The sky gradually became brighter, and the porridge on Lao Geng's side was also getting better. The people could come to Lao Geng's porridge shed to drink a bowl of porridge for free, and then go to Mingdemen, where the Taicang Office set up a grain harvest office, each family with fifty kilograms of brown rice.

You will find that these fifty kilograms of brown rice are definitely worth a pound.

Other dynasties and other emperors dare not say it, but during the Li Shimin's period, corruption was definitely a very difficult thing to do, ah... Someone will definitely say, how is it possible, it was impossible for that dynasty to not embezzle in history. Since ancient times, some people have money and greed!

Of course, the meaning of "basically" is not to completely eliminate corruption! It is only a single phenomenon, and the amount of corruption is not large (the amount of corruption in a year will generally not exceed the person's salary for one year), and the duration will not be long (very few who commit crimes for more than three years in a row), and will be quickly exposed and severely punished without mercy.

So was there such a dynasty in ancient history that was not corrupt? (Excluding individual phenomena)

The first thing some people think of is Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty punished corruption the most severely, and corrupt officials were punished with the most evil punishment. Even if such punishment was done, the number of corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty was still rare in history.

There is also the Song Dynasty, which is very awesome... In order to prevent corruption, the Song Dynasty gave officials a high salary. For example, the basic salary of the prime minister in the Song Dynasty was about 300 jin per month, and the welfare was 40 pieces of silk, 60 pieces of silk, 100 taels of cotton, 1 piece of silk, and 100 shi of grain.

According to the general price of the Song Dynasty, his monthly income was about 500 jin, which is 500,000 cents. At that time, he could buy 120,000 jin of good rice. Based on the price of slightly better rice (10 yuan/kg), the monthly salary and welfare of the prime minister of the Song Dynasty were about 600,000 yuan today!

Officials with relatively low rank are also well paid. The minimum level of official salary is 20 jin, which is equivalent to the current monthly salary of 25,000! The other two items are not much different, and the maximum difference is only about 4 times.

Not only do they receive high salaries when they are in power, but after retirement, these veteran cadres can also receive full salary! Moreover, during festivals, relevant departments of the court also come to visit their homes, and they all have to bring "year-old gifts".

In addition, the Song Dynasty also had an unprecedented "retired cadre promotion policy": officials could wait at home after retirement before being promoted. Of course, they were promoted not to actual positions, but to disguised retirement benefits. There was a minister of the Ministry of Rites named Zhang Cun who retired for fifteen years and was promoted from "retired deputy minister of the Ministry of Personnel" to "retired minister of the Ministry of Rites" and received the minister's retirement salary.

However, the Song Dynasty did not prevent corrupt officials from being honest with high salaries. Instead, it raised a "corrupt officials paradise" with high salaries.

According to the principle of "high salary to maintain integrity", it seems that officials of the Song Dynasty took high salaries that were unprecedented and unparalleled, and honest and dedicated to the public seemed natural. However, high salary did not curb corruption, and corrupt officials were everywhere.

It is not uncommon for famous corrupt officials of the Song Dynasty in history, such as Ding Wei, Wang Qinruo, Cai Jing, Qin Hui, Jia Sidao, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi...!

Some people concluded that only 10% of the officials standing in the Song Dynasty were corrupt officials, and the remaining 90% were corrupt officials.

Even Kou Zhun, a famous prime minister, always held banquets at home, and special giant candles must be used on the table, which are as bright as daytime... Lu Mengzheng, a poor scholar, fell in love with chicken tongue soup after becoming a high-ranking official, and killed hundreds of chickens after drinking soup. Pu Mengzong, a Hanlin scholar, often killed more than ten pigs when his family had a meal.

During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, why did it say that there was almost no soil for corrupt officials to survive? It was because, first of all, a good dynasty needed a good leader, and Li Shimin was undoubtedly a wise ruler.

Li Shimin can be said to be the best comprehensive quality among the emperors of all dynasties. He was born in a big family, received a good education, and went deep into the masses during the war, so he could understand the people's hearts very well.

Compared with Liu Bang, who was a rogue, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had served as a monk, Li Shimin had higher quality. So we will find that the phenomenon of killing heroes in other dynasties basically did not appear in Li Shimin.

Secondly, the essence of the emperor is a leader. You must have a sense of responsibility and a sense of crisis. Only those below can believe in you and face difficulties with you. Li Shimin's sense of responsibility lies in keeping the people in mind at all times. The emperor has done this. How dare the people below make things difficult for the people? In terms of sense of crisis, Li Shimin has been pursuing talents, hoping to better ensure the stability of the country.

Again, Li Shimin's ruling style was honest and honest to others. Therefore, during the Zhenguan rule, Wei Zheng could say whatever he wanted. If it were other emperors, Lord Wei would have been dragged down and executed long ago.

The impact of this is that the emperor has no need to supervise his subjects at all times, and the ministers do not have to keep everything in their hearts, and they dare not speak out. In this way, the court will be harmonious and the king and his ministers will trust each other, so why should they be corrupt and commit suicide?

Finally, the so-called world-wide phenomenon may be the closest period of the Zhenguan reign of the Tang Dynasty. Many of the people at that time did not close their doors at night because the social order was quite stable at that time and the people lived and worked in peace. The phenomenon of corruption during the Zhenguan reign was Li Shimin, and the people below dared not be distorted.

When the monarch and ministers and the people live in harmony, where is it necessary to take risks and embezzle? When the ministers can play a role, who is still interested in embezzling?

Li Zhan watched with his own eyes the food collected by the people. Fifty kilograms of brown rice are fifty kilograms of brown rice, which will not be less than one tael. Following these people to Li Tai and Li Ke, there will not be one tael less. Not only will it not be less, but the quality will not be slightly worse.

Because if this is bad, Li Tai and Li Ke are looking for death. The people don’t have to go to find him. Li Shimin will go directly to find his two princes. If he doesn’t beat them hard, Li Shimin will never give up.

This is why the upper beam will not be crooked.

It is also the reason why there was almost no corruption in the officialdom during the Zhenguan period.

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Li Zhan arrived at Dunhuafang at almost 10 o'clock in the morning. At this time, there was a long queue in front of Dunhuafang, and many people were waiting to get coal furnaces and honeycomb coal.

However, Li Chengqian had not arrived yet at this time. You should know that Li Tai and Li Ke had already arrived at their own rice-storage place, and Li Chengqian had not arrived yet.

Li Zhan's face suddenly collapsed.

Fortunately, about a quarter of an hour later, Li Chengqian rushed over and said, as soon as he came over, Li Chengqian was originally thinking about asking Li Zhan to explain, but when the people in the queue saw Li Chengqian, they all knelt down excitedly and shouted in unison: "Crown Prince Qiansui...!"

Li Chengqian had no choice but to respond, and then greeted them one by one. Seeing the excited look of the people, Li Zhan was not so angry for some reason. Li Zhan smiled slightly.

This made Li Chengqian's small waist stand up, and he came to Li Zhan with a wicked smile and shouted to the people: "Everyone... This is Mr. Li Zhan, the boss of Qingfeng Building. Everyone has the coal furnace and honeycomb coal in their hands, and he also has a contribution from Mr. Li Zhan. I hope everyone can remember Mr. Li Zhan."

With this shout, the people also bowed like Li Zhan. Li Zhan looked at the people who bowed to him, and felt a little relieved in his heart, reviving the people and destroying the people.

Li Zhan hopes that in his lifetime, the people can be prosperous without suffering!
Chapter completed!