On the east side of Qianbu Corridor in the Imperial City, there is the Hubu Yamen.

In the yamen, Li Wenzheng, the official secretary of the household department, took a sip from the tea cup in front of the desk, looked at the pile of documents, and shook his head helplessly. It is the end of the year, and there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with!!!

After sitting quietly for a long time, Li Wenzheng moved his slightly stiff body, taking a moment to calm down before talking.

Upon seeing this, the clerk below said respectfully: "Sir, if you are tired, you might as well rest for a while."

Li Wenzheng shook his head with a smile and said: "No need. It is the new year and the Ministry of Household Affairs has a lot of things. It is better to deal with it earlier so as to explain it to the Holy One."

The Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for taking charge of the country's territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries and all financial matters. It summarizes the affairs at the end of the year, so at the end of the year, the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs are the most complicated.

When the junior official heard this, he said flatteringly: "Your Excellency, you are loyal to the king and the country, which is beyond our reach."

Li Wenzheng smiled and said nothing, as if he had heard a lot of such flattering words, so he did not reply to the clerk's words, but said: "As the New Year is approaching, the first priority is salary and wages. Our top priority is to check the taxes and debits of various places.

You all must work together."

Seeing that the superior official had spoken, all the petty officials stopped the paper and pen in their hands and responded: "I respect the official's order."

After expressing his attitude to his superiors, one of the clerks said: "Sir, Henan is implementing the fire consumption to return to the public. According to statistics, nearly three hundred thousand taels of silver have been collected this time. This silver will be distributed to officials in various counties in Henan as integrity-supporting silver.

, I wonder if this statement is true?”

In the first half of the year, Emperor Chongming used the province of Hen to promote the return of Huohuo to the public, and all the ministers in the court paid close attention to this matter. After all, if the return of Huohuo to the public could increase their income, why not do it!!!

Li Wenzheng naturally knew about this. In his opinion, "The return of fire expenses to the public is the law of maintaining integrity and is the rule of officials." "The so-called 'three years to clear the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver', where does the money come from? It is deducted from the fire expenses.

! And the system of returning fire consumption to the public allows all states, counties and prefectures to keep fire consumption privately. The fire consumption is unified and fixed, and all of it is paid. The provinces are divided into levels, and the counties that are tired of redundancy can give more to them.

Son, if you are short of points that are simple and easy to manage, you should give him a little less. Even officials who are on the waiting list can also get a little less.

According to the tentative regulations set by the cabinet, a region in Henan will be given a salary of 3,000 taels per year according to the vacancy of officials, 3,000 taels per year for the top counties, 2,500 taels for the middle grade, and 2,000 taels for the low grade.

The amount of money is far higher than the salary of officials, up to nearly a hundred times, which is enough for officials to live. In this way, it can indeed curb the corruption of some officials.

After all, if you live a worry-free life, why take risks and commit corruption? Of course, it cannot satisfy those who are dissatisfied, but relatively speaking, it has curbed the corruption of some officials.

Henan Province alone has a fire consumption of nearly 300,000 taels. If this was applied to the whole country, especially in Jiangnan, which accounts for one-third of the country's tax revenue, the fire consumption would be at least several million.

Being an official is not only for the people, but also for the future and wealth. How can the court officials ignore such a large amount of normal income? I am afraid that Emperor Chongming will not need to say anything next year, and the officials below will personally report to promote the return of fire to the public.

The return of Huohuo to the public office has deprived local officials of the bad habit of corruption caused by taking advantage of their power to levy more Huohuo. Although some people will refute that it has usurped the interests of local officials, they will not care about it. This is something that benefits officials at all levels, and it is not a minority.

It can be useful if people object to it.

As for Emperor Chongming's proposal to return Huo Huo to the public, it would benefit the country, the people and officials...

Li Wenzheng pondered for a moment and then said: "This matter is indeed true. The Yanglianyin Bank will be distributed to officials in various provinces in Henan based on the inspection level of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

The junior officials below were excited after hearing this. Now it seems that the officials who serve in Henan have received a lot of benefits. Similarly, the civil service department is not bad either. The evaluation of the grade is related to the amount of money to support the integrity. In order to evaluate the grade, the officials below bribed

It is also common for officials from the Ministry of Personnel to get a share of the pie, which is really the envy of people like them from the Ministry of Household Affairs...

Li Wenzheng saw this sign, and he did not criticize it harshly. Not only them, but also himself was tempted. With a legitimate and high income, who wouldn't be tempted?

It's a pity that this year is only a trial implementation, and only officials in Henan have such benefits.

In fact, it is no wonder that the officials in the court did not care about this matter. I originally thought that the purpose of Huo Xiao Gui Gong was to replenish the national treasury and to raise integrity and silver. It is not much higher, at most it is about ten times. I never thought that Emperor Chongming was so generous and Huo Xiao Gui Gong was

Most of the tax money was distributed, which is really surprising.

Li Wenzheng shook his head and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's finish our own errands."

It's not their turn this year, but everyone will have a share next year, so there's no rush for this moment.

Everyone nodded respectfully when they heard this. The matter had come to this, and there was no point in being envious.

One of the officials hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, the Beijing camp sent someone to ask for the Beijing camp's salary yesterday. Please give me your opinion on this matter."

Li Wenzheng frowned when he heard this. Now the governor of the capital camp is Jia Yun of the Jia family of the capital. This man is deeply favored by the saints and is about to become the consort. He is in the limelight for a while. I'm afraid it's hard to offend...

However, there are rules for the payment of funds to the Beijing camp, and it has never been heard of the practice of paying the salary to the Beijing camp first. Therefore, Li Wenzheng made an excuse to delay, intending to wait until all matters were sorted out before discussing the matter of the salary for the Beijing camp.

After pondering for a moment, Li Wenzheng said: "Send it back. Now the tax and money in each province are being checked. There is no money in the national treasury."

Hearing this, everyone understood. In fact, although the tax bank was checking, a part of it had already been checked. This part could be included in the treasury. It was not like Li Wenzheng said that the treasury had no money, but Shangguan said so. Next

People don't say much.

As for the salary, it's not that it won't be paid, but it will be paid after everything is perfect. It's better to deposit it now.

Everyone smiled knowingly, responded, and immediately went back to doing their own things.

After a while, there was a sudden noise outside the yamen. Li Wenzheng, who was handling official business, couldn't help but frowned. Who dared to make a noise in the important place of the Hubu Yamen.

"Go out and see what's going on." Li Wenzheng ordered with a serious face.

As soon as he finished speaking, before the people below had a chance to accept the promise, several burly men broke in from outside the door, led by a young man in armor. Li Wenzheng had a bad feeling when he saw this, and he couldn't help but frowned.

, said: "Uncle Jia, what do you mean?"

Earlier, Jia Yun was on duty in the Imperial Guard Department, and Jia Yun was a "celebrity." Li Wenzheng, who was the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, naturally knew Jia Yun, and Jia Yun also knew Li Wenzheng.

Jia Yun looked at the leader, Li Wenzheng, and asked word by word: "Master Li, you should have an idea of ​​why I am here."
Chapter completed!