Hearing Li Tai say this, Gao Zhongmi hesitated to tell the matter.
It turns out that during this period, Gao Zhongmi was not idle in Huazhou, and he recruited some Guanxi Shiliu to serve as a steward of Situ Gongfu.
This so-called recruitment is not a reward for talent appreciation, but a paid one. To put it bluntly, Gao Zhongmi sold a number of official positions belonging to the official government officials with clear prices.
“The lord took me a thousand pieces of cloth to the village a month ago, and that’s how it came about.”
Gao Bailing explained.
After hearing this, Li Tai also remembered that there was something wrong. At that time, he was busy doing things. The thousand pieces of cloth sent by Gao Bailing were sold and used to purchase materials. Although I was a little curious, I didn’t ask in depth.
After all, he is not Gao Zhongmi’s nephew. If you ask in depth where the money comes from, it will inevitably mean to ask Gao Zhongmi why he still hides his private money. It turned out that this batch of goods was obtained by Gao Zhongmi who sold his official position.
“I saw A Pan busy with his hometown for family plans, and as an elder, it was hard to sit and enjoy the fruits of his children, so he should find a way to share his worries and work for his children.”
Gao Zhongmi smiled reservedly in the table, looking like he could praise me here, but his face soon collapsed: “But now, this matter has become a big and small hidden danger and trouble.”
“Will anyone be held accountable based on this? Now the manor business is getting better and better. If this common friendship cannot be maintained, it can also be returned to its previous contributions.”
After learning the reason, Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief and felt that this was not a big deal.
The official in the government office has a job but no power. For example, he worked as an employee in the Situ Mansion, but he has not been working for a day until now. Gao Zhongmi, the Situ Gong, only spent most of his time in the residence, and turned around and wanted to be promoted to Taiwei.
There are also the rewards issued by the big banks and Taiwan, which are also sellers with clear prices. Everyone responded very enthusiastically, and there were no fierce oppositions from famous officials in the world.
These things also made Li Tai subconsciously feel that the official titles and positions of the Western Wei Dynasty were not very solemn things. Even if someone asks for guilt based on this, it is nothing more than the monk and I can’t touch it. At most, I can just dismiss these subordinates before the incident and return the goods and cloth I received before to them.
But the real situation is more serious and complicated than Li Tai imagined.
“I had such a plan, but the current Western Dynasties do not use the government of the East Dynasties. Anyone who has established his own subordinates must also be recorded in the Daxingtai. Even if he does not serve the Duke’s Office in the future, he will gather to the Daxingtai for selection and use.”
Gao Zhongmi sighed again, looking at Li Tai with some shame and said.
When Li Tai heard this, he became more and more impressed by the lack of figures in the Western Wei regime, which forced Yuwen Tai not only to plunder the wealth of the ministers, but also to collect the subordinates of the Duke’s Mansion, whether they were people or things.Unwilling to indulge in loss.
“What other dangerous hidden truths are there? Let’s talk about it together.”
Li Tai sighed a little and then said directly. If he just sent these subordinates to the big business station, Gao Zhongmi would not have to be so worried.
“These new recruits are not their origins, but their own talents.”
Gao Zhongmi still looked sad: “Although Daxingtai is generous in treating the great ministers and martial artists, he has strictly supervised the administration of the people. He heard from the Chief Helan that as early as the first year of the Datong period, Daxingtai was strong in governing officials. There was a Qinzhou governor Wang Chaoshi, who was the son of Daxingtai’s mother clan and Wang Taibao. He was sentenced to death by Daxingtai’s letter for his crimes of corruption and corruption! Later, he was also strictly supervised and punished for any crime…”
Li Tai suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem when he heard this. Because he found that he was not clean, when he was Shangyuandi, he bribed Zheng Man with two little lambs, which resulted in more than ten hectares of mountain land.
But seeing that Gao Zhongmi’s master and servant were both worried, he kept the matter in his mind for a while and found some time to discuss with Zheng Man to resolve it.
The poor financial situation in the Western Wei Dynasty was a problem that existed since the beginning of the establishment of the regime. Although Yuwen Tai issued the reward and encouraged nobles to donate, this is obviously not a conventional means to increase fiscal revenue. The fundamental reason is to maintain a healthy operation of the finance department and ensure the stability of taxes for registered residents.
In the areas under the Western Wei Dynasty, there were serious families with great families. If the people were directly expanded, it would inevitably threaten the stability of the rule. Since tax sources are difficult to expand, strengthening administrative management means to ensure that limited households can produce and pay taxes normally is the top priority.
The first year of Datong was counted as Yuwen Tai killed Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and supported Yuan Baoju, the current Emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty. At that time, Yuwen Tai’s position was not stable, and facing the powerful threat from Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he actually killed his cousin because of corruption and dereliction of duty. This shows that he has a firm attitude towards rectifying the administration of Guanxi Province.
After all, there are only so many relatives in the Yuwen family. Wang Chaoshi served as an important Fang Bo such as the governor of Qinzhou in the first year of Datong. It can be seen that he is also young and strong. He is an important assistant to Yuwen Tai who was able to take charge of the Western Wei regime. However, for this reason, he was killed, which is indeed a warning effect.