Wu Shigong held his chin, thought for a while, and then said to Ye Zhong: "First make an announcement. If the father-in-law and maids scattered among the people are willing to return to the palace, let them come back. If there are people among the people who support them, let them go.
.Remember! If the eunuchs in the palaces and mansions of the former Ming Dynasty royal family still love their old masters, they will be given a severance package. But they must not keep any more eunuchs in their mansions. Anyone who violates this rule will be executed!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Ye Zhong nodded immediately.
In this era, the use of eunuchs in the palace also depends on their status. People who are not members of the royal family must not use eunuchs, otherwise they will challenge the imperial power. Although Wu Shigong will not kill all the original Ming royal family, he will not give them a wrong illusion.
, which makes them have evil intentions, so they will never be accommodating on this point.
"If the father-in-law who is over fifty years old in the palace is unwilling to serve in the palace, he can support him centrally, or he can go home and be supported by his family. As for the severance payment or monthly support fee, please bring out a charter and give it to me for review.
The maids in the palace who are over twenty-five years old can leave the palace and be betrothed to others. But you have to be careful: you must not force them to make their own choice. Also, if the father-in-law left in the palace is over fifty in the future, the same procedure will apply.
Take care."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is so kind!" Ye Zhong said happily immediately.
In fact, most of the eunuchs in the palace are unable to get ahead. When they get old, they will be kicked out of the palace. And they have little ability to live among the people, and many of them have a tragic ending.
In the past, these people could only rely on their past savings and the relief from the good eunuchs in the palace. However, Wu Shigong's approach has actually purchased "pension insurance" for them. Although wealthy eunuchs like Ye Zhong
Eunuchs. Their elderly care is not a problem, but after all, this approach benefits the entire eunuch group, so Ye Zhong's gratitude to Wu Shigong is indeed from the bottom of his heart.
"Go and make statistics again. All the father-in-laws who have jobs in the palace, those who have entered the inner study, the father-in-laws who work outside as mine supervisors, tax supervisors, the father-in-law of the imperial village, etc., let them gather together. I will arrange for free time
, personally ask them one by one. They can work in the Royal Affairs Department, or work as shopkeepers or accountants in my property. Of course, if they want, they can also stay in the palace. The rest of the father-in-law, even if I don't
If they stay, they will be properly arranged."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Ye Zhong became even more beaming.
After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Ye Zhong discovered that Wu Shigong still left a way for eunuchs like them to make money. As long as there is something to do, the royal family will rely on these eunuchs to a certain extent. Then there will be opportunities to obtain greater rights in the future.
As long as the opening is opened, things can take its time in the future.
In fact, Ye Zhong didn't know that this was just a diversion method of Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong would definitely be unable to support such a large number of eunuchs and maids. Therefore, he would definitely greatly reduce the number of eunuchs and maids in the palace.
Therefore, for the former great eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty like Liu Yuanbin and Xiao Yuegui, Wu Shigong will give them a large reward and then return them to the people. As for the other great eunuchs, their family wealth is already rich. Without Wu Shigong's reward, they will not be among the people.
To survive. Because these people were all highly employed by the royal family in the original Ming Dynasty, Wu Shigong was prepared to demobilize them.
Of course, in case these eunuchs are unwilling to be dismissed, Wu Shigong is prepared to combine them with those eunuchs who are educated and have professional knowledge, and work as officials in the Ministry of Royal Affairs. Or they can go to the workshops or firms owned by Wu Shigong.
Be a manager in Hehuangzhuang Nei. Let them make full use of their talents and do not waste their talents.
As for the remaining eunuchs and palace maids, Wu Shigong planned to let them work as craftsmen, clerks and farmers in the workshops, merchant houses and imperial estates he owned, so that they could support themselves and reduce Wu Shigong's burden.
Because the Royal Affairs Department is owned by the emperor personally, and the officials in it can be determined by Wu Shigong personally, so in the final analysis, the eunuchs who serve as officials will not conflict with the rights of the civil servants, and the eunuchs can be trapped in this space.
middle.
Moreover, Wu Shigong also decided that this approach is also an expedient measure. When these eunuchs working in the Royal Affairs Department gradually get older, they will also be gradually eliminated. The number of eunuchs entering the palace every year will also be fixed, and the number will be extremely high.
In the end, the Ministry of Royal Affairs will be staffed by normal people, and the eunuchs will definitely be controlled and will never be allowed to interfere in politics.
The "legacy" of the previous dynasty that Wu Shigong obtained this time was not very large. There was some frivolous wealth left in the palace. After being raided twice by the Dashun Army and the Qing Army, it had become empty. And what Wu Shigong obtained was not much.
There is only one Forbidden City, several royal gardens, dozens of royal estates, forest farms, pastures and hunting grounds. More than two million acres of royal land, and theoretically all the mines owned by the royal family.
In addition, Wu Shigong privately owned 10% of the shares in the salt business, stocks of a large number of workshops, merchants and banks in Runing, a fleet of eight sea-going ships, the wharf of Songjiang Prefecture, and Runing, Guidehuan
More than 300,000 acres of land are left behind.
