If you want to be a good official in the Ming Dynasty, you must be worldly. After all, the officialdom is not as good as the battlefield. Civil servants will not do such vulgar things as fighting and killing. They are better at setting up obstacles behind their backs.

The front line is tight and the rear is tight.

It is very obvious that the first level of officialdom crushes people to death.

But if you want to be humane and worldly, you need to transfer benefits. However, the official salary and treatment set by the Ming Dynasty are very low.

Emperor Taizu Gao, Zhu Yuanzhang, knew very well what the virtues and conduct of officials were, and he both used and suppressed these officials.

It's just that the situation of Taizu's dynasty does not apply to subsequent emperors. After all, not all Ming emperors were immediate emperors like Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Chengzu Emperor Zhu Di.

If the official salary set for the Ming Dynasty officials is too low, it will lead to corruption, causing more and more officials to gradually choose to live in harmony with the light, and eventually evolve into Ming Dynasty moths.

Of course... no matter how high the salary is set, corruption will still occur. After all, human nature is so complicated.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen explicitly raised the salaries of officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty was mainly to ensure that those officials were unwilling to live up to the glory and be willing to do practical things. At the same time, when promoting the rectification of officialdom at various stages, he wanted to find out those officials

When a group of corrupt officials are found, they can hold on to absolute justice.

Kill you because you are greedy!

"No need?"

In the early stages of the reform, before the official announcement of its end, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to maintain this competitiveness to ensure that both sets of civil servants could achieve his goals.

"Think about it carefully."

Food security is something that a country with a sound system must consider comprehensively. Once there is a problem with food security, no matter how good the previous development is, it will lead to chaos.

The concept of "ruling the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats" made many civil servants of the Ming Dynasty forget about it. They felt that even if they were caught, they would not be severely punished. At worst, they would be dismissed from their posts and sent back to their hometowns. In this case, Chongzhen

The emperor is making a comeback little by little.

The fault was not that Emperor Chongzhen gave good treatment and ample room for promotion, but he squeezed the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and put them under great pressure all day long. I am afraid that many of them chose to resign.

"That's right."

It was extremely quiet inside the palace.

These groups are widely distributed.

There was a lot of pressure to call the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Qian Sule and the others, "The rectification of officialdom in Ming Dynasty's officialdom is just the beginning. Many accumulated problems and stubborn diseases cannot be solved overnight.

"Continue to talk about collecting and storing grain."

What's more, from the establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the present, your presence in the foreign court has actually been increasingly controversial. I feel that you are my lucky ministers.

They are all officials of the Ming Dynasty. Is it more noble to serve in a department in an external court than to serve in a department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?

Everyone has pressure, and so do I. I have been busy with various government and military affairs these days, and have been staying in Qianqing Palace. But I would like to ask you, why do you have to let others talk about the things you have worked so hard for?"

Emperor Chongzhen responded.

The reason why the problems of the Ming Dynasty's civil servants continue to explode is that the power they wield is too heavy and there is no corresponding restriction and supervision.

The group of civil servants called the Outer Dynasty and the group of civil servants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were antagonizing and competing with each other. This was what Emperor Chongzhen had been doing.

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair, looked at Qian Sule and the others, and said in a calm tone: "Although high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes are gradually being trialled and promoted in the northern provinces, local disaster relief agencies are also actively rectifying water conservancy facilities.

This can lead to a corresponding increase in grain production in various places.

Although it is a people's warehouse, both supervision and operation must be determined according to the standards of the state. If anyone dares to put their evil thoughts on the matter of the people's warehouse, then the laws of the Ming Dynasty are not for show."

No matter what level you are at, if you lose competitiveness, you will lose your source of motivation.

Not to mention the pressure on domestic finances in particular.

But I don't see it that way.

"Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for the affairs of the palace, I understand the truth that there are some things that should be handled by the administrative offices of the outer court. Either this reason is used to shirk the responsibility, or another reason is used to evade it."

"In the past, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent 1 million taels of silver every year to purchase large quantities of grain from the Huangming Sea Trade Association, Han League, and European merchants..."

The Ming Dynasty was in the Little Ice Age, and natural disasters occurred frequently, which would lead to a reduction in food production. This is an indisputable fact.

However, the various disaster relief agencies must have also seen the statistics and summary of the memorials sent to Beijing.

One million taels of silver a year is far from enough to order grain from overseas.

Like the victims under the jurisdiction of various disaster relief agencies, off-duty workers in various industries, and off-duty groups in various cities, if there is any problem with the food supply of our Ming Dynasty, it will inevitably cause serious consequences."

In the next five years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will gradually accumulate this budget. This matter must be clarified with the Sichuan-Hai Federation. The affordable grain stores set up in various places must continue to increase in scale. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must also expand the budget in the north.

Various provinces are preparing to build a number of civilian storage warehouses, which are incompatible with the military storage warehouses of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Emperor Chongzhen was good at making money. At this stage, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has many high-quality assets under its name and can generate a lot of income every year. However, Emperor Chongzhen was also good at spending money.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue is taking care of this matter, so there is no need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to increase the budget, right?" Huang Daozhou thought for a while, looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said.

Emperor Chongzhen said with firm eyes: "What are you doing as officials? I know that you have done a lot recently.

In view of this special situation, many officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were actually complaining endlessly and were under too much pressure. A word from Emperor Chongzhen would often cause a group of people to rush around.

Qian Sule thought for a while, bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and asked: "Does your Majesty want to increase the scale of grain storage?"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "Huang Qing, have you ever been hungry? Don't let the current pressure from the Ministry of Internal Affairs affect your judgment in doing things.

It's just that under the rule of the northern provinces, the size of the unemployed group is constantly increasing.

But these things I do are not for pleasure, but to make the Ming Dynasty better. Do we have to choose to retreat when we encounter some problems and pressure?"

The expansion of the Ming Dynasty's reform movement was a gradual process.

What is suitable for the early stage of reform does not mean that it is suitable for the middle stage of reform.

What is suitable for the middle stage of reform does not mean that it is suitable for the later stage of reform.
Chapter completed!