I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 99 Salary Increase Plan
After Jiajing subdued the coercion remaining in the keel, he picked up the suet-like bone in his hand and tasted it carefully.

"This dragon's bone looks like this, and I don't know what effect it has? Why don't you send it to the imperial dining room and let them use this bone to cook a pot of soup for me?" Jiajing rubbed his chin, thinking about the possible uses of these dragon bones. effect.

Jiajing thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a suitable use, so he had to temporarily put these keels away.

……

Capital, Yan Mansion.

Yan Shifan looked at Yan Song, who was prostrate on the desk and writing vigorously, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Since my father received the order from His Majesty, he has been non-stop for the past few days. Apart from eating and sleeping, he just lay down on the desk all day long, writing and tearing, tearing and writing, even the white paper prepared at home Most of the paper was consumed.

"Father, rest for a while!" Seeing this, Yan Shifan comforted him.

"Don't disturb me, it will be finished soon!" Yan Song frowned, displeased.

After being scolded by his father, Yan Shifan didn't dare to speak anymore, so he could only continue to stand aside, his eyes full of worry.

I don't know how long it took, Yan Song let out a long breath, put down the brush in his hand, and said with a loud smile, "At last... it's finally finished!"

Seeing this, Yan Shifan, who had been waiting for him for a long time, hurried over, wanting to see his father's painstaking efforts in recent days.

"The salary increase of officials depends on the rank and rank. The official monthly salary of the first-rank official is increased from 87 shi to 95 shi... and the monthly salary of the ninth-rank official is increased from the original five shi to twelve shi!"

"During the term of office of an official, anyone who has made outstanding achievements can be granted an additional part of the salary at the discretion of the court. The extra part of the salary is at most one-tenth of the salary that the official of the rank can receive, and it must not exceed the superior bureaucrat!"

After reading Yan Song's official salary increase plan, Yan Shifan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled: "Father, my son doesn't understand why those low-level officials have such a large salary increase?"

Yan Song glanced at his son and explained, "Do you think there are more low-rank officials, or more high-rank officials?"

"Naturally, there are many low-ranking officials...Father, I understand!" After Yan Song's mention, Yan Shifan quickly figured out the reason.

Those court officials of the first and second ranks look down on this salary, for them, it doesn't matter whether the salary is high or low!
As for those small officials of the eighth rank and the ninth rank, the salary increase by the imperial court can support their family's expenses, and some clean and honest officials can also rely on the imperial court's salary to support their families.

"Father, this method is wonderful!" The more Yan Shifan read it, the more he felt that it was feasible, with an attitude of being educated.

"What are you still doing here? Go get someone to bring me a basin of hot water."

"Yes, baby, let's go!"

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Capital City, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Since the construction of the Spirit Gathering Formation was completed, Jiajing hadn't been out of the house much, except for practicing every day.

Correspondingly, his cultivation speed had a qualitative leap compared to before!Under the action of the Spirit Gathering Formation, all the energy in a radius of hundreds of miles was gathered here, which greatly accelerated Jiajing's cultivation speed, and the progress that could be achieved in one day of cultivation was equivalent to the previous two days of hard work.

"Huh~" Jiajing let out a mouthful of turbid air, and withdrew from the cultivation state.

"Your Majesty, this is Hu Zongxian's memorial from the front line." Lu Fang's voice sounded outside the hall.

"Well, come in!" Jiajing sat up from the futon and said calmly.

Immediately Lu Fang stepped forward and handed Hu Zongxian's memorial to the emperor.

Jiajing took the memorial from Lu Fang, opened it, and saw that it read: "Your Majesty, all the Japanese pirates in Fujian have been wiped out. From Funing to Zhangquan, the land of thousands of miles has returned to our Ming rule!"

"In addition, a total of 430 taels of silver, grain, grass, cloth, etc. were confiscated from the homes of those gentry and landlords. In addition, Zhang Lian, the first thief, was also captured. Leave it to Jin Yiwei to investigate."

"Okay, okay, I must reward Hu Zongxian well!" Jiajing couldn't help but exulted after reading the contents of the memorial.

"Your Majesty, may I ask whether the front has won?" Lu Fang asked softly seeing Jiajing so happy.

"That's natural, here, take a look!" After Jiajing finished speaking, he handed over the memorabilia that Hu Zongxian had handed over to Lu Fang.

"Your Majesty, this is really my great fortune! I believe that after this battle, those Japanese pirates should not dare to take the lead for the time being." Lu Fang knelt down on the ground after reading the content of the memorandum, and said in a deep voice.

"Get up and go to the cabinet with me, then we have to discuss how to reward them!" Jiajing said, helping Lu Fang up from the ground.

"Yes, the servant girl was too excited, just now..."

"Let's go." Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang and said calmly.

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"His Majesty is here!"

A high-pitched voice sounded outside the cabinet. Yan Song and Xu Jie looked at each other and couldn't help sweating. Today is the day when the official salary increase plan is officially submitted to the emperor.

Even though before this, the two Ge elders had confirmed it repeatedly, and there were no mistakes!But when it came time to submit it to the emperor, there was still some tension.

Jiajing took Lu Fang into the cabinet with brisk steps.

"Your Majesty is in a good mood today!" Jiajing's move was quickly caught by the five people in the room. Seeing this, Yan Song and Xu Jie couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If the emperor is in a good mood, it means that this salary increase plan related to the salaries of hundreds of officials will be more likely to be passed.

"Your Majesty, please see me, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After Jiajing sat down behind the bead curtain, all the officials hurriedly saluted the emperor.

"Get up." Jiajing waved his hand, signaling all the ministers to stand up.

"Report to Your Majesty, the specific matters related to the salary increase of all officials have been worked out!" After Yan Song finished speaking, he raised the memorial in his hand above his head. Seeing this, Lu Fang took the memorial from Yan Song and handed it over to Jiajing behind the bead curtain.

Jiajing immediately opened the memorial and read it carefully, not missing any details.

During the time when the emperor was looking at the memorabilia, all the officials looked nervous, especially Yan Song and Xu Jie, who didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of offending the emperor, so that this official salary increase plan, In vain.

"Hmm~" I don't know how long it took, Jiajing closed the memorial, pondered for a long time, and tapped the dragon head carved on the dragon chair with his index finger very regularly.

"Your Majesty, may there be any mistakes or omissions in the salary increase plan, and please correct me, Your Majesty, I will go down and correct it immediately!"

Seeing that the emperor hadn't spoken for a long time, Yan Song couldn't help becoming nervous, and immediately knelt down on the ground, saying in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Xu Jie followed Yan Song's pace and knelt down on the ground.

"When did I say there was a problem with this salary increase plan? I was just thinking about some problems." Jiajing turned his gaze to Yan Song and said indifferently.

"Your majesty's forgiveness for disturbing your majesty's deep thinking!" Yan Song quickly apologized to the emperor when he saw this.

"That's all, I agree with this salary increase plan!"

"At that time, you will send this salary increase plan to the Supervisor of Rituals. After the Supervisor of Rites approves the bonus, if it is correct, it will be implemented accordingly!" Jiajing added after rubbing.

"Your Majesty is holy! I believe that after this law is implemented, all officials of my Ming Dynasty will be grateful to Your Majesty!"

Yan Song said, goodbye.

(End of this chapter)