Zhang Cheng is now a member of Qianhu Jinyiwei.
After entering the palace, Zhu Youxiao gave him a seat.
Then he asked: "When Zhang Qing was in the Imperial College, I heard that he was very close to a classmate named Liu.
What was his name?"
Zhang Cheng said: "The minister at the Imperial Academy gets along very well with Brother Liu Liu Jingwen.
I wonder if this is the person your Majesty is talking about."
"It should be this person.
Is he very interested in the Liaodong spies?"
"Your Majesty, it should be Brother Liu Jingwen."
"Is he still in the Imperial College now?"
"Brother Liu will not finish his studies until next year, and he is still in the Imperial College."
Zhu Youxiao sent people to announce Liu Jingwen's arrival, and then said to Zhang Cheng: "I have an idea to supervise the corruption of officials in various places.
Although there are censors now, the effect is not very good.
I wonder if Zhang Qing is Are you interested in this?”
Zhang Cheng was already an imperial examination candidate, but now because of his sister, he has become a member of the Imperial Guard and is unable to continue the imperial examination.
So when I heard that there was such an opportunity, I was naturally overjoyed.
Zhu Youxiao asked him to get up, and the two started chatting.
After a while, Liu Jingwen arrived.
After seeing the ceremony, Zhu Youxiao asked some basic information about him, and found out that he and Zhang Cheng both entered the Imperial Academy as juren, so he said: "Liu Qing is already a juren, and next year will be the year of the exam. , I don’t know if you want to continue studying or come out and do something now.”
Liu Jingwen heard this and looked at Zhang Cheng.
Zhang Cheng kept winking at Liu Jingwen.
Liu Jingwen immediately knelt down and said, "I am willing to serve your Majesty."
With his grades, the chance of being admitted to the imperial examination is very slim.
But now that he is out to do something, and the emperor wants him to do something, then only a fool would refuse to agree.
"Very good, I am optimistic about people who do practical things.
Just now I told Zhang Qing that the corruption situation among officials is serious nowadays, and the imperial censor does not seem to be able to play a good supervisory role.
I am thinking of rebuilding an institution called the Integrity Government.
Departments of Integrity are established in each state, Integrity Bureaus are established in each government, Integrity Departments are established in each province, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption is established in the capital.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption is directly managed at all levels and has no involvement with local governments.
It is mainly responsible for supervising official corruption. " "Of course, we have just established it now, so let me monitor the taxation situation first.
After there are more people, we can do other things.
As for the personnel, you must recruit them all by yourself.
You cannot recruit officials at all levels.
They mainly recruit from among the candidates and scholars.
Recruitment.
All money issues are funded by my internal funds.
Accordingly, you only need to be responsible to me.
Even the chief minister of the cabinet cannot interfere in your affairs.
Do you understand?"
Zhu Youxiao knew that whether he was supervising the censor or giving advice, he was inextricably linked to the officials in the court, so it was difficult to make them fair.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption has nothing to do with officials at all levels, whether in terms of money or people, so its independence can be guaranteed.
The two agreed quickly, and then Zhu Youxiao briefly explained some rules to them, which were basically based on the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Finally, he emphasized that a "Gong Sheng Lian" box should be set up outside anti-corruption agencies at all levels for convenience.
Public reports, because he knows that anti-corruption must rely on the general public, and the supervision of a few people is not as good as the eyes of everyone.
The next day, the emperor issued a decree.
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Zhang Cheng, a member of Qianyiwei, was appointed as the Director of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and Liu Jingwen, a graduate of the Imperial College, was appointed as the Deputy Director, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption of the Ming Dynasty was established.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption has the power to supervise all officials.
Although this imperial edict was simple, it shocked all the officials.
Especially the Supervisory Yuan and the Sixth Section immediately came to the emperor to ask about the situation.
It turned out that there were only two people in the entire Independent Commission Against Corruption, so they laughed it off and thought it was nothing.
The emperor just wanted to find a vacant official position for his brother-in-law.
As for the salary situation of officials, Fang Congzhe’s plan is that all officials at all levels will be paid twelve taels of silver per year, which is the same as the original one.
The discount is stipulated as sixty taels of silver per year for ninth-grade officials.
There is no other discount.
For each level, thirty taels of silver will be added every year.
According to this plan, taking Yang Lian's seventh grade as an example, he can get 210 taels of silver per year, which is more than 15 taels per month, and if it is a genuine first grade, it will be 570 taels of silver per year.
Zhu Youxiao said: "Isn't this too little?"
Fang Congzhe said: "There are already quite a few.
Officials are exempted from corvee and tax.
There are a large number of people in their hometowns who will put their fields in their names, so that they can have a lot of income.
In fact, the really poor people in the court Officials have few acres of land at home, and this plan can at least allow them to have enough money to support their families.
After the collection of commercial taxes is better, Your Majesty can issue another decree to increase their salaries, so that everyone will be grateful to Your Majesty. of."
