Chapter 583 Paid Vacation System
Huo Fenghuang immediately shook her head. She had never said that. Soldiers are fighting hard in the front, so they deserve a raise. Officials are working hard in the rear, so they are also making contributions. So let's have a vacation system.
Starting next year, officials can take paid vacations according to their years of service. Those who have served for three years can take one day off, those who have served for less than five years can take three days off, those who have served for ten years or more can take eight days off, and those who have served for more than fifteen years can take twelve days off. Those who are delayed on official business and do not take vacations will have their overtime pay doubled.
This can stimulate the enthusiasm of the subordinates to do their work and also give officials the flexibility to take appropriate rest.
Shunzhidi thought it was a great idea, but she needed to discuss it with the Minister of Personnel Fan Zhong.
Ma Linger said with a smile that they would definitely discuss it with Mr. Fan, but she felt that the old gentleman would definitely agree. Currently, officials only have three or four days off a month, and if something happens in the government office, they cannot leave, which means they have no vacation.
If the court confirmed that people could take paid leave, and provided salary subsidies for the days without leave, the officials would be more motivated.
Shunzhidi looked at Huofenghuang in surprise and asked: "How did you come up with such an ingenious vacation system? Did Brother Yulin tell you?"
Fire Phoenix went up and scratched Zhidi's little nose and said: All day long, you only have Brother Yulin in your mind, Brother Yulin has no time to talk about this. It was Sister Yangjin who said that in her previous life, she was engaged in paid vacations, and the officials who did not have vacations had to be paid three times the salary.
Brother Yulin punishes the officials who commit crimes severely. All the officials are afraid of him. We need to do something to win them over and create harmonious relations.
Otherwise, who will talk to our family in the future?
Shunzhidi started out as a member of the impoverished General's Mansion in Renhuai. She was very frugal. When she saw that the Central Council was spending huge amounts of money, she was afraid that something might go wrong with state affairs. Why did she even give money to officials to take leave?
She felt a little uncomfortable.
Ma Linger said with a smile that the country had recovered more and more land, and taxes were becoming more and more stable, so these expenses were just a drizzle and nothing to worry about.
Huo Fenghuang told her: Brother Yulin and Feiyan have all returned to Xuzhou, and Zhidi is asked to do it. Just go for it boldly. As long as it helps the people live a good life and is conducive to the peace of the country, it is nothing wrong.
The little woman then made up her mind.
The next day, good news of the great victory at Yanmen Pass arrived. Not only did the Shenwei Army capture Yanmen, but hundreds thousands of troops rushed out of Shiling Pass and were sweeping away the remnants of the Mongolian army and attacking Daizhou. The gentlemen were delighted when they learned about it.
In the afternoon, the Central Council of the New Song Dynasty held a meeting.
Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Du Fan submitted the revised document on supporting agriculture to the public for discussion, and finalized the draft by adding a clause to set up deliberative councils in villages across the country to jointly manage rural affairs.
Fan Zhong from the Ministry of Personnel proposed a paid leave system, and everyone was happy. There has been no salary increase since .
The new leave system will convert the time not taken for leave into double the daily pay, which is equivalent to increasing the income of officials in disguise. It is of course a good thing that everyone is happy with and was passed unanimously without any suspense.
Then, Shunzhidi reported the battle situation in Taiyuan Prefecture, telling everyone that the Shenwei Army was invincible and had recaptured Yanmen Pass and the counties within the pass. Everyone exclaimed that it was great and the Shenwei Army was mighty.
She took the opportunity to propose increasing the allowance for all soldiers by 10%, which was immediately seconded by the officials.
The little woman was very happy that the first meeting of ministers to discuss matters went so smoothly and properly. She even called for a banquet. The Central Council wanted to host a banquet for all the officials to celebrate the great victory at Yanmen...
Zhao Yulin received the latest battle report from the front line one day late.
After reading the battle report about the Shenwei Army driving the Mongolian Army out of Yanmen, Zhao Feiyan was delighted and kept praising the Shenwei Army for its strength and the series of victories on the front line.
He said: These are not surprising. The Mongolian army has already fallen behind and will be defeated faster and faster in the future.
Yangjin told them that she was going to Tubo and that she had been promised to be the king of Tubo, so she should go to Lhasa.
Zhao Yulin hesitated for a moment and said: The child is still young, let's wait until he is weaned.
Zhao Feiyan immediately said: That’s right, the child is still young, we have to wait until he is at least three years old.
Yangjin burst out laughing and told them: If she gets pregnant again, she won't be able to leave. Zhao Feiyan laughed and said enviously that she wanted to have two more children, but Brother Yulin wouldn't let her.
Zhao Yulin was shocked to hear this and quickly got up and went out.
Feiyan laughed and said to Yangjin that the court couldn't do without her sister. Brother Yulin was often out and about, and the family depended on her sister to make all the decisions. How could she just leave like that?
Yangjin told her that while she was still young, she could still travel back and forth between Tibet and do something, because in the future, when she was old, she would not be able to travel even if she wanted to.
The two women continued to communicate with each other.
Wu Yuqi was about to enter the door when she saw Zhao Yulin coming out, and she pulled him over to talk to Lu Youpeng.
Master Lu uncovered a secret spy invasion case of the Grassland Empire in Xinshi. The enemy successfully entered the dock of Xinshi with the help of the water transport channel and tried every means to obtain our new railway track technology.
In the end, he was caught by Master Lu who was guarding the place.
