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Moreover, this is only the result of the preliminary interrogation. The Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion are sending people to conduct a second round of investigation.

As a result, both inside and outside the court felt the emperor's anger.Not the rage of roaring, nor the cloudy mood, but the dark sky, the suffocating air pressure, like when it is about to rain.

"The inspectors in Shaanxi, the west and north roads are rotten."

In the imperial garden, Zhao Han sat by the pond and fished: "From top to bottom, it rots together. Those with real power help merchants smuggle. Ordinary soldiers, take cards from serious merchants. Smugglers who don't have eyes, goods After being confiscated, it was directly divided by the inspectors. It was so rotten that I never dreamed of it."

Xu Ying sighed: "If you follow the example, you will not be able to stop people's greed."

Zhao Han said: "A few years ago, they were all Datong soldiers, soldiers who could risk their lives to kill the enemy!"

The inspectors across the country are basically veterans, and only a small number are farmers and soldiers recruited on the spot.Among these veterans, only a few are disabled, and most of them are over the age (35 years old), but they have not been promoted enough to retire.

In the event of an emergency, patrol soldiers across the country can be used as a regular army, and their usual wages are not lost to the regular army.

Xu Ying didn't answer, it was not convenient for him to comment on the army.

Zhao Han continued: "I still have some impressions of Li Chun (Li Huchong). He is Huang Shun's brother-in-law, a carpenter in Lijia Village. We captured Huangjia Town, and Li Chun, together with several villagers, killed The evil gentry of Lijia Village took the initiative to join the army. The first time they attacked Ji’an Fucheng, Li Chun was already the team leader. We took the eunuchs to cheat the city. Although Li Chun was not by my side, he also led the soldiers to ambush. With his seniority , if you have a good brain, you will be qualified to be a teacher long ago."

Xu Ying said, "It's a pity."

Zhao Han suddenly asked: "Is it because I treat the heroes too harshly?"

"It's not harsh." Xu Ying said.

Long before Zhao Han ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the various departments of the imperial court were formally established, and the salaries of officials had been adjusted.

The salary of officials in Datong is about twice that of officials in Ming Dynasty.

Salary is not calculated in silver, but in the official price of rice and wheat in the place where he works.Sometimes it is slightly lower than the market price of grain, and sometimes it is slightly higher than the market price of grain, but the overall difference is not too far, so that the disparity in prices and salaries in different places is balanced.

For example, two officials are at the same level, one is an official in Nanjing and the other is an official in Guizhou. Their salaries are the same amount of shi, but there will be a huge difference when converted into silver.

If the officials in poor places are psychologically unbalanced, they can also save the official ticket and not spend it. After the official in Guizhou receives the official ticket, they can go back to Nanjing and exchange it for grain (or silver). It is stated how many kilograms, and it can be cashed in Datong Bank across the country.

The official first-rank official of Ming Dynasty has a monthly salary of 87 shi.

Datong's first-rank officials have a monthly salary of 280 shi.Calculated based on Nanjing's average annual grain price, the monthly salary is about

200 taels of silver, which is a lot of money (with the increase in silver imports, the price of silver in Nanjing has been inflated. But the imperial court stabilized the silver-copper price ratio, resulting in an increase in the purchasing power of copper coins. Only copper coins are used to calculate the price of rice, and there is no If inflation occurs, the income of small people can be guaranteed).

It is said that officials in the Song Dynasty had high salaries, but the official salary of the first-rank officials in the Song Dynasty was only 120 taels per month.

Of course, this thing is very complicated to calculate. Officials in the Song Dynasty had accumulative salaries, and they could get up to 360 taels for the first grade.The highest salary in the Song Dynasty was from the first-rank prime minister, with a regular salary of 300 taels and a full monthly salary of 900 taels.

In the Song Dynasty, it was as high as the prime minister. When counting the six ministers, the regular salary had dropped to 60 taels, and the full monthly salary was 180 taels.

However, the low-level officials and small officials in the Song Dynasty, after the court reduced their official salaries, found it difficult to not rely on corruption or even support themselves.

