Good political achievements can be promoted, and the higher the official position, the more salary and the better the salary. This itself is an incentive for officials. However, this does not conflict with the reward of other money. If such policies could be implemented as soon as possible, I believe that Hai Rui, the direct minister during the Jiajing period, would not have lived in such a difficult situation!

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he turned to look at the two people in the front line below and said, "The specific article will be discussed by Wen Qing and Cao Daban. I will take a look. If there is no problem, it can be told to the world."

When Wen Tiren heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "I received the order!"

"I obey the order!" At the same time, Cao Huachun also bowed and said.

However, Emperor Chongzhen obviously had some explanations. He glanced at the ministers below and continued: "You should be able to see that the money in the treasury is getting more and more abundant year by year, and the growth rate is very fast. This depends on the efforts of the ministers and the efforts of officials at all levels of the Ming Dynasty. I think that those who work for the court and work for the Ming Dynasty will receive the salary of the Ming Dynasty. From then on, there will be no word for officials, but only officials!"

Everyone was surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect that the emperor would come up with new moves every year, and at the end of the year, he would actually come up with such a big move. Such a thing has not happened in China for thousands of years!

Thinking of this, for a moment, no one talked, and they were just brain teasers thinking about this matter.

Emperor Chongzhen ignored them and continued to say according to his own ideas: "Although the court would increase a large amount of salary and expenses for this, I think this matter is very necessary. Those who contribute to the Ming Dynasty cannot treat it unfairly! In the past, the court was poor and had no choice. But I believe that the Ming Dynasty would become richer in the future, and the court would have more money, and it would definitely be able to pay this expense! What do you think about this?"

Although he asked the ministers for their opinions at the end, his tone was firm and almost decisive. Emperor Chongzhen conveyed his meaning to the ministers below without any concealment.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, the Wenhua Hall became quiet for a moment, and no one immediately responded.

Emperor Chongzhen was not in a hurry. He knew that his proposal was something that had never been seen in the dynasty before. To allow these Ming Dynasty officials to accept this proposal, they naturally had to give them some time.

Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Revenue, looked up at Emperor Chongzhen first, as if he wanted to speak, but remembered that although he didn't get much, he was on the list and was still guilty now, so he lowered his head and didn't speak.

But Emperor Chongzhen saw his actions. Emperor Chongzhen said to him: "If Bi Qing has any ideas, just tell me!"

Hearing this, these people immediately heard the emperor's attitude, that is, the emperor did not intend to kill them, such as the ministers! This matter is probably raised high and put it down gently. The reason why the emperor did this was either because the law did not blame the masses, or it was difficult to pursue so many senior officials in the ministry? After all, in this list, almost all senior officials with six ministers or above were involved, and they were the top part of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty. If it were a terrifying thing to do in any dynasty.

Thinking of this, Bi Ziyan felt relieved and immediately replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there are only a few officials who have paid salaries in a county, but the officials who are in charge of the affairs are dozens of times the size. If all the salaries are given to the officials, the expenses will be in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and the crime ministers will not be able to obtain this expense!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but think that his feelings had been said in vain. The Minister of Revenue was really only concerned about the present. But it cannot be blamed for him. Who made him not see that after industrialization, social wealth would grow at a geometric rate. The income of the treasury will naturally increase at a geometric rate. In the future, the income of the treasury will probably be calculated in units of billions, rather than the previous million taels. Or maybe Bi Ziyan was scared by the past when rats could starve to death in the treasury? After all, even his brother, the original Liaodong Governor Bi Zisu, was humiliated by Qiu Ba who was making trouble.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen was a little embarrassed to mention that the officials he mentioned actually included those constables and other officials. In the official yamen, there were three levels of officials, officials, and servants. These people were all considered civil servants in later generations and were all paid by the state's salary. If they had to have different opinions, the servants among them could be barely equal to the temporary workers in later generations. According to Emperor Chongzhen's idea, these people who work in the yamen should be given salary.

