He Yan was the largest corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, and when Jiaqing was raided in the fourth year, it was said that the family property was equivalent to 800 million taels of cash. As for the specific family property of Hezhen, there are different theories in the academic circles, and there is no consensus yet. Yushi is not here to discuss Wataru's family property, but mainly to talk to you about another topic:
How much salary can Hezhen get in a year?
It is estimated that many readers think that this topic is not interesting, and Yan is a university scholar of Zhengyipin, according to the Qing Dynasty's Feng Lu standard, is not the annual feng 180 two, the meter 180 Huo, plus the En Feng 180 two, get the hand is only 360 two?
If you do, you would be sorely mistaken. He yan's formal income is far higher than 360 taels, and which ones are included must be analyzed in conjunction with his many important positions.
To understand waslamic income, it is necessary to clarify a time period, that is, what position was held at that time. Here, the sixty years of Qianlong are used as the standard for estimation. At that time, there were too many official positions held by Hezhen, and some of the less important ones will not be mentioned here, mainly: The Scholar of the Mandarin Temple, the Chief Minister of Military Aircraft, the Minister of The Imperial Court, the Minister of the Interior of the Imperial Guard, the Minister of The Household Department Shangshu, the Punishment Department Shangshu, the Minister in Charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, plus the First Class.
The qing dynasty's court officials often had many part-time jobs, but they could only get one salary, and the standard was to enjoy the highest job treatment. The highest official position in Heyan was a scholar of The Mandarin Temple, and the rank of Zheng Yipin should have been 180 taels, plus the same grace, that is, 360 taels.
However, for the minister with a knighthood, the title is determined by the title, in other words, how much the official should take depends mainly on the official position and title, and the highest salary is the standard. In the sixty years of Qianlong, the title of Hezhen was a first-class uncle, and the corresponding Feng Lu was 510 taels. However, it should be noted that the knighthood of Feng Lu does not enjoy the grace, so calculated, the salary of the Hezhen post is 510 taels, plus the 180 enfeng of Zhengyipin, a total of 690 taels.
This is only the salary of hezhen's post, and the total amount is far more than this amount. Since the Yongzheng period, when local officials implemented the system of raising honest silver, the treatment of local officials increased rapidly, and the Beijing officials complained about the unfairness of the imperial court, so soon after Yongzheng introduced the policy of double salaries of Beijing officials (not all Beijing officials had ones).
Even so, The Beijing officials still think that the income is too low and the work mood is not high. As a result, Yongzheng also began to distribute some yanglian silver in some of the gates of the capital, and this range was smaller than that of Enfeng. It is mainly limited to important departments such as the Cabinet and the Sixth Department of the Military Aircraft Division.
Among the Jingya gates, the highest amount of incorruptible silver is the Household Department. Here is a little knowledge or need to tell you about it, since the Qing Dynasty since the Kangxi Dynasty, each ministry has a "meal silver" money, popularly speaking, it is the food expenses during the work period. This part of the cost is not from the household treasury, but is apportioned to the provinces. In fact, these meals and silver money are basically not distributed to officials.
What is the specific amount of money for each meal? There are up to 92,300 taels in the household department, 10,000 taels in the official department, 5,000 taels in the ceremonial department, 3,000 taels in the punishment department, and 2,000 taels in the LifanYuan, in addition to the eight banner ministers in Beijing, the total amount is 86,000 taels. After Yongzheng, this money was not called "rice silver" money, but was directly issued to the officials and clerks of various ministries and departments in the name of raising incorruptible silver.
The departments of the yanglian silver account for the majority of the Shang Shu, Shilang, taking the household department as an example, the full amount of 92300 two yang lianyin, of which the Manchu and Han two Shangshu each 5000 two, the Manchu and Han four waiters each 3000 two, the rest are other in the ministry of each position, the division below can get hundreds of dozens of taels.
It should be noted that in the Qing Dynasty, Feng Lu was based on the highest grade, and only one copy was taken. But raising incorruptible silver is not, and all those who have raised incorruptible silver in the yamen where the part-time job is located can take it all according to the order. He Yan also had the Hubu Shangshu, the Punishment Department Shangshu, and the Li Fan Yuan Shangshu, because the amount of lianyin in the punishment department and the Li Fan Yuan was not large, even if it was ignored, the minimum amount of lianyin in Heyan was 4,000 taels.
This is not all, as mentioned earlier, the minister of the Eight Banners in Beijing also has a clean silver. How much is that? The highest is the Minister of the Interior of the Consular Guard, who can take 900 taels, and the rest of the Interior Ministers, scattered rank Ministers, as well as the Banner Capital, the Deputy Capital, etc., ranging from hundreds of two to more than a hundred. He Yan is the Minister of the Interior of the Yellow Banner, and this position can be added to 900 taels, and the two are added together, that is, 4900 taels.
The two most important positions held by He yan were the chief military aircraft minister and the scholar of The Mandarin Temple, and these two positions also had the yanglian silver, but the military aircraft department and the cabinet were the central organs, with high authority, but the amount of the yanglian silver was not large, generally ranging from three hundred and two to five hundred and twenty. In terms of 500 taels, the total amount of Yanglian silver that Hezhen can get his hands on is 5400 taels.
Feng Lu and Yang Lianyin were the main income items of Qing Dynasty officials, and as for the emperor's rewards and the bad rules of the officialdom, this is not good, so these two aspects will not be discussed specifically.
Some readers were more interested in how Qing dynasty officials paid salaries, and took this opportunity to make two long remarks. In Beijing, the civil and military officials Feng Lu were not taken on a monthly basis, but divided into two seasons, spring was limited to the twentieth day of the first month, and autumn was limited to july 20, which was generally distributed after the general leaders of each gate.
Local civil and military officials, on the other hand, are issued quarterly and are paid for by the local clan treasury. If there are no clans in some places, you must go to the neighboring prefectures or counties or collect them.