Speaking of which, lowly maids like Liu Zhu are generally afraid of their master, after all, a single word from his master can determine their life or death.

This is true whether it is the previous King of Shu or the current princess.

But after Fei Sibu took charge of the palace's maids on the princess's orders and changed all the previous rules for the maids, Liu Zhu had more trust and respect for the princess from the bottom of his heart.

If she were asked to choose between the King of Shu and the princess, she would definitely choose the princess.

A few days ago, when people in the palace were in panic, Fei Sibu summoned all the maids and stated that he was ordered by the princess to rectify the situation.

First ask if anyone wants to leave the Shu Palace.

After about a few hundred maids expressed their intention, Fei Sibu distributed some money according to the old rules of the palace and released all the maids from the palace.

At that time, Liu Zhu almost raised her hands to express that she wanted to leave.

It should be noted that although those maids were given money according to the old rules, most of them did not reach the age of release according to the old rules, and some were sold to the palace for only a year or two.

Liu Zhu felt that according to the old rules, these maids had taken advantage.

Liu Zhu finally chose to stay because she felt that since the princess was so kind to the maids who wanted to leave, she would definitely not be bad to the maids who were willing to stay.

She was originally the daughter of a craftsman in Chengdu. When she was seven or eight years old, her family ran out of food and was about to starve to death, so she was sold by her father to the palace as a maid.

It should be noted that a maid in the palace cannot just do what she wants. Her father also begged someone and relied on connections to get his wish.

According to the palace's practice, even though a maid with an innocent family like her was bought, if she has not had an affair with a member of the royal family before the age of 23, and has not been promoted to a certain level, she will be released from the palace.

In order to show the benevolence of the King of Shu, he would also give a small amount of silver, which was not much, probably only one tael. After being deducted by the steward, there was probably only a few money left.

While they are working as maids in the palace, the palace only cares about their food and accommodation. Only when they are promoted to a certain level will they get some monthly money.

However, that also means that you need to work for the palace all your life until you become one of those annoying old aunts in the palace.

Liu Zhu's family was in Chengdu, so he naturally wanted to be released from the palace and return home as soon as possible.

But before raising her hand, she remembered the tragic situation of her brothers and sisters in the family when they were young, their stomachs growling with hunger every day.

She knew very well that even if she could bring a tael of silver back, it would not change the poverty situation at home.

After she goes back, she has no way to make money for her family, and she still has to eat from her family. She might be disliked after a while.

The best outcome is just to use my experience as a maid in the palace to marry a slightly better family.

But because she has become an old girl, most of the people who are willing to marry her are widowers or old bachelors over thirty. The chance of marrying a good man of the same age is very slim.

Liu Zhu felt unwilling to do so when she thought about it.

And the palace has a new owner, and it seems that good things will happen to these maids.

Comparing the two, Liu Zhu gave up the idea of ​​leaving the palace and prepared to stay and gamble.

It turns out she was right.

After letting those maids who wanted to leave go, Fei Sibu told them that from now on, he would be in charge of the maids of the palace and the rules would also be changed.

Then let them sign a "contract" first.

At first Liu Zhu thought it was a re-signing of the contract of sale, but when she learned the contents of the "contract", like many maids, she couldn't help but cry with joy.

Because it was not a deed of sale, but an employment document.

Just like a shopkeeper, a master chef is employed by his employer, and a master is employed by an official.

Liu Zhu never imagined that a humble person like her would one day be officially employed.

Moreover, it is no longer the Shu Prince’s Palace that hires them, but the Princess Palace!

In addition to converting the deed of sale into an employment document, the Princess Mansion will also give them a monthly salary.

This monthly salary is composed of a basic salary and a bonus. The basic salary varies depending on the maid's level and what she does. The bonus is based on the situation. If you make a mistake, it may even be completely deducted.

But even if I can only get the worst basic salary, I still have one penny, which is equivalent to the lowest monthly salary paid by the palace to the maids in charge.

You know, whether it is the Prince of Shu's Mansion or the Princess' Mansion, they are in charge of their food and accommodation.

So even if you only have a basic salary of one yuan per month, you can still save more than one yuan or two a year!