Zhao Han's wages for officials across the country were higher than those in Ming Dynasty and lower than those in Song Dynasty.At the same time, it is more friendly to small officials, and the monthly salary of small officials is higher than that of the Ming and Song dynasties!

However, it can’t be compared with my Qing Dynasty. The governor of Yipin’s salary is 180 taels (annual income), and Yanglianyin’s (annual income) is 16000 taels, which is outrageous.

For example, when Liu Mingchuan was the governor of Taiwan, his regular salary was 155 taels a year, which was lower than that of officials in Ming Dynasty, but his salary was as high as 1 taels!

To raise a fart, you should be greedy and have to be greedy. Officials of the Qing Dynasty liked to go to Sichuan most.

Because Sichuan was desolate and uninhabited in the early Qing Dynasty, in order to encourage land reclamation, the imperial court had the lowest land tax quota in Sichuan, which lasted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

The low quota of land tax means that there is a lot of room for exploitation. When Qing officials took office in Sichuan, they all exorbitantly levied miscellaneous taxes to squeeze them out.Being an official in Sichuan for one year is worth working in other places for several years.

Besides, the Conglong heroes of the Datong court not only bestowed land, but also made up for commercial interests one after another.Either the right to operate a mine, or a business franchise license.In order to prevent Xun Chen from disturbing the commercial order, they are generally granted a small-scale terminal franchise license, such as operating a salt shop or tobacco shop in a certain city.

Just like Li Huzhong, he got the right to operate a salt shop in Chang'an County.Nominally only has a 50-year operating period,

But this is only for the convenience of the court to control, and it can be renewed when the time limit is reached. Who will take it back if there is no crime?

There are only a few salt shops in the entire city of Xi'an, and Li Hu occupies one of them, and he can make money lying down every month.Moreover, as the population of Shaanxi grows, there are more and more residents in the provincial capital, and the income of Li Hu's salt shop will continue to increase.

Counting land property, salary, juelu, and salt store profits, Li Huchong's annual income is about 1200 taels.In addition, there are charcoal fire subsidies in the north in winter, a full set of clothes will be distributed in spring and autumn, and meals in the government office are also free.As the population increases in the future, the income of his salt shop will increase, and it is normal for his annual income to double directly.

And this guy is still young, even if he is disabled and becomes an inspection officer, he can still continue to climb up, and it is possible to be promoted to the third rank when he retires.

Such a person, even if he raises ten concubines in private, can fully afford it.As long as you don't rob people's daughters by force, and don't cause anger and resentment, who the hell will investigate him?

"Could it be that I have taken in a few more concubines, and the honorable ministers will be able to enjoy it?" Zhao Han asked for no reason.

Xu Ying also replied: "Your Majesty's concubines are not as many as some generals' concubines."

Xu Ying meant something, but Zhao Han didn't ask who it was.This kind of matter is not easy to investigate, and even if it is seriously investigated, no matter the officials or the common people, they feel that the emperor is too mean to the heroes.

Still the same sentence, as long as you don't rob people's daughters by force, as long as you like me, civil and military officials have always taken concubines.

Because even if he checked, Zhao Han didn't know how to deal with it, and if he took too many steps, he would easily get hurt.

It is always said that there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and now in Zhao Han's Forbidden City, the number of female officials and court ladies has increased to 3500.For example, the Sili Jianjing Factory recruited nearly a hundred people at one time. This is the result of outsourcing the casting and engraving business.

Zhao Han has less than ten concubines.

Zhao Han feels that he really likes to enjoy himself more, but he has been trying his best to restrain himself, and he has always put people's livelihood first.Even if he is allowed to take the position of Li Hu, no matter how much he seeks pleasure, he will never smuggle ironware abroad.

What happened this time made Zhao Han feel very tired.

One or two generals, he can accept corruption.Shaanxi inspectors, involved in one fifth of the case,

This is where Zhao Han is really angry and sad.

"Let's go." Zhao Han threw away the fishing rod.

Xu Ying bowed and left.

Walking straight back to Kunning Palace, Zhao Han didn't say much, Fei Rulan silently welcomed him in.

