No matter how angry the little piggy was, Brother Wen was happy anyway. He had already eaten outside, and he was so happy that he had an extra dinner just because Zhu Houzhao looked so angry.

As a result, I felt a little full after eating and had to go out for a walk to eat.

Fortunately, although the Nanjing Imperial Palace had not been completely renovated, the area was large enough, so Brother Wen walked around to exercise his legs and feet.

On the way, I met Yang Yu who had just finished her shift, and she took someone with her for a walk among the silent palaces. By the way, she shared with her friend Yang Yu the joy of getting a double salary in the future.

Yang Yu: “…………”

Yang Yu objectively commented: "The salary given to you by the imperial court is not much."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very generous to his own people, and the rewards he gives them are not many on weekdays. Brother Wen's annual salary in total is actually not much.

The courtiers always wanted to take advantage of the royal guards and thought about how to get rid of them all day and night. Maybe it was because they didn't see that their lives were too prosperous.

Brother Wen looked at Yang Yu accusingly.

Life is already so difficult, why do you still want to expose it cruelly and not leave any dignity to others?

However, Brother Wen was still very interested and quickly analyzed it for Yang Yu: "The advantage of double salary is not the amount, but the steady flow of water! If this is all given to me at once, I will spend it immediately, so it is better like this.

, this is called the sustainable development route.”

He can receive money every month, which at least guarantees that he will not starve to death!

Yang Yu thought about Brother Wen's way of spending money when he couldn't save it, and felt that it made sense. Even if his lifetime salary was paid to him in one lump sum, he could still spend it all in one month!

The two of them chatted and walked around the silent Nanjing Imperial Palace. Brother Wen felt that he had consumed most of the food in his stomach, so he said goodbye to Yang Yu and went back to rest.

On the other side, Zhu Houzhao was still a little depressed after eating. He picked up the pen and wanted to write a letter to his father, but felt that Brother Wen was too much and couldn't write the letter at all.

The more I think about it, the angrier I get!

Doesn't he look like a stupid fool?

Zhu Houzhao felt that he couldn't hold it in alone, so he got up and prepared to go to Brother Wen to argue.

As a result, I heard that Brother Wen had gone out for a walk to eat.

It seems that they even asked Yang Yu, who happened to be changing shifts, to go with them.

Damn it, I’m even more angry!

Gu Dayong, who was still waiting by the side, saw that Zhu Houzhao's face was full of depression, and couldn't help but help him talk: "I don't think Mr. Xiao is that kind of person."

Zhu Houzhao turned to look at Gu Dayong and motioned for him to continue.

Most of the people around him were familiar with Brother Wen. Even Yang Yu, who talked the least, was quite close to Brother Wen, not to mention Gu Dayong, who was already very good at talking.

Gu Dayong said: "In my opinion, the young gentleman probably said that deliberately because he didn't want His Highness to be worried about this matter all the time."

If Brother Wen had taken the opportunity to raise the request to a lower level, His Highness the Crown Prince, who felt that he had wronged Brother Wen a lot at that time, would have agreed in one breath. It is absolutely impossible for Brother Wen to really want to make a big deal out of the lion by raising the request to such a high level!

When Jing Gu Dayong said this, Zhu Houzhao also reacted.

Yes, if you want him to agree, Brother Wen can't make such an outrageous request.

After Brother Wen's nonsense, he was indeed not as uncomfortable and guilty as he was in the morning. But Zhu Houzhao still felt that his little teacher was really bad because he had been depressed for so long!

Now that he had come to his senses, Zhu Houzhao hummed and wrote a letter to his father.

Early the next morning, Brother Wen went out early. Zhu Houzhao saw Yang Yu getting up early and coming to work, so he asked Yang Yu what he and Brother Wen did yesterday.

Yang Yu recalled it carefully and recounted to Zhu Houzhao the main content of their conversation during their walk last night.

It was probably Brother Wen who said enthusiastically, "Did you know I'm going to have double my salary soon?" and started planning how to spend the salary next.

Zhu Houzhao: “…………”

He really doesn't look indifferent to fame and fortune at all.

That guy Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu is just talking nonsense!

It's just that this is the young gentleman he recognizes. If his young gentleman is really an outsider who doesn't care about the world and doesn't care about money, how can they have fun on weekdays? After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao was completely relieved.

, I no longer have the dull feeling I had yesterday.

Brother Wen was also in a good mood. When they saw Xie Dou, they boasted about their unique double salary.

Cheng Guogong, a good man!

I remember that Lao Qiu asked him to break off his friendship with Zhang Lun, but now it seems that the loss has not been broken. Otherwise, would Duke Cheng Guo say good things to him for no reason? He must have created it for Zhang Lun's sake.

An opportunity for promotion and salary increase.

It can be seen that friendly relations still need to be maintained with long-term sincerity!

Xie Dou was very happy to know that Brother Wen could get double his salary in the future.

To be honest, he might not feel that when he usually plays with Brother Wen, but when he thinks that they will get married separately in the future, he can't help but worry that Brother Wen doesn't care about money and will not be able to live a good life with his sister.

After all, if you get married, you will have to discuss many things with your wife, and he may not be able to make the decision on his own, such as borrowing money from Brother Wen.

In the next few days, Nanjing was busy trying to make new firearms. Zhu Youtang in the capital also received a letter from his son a few days later.

Last time, Zhu Houzhao shared "The Emperor Chao" written by Wang Pan in his letter. He was afraid that Zhu Youtang would not understand it like him, so he thoughtfully included the explanation given to him by Brother Wen above.

