The news that Pang min, Huang Che, Pang Jia and Huang Jia were killed soon spread.

Even the Pang and Huang families suffered, and other aristocratic families did not dare to resist.

When it comes to the investigation by the government, they all cooperate honestly. On the contrary, the census was smooth, and there was no more shirking.

On the contrary, it was the royal guards led by Deng Zhan that caused great turbulence.

Many poor officials are involved in corruption and bribery, and their buttocks are not clean.

Liu Xiu sent the royal guards to investigate the matter, but they had no reason to be spared. Some poor officials directly abandoned their officials and fled, while others fought to the death to kill the royal guards.

As a result, there was a bloody storm all over the country, and countless officials from poor families fell down.

This clean-up, so that the county officials are shivering.

What a miserable end for corrupt officials!

They are more or less involved in the matter of greed for money, but this time the focus is on poor officials, it did not affect them. One by one, they all converged and did not dare to stretch out their hands too much.

In this great purge, part of the aristocratic families were destroyed and most of the poor officials were killed.

Iraqis, on the other hand, were dispatching officials, who arranged for new county magistrates to take up their posts to stabilize the situation.

There was a big clean-up in Jingzhou.

Both aristocratic families and officials were in awe of Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu is young, but his wrist is quite iron.

Three months later, the situation gradually subsided.

On this day, Kuai Liang and Deng Zhan came back to their study. In addition, Pang Tong and Jia Xu also came to their study.

Kuai Liangzheng was sitting in danger, but his face couldn't help smiling and said: "Lord, after this big population survey, the population of Jingzhou has suddenly increased by nearly 150000.

"Hiss!"

After hearing this, Liu Xiu could not help but gasp.

150000!

This data is really a drop in the bucket in future generations, but it is definitely a large number in this era.

The population of the Eastern Han Dynasty reached its peak in the period of emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, nearly 60 million people. However, in the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, there was a yellow scarf rebellion, followed by four princes and wars, and the population had declined sharply.

Up to now, the population of the whole country is only about 20 million.

Suddenly, 150000 people came out of Jingzhou, which will be of great use to Jingzhou.

Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said, "yes, it seems that a thorough investigation of the population is extremely necessary. This matter has been investigated once now, and then it can be further investigated every three or five years. "

Brush!

Kuai Liang's face changed slightly, a little stiff.

In this investigation, he has paid his life. Now he has become the enemy of the aristocratic family. Everyone who sees him knows that Kuai Liang is Liu Xiu's confidant, Liu Xiu's dog leg, and he helps Liu Xiu deal with the aristocratic family.

After a few years of investigation, Kuai Liang's heart is cold.

Liu Xiu glanced at Kuai Liang, but said nothing more.

Kuai Liang got on his boat. He couldn't escape.

Liu Xiu asked, "Deng Zhan, what about the officials' investigation?"

With a serious face, Deng Zhan said, "tell my Lord, about 60% of the poor officials in counties and counties who have been in humble positions have accepted bribes. Some of these people were corrupted by Cao Wei and Sun Quan. They were surrounded by Cao Wei and Sun Quan. "

Liu Xiuse said: "as for the Cao Wei and Jiangdong spies in Jingzhou, we must dig deep and make things clear."

"No!"

Deng zhandeling.

However, Deng Zhan's face was full of hesitation.

When Liu Xiu saw the expression on Deng Zhan's face, he knew that Deng Zhan still had something to say and said, "what's the matter, just say it directly, you don't have to prevaricate."

Deng Zhan said: "my Lord, I found a problem when I investigated the bribery of poor officials. It is true that some officials from poor families are from poor families. When they suddenly rise to high positions, they lose themselves and wantonly seek talents. But there are also some officials who are different. They really have poor families. In addition, although they have the power to be officials, their salaries are actually not much, and they can only maintain their families. "

After a pause, Deng Zhan said: "once the family has three diseases and two pains, or something serious, they will encounter problems. Therefore, the humble consideration is whether the salaries of officials can be increased and some preferential treatment given at the same time. "

This made Liu Xiu's face serious.

The high and low salary of officials has been a problem since ancient times.

There are different advantages and disadvantages in high salary or low salary control, but it is really a difficult thing to grasp.

In later dynasties, the salary of officials was generally low, but few of them had no money. In the south, the special administrative region has a higher salary and a more strict system.After careful consideration, Liu Xiu looked at Yi Ji, Kuai Liang and others and said, "it's necessary to consider the matter mentioned by Deng Zhan. Ladies and gentlemen, how should we consider this matter?"

The expression on people's faces was solemn.

It is not easy to solve the problem of official salaries.

Because officials themselves are already people with certain power, it would be unreasonable to raise their salaries.

Kuai liang thought about it and said, "Lord, I agree to raise my salary. First, whether they are poor or ordinary officials, when their salaries are high enough, they are relatively less likely to accept bribes. "

Yi Ji said: "Lord, I agree with you. In the whole Han Dynasty, the salaries of officials are the same. Now Jingzhou has set a precedent. If the salary of officials is raised, it will certainly have the effect of buying horse bones and attracting talents from all over the world. "

Jia Xu said: "the increase of salary is just a matter of one sentence. There are so many officials in Jingzhou and even Jiaozhou. Once the salary of all officials is increased, it means that Jingzhou will have a great financial burden. In addition, Jingzhou also has to carry out continuous external expeditions. If there is not enough money to support years of war and the salaries of countless officials, there will be great pressure. "

Liu Xiu heard the speech and nodded slightly.

Jia Xu's problem is the key. It's easy to raise his salary, but he has to have enough money to pay out.

If there's no money, that's the problem.

Yi Ji said: "the problem of money, in the next three to five years, there should not be too big a problem. The former leader Liu Biao has been in charge of Xiangyang for nearly 20 years since Dong Zhuo came to Luoyang. In the past 20 years, the former Lord has been recuperating. He has left a lot of money and sufficient financial resources in his Treasury. However, we have to consider what to do after five or ten years? We have to open up a wide range of financial channels. "

After listening to Yi Ji's words, Liu Xiu felt a little relaxed.

In three or five years, this is enough to find a new way, especially if he is confident enough to open up.

Liu Xiu said, "it's imperative to increase the salary. Mr. Ji Bo and Mr. Zi Rou, you should call the officials to discuss this matter, and then submit a statement for further discussion. As for money, let's discuss it again. "

"No!"

Yi Ji and Kuai Liang bowed their hands and both of them looked solemn.

It's a lot easier to raise the salary than the population of checha.

When they got down, they called the officials to discuss. In less than a day, the news spread in Xiangyang, and then quickly spread to the counties and counties of Jingzhou. All the officials in official positions were happy, especially the most grass-roots officials.

After three months of discussion, the issue of salary increase was settled.

Government decrees should be implemented by the prefecture.

From the salaries of county magistrates, county captains and county officials to the salaries of prefects and county officials, the salaries of all officials in the officialdom system have been increased more or less.

The highest salary of county magistrate was doubled, and the lowest official position was increased by 50%.

Since then, the salaries of officials have been greatly improved.

In addition, a series of decrees were issued, such as how many years I have been an official, I can increase my salary and reward good land. It can be said that the treatment of officials in Jingzhou and Jiaozhou changed dramatically.

At the same time, the prefectural government promulgated a series of punishment regulations against corruption, bribery, power for personal gains, etc. it is the most severe law and discipline for officials to kill people frequently.

In particular, the royal guards are like a sword hanging on the top of an official's head, which makes Jingzhou and Jiaozhou officials put on a tight hoop curse.

Although the government has increased the payment, it has reduced the amount of corruption and bribery to a certain extent.