Volume 1 Fortunately, I met the immortal who first enlightened me, and then went to Xiangyan to seek the true Dharma. Chapter 32: Salary System for Six Officials
When he returned to the small courtyard where he was temporarily staying, Miro was a little surprised that Xuanhe was also here.
Although during the time that Miro lived in Lu'an County, Xuanhe would often come to see Miro.
But the Xuanhe clan, who are naturally fond of pure air, obviously do not like the worldly atmosphere of Lu'an County.
For Yu Xuanhe, living in the county town, he has to consume fresh air every moment to offset the influence of turbid air. Many times, the amount he gets from a day of hard breathing is not as much as he consumes.
Even if Miro set up a barrier in the courtyard to keep the air inside pure, for Xuan He, it was still not as comfortable as the mountains and forests.
Therefore, Miro was quite surprised that it stayed in the yard.
When Xuanhe saw Miro returning, he immediately flapped his wings happily, walked to his side, raised his head and spread his wings, jumping and walking quickly, like a dancer, dancing beside Miro.
The wings spread, the feathers trembled, and wisps of fresh air descended, cleansing the aura around Miro and sweeping away the many turbid and evil spirits that had stained him.
"Okay! The aura on me comes from the Great Illusionary Realm, and it cannot be cleared away with your limited magical power."
Miro reached out his hand, stroked the feathers on its neck, and said with a smile: "Come to think of it, why are you here?"
The black crane let out two long cries. Miro, holding a bamboo flute, understood what the little fellow meant through spiritual communication.
"Okay! I know you are worried about me, so go back first. If I need you, I will use the bamboo flute to call you. Look, your feathers are not as beautiful as they were a few days ago. If you stay here any longer, you will lose your feathers and it will not look good."
The black crane was originally struggling over whether to leave first or follow the teachings of the elders in the tribe and endure the discomfort to stay in the yard. However, after hearing Miro's last words, the whole crane felt a little unwell and immediately spread its wings and wanted to leave .
But at the last moment before takeoff, it still resisted the urge to leave and cried twice to Miro to express its reluctance to leave.
"Why, you want to stay with me? That's fine too..."
Miro, who had seen through Xuanhe's thoughts long ago, deliberately said something to make it stay. He looked at the dazed Xuanhe and laughed out loud: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Go back quickly. I also need to rest."
This time, Xuanhe didn't dare to follow the teachings of the tribe and say anything to Miro. It spread its wings and flew directly into the sky. Although its posture was very graceful, Miro could see that it was fleeing in a panic.
"Hahaha……"
Miro laughed again, and his depressed mood, which had been caused by a series of experiences in the illusory world, improved a lot.
After returning to the house, he first briefly reviewed his experiences in the illusory world of Taixu, recorded them completely, and then rewrote them.
There were two identical reports, one was uploaded to the archive collection place of Lu'an County with the official seal, and the other was recorded with the jade order of the inner disciple of Miaoyou Sect.
After finishing everything, Miro opened the courtyard's built-in protective formation and announced to the outside world that he needed to practice in seclusion for a period of time.
He returned to the bedroom, sat cross-legged, and used his magical power to cleanse the foul air around his body.
Three days later, Miro finally dispelled the foul air from his body and closed the protective formation again.
In a moment, Qian Zhiwen, who was wearing official uniform and whose every move was in line with etiquette standards, and even the wrinkles on his sleeves did not give people the slightest sense of disorder, came to Miro's temporary residence with Yun An, who was in casual clothes.
As soon as the two entered, Yun An spoke: "Miro, Zhiwen received a reply from the county yesterday. There is nothing wrong with your action of bringing out the residual soul. The county also said that it will provide support and a certain amount of subsidies for the maintenance of the residual soul."
"There are subsidies? I wonder what good things they are?"
When Qian Zhiwen interrupted Yun An, his look was quite helpless, but when he heard Mi Luo's question, he maintained his usual attitude, very elegantly took out a jade box from his sleeve and handed it to Mi Luo.
"According to the county, your actions of bringing more souls to Hanxia are considered meritorious deeds for humanity, and the county will provide you with a subsidy of 300 merits and 300 standard incense and vows. Then, I discussed it with several other colleagues in the county and decided to add another 100 merits and 100 incense and vows as a subsidy from the county."
As he spoke, Qian Zhiwen took out the official seal and drew it twice lightly. The seal of the immortal official guarding Mi Luo's body responded and made a pleasant sound. Mi Luo took it out and took a look, and found that he had an extra 2,400 merits in his name.
Looking at his own merits, Mi Luo smiled and said, "Has the evaluation of Fang Taixu Illusion Realm come out as well?"
Qian Zhiwen nodded and said, "The evaluation was just released yesterday. Based on the feedback from the earth veins and the changes in the surrounding vitality, the county rated you as mid-level A, and awarded you 2,000 merits."
Yun An, who was standing beside him, heard this and said enviously, "Two thousand four hundred merits is twice as much as what I have saved over the years."
Upon hearing this, Qian Zhiwen said unhappily , "You have more than 500 basic merit points per year. If you had bought less useless things, you wouldn't have less than 1,000 merit points now."
Miro listened to Qian Zhiwen's chatter with a smile on his face.
In the land of Hanxia, the salaries of officials under the six-official system were actually two different remuneration systems.
Salary refers to the money paid monthly, which according to Miro's understanding is wages.
Lu refers to the merits paid annually, which according to Miro's understanding is the year-end bonus.
The former is wealth consumed in daily life and is used to purchase daily necessities, while the latter is similar to special benefits under the six official systems and can be exchanged for various cultivation materials and even manuals on martial arts.
Moreover, the salaries for different ranks are different.
Guardian monks like Miro usually receive the highest salary of their corresponding rank.
According to his current ninth-rank official status, he can obtain approximately 300 basic merits every year.
In comparison, Yun'an, as the director of the Lu'an County Emperor Protection Division, is an eighth-rank official. At this rank, the basic merits that can be obtained each year are approximately between five hundred and seven hundred, which does not seem to be much more than Miro.
But the difference between Yun'an and Miro is that, as a formal official under the six-official system, in addition to basic merits every year, Yun'an can also receive a lot of additional subsidies. For example, for every additional five years of tenure, he can receive a seniority subsidy of 100 merits. For another example, the position of Director of the Emperor Protection Department also has a special practice resource subsidy every year.
In contrast, Miro does not have any additional subsidies except for the basic merits every year. If you want more merits, you can only start with real achievements such as the Great Illusion Realm and driving local economic development and population growth.
Therefore, in today's Hanxia land, the vast majority of independent cultivators will regard becoming a member of the Six Officials system as a major goal in life.
At this moment, holding the newly acquired merit, Miro smiled and said, "To celebrate the successful conclusion of this matter, I will treat you two to a meal, how about it?"
