Regarding the issue of marriage leave for officials, when the Yan Dynasty was founded, it followed the Tang system and stipulated that nine days of leave could be given. By the time of the Chen Dynasty, because Chen Pingzong was the most annoyed by officials taking leave, it was reduced by half to only five days of leave.
It was not until Emperor Chengyuan established Dachu that it was changed back to nine days. At the same time, on this basis, a special explanation was added, that is, when officials returned to their hometowns to get married, the time required for the journey was not included in the nine days.
After Emperor Yanping succeeded to the throne, he made adjustments to the holidays. As long as each vacation did not exceed two months, officials could take the vacations they had saved in one go.
Therefore, Sheng Yuan, who was about to get married, planned to use this benefit.
She didn't take a break from the nine-day wedding leave plus the ten-day break in the first two months, which was half a month. If you add in the field leave in May and the two days of summer solstice, it would be nearly twenty days.
Sheng Yuan had written a petition for leave and was about to hand it over when Hu Wensheng happened to talk to her. After hearing her thoughts, he couldn't help but remind him: "If you want to go out to Beijing for fun, twenty days is enough; but if it's just In Kyoto, this is too wealthy.
Not to mention you, a local girl who was born and raised in Kyoto, I am a foreigner who has been here for several years, and I am already tired of it after more than ten days of wedding leave. "
"!!!" Sheng Yuan slapped her forehead, it was really a question.
"Then take a rest for about ten days?" Sheng Yuan blinked and looked at Hu Wensheng.
The other party nodded with approval: "That's just right."
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Sheng Yuan handed over the leave application form and happily waited for the Zhongshu Department to issue the approval memorial.
I just didn't expect someone to be so annoying. Before the memorial granting her marriage leave was issued, someone used her as a raft and openly raised the issue of female officials' appointment adjustments in the early morning.
"I believe that female officials should serve as auxiliary officers in various yamen during their pregnancy period. Firstly, they can accumulate political experience; secondly, they can also avoid asking for too many, frequent and long leaves, which will affect the normal operation of various yamen. .”
Sheng Yuan raised his eyes and found that the person who made this suggestion was Yi Pang, the deputy censor of the capital who was on duty at the imperial court.
He immediately raised his eyebrows, stood up, and asked, "Yi Yushi, I remember that your son is now in the Hanlin Academy to prepare for the imperial edict, and he has reached the age of marriage? What's wrong? Could it be that... you don't plan to let him get married? So? Your family doesn't need to take wedding leave, right?"
"You! You you! Only women and villains are difficult to raise!" Yi Pang blushed angrily.
"If you have nothing to say, you have nothing to say. Don't be rude and just talk about the difference between men and women! I am now on the same level as you. I am a woman. Why are you here? You are a villain?!"
Sheng Yuan folded her hands and took a step forward, just standing on the same level as the other party. When everyone heard the words, they saw that it was very appropriate. They couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
Yipang was so angry that his hands and feet were trembling, his face was red, and he even forgot about his mission for a moment.
Seeing this, Tongzheng Yu Qing, the Tongzheng envoy, Sizuo Tongzheng, stood up. Without even looking at Shengyuan, he saluted Emperor Yanping directly: "What the censor said before is indeed a bit biased. The wedding leave is only nine days, so to the Yamen The department operates without any hindrance.
It's just that the censor's worries are not unfounded. Female officials are prone to giving birth many times during their pregnancy. They say they are pregnant in ten months. Plus, the several months of postpartum leave have already exceeded the time limit for official leave allowed by this dynasty.
Therefore, from the perspective of caring for female officials, allowing them to serve as deputy auxiliary officials also provides additional care so that they can conceive and educate their children with peace of mind.
When he has passed the childbearing age and has rich and sufficient experience in governance, then based on his ability and contribution, he will be appointed as the chief official of the relevant government office. Wouldn't everyone be happy? "
After he finished speaking, Emperor Yanping nodded, fixed his eyes on Sheng Yuan, and asked with a smile, "Sheng Aiqing may agree?"
"I don't agree!" Sheng Yuan did not disappoint him. He took a few steps forward again and stood next to Yu Qing.
His eyes caught sight of Sheng Yuan's Yu Qing, and the corners of his mouth trembled: "..."
