In March, when flowers and willows are green, everything is revived, presenting a vibrant and beautiful scene.

But in such a warm time, Wuying Hall was "bitterly cold".

Jia Yun came to Wuying Palace nervously, and did not dare to raise his head. He bowed seriously and said, "My dear Jia Yun, please pay homage to Your Majesty, the Holy Bowan."

Emperor Chongming's face was gloomy and ignored Jia Yun for a while. Seeing this, Jia Yun did not dare to get angry and knelt on the ground and waited.

A few days ago, a huge corruption case was reported in Gansu. Emperor Chongming was furious about it. Therefore, the guards, palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial city have been cautious these days, fearing that they would not be happy about the emperor and bear the disaster without knowing why.

Emperor Chongming reached out to pick up the teacup on the imperial desk. He didn't notice it for a moment, and the teacup slipped down. With a "bang", the teacup splashed everywhere.

"Brother, are you okay?" King Zhongshun, who was under the imperial case, hurriedly stepped forward and cared for him.

Emperor Chongming frowned and said lightly: "It's okay."

As he said that, Emperor Chongming turned his head and cursed at Gao Xian who was helping to wipe it clean: "A bastard, the tea is so hot, what's wrong with you, a dog slave?"

When Gao Xian heard the reprimand, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy and said, "I am guilty. Please punish me, please punish me."

Emperor Chongming snorted and ignored it.

Jia Yun, who was honest and decent, knew what happened. Gao Xian had been following Emperor Chongming for so long, how could he not even be able to grasp the temperature of the tea? This obviously became Emperor Chongming's punching bag.

"Brother, you can calm down and get angry, but it will be bad." King Zhongshun comforted him.

Emperor Chongming suppressed his anger and said angrily: "How can you not be angry with me? There are almost no clean officials in Gansu? I, Daqian Dynasty, are all corrupt officials?"

When King Zhongshun heard Emperor Chongming's anger, he didn't know how to persuade him for a moment. He looked at Jia Yun who was kneeling on the ground, and King Zhongshun quietly winked.

Jia Yun's face was calm, pretending not to notice the eyes of the King Zhongshun envoy, making some sneering. He himself didn't know why he was summoned by Emperor Chongming. How could he get into trouble at this time? Isn't it good to wait for Emperor Chongming's lecture honestly?

King Zhongshun raised his eyebrows, wondering if Jia Yun was really not paying attention or intentional.

Emperor Chongming recovered, looked at Jia Yun who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up, where to kneel to show whom."

Jia Yun felt helpless when he heard this. Without the emperor's order, would he dare to get up? It turned out that he was like Gao Xian as a punching bag.

But whoever says the other party is the emperor, just punch the pump...

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After bowing to the promise, Jia Yun stood beside him honestly.

Emperor Chongming was in a bad mood, and he didn't talk nonsense and asked directly: "Jia Yun, you know the corruption case in Gansu. I am worried that corrupt officials in and outside the court are rampant. King Zhongshun said you have a strange plan, so I summoned you to ask you how to prevent corrupt officials."

After hearing this, Jia Yun's lips twitched, and he thought he was summoned for something. It turned out that it was caused by King Zhongshun. Preventing corrupt officials and other major affairs in the court, what can Jia Yun say, a general, say? Isn't this cheating him...

"Your Majesty, only the law is strict." Jia Yun replied seriously after a long time.

Emperor Chongming looked dark and said this bullshit after holding it in for a long time. He really didn't know what to say.

He sighed in his heart, and he was also confused. He really believed in the words of King Zhongshun. I guess King Zhongshun only comforted him one or two.

But it is no wonder that Emperor Chongming is. After all, Jia Yun’s previous “wonderful strategies” were very useful, so Emperor Chongming had a little fantasy.

When Jia Yun saw Emperor Chongming's face, he was also stunned. No matter what the purpose of Emperor Chongming had, he had the kindness of knowing him. If it weren't for Emperor Chongming, how could Jia Yun become the current Earl?

If that were not the case, I'm afraid Jia Yun was still living a hard life in the border at this time, and maybe he might not be in the world now. After all, the border is not peaceful.

