Calculated based on the current price inflation index of 2% in the Tang Dynasty, if the salary can be increased by 5% every year, officials can live a decent and prosperous life.
Hearing this, it was like a meteorite falling into the lake, causing an uproar, and all the officials were boiling!
“So can we all get a salary increase?
This is great! It’s great!”
"I thought that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance only cares about himself, but I didn't expect that he also thought about all of us! I support it very much!"
"Second the motion, I support it!"
These officials were tit for tat against Muchuankou just over a cup of tea, but in an instant they began to flatter him in all kinds of ways, simply believing in Muchuan as a god.
Therefore, the ancient officialdom was the darkest, and everyone was a duplicitous person.
But now the pressure is on Li Shimin's side. Increasing his salary is a good thing, but the key is whether the national treasury can support it?
Prime Minister Wei Zheng also knew Li Shimin's worries, so he took the initiative to ask: "Shang Shu, the Ministry of Household Affairs, although the imperial treasury has been full in recent years, the country's expenditures are also quite large, but do you still have enough money to increase everyone's salary every year?"
"Of course there is no problem!"
Muchuan clapped his hands and asked the tool man Ouyang Bufan to come up and explain to everyone.
In the past, the main source of revenue for the imperial court was taxation, which was in a single form and the revenue structure was easily destroyed.
After Muchuan's reforms, the imperial court's income has now become very diversified. In addition to the main taxes and fields, there are also water transport tolls on the newly built commercial roads, product sales fees from the royal workshops, etc.
The diversification of income and the rapid growth of profits will cause the imperial court's income to increase at a growth rate of 20% in the next ten years.
You must know that 20% is a very scary thing. Most developing countries in modern times have a GDP growth rate of 5%, but in the ancient feudal Tang Dynasty, they could grow at a minimum of 20%.
This is also a generalization in line with the principles of economics. The poorer the place, the greater its potential for economic growth.
In the face of a 20% GDP growth, it is not a problem to increase officials' salaries by only 5% every year.
At this time, when Ouyang Bufan was explaining to Li Shimin and other officials, he naturally did not use a lot of modern economics. First of all, Ouyang Bufan was not good at it. Secondly, even if he did, I am afraid that everyone would not understand it. For this reason, he used
Another more simple and easy-to-understand method.
After Ouyang Bufan finished speaking, everyone understood.
Li Shimin laughed even more and patted his thigh: "Okay, okay! Just follow the suggestion of the Minister of Household Affairs!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, but the 'Datang Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization' is not that simple! What I just said is just one of them."
The annual salary increase of 5% is the basis, and above this is the "assessment".
Assessment targets are set according to the different functions of each department. For example, the Ministry of Household Affairs takes "economic" as a consideration.
The Ministry of Punishment can consider "the crime rate of the common people".
The Ministry of Industry can use the "proportion between the number of buildings and the cost" as a consideration.
Set different assessment targets for each functional department of the imperial court, and reward them if they can be achieved. The rewards are not limited to salary, land, official positions, etc.
And if the political performance is mediocre, then there will be no reward or punishment.
If one's political performance is very poor and he or she does nothing, or even if he or she is on the job, then punishment should be banned, or he should be demoted and dismissed, or his salary should be reduced and the possibility of promotion should be reduced.
"Your Majesty, this is the main content of the 'Datang Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization'. If we act according to this standard, the administrative efficiency of the entire court will be greatly improved. Ministers can make a difference, and capable people can shine in it.
fever!"
After Li Shimin heard Muchuan's idea, he praised it greatly! Later, he exchanged opinions with the surrounding officials, and old heroes such as Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, etc. also agreed!
After Muchuan's method is implemented, officials' powers and responsibilities will be highly bound together, rewards and punishments will be clear, and officials' enthusiasm for doing things will be greatly enhanced.
Li Shimin was particularly touched. With a wave of his hand, he had someone draft an imperial edict, incorporating "Datang's Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization" into national law.
"Everyone, that's it for the salary increase! Moreover, the Minister of Household Affairs also made a very good suggestion. Everyone should learn from this as an example and do more useful things for the country and the court!"
"I obey the emperor's orders, long live my emperor!"
The ministers bowed and agreed with loud voices.
As for being the initiator of the "Datang Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization", Muchuan naturally received some rewards from Li Shimin, nothing more than money, fields, mansions, etc.
Time goes by, early morning passes, the sun is high, and now it is noon.
After the morning court, Muchuan, Ouyang Bufan, and Mo Zhu all returned to Shangshu's mansion.
In the main hall of the mansion, the three of them sat down to drink tea and eat cakes. At this time, Ouyang Bufan and Mo Zhu were very excited.
To put it bluntly, the two of them thought that the household department would definitely become the target of public criticism and be targeted by others.
The result was not like this. Because Muchuan's "Datang Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization" was proposed, all officials received a salary increase, especially those who were capable, and the increase was even much higher than 5%.
Is there anyone who is dissatisfied with the "Datang Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization"?
There are also those who are doing nothing and doing nothing. If Muchuan's ideas are implemented, it will be difficult for those officials who only want to live a chaotic life.
If he fails to achieve political achievements, or even finds that this administrative agency is unnecessary, in addition to facing a reduction in salary, he is more likely to be dismissed from his position. For this reason, those incompetent people will naturally be dissatisfied with Muchuan's plan.
It's just that it's useless even if you are dissatisfied with the "Datang Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization". The key is that the power holders headed by Li Shimin are satisfied. They hope that officials will "involve" each other. The more entangled they become, the entire
The country will be better off.
Mo Zhu sighed very much at this time: "It seems that the 'Datang Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization' that we stayed up late last night to formulate was not in vain. It has been recognized by so many people! Lord Muchuan is really a god, always
I can think of all kinds of wild and profound ways."
Muchuan could only laugh at this. In fact, these methods were not what he thought of, but were put forward by many outstanding entrepreneurs in modern times.
Muchuan was just picking up people's teeth and reading them according to the book.
Ouyang Bufan, on the other hand, expressed a little confusion at this time: "Mr. Muchuan... Although your 'Datang Salary Reform and Personnel Optimization' is very beneficial to our country, I don't understand why you have to waste your energy on it."
