Chapter 313 It’s hard to say
Although there were no royal guards in Daliang, there was a Gongwei Division, which was responsible for managing the emperor's honor guard and bodyguards, and also supervising the military departments of the world.
The Guards Department has great power.
And unlike the Capital Standing Guard Army, which is affiliated to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the highest military organization in the army, the Gongwei Division is still under the direct command of the emperor.
Under it are departments for reconnaissance, arrest and interrogation, as well as a department for collecting intelligence for the emperor, which is somewhat similar to the existence of the Intelligence Bureau.
In addition, the emperor also directly commanded a personal army, which, like the Gongwei Division, was not affiliated with the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the highest military institution in the army.
Speaking of which, I have to mention Uncle Qi’s life experience.
"Birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together."
The uncles of Qi Master, like the ancestors of Zhou Fu, were also heroes who followed Taizu to conquer the country, but one was a military general and the other was a counselor.
When Daliang was first founded, the first commander of the Gongwei Department was Zhou Shan, the ancestor of the Zhou family and later known as the best counselor in the world.
Is Zhou Shan smart?
To be called the best counselor in the world by future generations, he must have extraordinary IQ and EQ. He committed self-destruction and accepted bribes when he became the first commander of the Guard Division.
True or false, he was demoted from the Arch Guard Department, and his second commander was the ancestor of the Qi family who had no dealings with him, and the two families had no contact with each other.
But when something happened in the Zhou Mansion, her master's father's family still found out that the previous heads of the Zhou and Qi Mansion had an alliance, and the Qi Mansion was still implicated.
Although the Qi Mansion was not miserable enough to be exiled, the head of that generation was still demoted and directly assigned to Shu as a general.
When the whole family was deposed, the consequences were even greater. Even if the children and grandchildren won the first prize in the martial arts examination, they would sit on the bench. It was during that period that Uncle Qi was sent to his mother's family.
One of his maternal aunts was the daughter-in-law of an elder of the Zhou family in Yangzhou Prefecture, so the two of them met in Yangzhou Prefecture and became martial arts brothers.
After her uncle Zhou Huan later joined the current emperor, who was still a prince at the time, Uncle Qi became today's personal bodyguard, and the Qi family also followed suit.
There were also high officials who stood in line to pull people, and this was the day when I ascended the throne. This is why the three of them became the confidants of the emperor today.
After he ascended the throne, Uncle Qi entered the standing guard army of the capital from the status of personal bodyguard, referred to as the capital camp, but what other status did he have?
After hearing so much, Gu Wenxuan said, "It's more likely that he's in the Guards Department."
Zhou Banxia couldn't tell what kind of important position Master Qi's uncle Qi held in private in the pro-army army he directly commanded today, or whether he was in the Arch Guard Department.
It sounds like they are here for inspection or something, as if they are in the Guards Department.
But it's like protecting the patrols and so on, and it seems to be in the pro-army, but when it comes to someone's collapse, it is probably the Guards Division who is taking action.
The duties of that pro-army should not include the power of reconnaissance, arrest and interrogation. Even if the emperor directly commands this pro-army and is not affiliated with the governor's office, the emperor is afraid of death and would not be willing to send it outside the capital.
As for the local garrison in North Zhili, there are generals who are treasonous. How can you kill a chicken with an ox-knife? There is also the governor's office and the Beijing camp, so there is no need to dispatch this pro-army.
If we really want to dispatch this pro-army force, won't the situation become more serious?
Zhou Banxia thought for a while.
I don't know about Nanfang, but the area around Zhending Mansion is still very stable, but thinking about the appearance of the Zhang family's sweetheart, I asked uncertainly.
"You haven't heard about the unrest in Beizhili, right?"
Gu Wenxuan's thoughts were suddenly interrupted. When Zhou Banxia repeated what he said, he couldn't help but laugh and shook his head, "If I hear it, I will definitely mention it to you.
Apart from anything else, there is turmoil in the surrounding area. I can't let the escort agency bring more martial artists on the road. What else is more important than personal safety. "That makes sense." Okay, I don’t want to think about it anymore. No matter if he has other tasks, it’s not a big deal if it doesn’t involve my uncle. Other things should stay away from us. ”
Zhou Banxia has a sense of being a small person. If her uncle is not involved, Gu Wenxuan and Da Jiang, who are students, will not be involved, and it has nothing to do with her.
If he didn't want to, he didn't want to. He immediately yawned and urged Gu Wenxuan to rest quickly. There were still a few people on the road tomorrow morning and it was time to get up early to see off the guests.
Gu Wenxuan originally thought that Uncle Qi, who "incidentally" escorted the imperial doctor to visit his husband Zhou Huan, might have another mission.
Hearing what Zhou Banxia said, he also felt sleepy after going to bed, thinking that it would be better to go straight to the point and ask his husband when he saw him tomorrow.
After all, after walking on the road for several days, I slept more soundly in my own village than in an outsider's village.
Despite the sound of frogs, I slept very peacefully. I had no dreams all night, and I woke up naturally.
When I woke up again, the time was just right. It was just dawn outside. After freshening up, I was just in time to go to the front to see off the guests.
After seeing off the guests, except for Uncle Lin who stayed in the guest room of the Zhou Mansion last night, only Gu Wenyu and three others were left who had returned from the Zhending Mansion.
Since they had already arranged to go back to Qinghe Village together, Gu Wenxuan was not polite to the three of them. Hearing that they wanted to go back to their room to catch up on some sleep, he and Dajiang went back first.
After breakfast.
After he and Dajiang started to busy themselves with memorizing and practicing calligraphy every morning, and sorting out the study homework that was going to Dai Zhou's house today, Zhou Banxia also made arrangements in the flower hall.
Like Tian Fu.
Daliang still followed the two-tax law, that is, according to the level of land recorded in the yellow book of taxes and levies, taxes were levied on a per-acre basis, roughly one in ten, divided into two payments in summer and autumn.
Taxes levied in summer are called summer taxes and must be paid in July of that year; taxes levied in autumn are called autumn grain taxes and must be paid in full in July of that year.
When collecting the money, it can be in kind, such as rice and wheat, or it can be converted into silver and collected.
According to her previous instructions, all the fields under her name will be paid in silver, which means that all summer taxes this year will be paid in silver.
Zhou Banxia listened to the village head report how much tenant rent had been collected, how much wheat was purchased from the tenants, how much wheat had been harvested, etc.
Naturally, she also went to the granary to take a look.
At the same time, the fact that Gu Wenxuan's small and medium-sized three-yuan family has become a local custom should also be rejoiced by Zhuangzi's tenants, and the matter was handled according to the method Gu Wenxuan said last night.
Thanks to the students Gu Wenxuan is looking at now, there are several candidates from Dingzhou Prefecture who have passed the college examination, and they are not comparable to the children of official families.
Children from official families have different tax-free land tax due to their father and elder brother's fame, but fortunately among them there is a wife's dowry, Zhuangzi is an example.
Zhou Banxia took a compromise approach based on what Gu Wenxuan said last night and gave his tenants a 10% reduction in next season's autumn grain, which meant that the tenant rent was only 30%.
Let alone 30%, in fact 40%, it is impossible to get rich from farming.
From the time we took over this village, not to mention the cost of repairing the manor, we have spent a lot of money purchasing plows and oxen, and the income is not even comparable to the rent of three shops in Qingyang County.
No, we have to spend another sum of money to purchase duck eggs and set up a preserved egg workshop here. Otherwise, it would be a real loss to support people like Zhuangtou.