"I'll arrange it right away!" Li Ruolian wrote down the name and turned to leave.
"Wait..." Chongzhen waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, please give your orders." Li Ruolian stood there with his hands hanging down.
"You have never given up on the duty of supervising all officials at the Zhenfu Division, right?" Chongzhen asked.
"Your Majesty, this is an old tradition of the Imperial Guards, and I dare not forget it."
"Have the Imperial Guards in the capital and other places start investigating the family conditions of officials, and then divide them into four lists. Those with good family conditions will be on the first list, those with average family conditions will be on the second list, those with decent family conditions will be on the third list, and those with very poor family conditions will be on the last list."
Li Ruolian couldn't figure out what Chongzhen was going to do, and he felt overwhelmed.
However, he did not dare to ask, but wrote it down carefully and made arrangements.
After Li Ruolian left, Chongzhen was not idle and continued to summon Cabinet Minister and Minister of Personnel Qiu Yu.
After the ceremony, Qiu Yu bowed and asked, "May I ask what your majesty wants me to do?"
Chongzhen said expressionlessly: "I intend to raise the salary standards of all officials."
Qiu Yu shook his body and asked hurriedly, "Your Majesty, are you saying that you want to increase the salaries of all officials?"
"Well," Chongzhen nodded, "I have heard that many officials come from poor families, especially low-level officials, who have difficulty supporting their families with just that little salary.
I felt bad, so I thought of raising your salary."
As an employee, Qiu Yu was extremely happy when the company chairman asked for a salary increase.
He immediately knelt on the ground to thank the officials: "I thank Your Majesty for your grace on behalf of all the civil and military officials in the court!"
"Get up," Chongzhen said with a blank expression, "Starting from next month, all officials will have their salaries increased by half a tael on top of their original salaries!"
"All officials' salaries will be increased by half...half a tael?" Qiu Yu found it a little unbelievable.
Salary increases have always been increased in proportion to the official's rank, but Chongzhen's standard for salary increases was the same for everyone.
"Yes, half a tael!" Chongzhen repeated.
There were more than 100,000 officials in the Ming Dynasty. If each of them was given an extra half tael of silver per month, an extra 500,000 to 600,000 taels of silver would be spent each year.
It is definitely not a small amount!
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