As for the ‘post’, also called ‘official post’, it is a high-ranking title awarded to a higher-ranking civil servant, such as a bachelor’s degree in a certain library, a bachelor’s degree in a certain pavilion, a bachelor’s degree in waiting, etc., which is not a real title. -< >-Net.
Officials are promoted according to their seniority. Even if they are not serving as commissions, they can still receive salaries according to their ranks. Commissions are transferred and promoted according to the needs of the court and the officials' talents. Therefore, what really determines an official's real power is not his "officer"
, but 'sent'.
For example, the three brothers Chen Ke belong to the category of officials with salary but no errands. They are official officials of the imperial court who have status, salary, uniforms and uniforms, but they have no errands.
Just don't go to work at the Yamen.
However, they can still receive salary. The imperial court divided officials from the prime minister to the master of Yue Temple into forty-one grades, and paid salaries according to grade. For example, Chen Ke, who is the eighth-grade Zuo Chengshilang, can receive six
Guan Qian, two stones of rice and wheat, and clothing gifts twice a year. The cloth given out is enough for several people.
Although this amount of income has never been seen by Chen Ke, it is already considered good. But compared to Bao Zheng, who is the mayor of Tokyo, it can only be regarded as drizzle.
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Now looking back and looking at Bao Zheng's three hats, it is clear at a glance that "Shang Shu Sheng You Si Lang Zhong" is his official, which proves that he has an official rank from the fifth rank and should enjoy corresponding treatment. Knowing that Kaifeng Mansion is his
The mission shows that his main job now is to manage Kaifeng Mansion.
As for the direct bachelor of Longtuge, it was his position. With this title, he was promoted from a third-grade official to a fourth-grade official. Obviously, his salary and income were much more complicated than Chen Ke's.
First of all, among the three official titles, only two can bring him income. Among them, the salary official and the official can not receive salary at the same time, and can only be paid based on the higher grade. - < > - Net. So Bao Zheng's
Being sent to the official position, being a minister from the fifth rank of minister, Yousi Lang, cannot contribute a dime to the income.
Let’s look at the income brought by his library job. According to regulations, a direct bachelor of Longtuge will have fifty-five guan per month for materials. In addition, there are various subsidies, including 15 guan per month for additional expenses and three guan per month for meals.
Clothing gifts are given twice a year, each time with five pieces of damask, seventeen pieces of silk, one piece of Luo and fifty taels of cotton.
In addition, as a dispatch officer to "know the affairs of the Kaifeng Prefecture", he is also given a monthly payment of one hundred guans, thirty stones of grain, twenty bales of firewood, forty bales of hay, and two hundred kilograms of charcoal in winter. In addition,
As a senior local official in the foreign vassal government, the imperial court also allocated Bao Zheng twenty hectares of farmland, or two thousand acres of cultivated land, allowing him to collect rent every year without having to pay grain. Through these farmlands, Bao Zheng also had two acres of farmland every year.
Thousands of stone meters of income.
Adding up the miscellaneous items and converting them into silver coins, Lao Bao's annual income can reach more than 3,000 guan. In the parlance of later generations, this is an annual salary of more than 3 million yuan.
The annual tax revenue of the poorest state in the Song Dynasty was exactly this amount. That's why Lao Bao felt that he took too much money and felt like a thorn in his back.
"The imperial court gave too much, and the imperial court itself is not engaged in production. Every money and millet comes from the hands of the people." He said to Chen Ke solemnly: "If the people are so supportive, if you don't make decisions for the people,
, I think you will go to Abi Hell after death!"
"Well said!" Chen Ke raised his palms and praised: "What Lao Long Tu said should really be said to those selfish officials!" Senior officials in the Song Dynasty were famous for their luxurious enjoyment, and the higher the cadres, the more extravagant they were.
With such a high legal income, I am afraid that only people like Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng can resist the temptation and avoid becoming hedonistic animals.
"They won't listen. They only think that their high official status and salary were obtained through ten years of hard work and one exam, so they are neither grateful to the court nor caring about the people." Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "Confucius said:
'Only women and villains are difficult to raise. Those who are far away will be resentful, and those who are close will be disrespectful'. In fact, isn't this true for officials?"
"Old Bao has been ups and downs. He hates the selfish enjoyment and insensitivity of today's officials. I don't know how many people he has impeached and how many people he has offended. (-< >-Net.)" Bao Zheng sighed deeply and said:
"It's a pity that it's useless. One was impeached, and the other was impeached. They went on and on, never ending. They all had the same corpses, the same arrogance and extravagance! The disease of the Song Dynasty was at the root, and it was beyond the power of the ministers."
As he spoke, he looked at Chen Ke and said with a desolate expression: "You were right that day. Today's officials are getting old and have no energy to solve these problems. We can only hope that the new king will be able to win over him in the future. Before that,
I can only do my best to do whatever I can for the people."
"Old Long Tu..." Chen Ke looked at Bao Zheng, and his heart was like a river. A noble person is like a mirror, which can reflect his own selfishness and wretchedness... Chen Ke has been studying and building a career for many years, just to follow the example of the late emperor.
