After the new officials' salaries were determined, Zhu Yunwen affixed his own Eastern Palace seal in accordance with the regulations and then handed it over to Zhu Yuanzhang.
After reviewing the documents and carefully considering them, Zhu Yuanzhang, once he confirmed that there were no problems, handed them over to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue for implementation.
The new salary and benefits immediately caused a stir in the imperial court.
Some people support it, while a very small minority oppose it.
Those who supported it argued that since the court was responsible for paying the wages of some servants, their salaries had actually increased slightly.
Those who don't support it do so because their families are wealthy, and they have many servants to wait on them.
Even the maids were very beautiful.
But if we try to hire maids according to the imperial court's standards, we won't be able to find such good ones, so we're not satisfied with that.
But what could they do if they were dissatisfied? Would these officials still dare to stand up and oppose Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen?
So even though he was very resentful in private, he had no choice but to accept it.
In this way, the government provided the necessary infrastructure for the officials of the Ming Dynasty. They only needed to receive a fixed income, which did not need to be used for any official expenses but was reserved for private spending.
For most officials, this is perfectly fine; it's considered a salary increase.
So many officials who used to complain that their salaries were too low and not enough to cover expenses have now shut their mouths.
After resolving this matter, Zhu Yunwen once again focused his attention on his marriage.
After all, the month was almost up, and the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites were extremely busy with Zhu Yunwen's wedding.
Although Zhu Yunwen had also made a request that some steps could be omitted as much as possible.
However, after reading the regulations, Zhu Yunwen still found them to be quite luxurious and grand.
However, Zhu Yunwen also felt that the ensuing problems were somewhat serious, since the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue had always been an issue.
And the money spent on this wedding was indeed a lot, often reaching tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
This is the amount of money Zhu Yunwen received after cutting back on some very expensive projects.
As mentioned earlier, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite frugal, and the income of Ming Dynasty officials was also very low.
If Zhu Yunwen's wedding alone costs so much silver, it will undoubtedly put pressure on the Ming Dynasty's treasury.
Furthermore, an adjustment had just been made to the officials' income. If Zhu Yunwen were to spend a lot of money at this time...
Although the wages have increased on the surface, it may easily give rise to other thoughts among those officials.
This will have a negative impact!
After all, these two things have collided. Even if it is a good thing, it may be interpreted as a bad thing by people with ulterior motives or without, and thus be used to make a big fuss.
This was not what Zhu Yunwen wanted to see, but he had no choice but to spend the money. After all, even the simplest royal wedding couldn't be anything less than presentable.
So after thinking it over, Zhu Yunwen decided to see if he could take some of the money to use for the wedding.
This would alleviate some of the burden on the national treasury and also silence public criticism.
It can also give Zhao Qingzhu a perfect wedding.
However, despite having this idea, Zhu Yunwen couldn't come up with the money for the time being.
After all, although he was the crown prince, the amount of silver he could receive each month was limited, and he hadn't saved much money in such a short time.
So he decided to use his knowledge of the future to see if he could learn from time travelers and make some small inventions to circulate in the market and earn some money.
For example, fine salt?
This idea was immediately rejected by Zhu Yunwen, firstly because the salt at this point was already considered adequate.
If you want to make fine salt, you need better processing tools. Even if you could make it, the cost of making fine salt would be too high.
If the Ming Dynasty was so poor, how could ordinary people have such expensive fine salt when they could afford to eat it?
Furthermore, this fine salt isn't much better than any other salt currently in circulation; it's just more refined.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen felt that this clause would be difficult to implement. Besides, it was not appropriate for a grandson of the emperor to get involved in the salt business, since the court had a special department for salt and the supervision was very strict.
Besides, white sugar seems impractical; it's more expensive to produce and is a luxury item.
Furthermore, white sugar is already quite readily available and is considered a luxury item. Even if Zhu Yunwen were to join, it wouldn't change the market or necessarily bring him much profit.
After much thought, Zhu Yunwen felt that the distilled spirits he had previously produced might be a breakthrough point.
However, after careful consideration, he also felt it was inappropriate. First of all, the cost of distilled spirits was too high, and even if they were produced, they would not be affordable for ordinary people.
Moreover, distilled spirits, such as baijiu, have gradually begun to appear on the market, and their production process is actually very similar to that of distilled spirits.
Even if Zhu Yunwen produced distilled liquor, putting aside whether ordinary people could afford it, it would quickly circulate among the common people.
In addition, distilled spirits have too high an alcohol content, and they are not something that ordinary people are used to drinking nowadays.
Therefore, all ideas still differ from reality.
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