Chapter 76: Reduce the salary of the feudal lord, reform starts with one’s own family members As the prince in charge of the supervision of the country, Zhu Biao has seen too many things and many things. If the prince can be implemented, this wave of favors will belong to the prince in the future.
How much of a favor it is to raise the salaries of hundreds of officials.
In the future, these officials will not be able to remember the kindness of His Highness the Crown Prince? Once His Highness the Crown Prince escapes the bad luck of dying young this time, it will be just around the corner for His Highness the Crown Prince to become an enlightened king and clean up the ethos of all officials in the world.
This is a list of things to look forward to.
Ling Han and Jiang Wei were extremely excited as they listened.
This is related to their own vital interests.
They have long felt that this salary is too low. If it can be increased a little, it will be a huge improvement for their enthusiasm.
This is especially true for officials like Ling Han.
He was originally an honest official, and his family didn't have much ability, so he couldn't provide much help to him.
If there is no salary, life will be very difficult.
Now that I heard that I can increase my salary, even as an old man in his fifties, he still covets this money.
He even heard Chen Han say that he wanted to improve the purchasing power of the treasure banknotes, and if they could be like the ones just issued, it would really improve his life.
You must know that in just 23 years from the eighth year of Hongwu to the present 15rd year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty treasure notes have gone from being exchangeable for one thousand copper coins to now only being exchangeable for two hundred copper coins. This is a huge gap.
If the purchasing power of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes increases, even with the salary I have now, I can live a good life, and I will be more motivated to do things. Nonsense, I finally got to such a point, where I can not only enjoy the reputation that will go down in history, but also After receiving a high salary, who doesn't want to work well and keep this position? This is a question that even a fool can figure out.
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhu Biao's words, he sighed slightly and nodded directly: "Just do as you say, boss."
Then Zhu Biao said: "Chen Han also said something very good, the training of the prince cannot be neglected. Yunwen and Yunxi will not have much future if they stay in the palace all their lives.
This time it is another reform of clearing the land and dividing the land into acres. The world will be very lively. We just take this opportunity to let them go to the people and see what the lives of the people are like.
On the other hand, you can also see how the officialdom operates. There is a saying among scholars that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Let them go around and gain insights. "
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly, as he should.
The reason why he was able to act alone as emperor, and the officials below him could not deceive him, was that he had rich enough experience and had seen many people, so he naturally knew how many tricks these people had.
In later history, Zhu Yunwen was so easily deceived by civil servants, and it was not because of his lack of knowledge.
This aspect must be well cultivated.
However, what Zhu Biao said next was a bit difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to accept.
Only Zhu Biao said again, "As Chen Han said, the salary of the vassal princes is too high nowadays. A prince's annual salary is [-] shi, which is more than ten times more than that of a first-rank official in the imperial court. It seems a little bit... unfair.
It is true that as Chen Han said, it will cause imbalance in the hearts of the people and officials.
Since we want to reform, and since we have figured out that we must do what Chen Han said, we must treat everyone equally.
The son-in-law suggested that the princes' salaries should be reduced by half and used to supplement officials in the world.
Of course, the vassal king who guards Jiubian can give an extra salary of [-] dan at his discretion. The other vassal princes do not need such a large salary to support them.
Father, you have established that all the descendants of the clan will receive salary. Nowadays, the number of vassal kings is small, but it can still be in later generations, after a few generations, this number will swell to the point where it becomes a burden to the court.
The clan receives nothing but rice every year and does nothing. Even the imperial court cannot afford to support it. It is better to just completely change the vassal salary system in this reform.
Children and grandchildren of the future generations, if they are really capable, they can find a job and support themselves.
If you are really incompetent and starve to death, then you deserve to die. "
Zhu Biao was quite ruthless and did not think that his children and grandchildren really needed to be supported by the imperial court.
In his heart, he even wanted to break the system in which the clan could not do business, study, take imperial examinations, or serve as an official.
If he becomes emperor, he will probably have to change these things.
Moreover, Chen Han also said before that the current vassal king system is relatively better.
After all, the vassal kings guarding Jiubian had to fight and train their troops. However, in the later period, because King Zhu Di of Yan came up in rebellion, Zhu Di guarded those vassal kings and weakened their military power, which was enough. The salary was raised like a pig, which really increased the burden on the entire court.
Therefore, he directly suggested that in this reform, all the rules and regulations should be changed, and all the branches and ends that hindered the operation of the court should be cut off.
Zhu Yuanzhang almost changed his expression after hearing this.
He was born into a poor family, and his instinct was to make his family live a better life.
But his eldest son wanted to cut off half of his sons' salaries, and it was difficult for him to give an explanation to those sons.
But after Zhu Biao saw the solemn expression on his father's face, he said solemnly: "Father, please don't blame your son for being cruel at this time. Since we want to reform, we must not just change the court, nor the world." Officials and common people, and their family members are watching the excitement complacently from the sidelines. Officials and common people will feel unbalanced.
Because they knew very well that all the salaries paid by the feudal princes and clans were taxes paid by them.
Rather than letting our clan lord owe so many favors, it is better to operate on your own family first to show the court's determination to reform.
For those gentry whose interests have been destroyed, what reason do they have to oppose the reform? "
Zhu Yuanzhang was about to object, but when he heard what Zhu Biao said, he immediately stopped.
He was also thinking in his heart that if he could really save his son as Chen Han said, the world would belong to him from now on. Even if he wanted to stop it now, if he still won't implement these policies in a hundred years, it would be better to let him do it now. This time the reform has a stronger impetus, and officials all over the world will also take a look.
To reform the imperial court, we must first attack the vassals of the old Zhu family. How dare you gentry have other ideas at this time? So he could only nod reluctantly, while Ling Han and Jiang Wei were a little dumbfounded.
I really didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would have such determination and think of having his own family operated on to show the power of the imperial court's reform.
If I were an official in the world, I would be convinced in my heart when I heard such things.
Look, the reform of the imperial court will not only destroy our interests, but also the interests of the clan princes of the old Zhu family.
So what else do we people have to say? This is the best instrumental catalyst for reform.
Thinking of this, besides admiring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's wisdom and decisiveness, what else can I say? ……
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