Chapter 652: This has always been the case, right?
Ma Wenying was waiting in front of the magnificent palace of Wuying Tower. He was a little at a loss and confused. He should be on Huangquan Road now.
He didn’t understand, he didn’t understand why Yan Shixuan let him go back to Luomu Camp, he didn’t understand why the Ming Dynasty navy didn’t attack under the walls of Hangzhou, he didn’t understand why the emperor’s imperial edict protected the soldiers like this, he didn’t understand I don’t understand why I am not wearing shackles, and I don’t understand why I am standing under Wuying’s building.
Until he saw His Majesty walking from a distance, surrounded by a group of people, walking across an arch bridge.
Ma Wenying suddenly felt that it was not that important to figure out what all this was for.
Ma Wenying recognized His Majesty immediately, because His Majesty was so majestic and majestic. As he strode forward, he said something to the gray-haired general wearing military robes next to him. Before His Majesty, Next to General He, there was a group of people, all of whom had young faces. They followed step by step, seeming to be discussing something. Two of them had red faces, but they lowered their voices for fear of disturbing the people in front.
This scene seemed so natural to Ma Wenying, as if it should be like this.
Ma Wenying felt something was wrong, because he had seen Wu Shanyan traveling. All the people behind Wu Shanyan were silent, not daring to say a word, and very few even looked around.
Every time Wu Shanyan travels in Hangzhou City, the guard of honor is like a lifeless walking corpse. Everyone walks according to certain rules. They seem to be alive, but in fact they are dead long ago. However, His Majesty is full of vigor and vitality. Everything is so dynamic.
The scene may seem a little noisy, but it does not affect His Majesty’s majesty at all.
"I pay homage to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is mighty!" The four commanders saw His Majesty and came over, and hurriedly bowed five times and kowtowed three times to salute.
Zhu Yijun smiled and took two steps forward, helped Ma Wenying up from the ground and said: "No courtesy, no courtesy, the Ming army is mighty!"
The Ming army always said that His Majesty is mighty! , and Zhu Yijun would say that the Ming army was mighty.
"Qi Shuai, this is our third master Ma Wenying and Ma from Luomuying." Zhu Yijun introduced these generals to Qi Jiguang. Zhejiang is where Qi Jiguang started his career. Now when he is recruiting Nanbing, Qi Jiguang will still look for him from Zhejiang.
Ma Wenying is confused, why are people calling him this nickname everywhere! It doesn’t matter if he screams on the ground in Zhejiang, it has all reached the ears of the Holy Emperor!
"Qi Jiguang, nice to meet you." Qi Jiguang said with a smile on his face: "I have seen you, a brave man who killed twenty-two Japanese pirates. In the second year of Longqing, I passed through Hangzhou from Fujian to Nanya I saw you when I went to visit the wounded soldiers. You were injured. You were sleeping when I went there, so you probably didn’t have much of an impression.”
Ma Wenying’s heart was really racing! He has never seen Qi Jiguang at all! No one woke him up at first.
"Let's go in and talk." Zhu Yijun stepped onto the platform of Wuying Building, walked into the palace, and went directly to the Nuan Pavilion next to the school ground.
After everyone sat down, Ma Wenying and the other bosses were really nervous. They were half-butt-touched on the stools because their seats were next to Qi Shuai. This was a privilege. The same was true for Ma Wenying. Very stressful.
"Wu Shanyan is worse than you think." Zhu Yijun took out a memorial and handed it to Ma Wenying and said with a little anger: "He used his power to raise forty children in Hangzhou Mansion. The outer rooms, these outer rooms, live on the same street, and were discovered by Shen Shixing.”
"He found 1,400 women and launched a large-scale concubine selection in Hangzhou Mansion. The number forty has its own meaning. The fourth concubine, the ninth concubine, and the twenty-seventh concubine have been selecting concubines from the beginning!"< br>
Yan Shixuan really did not list the crimes, because after Shen Shixing arrived in Hangzhou, he found out more crimes against Wu Shanyan, including foreign affairs, underground banks, outflow of silver, etc.
It’s just a matter of choosing a concubine, Wu Shanyan is like this, and the issue of life style actually doesn’t matter, but the most important thing is that Wu Shanyan violated a ban again, and the silver from underground banks leaked out.
The process is exactly the same as that found by Chen Mo in Tianjin Wei. Both use gold as collateral to conduct internal and external convection. In the form of goods, silver, the hard-earned money of all people, is being lost.
This is something Zhu Yijun cannot accept under any circumstances.
"He also deceived the emperor. In the ninth year of Wanli, he reported to the court that Zhejiang Jiuying had an experience department to specialize in military pay, but Zhejiang Jiuying did not have an experience department at all. Maybe there was one, but it was probably under Wu Shanyan's control. Put it in your pocket." Li Yougong told him what he had just learned.
