Pang Gang, who was just a small city administrator in later generations and had never had the opportunity to accept bribes, was shocked when he held a long scroll.

This is a painting about two meters long and more than 30 centimeters wide. This painting has a delicate outline and elegant colors. The artist took advantage of the splendor of the royal gardens and palaces to show the daily life of the concubines in the palace with extremely gorgeous brushwork.

Life is extremely descriptive. Even a person like Pang Gang, who has no trace of elegance in his body, can see that the meticulous depiction of the lady in this painting is delicate, energetic, and elegant. At the bottom of the scroll

It has the words "Picture of Spring Dawn in the Han Palace" and other words.

When Pang Gang saw the words "Spring Dawn in the Han Palace", he couldn't help but feel a little dizzy. This... This painting by Qiu Ying, a great painter of the Ming Dynasty, was known as one of the top ten handed down paintings in China in later generations.

One of the famous paintings was later hidden in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Who was so ignorant that he sent it here?

When Pang Gang looked through the gift list, he found that the person who gave the gift was Wen Renjun. Pang Gang couldn't help but got angry and said, "Wen Renjun is such a poor man. How can he have the money to give such an expensive gift? This painting does not cost tens of thousands of taels."

There is absolutely no way he can get the money. He has only been in office for a few days. Where did he get so much money? Could it be that he dares to be greedy?" At this point, Pang Gang couldn't help but have a murderous look on his face!

Wei Manting on the side burst into laughter. "My husband, what you said makes no sense. This painting is worth a thousand taels of silver at best. Besides, Mr. Wen is considered an heir to farming and studying. It is normal for him to have a few good paintings at home.

Why is your husband so angry?"

"Well......."

Only then did Pang Gang remember that Qiu Ying had not been dead for long at this time, and his paintings were not as valuable as later generations, but he was wrong.

However, Pang Gang is still a little worried about this trend of giving gifts. "Man Ting, this won't work. My husband just gave birth to a son, and the officials are so busy giving gifts, and almost all of them are heavy gifts. If you have more children in the future,

They are not allowed to sell the house yet!”

Wei Manting, who is very familiar with the bad habits in official circles, asked puzzledly: "Does your husband mean to return the gifts? But in officialdom, this kind of welcome and delivery is very common."

"There is no need to refund. You order the housekeeper to list the prices of these things, convert them into silver for the officials, and send them one by one. Otherwise, this precedent will be difficult to correct in the future."

"All right!"

Although Wei Manting felt that her husband was making a fuss, she still followed Pang Gang's words and called a few accountants to come in and spend a whole day counting the gifts. When they reported the gift list after the celebration,

Even Wei Manting was shocked. The total value of these gift orders reached an astonishing more than 200,000 taels.

"My darling, this money is enough for a battalion of soldiers and horses to live happily for five or six years." Pang Gang's face was very ugly. He didn't expect that he would receive so much money after giving birth to a son. This will be a problem in later generations.

But it’s tens of millions of RMB.

Pang Gang said to Wei Man Ting in a deep voice: "Man Ting, do you still think this is just a normal relationship?"

Wei Manting also shook her head and smiled bitterly: "My husband's words are reasonable, but this is a bit too much."

"Well, just do as I say."

After saying that, Pang Gang walked out of the warehouse, but he was thinking about the problem as he walked.

Now Pang Gang is considered to be a big family, with thousands of officials under his command, and the number of soldiers and horses has reached 60,000 or 70,000. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a prince. With so many people, there will naturally be a mixture of good and bad, and there is no powerful one.

Supervision and management by departments will inevitably breed corruption. We didn't notice it before, but now that we are aware of this problem, we can no longer ignore it.

"Well, after the Chinese New Year, an Independent Commission Against Corruption should be established to specifically supervise officials at all levels. The salaries of officials at all levels should also be increased accordingly. The salaries customized by the imperial court are too low. They should be based on the original

They need to increase their salary by four to five times to maintain a decent life. The strategy of raising a high salary to support a clean and honest person should still be effective."

Pang Gang walked toward the inner courtyard while thinking, his thick-soled official boots making a creaking sound on the snow... (To be continued!~!
Chapter completed!