One thousand five hundred and fifty-three section official system reform 2
"Tell me, what do you think of this?" Liu Che asked with a smile.
What thoughts could Chao Cuo have?
As a Legalist politician, Chao Cuo was different from Zhou Yafu. He would never argue with the emperor!
At least, I won’t argue with the emperor on this matter!
Legalism always pursues a rich country and a strong military.
As long as they do not violate this purpose, Legalist politicians will succumb to the will of the king.
Chao Cuo expressed his position almost immediately and said: "I only obey your Majesty's orders..."
Liu Che waved his hand and said to Chao Cuo: "What I want is not blind obedience. I hope that you can understand the importance and urgency of this official reform!"
"Since Emperor Gaozu, Chinese official positions have been based on salary levels..."
"The difference between having order and fighting for food is the difference!"
"Those who have order are officials, those who fight for food are officials..."
"Since I came to the throne, I have always been worried about this, fearing that something bad will happen in the future!"
"If the officials cannot govern properly, the world will be in chaos!"
Liu Che breathed a sigh of relief and explained his reform intentions to Chao Cuo in succession. Since he took the throne, Liu Che realized that the Han Dynasty actually suffered from the same disease as the Ming Dynasty.
The name of this disease is ‘Official Low Salary Syndrome’.
Bureaucrats are the most terrifying and terrifying force in the world.
They can prosper a country, but they can also easily destroy a powerful empire in an instant.
They bring together all the sin and filth in the world.
Even the demons in hell and the underworld are probably not as dark as bureaucrats.
Because, even devils and demons at least have a bottom line and fear.
But bureaucrats are fearless and have no bottom line.
Selfishness to the extreme!
No ruler or king should have any hopes or expectations for the bureaucracy.
Only by never being afraid to speculate on their behaviors and actions with the most malicious attitude can the country develop in a healthy direction, otherwise...
Anyway, all the people in history who had hopes and hopes for the bureaucracy died miserably.
For example, Emperor Chongzhen was hanged in Meishan with his tongue hanging out...
And there is Guangxu, who probably didn’t know how he died until he died...
And to deal with the bureaucracy, just relying on sticks, swords and guns is actually of no use.
Zhu Yuanzhang is cruel enough!
But are the bureaucrats honest?
not at all!
No matter how hard you swing your butcher knife, there will always be an endless stream of corrupt officials and those who are at odds with you.
History tells Liu Che that to deal with the bureaucracy, relying solely on the butcher's knife is ineffective, and once you step down, their backlash and counterattack will bury all your efforts at an unprecedented speed.
Even discredit, slander and distort all your actions.
Similar situations have happened more than once in the long history of China.
Qin Shi Huang, Wu Zetian, Zhu Yuanzhang and Yong Zheng all verified this.
There is no need for Liu Che to prove it anymore.
Therefore, there are actually not many choices left for Liu Che.
Before this, Liu Che had severely attacked and suppressed the bureaucracy. Several major cases had caused countless people to fall into pieces.
The more emerging scholarly examination system cleared the way and formed a completely new interest group.
And similar suppression and purges have actually reached a critical point today.
New bureaucracies are rising, old bureaucracies are retreating, national order is being reshaped, and the rules of the game are being rewritten.
If Liu Che kills these newly elected bureaucrats again and gives them a serious blow.
So, judging from the current situation, who can take over?
Until a newer bureaucracy emerges, Liu Che can only cooperate with the existing bureaucracy.
And how to cooperate?
Are you begging them to put aside their grudges, unite sincerely, and make progress together for the sake of the world, the country, and the nation?
Okay, this might move a lot of people.
At least in the early stage, Liu Che believes that the effect will be great!
but……
As time passed, even less than ten years, Liu Che was convinced that something would go wrong.
Once a problem occurs, the entire bureaucracy will quickly decay and degenerate in the next few decades.
Just like what the story says: the young warrior went through untold hardships and finally defeated the evil dragon and brought hope to the world. However, soon, the warrior became a new evil dragon.
This story embodies a seemingly unsolvable cycle.
And stubbornly insisting on one's own opinion will only bring greater disaster.
Do you want to pinch the necks of bureaucrats and expect them to be honest?
The corpse of the alliance that collapsed on its own is the best warning to Liu Che!
To prevent the Han Dynasty from becoming a self-defeating alliance, Liu Che could only choose to increase and improve the treatment of Han Dynasty officials.
