Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 638 King Qing Gets His Wish (2)
Abolish lowly status, allow talented people to participate in scientific examinations, stand out, become officials of the Ding Dynasty, benefit the people, make the empire stronger and more prosperous, and win the hearts of the people, a great thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Starting from the first month of this year, the Ding Dynasty will increase the salaries of officials in Chang'an and major cities by [-]%, and increase the salaries of officials and soldiers in frontier defense and county towns by [-]%.

The salaries of the officials and generals of the Ding dynasty continued the fixed amount of the opening dynasty, and this sum of money was a very large amount. Even if it increased by [-]%, it would be several million taels of silver.

He Dong's big handwriting is also a precedent for the emperors of all dynasties, and officials and soldiers will definitely be more loyal to him.

He Dong said loudly: "From today onwards, I will retire from retirement, and the crown prince will supervise the country."

He is 57 years old this year, and He Yiyang is 20 years old.

At the age of He Yiyang, he had already met Li Bing and raised an army to rebel.

Now he is going to hand over the court to He Yiyang, and then go to various places to inspect.

All the officials looked up at He Dong. His hair was black, his eyes were piercing, and there were few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He didn't look like an old man in his sixties at all. He looked at most in his forties.

Once a person becomes the emperor and sits on the dragon chair, he is unwilling to give up his position until he dies.

Throughout the millennium, there are only emperors who are physically ill or forced to withdraw from the court. He Dong has never voluntarily withdrawn from the court's vision like He Dong.

The emperor's heart is as deep as the sea.No official could see what He Dong was thinking.

As soon as the four imperial edicts came out, all the civil and military officials present from the third rank and above were extremely shocked, and they didn't even listen carefully to the imperial edict to double the funding for the fiefs of He Rong, He Jingyan, and He Jinghai.

Civil and military officials can imagine how shocking the four imperial edicts would cause in the entire Ding Dynasty and even the world.

"My dear ladies and wives, please join me and the queen to enjoy the banquet." With a loud voice, He Dong joined hands with the elegant and beautiful queen Murong Ying, and was bowed down by civil and military officials and his wife, and walked to the hall where the state banquet was held.

"Longsheng mighty, Your Majesty has raised our salary."

"At this time, His Majesty only gets the salaries of real-time officials, and those officials with titles, honors and loose officials are not included."

Many officials discussed excitedly that they were the beneficiaries of the third edict, and even their wives talked about it happily.

Mrs. He Qing and He Jingxin and his wife only had titles and orders, but no real official positions, and their salaries did not increase.They have never contributed to the imperial court, and there is no risk at all to stay at home. They enjoy the glory and wealth every day, and they are very content without reducing their salaries.

But not everyone is like He Qing's family of four. Some officials who have titles and honors but have retired from the court feel a little unbalanced. They don't care about the money, but think that they are not taken seriously.

Qin Xionghuang asked in a rough voice: "Sir, I don't have a real job in the army, and my salary doesn't increase. What about you?"

He listened to Li Bing's persuasion and retreated to the second line after returning from the North a few years ago.The Grand Marshal of the Qin Family Army is now the eldest grandson, Qin Pukang, the Duke's son.

Under the watchful eyes of all the officials, Li Bing deliberately said in a calm voice: "This king has resigned from the positions of Grand Marshal and Grand Master, and now he only has the title of title, and he is not among the officials whose salary has been raised."

The four imperial decrees were agreed upon jointly by Li Bing and He Dong.Li Bing had known for a long time that he would not increase his salary.

"It turns out that Prince Li didn't increase his salary either!"

"Prince Li made great contributions to the dynasty last year, but it is a pity that he resigned all his official positions at the end of last year. He does not have a share in the salary increase this year."

"Your Majesty treats officials equally, and did not make an exception for Prince Li."

Those officials who were out of balance thought to themselves: Mr. Crouching Tiger is not angry even if his salary has not been raised, why should I be angry?
With Li Bing as a comparison, some officials who were not included in the salary increase finally felt balanced.

This year's state banquet has a slightly higher standard of food than in previous years, and there are more dances from Tubo, Goryeo, Huiyi tribe, Wa Kingdom, and even Tianzhu and the Eastern Roman Empire.

"Sir, the queen and I toast you and your wife three times!" He Dong and his wife toasted to Li Bing and his wife, expressing their gratitude to Li Bing for his outstanding contribution to the Ding Dynasty last year.

Li Binglang said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Empress."

Qu's experienced so many things, she was not stage frightened at the state banquet, she picked up the wine glass and drank three glasses in a row just like Murong Ying.

At the state banquet, He Dong was the only one who could let Li Bing drink three cups in a row, and the rest were not eligible.

He Dong and Murongying's second respect is He Qing and Kong Ye, thank them for giving birth to such a good son as He Jingyan, who once again defended the Ding Dynasty against the Huns' foreign enemies, and attacked Lhasa, the capital of Tubo, for the first time in thousands of years to raise the prestige of the Ding Dynasty Empire.

After the state banquet, the Li family left the palace and returned home.

He Qing and Kong Ye stayed to attend the royal family banquet in the evening as usual.

This year's family banquet, He Rong, Princess Deng, Princess Niu, and He Jinghai and his wife were not in Chang'an, nor were the juniors He Wu, He Quan, He Jingfan, and He Hai.

The only concubine in He Dong's harem is Concubine Hu Xian.Although Concubine Hu Xian and He Jinglian broke off diplomatic relations with the Hu clan for a few years, she still has the blood of the Hu clan in her body. She was afraid of appearing in public places. He Dong thought of her relationship with the Hu clan and simply called her sick. There will be no more banquets.

She was originally a pushy personality, but after so many things, she finally learned to keep a low profile.

The family banquet became He Dong's family and He Qing's family.

He Yiyang already has two sons and two daughters, and his relationship with Deng Yun is much better than in the past two years. Maybe it's because they are living a happy life, but they have become fatter.

Those who were with He Yiyang every day didn't notice that he had gained weight, and those who hadn't seen him for a few months would notice that he had gained at least a dozen catties at the first glance.

But he used to be very thin, but now he is fat, that is, the cheeks and limbs have increased flesh. , more mature and sophisticated than before, and more attractive.

He Yiyang was determined not to be drafted, and no longer expanded the backyard of the East Palace. Those aristocratic generals Deng Yun and Dong Min who admired him were envious and jealous to death, especially for Dong Min, a big meatball, who was so favored by He Yiyang and gave birth to two daughters.

He Qing peeled the fried peanuts, laughed while eating: "Brother, our daughter is happy."

He Dong always cared for his younger brother, who was eight years younger, with kind eyes, and said in a friendly manner, "I've heard about this from my husband a long time ago. This is a big happy event for our family." He laughed a few more times, somewhat complacently. He said: "Jing Yan is seven years older than Yang Lang. Yang Lang has two sons and two daughters. Jing Yan is finally going to be a father this time."

He Qing fixed his eyes on He Dong, and said, "Brother, we and Xin Lang's family want to go to Jincheng. Do you think it's okay?"

(End of this chapter)