Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 659

23. Tanggua sticky.

On the third day after the captains of Jinyi urged the horse to go south, Xiaonian arrived.

Before Maoshi arrived, the capital's yamen, large and small, were already crowded with people. All the officials came early with joyful faces, waiting for the gate of the yamen to open from the inside.

From today, nearly one month of paid annual leave officially begins.

In the next few months, in addition to visiting relatives and friends, gatherings and banquets, if there are no emergencies, the officials of each yamen will spend the most relaxed and happy time of the year.

The reason why everyone came so early is of course that they are thinking about the last harvest of this year.

Today is the day to distribute the current month's salary, Qinzheng Bank and Yanglian Bank.

I only worked for 23 days this month, but the salary was paid out according to the full moon. The generosity of the emperor and the court towards everyone was beyond words. It was very satisfying to work for such a benevolent emperor.

Qinzheng Bank is twelve taels a year, and Yanglian Bank is 20 taels. This 30 taels of silver is a huge sum of money. As long as there are no mistakes in running business in a year, this large amount of money should be taken home safely, and then bring the family's wife and children Going shopping on the street like crazy, this mood is indescribably refreshing.

"Old Zhang, have you heard? His Majesty made a new move the day before yesterday!

Don't say it, once our sage makes a move, it will be astonishing! "

"Fatty Li, what gossip did you hear again? Tell me!"

"That's right! Brother Li is always well-informed, so hurry up and tell everyone what new tricks His Majesty has come up with!"

In front of a certain yamen, everyone gathered in groups were whispering about various news in the capital. When someone nicknamed Fatty Li made a statement, he immediately attracted countless people's curious eyes.

"hey-hey!
In the past few years, all of us have been honored by His Majesty the Holy Father.

Especially at the end of this year, the money doubled and brought home, the parents, wives and children at home will all look at us more highly, and it will be more face-saving to visit each other. Let's not say anything else, just look forward to our Ming Dynasty It's getting better and better, as long as the Holy One can live forever! "

Fatty Li watched as the other groups of people stopped discussing after hearing the sound, and surrounded them one after another. When he was complacent, he also deliberately sold off.

"Hurry up, you fat bastard! You're going to be tricky again, but I'm going to say what your daughter-in-law said!"

Seeing Fatty Li's virtue, the official surnamed Zhang who answered the conversation just now threatened him.

"Chengchengcheng, I said, I can just say no, why are you in such a hurry!"

Hearing Lao Zhang mentioned his wife, Fatty Li suddenly felt guilty.

This dead woman actually told people that the fat man is short, fortunately only Lao Zhang's family knows about it, if it spreads out, it won't be a shame, huh?
See how I take care of her when I get home!
and many more!

wrong!

There is no harm without comparison!
How did she know that fat people are shorter than others?
Could it be that there is adultery?
"Brother Li, you should hurry up and say it!"

"Okay, okay, it's not a big deal, it's just that the Holy Majesty is distributing money again!

Not to mention the newly established Bureau of Internal Affairs, they also took out a large amount of money from their internal funds to distribute supplies such as rice, flour, oil, salt, etc. to each of the palace people, and arranged for a carriage from the Four Seas Commercial Bank to deliver the supplies to the nearby palace people to their homes!
Old Zhang, come here, I have something to ask you! "

After Fatty Li finished speaking, ignoring other people's comments like boiling a pot, he called out to the bewildered official named Zhang with a gloomy face, and grabbed his robe sleeve to a corner.

After a while, the officials who were discussing the novel method of the Holy Spirit were interrupted by the sound of quarreling. When they turned their heads and looked around, they saw Fatty Li and the officials surnamed Zhang, who were usually good and like brothers, had already fought together. .

Everyone rushed over to pull the two away, Fatty Li was still cursing while covering his blue right eye, while Lao Zhang wiped the blood stains from the corner of his mouth without saying a word. Trying to get the latest plot from the two, but the two parties never said a word.

Just when everyone was guessing wildly in their minds, someone reminded him in a low voice that Mr. Shangguan had arrived, and everyone hurriedly ducked aside with low brows, and the gate of the yamen was slowly opened from the inside.

Everyone watched several chief officials step into the gate with their hands behind their backs, followed by Yushi and Captain Jinyi, followed by their immediate superiors. Officials entered the office sequentially and orderly.

The annual distribution of ground service government support for honesty and integrity (year-end awards) has begun.

Yushi and Captain Jinyi are here to supervise the distribution process, and each yamen will have personnel from these two supervisory agencies present.

Because not everyone can get the full amount of money, this large amount of money was issued after comprehensive consideration of personal errands in the past year.

It is said that the eyes of the masses are discerning, but in fact the eyes of the officials are a bit brighter than that of the masses.

Some people are used to stealing and cheating when they are on business, and they have to complain behind their backs from time to time, and then talk about the shortcomings and faults of the superiors. They think that the colleagues who listen to their complaints are confidants, but in fact they turn around sold him.

After the routine procedure of roll call and answering, the year-end bonuses for mid-level officials from the sixth rank and above of each department are first distributed.

Under normal circumstances, middle-level officials can take away the full amount, because although this group of people is not high-ranking, they are the backbone of each yamen. responsible for public affairs.

Most of these people have outstanding work ability, and a few are relatively mediocre. Although the official duties assigned to subordinates often have various problems, because many things have a complete set of procedures, and many old officials There is an eye for price, so there will be no major omissions in the end.

These few people have various backgrounds, and the superiors who know the inside story will naturally turn a blind eye, and the year-end bonus will naturally be issued in full.

The officials who were named and received the full year-end bonus all looked reserved, as if the white money in front of them was just dirt, but the smile in the corner of their eyes was still hard to hide.

The officials under him will naturally have people with quick eyesight and quick hands. They each go to the front of the hall, put the Shangguan's silver into the bag, and then send it out to the servants of the Shangguan.

This kind of behavior will give yourself extra points.

After receiving from the sixth rank and above, and then officials from the ninth rank to the seventh rank, since they are all economic officials, except for a very few, they will all receive the full amount.

After the bonuses of the officials were distributed, the officials in the hall returned to the second hall to rest, and the rest were the most numerous officials.

Under the expressionless gaze of the censor and the school lieutenants, the chief officials read each name, and then used short comments to summarize the person's performance in the past year, which was used as a proof of bonus distribution.

Yu Shi and Captain Jin Yi had already participated in the previous evaluation of the amount of personal distribution, and they were present at this time to reflect the majesty of the court and the Tian family, and to prevent officials from establishing personal prestige by distributing money.

This sum of money is a reward from the emperor, from the court, not from an official. Everyone must understand this.

Most of the officials left happily after receiving the full bonus, and a small number of unqualified performance will be deducted from the bonus, and then they will be reprimanded by the censor and the school captain, and those who have been reprimanded for three consecutive years will be removed.

This new regulation has been implemented since last year, and this year is the second year, so although many officials have had their bonuses deducted and reprimanded, fortunately no one has been removed.

Of course, some officials who have been reprimanded for two consecutive years are already anxious, knowing that they will perform well in the coming year, otherwise, if they fail the assessment next year, it will not be a matter of deducting bonuses.

After a busy morning, all the yamen were sealed and closed one after another, and they would not open until the eighteenth day of the first lunar month of the next year.

While the various offices were busy distributing money, early in the morning, the palace also began to get busy.

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(End of this chapter)