This imperial edict fully reflects Lao Zhu's care for all officials, and is in sharp contrast to his previous ruthlessness. This gave the officials who were originally trembling and worried about their own precarious situation a reassurance and stabilized the hearts of all officials.
Seeing that the matter was settled, Lao Zhu waved his sleeves and said, "Retreat from the court!"
"Your Majesty, I would like to send you to your Majesty." This sentence has been said countless times by hundreds of officials in the past, but never as sincerely as now.
All the officials knelt on the ground respectfully until the emperor left the Fengtian Hall, and it took a full quarter of an hour before he gradually stood up.
After all the officials stood up, they all bowed to Zhu Biao and said, "The prince is kind and virtuous, and I am deeply grateful."
The officials were extremely impressed by the prince, and they were able to persuade the emperor to triple his salary, build a house for the officials, and allow their family to reunite.
Where can I get these benefits for all the officials from the emperor in one go, except for the prince, I don't even think about it. All the officials thought that it was the prince who persuaded the emperor that led to today's scene.
Zhu Biao stood under His Majesty Dan and said with a smile: "Before this, I didn't know the salary of ordinary officials, and it was difficult to support my family. This is my fault. But I hope that in the future you can uphold the teachings of the sages and be honest. Integrity serves the country and the people.”
"Your Highness, put it down. Your Highness will solve the worries for the ministers and others, and the ministers will sacrifice their lives in repayment. If anyone dares to be greedy in the future, I will never let him go." Du Yushi Yan Zhen glanced at the ministers with majestic eyes. He is the head of the Inspectorate and is qualified to say this.
Zhu Biao smiled and nodded at Yan Zhenzhi, but he was thinking about Han Du's words. I understand that it is impossible for no one to be greedy for ink. Even if everyone in Fengtian Hall is excited now, and they are even asked to swear that they will never be greedy for ink in this life, I am afraid that no one will hesitate.
But Zhu Biao believed in Han Du's judgment even more. Among these people, there will definitely be some who will still be greedy for ink in the future. However, as long as the majority of people can uphold their integrity today, then it will not be in vain that my father specially made this happen today.
"Everyone, please step aside!" Zhu Biao waved his hand as he had no reason to keep the officials here.
"Your Majesty, please leave!"
The officials bowed to Zhu Biao and then gradually turned around and left Fengtian Hall.
"Master Du."
A voice sounded behind Du Ze, and Du Ze turned around to look. He quickly returned the greeting and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Men."
There were only six ministers who could be called lords by Du Ze, and the person who came was none other than Men Kexin, the minister of rites.
Men Kexin walked up to Du Ze, and the two walked side by side towards the palace gate.
When the two ministers walked together, other people would naturally not get in trouble and avoid them.
"Master Du, what do you think of today's events?" Menkexin couldn't help but ask after seeing Du Ze's silence.
Menke Xin was much older than Du Ze, so although they were both second-rank ministers, Du Ze still had respect for Men Kexin.
"My lord, do you want to ask about the emperor's decree today?" Du Ze asked with a slight smile.
Menkexin nodded slightly.
Du Ze replied without hesitation: "The emperor has changed from his thunderous anger in the past few years. Even if someone commits a serious crime, the emperor generally will not challenge him. Compared with before, the emperor is much gentler now. In the past, these were all the contributions of His Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince moved Your Majesty with his kindness."
"As for today's decree, I believe that after this decree is announced to the world, the Ming Dynasty can flourish for at least a hundred years."
After hearing this, Menkexin couldn't help but be slightly startled, and then asked with a smile: "Is Mr. Du so confident?"
Du Ze smiled and shook his head and said, "It's not that I have confidence, but that I have confidence in His Highness the Crown Prince."
After that, Menkexin, who was bowing his head in thought, was no longer there. He turned around and raised his head, looking at the sun that had just passed over the high palace walls, emitting thousands of golden lights.
It was as if the wind was blowing under Du Ze's feet, and he walked towards the sun with his head held high.
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Lao Zhu naturally would not ignore such a big matter, but secretly sent people to watch the reactions of the officials. Although this matter is a great thing for the officials and is also of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu has seen too many joyful and tragic things in his life, and he is not at ease and allows this matter to develop. When necessary, Lao Zhu will still take action to move it back to the right path.
Although no one was around at the time of the conversation between Du Ze and Menke Xin. But Lao Zhu wants to know the content of their conversation, which is not too simple.
Du Ze's words naturally reached Lao Zhu's ears.
"Will the Ming Dynasty prosper for a hundred years?" Lao Zhu showed a smile on his face. We have done so much, not only hoping that the Ming Dynasty can prosper for a hundred years, but also that the Ming Dynasty can truly continue to prosper.
Of course, Lao Zhu would not blame Du Ze for this.