Of course, not all employment documents provide them with benefits, but also spell out many new rules.

If you sign a "contract" once, you will be in charge for at least five years. If you want to be promoted to a certain level of maid, or do some things that need to be kept confidential, you need to sign a new "contract" that lasts for more than ten years.

During the contract period, the princess palace can fire maids who are not satisfied with it, but the maids cannot leave voluntarily.

In addition, it also stipulates in detail what maids of all types and levels should do, so that some thoughtful people cannot easily be lazy.

There were dozens of pages of similar terms and conditions. If Fei Sibu hadn't explained it, Liu Zhu probably wouldn't have been able to understand it.

It's not that she is illiterate - after she was sent to the Prince of Shu's palace as a child, she was selected and trained to read, do accounting, and embroider. Now, although she can't say that she can read serious Confucian books, she can't read Chinese scripts.

questionable.

However, there were many new words in the employment documents. Although she understood each word, she couldn't understand them all together, so she had to rely on Fei Sibu to explain them.

After signing the "contract", she worked more diligently and conscientiously than before, in order to get promoted and even work next to the princess.

Let's see today, maybe it will come true.

I just don’t know how many people the princess wants to choose, and how to choose them.

···

There were 48 maids in front of her. Under Hao Guangming's suggestion, Zhu Yusao did not engage in questioning or "talking" one by one.

Both of them believed in Fei Zhen'e's vision in selecting maids.

In addition, he did not want to waste time, so Hao Guangming taught Zhu Yuyao two tricks for selecting people.

I saw Zhu Yasuo glance at the maids and then say: "Zhang Xianzhong cut off the right hands of the nearly 10,000 captured soldiers, cut off their ears and noses, and then let them come to Chengdu.

Today, the first batch of mutilated soldiers finally arrived in Chengdu. In a few days, there will be many soldiers injured on the battlefield during the battle with Zhang Xianzhong.

Therefore, I ordered the establishment of a wounded military camp as a place for treatment and training for injured soldiers.

When choosing people today, we need to pick a few who can work for me in the wounded barracks.

You may have heard of the Wounded Soldiers Camp, but you have never seen it. Not only do you have to deal with wounded soldiers every day, but you also often see blood. The food and accommodation are definitely far worse than the Shu Palace.

However, if you are willing to take over this matter, you will be promoted to the rank of female official; if you were originally an ordinary maid, you will be promoted to female history officer.

Now if you are willing to do this, you can go to the left."

After Zhu Aao finished speaking, she returned to the throne and sat down, looking at the maids quietly.

Strictly speaking, the maids in the feudal prince's palace should use the Ming palace maid system, but the rank of female officials in the feudal prince's palace has to be lowered to below the fourth rank, while the Ming Dynasty Palace initially had the position of first-rank female officials.

As for the system of court ladies in the Ming Dynasty, it can be summarized as nine grades and three grades.

The female palace officials of the Ming Dynasty Palace were of the first rank. They assisted the queen in managing the trivial affairs of the harem and could hold the phoenix seal on her behalf.

In theory, female officials are of the ninth rank, but in reality they are not of the highest rank, because there are no official ranks for female officials starting from the eighth rank or below.

When it comes to the feudal prince's palace, the female history officer is the lowest-level maid manager.

As for the ordinary maids who are really at the bottom, they are simply divided into three grades, with the first grade being the highest and the third grade being the last.

Although Liu Zhu was specially trained in the past, she was only a first-class maid.

Although there is only one level difference between him and the female history officer, it is extremely difficult to cross this level, which is comparable to changing from a petty official to a formal official.

Even if the relevant systems and etiquette in the late Ming Dynasty were not as strict as in the early Ming Dynasty, it would not be easy for her to cross this level.

Now all she needs to do is take over what the princess just said and she can become a female historian...Does she want to go?

She was also afraid of the environment of dealing with injured soldiers and seeing blood every day.

But she wanted to seize this opportunity and get the princess to reuse her as soon as possible.

However, can she really stay in such a terrible environment as the wounded barracks?

When Liu Zhu was hesitating, most of the other maids also looked confused and hesitant.
Chapter completed!