After Jiajing subdued the residual pressure in the keel, he picked up the bone in his hand like mutton fat jade and tasted it carefully.

"This dragon's bones turned out to be like this, and I don't know what they do? Why don't you send it to the imperial dining room and let them use this bone to make me a pot of soup? Jiajing rubbed his chin and pondered the possible role of these keels.

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

……

Beijing, Yanfu.

Yan Shifan looked at Yan Song, who was lying on the desk and writing hard, and couldn't help but be a little worried.

Since my father received the will from His Majesty, in recent days, in addition to eating and sleeping, he has been lying on the bookcase all day long, writing and tearing, tearing and writing, and even most of the blank paper prepared at home has been consumed.

"Father, rest for a while!" Seeing this, Yan Shifan opened his mouth to persuade him.

"Don't bother me, it's going to be done soon!" Yan Song frowned and said displeasedly.

was scolded by his father like this, Yan Shifan didn't dare to speak anymore, so he had to continue to stand aside, his eyes full of worry.

I don't know how long it took, Yan Song took a long breath, put down the brush in his hand, and laughed loudly: "Total... It's finally done! ”

Seeing this, Yan Shifan, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly came up, wanting to see his father's hard work in recent days.

"The salary increase of officials is determined according to the rank and rank, and the monthly rice of the official is increased from the original eighty-seven stones to ninety-five stones...... From the original five stones, the rice of the nine official moons has increased from five stones to twelve stones! ”

"During the term of office of an official, anyone who has made outstanding achievements may be given an additional part of the salary by the imperial court at its discretion, and the additional part of the salary may be at most one-tenth of the salary that the official of that rank can receive, and shall not exceed the superior bureaucrat!"

After reading Yan Song's salary increase plan for officials, Yan Shifan couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Father, the child doesn't understand, why are those low-level officials raising their salaries so much?" ”

Yan Song glanced at his son and explained, "You say, are there many low-level officials or high-level officials?" ”

"Naturally, there are many low-level officials...... Father, I see! After Yan Song mentioned this, Yan Shifan quickly sorted out the reason.

Those first-class and second-grade court officials don't look down on this point, for them, it doesn't matter if it rises more or less!

And for those petty officials of eight or nine grades, the salary raised by the imperial court can support their family's expenses, and a few honest officials can also rely on the court's income to support their families.

"Father, this method is wonderful!" The more Yan Shifan reads, the more feasible he feels, and he looks like he has been taught.

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

"Yes, boy, go now!"

……

The capital, the palace of nourishing the heart.

Since the construction of the Spirit Gathering Array, Jiajing has not gone out much, and every day except cultivation is cultivation.

Correspondingly, his cultivation speed has made a qualitative leap compared to before! Under the effect of the Spirit Gathering Array, the essence of a hundred miles of radius 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 two days of penance before.

"Whew~" Jiajing exhaled a breath of turbid air and withdrew from the cultivation state.

"Your Majesty, this is a note sent back by Hu Zongxian from the front line." Lu Fang's voice sounded outside the hall.

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

Immediately, Lu Fang stepped forward quickly and handed over Hu Zongxian's recital to the emperor.

Jiajing took the song from Lu Fang's hand, opened it, and saw that it was written: "Your Majesty, all the local Japanese pirates in Fujian have been exterminated, from Funing to Zhangquan area, thousands of miles of land, have returned to my Ming rule!" ”

"In addition, a total of 24,320,000 taels of silver were confiscated from the homes of those gentry and landlords, and countless amounts of grain, grass, cloth, etc., were also captured, and the thief Zhang Lian was also captured, and it is said that he had a connection with Wang Zhi, the leader of the Japanese Bandits, and the ministers asked him to hand it over to Jinyiwei to investigate."

"Okay, good, I must reward Hu Zongxian well!" Jiajing couldn't help but be overjoyed after reading the content of the recital.

"Your Majesty, dare to ask if the battle ahead has been won?" Seeing that Jiajing was so happy, Lu Fang asked softly.

"That's nature, look at it!" After Jiajing said that, he handed over the note handed by Hu Zongxian to Lu Fang.

"Your Majesty, this is really my great luck! The slave and maid believed that after this battle, those wouldn't dare to come forward for the time being. Lu Fang finished reading the content of the recital, knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice.

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

"Yes, the slave is too excited to ...... like this"

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

……

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

A shrill voice sounded outside the cabinet, Yan Song and Xu Jie glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but sweat, and today is the day when the official's salary increase plan is officially submitted to the emperor.

Although before this, the two pavilion elders had confirmed again and again that there was no mistake! But when it came time to submit it to the emperor, there was still some nervousness.

Jiajing walked briskly and walked into the cabinet with Lu Fang.

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

The emperor is in a good mood, which means that this salary increase plan related to hundreds of officials is easier to pass.

"Ministers, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

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

"Get up." Jiajing waved his hand and motioned for the ministers to get up.

"Your Majesty, the specific matters related to the salary increase of 100 officials have been worked out!" Yan Song said, raised the music in his hand high above his head, and Lu Fang, who was on the side, saw this, took the music from Yan Song's hand and handed it to Jiajing behind the bead curtain.

Jiajing immediately opened the recital, carefully browsed, and did not let go of any detail.

During the period when the emperor looked at the song, all the ministers were nervous, especially Yan Song and Xu Jie, who didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of angering the emperor, so that this official salary increase plan would be in vain.

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

"Your Majesty, is there any mistake or omission in the salary increase plan, please correct it for Your Majesty, and Weichen will immediately go down and change it!"

Yan Song couldn't help but get nervous when he saw that the emperor had not spoken for a long time, and immediately knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice.

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

"When did I say there was something wrong with this salary increase plan? I'm just thinking about something. Jiajing turned his gaze to Yan Song and said lightly.

"Weichen disturbed Your Majesty's deep thought, and asked Your Majesty to forgive me!" Seeing this, Yan Song hurriedly asked the emperor for his guilt.

"That's it, this salary increase plan, I've got it!"

"At that time, you will send this salary increase plan to the celebrant superintendent, and after the celebrant approves the award, if it is correct, it will be implemented accordingly!" Jiajing rubbed his head and then added.

"Your Majesty! Weichen believes that after the implementation of this law, all my Ming officials will be grateful to Your Majesty! ”

Yan Song said, goodbye.

(End of chapter)