Wu Yuqi told him that in recent years, spies from the north not only attacked Cuiping Mountain, but also stretched out their hands to major handicraft bases across the country. Jiankang Prefecture captured a group of enemy spies who attempted to steal the steam engines that had been installed.
After all, that thing is a behemoth. Cuipingshan only gave the machine, but no blueprint. The grassland spy saw the machine but couldn't build it.
So, they thought of taking the entire machine away, but naturally they failed.
But the enemy still did not give up and planned another kidnapping case, intending to kidnap the master who operated the steam engine and take him to the north.
A great battle of secret guards took place in Jiangdong. Zhang Qi completely dug out the northern spies in Jiankang Prefecture, but it also cost the life of a steam engine master and five elite secret guards.
Zhao Yulin judged that the northern grassland empire would continue to infiltrate us crazily in the future, and there would be more and more conspiracies to steal our new technology. They don't want us to have what they can't get, so conspiracy and sabotage activities would become more rampant, and Shunfengsi's task would be arduous.
In addition, after most of the country's territory is recovered, it will be turned to economic construction, and a large amount of funds will be invested in local project construction. People with ill intentions will inevitably be tempted by the huge amount of money and do things that damage the public interest and harm the court.
In this case, we will have more cases of corruption and extortion when investigating them.
The Shunfeng Division will establish a team that specializes in investigating and handling economic crimes, ensuring the purity of court officials and fair trade among merchants.
Yuqi told them: In Xuzhou alone, she had arrested more than a dozen corrupt officials, and each thief had embezzled a huge amount of money. Looking at the whole country, there are definitely many corruptions to be dealt with, but now that she is the governor of Xuzhou, it is inconvenient for her to go to Chengdu to do business.
Zhao Yulin said that Master Lu was having an easy time, so he asked the master to go back to Chengdu to remind Zhidi and sort out the affairs of Shunfeng Company.
Lao Lu laughed and teased him about how good he was at talking. But he couldn't stay idle, so he went to Chengdu.
He felt that Shunfeng Division should not only be refined, but also eliminate its own bad apples. First of all, the team should be purified to do a better job. In the spy case uncovered in Xinshi this time, there were people from Shunfeng Division who defected and served the enemy.
We must conduct a self-examination and eliminate these bad apples.
Zhao Yulin nodded. What should he do? Let him go to Dongmei to discuss it.
In the royal court of the Mobei grassland, Mengge is still competing with the forces of Lemazhen.
Hubili led his men over there.
Kuangduan did not go to the meeting alone, and there was a news that the prince had brought back deserters. On the prairie of the royal court, the two forces quickly set up densely packed camps and competed and cursed at each other.
Mengge cursed Lemazhen for stealing the country and not handing over power in accordance with the will of heaven. The people of Kuoduan cursed Mengge for being a traitor and breaking Temujin's oath and would be punished by heaven.
Brother Da Meng saw that if the two sides continued to confront each other like this, more and more people would gather and riots would easily break out, which was not a good thing.
Hubili thought that it had to be done. If Yanmen was lost, the Shenwei Army of the New Song Dynasty could spy on our grassland, and there was no time to delay.
The next day, Mengge personally supervised the battle and rushed straight to the prince's camp.
If Kuangduan didn't follow Mengge's orders, he would really dare to attack, and his first strike was like a thunderbolt. The camp was destroyed in an instant, and most of the soldiers and horses were slaughtered. By the time Kuangduan gathered his troops to help, Mengge and Hubili were washing dishes and eating tea.
The princes of the Lemazhen camp were shocked to see the third prince covered in blood with two dangling arrows sticking out of his body. Immediately, a prince led his men to Mengge's camp to claim their master.
Kuangduan saw that his number of men was dwindling, and knew that if a fight really broke out he would lose more than he won, so he had to negotiate with Mengge to resolve the internal dispute.
In this way, Lai Mazhen had no choice but to give up the royal court by the Onon River and reluctantly followed Kuochuan to set up camp at the foot of the Altai Mountains.
The territory in the east of the empire returned to the hands of Mengge and Hubili.
After seeing off Kuoduan and Lemazhen, Mengge lit a huge bonfire in the royal court and held a banquet to celebrate his coronation as the Great Khan of the grassland.
The kings ate big chunks of mutton legs, drank big bowls of grain wine, and danced happily around the field.
Although he was excited, Hubili said with some worry: Khan Agedeng is a great joyous event and he shouldn't mention the military affairs in the south. However, the matter is urgent and he still has to go back early.
The New Song Army is growing stronger day by day, and they even dare to seize Yanmen Pass, not to mention Daxing Prefecture where the Han people live. He must go back early.
Mengge nodded and told Hubli: He had already thought about it. All the kings should hand over a group of elite soldiers, who will form the main imperial guards of the royal court like the Han people, and he will be directly in charge of them. That is, the newly formed royal army. The kings will reorganize and deploy their own armies and they will be under the unified command of the royal court. First, he asked Hubli to leave him 30,000 troops.
Because the troops he led on the Western Expedition suffered a lot of losses in the march back and forth, and had fought several battles with your friend's troops, he had to replenish fresh blood here in Hubili.
Hubili was helpless but had to obey the order. He left behind 30,000 troops and the best weapons and led the remaining remnants to return south urgently.
Da Mengge was determined to do it once and for all. He sent a messenger to tell Tachaer to lead the cavalry of Daxing Prefecture to rush to Datong and take up the post of commander-in-chief of Datong Prefecture immediately.
