"Magistrate! Magistrate…Good news, good news! The news that had just come from the Ying Tian Prefecture stated that the salaries of all the officials had increased, especially those of the prefectures and counties!”
"What the hell? A raise in salary? It shouldn't be!"
Liu Bai woke up early in the morning when he heard the news.
He, who was already a little confused, frowned slightly.
During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, they actually raised the salaries of all the officials…
This didn't seem like something Zhu Yuanzhang would do.
Most importantly, there didn't seem to be such a thing in history.
Increasing the salaries of officials was a method to win the hearts of the people. If it really happened in history, it would definitely be recorded and publicized.
"Aiya, my Magistrate! The documents from the imperial court have already been sent over. Why are you still saying that it's impossible…"
In Fengyang County.
The newly recruited advisor looked at their magistrate speechlessly.
Almost all the elders in Fengyang County knew about it.
Magistrate Feng led Feng Yang on a glorious path of wealth.
However, from the beginning to the end, the Magistrate was definitely the poorest part of the entire Fengyang County.
It was better when Miss Liu was around.
Now, Miss Liu had left.
The county magistrate's days were definitely not going to be easy.
Under such circumstances, why wasn't he happy at all that the magistrate's salary had increased? Instead, he had a bitter look on his face?
"Let me take a look at the documents sent by the Ying Tian Prefecture.”
Liu Bai looked at the document sent down from the Ying Tian Prefecture, then at the seal and the material of the document.
Basically, the possibility of forgery was eliminated.
However, he still couldn't figure out why Old Zhu suddenly wanted to raise their salaries.
"Is there any news from the Ying Tian Prefecture?”
After Liu Bai put the document aside, he chatted with the new advisor while walking to the study where Liu Shiman used to work.
In the past, when his Little Manman was around, he could take things slowly.
Although Liu Shiman was a first-tier female, she was still a first-tier female.
However, she was very capable.
Ever since she took over the position of Grand Master, Liu Bai had only occasionally gone to court to settle cases.
As for the other paperwork, Liu Shiman was basically helping him deal with it.
Now that his Little Man had left, he could only do these things himself.
"The other orders are nothing much. I just heard from the merchants that our current Prime Minister, Hu Weiyong, actually personally wrote a letter of sin and even posted it on the city gate of Yingtian Prefecture. He didn't know what the specific content was for the time being…However, I heard that he listened to slander or something."
"I listened to slander. I've written a letter of sin..."
When Liu Bai heard the news, he felt a headache coming on.
Why have you been acting so strange recently?
However, when he thought about how big Fengyang City was now, he felt that he had to be careful.
Such a big butterfly, if the wind it stirred up was not enough to sweep through the entire Ming Dynasty.
Then it could only be said that Da Ming's pool of stagnant water was completely hopeless.
At the very least, Hong Wunian was hopeless.
But now, it seemed that this butterfly of his had begun to take effect.
"Alright, I think I know what's going on. You can go back to your work first."
"Sigh! Then I'll leave you to your work!"
After hearing Liu Bai's words, the advisor was shocked.
He didn't think too much about it and turned around to leave.
However, he suddenly thought of something.
He turned around and said with some difficulty.
"That... Master, the people of Fengyang City have discussed and want to build a Merit Temple for you. This is something that we citizens have done voluntarily. You have done so much for Fengyang City over the years. We also want to do something for you! In your opinion…"
"Merit Temple?"
Liu Bai's mouth twitched when he heard his advisor's words.
Build a temple for him.
If that was really the case, it would be better to just build a good-looking grave for him.
This was more direct.
As a county magistrate, he was already famous enough in the area under his jurisdiction.
Before Liu Shiman left, she specially instructed him not to show off his abilities.
Otherwise, the wind will destroy the trees that stand out in the forest!
At this time, if he built a Merit Temple for him in Fengyang.
That was undoubtedly telling the world a piece of news.
The people of Fengyang respected Liu Bai more than anyone else.
This wasn't a praise of his merits.
Instead, he wanted his old life.
"I can do things in the Merit Temple, but it's not mine. It's His Majesty's Merit Temple. Everything I did was strictly according to His Majesty's wishes.”
"Moreover, I'm not afraid. In my opinion, a construction project like the Merit Temple is meaningless. A Merit Temple can't be built without a thousand taels of silver. If this thousand taels of silver were used to build a road or an orphanage…That's right! Grand Master, come back first!"
When Liu Bai said the words 'orphanage.'
A thought suddenly flashed in his mind.
It just so happened that there was no such thing in the basic facilities of Fengyang City…
Now that the people were rich, they also had the heart to do so. Since that was the case, why not directly prepare a model orphanage?
"Gather all the street managers. Let's have a small meeting!"
"Alright, Master! Let's make the arrangements immediately!"
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