"I'll lie down for a while." Zhao Han said.

Fei Rulan called the maid, fanned away the mosquitoes together, and then put down the mosquito net.

Zhao Han said: "You come too, hug and sleep for a while."

Fei Rulan took off her outer shirt and got on the boat, persuaded: "Your Majesty is too tired, it's time to rest for a while."

"En." Zhao Han responded.

It's really like taking an afternoon nap, the husband and wife hug each other, and spend this quiet afternoon with their eyes closed.

The case in Shaanxi was too big, involving the smuggling of ironware and food, and no one in North Korea, Chinese and Wu dared to come forward to intercede.

The case is still under investigation, and there are too many people involved, and the trial may take a year or so.

The principal culprit in this case, Li Hu, has disappeared, and in the vast Qinling Mountains, no one knows where he is hiding.It is okay to mobilize manpower and material resources to search for a month or two, but it is impossible for the time to be longer.If you still can't find anyone in two or three months, you can only hope that the documents will be captured at sea. Maybe some day people will be able to provide clues.

In a deep forest somewhere in the Qinling Mountains, Li Huzhong became a farmer again.He brought some salt and grain, collected wild vegetables and fruits, dug a hole with a waist knife with one arm, and planted the seeds laboriously.

It is the baby that makes him worry, the beauty lacks breast milk, and the nutrition is not enough, and there is no pediatrician in case of illness.

He decided to hide for a few months, go down the mountain next spring, get a hoe back, and get some sweet potatoes and corn seeds.After two or three years of farming in the deep mountains, I returned to Chang'an County by the same route, and went to Shandong to take a boat to Ryukyu or Luzon.

Once overseas, everything starts from scratch!

The pampered beauty is now carrying the baby on her back, following Li Huyu's instructions to sow seeds.

"You didn't sow it right, it's too much for one litter." Li Huyu actually still remembered how to farm the land.

The great beauty didn't dare to refute, her people had been arrested and interrogated, and now she could only follow Li Huchong as a peasant woman in the mountains.Even if you escape, where can you escape?Eating is a problem.

After sitting and resting for a while, Li Hu said to the beautiful woman, "You just wait here, and I will go to the mountain to see the situation."

This guy is very vigilant, even lighting a fire and cooking, he chooses to do it in a cave.Or choose a windy place,

When cooking in a windy corner, the smoke will be quickly blown away by the strong wind.

Li Huyu climbed to a mountain top, chose a big tree to hide it, and took out the binoculars to look around.

To be honest, if you don't use thousands of troops and search one mountain after another for several months, it is impossible to find Li Huyu.

Li Hu has been staying in Qinling, and he will basically not be caught. It depends on whether he will be recognized along the way when he goes out of the mountain.

The main culprit was missing, which made the court lose face!

Chapter 680 [Siege of Salhu]

The salary increase of civil and military officials was not decided by Zhao Han, but the result of his deliberation.

From first-rank officials to seventh-rank officials, the monthly salary will increase as a whole, while the salaries of other officials will remain unchanged.

First product: 320 stones.

From Yipin: 310 stones.

Seventh grade: 45 stones.

From the seventh product: 35 stones.

Compared with the Ming court, the salaries of top officials have more than tripled.But the middle-level officials have turned over a lot. The monthly salary of the seventh rank of the Daming is 7.5 shi, and the monthly salary of the seventh rank of the Datong is 45 shi, which is six times the salary of the previous dynasty.

The outbreak of a major case in Shaanxi was just a prelude to this increase.

The fundamental reason is that the income of ordinary people has increased, and officials cannot always maintain the same status. They must be made more decent.In addition, the increase in government taxation has not only enriched money, but also increased food income, which can fully maintain the higher salaries of officials.

This kind of adjustment is normal. When Zhu Yuanzhang first marched into the north, he could not provide money and food to pay officials, so he directly threw the wasteland to officials, and asked the officials to recruit people to grow food to pay their wages.After the finances were sufficient, the land was recovered one after another, and the imperial court distributed the salary normally.