It was an advertisement slogan, but I never thought about who created this official position and who paid the salary!
'Sales misleading kills people...' Chen Ke couldn't help but secretly said: 'It seems that if you don't want to be an official in the future, you'll have to do your best.'
He was so lost in thought that he didn't hear Lao Bao's words. Bao Zheng called him again, and Chen Ke came back to his senses and said, "What are your orders from Lao Long Tu?"
"You came to ask me about Thirteenth Line Shop, do you have any intention of getting involved?" Bao Zheng asked in a deep voice.
"Yes." Chen Ke nodded and said: "The student also wants to buy a piece of land as a place for his family to live." He said with a shameful smile and said, "If Lao Longtu thinks it is not suitable, forget it."
"What's inappropriate?" Bao Zheng shook his head and said with a smile: "It's only natural to make money and spend it. I don't ask everyone to be like me. Just don't forget, if you are successful, you will benefit the world!"
"Students must do their best," Chen Kesurong said.
"There is a place for you right now." Bao Zheng smiled and said with some embarrassment: "After this flood, many people were destitute. The officials were kind and promised the people of Kaifeng that they would rebuild the destroyed houses for free. As a result, now, when we encounter
Here comes the problem..."
"What's the problem?" Chen Ke could guess it, but didn't say it.
"Lack of money!" Bao Zheng said with a wry smile: "At first, the court roughly calculated that more than 10,000 houses need to be rebuilt, and the average cost of rebuilding each house is 50 guan, which is 500,000 guan..."
"Haha..." Chen Ke almost slipped off the chair, thinking that his five hundred thousand dollars had been exposed.
"But the number reported later was a full 20,000 units." Fortunately, Bao Zheng did not mean to insinuate, and just listened to him: "This is because many houses look good from the outside, but in fact they are decayed on the inside.
It’s gone, there’s no way to repair it, we can only rebuild it.”
"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded. He had seen many such dilapidated houses in Thirteenth Street Shop.
"But the imperial court has already tightened its belt and squeezed out the five hundred thousand gu. However, all the places have suffered disasters and they have no time to take care of themselves. How can they have the strength to support the capital? In a word, I can't take any more.
We've got the money." He said with a worried look on his face: "There will be floods in spring and summer this year, and the winter will be extremely cold. There is still more than a month before winter starts. If we can't get the money again, we will have to pay nearly 100,000 yuan.
The people are homeless."
"What does Lao Long Tu mean?" Chen Ke said in a deep voice.
"I heard that you are a genius in this field. You can earn tens of thousands of dollars in wealth by the age of ten." Bao Zheng said with a red face: "Do you think there is any way to help Kaifeng Mansion get this money?" Bao Gong is a gentleman, a gentleman.
Not talking about profit, but now asking people for change, naturally I feel embarrassed. But in order to govern the people, I don't care about that much.
"Five hundred thousand dollars." Chen Ke pondered and said, "It's really not a small amount."
"That's..." Bao Zheng nodded and said, "If it's a small amount, I can solve it myself."
"But at some point, it's really not a big amount." Chen Ke smiled and said, "Old Long Tu is guarding Jinshan and begging for food."
"Don't lie." Bao Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Tell me where Jinshan is and I'll get it for emergency help."
"Thirteen-line shop." Chen Ke smiled lightly and said, "I have calculated that the price of the five thousand acres of land is actually far more than five million guan." There is a misunderstanding. It seems that the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago, even if it was
The low prices in the capital should not be so expensive.
But before drawing a conclusion, you should first understand a few figures: $2,280, 80%, 73,500 acres, 1.5 million people - these correspond to the per capita production of the Song Dynasty
The total value, the proportion of the total world economy, as well as the area and population of Bianjing City.
Only by understanding the first two figures can we intuitively understand how wealthy the Song Dynasty was... You must know that in the year 2007, China's per capita GDP was only US$1,200. Although it was not until the 20th century before Chen Ke traveled through
In 2012, this number rose to 5,400 US dollars, but what is the source of "chicken land"? Dear, you know...
The last two numbers tell you how high the population density is in Bianjing City. Therefore, as a scarce resource with a limited quantity, the price of prime locations in Bianjing City is no lower than the housing prices in Beijing's Third Ring Road in 2007. At that time,
House prices within the Third Ring Road in Beijing have reached 15,000 yuan, and the price of land transfer fees has also reached 5,000 yuan per square meter. Now in the prime areas of the Song Dynasty, one acre of land sold for only 1,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 1,500 yuan per square meter.
Five thousand versus one thousand and fifty, obviously the Song Dynasty's land transfer price was not adequate... at least that's how Chen Ke saw it.
Although in later generations he hated the government for living on land transfer fees, at this moment, he supported Bao Zheng in doing so. Because the biggest difference between the two is that later generations of developers bought land and built houses in order to sell it for money. But now,
In order to live on your own...even if you don't have control, you are just buying and selling among the rich, and you can't take off the skin of the common people.