If Mao Xiang was lazy, he would definitely not let Mao Xiang and Hu Changan go!
However, when Mao Xiang heard this, he did not panic at all: "Your Majesty, although the time is short, we have indeed checked all the ministers and none of them have been arrested."
"This is the specific inventory list. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."
With that said, Mao Xiang took out a stack of rice paper from his pocket and handed it to the eunuch beside him respectfully.
Seeing this, the eunuch quickly walked up the steps and handed the rice paper to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang read the stack of rice paper carefully, his expression turned from gloomy to clear.
On it, the years, months and days are clearly recorded, as well as the census of certain households.
It seems that every minister's house has indeed been carefully checked.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction.
Although he still couldn't believe it, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the records above were true.
After all, the Jinyiwei were Zhu Yuanzhang's personal soldiers. Even if they were given ten more courages, they would not lie to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang still had some confidence in Jin Yiwei.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and was still puzzled: "Mao Xiang, why did you conduct the inventory so quickly this time?"
"In the later period, an average of four households were inspected a day? This is too exaggerated!"
Hearing this, Mao Xiang also smiled and took the initiative to explain what Hu Changan had done.
From Arabic numerals to the four arithmetic operations, to the first digit accounting method, everything is not hidden.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but admire him.
Unexpectedly, this kid Hu Changan is not only good at construction, but also has profound attainments in arithmetic!
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was completely relieved.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and then said to Mao Xiang: "Mao Xiang, from now on, your team will be responsible for checking accounts."
"From now on, you must inspect all treasury accounts and ministers' household accounts from time to time."
"If you find any corruption, report it to me immediately. I will never take it easy!"
At the end of his speech, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone became a little ferocious.
He hated those corrupt officials who cheated on others the most. If Hu Changan hadn't stopped him this time, he would have killed all the officials inside and outside the court!
When the ministers heard this, they quickly responded.
At this time, they almost no longer have any thoughts of corruption.
A large part of the reason for corruption in the past was that a complete verification system was not established.
Although the penalties for corruption are very severe, no one comes to audit the accounts year after year.
Over time, those severe punishments became mere decoration.
After all, no one is here to catch corruption, and who will take the punishment measures after corruption seriously?
As a result, these officials, from small to large, gradually became more and more greedy, and committed more and more corruption, eventually leading to a huge disaster.
But now, they really don't dare anymore.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang is really serious about it, saying that he will audit the accounts every year!
Since someone really comes to audit the accounts, those so-called penalties for corruption are no longer just decorations.
If you are caught accidentally, you will really be beheaded!
In the final analysis, these ministers are just powerless civil servants. They cannot afford to sacrifice their lives for a few taels of silver.
More importantly, the methods used by those Jin Yiwei to check accounts are really unheard of!
They had never heard of Arabic numerals or anything like that before.
With such advanced accounting methods, what kind of false accounts cannot be detected?
Those officials had no confidence that they could escape under such thunderous tactics.
Everyone was terrified.
Corruption is terrible, they will never be corrupt again!
Looking at everyone's trembling looks, Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded with satisfaction.
Very good, these courtiers are really scared now!
Next, we have to hit a sweet date with a stick to give them a little reward.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Mao Xiang and said, "Mao Xiang, have you checked the population data I asked you to check before?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the investigation has been completed." Mao Xiang heard this and quickly handed Zhu Yuanzhang another stack of rice paper.
On it, the population status of all the ministers' families is recorded.
Whether there are several elderly people in the family who need to be taken care of, or there are several concubines at home, everything is registered.
However, with these data, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused.
What are the mean, median and mode written on the cover?
He could barely guess what this average meant.
But what are the median and mode?
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's confused eyes, Hu Changan also smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I have also made some explanations on top of the original data."
"Among them, the average, as the name suggests, refers to the average number of people in each household among all ministers."
"According to this data, all ministers in the DPRK and China have an average of 9 people in each household."
"As for the median, it is the number of people in the household of all the ministers arranged from largest to smallest, and the number of people in the middle-ranked minister's household."
"The mode refers to the most frequent population among all ministers."
"The mode is 12, which means that among all the ministers, the number of households with 12 people in one household is the largest."
"I have submitted these three data so that Your Majesty can make judgments based on them."
"After all, there are too many entries in the population data of all the ministers."
Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded when he heard this.
He originally planned to go back and study it for a few days after getting the data, but he didn't expect Hu Changan to be so considerate and help him get the matter done.
It seems he can make a decision on the spot now!
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and finally said: "In that case, let's use 12 people as the benchmark."
"The salary of a seventh-grade county official is calculated as if there are 12 people in the family. The annual salary is adjusted to 240 shi of rice."
"For every official promotion, the salary will increase by 150 dan."
Zhu Yuanzhang's adjustments this time are not ungenerous.
Although the annual salary of a first-rank official has not changed much, the salary of a seventh-rank county official has doubled from before!
In this way, the life of low-level officials will definitely be much richer!
All the ministers at the foot of the steps were all smiling.
A salary increase is good, a salary increase is wonderful.
In this way, even if there is no corruption, their whole family can live a good life eating meat every day!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the excited eyes of everyone, coughed slightly, and said: "Since I have increased your salary, you will no longer be able to embezzle in the future!"
"Okay, Your Majesty!" After hearing this, everyone responded enthusiastically.
This time their answers sounded obviously more sincere than before.
