Huangji Gate held the morning court again that morning.

"Long live the ten thousand emperors, long live, long live."

"Flat."

After the ministers bowed, they stood up one by one. The faces of the officials in the court had changed a lot. A group of senior officials of the Donglin Party were all dismissed or arrested for investigation.

All officials discovered that the emperor burned a charcoal furnace in the hall this morning. The tribute charcoal was all red charcoal, each of which was shiny black and shiny, and the fire was smokeless and smellless, and the firepower lasted.

In the morning court, the emperor did not put charcoal furnaces on them, and many officials were frozen. This time, the emperor started to politely care about his ministers. Not only did he put charcoal furnaces on them, but he also brought chairs to give seats to the older officials.

Previously, Zhu Youxiao, the officials were unable to discuss government affairs with these officials. The relationship between the two sides was very stiff. This time, there was already a political force supported by Zhu Youxiao in the court, so naturally we had to do things well.

"Start a report if you have something to do, and leave the court if you have nothing to do."

"I have a copy to report." Wang Shaohui, the Minister of Personnel, came out and bowed to him.

"allow."

"Report to the emperor, the cabinet, and the six ministries are now seriously vacant. We should immediately recommend the vacancies to ensure the normal operation of government affairs." Wang Shaohui said.

"allow."

"The snake cannot do without a head, so we should first elect the East Pavilion vacancy. I recommend the East Pavilion Grand Secretary Shen Wei as the East Pavilion Chief Grand Secretary." Wang Shaohui expressed his efforts. Who will be the chief minister of the cabinet? The emperor has already decided on the inside, and now the recommendation is just a formality.

Of course, the emperor could not take the route of recommendation and act arbitrarily. Fang Congzhe was appointed by Emperor Wanli himself. Naturally, other parties were not happy. Emperor Wanli simply removed all the people in the cabinet. As a result, only Fang Congzhe was in the cabinet, and he had been doing it for six years.

Therefore, Fang Congzhe is a veteran official in the royal family, so his incense is naturally not comparable to other officials.

Since a group of political forces have been supported in the court, Zhu Youxiao naturally does not need to use any brute force.

"I'm going to discuss it."

"I'm going to discuss it."

At this time, a group of "eunuch party" officials came out to discuss the matter, and other Donglin party officials were all trembling and did not dare to come out to cause the emperor's bad luck.

In less than a month, the Donglin Party had lost more than 60 officials and was implicated in all three tribes. Anyone could see that the emperor had an objection to the Donglin Party.

Just fight corruption! Just stare at the Donglin Party for Mao? Are the Qi, Chu, Zhejiang Propaganda Party clean?

The emperor used high-sounding reasons to curate the Donglin Party. These Donglin Party had no other way except spreading rumors.

It’s a pity that this trick is not very effective in the north, especially in the northern Zhili area. Instead, the emperor completely ruined the reputation of the Donglin Party.

At present, the Donglin Party still has the upper hand in the southern region, and the rumors spread have still deceived many ignorant people. The merchants and the powerful did know the truth, but the emperor harmed their interests. Naturally, everyone promoted Zhu Youxiao to become a foolish monarch.

However, the southern provinces obviously cannot get into chaos, so Zhu Youxiao didn’t care much. Just don’t be in chaos in the north. Once the north is in chaos, the Ming Dynasty will be over.

Since ancient times, emperors were not good at war. It was a fact that the south was not good at war. Only when the whole nation was united and the productivity exceeded a lot, the south could compete with the north, such as the Song Dynasty.

The south was controlled by the gentry and chaebols, and it was already in a state of high autonomy. Some people in later generations shouted that they could only throw the north to the thieves and wild boar skins in the late Ming Dynasty, and then moved the capital to the south. If this is the case, what should hundreds of millions of people in the north do? Moreover, the population and foundation of the north are thrown to the thieves and wild boar skins. If others integrate resources, they will blow up the chaotic South without even a single blow?

Zhu Youxiao’s current goal is to maintain stability in the north and integrate resources. Since the south is already highly autonomous, it can only collect some taxes for the time being, so it is not realistic to impose a comprehensive commercial tax. As long as the north can be stable and not allow the thieves and wild boar skins to obtain population, the thieves and wild boar skins are not worth worrying about.

After all, the South has always been seeking money but not officials, and the military threat is very small. As long as you ensure that you are not killed by the evil spirit, you can spread rumors and spread rumors. When the North has cleared it, you can naturally turn your troops against the southern gentry and chaebols.

In addition, the people in the south are at least not starving to death now, so they don’t need to be rescued so urgently.

So the Donglin Party is currently in the capital and has become a big villain that everyone calls for. This morning, seeing a group of "eunuch party" with a large number of people, it is obviously not very meaningful to jump out, so I had to continue to stand silently.

"allow."

"I am thanking the emperor." Chen Wei's expression was a little excited. The Chief Grand Secretary of the Dong Pavilion is the prime minister! It is definitely the pinnacle of the career of the officialdom.

As long as you reach the top, you will be a great achievement in your life.

"I elect Cui Chengxiu as the Minister of Revenue..."

"Sir"

"Sir"

"allow."

"I recommend..."

"allow."

"allow."

Zhu Youxiao repeated one word over and over again, and he was too lazy to say one more word. The group of Donglin parties below even covered their faces and looked at it. Even if they were just doing a formality, be careful! What does it mean to repeat the reading machine?