Zhu Youxiao liked what he said.
Only a good official can think about the emperor.
But he thought of another question: "Then if an official's family has tens of thousands of acres of land, wouldn't the court lose a lot of taxes?
This doesn't work.
It needs to be changed."
"Your Majesty, this policy has been implemented since the reign of Taizu, and there are quantitative restrictions.
Based on merit, a Jinshi can be exempted from taxes of 2,000 acres, a scholar can be exempted from 400 acres, and a scholar can be exempted from 80 acres.
Generally speaking, if a family has Tens of thousands of acres can only exempt two thousand acres from taxes, but some officials conceal the acres and population, or use other methods to prevent their own acres from paying taxes. " Only then did Zhu Youxiao realize that he had taken it for granted.
Now that he had finally gotten the ministers to agree to collect commercial taxes, he needed to get this thing done first.
Now that agricultural taxes accounted for a large proportion of annual revenue, the cleanup would cause a serious backlash.
After the commercial taxes come up and the court has enough money, it will then clean up the hidden fields and hidden houses.
So the next day, the emperor issued an order: Starting from October of the first year of Tianqi, commercial taxes would be collected nationwide, with the tax rate set at 50%.
In October, officials will begin to be paid salaries according to the new standards.
After the treasury situation improves, the salaries before October during the Tianqi Year will be reissued.
Zhu Youxiao summoned Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Factory Supervisor," Wei Zhongxian immediately fell to his knees and said, "Your Majesty, I don't dare to call this slave.
I dare you to ask Your Majesty to still call this slave my companion."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Okay, okay, you have an official title now, it's not a good idea to call you Banban again."
Wei Zhongxian kowtowed and said: "My admiral of Dongchang is the grace of the Holy One.
Everything I have is given by the Holy One.
I will always be the Holy One's servant.
I just want to be with the Holy One and take good care of the Holy One when the Holy One is prosperous.
This is my greatest responsibility." wish."
"I know your loyalty, but you are a person with a job after all.
It would be better to call you factory supervisor."
"Then slave girl, please ask Your Majesty to call this servant a factory minister.
I am a factory minister when I supervise the East Factory for the Holy Lord."
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel funny that he was being taught a lesson by a semi-literate eunuch, so he said: "Then let's go to the factory.
Minister, please ask Dongchang to check for me the situation of land annexation in various places.
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Who are the officials with too many acres of land?"
Focus on the targets to be investigated.
I am going to prepare to take action in this area.
When the time comes, your intelligence will be a powerful weapon against them.
Do you understand?"
"I understand, please rest assured Your Majesty.
When Your Majesty clears them out, I will prepare sufficient evidence for Your Majesty."
"Second question, in order to prevent people from resisting the tax, you asked Dongchang and Jinyiwei to set up branches all over the country, ready to deal with those who resist the tax at any time.
If there is a case, I will punish the case seriously.
I want to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."
Wei Zhongxian smiled sinisterly and said: "Your Majesty, if you let me deal with the Mud Legs, I may be a little reluctant to let go, because I was born in Mud Legs and know their difficulties.
But if I want to deal with these profiteers who are rich and unkind, I will definitely let you go.
They can't live, they can't die. " Zhu Youxiao applauded and said: "The factory minister said it well.
Those ordinary farmers are our foundation.
As long as we let them have food to eat and money to use, those dignitaries are actually tigers made of paper.
We can give them a gentle push."
So when we do something, we have to ask first.
One question, is it good or bad for the people to do this?
If it is good, we must do it even if we are stigmatized.
We must do it even if the people do not understand it for a while.
We can call this people-oriented.
If I forget one day "Chang Chen, please remind me."
Wei Zhongxian kept saying he didn't dare with a look of fear on his face.
Zhu Youxiao lectured: "There is nothing to be afraid of.
As long as what you say makes sense, I am not a person who can't distinguish between good and bad.
Besides, with my trust in the factory officials, can I still blame you?"
These words made Wei Zhongxian He was so moved that tears filled his eyes, and he kowtowed repeatedly to thank the emperor for his kindness.
Zhu Youxiao asked him to get up and asked: "How much is the monthly salary of people in the palace?"
"Your Majesty, eunuchs and maids with duties have rules according to their grades.
Generally, the rules for the inner palace are about 10% of those for court officials.
Anyway, they don't cost much money in the palace.
Of course, those without grades will There is no monthly money anymore, just like when I was with the Holy Master, I had no rank and had to rely on the Holy Master's rewards to get money. " Zhu Youxiao thought about it and realized that he didn't seem to reward him with money or anything back then.
This would have to be made up for in the future.
So he said: "Well, please give me statistics on the number and age of the eunuchs and maids, and list their monthly statistics.
Be more detailed, I will use it."
"Your Majesty, do those who live in each prince's palace be included in the calculation?"
It seems that it is not good to take action in the prince's palace now, so we should do it later.
Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said: "Calculate together and count separately
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