However, at this time, he thought about it and would not mention the level of the rank of the rank for the time being. Otherwise, if he took a big step, he would probably involve something. This matter would be done in two steps and get the matter done first.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said to Bi Ziyan: "At the beginning, you can do what you can and give these officials a salary that the court can afford. When the treasury income is more in the coming year, you can adjust it. I have just said that the treasury income will increase and there will be no previous embarrassment. Bi Qing will rest assured."

Bi Ziyan heard that the emperor had no idea that he would be able to get it in one step, and repeatedly emphasized that the treasury revenue would increase. Thinking about the situation in recent years, and looking forward to the future based on the current situation, it seemed that this was true, so he didn't say anything more.

The Wenhua Palace became quiet again. Everyone saw that the Minister of Revenue actually raised objections, but although the emperor gave in, he did not give in to the principled issues, such as the officials who wanted to pay their salaries. At this time, they understood how determined Emperor Chongzhen was.

This time, it was not long before Wen Tiren bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the relevant officials, to be more serious. Everything is in the hands of the clerks. The selection can be fast or slow, the punishment can be light or heavy, the wealth can be invaded or destroyed, the ceremony can be carried out or abandoned, the life can be taken out or entered, the lawsuit can be big or small, and the project can be increased or reduced. Therefore, the importance of the officials must be paid attention to."

Wen Tiren said this with a serious expression: "Since the Ming Dynasty, officials were not allowed to be censors and were not allowed to take the scientific examination. Therefore, those who were officials in the Ming Dynasty were mostly failed students who had no hope of scientific examinations or had low status. Such people had no hope of future and would often seek money and ruin the administration of the government!"

Speaking of this, Wen Tiren bowed again, revealing a hint of admiration and said: "Your Majesty's intention is to give salaries, which is equivalent to giving them a background. I think it is a good policy to rectify the administration of officials!"

In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, officials were inseparable from families. It was a very common thing for the three dukes and nine ministers to be born into "officials". Even in the Song Dynasty, the difference between officials and officials was not obvious. As Wen Tiren said, it was only when the Ming Dynasty was Chengzu that the difference began to appear. The representative figure among officials was the master. Their salary was given by the county magistrates and other individuals who hired them.

Now the salaries of these officials are allocated by the court to serve as officials, which recognizes their status, and on the other hand, it also reduces the burden on the chief officials. There seem to be many benefits!

If it were the case before, Wen Tiren might not have dared to say this in front of the imperial court. After all, he said this because he was a little dissatisfied with Chengzu. At least in terms of officials, his opinions were different. If he said it, he would probably be attacked by the censor and disliked by the emperor.

However, today's emperor is Emperor Chongzhen who traveled from later generations. His style of doing things is different from any previous emperor. Wen Tiren also knew Emperor Chongzhen and knew that his words would not cause the emperor's dissatisfaction. Or on the contrary, he was discussing the emperor's proposal.

Besides, those annoying censors have been dealt with by the emperor. The newly established Censorate has also established systems at all levels across the Ming Dynasty. They have no such intentions, because they are consistent with the emperor, so they come to impeach Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren took the lead in discussing Emperor Chongzhen, and the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor followed him and followed him, and the same was true for the discussion.

Generally speaking, as long as the emperor proposes it, there will be basically no objection. Their butts are sitting on the emperor's side. Therefore, amid the eunuchs of the Silijian, the Wenhua Hall became lively again. In the end, this matter was decided. The specific charter was still to be discussed by the chief assistant Wen Tiren and Silijian.

Emperor Chongzhen was also very satisfied with this. Several things were quite successful at this meeting. Next, there will be a result of the corruption in the factory guards’ report.

As the emperor said before, if the tribes themselves feel bad, surrender or reform, there will be no punishment. But now, the emperor will make these evidences of crime public after he cannot wait for the situation he wants. In this way, even if the board is raised high and put down gently, it will have to be hit by the person who made the mistake.

The final result was that Li Changgeng, the Minister of Personnel who had the most corrupt officials and the ministers who were not present, were all demoted to Liaodong and re-become a county magistrate. Now they are not qualified to stay in the Ministry of Personnel again.

Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites, was upright and performed outstandingly in equity dividends. He was transferred to the Minister of Personnel to be in charge of the promotion of officials in the world. Although Xu Guangqi was still the Minister of Representatives, the Ministry of Personnel was the head of the six ministries, which was also considered an promotion and a reward.

The position of Minister of Rites was Sun Yuanhua, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. After all, when Xu Guangqi was ordered to leave the capital, Sun Yuanhua temporarily served as Minister of Rites. Moreover, he was a student of Xu Guangqi and was also interested in scientific and technological knowledge. Although Xu Guangqi left the Ministry of Rites, he did not have to worry that Sun Yuanhua would change Xu Guangqi's policies, and Cao Sui Xiao Gui was sure of this. Emperor Chongzhen was also relieved.

This imperial meeting ended like this. The ministers sued their descendants, but the only new Minister of Personnel Xu Guangqi stayed.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Xu Guangqi standing with his hands down and asked with a smile: "Does Xu Qing know that I have asked you to serve as the Minister of Personnel for the purpose of?"

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he thought for a moment, could he be able to rectify the administration of the government?

Of course he was a smart person. He knew that since the emperor asked this, it was definitely not just that. After thinking about it a little, he guessed something in his heart and immediately replied: "When I choose a low-level official of the Ming Dynasty, I will focus on the knowledge talents that prefer science and technology!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh. Xu Guangqi really guessed his intention.

After hearing this, he nodded and said with a smile: "Before the Western Han Dynasty, my Chinese knowledge emerged one after another. Military geniuses, Mohism, Legalism, etc., each with its own characteristics. It is considered a controversy among hundreds of schools of thought and each showing its magical powers! The splendor of cultural knowledge is rare in later generations. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Confucianism was the only one respected Confucianism. Even so, Confucianism also focused on the six arts."

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen stopped, shook his head slightly, and said with a little emotion: "But since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, scholars have gradually turned to studying the Four Books and Five Classics. When we arrived in this dynasty, we focused on studying the eight-legged essays, and only focused on becoming a Jinshi and becoming a first-time official to make money! This cannot be blamed on those scholars, I think that the court did not guide it!"

Xu Guangqi didn't speak from beginning to end, and listened seriously.

Emperor Chongzhen did not let Xu Guangqi agree at all times, but continued to say on his own: "I believe you can feel the power of scientific and technological knowledge. If the people of the Ming Dynasty did not study things and gain knowledge, understand the laws of nature, and study the knowledge of science and technology, and only read the Four Books and Five Classics, our Chinese civilization would definitely be overtaken by the Western Barbarians. One day in the future, when the Western Barbarians greatly outweighed the scientific and cultural knowledge, the barbarism of the Western Barbarians would definitely be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty. And this is something I will never allow!"

Before Emperor Chongzhen traveled to this plane, Xu Guangqi was already fascinated by Western learning. Therefore, he got along with Western missionaries, and did not hesitate to change his beliefs and devoted himself to learning the scientific and technological knowledge of Westerners. In this Ming Dynasty, if one had to talk about his understanding of scientific and technological knowledge, no one would have a deeper understanding of Xu Guangqi.

If Emperor Chongzhen’s words were not deeply touched by others, but for Xu Guangqi, they were the most deeply touched by Xu Guangqi. Therefore, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen very seriously, and then solemnly promised: "I understand Your Majesty's will, and I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's entrusted!"

If at this time, if we ignore it, we will immediately add scientific and technological knowledge to the imperial examination content, even if the current scientific and technological knowledge has begun to spread in the Ming Dynasty, those scholars who have studied hard for ten years and suddenly joined unfamiliar scientific and technological knowledge will definitely be extremely reluctant and will definitely resist.

However, if the court began to tilt scientific and technological knowledge in the selection and assessment of officials, with such guidance, more scholars would look at it and learn scientific and technological knowledge, and the popularity would accelerate at the fastest speed. In this way, when more people learn scientific and technological knowledge to a certain extent, by that time, if these new knowledge is added to the imperial examination, there would not be much rebound.

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