Liu Che walked down the steps slowly, holding the ribbon in his hand and looking serious.
He first glanced at the dozens of criminal officials and bureaucrats kneeling on the ground.
Some of these people have prominent family backgrounds, and some were once famous young heroes.
But unfortunately, they have now become the worms of the empire, the most terrifying, stubborn and deadly bureaucrats among the five worms.
After brewing his emotions, Liu Che said: "Of the founding princes, only thirty-two of them still exist today, but now I have to depose seven of them!"
"There are three prime ministers and three orders in the internal history, and I have to imprison four of them!"
"There are a total of thirteen officials in Chang'an who are worth more than a thousand stones, and I have to punish ten of them!"
"In Chang'an City, there are 532 officials with more than 400 people in the streets and districts. I have to arrest 400 of them!"
Holding the Emperor's Sword in his hand, Liu Che looked at the ministers with cold eyes, but there was BGM playing in his heart, and his emotions gradually brewed to the extreme: "Look at these people... who are not the pillars of the country, the talents of the country... But they are dead
!My heart is going to break!”
Liu Che shed tears with great pain, clenched his fists and said: "The late emperor handed over the country to me, but I ended up like this. I am very sad and heartbroken. I am ashamed of my ancestors and the late emperor! I can't wait to depose myself!"
The ministers were horrified when they heard this, with goosebumps everywhere.
Many people even lowered their heads in shame.
Ji An looked at Liu Che with eyes wide open, as if it was the first day he met his king.
Today, I have never had such an attitude and tone in front of others.
Even the criminal officials who were kneeling on the ground only had the strength to bow their heads at this moment.
"And you guys!" Liu Che's eyes swept over each of the nine ministers and each of the princes.
The Shaofu Qing Taohou Liu She, the veteran Shi Fen, the great farmer Zhi Buyi, Taichang Dou Pengzu, Zongzheng Liu Jing...
Liu Che knew in his heart that no one here was clean.
In fact, even the generals and princes who seem to be messengers of justice and make decisions for the people at this moment are actually not really clean.
but……
It is simply impossible to deal with them now, and it is impossible to deal with them.
Liu Che's only hope and expectation for them is that they can be smarter in the future and not be so stupid!
How much does it cost to have mud legs?
Exploiting mud-legged people is of no use!
Isn't it better to just engage in real estate or play in an industry than to eat the flesh and blood of a mud-legged person?
Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!
Couldn't these scumbags learn from Song Zihou Xu Jiu, Jianling Hou Weiwan, Tangyi Hou Shizi Chen Xu and Chen Jiao?
Even if you have money, you don’t know how to make it! If you have any benefits, you don’t even know how to get it!
What a shame to their ancestors!
Thinking of this, Liu Che became furious and almost roared: "Although you all stand here with high-sounding looks, are you really that clean?"
"I know that some of you are dirtier and more greedy than these criminals!"
"I advise you to take out your heart, liver, intestines and lungs, dry them in the sun, wash them, and clean them up!"
When the officials were told what was said, they all lowered their heads, appearing ashamed.
But in fact, many people have another idea in their hearts.
After all, the emperor's accusations were so embarrassing and humiliating!
There are no rules at all!
Many people sighed in their hearts, but no one dared to speak out. They just thought in their hearts that they would find an opportunity in the future to disgust the emperor and let him know how powerful the scholar-bureaucrats and ministers are!
Liu Che naturally knew the mentality of bureaucrats very well.
In fact, this group of scumbags are the kind of people who can't be led away and ride fast.
But on the inside, he is extremely arrogant and has to be whipped to be obedient.
But it can't always be like this, because they are like children, they have to be coaxed, otherwise they will make trouble with you.
Liu Che then slowed down his speech and whispered: "When I first came to the throne, I thought that the biggest enemy of the country was the barbarians... I destroyed Weiman Korea and conquered South Vietnam. Jinan King Liu Piguang and others became a major concern for the country.
I killed Liu Piguang and other faint kings, and the Xiongnu became a worry for the country again..."
"I am becoming more and more clear now... The troubles that concern the country are not outside, they are in Weiyang Palace! They are in Xuanshi Palace!"
"If you rot a little, the whole world will rot! If you all rot, the world will rise up and leave us without a place to die!"
"How many years have passed since the baby of the Prince of Qin was crawling on the roadside like a dog with the imperial seal in his mouth? Have you all forgotten?"
"The ruins of Xianyang Palace are on the other side of the Wei River!"
"The First Emperor of Qin in Lishan Mountain is staring at me every day!"
At this time, Ji An, Zhou Yafu and others woke up.
As a result, both of them were ashamed and deeply ashamed that they had blamed the emperor for the benefit of one family.
Others, no matter how dissatisfied they are in their hearts, can only express their sincerity now.
Because what Liu Che said is the truth, the correct answer, and the fear of everyone in Weiyang Palace!