The reason why Du Ze said this was because in his mind, the fact that the Ming Dynasty could flourish for hundreds of years was a unique sight. Although there are many dynasties in the past dynasties that have been in power for two or three hundred years, there is no dynasty that can truly flourish for a hundred years. For example, the famous Zhenguan period in history only lasted twenty-two years.
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The imperial edict was quickly announced through the General Affairs Department. The capital was the first to receive the news and the first to become excited. It was the first time for countless people to talk about an imperial edict.
The officials in the capital, especially those of low rank, all burst into tears of gratitude to the emperor after waiting for the news. Some people even knelt down directly towards the palace and respectfully knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.
In the outer city, an ordinary house.
A middle-aged man wearing a seventh-grade official uniform walked into the house from outside with a cheerful face. However, he did not walk directly into the backyard. Instead, as soon as he entered the gate, he turned to the right and came to a wing room.
If someone who knew it saw it, they would naturally be surprised, and they could easily guess that the courtyard did not belong to the seventh-rank official. He just rented a wing in the house.
As soon as the seventh-grade officer entered, he closed the door and sat at the table, humming a tune. It was obvious that he was very happy. Can you be unhappy? Starting next month, his salary will triple, to a total of twenty-two thousand five hundred Wen. With such a huge salary, even if he paid three guans per month for rent, he would still have 19 guans and 500 guans left.
If it were the past, he would only be able to have four guans and five hundred coins left. With such a small amount of money, he still had to send back three guan to subsidize his family's expenses, leaving him with only 500 guan. For such a small amount of money, even though he was very greedy for the fish meat in the restaurant, he could only look at it from a distance and did not dare to take a bite. Since the emperor issued a decree to ban the sea and allow people to go fishing in the sea. Every year there are more and more marine fish on the market, and the price is falling every year. Now, it is cheaper than any meat. The cheapest meat on the market now is sea fish.
In order to increase profits, traders had to find ways to transport fresh sea fish to the capital for sale as much as possible. Fresh sea fish are naturally very expensive in the capital, but there are not many such sea fish. Most of them are pickled salted fish, and the price of salted fish is also the lowest.
Now that he is fine, he plans to send ten guan back to his family when he gets his monthly salary next month, so that his parents, wife and children will also be happy. After being assigned to the courtyard, he would bring his parents, wife and children to the capital, and let them see the prosperous place in the world.
As long as he no longer spends money to rent a house every month, with his monthly salary of twenty-two guans and five hundred wen, it is enough to support the whole family and still have a balance, so there is no need to worry about the family's livelihood in the capital.
Even if he needs to rent a house every month, he can still have nine thousand and five hundred coins left in his hand.
Mother, nine strings and five hundred coins! With so much money, shouldn't he just eat meat when he wants and drink a few glasses of wine if he wants?
The seventh-grade officer was enjoying the white water, dreaming about his happy life next month. That's right, he couldn't even afford tea, so he could only drink tea.
Just when his eyes were filled with the prospect of next month, there was a sound of banging on the door.
Without the people outside speaking, just by this vulgar slamming of the door, the seventh-grade official could guess that the owner of the house was a middle-aged man with a tall and rough appearance.
This man was working as a butcher in the capital, and this house was passed down from his ancestors.
Sure enough, I saw that the seventh-grade official did not open the door.
Suddenly there was a roar from outside, "Is the official in the house?"
The seventh-grade officer frowned, but stood up and stepped forward to open the door. Smiling, he cupped his hands and asked, "Guan Hu, how are you today?"
He is said to be a Hu official, but in fact he is a Hu butcher. Calling him an official is just a kind name.
If it hadn't been for the fact that the seventh-grade officer had rented Hu Tufu's ear room, he would never have called Mr. Hu butcher in such a condescending manner. Although "official" is no longer an exclusive title for officials, as an official himself, how can he call a commoner "official" unless he has no choice but to do so?
Butcher Hu was shouted like this by the seventh-rank officer, and all the pores in his body seemed to be opened, feeling comfortable from the inside out. His house is quite good. Even if it only has one wing, if it is rented to others, there are still people who are willing to rent it for three times and five hundred coins. Why did he rent this apartment to the person in front of him at the lowest price?
Siluke
Isn't it just because the other person is an official and you call him an official?
But today, Butcher Hu didn't just come to enjoy being called an official every day. He nodded reservedly, said hello to the seventh-rank official, and said casually: "Next month, the price of renting a house will rise to 6 guan. Let me tell you in advance that you have the money ready by then. Come and get it.”
The seventh-grade officer suddenly widened his eyes and said in a loss of voice: "What? Six-pass? Why did it rise so much all of a sudden?"
Butcher Hu snorted coldly and said with a smile: "Now it's spread on the street that the emperor has decreed a salary increase for you officials. Since your salary has increased, how about the price of renting a house?" Of course it has to go up too!”