Of course, the workshops, stocks and other private money owned by Zhao Ruya, Li Yuenu and others are not included in Wu Shigong's private wealth. These properties will belong to their children, and Wu Shigong will not use their private money.
Counted as royal property.
And part of these royal properties will also be dealt with.
For example, the salt industry: in the future, all salt industries will be nationalized. The income from the salt industry in the Daping Dynasty will also cancel the loophole-laden salt tax and the Kaizhong Law, and will be carried out regionally in the three links of production, transportation and sales of the salt industry.
The annual bidding revenue will be used as a substitute for the salt tax in the bidding for exclusive rights.
The 10% of the salt industry shares owned by Wu Shigong will also be redeemed by the court in installments. The current salt industry shares held by Yangzhou salt merchants will also be compensated by giving them exclusive rights for a certain period of time to completely straighten out the chaos in the salt industry.
The situation greatly increased the income of the imperial salt industry.
A large part of the imperial land owned by Wu Shigong will be distributed to the serfs who will be converted into free people. Some of the remaining portion will be distributed to his children, and some will be cultivated by the eunuchs who are separated, so that these eunuchs can support themselves.
Because in the "Kaifeng Land Policy" of the Daping Dynasty, even the royal family had to collect land differential taxes, so it was not cost-effective for Wu Shigong to retain too much imperial land. He might as well distribute all these lands to win people's hearts.
Woolen cloth.
Of course, in future battles, the land owned by vassal kings like Emperor Hongguang who raised troops to resist will also be returned to Wu Shigong (the former Ming dynasty vassals who surrendered will have other policy arrangements in the Daping Dynasty). General Wu Shigong
These lands will be redeemed to the imperial court in exchange for shares in the reclamation business (the detailed process of this policy will be described in detail later). The Daping imperial court will allocate these lands to retired Daping Army soldiers and serfs who have completed their labor service period.
Or it could be returned to the officials and gentry who borrowed the money to pay off their debts, so that the land and financial policies of the Great Ping Dynasty could be implemented smoothly.
As for those mines, Wu Shigong will also prepare to gradually go public, leaving only a controlling stake to ensure operations. The exploration rights and mining rights brought by the new mineral deposits discovered in the future will belong to the Daping Dynasty.
In the future, the Great Ping Dynasty will also cancel the copper and iron monopoly and only charge resource tax and commercial tax. In this way, although the copper and iron monopoly tax will be much less (it cannot collect much due to the corruption of officials and mine supervisors)
, but the price of copper and iron will also plummet. Wu Shigong knew in the past that in the fertile Central Plains of Henan, many farmers could not afford iron tools because the prices caused by the monopoly on iron tools were too high. Therefore, some tax revenue was lost.
Increasing the output of the fields will not only benefit the people, but the tax revenue from the fields will also be much higher than the income from the copper and iron monopoly. It is really a win-win situation.
As for Sihai Commercial Banks and Sihai Banks, part of these industries (such as the issuance of banknotes) will be divided and handed over to the Household Department and other yamen in the Daping Dynasty, while the remaining commercial parts will be established as new commercial firms and banks.
.And Wu Shigong’s shares will also become shares of these commercial firms and banks.
Of course, Wu Shigong still had two large chunks of income. One of the big chunks was the royal naming rights. I won’t go into detail about this one. Anyway, after Wu Shigong became the emperor and the area he occupied gradually expanded, the types and fees of this royal naming rights also changed.
It will be greatly improved, and this income is guaranteed to be harvested regardless of drought or flood, and the total income that can be obtained is quite a lot.
Another big part is the patented production and sales of new products. Relying on the memory of his previous life, Wu Shigong has displayed more than 200 new products and offered rewards for inventions. If someone invents an invention, they will jointly establish a workshop and produce and sell it. So far,
Nearly ten kinds of products have been invented and produced, and dozens more have taken prototypes.
Because it is not difficult to invent products such as toilet paper, soap, toothbrushes, razors, etc. It is rare and is just an idea. Wu Shigong himself does not understand these inventions and does not know how to climb any technological tree, but he let the skilled craftsmen in the world brainstorm to invent these things.
It's not that difficult.
Of course, in today's society, if such an idea is brought out, it is likely that others will take advantage of it first, but this situation is impossible to happen in the Great Ping Dynasty, because no one thinks that the majesty of the royal family is vegetarian. And these new industries are like
Like a hen that can lay golden eggs, it will also bring huge income to Wu Shigong himself in the future.
So it can be said that the future Royal Affairs Bureau will not only be the "big housekeeper" of the royal family, but also the manager of the royal estate. The talent and industry scale required are also extremely large. And Wu Shigong also knows those former Ming Dynasties
The eunuchs are so pissed that they will not miss the opportunity to steal from the royal family. Therefore, although Wu Shigong uses his talents, he must also prevent his corruption. In the future, what Wu Shigong will introduce is the system. (To be continued.