In the early morning, the palace was bathed in the morning light, and the public canteen was crowded with people. The palace maids and chores who were about to "go to work" were catching the time to have breakfast. Of course, the canteens of men and women were separated.

The plan for the year is spring, and the plan for the day is morning. However, for the palace maids and chores who work in three shifts, there are only going to work and getting off work. Seeing that the time is almost over, many people hurriedly finished eating steamed buns, hot porridge, walked out of the canteen, and rushed to the "check-in place".

"Check-in Office" is the nickname for the attendance office. Palace maids and chores "go to work" and "get off work", that is, "Check-in", so that wages can be calculated and rewards and punishments can be implemented.

Those who are late to work and leave early after get off work will of course be deducted for money, and those who are "full attendance" will receive rewards.

As the working hours are getting closer, more and more people are gathering at the gates of the "check-in" and gradually line up. However, because there are many gates, they are enough to accommodate a large number of people gathered in a short period of time, so the queue is not very long.

The palace maids and chores in uniform clothing (the clothing of men and women is different), and the men and women are "check in" at different gates. They come to the "check in machine" and insert a hole-hole metal piece in their hands into the "check in machine" in the correct direction.

The attendance staff shakes the cranking machine's handle, and the human-driven ink brush in the machine rotates. The ink brush passes through the metal sheet, and the ink passes through the holes and remains on the paper tape on the other side.

So, a mark with the employee number and eyelet "map" is left on the paper tape. If time comes, the paper tape will turn into a red base.

When the metal sheet with holes is pulled out, there will be ink marks. The palace maids who have finished checking in and chores can use a rag hanging next to them to put away the card and continue walking forward.

This "check-in" method is very fast, which is much faster than recording work numbers and teams, so after a while, the check-in office will be deserted, and palace maids and chores will start to "work".

Since the first year of Mingde, whether it is the Chang'an Palace, the Luoyang Palace, the Tongzhou Palace, the Xiyang Palace, etc., the employment (servant) system in the forbidden (the palace) has undergone earth-shaking changes. To sum it up in one sentence, it is to use the "labor dispatch" part to replace the old employment system.

The palace (including the palace) requires a large number of palace maids and chores to maintain their operations and serve noble people. After the implementation of the new system, most of the palace maids and chores became "labor dispatchers".

During the ban, a trading company will issue employment (employment) needs to a trading company, so a trading company will recruit personnel and send their employees to the palace through labor dispatch to provide various services.

This system is completely different from the old system, leading to a series of changes.

First of all, these labor dispatch personnel are not "slaves" but hired workers, and have good identities, so they will not be granted a low-ranking citizenship. It is precisely because of this that there will be no "job" such as "elebrity".

When labor dispatch personnel accounted for the majority of the palace's personnel, the demand for eunuchs in the palace naturally dropped significantly.

Secondly, as a employed worker, both men and women sign a employment contract, usually for three months of internship, then sign a formal contract, work for four years, and whether to renew the contract after expiration depends on the opinions of both the individual and the trading company.

Third, based on the situation of labor dispatch personnel, these "contract workers" basically do not come into contact with the core area of ​​the palace, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to come into contact with the emperor, queen, and the concubines and princes.

Fourth, because they are "contract workers" and are changed every four years, they are "iron traders who have traded in transactions". A trading company recruits workers every year, and the female hired workers who signed the contract will not live for the palace after becoming palace maids, and will not affect lifelong affairs.

No matter men or women, at least they will not be placed in a disguised house arrest in the palace for the rest of their lives.

For good women, even at the age of sixteen or seventeen, they went to a trading company for "labor service dispatch" and worked as a "contract palace maid" in the palace for four years. After they came out, they were in their early twenties. Even though they were older, they would not delay their marriage.

Because of his experience in working in the palace, such a young lady is a hot item in the matchmaker and he will not have to worry about not being able to find a good family.

For men from ordinary families, there is a good girl who has gained knowledge in the palace and knows various rules as a wife, but she is the best candidate for the "inner leader".

For the woman, this is just a "guarantee". "Labor dispatch" has great "development space" to do things in the palace.

First of all, as a hired worker, the salary for "labor dispatch" to the palace is good. Secondly, during the "labor dispatch" period, the employee has a holiday and can also ask for leave (whether the approval is determined by the situation). He will come and go freely during the holiday, so he will not be separated from his relatives for too long.

You can even quit your job, but you have to pay a penalty for liquidated damages.

