There is a saying in later generations that the reason why corruption became common in Ming Dynasty was because of insufficient salary.
But as the emperor, Zhu Youjian did not think so.
If that were true, would so many people choose to be officials?
Could it be that they don't know the salaries of officials?
A county official, a seventh-rank official, has an annual salary of 90 shi rice. Although a considerable part of it is converted into other things, he can still get at least half of the rice, which is 45 shi rice. That’s 6,750 kilograms of rice.
The kilogram here is not 500g as 1 kilogram in later generations, but 594.6 grams as 1 kilogram.
These salaries are enough to support the family.
But would those officials be content with just supporting their families?
Keep a concubine with two rooms, and find a few maids and servants to serve you.
Get a luxurious sedan when you go out. These salaries are naturally not enough.
What should I do if my salary is not enough and I want to save face?
Corruption!
In addition, Jinyiwei's power was later weakened.
Ancestor system:
"In order to save the lives of the people, any official who has embezzled more than sixty or two will be put to death without mercy! From local counties and governments to the six ministries of the Central Committee and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, as long as it is corruption, no matter who is involved, we will never be merciful and investigate. in the end"!
It has become a formality, so corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty have no restrictions and become more rampant.
Zhu Youjian hated corrupt officials who had traveled through time. Especially after the disasters outside the city during the Guotianqi period and the Shaanxi Civil War, Zhu Youjian wished that all these corrupt officials would have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated.
But the world will not change according to Zhu Youjian's ideas, even if Zhu Youjian is the emperor of Ming Dynasty and holds the military and political power of the country.
Once the knife used to kill corrupt officials stops, when you pick it up, you will find that there are corrupt officials everywhere.
Even the knife that kills corrupt officials is in the hands of corrupt officials. If you kill them, how do you kill them?
Who will do the work after the killing?
If you act rashly, only the people in the world will suffer, and you will only die.
Were there not many emperors of the Ming Dynasty who died unexpectedly?
Although Zhu Youjian has many guards around him, he is powerful and loyal to himself. But who can guarantee that there will be no accidents?
The emperor is also a human being and is mortal.
Corrupt officials should be killed, but how many honest officials are left in the Ming Dynasty now?
In addition, Zhu Youjian had too few available people, so it seemed a bit wasteful to kill so many corrupt officials at once.
As garbage, you should be prepared to be sorted.
Those corrupt officials who are bad to the core must act as a warning to others.
Those who still have a conscience, after being dismissed from office, still find ways to squeeze the other party dry.
It makes all officials afraid. The first feeling when facing bribery is fear.
All in all, there is no need to be kind to corrupt officials.
However, there is much that needs to be done before these corrupt officials can be cleansed on a large scale.
At the very least, the replacements for these corrupt officials should be prepared first.
Governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies, which is not just talk, and Zhu Youjian cannot be willful.
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Regarding dealing with corrupt officials, Zhu Youjian divided the plan into three stages.
The first stage: Anyone suspected of military corruption and disaster relief bank corruption will be executed as soon as possible. Serve as a warning to others.
Officials who collude with Shanxi merchants will be dealt with accordingly.
The Shanxi merchants deserve to be killed, and the officials who protected them must be dealt with accordingly.
The military is the guardian of the country and the foundation of national stability. Those who are corrupt deserve to die. Even if he is greedy for the slightest bit, he should be killed.
When the imperial court sends disaster relief money, it must be done only when the people are in need of disaster. People like this kind of people embezzle money. Do you qualify to be called a human being?
More worthy of killing.
What's more, all officials care about face.
If Zhu Youjian directly ordered a strict investigation of corruption, all officials would definitely violate it.
But if the knife is put to these two types of corrupt officials, no one dares to risk the world's injustice to protect these scum.
It can also give those officials a warning and make them fearful.
The second step is much simpler. When the strength of the Ming army is restored, Zhu Dingguo can use the power of destroying the slaves to clean up the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty.
The third step: Write the punishment of corrupt officials into the clear law and tell it to the world...
Anyone who is corrupt will be dismissed from office and will never come back, and his descendants will not be able to serve as officials for three generations.
If your home is searched again, you will have to pay a fine of three times the amount of corruption.
Why do those with money give gifts to officials?
It's simple, interest. Officials have the power to provide him with greater benefits.
Why officials dare to accept bribes.
Quite simply, the cost of breaking the law is too low.
Since ancient times, most Han dynasties have respected scholars. The best portrayal is that the scholar-officials cannot be punished.
If you want to solve the problem of corrupt officials, you must increase the cost of breaking the law. At the same time, we must do so without mercy.
Anyone who dares to commit corruption must be severely punished. Anyone who dares to shield will be punished ten times.
Losing your official position and never being hired is equivalent to losing your rights. After ten years of hard study, I fell short of success.
Then search the house and ask the other party to pay three times the amount of corruption. For officials, corruption is definitely a loss-making business. The costs of corruption far outweigh the benefits. When officials commit corruption, they will naturally be wary.
Although it may not completely eliminate corruption, it can at least scare most people.
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The first step is easy to do, but in order to avoid the officials' counterattack, they will cause trouble when the Jiannu are destroyed.
Zhu Youjian planned to increase the salary of officials to show the emperor's favor.
Anyway, according to the next plan, commercial taxes will be officially started to be collected, tax arrears of the rich will be strictly investigated, and salt and iron will be gradually returned to the government. By then, the Ming Dynasty's taxation will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes, relatively speaking These increased wages are just drizzle.
Moreover, the salary increase also means to screen officials.
"Don't you complain every day that your salary is low and you can't support yourself?
Well, I will increase the salary and double the food and salary for everyone, and I will ensure that it is paid in full and no messy things will be used to offset it. This is not too low.
If you continue to embezzle, you can no longer use lack of money as an excuse. "
"By God's blessing, the emperor decreed that Zhu Dingguo, the chieftain of Nanping, destroyed eight major traitors in the north. His hard work has made him a marquis..."
"It's up to heaven, the emperor decreed,..."
In order to temporarily replace those corrupt officials, Zhu Youjian finally decided to open Enke to cultivate new official seeds.
In order to prevent this group of officials from being polluted before they even entered the officialdom, Zhu Youjian changed his previous method of invigilating the exams and directly filmed the Jingying camp and dispersed to the counties to invigilate the exams.
The content of the examination also changed from the normal. It was no longer Confucian classics, but became Minglu.
Although this move will cause a large number of talents to be missed, Zhu Youjian has no other way.
Who made corruption become common in the late Ming Dynasty?
The few honest officials really can't leave.
If those corrupt officials are allowed to preside over the Enke exam, the consequences can be imagined.