“How audacious!” Qi Jiguang’s expression changed when he heard this!
The Experience Department is one of the important achievements after the founding of the army in Beijing. It is a yamen that ensures the distribution of military pay and silver rewards. It was even built in Yunnan!
After Wang Xiyuan returned to Beijing from Yunnan, he also made a special report on the situation of the Yunnan Experience Department in various prefectures.
Ma Wenying, Yang Tingyong and others looked at each other. They didn't know why the general was angry.
"Don't be reserved, just say what you have to say." Zhu Yijun put away his anger. The place where his anger should be directed was definitely not his own people.
"Isn't it always like this? It's always been like this." Ma Wenying said without knowing why. It's always been like this.
Zhu Yijun said very calmly: "This has always been the case, isn't it right?"
"If they don't pay the military pay given to the visiting soldiers by the imperial court, it's wrong. They should pay it and even hold it. Soldiers with swords don’t get what they deserve, let alone hardworking people.”
“No one explains the imperial edict to you? You know that in Suiyuan, Governor Pan Jixun didn’t care about the soldiers. Proclaimed the decree." Qi Jiguang, such a gentle person, couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.
You must know that Datong, the Xuanfu government where rebels are gathered, has a very complete experience department. Zhejiang Jiuying, where Qi Jiguang started, does not even have an experience department! The decree was issued in the ninth year of Wanli. Four years later, it has actually existed in name only.
"No." Ma Wenying said with certainty: "I have never heard of this order."
Qi Jiguang briefly talked about the improved policy on military pay distribution in the ninth year of Wanli. Camp experience, part of Zhenwu.
The Experience Department distributes military pay in advance, that is, at the beginning of this month, before the 5th, military pay, whether it is money or food, or in kind, must be distributed to the soldiers. If it is not paid in place, Then the soldiers can go to the town's Zhenfusi Yamen to sue the Huke Experience Department, and the case will be dealt with according to military law.
Military law is not civil law. The yamen for interrogation are not in the local county yamen or government yamen, but in the town Fusi. The town fusi in various places are directly subordinate to the North Town Fusi Yamen and the south town Fusi. It is on the same level as Beizhen Fusi, but officers at all levels in Nanzhen Fusi are half a level lower than Beiya.
This is to ensure that soldiers get the rewards they deserve to the greatest extent possible.
Even in Suiyuan, a newly created place, the experience department system has been constructed in the most thorough way. In His Majesty’s words: ‘One pole hits the bottom’, ‘One pole knocks over a boat of people’, The first sentence talks about the distribution of military pay and the inspection of six books and one account, while the latter sentence says that those who deduct military pay will be punished.
The entire Experience Department is responsible for its own accounts. Once audited at the end of the year, it will be interrogated by the Department of Finance.
Although Zhenfusi’s Five Poison Punishments have not been used much for a long time, after walking around the Jiejuyuan and looking at Zhang Siwei in that room, few people can withstand the fear in their hearts. , people are much more cowardly than they think, and they will tell the truth directly.
For third-level crimes, it is easy to be beheaded, so officials at all levels in the Experience Department are more concerned about whether they have received their pay than soldiers.
“So this is what the Experience Department is like.” Ma Wenying said with a little envy. If the system of Zhejiang’s Experience Department can really be completed, then Zhejiang Jiuying really won’t make such a big fuss. Now, Ma Wenying and Yang Tingyong's life is very hard, and so is the life of the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion.
Zhu Yijun said with a serious face: "From beginning to end, from the beginning to the end, starting from the new money being issued in the fourth year of Wanli, the soldiers of the Nine Battalions have been giving in! It is these officials who deceived the superiors and concealed the truth for their own benefit. The interests are constantly peeling off and increasing, even to the point of forcing the soldiers to die. Even at this point, the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion, Luo Muying, and Ma Wenying are still giving in! "
"Ma Wenying is even willing to die in exchange for settling the matter and asking the bureaucrats headed by Wu Shanyan not to embarrass the soldiers of Luo Muying and Jiuying."
"But these cheap Confucians are always so pushy and retreat. They want to take three steps forward with one step!”
“Ma Wenying, Yang Tingyong, Zhang Wenyuan, and Yang Zhi, I hereby promise to the soldiers of the Ninth Battalion that Wu Shanyan will die and will be beheaded at Yongchang Gate! There are also 1,200 lackeys who will be beheaded before the end of the year to give an explanation to the people of Zhejiang!”
"Similarly, the experience department of the ninth battalion must be fully rolled out before the end of the year. If Shen Shixing can do a good job, I will give him the restoration level. If he can't do it well, I will replace him with Ling Yunyi. Ling Yunyi can't do it. , I will ask the Governor of Luzon, Guo Xingmao, to do it. This must be done, and it must be done well.”
