"I don't want to talk about sending people to Fengyang City to study. After this trip to Fengyang County, I discovered another problem.”
"Do you think it is necessary to increase the salary of the officials of our Great Ming Dynasty? Especially the salaries of those low-level officials, should they be increased as appropriate?”
Learning how to govern a city was actually a small matter.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang raised this question was because
In fact, it was just a simple feeling. Even his own capital was not as comfortable as the small Fengyang City.
This made him feel embarrassed.
However, the most important thing at the moment.
In fact, it was still a matter of adjusting the salary of the courtiers.
The contrast between Liu Bai's despair and desire had deeply moved Zhu Yuanzhang.
If he became an official of the Ming Dynasty, he wouldn't even be able to eat.
Then who would be willing to work hard?
If he became an official of the Ming Dynasty, he wouldn't even see a future.
Who else would be willing to work for you in the end?
If he saw his former good friend, after high school, because he was an official, he could not even afford to eat.
In order to survive, he walked the path of greed and was eventually skinned alive!
Then who among those equally capable people would still be willing to be the courtiers of Great Ming?
If it was just someone else who stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and said this, then it would be impossible.
He might even use his own point of view to refute it.
However, when Liu Bai, this living example, seemed to still be in front of him.
Zhu Yuanzhang was still unwilling to give up on his idea.
But he was still shaken.
Moreover, Empress Ma's words from last night had deeply affected him.
He was the emperor, the ruler of the world.
There were some things that he had to look at from the perspective of the world.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's main goal today was to deal with this matter.
"Readjust your salary! Oh my god, could it be that His Majesty still thinks that our salary is too high?”
"Your Majesty! Are you trying to kill us? If the salary was lowered again…Sigh..."
"What should we do?"
"I was waiting for this month's salary to come in and quickly return the money I owed Old Chen last month. It seemed like he was going to break his promise!”
"This salary can't be lowered anymore! If this continues, how are we going to survive?”
"Your Majesty! You're forcing us to a dead end!”
...
When Zhu Yuanzhang said that he wanted to adjust the salaries of the officials again.
The officials below were speechless.
Most of their faces were filled with worry.
However, no one dared to speak.
He could only complain in his heart.
These people were all officials without exception.
However, it was also because of their fairness.
As a result, even though most people were officials, their wives and children still worked like ordinary people.
Work at sunrise and rest at sunset.
If he only looked at their salary every month, it wouldn't even be enough to support his family.
They all knew how much Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials.
However, it was precisely because of this that these people maintained a sense of fear and fear in their hearts.
He didn't dare to take a single step forward.
As a result, most people's families were extremely depressed.
Now that he heard that his salary was going to be adjusted.
These people's faces were ashen.
Of course.
Some people did not react at all to the salary adjustment.
Because they didn't care about the salary at all.
Whether they had it or not, it did not affect them at all.
Among these people, Hu Weiyong, who had just been scolded by His Majesty, was an example.
"Your Majesty, I feel that the salaries of the officials can indeed be adjusted to a certain extent. Now, although the people's livelihood in all parts of Ming had begun to gradually recover. However, the national treasury was not rich. If they lowered the salaries of some officials, it would reduce the pressure on the national treasury. This humble subject is the first to agree!"
Hu Weiyong, who had just been scolded, was still holding a grudge against Liu Bai.
He even hated Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, this did not affect him.
Especially since he had just been fined a year's salary.
Anyway, he wouldn't have any salary for a year.
Would it affect him whether or not it was reduced?
Moreover, when he was punished for his salary, Hu Weiyong could clearly feel that many people were looking at him.
Now that His Majesty had brought up this matter, he was the first to step forward and cater to it.
Not only could he make the Emperor have a good impression of him again, but he could also disgust those who were gloating at him just now.
He could even indirectly take revenge on Liu Bai, who was far away in Fengyang.
'Aren't you incorruptible, Liu Bai? Alright, then I'll let you be more incorruptible. It would be best if he could eat without any corruption!'
In Hu Weiyong's opinion, this was definitely killing two birds with one stone.
As for the fact that he was the first to stand up and support the reduction of his salary, it might make some of the ministers in the court unhappy with him.
What is there to be afraid of?
"What do you think of what the Prime Minister said?”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Weiyong, who was the first to step forward.
He wasn't angry because the other party had misinterpreted his meaning.
Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face.
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, the ministers below fell into whispers again.
After some discussion, there were still many people who stood on Hu Weiyong's side and agreed to reduce their salaries.
Some of them stood up to object and even complained that if their salaries were to be reduced again, their families would really be unable to solve the problem.
He was immediately refuted by the people around him.
Such a farce made Zhu Yuanzhang narrow his eyes slightly.
He already had a vague conclusion in his heart.
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