Chapter 274 What kind of money does an honest official want?
"Actually, I feel pain in my heart when I accept other people's money, because I know that their money is not clean... But if I don't do this, there will be many people who suffer the same pain as me, such as this Magistrate Song. Then Xiaochunzi, you
Say, is it better for me to suffer alone, or for everyone to suffer?"
"It's better for adults to suffer alone."
"Hey, that's right. I've always told you that money is a good thing and a real thing. There is nothing wrong with this thing itself. If there is anything wrong with it, the fault is that you don't know how to spend it."
In order to make Xiao Chunzi understand his painstaking efforts, Jia Liu said what the Song magistrate would do if he took the money. He would definitely take it home for his own enjoyment.
But what will he do with the money?
It is for everyone who follows him to enjoy.
“It’s better to have fun alone than to have fun together.”
Jia Liu picked up the two jade Ruyi in the box. The jade was of the same quality and the carving was the same, so it was obvious that they were handmade by everyone.
One branch has the word "Happiness" engraved on it, and the other branch has the word "Celebration" engraved on it.
It is worth a lot of money. If it were sold in the market, it would cost at least three to five hundred taels.
He casually picked up the jade with the word "Xi" and said "Ruyi" and stuffed it into Yang Yuchun's hand, "Take it and play with it. There is also one for your unborn nephew."
Yang Yuchun asked: "Is it the child in the second lady's belly?"
"Yup."
Jia Liu responded casually.
Yang Yuchun nodded and said nothing.
Jia Liu patted the child's shoulder again and said with expectation: "I told Mr. Li that this year you will take part in Sichuan's martial arts examination. You will first pass the martial arts exam, and then go to Beijing to take the martial arts champion exam for me."
When you come back, you will also go out to lead the troops and be my Chang Yuchun."
"Um!"
Yang Yuchun nodded heavily. It had always been his dream to take the martial arts examination. For this reason, he refused Mr. Jia's offer to directly arrange for him to be a senior official in the green camp, and he wanted to pass the martial arts examination based on his true ability.
Now that he can finally participate in the martial arts competition as he wished, this child must be very happy.
Like the imperial examination, the martial arts examination is divided into county examination, township examination and palace examination.
Those who pass the exam are called Wu Xiucai, Wu Juren, and Wu Jinshi.
The top three in the imperial examination are also called Wu Zhuangyuan, Wu Ranking No. 2, and Wu Tanhua.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty, which did not pay much attention to martial arts examinations and was uncertain about martial arts examinations, the Qing court attached great importance to martial arts examinations and vigorously promoted them. The examination system was very strict and the admissions were relatively fair. Therefore, private martial arts practitioners were eager to take the martial arts examinations.
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This also led to a large number of Han "Wuying" being used by the Qing court.
However, the Qing court only had military examinations but no martial arts. This made the martial arts relatively only focus on bowing, horse riding, and archery, and was almost blank on strategy. As a result, a hundred years after the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there was not even a formal military textbook. Many people still
Consider "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a required course.
The martial arts school for the children of Sichuan Green Camp that Jia Liu plans to open is martial arts. Since it is martial arts, corresponding teaching materials must be compiled.
Jia Liu himself could make up the "Infantry Drill Code" as a training manual for the new army, and he could also make up "On War", "On Sea Power" and so on, which were all the things he received from the information explosion in his previous life.
However, considering the actual situation of this era, relevant teaching materials should still be learned from the foreign devils.
After all, the foreign devils have already developed into the great powers.
When industry is blank and technology is zero, people in two generations have to move forward in small steps, not in leaps and bounds, as that can easily lead to trouble.
More than two months ago, Jia Liu asked Liu De to send people to Guangdong to contact the Tiandihui. In addition to helping him purchase ordnance and recruit technicians in Macau, he was also responsible for collecting books on Western military training, tactics, industry, and technology in Macau.
