, Ma Mingluan added: "The last thing is the Royal Silver Number, but how much silver the Royal Silver Number is worth, I really have no way of estimating."
The Royal Bank is also a property of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is fully controlled.
Chongzhen said: "Although there are more than 100 million taels of silver in the Royal Bank's account, these silvers belong to the depositors, so they cannot be simply counted as Royal Bank's own assets. Let's convert them into 50 million taels of silver first.
"
Ma Mingluan said: "In this case, the Ministry of Internal Affairs currently has assets of about 116 million taels. In addition, there is about 40 million taels of cash in the Royal Bank's account, and there is also about 60 million taels.
There are no bonds sold.”
Hearing this number, Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi, Chen Zilong and other scholars were a little confused. So many?
Unknowingly, the Holy Lord's Ministry of Internal Affairs has expanded to such a terrifying scale?
Chongzhen pondered for a moment, and then said in a shocking tone: "I plan to let all the current Qinwang scholars and those who will graduate from the Imperial College in the future hold shares in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Ah?" The expressions of all the scholars present suddenly changed.
Let them take shares in the Ministry of Internal Affairs? I really didn’t expect this.
Even Ma Mingluan and Ruan Dacheng cast envious looks at Zheng Sen and others.
Wang Wei, who is the chief editor of Huangming Times, is even more envious and jealous. He is not a diligent scholar.
I thought in my heart that the Holy Spirit showed extraordinary favor to these hard-working scholars. These were truly disciples of the Emperor!
"Ma Qing, Wang Qing, and Ruan Qing, you don't need to be jealous." Chongzhen smiled and said, "You guys will also have a share in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Ma Mingluan scratched his head in embarrassment and asked: "Your Majesty, merchants have to pay real money to join the stock exchange. Do I need to pay real money to invest in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"Of course it's not necessary." Chongzhen smiled and waved his hands, "You only take the dry stock."
"It would be great if this were the case, hehe." Ma Mingluan was happy and said, "Otherwise, if I need to use money to invest in shares, I can only spend a hundred taels of silver at most, which would not be very interesting.
"
Fu Shan smiled bitterly and said: "Master Ma can still give out a hundred taels, but I can't even give out ten taels."
"Me too, I can't even get out ten taels." Wang Wei also laughed, "You can't embezzle money from the newspaper."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "You don't need to pay even a tael of silver." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "I plan to divide the Ministry of Internal Affairs into 200,000 shares, as long as it belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs
An official or a scholar must be an official, and the subordinate officials do not count. As long as he is an official or a scholar, he can occupy a share in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and dividends will be distributed according to the profit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year. In addition, as the Ministry of Internal Affairs
There will be a certain increase as the number of years of service in the government increases and the grade is upgraded."
After saying this, Chongzhen asked Ma Mingluan again: "Ma Qing, how much profit did the Ministry of Internal Affairs make last year?"
"Last year's profit?" Ma Mingluan asked, "Your Majesty, can the income from the bonds sold by the exchange be considered a profit?"
"Of course it counts, of course it counts as the profit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Chongzhen said without hesitation, "The bonds sold by the market exchange were not sold out of thin air, but the cultivated land of Kaifeng Prefecture, Guide Prefecture and Xuzhou were used as collateral
Prince Qin and the soldiers of the border army sacrificed their lives and blood to defend Xuzhou and recaptured Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion. This is of course a profit for the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Is this considered a profit?" Zheng Sen said, "Your Majesty, if Shandong, Beizhi, and even western and eastern Liaoning are liberated in the future, wouldn't it also be a profit for the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"Zheng Damu, you might as well look further ahead." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Your father is Zheng Zhilong. He must have told you about Nanyang. If one day the Shizi camp can lead the army to seize the entire Nanyang
, then all the land in Nanyang is the profit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
After saying this, Chongzhen continued: "So you don't have to worry about the profitability of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at all. It is impossible for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to not be profitable. The stronger our Ming Dynasty, the stronger the profitability of the Ministry of Internal Affairs! At the moment, our Ministry of Internal Affairs
The total assets are only 200 million, but in the future it may be 2 billion or even 20 billion!"
Hearing this, the eyes of Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi and other scholars suddenly lit up.
This deal can be done. You need to tell Yan Yingyuan and Xu Yingwei later.
At this time, Ma Mingluan interjected: "Your Majesty, if issuing bonds can be considered a profit, then the profit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs last year was more than 39 million taels of cash deposited in the Royal Bank account."
Chongzhen said: "More than 39 million taels, divided into 200,000 shares, each share is a dividend of more than 1.90 taels."
After saying this, Chongzhen said to everyone: "Tell others later that those who have accounts don't need to. Those who don't have accounts should quickly go to the Royal Bank to open an account so that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can distribute last year's bonus to you."