This is a spoils-sharing conference, and a group of eunuchs were promoted by the Rockets and soared into the sky.

From the Six Ministers to the Six Ministers of the Secretariat, all the ministers of the Ministry of Education were replaced by eunuch party officials.

"The evil party restores the world, the misfortune of the people." At this time, a low sigh came from the ministers, and many people heard it. A group of people turned their heads and looked at it, but there was no need to find anyone to speak out. However, a group of eunuchs showed a proud smile on their faces. With the emperor as their backer, they were so confident.

Although there are still many Donglin Party maids in the court, they are no longer able to stop the eunuch party from dividing the spoils. This open act of dividing the spoils is also very hatred.

The results of the stolen goods have been agreed before, so naturally there is no need to worry too much.

"My dear friends, this anti-corruption campaign has achieved great results, but it can be said to be shocking. Corruption in the officialdom has become a popular trend. I have been thinking for a long time, and many officials have actually had their salaries too low. Therefore, I decided to increase the salaries of the ministers. What do you think?" Zhu Youxiao raised the issue.

"What the emperor said is very good, but the court's finances are in a difficult situation and there are many officials across the country. It is better to increase the salary in batches and wait until the court's finances are abundant before it can be improved." The chief minister Chen Yan suggested.

"Then the cabinet will get a plan!" Zhu Youxiao ordered that the cabinet is still the main force in handling government affairs, so it must do things, otherwise why should it be supported?

After the cabinet has finished processing, it will be sent to the Sili Supervisor for approval.

Sometimes Zhu Youxiao doesn't want to deal with government affairs, so he can let the queen and the others do it. They don't need to be too independent, as long as they can evaluate the plans proposed by the cabinet according to various principles.

Then the cabinet, the rank and the harem are restrained by each other. As long as Zhu Youxiao does not ignore the government for a long time, there will be no problems. After all, if there is a problem, there will inevitably be reactions among the three parties. It is easy to understand which party the problem lies.

"I obey the order."

After the court was dispersed that day, the reorganized cabinet held some discussions and soon came up with a plan to increase the salary of officials who were prone to corruption.

First, all the officials in the capital will be given a salary, and then all the officials such as local county magistrates, prefects, prefects, governors, and governors will be given a salary. The salaries of these top leaders will be given first.

The salary of Ming officials can only be said to be almost the lowest in history.

The monthly salary of the official who has not yet entered the market is 3 s of rice, and the official first-rank official has 87 s of rice. According to this salary, the official first-rank official cannot even afford a house in the capital.

So it means that there are actually no truly honest officials, and those who are superiors and subordinates are filial to them. Even the most honest officials are accepted, which is already an unspoken rule.

Those honest officials of the Donglin Party are actually considered honest on the basis of ignoring the unspoken rules. If you really want to investigate, everyone will have a handle.

The monthly salary increase for this time is 1,000 yuan (original salary of 87 stones), 900 yuan (original salary of 72 stones), 800 yuan (original salary of 61 stones), 700 yuan (original salary of 48 stones), 600 yuan (original salary of 35 stones), 500 yuan (original salary of 26 stones), 450 yuan from the fourth grade, 400 yuan from the fourth grade, 350 yuan from the fifth grade, 300 yuan from the fifth grade, 250 yuan from the sixth grade, 200 yuan from the sixth grade, 180 yuan from the seventh grade, 150 yuan from the seventh grade, 130 yuan from the eighth grade, 100 yuan from the eighth grade, 80 yuan from the nineth grade, 50 yuan from the ninth grade, 20 yuan from the fifth grade, 300 yuan from the fifth grade, 250 yuan from the sixth grade, 200 yuan from the sixth grade, 180 yuan from the seventh grade, 150 yuan from the seventh grade, 130 yuan from the eighth grade, 100 yuan from the eighth grade, 80 yuan from the ninth grade, 50 yuan from the ninth grade, 20 yuan from the non-current (original salary of 3 stones).

There were only more than 30,000 officials in the Ming Dynasty. For such a huge country, this number was incredibly small and almost the lowest in history among all major dynasties. However, at this time, like later generations, there were many temporary workers without staff.

However, if you raise your salary in full, the court will indeed have no money.

Therefore, this time, the official position of the capital was first promoted to the capital and the top local leaders. First of all, in the capital, the cabinet rank was relatively low, with only the fifth rank. However, after this salary increase, the cabinet chief assistant also enjoyed the monthly salary of the first rank, while the second rank was enjoyed the monthly salary of the first rank.

After the salary increase, more than 2,000 officials enjoyed the new salary payment standards, and more than 1,000 non-income officials enjoyed the monthly salary of 20 yuan.

The annual fiscal expenditure is increased by more than 2.3 million yuan. From a national perspective, this expenditure is actually not a big money. Although it is only more than a thousand officials, because officials of higher ranks are basically in the capital.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao took out another 500,000 yuan and distributed it to the "Eunuch Party", which was actually the Apocalypse Party. Wei Zhongxian had been sent to the Taxation Bureau by Zhu Youxiao at this time. The command of these Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Propaganda Party horsemen was personally directed by Zhu Youxiao, and the subordinate was the cabinet chief Shen Wei.

The reason why they distributed another salary in private was mainly because since these officials defected to the emperor, the emperor naturally could not treat them unfairly.

However, while this batch of silver is distributed, there are three rules. If anyone dares to embezzle again, the consequences will be extremely serious. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!