"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions!"
"First, the scope of the Chief Secretary of Liaodong is the area where the slaves were located. The scope is too large, larger than the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi, which is not conducive to management.
After Li Ting sweeps the holes, you have to re-demarcate the Liaodong area as prefectures and counties.
Based on my understanding of Liaodong, at least twenty prefectures must be designated. You can determine the details based on the actual situation. "
Huh?
Listening to the emperor's words, everyone looked thoughtful.
Because the emperor said something similar when he split up Southern Zhili.
Does the emperor want to split up the land of Liaodong?
If Liaodong is to be split, according to the area of Liaodong, there will be at least two or three chief secretaries.
It has been more than two hundred years since the development of the Ming Dynasty. All major yamen and departments have basically been finalized, and the number of official positions is basically stable. One carrot and one pit.
If you want to climb up, there are only two ways. One is that the top person leaves or is killed, and everyone on the same line moves up.
The second is to expand the territory. If the territory is increased, it will naturally increase the number of official positions.
In the future, Liaodong will be divided into two or three chief secretaries, and there will be at least 40 to 50 more officials above the fourth rank.
Once it is split, it will definitely be supplemented based on the original officials, and the original officials will have the opportunity to climb up.
If you are good enough, you will probably be promoted across grades. This has already happened in the split Nazhili.
It takes three to five years to exchange for one or two promotions. This is a good deal!
Thinking of this, everyone's expressions changed a little.
Looking at the expressions of everyone, Chongzhen had a smile on his lips. This was the effect he wanted. Without giving any thought to these initial officials to work hard, this bitter cold land in Liaodong might not be able to develop.
It's not that he doesn't want to split it up now, it's because there are too many high-level officials.
"The second thing!"
Chongzhen knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "The new policy that Liu Aiqing just mentioned reminded me. I really have an idea. You should think about it first!"
"I plan to implement Huohuo Guigong in Liaodong!"
Listening to the emperor's words, the generals were full of doubts. After all, they had never been engaged in civil affairs work.
And Yuan Keli's eyes were shining brightly. After going through five dynasties, starting from the initial promotion, ups and downs in the officialdom for decades, he held almost all official positions, so he naturally knew the emperor's intentions.
Wei Yang, the commander of the Huben Guards, said with doubts on his face: "Your Majesty, I am sorry for my stupidity. Regardless of whether the money spent is private or public, isn't it all the people's money? Is there any difference?"
"Yuan Aiqing, please explain to them!"
After listening to the emperor's words, Yuan Keli glanced at the generals: "You are all generals and have not experienced the management of local civil affairs, so naturally you do not understand the principles involved.
First of all, I would like to explain to you what is called Huoyu. Huoyu is also called Huoyu. It means that when local officials collect taxes, they will ask taxpayers to pay an extra portion in addition to the prescribed tax.
Why pay more?
Because what the people paid was broken silver, the local government needed to melt it and recast it into silver ingots and hand them over to the national treasury. There would be losses during the recasting process.
It is normal to charge fire consumption, because broken silver will be bumped and worn in daily use, resulting in insufficient weight. Although it is very small, it must exist.
This is the source of the problem. When the local government levies a tael of silver, it can cost as little as two or three taels of silver, or as much as 6 or 7 taels of silver.
For example, for the fire consumption of three coins, the actual loss was 10%, and the remaining two cents went directly into the officials' pockets.
Therefore, it happened frequently that the people resisted the fire consumption. The people were miserable and complained to the court. This was one of the reasons for the Shaanxi civil uprising in the seventh year of the Apocalypse.
Insulting the imperial court was a burden, but it only enriched the officials! "
The generals suddenly realized and seemed to understand the emperor's intention.
And Yuan Keli continued: "After His Majesty proposes that the fire consumption be returned to the public, no matter how much fire consumption is collected by the local government, all the fire consumption will belong to the national treasury, and the officials will not be able to benefit from it.
If the fire was used, the Jin Yiwei, the inspection censor, and the inspection team would be able to find out, and the consequence would be to be executed directly.
In this way, if the local officials levy high fire costs, the people who resist the payment will be found out, and the officials will be unlucky. Naturally, the officials will not charge ridiculously high fire costs.
Returning fire to the public can solve the long-standing maladministration of local officials' excessive taxation and reduce the burden on the people. "
After saying this, Yuan Keli bowed to Chongzhen again: "Your Majesty, this is benevolent government and a blessing to the people!"
"It is indeed a benevolent government for the people, but it is not a benevolent government for the officials!"
Chongzhen said something meaningful.
In fact, this strategy also has a supporting component, which is to maintain integrity.
After the collected fire was used to fill the national treasury, the remainder was used as public funds and as money for raising officials.
But Chongzhen thought that the money for raising integrity was nonsense. The more fire money was collected, the more money would be left after filling the treasury, and the more money for raising integrity would be allocated to each official.
Although there are several major supervisory departments and agencies that conduct inspections and charge one dollar and one dollar and two dollars, the difference to the people is not big. If the whole province is put together, it is a big number.
Moreover, he has already increased the salary of officials, and there will be changes in the future, etc. It is absolutely impossible to link the raising of integrity and the return of fire to the public.
Listening to the worry in the emperor's words, Yuan Keli's face was solemn and murderous: "Your Majesty, you have increased the salaries of officials. According to the plan, the future will be better.
If everything goes well, the salaries and benefits of officials in the Ming Dynasty will be the best in history. What else can they be dissatisfied with?
His Majesty once said, if you want to get rich, don't think of being an official. If you want to be an official, don't think of getting rich. The most important thing in Ming Dynasty is people who want to be officials.
Anyone who dares to object or reach out will be cut down! "
"If 10% of the officials in the Ming Dynasty have the level of Yuan Aiqing, the people of the Ming Dynasty will be much happier!"
Chongzhen said with a smile, and then looked at Yuan Chonghuan: "Yuan Chonghuan, you have tried it out in Liaodong for the return of Huoxiao. This can be regarded as the court's first strategy to benefit the people in Liaodong.
In addition, due to the war this year, the people of Liaodong are in panic all day long. In addition, Huang Taiji created Liaoze and large areas of fertile land were flooded. I will exempt Liaodong from taxes this year and reduce them by half next year!
I hope you can implement these two policies to benefit the people, which can be regarded as paving the way for you to take over Liaodong! "
"I will do my best to live up to His Majesty's high expectations!"
Yuan Chonghuan looked solemn and spoke immediately.
This is not only Huimin, but also a test for him.
At this moment, the generals also came to their senses and understood what the emperor meant by Huo Huo returning to his father's side.
I now understand better why it is being tried out in Liaodong even though it is a national policy that benefits the people.
Because this strategy will stand against all officials, once the policy is not implemented well, it may shake the country's foundation.
But as military generals, they can't decide anything... It's not right. They can help the emperor kill corrupt officials?
"Now that I've said this, I have another strategy, let's try it out too!"