Decades ago, there was a roar in Daze Township, and the seemingly invincible Qin Empire collapsed. Heroes rose from the grass, heroes competed with each other, and no one was left alive. Countless famous cities and capitals, and thousand-year-old cities were turned into rubble.
But what makes everyone tremble even more is the noble officials who have been wealthy since the Zhou Dynasty. These noble families have survived the Spring and Autumn Warring States and the Qin Dynasty's war to destroy the Six Kingdoms. Their lineage can be traced back to the Three Kings Period.
They all fell into dust in less than ten years.
Ji An understands this emotion best.
Because his family is one of the few that survived the war.
But to be honest, Ji's survival is actually completely luck!
It was just because Wei Di was not the main battlefield, but even so, the Ji family almost perished in the flames of war.
An obvious piece of evidence is that today, the surnames Zi, Jiang and Ji no longer exist.
Who wants to face such a result again?
nobody!
The scene suddenly fell silent.
Liu Che knew that it was time to give these guys a reassurance and a sweet date.
"I also know that it is difficult to be a minister, and it is not easy to live in Chang'an!" Liu Che said affectionately: "There are old people at the top and young people at the bottom. The salary and allowance are only a little, but the wealth of the merchants is getting bigger and bigger!"
"The king of a small town, with a thousand households, can only earn two hundred thousand yuan from taxation per year, which is less than half a year's income from a merchant's workshop..."
To be honest, the blame should be placed on the emperors of the past few decades.
Especially Liu Che's grandfather and father.
It was they who took the lead, and it was also their indulgence in this trend.
But this kind of truth cannot be told, so merchants have become the best candidates to take over the blame. Both scholar-bureaucrats and princes and princes like to hear this kind of words.
You can't blame us...
It's all the merchant's fault!
Especially the guilty officials kowtowed one after another and said, "Your Majesty is wise and I have good intentions, but the merchants are trying to lure them with benefits, and I really can't uphold it..."
Even the movie star had snot and tears streaming down his face.
Liu Che waved his hand and said: "I have decided to adjust the rank ratio and salary of Han officials from now on!"
"Since the beginning of the Food Fight, officials at all levels have received a salary increase based on their work, political achievements, situation, and location, with the minimum salary being doubled!"
If the minimum is twice as high, what is the maximum?
Countless people were refreshed. No one could refuse this kind of pie falling from the sky.
With the benefits, many people immediately forget all the dissatisfaction and resentment they had just now.
This is one of the reasons why bureaucrats are so easy to deal with.
These scumbags are mothers if they have breasts.
Besides, it's not them who are kneeling in the temple now and are going to jail.
If you get a raise if you are scolded by the emperor, then...it doesn't matter if the emperor scolds you every day.
Anyway, the emperor is the boss!
As long as he is happy!
But the officials of Shaofu and DaNong all had sad faces.
Salary increase? That sounds nice!
But where does the money come from?
You know, nowadays, the young master and the big farmer are trying their best to use all kinds of means and rack their brains, and they can barely maintain a balance of income and expenditure.
The main thing is that the five-baht plate is still too small.
Now, in order to mint money, young officials and big farmers are desperately using various means to recycle old money. Even so, only 200,000 new coins can be minted a year!
It’s not that the Shaofu government is ineffective, it’s that China is short of copper.
How to make money without copper?
But how could Liu Che not think of this problem?
He said to the ministers: "You don't have to worry about money... I will use gold and five baht to pay for all the salary increases..."
Today, Liu Che has used various means to store a huge gold reserve of at least 700,000 gold!
Enough to cast more than 80 million gold coins.
If you lose your moral integrity, it is possible for you to lose your integrity.
In other words, the foundation for the gold standard system is already in place.
It was precisely through this salary increase that we promoted the gold standard system and prepared for the eventual establishment of the gold standard.
Besides, actually, this salary increase seems crazy.
Official salaries are at least doubled at once, but in reality, very little needs to be paid.
First of all, Han Dynasty salary was calculated in terms of grain.
The highest prime minister has a salary of 10,000 dan, which is only 500,000 to 550,000 dan based on today's rice prices.
As for the lowest-level food official, his annual salary may not even be more than fifty dan, which is only two to three thousand yuan.
The official salary system of the Han Dynasty was a typical system that could not keep up with the development of the times.
After all, when this system was established, the treasury of the Han Dynasty was extremely poor.
The dignified prime minister could only ride in an ox-cart when going to court. When the emperor went out, he could not find five horses of the same color.
It can be said to be the best silk among silks.
And now?
I am afraid that the life of the well-off families in Chang'an City today is better than that of the official families back then.
Therefore, it is not possible without a salary increase.
And this salary increase actually looks scary, but in fact, it is not even comparable to Liu Che's expenditure when he was playing with the subsidy policy.
But the problem is that no one thinks about this problem.
Everyone only cares about how this system works? How can you increase your salary beyond the lower limit?
No one will dislike the cute little yellow-orange color!