The grace of a drop of water can be repaid with a spring of water, let alone the grace of recreation.

What's more, in addition to grace, Emperor Chongming also favors Jia Yun on weekdays, and is also diligent as a king. How could such an emperor not be loyal?

Thinking of this, Jia Yun thought about ways to prevent corrupt officials. After hesitating, Jia Yun said, "Your Majesty, I have some ideas. But I said, Your Majesty, don't blame me."

"Oh..." Emperor Chongming looked at Jia Yun unexpectedly, pondered for a moment and said, "I gave you the name Zhengchen, just hope you dare to give me a direct advice. If you have anything, I will not be able to tolerate others."

Hearing Emperor Chongming's words, Jia Yun said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry for me to say that corrupt officials in the Daqian Dynasty are rampant. In my opinion, this is an inevitable thing. In the final analysis, it is a matter of salary. According to the Daqian regulations, the prince's salary, such as Prince Zhongshun, has 10,000 taels a year and 5,000 taels a year. There is naturally no need to worry about such salary. The salary below is pitifully small. The first-rank minister only has 180 taels a salary, the second-rank is 155 taels a day, and the third-rank is 130 taels a year. The lower the official, the lower the salary, the lower the salary. When the eighth-nine rank officials, the salary is only 30 to 40 taels apart.

Generally speaking, officials need to spend about 100 taels of silver every year. This money includes food, clothing and food, and hiring servants. If you calculate carefully, even officials of first-rank and second-rank want to maintain a decent life every year, not to mention wealth. Officials of eight or ninth-rank can hardly maintain their livelihoods.

Although officials also have subsidies for salary in addition to salary, and the amount of this money is basically the same as the salary, it is actually not much.

Because the salaries of officials are relatively low, they have to come up with various ways to make money in order to make a living.

I suggest that a system of maintaining integrity is set up to cultivate and encourage officials to be honest and avoid corruption."

Jia Yun proposed the Qing Dynasty's system of maintaining integrity and silver. Because the Daqian Dynasty was in a similar situation to the Qing Dynasty, this system was only suitable. If an organization similar to the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established, it was completely unsuitable in ancient times when transportation was inconvenient. It was normal for officials to protect each other when the sky was high and the emperor was far away. In the end, it was useless. Policy should be used in a timely manner, rather than whimsical way.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongming sat in front of the imperial desk with a gloomy face and said coldly: "You are complaining to me."

Jia Yun estimated that Emperor Chongming misunderstood that he was complaining about his salary, and hurriedly replied: "I dare not. I just think that if I want to prevent corruption among officials, I can only investigate the root cause. If I can't even face it, how can I talk about governance?"

King Zhongshun, who was standing aside, was shocked after hearing Jia Yun's words. He really didn't expect that Jia Yun would really dare to say it directly. Isn't this contradicting the emperor? It really fits the name of a "confident minister".

Emperor Chongming was not angry when he heard this. Instead, his face became much better. He knew Jia Yun. This kid dared to say so, otherwise he would not have given him the name Zheng Chen.

King Zhongshun, who had been pondering for a moment, said, "You can't say that. People's hearts are not enough. Even if there is a good fortune, corrupt officials are still corrupt officials. How can they prevent problems?"

Jia Yun retorted bluntly: "Your Majesty, although this method cannot eliminate corrupt officials, it can prevent it. Most officials are obedient. If they can support their families and maintain decentness, who will take risks of embezzlement? As long as there is no large-scale embezzlement, the people will not be unable to live. As for those officials who dare to embezzle, they will have their own laws to punish them."

King Zhongshun nodded after hearing this. After all, Jia Yun said it well, and the same was true for Emperor Chongming before the imperial case. If it could be implemented, it would indeed prevent corrupt officials from becoming rampant to a certain extent.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Chongming said helplessly: "The national treasury is scarce and it is difficult to sustain."

Although the system is good, the treasury has no money and cannot afford to raise the bank, so it is naturally difficult to implement.

However, since Jia Yun mentioned it, he naturally thought of this, so Jia Yun replied: "I have a plan to add a piece of money to the court to support integrity, and I will give it to Your Majesty..."
Chapter completed!