OBS Chapter 386 What Would Emperor Wanli Think?
Chapter 386 What Would Emperor Wanli Think?
Hearing Zhang Juzheng say this, Shang Yang and Wang Anshi couldn't help but look at him, their eyes seemed to be asking: How dare you do this?
This is really courageous!
"It has to be you, Senior Zhang Juzheng.
Well, there is also," Li Wu supported his chin, thought for a while, and then said, "Some people say that you, Senior Zhang Juzheng, are corrupt, because when your house was searched, they found more than 100,000 taels of silver, more than 10,000 taels of gold, and more than 20,000 acres of fertile land. The remaining gold and silver jewelry are countless, so many people think you are corrupt.
Because what can I say about the Ming Dynasty? The salaries of officials, ahem, are really too low. Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, please increase their salaries. If you don't, the ministers really won't be able to survive.
Social interactions, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and supporting a family, all of these cost money. Of course, the salary set by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was enough to support a family, but it was only enough to support a family.
If you want to live a better life, you don’t have the money, so you need a salary increase.”
After hearing this, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty nodded continuously. Their salaries were too low, especially for the ministers working under Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. The risk factor was extremely high and they were easily killed.
Barrage
Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty: You are talking nonsense, you immortal. How is the salary we set too low? Isn't it just right?
Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin: The salary I set is quite high.
Emperor Gaozu of Han: So I want to know how much the ministers' salaries were during the time of Emperor Taizu of Ming. Even the immortal says it is too low.
Many people in the barrage are discussing the issue of salary. This is a big problem. Who doesn’t pay attention to this? If an official’s salary cannot support his family, how can he be an official?
How can this make the people below greedy? If they are not greedy, they cannot even support their families.
During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was furious again. "Sister, do you think there is a problem with the salaries we set? Do you think our salaries are low? Is it not enough for you to support your families?" Emperor Taizu looked at the trembling officials and roared.
The ministers dared not refute or tell the truth. Seeing that Emperor Chengzu was so angry, what if he chopped them to pieces if they told the truth?
They don't want to die yet.
“Not too low, not too low.”
"Enough to support the family."
The ministers replied quickly.
"Father, I also think that the salary you set is indeed a bit low," said the Crown Prince Zhu Biao. The Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty stared at the Crown Prince Zhu Biao with wide eyes, "Biao'er, you..."
Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was so furious that his good son was speaking for outsiders, which made him very angry!
Sky
“So this money of yours cannot be laundered, but it is not necessarily from corruption. After all, you have been the Prime Minister for ten years, and you have been rewarded more than 200 times. Do you dare to say that the things found in the confiscation of your property are not rewards?
Most of them must be rewards. As for whether you have embezzled any, I don't know." Li Wu shook his head. More than 200 rewards should be a lot, right?
Hearing this again in front of the sky curtain, many people felt that Zhang Juzheng should not be greedy.
But some people think that he was greedy, but everyone has their own opinions.
Wang Anshi frowned. He thought that Zhang Juzheng's descendants were very upright and should not be corrupt.
Zhang Juzheng held the wine glass and shook his head. He naturally didn't know what happened to him later, but he didn't even bother to do that as for corruption.
"Senior Zhang Juzheng, your biggest problem is certainly not corruption, but your failure to properly discipline your family. However, this cannot be entirely blamed on you. In every dynasty, filial piety is the most important thing. How could you discipline your father?
Even if you become the Prime Minister, you cannot discipline your father. If you do, will others accuse you of being unfilial?
Even if he was the emperor, he would not dare to be unfilial.
Senior Zhang Juzheng, you were born in a poor family, and your father, Zhang Wenming, was just a poor scholar. So after you, Senior Zhang Juzheng, became successful, your father, he is hard to describe in a few words," Li Wu shook his head. Having such a father, Zhang Juzheng was also helpless.
Zhang Wenming in the sky was furious. Was the immortal going to say something bad about him?
What did he do? His son is now in a high position and has great power. What's wrong with him showing off a little?
Those people looked down on him in the past, but now that he has his son as a support, do those people still dare to offend him?
Now, everyone who sees him has to call him Master Zhang, everyone has to smile at him, and who dares to look down on him?
Zhang Wenming felt that he had done nothing wrong. Now that he had finally turned the tables, he should humiliate those who had looked down on him in the past!
When the others heard what the immortal said, they seemed to understand. Alas, there was nothing they could do about it as they valued filial piety the most.
Sky
Zhang Juzheng just smiled bitterly and said nothing. He felt bad. Did he not want to manage it? Could he manage it?
Wang Anshi also sighed softly and looked at Zhang Juzheng with sympathy.
"After you, Senior Zhang Juzheng, entered the cabinet, your father became even more tyrannical in the countryside, and did a lot of things to oppress the people. The people were just angry but dared not speak out.
Even in the later period, relying on your status in the court, Senior Zhang Juzheng, you arbitrarily interfered with the handling of relevant government affairs by the government offices at that time.
In the end, he was able to cover the world with one hand.
Since you, Mr. Zhang Juzheng, are the Prime Minister, many people must want to give you gifts in order to secure their own future. But what if you don't accept them? There is still a way.
Go directly to your hometown. Your father may refuse to accept you. Well, your father is the same as you who accepted him.
So, Mr. Zhang Juzheng, you are helpless. You can restrain your family and discipline your younger brother, but you really cannot do anything about your father.
It is precisely because of this that a lot of stains have been added to your personal life.
Your father really doesn't care about you at all. He just oppresses the people every day and has caused you so much trouble," Li Wu felt sorry for Zhang Juzheng.
The comments were all cursing Zhang Wenming, saying that Zhang Wenming was holding Zhang Juzheng back. Zhang Wenming was so angry that he vomited blood.
He still thinks he is not wrong!!!
When Zhang Juzheng heard the little immortal talking about his father, he did not respond. Although he was also dissatisfied, he could not show it.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. In fact, if Emperor Wanli knew that your burial objects only included an imperial jade belt and an inkstone, how would he feel?
Judging from the burial objects you had, Senior Zhang Juzheng, it proves that you are not a greedy person, otherwise you would not have had so few burial objects," Li Wu said. Who among the rich people and ministers didn't have many burial objects?
When Emperor Wanli heard this, he was stunned. He fell silent and looked at the sky for a long time. He had complicated feelings towards his teacher who had died many years ago.
He was grateful to the teacher, but he also hated him at the same time. Now hearing this, he was questioning himself, did he really hate the teacher that much?
He didn't know either.
No one could tell him this question.
The barrage was discussing this issue again. They did not expect that Zhang Juzheng's burial objects were so few. This did not seem like the burial objects of a powerful prime minister.