After Zhu Youtang finished reading, he dreamed back to the days when he played "Grand Canal" with his son.

It's just that at that time it was just playing games, but now it is true that the government frequently disturbs the people.

For these officials who assign all kinds of corvee services to the people, the people below are free labor. Even if they don't recruit them to work, others will. When the time comes, if they don't show decent political performance because of their compassion for the people, won't they have no hope of promotion?

?It’s not you who is suffering, but you can just recruit hard. Do they still dare to resist?

Zhu Youtang was depressed for a long time after reading Zhu Houzhao's letter, and even asked Xie Qian and others to conduct a seminar on "The Emperor of the Dynasty". However, Xie Qian and others said that they would first find out the situation before conducting targeted discussions, so until now

No one came up with any reliable ideas.

Now that he saw Zhu Houzhao's letter again, Zhu Youtang felt anxious, fearing that Zhu Houzhao would mention some major issues in the letter again.

Zhu Youtang started to open the letter after he had done some psychological preparation. After a quick look, he realized that the urgent letter was about the Nanjing Shenji Battalion's work on improving firearms.

And the drawings of this new firearm were actually made by Brother Wen!

In the letter, Zhu Houzhao detailed how many things Brother Wen had contributed to the court, and quoted the words of Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu. Finally, he revealed the most important purpose of writing this letter: that he, the prince, was going to give Brother Wen a gift.

When it comes to double salary and year-end bonus, do you, as an emperor, also have to express your gratitude?

After reading this letter, Zhu Youtang couldn't help but start to reflect on whether he had treated Brother Wen badly.

Not to mention anything else, just offering corn and potatoes is a huge achievement!

Not to mention that he has been remotely controlling the development plans of the Hexi Corridor in recent years.

After Zhu Houzhao's letter said this, Zhu Youtang soon fell into the same emotion that his son had had a few days ago: He had clearly taken away the telescope that Brother Wen had tinkered with before and he still remembered to reward him with something. Why didn't he give him something again later? Have you properly rewarded their little champion?

Zhu Youtang was not as lucky as his son. His son had Brother Wen by his side and made jokes, so the matter was quickly revealed.

Zhu Youtang was different. He struggled with himself for a few days, and then he still couldn't make up his mind. He called Xie Qian over in private and asked: How do you think I should reward your student and future son-in-law?

Xie Qian:?????

Xie Qian had never heard such an outrageous question from an emperor.

After understanding the whole story, Xie Qian said in deep thought: "What Duke Cheng Guo said is not unreasonable. It's just that Brother Wen is still young and should not be promoted too quickly. I thought that the reward given by His Highness the Crown Prince was enough. But His Highness the Crown Prince The 'year-end bonus' mentioned is quite interesting. His Majesty originally rewards ministers at the end of each year. Why not take this opportunity to standardize the matter and distribute it to the serving officials according to the results of the annual examinations in the future? Encourage officials from all parties to work hard. If they cannot achieve results while in office, there will naturally be no year-end bonus!"

Zhu Youtang heard this and thought it made sense. The only problem was that the Ministry of Revenue might refuse.

Zhu Youtang had a headache when he thought of the old face of Hubu Shangshu Ji Zhong.

No matter who is the Minister of Household Affairs, it will be difficult to communicate on anything involving money!

Seeing the hesitation on Zhu Youtang's face, Xie Qian said with a smile: "Your Majesty will summon the Minister to discuss whether it can be done."

The accounts cannot be settled based solely on the bright side.

The emperor's rewards are relatively arbitrary, especially the rewards given to clan members, relatives, eunuchs, etc. often do not follow the procedures. Sometimes they cry in front of Zhu Youtang, and Zhu Youtang will agree to them softly. Require.

If we can take this opportunity to incorporate the rewards for these people into the imperial court's reward and punishment system, it will be more convenient for the censor to give advice in the future. Even if we can only regulate the annual rewards at the end of the year, maybe we can save a fortune for the treasury. money.

Zhu Youtang didn't notice the twists and turns in Xie Qian's heart, and nodded after hearing what Xie Qian said.

It's just a discussion between the left and right. In the past, there were many things that were discussed by the cabinet ministers and the six ministries without any follow-up, so there was no need to worry too much for a while.

When Xie Qian returned to the cabinet, Li Dongyang approached him and asked, "Why did your Majesty summon you alone?"

He had an expression on his face that said, "We are so good friends, is there anything I can't know about?"

Xie Qian felt a headache when he thought that part of Brother Wen's character was modeled after Li Dongyang.

Xie Qian stretched out his hand to push him further away before saying, "It's nothing serious. His Royal Highness just sent a letter back." Six ministries were originally going to be summoned to discuss the matter, but Xie Qian didn't hide it and just told the matter directly. Li Dongyang talked to Liu Jian who was silent next to him.

When Brother Wen took part in the Shujishi Dispersion Examination with Qian Fu and others, the policy essay he wrote was about the official evaluation.

At that time, Brother Wen proposed that when appraising outstanding officials, they could cite outstanding examples and publicly reward them. In the past, Di Bao was only circulated among officials and was not published publicly, so it could not achieve the effect of widespread publicity.

Now this problem has been solved. After several years of development, "Xinbao" has been able to spread the news all over the country as soon as possible!

Now that there is such a platform, the imperial court's examination system can be further optimized and use this platform to set up role models as much as possible.

Such public awards and the establishment of year-end bonuses should be able to motivate everyone to work hard.

As for the restrictions on the emperor's rewards, there is no need to state them openly. They still have a tacit understanding on this.
To be continued...