The main purpose of this official reform is to further bribe and win over and unite the bureaucracy.
As the saying goes, unite the majority and attack the minority.
And how to unite? Of course we must rely on tangible benefits.
It can't be just empty talk, right?
Of course, you also need to think carefully about how to give benefits.
Like the Song and Ming Dynasties, they knelt on the ground and licked civil servants and bureaucrats, hoping that these uncles could show their noble hands and help the emperor and the people of the world.
That's a fool's dream.
To win the favor of rice is to win the hatred of rice.
The bureaucracy just keeps asking for more.
Until you can't satisfy their appetite, or they feel it's time to find a new owner.
After much thinking, Liu Che could only draw inspiration from Shang Jun's reforms and the many successful experiences of later generations.
Moreover, the salaries of Han Dynasty officials were indeed a bit too low!
Let’s take Jiuqing as an example.
According to the system, the nine ministers of the Han family belong to the middle two thousand dan, that is, the full two thousand dan.
Their annual salary is 2,160 hu of corn, and their monthly salary is 180 hu of corn.
The other two thousand shi court officials other than Jiuqing are really two thousand shi, with an annual salary of 1,800 dendrobium and a monthly salary of 150 dendrobium.
The salary of the county governor and the county lieutenant is two thousand dan, the monthly salary is 120 dendrobium, and the annual salary is 1,400 dendrobium.
Well, in other words, the salary difference between the salary of a state-level leader like Jiu Qing, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Han Empire, and a cabinet member is only 30 hu of corn compared with the ministerial level, and only 60 hu of corn compared with the salary of a county-level leader.
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What is even more frightening is that a slightly older county magistrate in the Han family has a salary of one thousand dan, which is equivalent to a monthly salary of seventy-five hu of corn...
If this salary is converted into money.
Based on the current price of rice, a Jiuqing with an annual salary of two thousand dan would only have a salary of only one hundred thousand dan...
His monthly salary is only nine thousand...
Less than the income of a small merchant with a shop in Chang'an City...
And the county governor's salary, converted into money, is only five or six thousand per month...
The county magistrate is even worse. It only costs three thousand and five baht... which is less than the salary of a slightly qualified carpenter.
How terrible!
A certain alliance in later generations that was self-defeating also ended in this way!
The salary of a national leader is almost the same as that of an ordinary worker or professor.
And once this knowledge is recognized in the minds of bureaucrats, then they will definitely tell the world loudly: Why doesn't such a country die!?
The Han Empire also had this disease.
Of course, Liu Bang cannot be blamed for this.
After all, Liu Bang never imagined that he would be here today!
When Liu Bang was alive, he, the emperor, might not be able to spend millions of five-baht money to squander it. At that time, the national treasury was so poor that it was like a rat.
Moreover, the price of rice was extremely high at that time.
There was a time in Guanzhong where the price of a stone and rice was three thousand yuan.
Even in the period of Empress Lu, the price of rice in Guanzhong remained at a high level of several hundred yuan per stone all year round.
The price of rice in the world fell in the middle and late period of the reign of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen.
Therefore, in the later years of Taizong, corruption became widespread in Chang'an officialdom, and bribery was constant even in the palace.
There are almost no people who are not greedy.
The hero of the reform, the most important politician during the Taizong period, the prime minister Zhang Cang, the Hou of Beiping, also did things to enrich his own pockets and give and receive privately.
During the reign of Emperor Wu, among the ministers, except for Gongsun Hong who adhered to his principles and did not accept bribes, all the other famous ministers basically took advantage of others.
The famous general Wei Qing even helped lobby the ranger leader Guo Xie.
But what can they do?
The salary offered by the imperial court is so small that you can't even support your family!
Gongsun Hong lived an honest life and became a dignified prime minister. At the age of seventy, the blankets he slept on were old and he could only wear patched clothes at home!
Therefore, after Liu Che came to the throne, he tried every means to provide benefits to officials.
Through various allowances and subsidies and many other benefits, the salary of imperial officials can be maintained at a relatively reasonable level.
At least, with these subsidies and subsidies, it is enough for them to support their families and allow their children to live a relatively secure life!
But that alone is far from enough!
Being an official for thousands of miles, in addition to ideals and ambitions, more people come here for wealth and honor.
As the old saying goes: if you learn martial arts, your goods will be in the imperial family.
Since it is a sale, the price you ask directly affects the quality of the goods.
After all, if you want the horse to run and not eat grass, how can such a good thing happen?
