Chapter 1,422

Xiao Lintian is not upset either. This is the first reform measure he introduced after taking office. If he cannot implement it smoothly, how will he carry out other reform plans in the future.

Xiao Lintian waited until everyone was done arguing, then smiled coldly and said: "My dear friends, you are arguing over each other, don't you just think that women are not worthy of being your colleagues?"

"In my eyes, you and those women are all my subjects. Although I don't have a daughter yet, I feel that as parents, as long as they are my children, we should treat them equally!"

"The fourth-grade official rank is my reward for women, and I will never give in on this point!"

"As for equal pay for equal work, I think the work they do is just different from your division of labor. There is no distinction between high and low. Since you have paid, you should get corresponding rewards!"

"Fourth-grade officials come out!"

When Xiao Lintian called his name, the fourth-rank officials looked at each other and stood up.

"After today's morning court, you will stay and be arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be on duty in the palace for one day. Tomorrow morning, we will discuss the matter of equal pay for equal work for female officials at the court again!"

"Retreat!"

Xiao Lintian left after announcing.

Those fourth-rank officials were confused and went to report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs after leaving the court.

The general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is now temporarily held by Mingu's son Ren Zhi, and the deputy general manager is Mr. Jiang, the former deputy general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Ren Zhi is responsible for coordinating the overall situation. He also serves as Xiao Lintian's finance minister, so the specific affairs are supervised by Mr. Jiang.

When Ren Zhi came to take office, Xiao Lintian inspected Mr. Jiang in advance. Mr. Jiang was quite upright in his work, and he dared to tell the truth before the death of the Supreme Emperor.

The reason why Mr. Jiang was not promoted directly to the post of head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was that Xiao Lintian still had doubts about his position.

Yinhu found out that Mr. Jiang's younger brother was very close to the Zhao family.

Xiao Lintian asked Ren Zhi to be the general manager just to see whether Mr. Jiang was worthy of being reused by him.

The fourth-grade officials went to see Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Jiang arranged for each of them to have a sixth-grade female officer to lead them on duty.

This means that everything that female officials have to do on this day must be done by these fourth-grade officials.

These fourth-grade officials were still acting on air at first, thinking that what these women could do was easy and would never be a problem for them.

After they easily solved it, Xiao Lintian, who would be able to refute it in the morning court tomorrow, no longer dared to promote the female officer to the rank of nobility.

But things are not as simple as they think. The things these female officers have to do all day are too much for them to bear after half a day, and they can barely hold on until they get off duty in the evening. Some of them are so tired that they can't even drink water.

This is not to mention that some of them did things that the female officers did in such a mess that they even felt ashamed of themselves.

When Xiao Lintian brought up the matter again in the morning when these fourth-rank officials dragged their exhausted bodies to court the next day, none of these fourth-rank officials stood up to object.

Female officials are only of the sixth rank, so they can do things they can't do. They get the salary of the fourth rank, so what shame do they have to oppose equal pay for equal work!

A fair fourth-grade official also stood up to support Xiao Lintian's proposal.

For example, Mr. Shi from the Ministry of Personnel is forty years old and has two sons and one daughter.

Mr. Shi said with shame: "I have always felt that women are inferior to men, but yesterday when I was on duty, I realized how ridiculous my previous prejudice against them was!"

"The things Zhang Lingsi does are very organized, no less than us men! The emperor is right, they are all the same work, why should we think we can do it better than them!"

"Equal pay for equal work is a recognition of their hard work. I support the emperor's proposal and give them the respect they deserve!"

Except for a few stubborn ones, all the fourth-rank officials came forward to support Xiao Lintian's change.

There were more voices of support than opposition in the court, and Xiao Lintian's first reform plan was successfully passed.


Chapter completed!