Many policies of the Datong New Dynasty will need to be adjusted in the future.

For example, the military supplies and logistics of the provinces are all in the hands of civilian officials. After a hundred years, military officials will inevitably be overwhelmed and unable to raise their heads.The reason for doing this is because the founding generals are too powerful, and civil officials must be used to limit their power.

This kind of restriction, Zhao Han intends to last for more than 20 years, and when the founding ministers are transferred back to the central office, they will gradually release more power to the local military officers.

Just when Zhao Han announced the increase in official salary, the war in Liaodong also started.

Hetuala City, outside Guandi Temple.

people city.

There were shouts and shouts from the street: "Young man, with good teeth, works a lot and eats less..."

A Manchu noble, surrounded by domestic slaves, pointed to the slave in front of him and asked, "What price?"

"20 taels." The trafficker said.

The Manchu nobleman shook his head: "It's too expensive."

The trafficker asked with a smile, "How much is this master willing to bid?"

"One price, ten taels." The Manchurian nobleman said.

"At least 18 taels, it's not easy to catch slaves nowadays," the trafficker emphasized.

The two sides bargained, and 13 taels were settled.

It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. The Manchu aristocrats who had been to Beijing felt that life became more and more difficult after returning to Hetuala.

In the past two years, not only have there been many deserters, but also a large number of domestic slaves and serfs have fled.As long as they arrived at the Liao Great Wall, these domestic slaves would be safe, and the Datong Army would let them pass, and the government would even allocate land to them.

When the Qing dignitaries retreated, they took away a large amount of gold and silver.

Now I have money in my hand, but I can't buy enough food, and I can't even look after my servants.

As a result, the slave trade flourished, and the Eight Banners Army stationed in the northeast did not put their minds on defending the city at all.Under the command of the general, they were led by the officers of the Eight Banners, and ran to the Heilongjiang River Basin to capture the aborigines, and then transported them back to Hetuala for sale.

Human trafficking, no matter in history or in this time and space, the nobles of the Eight Banners have done it.

Historically, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty first entered the customs, many nobles from the Eight Banners entered the city like bumpkins.They drove the Han people out of the inner city of Beijing, and then found that the house they robbed was so big that the original servants were simply not enough.

Some dignitaries in the Qing Dynasty took local ruffians as their dogs.Let these bastards lure, abduct, and rob the Han people, and engage in the slave trade on Shunchengmen (Xuanwumen) Street.That street is dedicated to selling livestock. There are mule and horse markets, cattle markets, and sheep markets. The Qing Dynasty also created a human market.

Private transactions are fine, because the Eight Banners nobles have too much demand for slaves, the Manchu Qing court directly allowed the human transaction in the form of law.

At that time, it was completely chaotic, and the situation intensified. It developed to the point where Manchu women and children were abducted and imprisoned. Human traffickers took the lead in practicing the national equality of the slave trade.

It was not until Dorgon's death that the Manchu Qing court ordered the prohibition of human trafficking.

But I couldn't help it at all. In the third year after the ban was issued, a gang of human trafficking was cracked.The principal criminal, Jin Chengyuan alone, personally sold more than 100 slaves in the year he was arrested, including even abducted Manchu civilians.

The aristocratic son walked around the market and bought six servants in total, before walking all the way home.

He misses the days in Beijing very much. Although his father and Dorgon did not deal with each other, he still allowed his family to staking land in the suburbs of Beijing.that time,

He lives in a big mansion in Beijing, and there are more than 70 servants in his family, and even maids take care of him when he goes to the toilet.

"Ama, the servant has bought it back." The nobleman said.

Erke Daiqing sighed: "It's getting more and more outrageous. The number of escaped slaves is increasing day by day. Even the slaves in the capital (Hetuala) can escape."

The nobleman said: "You can buy it after you run away. Our family does not lack that little silver."

"Is this a matter of money?" Erke Daiqing really wanted to kick him over. His sixth son is really useless, and he learned how to be bad in the two years in the capital.One is used for fighting cocks and running dogs all night, and it can be used when buying servants, and don't even think about leading troops to fight.