When the new decree was issued to various ministries, officials could not believe their eyes.
How many years have passed since the Ming Dynasty? Ever since Taizu established this salary system, it has almost never been changed.
Even when Zhang Juzheng was in power, he did not touch this system.
For two hundred years, everyone has become accustomed to living on such a small amount of money.
However, now, it has actually been changed, and the person who changed it is the same Yan Chenhao who was still being cursed and hated by them not long ago!
This made them feel a slightly unreal feeling.
And the salary system changes at this time are like timely rain.
Especially since the court had just eliminated corruption and fined many officials with bad deeds. Some officials were even ready to set up stalls on the streets. Losing some face was better than starving to death.
Now that their salaries have increased, the money is enough for them to live a pretty good life in Ming Dynasty.
The huge contrast made them even happier.
They even vaguely had a much better impression of Yan Chenhao.
This method, which is similar to hitting a pole and giving a sweet date, has an excellent effect. At least Yan Chenhao's image has been restored a lot, even though some courtiers were slightly punished because of his purges. , when mentioning him now, it is mainly with praise.
Because this can be said to be a favor to the entire civil service group!
Apart from anything else, who doesn’t know how much the Ming Dynasty emperor valued money? The other party directly offended the emperor for them. This is already a great kindness!
Even if there was still some dissatisfaction in their hearts, they suppressed it, at least on the surface, they all expressed praise and gratitude to him.
And its role in anti-corruption was quickly reflected.
The effect of this policy is indeed excellent - since the court will give out enough money to live a prosperous life, why take the risk? Wouldn't it be nice to live peacefully?
Naturally, there are many fewer people reaching out to the treasury - of course, the imperial guards and censors also contributed a lot. Otherwise, with the high salaries in the Song Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty also had high salaries to support integrity, but corruption was also rampant. It was a two-pronged approach that had such a significant effect.
Many upright officials also see all this in their eyes. They already had a good impression of Yan Chenhao, and now their favorable impressions have greatly increased.
Suddenly, Yan Chenhao's reputation in the court almost reached its peak.
Among the people, Yan Chenhao's reputation is also very good.
Whether it is clearing land or reorganizing officials, these are measures that are beneficial to the people.
The former allowed many people to have their property that had been usurped returned, and it also made the landlords and gentry no longer eyeball their properties, alleviating their pressure; while the latter made officials dare not engage in wanton corruption to satisfy their own selfish desires, or use it to Using the stolen money for bribes will naturally reduce the exploitation on the people.
Not to mention that he also encouraged farming and introduced many policies that were beneficial to farming, such as light corvee and low taxes.
When these policies spread from the capital and gradually spread to all parts of the Ming Dynasty, the people were immediately full of respect for the chief minister.
"The Chief Assistant is really a good minister of the country...With his assistance, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be more powerful!"
"Is the world going to be in great trouble again... I am really lucky to be born in this world..."
"I heard that in order to implement these policies, Mr. Yan, the chief assistant, offended many people and was impeached by officials in the imperial court! Thanks to your Majesty's clear understanding of the situation, he was able to clear his name."
It aroused a lot of indignation, and following that, Yan Chenhao's image in everyone's hearts became even taller.
Not only the common people, but also the scholars respected the chief minister of the cabinet.
After all, before they really stepped into the big dye vat of officialdom, they were still young people with passion and dreams. Taking the Confucian concept of "cultivating oneself, harmonizing the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world" as their inner criterion, they dreamed of being able to stand in the political arena one day. own ambitions.
You must know that even Yan Song in the original time and space was once an upright young man!
At this time, Yan Chenhao fit perfectly with the image of a famous minister in their hearts - he obeyed the emperor's words, and his ministers cooperated extremely well. He monopolized power in the court but was very loyal, serving the Ming Dynasty and the people. The people worked hard.
It’s simply the ideal template!
Even Wang Xuemen, who usually dared to scold anyone regardless of heaven or earth, rarely said good things when they saw him - among their ideas was the idea of "people-oriented", and Yan Chenhao's What he did was very consistent with this.
Some people have even shouted slogans such as "Wu Xing Zhong Xing".
Of course, the so-called ZTE is not empty talk. At least judging from the current situation, everything in Ming Dynasty is indeed getting better. Compared with the Wanli period, when many uprisings broke out in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the north was also restless, and the people were suffering even more. Now, after several years of governance, the Ming Dynasty is much better. At least on the surface, stability has been restored.
And it can be seen with the naked eye that as long as it can continue, then there is absolutely no problem for Emperor Wuxing to at least praise ZTE, not only to create a prosperous Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Changle Bookstore would not miss such a good opportunity. They took the opportunity to publish several issues of the commentary, all of which praised Yan Chenhao:
"On the Benefit of the People through the New Deal", "The era of ZTE has arrived"
The sales volume is quite good. While making a lot of money, it also makes more people understand that their improved quality of life is brought about by Yan Chenhao, and his reputation will naturally become more famous.
Of course, Yan Chenhao's series of measures cannot satisfy everyone. After all, while some people benefit, there are always people whose interests will be harmed.
For example, the landlords and scholar-bureaucrats disliked him very much. Compared with officials, their salaries have increased a lot, and their lives have become easier. Although their reputation has been much better, this thing is not as real as real money!
Of course, some knowledgeable people have seen that Yan Chenhao's actions actually eased the conflicts between them and the people. Otherwise, before long, the landless people will become refugees, and they will be the first to be retaliated against. However, most landowners, scholar-bureaucrats, do not have such foresight.
In my heart, I was still very dissatisfied with Yan Chenhao.
However, this is the general trend!
Anyway, the land and other things are still there. Although I paid a little more money, it didn't damage the fundamentals.
So why go against the grain and provoke attacks?
(End of chapter)
