Chapter two hundred and seventy-six good pure taste
Complaints are complaints, the pirates are on board, and the president has to wipe his butt even if he doesn't want to.
There was no way, the Six Japs all used the terms Xiao He, Zhuge Liang, Fang Xuanling, and Li Shanchang to describe him, and it was really unjustifiable without any effort.
"There is no other way now. We can only reduce expenses and deal with the immediate matters first, and we will talk about it later."
The chairman proposed a common and routine operation, which was to deduct the expenditures of civil servants across Sichuan, euphemistically called it to help quell chaos and reduce the burden on the court.
Of course, this civil servant must also be treated differently, with the focus being on deducting officials below the sixth grade.
For example, if you used to receive a hundred salary per month, you will receive 60% or 50% this month.
There are nearly 4,000 officials below the sixth rank in Sichuan. These officials are also the main body of Sichuan's officialdom. If each person receives less than 2 taels per month, he can save 8,000 taels a month.
That’s nearly one hundred thousand taels a year.
Compared with the annual income of the whole Sichuan, which is only one million taels, these 100,000 taels are obviously a large amount.
Officials of sixth grade and above will receive their official salaries as usual, but their integrity-supporting silver will be temporarily withheld.
Because compared with salary, raising integrity money is the main income of officials.
Since the Kangxi period, the yanglian silver of the fourth-rank magistrate has been 2,500 to 3,000 taels a year, and the yanglian silver of the prefecture has been 1,500 to 2,000 taels. The yanglian silver of the seventh-rank magistrate has been between 1,000 and 1,800 taels (according to the calculation of the county)
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Compared with the regular salary, it is usually calculated as 30 times higher.
The president's abacus is that if we only count the magistrate, prefecture, and county magistrate levels, if we stop raising honest silver, there are a total of 624 officials above the seventh rank and below the fourth rank, and we can save about 40,000 taels of honest silver per month.
If the policy continues for one year, half a million taels can be saved.
In addition, the salaries of teaching staff in public schools in prefectures, prefectures and counties, such as prefecture schools, prefecture schools, and county schools, which benefit from the provincial budget, will also be deducted in half. A rough calculation can save 7,000 to 10,000 taels of silver per month.
Because other officials in various yamen have no grades and are not qualified officials, their salaries are not allocated to the vassal treasury, but are funded by the local yamen themselves. Therefore, the governor really has no reason to deduct their money.
A rough calculation of the detailed accounts shows that just by deducting civil servant expenses, the vassal treasury can allocate about 60,000 taels less per month.
Don't underestimate this 60,000 taels, it will play a big role in reducing the financial burden.
"how do you feel?"
When the president looked up at Jia Liu, he found that there was an expression of excitement on his face.
After coughing twice, Jia Liu asked the president if doing this would trigger a backlash from the officials below, and would it degrade the officials' quality of life.
After all, this is eating from someone else's bowl.
The president glanced at Guiziliu and snorted: "Does the prince-in-law rely on his salary to maintain his life?"
"Ah, yes, yes!"
A Luzhou prefect gave a gift of fifteen thousand taels to an admiral. Can you say that the prefect lived on his salary?
"But, for the sake of your official reputation, some changes must be made."
Jia Liu put forward his own opinion, which was to change "deduction" to "donation".
“Changing deductions to donations?”
The president thought for a moment and felt a little embarrassed, "If the money is given out, it won't be easy for them to donate it."
"Aren't you confused, sir? You definitely can't hand out the money, just deduct it directly, and then give each of them a certificate of voluntary donation."
Jia Liu must remind the president that after deducting this thing, he still has to make up for it, and deducting the salary of lower officials is not good for the president's official reputation. However, donating salary is different. When word spreads, the governor's face will be bright, and everyone will be happy.
Sichuan officials also have good looks.
Because this shows that the officials of Sichuan Province collectively have the imperial court and the Qing Dynasty in their hearts.
"No wonder they said your name is Guiziliu. You are indeed a good Guizi!"
The president nodded repeatedly. The method was the same, but the change of one deduction and one donation was infinitely subtle.
"However, this donation can only last for one or two months, not for a long time. If you keep asking people below to donate money, there will definitely be complaints."
In order to solve the imminent financial crisis, Jia Liu came up with an idea of his own, which was to invest 500,000 taels in setting up a bank for public and private communication in Sichuan Province.
Then, the governor will open Sichuan banks in the name of the provincial government and set them up in every prefecture, prefecture, county, and town with a slightly larger population in Sichuan.
If the crisis cannot be solved physically for the time being, financial means must be used.
Jia Liu has learned that these days, banks and banks do not give interest to depositors. Instead, they have to pay high exchange fees, which are handling fees.
The banknotes used by bank banks are not banknotes, but exchange certificates issued by bank banks. Their main customers are dignitaries and businessmen doing large transactions.
Silver notes can avoid the risk of carrying a large amount of cash and are convenient. However, they cannot be circulated in the market. For example, if you take 10 taels of silver notes to buy a chicken from a stall, the chicken vendor will never accept it.
Because firstly, you have to go to a bank account to cash it out, and secondly, you have to pay a handling fee.
But Sichuan Bank is different.
As long as the people deposit their money, they will be given interest. For example, if they deposit one hundred cash, they will receive five cash in annual interest.
The more you save, the higher the interest rate.
No handling fees will be deducted when withdrawing money, so as to "benefit the people".
More importantly, the vouchers produced by this Sichuan bank can be used to offset government taxes or fines.
Jia Liu's face was smug: "Everyone's money has been deposited in our bank, are you still afraid that you won't have any money to use?"
"This is a good deal with no capital and profit!"
The chairman also thinks this method is good, but he is worried that if this Sichuan bank is just established, its credit may not be as good as those of old bank accounts, so he is worried that people will not be willing to deposit money in it.
In that case, no matter how hard you try, it will still be an empty shell.
"Sir, you are the governor of Sichuan."
Jia Liu looked at the president meaningfully.
"What's the meaning?"
The president doesn't quite understand.
Jia Liu had no choice but to ask the president: "Sir, who do you think the people should listen to?"
The president said without hesitation: "Of course I listen to the government."
“Who does the government listen to?”
"Huh? Tell me carefully."
Jia Liu, of course, must explain it carefully. Your president is the governor of Sichuan and the top leader in Sichuan Province. I, Jia Jiashikai, am the admiral of Sichuan and the leader of the army in Sichuan.
"Governors and governors" cooperate to set up a bank. Whether they are officials, common people, or rich merchants and gentry, if they don't give interest, they just don't give interest. Who dares not to deposit money?
Anyone who does not give face to the "supervisor" is the enemy of the court.
A further step is to have the governor's yamen write down the prefectures and counties, and the yamen in various places will publish the list, and send officers from the six bureaus in the yamen to mobilize (force) the people to deposit.
"If you give a designated deposit amount to a large household, you will get more rewards from the government and less officers and soldiers to come in. Sir, tell me, will our business be prosperous?"
Jia Liu himself laughed.
The president thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but nod his head, and then said with emotion: "Your Majesty does not need you to be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, it is a waste of talent."
"I also feel that I am overachieving. It's best to leave the inner treasury to me. The emperor doesn't have to worry about anything. He can eat and drink every day and wait until he dies."
While Jia Liu was talking, he pinched a beard on his chin with two fingers and pulled hard, feeling pain and pleasure at the same time.
"Yes, your words remind me that if everyone in Sichuan keeps their money with us, then even if we rebel, don't all the people in Sichuan have to hope for our success?"
This bold and realistic idea made the president couldn't help but take out his snuff bottle and take a deep sniff.
The taste is pure and very refreshing.
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