When he was the magistrate of Chun'an, once the censor Yan Maoqing inspected various counties. The reception was very poor and said that "the town was small and not enough to accommodate cars and horses" (that is, it cannot be afforded). Yan Maoqing was furious, but he did not attack on the spot and instructed the salt inspector Yuan Chun to impeach him. This man had been promoted to the magistrate of Jiaxing (the sixth rank), so he was demoted to the magistrate of Xingguozhou (the seventh rank). But this man was unmoved at all, and I still lived with my salary.

Finally, his political achievements were appreciated by the emperor of the current dynasty, and he was the second-rank official of Nanjing. He was considered a high-ranking official in the current dynasty and had the highest salary. However, his family could not afford to hire a few servants, so he had to do everything by himself, and he couldn't eat well, and he couldn't eat enough for a long time and was not warm in clothes, which made him very weak. Finally, he died soon.

After his death, the Censor Wang used the censor to deal with the funeral. As soon as he entered the door, he felt in pain and lost his voice. He could not have thought that this man would be so miserable before his death. Some of the curtains made of cloth and ragged bamboo utensils were everywhere in the house. Some of them were unwilling to use by poor literati. Everyone was wearing patched clothes, and the whole family was barely all over the house. What's even more pitiful is that this man was an official for decades, and he couldn't even take out the money for funerals and could not afford to buy the coffin. Everyone gathered the money for funerals. "After Xiao Yun sighed, he didn't know why he said this kind of brother, which made the atmosphere a little dull.

"There is such a diligent and honest person in the world? How dare you ask this person's name?" Zhu Yuanzhang also sighed: "A such an official should become a role model for all officials and be respected by all generations."

"This person did not leave his name, and the people in my hometown only called him Hai Qingtian!" Xiao Yun was ashamed and made up a lie.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also asking, squinted his eyes and pondered, saying, "In this way, are these officials really too poor to do this?"

"Do you think it's fun to risk your life to engage in corruption?" Xiao Yun muttered to himself in anger.

"From Brother Xiao, what should I do?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xiao Yun and asked.

"Okay, Zhu Chongba, do you think I am omnipotent? You are still discussing these military and national affairs with you?" Xiao Yun cursed inwardly and said, "I'm going to hide it from my brother, this matter is of great importance, I'm afraid-?"

Zhu Yuanzhang rarely showed a smile on his face and said, "Brother Xiao doesn't have to be restrained. Just think that you just chat with me. Do you think you think you are thinking, are you listening to me?"

Xiao Yun thought for a while and thought to himself, "Is this the same?" After thinking seriously, he thought: "Is there two ways?"

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang obviously didn't expect that Xiao Yun had thought of two ways after so much effort, and looked at him in surprise.

"No, it's too much. Zhu Chongba was going to have murderous intentions on me, right?" Xiao Yun said secretly. However, the words had already been said, so naturally there was no reason to shrink back. Think about it carefully and said, "When "release the power of military power with a glass of wine", Zhao Kuangyin once enlightened all the generals and said, "Life is short, and a flash of time passes. It is better for all the beloved ministers to accumulate more gold and treasures, store rich land and beautiful houses, and sing and dancers to live their lives. In this way, there is no doubt between the king and the minister, and they can do both." Although this method is not good, it can be considered a good method. Most of the elder brother killed these officials.

It is to seek wealth. Once they have enough money, they will definitely not risk their lives to get ill-gotten wealth. In this way, officials will be clear and the people will also reduce their burdens. It is best if the salary of first-rank officials is only 180 taels a year, and only a dozen taels of silver per month (the so-called "gratitude salary" of Beijing officials is given another share according to their original salary; and a limited salary of rice), and the seventh-rank magistrate, etc., have only 40 to 50 taels of silver per year. So corruption became a trend, and in the end, almost everyone was greedy?

"Is there any official greedy?" Zhu Yuanzhang's heart trembled.

Xiao Yun said: "Yes, no one is greedy. Later, a more powerful person in power came. In order to eliminate this ill, he abolished the regulations on charges indiscriminately. All taxes were handed over to the court, and then the court issued additional "integrity-raising silver" to officials. For example, the magistrate looked at the lack of points, and gave the "integrity-raising silver" between several hundred taels and one thousand taels every year, and implemented a high salary to maintain integrity. Is the effect good?"

"High salary to raise integrity?" Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "This method is not bad, but I am afraid that some officials will have evil intentions and have the money to raise integrity, but they are not satisfied. However, the losses are not only the court, but the sufferings are still the people?" Zhu Yuanzhang's incisive teaching.

Xiao Yun secretly called out that this system of maintenance of integrity did have this problem. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was not the salary system of the Ming Dynasty, but the feudal system of the same kind of stolen goods system outside the pass. Many officials had no salary to receive before Yongzheng, and the purchasing power of silver was getting lower and lower, so they had to be exploited from the people). Therefore, in the late Kangxi period, almost all officials were corrupt, and even Kangxi himself did not completely oppose the embezzlement of officials. In the first year of Yongzheng, the special silver was established, "because officials were corrupt and there were some news, so this name was specially set up, and as the name was thought.

Righteousness is to be an honest official, "I know that the ministers have little or no salary, so I decided to raise honest silver in China and abroad, and reward the treasures above at the age of 10. The source of the clean silver intact comes from local fire consumption or taxes, but people are not satisfied. After Yongzheng's death, the Qing government changed all taxes to the court, causing local financial difficulties. It seems that high salary to raise integrity, but in fact, local administrative expenses are owned by local leaders, which led to the Qing Dynasty's corruption situation being the most in history. Xiao Yun did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang hit the nail on the head of the country and could not speak for a moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to see his thoughts, nodded, and said, "I don't know what the second method of Brother Xiao is, so I'll tell you together if I don't let it go!"

"This second method?" Xiao Yun gritted his teeth, not knowing whether it was a good method in his heart.

Seeing him hesitating, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "What? Is this second method a little troublesome?"

Xiao Yun smiled bitterly and said, "There is no trouble, but there is more killing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with a sharp light and he said with interest: "Brother Xiao, tell me, let's see?"

Xiao Yun said: "I don't know if this method is a good method, I can only tell you to my elder brother?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Xiao, just say it?"

"Damn, I'm not a big deal about this? It was someone else's forced me?" He gritted his teeth and breathed, and said in a deep voice: "Severe punishment and law? They dare to be greedy, but the law cannot fundamentally solve the bad habit of corruption, but it can also serve as a warning to those officials. If you embezzle and you abuse the law, the law will not be merciless! I think when they are corruption, they should also consider it carefully, so that they will not be so blatant!"

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Chapter completed!