"Ahem…"
"Kid Fang, don't talk nonsense!”
"What does this lack of holidays have to do with you not being able to get a wife or have children?”
Zhu Yuanzhang decisively interrupted Fang Yunfei's description.
If he were to continue speaking so brazenly, these officials would definitely rebel!
"Of course it's related!"
"If I don't have time to rest, I won't have time to get to know you.”
"If I don't have time to get to know you, I won't have time to get married.”
"If I don't have time to get married, I won't have the chance to get married.”
"I can't even make a hole in the house. How can I carry a doll?”
"Do you think being an official has anything to do with my filial piety?”
Fang Yunfei said seriously.
"Nonsense!"
"What does getting married and having children have to do with being an official? When the time comes, can't I just stuff it into your room and sleep for a night? Do I still need to know him?"
"Our old man thinks that you're just looking for trouble.”
Zhu Yuanzhang said disapprovingly.
The others nodded in agreement.
Most of the time, the two parties did not even see each other after the marriage.
Therefore, they really couldn't understand what Fang Yunfei had just said.
Seeing this group of stubborn old men, Fang Yunfei shook his head helplessly.
He decided to explain in a way that they could understand.
"Alright then! So what if I can get married?”
"The Embroidered Uniform Guards are so mobile. What if one day the commander orders me to go out on a business trip?”
"With my salary, although I can eat my fill and the whole family won't be hungry, I definitely won't have the money to bring my wife out.”
"According to the rules of the Imperial Court, officials are generally appointed for three years. There were only nine days of vacation in three years, and they could not be taken together.”
"Maybe when I come back in three years, there will be a two-year-old child at home.”
Fang Yunfei said gloomily.
"You've been away for three years, and now you have a two-year-old child at home?”
"Hahahaha…"
"Your wife didn't keep her morals and actually cuckolded you!”
"Hahahaha…"
Hearing Fang Yun Fei's words, only Lan Yu laughed loudly, while the others fell into deep thought.
Although Fang Yunfei's words were rather mocking, it was indeed a big problem.
Many officials in the Ming Dynasty could only take up their posts alone because of their meager salaries, their elderly parents, or their young children.
This caused many problems such as separation, support for the elderly, and education for children.
Da Ming's communication wasn't developed. The two sides might not even have a letter in three years, let alone meet.
It was much more miserable than the empty nesters and children in the future!
Many officials in Ming Dynasty had complaints about this, but they were afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige and dared not speak out.
He did not expect Fang Yun Fei to expose him today.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing at the side, looked even more embarrassed.
He was a workaholic himself, and he had always asked others to do the same.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, he did not even have enough to eat in the past.
Now, you people don't have to go hungry. You have official positions to do, and you have three paid holidays a year.
This was simply a gift from Old Zhu.
Do you have other thoughts?
He was simply dreaming!
"If what you said is true, then it is indeed a problem.”
After pondering for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang finally spoke.
However, after Fang Yunfei's description, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that there were indeed many places that he did not do so well.
There were some flaws.
"Sigh! Actually, this is nothing."
"The biggest risk of being an official is to risk my life!”
"How tragic! It's too tragic!"
Fang Yunfei sighed towards the sky, his face filled with endless grievances.
"Benefactor, you're exaggerating. No matter how bad I am as an official, I don't need to be beheaded, right?”
Zhu Biao asked in surprise.
"Why don't we behead him?" Being an official in my Ming Dynasty is a high-risk profession! Do you know how many officials are executed in a year?”
The Crown Prince did a rough calculation in his heart and stretched out a finger."A thousand."
"But how many officials does my Great Ming have in total?”
"If the Emperor is in a bad mood, then the speed at which officials take office will not be as fast as the speed at which they are killed.”
"Do you think it's risky to be an official in Great Ming?”
Fang Yunfei retorted righteously.
"But His Majesty killed those who deserved to be killed.”
"These people are either playing favoritism or taking bribes.”
"Don't tell me you don't think these people should be killed? Do you want to keep these corrupt officials to continue harming the people?”
Hearing that Fang brat said that he had killed officials indiscriminately, Zhu Yuanzhang was instantly unconvinced!
Although he had killed many officials in a year, they were all justified and deserved to die.
He could pat his chest and guarantee that all the officials who were killed had violated the "Great Ming Law" that he had formulated, and all of them deserved to die.
Not a single official had been wrongly killed!
"Old Zhu, what you said is indeed correct.”
"But it's just a matter of standing up and saying it!”
"You're at Rank-4 and your family is in the capital, so you can use your authority to earn some income, so you won't have to worry.”
"But those officials who took office in other places are different.”
"How many people can bear not being able to see their loved ones for three years?”
"He's in charge of a lot of things, but he doesn't have enough manpower. Do you think he needs help?”
"But whether it's bringing your family to live by your side or hiring helpers, you need money. The salary given by the Imperial Court is not enough!"
"I took up the post alone, had no relatives, and was in charge of a lot of things.”
"To put it bluntly, it's because the Imperial Court gave too little money.”
Fang Yunfei retorted disdainfully.
During the Hongwu period, officials did not have all kinds of almost public gray income like in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Basically, they could only rely on their salaries to survive.
However, whether it was for work or living, this money was far from enough.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials from the bottom of his heart and formulated the law of corruption of 60 taels of skin and grass, and exile of those below 60 taels.
As a result, in the morning, it was still the grand master who was interrogating the criminal, but in the afternoon, he became a criminal and was being interrogated by others.
By the end of the Hongwu period, eight out of ten officials were guilty.
There were often officials who brought instruments of torture to the court for work. After they were done, they would return to the prison to wait for their punishment.
The history books of later generations even gave this kind of official a special name, which was called " Criminal Officer."
"You wake up earlier than a chicken, sleep later than a dog, eat worse than a pig, and do more than a donkey. If you're not careful, you might even be beheaded. This is the true portrait of my Ming Dynasty officials.”
"In any case, whoever wants to be an official can be one. In any case, I'm not going to be one!”
Fang Yunfei slumped on the chair, his expression as if he had nothing to live for!
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