When the time comes, it will be translated and combined with the actual situation of the Qing Dynasty, and it will not be difficult to produce a few decent textbooks.
To be honest, Jia Liu believed that his new army could reach the level of military training for future generations of students. Even if the weapons and equipment were the same as those of foreigners, they would be enough to make foreign devils kneel down and call Jia Dad.
There is nothing I can do, my eyes are set on this.
As for the Eight Banners, Jia Liu had nothing to say. As long as he was given three to five years to develop, the children of the Eight Banners would have to follow him, Marshal Jia, to open the door to the Qing Palace.
"Go ahead."
Jia Liu really liked the child Yang Yuchun and even regarded the child as his son.
Yang Yuchun nodded, and when he turned and walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and looked at Jia Liu seriously, and said: "Sir, if I want to be admitted as a martial arts champion and lead troops for you, I will only recognize the second lady's belly in the future." The child, I don’t recognize that gege child.”
Before Jia Liu could react, Yang Yuchun had already slipped away.
I'm a little bit confused, when did this half-grown child ask Yuanyuan to be bribed? Don't let him cause trouble for him in the future.
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After three years of clearing the prefecture, he received one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.
Jia Liu, who is fond of reading hundreds of books, knew that this sentence came from "The Scholars", which was written in the early Qianlong period. Although the background of the book is the Ming Dynasty, it is basically a portrayal of the Qing Dynasty.
In three years, a department official made money equivalent to 10 million yuan, which was actually not much for officials of the Qianlong Dynasty. Those who could achieve this amount were definitely honest officials.
At least, he was cleaner than Jia Liu, a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty and the Manchu prince-in-law.
Because in the Qing Dynasty, the starting salary for a corrupt official was one million taels, which was the entry level.
I have just started.
Ten million taels is considered enough to be worthy of recognition, but hundreds of millions of taels is considered outstanding.
After He Zhongtang created the crime bank, the Qing Dynasty no longer had to worry about lack of money. Every year, the crime bank equivalent to half of the national treasury flowed into the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What does this mean?
It shows that all officials of the Qing Dynasty are loyal ministers, and everyone is good for the Qing Dynasty.
In the five thousand years of China's history, if you want to say which dynasty has the most loyal ministers, except for the Qianlong Dynasty, you can't even think of finding the second one!
The prefect of Luzhou had been the prefect for more than three years. He just sent three thousand taels of silver plus small gifts and two beauties just to get in touch with the admiral. Obviously he underestimated the admiral's integrity.
The two ladies can give you a discount of 10,000 taels, but you, Magistrate Song, don’t think it’s too expensive.
It’s just that my consort has never gone to school, is vulgar, and doesn’t like to go round when talking, so I directly gave you a price. If another adult came over, you, the prefect Song, might be worried about how to give gifts.
It's easy to tell if there's a price.
The next day, before Jia Liu woke up, the master of Magistrate Song delivered the banknote and without saying a word, he said goodbye and left at the concierge.
The so-called double dragons don't know each other.
The admiral who received the money knew it well, and the prefect who sent the money also knew it well. From now on, we will all be friends. However, it is best for military and political officials to keep a certain distance from each other to prevent others from gossiping.
When he arrived in Chengdu, Jia Liu told the president about the thirteen thousand taels of silver he had received from the Luzhou magistrate.
"He's someone who knows how to get things done."
The president extended his hand directly.
Jia Liu was stunned: "What do you mean?"
The president was a little unhappy: "What do you mean?"
"Aren't you an upright official? How much money do you need?"
Jia Liu, who understood, gave the president a blank look.
"What I'm doing is your business. How can I do it if you don't pay for it?"
The president took out a pile of account books from the drawer and placed them in front of Jia Liu, "Look for yourself, there are 4,965 officials above the ninth rank in Sichuan, and now we have 567 talents.
It only accounts for more than 10% of the officials in Sichuan, so do we need to spend money on the remaining 80%?"