The most important point is that although the chances are slim after entering the palace, if a prince is attracted to him as a concubine, it would be a great thing, and it would be a phoenix to fly up the branch and turn into a phoenix.

This alone is enough to make all the contracted palace maids work hard to show their strength.

It was 8 o'clock in the morning. Yuwen Wen and Chen Hua came to an office area in the palace to check the labor dispatch personnel's work and management status in the palace.

Among the affairs Chen Ying was in charge, one of the matters was the supervision of labor dispatch personnel (contract palace maids), and the business company responsible for providing labor dispatch, Magnolia Society, also had the account verification of the accounts.

The Magnolia Society has an office in the palace. It can coordinate the work arrangements of labor dispatch personnel and handle various emergencies at any time according to the requirements of the palace manager.

The clock-in attendance is an internal affairs of the Magnolia Society, and it belongs to the employer's attendance management of employees and has nothing to do with the palace.

Chen Ying was handling affairs in the "office". After Yu Wenwen walked around inside and outside, he studied the punching in the attendance machine with interesting interest, and looked at the punching metal sheets as an employee's identity card, which was quite satisfied.

This is the popular attendance method in Huangzhou Grand Workshop. It is natural for Magnolia Society to follow the trend.

The metal sheet with hollow numbers and holes is the employee's "work card" and actually "storages" the employee's official work number, hidden work number, team number, job type and gender information, just like a hole-punched paper tape storing the music box score.

Such eyelet cards are usually changed every quarter. Attendance personnel who are familiar with "eye grammar" can easily find the name of the check-in person from the employee manual and perform attendance by looking at the paper tape recording eyelet information.

It is precisely such eyelet cards that firmly "lock" the palace gate. Countless women who were full of hope to fly up the branch and turn into phoenixes were blocked by eyelet cards outside the core area of ​​the palace.

They basically had no chance to see the prince, let alone the emperor.

"Go to work" well, the four-year period is here, go home to get married, live a normal life, and your good years will not be spent in the palace like this.

Palace maids are also human beings and should have a bright future; eunuchs are indispensable, but try to be as few as possible.

This is Yuwen Wen’s idea, which has been implemented and has been effective for more than ten years.

And these contracted palace maids who were looking forward to "signing a contract to the palace" actually had a chance.

They were almost impossible to get in touch with the prince, but they had a certain chance (not too high). They were attracted by the nobles who served as guards or even Qianniu, who were guarding the palace and became the other party's concubines, and they would also have become swans.

Even if there is no such opportunity, as labor dispatch personnel, the contracted palace maids still have the opportunity to find a good son-in-law: The Magnolia Society cares about employees and will hold regular gatherings to give female workers and unmarried soldiers in the imperial guards the opportunity to contact them on serious occasions.

Of course, this kind of party contact must be in line with the etiquette system. The family background of both men and women will be investigated clearly in advance.

After seeing each other at the party, both men and women must "feel from affection and end in courtesy" and cannot make a private life. Under the witness of the Magnolia Society, they report their respective parents and obtain permission to get married.

This is the order of parents and the words of the matchmaker.

The soldiers of the imperial guards are all good families and have lots of fertile land at home, so it is also a good choice for the contracted palace maids to choose a spouse. The contracted palace maids themselves have many advantages, so both sides have strong "blind date needs".

It is precisely for various reasons that becoming a contracted palace maid is a good choice for ordinary women.

The Magnolia Society, which is responsible for labor dispatch, recruits workers in Chang'an, Luoyang, Xiyang and other places every year, so there is no need to worry about not finding suitable workers.

Because the labor dispatch related matters are very complicated and the contract workers need to be assessed and managed daily, there are not many idle people in the Magnolia Club, and even Chen, who is only responsible for the reconciliation, is very busy.

Yuwen Wen walked around the office site of the Magnolia Club today and was very satisfied with the current situation of the Magnolia Club and the results of the reform of the palace labor system. He was trying so hard not to be innovative, but to three words: human touch.

Most of the labor dispatch system are now implemented in the palace, so there will be no more men who will enter the palace to be eunuchs, and there will be no more women who will enter the palace at the age of sixteen and will be able to leave the palace until they are sixty.

This is human feelings. Yuwen Wen feels that the employment system in the palace should at least have human feelings. Regardless of men and women, the good years should not be locked in the palace.

He hoped that in many years, there would not be too many white-haired palace maids in the palace, alone, and could only recall his great youth during the Mingde period.
Chapter completed!