The peasant girl strikes: Mr., you have to be good

Chapter 364 Forcing the Prime Minister to Retire

"Your Majesty, the old minister is ashamed." Prime Minister Shen prostrated himself on the ground in fear.

He fought against Ye Qingyang time and time again. He knew that Ye Qingyang didn't want to bear it anymore, so he prayed in his heart to get through this disaster. Today, King Ling didn't come to court, and no one dared to stand up and speak for him.

"Father, the prime minister is the elder of the three dynasties. He has served the court all his life, so he should retire and enjoy his old age." Jinxuan once read "History of Pingchuan". Court officials can retire when they reach the age of 70. During the rule of the Qin Dynasty, All officials who reach the age of 70 must retire.

It's just that there was no such thing as retirement in ancient times, and they called retirement retirement.

In the period of the Three Kingdoms, there were no special requirements.

Jinxuan proposed that Prime Minister Shen be appointed, and everyone panicked: the age of an official is a sensitive topic, who wants to retire.

Their empress dowager is really a formidable character, not to be trifled with.

"The emperor is thoughtful." Ye Qingyang gave Jinxuan a look of admiration, and then he formally issued an order: "I will tell you that from today on, all officials who have reached the age of sixty will be accepted as officials."

"I will obey your orders." The emperor issued an order expressly stipulating the age for becoming an official, who would dare to disobey.

Jinxuan thought that there was no pension after becoming an official in ancient times, so she suggested: "Father, I have another suggestion, about the treatment after becoming an official?"

"Emperor, please tell me." Ye Qingyang hadn't thought about this question yet, the former officials had no treatment at all, unless they were titled Marquis or Dukes, they could receive court salaries.

"Hundred officials serve the court. We can't chill their hearts. They are old and need a pension to provide for them. This is what I think. The Ministry of Industry will build them for the courtiers who have made great contributions to the court. If there is no special contribution or officials make mistakes, this treatment will be cancelled.”

"Father, my son would like to add to Xuanxuan's suggestion just now. We can also give pensions to officials at one time when they leave office. Of course, those who have made more contributions will have higher pensions. Those who made mistakes did not, and for officials with average political achievements, pension funds are all distributed according to one-third of the original monthly salary."

After Song Zichen finished his supplements, everyone's hearts were filled: This couple is too dark-hearted. Once they came to Nan'an, they caused a storm.

The originally forgotten system of becoming an official has been incorporated into express regulations. Although there is pension money, there is no regulation on how much it will be paid!
"If you have any opinions, dear friends, feel free to tell me." Ye Qingyang asked everyone symbolically.

Lu Honghai is curious about how much pension will be given to those who have made meritorious service, and what kind of credit is considered a great credit?

"Your Majesty, I have no opinion on the supplementary benefits proposed by His Royal Highness Prince Chen. I just want to ask His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, what kind of merit is considered great merit, and what are the assessment criteria?"

"Your Majesty, the question Lord Lu asked is exactly what I want to ask."

"There is no unified standard for this. It is not up to that person to decide whether it is a big contribution or not. It has to be determined by officials and common people."

After Jinxuan finished speaking, Gongsun asked, "In addition to enjoying the house built by the Ministry of Industry, how much money will the meritorious officials pay?"

"If you are really a meritorious person, after you become an official, you can receive twice the sum of all his salaries during his official career at one time." Ye Qingyang answered Jinxuan's question for Gongsun Bachelor, and everyone heard that they could receive twice the sum of all their salaries , they couldn't help getting excited.

"Your Majesty is wise, Your Highnesses are wise."

As soon as these words came out, those who were attached to Prime Minister Shen turned their backs, and they knelt on the ground to thank the Lord Long En.

"Prime Minister, are you dissatisfied with my decision?" Prime Minister Shen knelt in the hall and did not return to his original position. Ye Qingyang was very dissatisfied with him.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the old minister has long wanted to retire and return to his hometown, but he has never had the chance to tell His Majesty."

Prime Minister Shen hasn't recovered yet, he didn't expect bad luck to start, he was forced to resign after decades of being prime minister.

This has been done since ancient times, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Prime Minister Shen has eight sons, two sons and six sons, all of them are arranged by him to be officials in different places, and only his two sons are in the imperial city.

They were at the scene, and seeing that the situation was over, they didn't dare to look for trouble again.

Among them, Shen Xianshuo, the eldest son of Prime Minister Shen, works in the Ministry of Punishment and is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. An official with authority, but he was forced to resign before he had time to arrange everything.

"As for the candidate for the new prime minister, I will discuss with you another day. The Minister of Rites will choose an auspicious date as soon as possible, so that we can hold the grand ceremony for the conferment of the empress dowager."

Ye Qingyang finally had a reason to pull Prime Minister Shen down from office. He had to carefully consider the candidate for the new prime minister.

"Your Majesty, I'm still in the selection process, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow morning." Lu Honghai replied respectfully, the position of prime minister was vacant, and he really wanted to be this prime minister.

"The prime minister should be responsible for drafting and promulgating the official appointment system, but since the prime minister has already retired, I will temporarily do it for you." The doctor is in charge of supervision work.

This series of systems is not perfect enough, Ye Qingyang decided to take this opportunity to reform the official system.

He paused slightly, and continued: "Lu Aiqing, you have postponed the time of the canonization ceremony for three months. I will not only hold the canonization ceremony for my emperor's son, but also hold a new wedding ceremony for their husband and wife. You are from Nan'an. In name, send wedding invitations to Xiling and Dongyan, and ask them to attend the grand ceremony."

"No!" Lu Honghai replied respectfully.

The canonization ceremony is held together with the wedding, which is exactly grand.

Three months is enough for people from these two countries to come here.

"Father, Prime Minister Shen can be regarded as a meritorious person. The benefits of being an official start from him. Let the people in the household department calculate his salary and give it to him in one go."

When the imperial court was about to go down, Jinxuan suggested that people from the household department give the pension money to Prime Minister Shen.

Although Prime Minister Shen thanked Jinxuan with a smile on his face, he wanted to kill Jinxuan in his heart.

This retired prime minister, who would buy it? Before he left the court, those who attached to him began to turn against him.

It's really cool.

He entered the court as an official at the age of 25. At the beginning, he was just a small official. Speaking of which, he had not been a prime minister for decades.

Even if he was given double the silver, it was not the amount he wanted.

He now receives 100 taels of salary per month, which is only 1200 taels a year. If this salary alone is not enough to support a family.

All in all, their salary in Nan'an is quite high.

Hey, what he cares about is the emperor's reward and rewards!

Prime Minister Shen knelt on the ground and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the old minister has no objection to becoming an official, but the old minister has a request for His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager and His Royal Highness Chen Wang."

(End of this chapter)