This is Chongzhen's logic. If you do something, you either don't do it. If you do something, you must do it perfectly.
The matter of bundling interests has gone through ninety-nine steps, and only this last tremor is missing.
There are more than 6,000 Qinwang scholars, each of whom is nearly 200 taels, which adds up to 1.2 million taels!
For such a large sum of money, it would be false to say that Chongzhen didn't feel distressed, but he thought it was well spent.
Because through this money, more than 6,000 diligent princes and scholars were completely tied to the royal family, and both parties became an interest group based on honor and shame.
Even Ma Mingluan was dumbfounded and said: "Your Majesty, last year's profits must also be distributed as dividends?"
"Of course, it must be divided!" Chongzhen said, "I've told you before that I don't dig it. The reason why I didn't pay you a salary before was just to test you. Now you should believe my words."
"I believe it, I believe it now." Ma Mingluan nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
Wang Chengen, Lu Jiude and Gao Qiqian, who were guarding outside the Yilun Hall, felt deeply in their hearts.
The Holy One is extremely jealous of the ministers in the court, us chamberlains, and even the clan.
But the Holy One was really generous to these hard-working scholars, and gave them more than one million taels of silver whenever they asked.
"What's more, I haven't finished speaking yet." Chongzhen smiled and said, "In addition to the annual dividends, when you are old and retire, you can also receive a terminal bonus. This terminal bonus is your equity capital.
, For example, the total assets of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are now about 200 million taels, and the share capital per share is one thousand taels of silver!"
"Is official gold equal to equity capital?" All the scholars were completely undecided.
Gao Qiqian outside Yi Lun Hall's eyes were even red. Long live my Lord, you are too partial.
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "This means that if you take office now, each of you can receive one thousand taels of official salary from the Ministry of Internal Affairs! If you wait a few decades before taking office, the assets of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will expand to 2
With one billion, you can receive ten thousand taels of gold as a final gift! With this amount of money, it will be enough for you to enjoy your retirement."
Hearing this, the scholars present could not contain their surprise.
However, Chongzhen changed the topic and said: "However, Emperor Taizu Gao once said something back then. I will also give this sentence to you today, and you will also tell it to all other scholars after you go back."
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "I will drink from the golden bottle together, but I will not spare you any mercy!"
Upon hearing this, Ma Mingluan, Ruan Dacheng, Wang Wei and all the scholars suddenly looked solemn.
Chongzhen said again: "There is no good thing in this world that only takes benefits without taking responsibility. I have given you such a generous salary. When you become an official, I will give you such a large amount of official salary. You must have it."
Take your own responsibilities, firstly, don’t be corrupt; secondly, don’t live like a fool and just live with nothing!”
After saying this, Chongzhen said to Huang Zongxi: "Huang Zongxi, the supervision matters will be left to your Supervision Department. Although your Supervision Department is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is not subject to any control by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As long as you think it is necessary, you can
Investigate anyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including Ma Mingluan."
"O minister, I would like to listen to the holy teachings." Huang Zongxi stood up and solemnly promised.
Chongzhen went on to say: "If we let the Supervision Bureau find out who is messing around, if we find out once, the dividends for the year will be deducted; if we find out twice, we will be fired immediately, and the salary will be deducted! If we find corruption, just once, we will immediately
He will be fired, and his bonus and salary for the year will be deducted. In addition, he will have to recover the stolen money and accept corresponding penalties."
Chongzhen has reason to believe that with this high-pressure policy, he cannot say that absolutely no one will dare to commit corruption, but at least most people will shrink back after weighing the pros and cons.
When Ma Mingluan and others heard this, they all looked solemn.
At this time, Fan Zhongjie, the left servant of the Ministry of Personnel, hurriedly arrived outside Yilun Hall.
Wang Chengen outside the hall said: "Long live my Lord, Fan Zhongjie, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, wants to see you."
Chongzhen's response soon came from the Yi Lun Hall: "Let him come in."
Wang Chengen then sang loudly: "Xuan, Fan Zhongjie, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, comes to see you."
Fan Zhongjie straightened his clothes, walked into the Yilun Hall holding the wat board, and paid homage to Chongzhen.
"Get back on your feet." Chongzhen raised his hands and asked again, "Is Ting Tui going to start soon?"
The chief minister of the cabinet, Shi Kefa, was imprisoned by the Ministry of Justice for correcting an imperial edict. The second cabinet minister, Xie Xuelong, unfortunately slipped and fell into a well while admiring the moon last night and drowned. Two of the three cabinet ministers were eliminated at once, leaving Lu Zhenfei alone to take charge.
This situation is definitely not feasible, so nominating a new cabinet prime minister has become a top priority.
"Yes." Fan Zhongjie said respectfully, "This court promotion is of great importance, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to come and preside over it in person."
"I won't go." Chongzhen said, "Fan Qing will be in charge."