People work hard and study hard in a cold window, not just to let their wives and children eat chaffy vegetables, live in dilapidated houses, and shiver in the winter.
But no man can sit back and watch this happen.
Therefore, Liu Che has been preparing for today's reforms.
He wants to reverse this trend, allowing officials to enjoy sufficient financial freedom, and allowing officials' wives and children to receive certain treatment and privileges.
Of course, Liu Che would not follow the example of Song and Ming Dynasties, which was to give officials and scholars too many privileges - this was courting death!
The best way is to learn the essence of Shang Jun's reforms, and then refer to the advanced and successful experiences of later generations, coordinate the two, and then implement them into policies.
The success of Shang Jun's reforms was due to the stimulation and encouragement of ambition and greed deep in human hearts.
The 20th-level military meritorious land and residence system, as well as the complete supporting social status and treatment and the corresponding reward and punishment mechanism, created the unique tiger and wolf empire in history - Great Qin!
And the successful experience of later generations has also shown that bureaucracy is the kind of weird thing that can be hit and walked away.
If you don't beat it or slap it, you won't have a long memory and won't know good from evil.
I fight with you all kinds of times, work hard, and even do it in disguise.
Of course, this is based on the fact that the official status itself comes with privileges and generous benefits.
Otherwise, if the attraction is not enough, people will choose not to give up for five buckets of rice at any time.
However, Liu Che couldn't tell Chao Cuo too much about these things, and he couldn't even elaborate on his goals.
He could only say vaguely: "The book says: I have seven rebellious ministers, even if they lose their virtue, they will not lose the world! Now the scholar-officials and ministers are working hard, working hard, working hard and sleeping nightly, to help me rule the world.
But I cannot provide you with adequate food, clothing, and accommodation, and provide for your parents and your wives and children. This is what I am biased about!"
"I am very sympathetic to the world's scholar-bureaucrats and ministers, who are willing to guard the poor and help me to govern the world. Therefore, I have appointed officials to control the official system, reward their achievements and reward their hard work..."
"Your Majesty will be appointed as Prime Minister. I hope that your Majesty will take charge of this matter and discuss with Yousi to determine the rank and treatment of various officials..."
After Chao Cuo heard this, he probably understood Liu Che's attitude.
In general, the benefits are still the same as in the past!
However, in the past, most of the emperor's benefits were given to princes, distinguished ministers and military meritorious officials.
But now, the emperor has given the welfare to the civil servant group.
It seems that the emperor has tasted the benefits of using welfare invitations to buy and unite people's hearts, so he is addicted.
With this in mind, Chao Cuo bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to tell me how to proceed..."
This is something that must be asked for!
There must be no ambiguity!
Chao Cuo knew very well that the emperor should have his own ideas.
He asked himself to come, just to implement relevant policies.
However, this matter is also of great benefit to Chao Cuo!
You can always get benefits from things like giving out benefits.
Especially judging from the emperor's tone, this benefit is likely to affect the entire ordered class, and even spread to food officials.
Therefore, Chao Cuo pricked up his ears and concentrated attentively, not wanting to miss any of the next words.
But I heard the emperor say: "What I mean...for the time being, all the officials will be divided into nine levels according to their rank ratio..."
"Doushi is still called Doushi, and its salary, allowances and subsidies remain unchanged..."
This is natural. Those who fight for food are clerks, temporary workers, and people outside the system. If people who fight for food can also enjoy benefits, then even if Liu Che finds Jinshan, he will not be able to pay enough.
"However, every battle is planned. Register your name and resume. After five years, if you have no faults and no legal convictions, and are evaluated by the county magistrate and county lieutenant, and it is confirmed that you are indeed talented, you will be allowed to be promoted to the rank of Youshi.
The rank is two hundred stones, with bronze talismans..."
Chao Cuo listened and quickly wrote down the matter. Chao Cuo had no opinion on this, and even deeply believed it.
Among the food officials, there are always hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
Xiao He and Cao Shen's great achievements even depended on the extraordinary performance of the food-fighting officials.
Even today, in the political arena of the Han family, there are many important ministers who were born as Dou Shiguan!
For example, the great agricultural minister Shang Rong, the governor of Hedong County Yan Xiong, and the rising supernova of Legalism - the governor of Nanyang County Zhang Tang, all started as Dou Shiguan.
In the Han Dynasty, no one dared to look down upon these heroes in the wild! chaptererror;
