As soon as the new policy was released, the atmosphere of all the yamen in the capital was renewed, and the bad habits of lazy and negligent government disappeared in an instant. Under the strict supervision of the factory and guards, the government affairs environment of delaying and shirking was greatly improved. Local government affairs reported to the court would be quickly summarized into the Shangguan copy and then reported to the cabinet for handling.

It’s not okay to be active. If there are any mistakes and omissions, the factory guards who are in the yamen will record them. Not only will the thirty taels of huge bonus at the end of the year be lost, but they may even endanger their jobs. After finally waiting for a high salary day, they will lose their money, so their family will not be scolded to death. The reason why the factory guards are easy to supervise these officials is because all documents must be registered. The factory guards only need to check the documents when they are paid every day.

The Cabinet members received even greater benefits from this salary increase.

As the chief assistant, Wen Tiren is based on the salary of the first-rank lǐng    qǔ. The monthly salary is set at 200 taels and 1,000 taels of silver for maintenance.

Wang Yingxiong, Zhang Zhifa and others were treated as first-ranked rank, with a monthly salary of 150 taels and 800 taels of innocence.

Wen Tiren is already in his sixties. He usually walks with his official steps, which makes him look steady and more powerful.

He regards himself as honest and honest, and when he goes home on weekdays, the door is closed and basically does not meet outsiders, so he can act like he refuses to accept bribes.

After a long time, I am honest and honest, but my life is not as rich as other ministers.

Because no one gives gifts, aren’t you an honest and lonely official? Why do you still need money?

For this reason, Old Wen complained a lot from his wife and children to each other: Look at the old man in a certain house, with eight living rooms and a group of servants at home. Every now and then, he invites guests and friends at home. The concubines at home bring a full set of gold jewelry, followed by a group of maids after going out. Look at our family, your official sedan chair has been used for several years, and he is reluctant to spend money to change it. It’s so miserable on the road.

Old Wen knew his own hardships, so he could only throw his face and curse, and then sneak into the study to read the book because he felt guilty.

For so many years, in order to give the emperor a lonely and honest image, I have endured the pain of how many people have rejected the heavy gifts from many people. Isn’t it just to keep the position of the prime minister?

There are only a few of his hard-core confidants who usually give gifts to him. Wang Yingxiong and others' homes line up at the door when the New Year and the New Year are coming.

Wen Tiren sometimes regrets what he is doing?

Isn’t it just to get an official to make money from your family and relatives? Now, as a prime minister, his life is just a little better than that of an ordinary wealthy family because he has no money.

Unexpectedly, the Lord gave such great favors at once. Although he was not for himself, he was the highest-paid among all officials.

A salary of 2,400 taels per year, plus 1,000 taels of integrity. Not only did the family suddenly become extremely wealthy, but more importantly, the glory, the entire Ming Dynasty had the highest salary! Who can compare?

The official sedan is old and not good-looking? Change it! Change it immediately, there is a warm stove in the east and an ice basin in the summer!

People’s concubines bring gold jewelry? Buy it! The full set of gold jewelry, the most popular style, buy two sets! You won’t be nagging now, right?

Old Wen now walks quickly and with the wind. He becomes energetic and his voice becomes extremely loud. His cold face, which is usually rude, also has a little smile.

The effect of this salary increase is immediate and will have a deeper impact. The greatest benefit of people's hearts is the one that is stable.

Located in the deep palace, the capital is its own base camp and the brain and center of the entire Ming Dynasty. Whether it is the hearts of the military and the people or the officials, it must be stable and morale must be boosted.

After all, this time, I just spent more than 200,000 taels of silver every year, but it basically eliminated many bad habits in the yamen. These behaviors are all caused by two words - silver.

The key is how to keep this good atmosphere going, rather than the popularity of everyone for three minutes. It seems that effective supervision and personal interests are indispensable.

As long as you can spend money to solve the problem, it is not a problem. A mere 200,000 taels of silver is not a big money for Chongzhen, who is rich nowadays.

As long as the problem of Lianghuai Salt Field is solved, it means that white silver and yellow copper coins are rolling in.

Should I give the Ministry of Revenue? Although Hou Xun's bitter face has improved slightly now, he is still wrinkled all day long. Every time I see his old face full of class hatred, I want to go up and kick him.

Forget it, people in their sixties still have to deal with books for money and food every day. It is really difficult for him to ask for money and food in various places. It would be better to allow some to him at that time. You can't watch the old man worry so much, right?

Since I think about Lianghuai’s affairs, let’s do it quickly. I spent more than 200,000 taels over the past year, and Lianghuai Salt Trailer said that I could get back several 200,000 in one go.

Don’t underestimate officials of low rank. If they sit in important positions for a long time, their family property may not be less than that of some high-ranking officials, and it is not new to small officials and corruption.

After taking over Lianghuai Salt Pilot, Lianghuai Salt Field became a treasure. Just a dozen salt fields in Huaibei and the salt stored in the official warehouse were a fortune.

Unfortunately, the big salt merchants gathered in Yangzhou Prefecture and could not take charge of colluding with bandits and raids for their own crimes, and they would make a fortune.

