People in Zongwu: Starting with the Yin Gui Sect

Wu Sangui!

All history lovers know this person.

He was so angry for his beloved that he used Chen Yuanyuan as an excuse to bring the Qing army into the country after he saw that the Ming Dynasty was doomed.

This made the country that should have been inherited by the Han people be given to foreigners for nothing, and the Jiannu ruled the land of China for more than 200 years, turning the original Celestial Empire into a small country that anyone could step on.

There was even a slogan that "those who offend the Qing Dynasty must be accompanied no matter how far they are". Even in the 21st century, the humiliation brought by the repeated cession of land and compensation still affected future generations.

In addition, most of the soldiers of Wu Sangui and his father Wu Xiang were private soldiers they raised themselves, so Wu Yu would not feel sorry for them even if many of them died.

And most importantly, as long as the father and son lost a few more battles, he would have an excuse to deal with them.

Perfect!

"Okay, in that case, let Wu Xiang, the then Liaodong governor and co-governor, and his son Wu Sangui go out together to quell the rebellion!"

"I obey your order!"

Sun Chengzong was quite satisfied when he heard that His Majesty sent Wu Xiang and his son to send troops.

He knew that Wu Xiang was a military scholar in the second year of Tianqi, and was now serving under Zu Dashou, the general of Liaodong. Moreover, his son Wu Sangui was also a rare general. Therefore, Sun Chengzong was relieved that His Majesty sent them to quell the rebellion.

However, he had no idea that this was a big trap that Wu Yu had dug for the father and son. With himself as the biggest rebel leader as an insider, it would be difficult for them to win.

If he was not afraid that others would think he was making a fuss, he would even want to send Zu Dashou.

"Is there anything else to report!"

After arranging the father and son, Wu Yu looked around again and asked.

After hearing this, all the officials looked at each other and shook their heads, "We have nothing to say!"

"Okay, since you have nothing to say, it's my turn to speak!"

Everyone was shocked and couldn't help but murmur in their hearts: His Majesty is not going to do anything weird again, after all, the last time they increased the commercial tax, they still remember it clearly.

Thinking of this, everyone stared at their emperor with suspicion, afraid of missing any details.

However, they were obviously worried too much, because this time Wu Yu not only did not cause them trouble, but brought them benefits.

Wu Yu said solemnly: "My dear ministers, you also know that the salary of our Ming Dynasty has always been the lowest in all dynasties.

The reason why Taizu set such a low salary was that he really hated corrupt officials, and secondly, the world had just been pacified and the court was in a mess, so it really couldn't afford so much money to pay salaries.

But now the times are different, especially in terms of prices, which are several times higher than those times. Many officials rely on this little salary now, not to mention supporting their families, even themselves. It's not bad at ordinary times, but once someone has a cold or a fever, there is no money to pay for a doctor, so I am here I have decided to increase the salaries of all the officials who have worked hard for the Ming Dynasty.

As for how much the salary increase will be, the cabinet will decide, but one thing is that it must guarantee the normal expenses of a family of five. As for the implementation time, it will start from next month, that is, next year. New year, new atmosphere, what do you think? "

In fact, Wu Yu's increase in the salary of officials was also a helpless move, because as he said, looking at the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty throughout the dynasties, it was indeed the lowest, and it was still outrageously low. With that little money, let alone supporting a family, there was no money to treat a disease.

In the past two hundred years, I don’t know how many officials who were originally dedicated to serving the people had to take risks because they had no money to treat their wives and children.

Once this kind of thing happens for the first time, it will happen countless times. This is why Zhu obviously killed so many corrupt officials and even did not hesitate to launch a major case for this, but he still killed them endlessly.

There is no way. If you are greedy, you may be beheaded, but if you are not greedy, your parents, wife and children will starve to death or die of disease. So everyone knows what to choose.

And he chose to increase the salary this time in the hope that there would be fewer similar situations and more honest officials who are dedicated to serving the people and are not greedy or corrupt.

Sure enough, as his voice fell, almost all the officials knelt down, kowtowed frantically to thank him, and not only shouted "Your Majesty is wise", but even some officials who could not afford to eat at home burst into tears.

Of course, there are always exceptions to everything, that is, the Minister of Revenue Bi Ziyan, who was the only official who did not kneel down among all the people present.

There is no way to increase the salary of officials, which means paying more money, but where does the money come from? Isn't it the Ministry of Revenue that has to pay? This is for the misers and stingy people.For a miser like him, it was more painful than killing him.

But as soon as he opened his mouth to object, he immediately aroused public outrage, and everyone glared at him, but even so, he was still fearless and swore to fight to the end.

"Ahem, Bi Aiqing, I understand what you mean, but now the business tax has been increased, I believe that the extra tax is enough to be distributed to the officials' salaries.

Can you really watch countless officials who have devoted themselves to our Ming Dynasty suffer the pain of separation because they have no money to see a doctor for their parents, wives and children?"

Although Wu Yu said it sincerely, Bi Ziyan didn't buy it at all. It has always been his turn to morally kidnap others. When will it be someone else's turn to kidnap him?

But just as he was about to continue to refute, he was covered by his mouth by an official next to him, and before he could break free, the second one rushed up immediately, and then the third and fourth. In short, he didn't even have a chance to speak.

"Dismiss the court!"

Fearing that something might happen if things continued like this, Wu Yu immediately chose to get up and leave.

Sure enough, after seeing Wu Yu's figure disappear with their own eyes, the officials who were pressing on him let him go, and then left Huangji Square contentedly, leaving only Bi Ziyan still sulking there.

On the way back to the Qianqing Palace, Wu Yu was looking at the heavy snow and the silver-clad Forbidden City, thinking about another thing.

Throughout the ages, there has always been a winter where people have frozen to death. Not to mention the current Ming Dynasty, even in the prosperous Tang and Song dynasties in history, there were many people who had frozen to death every winter.

So in Wu Yu's view, those so-called prosperous times were nothing more than the prosperous times of the gentry, landlords, and aristocratic families, and had nothing to do with the common people.

Ordinary people will still starve to death if they are supposed to starve to death, and will still freeze to death if they are supposed to freeze to death. It seems that from ancient times to the present, no ruling class has ever really taken the lower-class people seriously.

In addition, the pen has always been in the hands of literati, so they have the final say on whether a dynasty is prosperous or not.

They think that if the current emperor treats them, the aristocratic families, well, it is a prosperous era, and if he treats them badly, it is a chaotic era. As for the lives of the lower-class people, what does it have to do with them?

Even if there are one or two emperors in history who really care about the people, they will be smeared in various ways and eventually drowned in the tide of the times.