Xu Hu and Xie Hongling had a son, and both of them were in the military. Xie Hongling was a woman, and it was not surprising that she wanted to raise her child with her husband.
Sure enough, within two days, the memorial came up. Xiao Yuan approved it without saying a word and retained her military exploits and title.
Lu Yunyan was also very happy about this, and even chatted with Xiao Yuan during dinner. After all, Xie Hongling was like her best friend.
"Brother Wang, Hong Ling has many military exploits. You can't just ignore her just because she is a daughter and now she is raising a husband and raising children." She said: "The military rank is gone, there should be a second-grade wife. Bar."
"Yes, I was awarded the title when the country was founded." Xiao Yuan had no objection. It was indeed appropriate. When Xie Hongling broke out of the siege with thousands of troops and rode a beauty across the mountains, she was not the first female general.
After the issue of the official system was settled, Xiao Yuan was dealing with the official salary issue in the past few days, including the salary of the regular army and the officers and soldiers of the Wuwei Prefecture.
In the past, salaries and wages were located in a corner of the Qin Kingdom. As the world competed for hegemony, the purchasing power of money continued to fluctuate, and the same was true for food. Of course, that was before unification. Now that there is unification, prices have slowly stabilized, and salaries and wages are no longer the same.
Because the unification of currency, economic development, and the exchange rate of silver and copper coins are all very important.
After Xiao Yuan brought some vegetables to his wife, he said, "What does Sister Wang think about the official salary issue?"
Lu Yunyan said: "It can't be too high, and it can't be too low. If it's too high, the treasury will be burdened; if it's too low, they will find ways to embezzle."
Xiao Yuan nodded: "Sister Wang is right. Ministers not only have salaries, but also salaries and titles. These must be considered."
The couple chatted while eating, and from time to time they brought each other's favorite dishes.
At night, Xiao Yuan put his arm around her waist and said seductively: "Sister Wang, let's wash together."
"don't want."
Early morning the next day.
Xiao Yuan made the final decision on official salaries.
It is still a monthly salary. Based on currency unification, the copper money exchange rate has been adjusted to some extent.
In order to be more clear, the unit is drafted. Of course, officials at all levels can also receive their salaries in silver.
The monthly salary of a first-class minister is 20,000 yuan. (Purchasing power of 20,000 yuan)
Excludes income from salaries and titles. (These are equivalent to allowances and position subsidies, as well as benefits, bonuses, etc.)
In other words, the basic salary is 20,000.
In fact, if you can be a first-class minister, you must have a title. Including the salary, it is estimated to be much more than the basic monthly salary, so it is not too little, and it is more than enough to support servants and families.
From a first-grade minister, it is 18,000 Wen.
The first and second grade is worth 17,000 inscriptions.
The second grade is 16,000 Wen.
The third grade is 15,000 Wen.
From the third grade, the price is 14,000 Wen.
The genuine fourth grade is worth 13,000 inscriptions.
From the fourth grade it is 12500 Wen.
The fifth grade is 12,000 Wen.
The seventh grade is 10,000 Wen.
Starting from the seventh grade is 9500 Wen.
The eighth grade is 9000 Wen.
From the eighth level, the price is 8,000 Wen.
The ninth grade is 7000 Wen.
From the ninth grade, the price is 6,000 Wen.
County-level documents, miscellaneous officials, jailers, etc., totaling 5,000 documents.
The jailer's salary is 4,000 coins.
These are basic monthly stipends, like a jailer, he may have bonuses.
Since such a standard has been set, Xiao Yuan must have carefully considered it and considered it comprehensively. Taking the county magistrate as an example, he roughly calculated that based on his basic monthly salary and various gratuities and allowances, the annual salary would be about 25 It’s around 10,000, so if there’s nothing special, the fluctuation won’t be too big.
This time the salary is set, including the army and officers and soldiers.
The salary for ordinary soldiers in the regular army is 5,000 yuan, and there is no retirement allowance.
The officers and soldiers of Wuwei Mansion are also paid 5,000 Wen.
After the matter was finalized, almost all the ministers had no objections, but Liu Yuzhi stood up:
"Your Majesty, have officials' salaries been adjusted too high? After all, after currency unification, the purchasing power of copper coins will be extremely stable."
"I second the proposal." Liu Changqing stood up and said with cupped hands: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. With such an official salary, the burden on the national treasury is too heavy."
Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment, glanced around and said, "What do you all think?"
People paused, and soon Ding Rong stood up and said seriously: "Your Majesty, Mingjian, how can an official serve the country if he can't support himself? Therefore, I think this salary adjustment will It’s so perfect that there’s no need to change it at all.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Changqing sneered: "Take Mr. Ding as an example. He is a third-grade official and has a monthly salary of 15,000 Wen. The price of food is 3 Wen per catty. How much firewood, rice, oil, salt and cloth can he consume every month? Even if it is a bit luxurious, 1,000 Wen is enough, but the remaining 14,000 Wen is not enough for you, it is not counting your salary."
"Absurd!" Ding Rong immediately retorted: "Master Liu is alone, but that doesn't mean that others are too! Which official's family does not have servants and family members, and there are so many people who don't even eat!"
"Hmph! I think your Lord Ding has too many concubines at home!"
Liu Changqing said loudly: "As an official, you should care about the people's livelihood and the country. How can you covet wealth and pleasure! As long as you have food and shelter, it doesn't matter if you don't have a penny!"
"You!" Ding Rong said angrily, facing Xiao Yuan: "Your Majesty, Liu Changqing's words are purely unreasonable."
"Strong words?" Liu Changqing sneered again and said unceremoniously: "Master Ding is an official, I'm afraid it's not just to make money, but there are many cases of corruption and perversion of the law."
"You are such a mouthful!" Ding Rong's nose was almost twisted with anger. This Liu Changqing, overtly or covertly, was always targeting him, as if he was sick.
"Your Majesty!"
The two of them bowed their hands towards Xiao Yuan at the same time.
"Okay!" Xiao Yuan frowned slightly and stopped the two of them from continuing to argue.
The two of them were silent and each saluted and returned to the train. Ding Rong couldn't help but glare at Liu Changqing.
Liu Yuzhi secretly shook his head. Liu Changqing was right to stand up, but he missed the point. After a pause, he spoke again: "Your Majesty, let's not talk about official salary. It's just military expenses. The expenses are too high."
Xiao Yuan sighed softly and said: "Prime Minister, the soldiers have followed me in the south and north, and have gone through life and death. If the country is not perfect in terms of military expenditures, I can't do it."
Liu Yuzhi was silent for a moment and then said: "In that case, your Majesty should consider whether to disarm. At present, the total military strength in the country is more than 1.4 million, and the number of officers and soldiers in Wuwei Prefecture is also about 300,000. Such a huge army, although it can be Tun, but the country’s military expenditures also have to be considered.”
In the Battle of Qin Ling, the Qin State mobilized one million troops. This does not include the border garrison. And later on, more and more troops were fought, so there were more than 1.4 million.
After thinking about it, Xiao Yuan said: "This matter is negotiable. Since the prime minister raised it, I have also considered it. The regular army can be set at 800,000, plus 400,000 reserve troops, for a total of 1.2 million troops."
"As for the Wuwei Mansion, it is responsible for public security in various places and arresting criminals and thieves. The number of people cannot be reduced. Let's change it to 4,500."
After hearing this, Liu Yuzhi thought about it seriously, bowed his hands and said, "In this case, I have no objection."
(End of chapter)