If eight companies like Fan Yongdou and others were compared, the production capacity of salt merchants would be several streets higher than Fan Yongdou and others.

How luxurious are salt merchants?

Give an example.

A salt merchant surnamed Salt Man built a hall in the garden to use it when entertaining guests. The entire hall was made of wood, including all the furniture inside.

Isn’t wood construction very common? What’s the luxury of this?

Yes, it is common to build wood, but they all use golden nanmu!

In later generations, nanmu was called a gold thread and a gold price, but in the current Ming Dynasty, its price is not inferior to that in later generations, and every inch of wood is indeed worthy of its name.

Find nanmu from the deep mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou, drift down the water, then dragged it to Jiangnan with a boat, then untied the wood, dried it thoroughly and then made into furniture. The cost in the middle is enough to make the already sparse golden nanmu more expensive.

How much money does it cost to build a hall with golden nanmu?

I don’t know the specific amount of this, but there are generally tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of taels.

It is possible to spend hundreds of thousands of taels to build a hall just for your own enjoyment. You can imagine how rich the property is.

On the Forbes rich list of later generations, I'm afraid there are not many willing to do this. Someone has calculated that the purchasing power of one tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to one thousand yuan rmb, and spending 100 to two hundred million to build a hall was really few people could do it.

Anyway, Chongzhen could not do such extravagant things. Although he was the king of a country and was nominally rich in the world, he actually had just survived the hard days.

Besides, no matter how rich he is, Chongzhen would not spend it on this before, it is not worth it.

Isn’t it better to invest huge amounts of money in improving people’s livelihood, such as building bridges and paving roads, helping the poor and helping the poor, than turning them into dead objects? They all use money to build expensive houses, so where can I find the money needed for the circulation of other commodities?

At least all aspects of the capital are very stable. From the palace to the army to the people, they are determined, and now there is a group of officials. With various measures, Chongzhen's prestige has been quietly established. Next, people can slowly digest and absorb the nutritious meals they eat, and subtly change some chronic diseases and serious diseases.

In order to make good governance more benefit ordinary people, under the intentional instigation of Chongzhen, Empress Yi'an, Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian, ​​Concubine Li Shu and others invested to establish two large-scale Yangjiyuan in the north city of the south city. The original Yangjiyuan had long been abandoned and collapsed, and the surrounding houses limited it to a small range, so it was not built on the original site.

Yangjiyuan has existed since ancient times. After Taizu established the Ming Dynasty, he carried forward this system.

"Make the widows, widows, orphans, orphans, and those who are not able to survive in their own illnesses" is the basic principle of the Yangjiyuan. During the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, almost every county built Yangjiyuan. Local officials and gentry contributed money to donate and purchased food and other daily necessities for their normal operation.

However, with the turbulence and uneasiness of the situation over the years, the political discipline of the North has been abolished and it is difficult for ordinary people to survive, and who can still care about others. Therefore, the Yangjiyuan in Jiangbei has gradually been abandoned, and it is also accompanied by countless tragedies.

It is impossible to restore the local health care homes on a large scale now. It is difficult for ordinary people to have a good meal.

But you can't watch those lonely and helpless people die of illness and starvation? As a time traveler, Chongzhen, who has been criterion for humanitarianism since childhood, cannot accept it.

Now that I have ample hands, I cannot let the tragedy happen under my own eyes.

During a meal, Chongzhen accidentally mentioned a report from the Jinyiwei, one of which specifically described the tragic situation of these helpless people in the capital.

The reason why humans set up families is not only to pass on the family line, but more importantly, to find support. When they encounter major setbacks and need help, they have relatives to accompany them. Even if they cannot provide other help, they will have more psychological sense of security.

These people who are helpless for various reasons live like in hell.

It is normal to lack food and clothing on weekdays, especially after getting sick, you can only slowly disappear with a state of consciousness and a huge sense of fear.

What’s even more difficult is that in winter, death is the best destination when hunger and cold. Every day, the servants in Shuntian Prefecture use cars to push a large number of people who died of cold and hunger out of the city and find a remote place to throw away.

These are not foreigners who fled, but locals in the capital, widowed, widowed, orphans and disabled people!

After hearing her husband say this, Zhou Hou couldn't help but shed tears. He didn't even eat and got up and went back to the bedroom.

The next day, Zhou Hou went to the residence of Empress Yi'an and told him what Chongzhen said one by one. Zhang Yan couldn't help but cry, so she had the idea of ​​investing in the construction of the Yangjian Academy.

Zhou Hou told her husband about the ideas of several people. Chongzhen immediately expressed his firm support and praised Zhou Hou and others for their kindness and kindness. He also generously stated that in name, Zhou Hou and others contributed their capital, but in fact, they could bear all the expenses themselves, including the needs of the operation of the Yangshiyuan in the future, which was borne by the treasury.

With unanimous praise from the government and the opposition, Zhou Hou and others invested 30,000 taels of silver, and the Ministry of Industry sent personnel to supervise the construction. Shuntian Prefecture was responsible for hiring civil servants and officially started construction.

Because the empress who was the mother of the world took the lead, and the emperor had just raised his salary significantly to everyone, many wives from the palaces of nobles and civil servants also donated money and grain.
Chapter completed!