Chapter 0057 Don't dare to be greedy, don't be greedy, can't be greedy, don't want to be greedy!
How to implement the New Deal depends on the game between the cabinet and the emperor.
Naturally, it also involves countless interest disputes.
From ancient times to the present, basically, those who reform the law have no good end.
There is one exception.
That is Yongzheng.
He is the emperor.
Identity and status are here.
Who the hell dares to liquidate the emperor?
Although he and Zhang Juzheng both have the same surname, Zhang Haogu definitely does not want to end up like Zhang Juzheng.
However, when the Ming Dynasty reached this point, it was absolutely impossible to change the law.
Without innovation there is absolutely no hope.
Zhang Haogu also made a plan.
If you can change, change. If you can't change, go home and think about how to rebel.
It doesn't matter whether he is loyal or not to the Ming Dynasty.
I love Daming. Does Daming love me?
Enter the palace
When Zhang Haogu met the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao, he discovered that the dog emperor was quite talented in carpentry.
In just one night, he had already designed the sketch.
Many parts were designed by him. In addition, there were also adjustments to the proportions, and many mathematical calculation formulas were written on it.
It can be seen that this dog emperor is really attentive.
Looking at the sketch and Zhu Youxiao's excited look, Zhang Haogu laughed and praised: "Your Majesty, you are really a genius!"
"Hey, I think so too!" Zhu Youxiao likes to hear praises from others, especially Zhang Haogu. He has already determined that he is a capable master.
It is true that everyone knows everything about astronomy and geography.
Both a teacher and a friend.
Hearing Zhang Haogu's praise, he touched his head excitedly and said, "Master, do you think this thing can really work?"
"Whether it works or not, we always have to study it and see!"
Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is the charter of a new policy drawn up by the minister last night. Take a look!"
Zhu Youyou took the memorial and began to read it carefully.
Being young is good. After staying up all night, Zhu Youxiao was a little tired, but he was still quite energetic.
"Return the envy to the public and raise the honest silver. Will it be replenished immediately?"
Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and couldn't help but said: "Master, I support the return of Xian Xian to the father-in-law, but I don't quite understand the idea of raising honest silver!"
"emperor!"
Zhang Haogu said: "There are roughly four methods to combat corruption and promote integrity. Does your Majesty want to hear about it?"
Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and said, "Say it!"
Zhang Haogu raised four fingers and said with a smile: "The first is not to be greedy. This is mainly carried out by killing one person to serve as a warning to hundreds. This is what Taizu did very well!"
"The second thing is that there is no need to be greedy!" Zhang Haogu put down a finger and said slowly: "The income of an official is enough to cover the family's expenses."
"Third, don't be greedy. Establish the system and strengthen supervision so that officials can't get involved."
"The fourth is not to be greedy, which is to strengthen ideological construction and increase the personal sense of morality of officials!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu and couldn't help but said: "Master, what you mean is that we should start from the point where we don't need to be greedy?"
Zhang Haogu nodded: "Yes, I don't dare to be greedy. Grandpa Taizu has done a good job. But to be honest, Rong Chen, it is too difficult not to be greedy. My salary is 61 stones per month, and I still have half of it.
It’s not food, it’s the imperial court’s salary. Hey, tell me the truth, what are you doing with this little money?”
"My family has servants, bearers, and cooks. This little money is not enough to support the whole family!"
Zhang Haogu said: "Raising honest money means not being greedy, which at least solves the life problems of officials!"
Zhu Youxiao asked: "Can they not be greedy after taking the money to support Lian?"
"No!" Zhang Haogu said bluntly: "For corrupt officials, they are not honest just because they have "integrity silver". They still make decisions about money and food. They can use the excuse that the silver is of poor quality or the food is of poor quality.
However, extortion is arbitrary, and the land tax can be paid with money, so the officials who handle it will arbitrarily lower the price."
Having said this, Zhang Haogu paused and continued: "For example, if the market price is two thousand wen for one tael of silver, he can set it as two thousand four hundred wen for one tael; the land tax must be paid in a certain amount, usually 80%
Even if the task is completed. For example, if there is a flood or drought, and the harvest is obviously 80%, and you can repay 50%, the farmers will actually pay a lot of land tax. The extra money and grain collected will go into the pockets of the state, county officials and their minions."
Zhu Youxiao frowned.
Zhang Haogu said: "Your Majesty, we need to select a group of officials. At least, this group of officials who don't need to be greedy don't have to be corrupt. This group of people are worthy of the emperor's reuse!!"
Zhu Youxiao asked: "What about the others?"
"This is my third move!"
Zhang Haogu pointed at the charter and said: "This is an immediate supplement. I dare you to ask your Majesty who in the world most urgently wants to be an official?"
Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment: "Who doesn't want to be an official? Who is the most eager? These candidate officials?"
"These are the alternate officials!"
Zhang Haogu said directly: "I thought that I could set up a "Huikao Office", so I asked these alternate officials to join in. In the past, Zhang Juzheng established the imperial examination method, and now the emperor does the same. When Xi Xian returns to the throne, he will raise an honest and honest man.
After the quota is distributed, if there are any corrupt people caught on the spot, I think that the corrupt people should be caught first, and then the law can be tested!"
If there are people who can use it, then you can come back to share the land with the peasants, work as errands for the gentry as a whole, return the land to the countryside, or even use more radical reform methods.
Zhu Youxiao was also slightly stunned. He nodded: "What the master said makes sense. This group of people is definitely motivated!"
"It's just!" Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, looked at Zhang Haogu and said, "What if this group of alternate officials continue to be corrupt after they take office?"
"emperor!"
Zhang Haogu smiled and said, "Do you think there are more current officials? Or are there more candidates?"
Zhu Youxiao was silent instead.
There must be many alternate officials.
"If you can't do it well, just change it. At least replace it with a group of people who don't need to be greedy. There are only a few officials, but there are so many people who want to be officials. What does the emperor think?" Zhang Haogu said with a smile.
road.
Zhang Haogu's strategy is also very simple. First of all, he must cultivate a group of people who can be used. At the very least, they must not join the Donglin Party and the bastards, and promote a group of people who do not need to be greedy.
"My idea is this: first, promote people who don't want to be corrupt, then use the means of killing one person to scare a group of people who don't dare to be corrupt, then build a system where corruption is not allowed, and finally, train officials who don't want to be corrupt!"
Zhang Haoguan talked about it and said: "What does the emperor think?"
Zhu Youxiao slapped his thighs excitedly: "Master's words make sense, then just follow what he said!"