“This is my promise!”
The emperor’s decree. If it is not implemented, then you are not standing as an emperor.
"I thank you for your grace." Ma Wenying hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him. Even though they were far away in Zhejiang, they knew very well that His Majesty's promise would be fulfilled.
Promises are meant to be fulfilled, not to draw a cake.
Zhu Yijun motioned for everyone to refrain from courtesy and talked about the plan to select 4,500 people to go to the Nagasaki Governor's Mansion to replenish troops and enhance the Ming Dynasty's ocean projection capabilities. He asked them about the opinions of the nine battalions of soldiers. Ma Wenying and others He said on the spot that he must go to kill the Japanese, he must go!
After the four generals left, Li Yougong reported Hu Zongxian's ambitions for Zhejiang Jiuying, and analyzed Xu Jie's other motive for killing Hu Zongxian. The opening of the sea affected the interests of some bastards.
"The security of the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory is not based on the land camps, but on the sea waves." Zhu Yijun repeated what Hu Zongxian said at the time. Hu Zongxian did it, but before he finished it, he also jumped in. If If he could be re-elected, would Hu Zongxian choose to join forces with Yan Shifan, frame Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong, and seize the position of governor of Zhejiang and governor of Pingyang?
Think about it, I still will.
"Your Majesty, I realized that I was wrong." Qi Jiguang looked at the backs of the four generals and said sincerely.
"Ah? What does Qi Shuai think he did wrong?" Zhu Yijun asked strangely, what did Qi Jiguang see from them?
Qi Jiguang said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I have always thought that the reason for reporting to the emperor and rescuing the head of Guizhou was because of the military pay of eighteen taels of silver. For so many years, I have always thought so. , all the combat power of the Beijing camp comes from the military pay of these eighteen taels of silver."
"But now it seems that I am so wrong. Only the soldiers can do this because they truly agree with these eight words. "
Luomu Camp and Jiuqu Camp do not have a military salary of eighteen silver a year, and even 9 silver per month has to be withheld and some will be stripped off, but Jiajing Forty The Zhejiang Jiuying Camp, established in 2001, has been doing diligent work for 21 years. It has done such a good job in building embankments and dams that it has blocked some miscellaneous people's way of making money. Make things difficult.
Zhu Yijun obviously disagreed with Qi Jiguang's statement. He said with certainty: "No matter what, military pay must be guaranteed to be paid in place. People have to eat. We can't just rely on will. I also have money. Soldiers, as the old saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers." "Your Majesty is wise." Qi Jiguang stopped the topic and sang a song of praise. The Ming Dynasty's military expenditure is 12 million silver per year, which is very expensive, but it can be saved. If His Majesty refuses to save, the General will naturally not ask for trouble.
Beginning in October of the twelfth year of Wanli, the Ministry of Household Affairs began to plan the world, and the year-end review began. This time of the Ministry of Household Affairs is the busiest time every year.
Sanniangzi arrived in the capital again with five good horses and a cartload of wool. After making the delivery at the Yongding Woolen Factory, she received the acceptance bill and went to purchase the things needed for the grassland to survive the winter.
The grassland is already very cold. The caravan will rush back before it snows, while Sanniangzi will stay in the capital to celebrate the New Year.
Sanniangzi’s stay in the capital will not affect the distribution of goods in Huihua City, because there are rumors on the grassland about the story that Sanniangzi and the emperor have to tell. Sanniangzi’s stay in the capital will actually make the distribution according to the situation. Established rules are fully assigned.
It’s nice to lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade.
Sanniangzi returned to Huitongguanyi. Generally, the envoys from Fanyi lived in Siyiguan, but Sanniangzi was the chief envoy of Suiyuan, and she lived in Huitongguanyi.
"It is really an honor to be a dog of the Ming Dynasty, unlike some wild dogs running around." Sanniangzi said casually to the visiting Wang Chonggu.
Wang Chonggu came to Sanniangzi for the wool accounts.
"What nonsense are you talking about! The dogs of the Ming Dynasty are all people of the Ming Dynasty! Where does the distinction between humans and dogs come from? Don't talk nonsense, Miss Sanniang. The Ming Dynasty and Suiyuan are one, and no one knows this. It cannot be destroyed, and neither can the prairie people!" Wang Chonggu corrected the mistake in Sanniangzi's words righteously.
Sanniang Zi looked out the window and said leisurely: "There is a kind of weapon on the grassland called Pao'er stone. It is made of black and white cow wool, twisted into fine and well-proportioned wool, and carefully woven into a hook rope shaped like a flower snake. , the middle piece is slightly wider and is called a cannon nest. When the hook is thrown up, the stone will roar in the air, and then let go, the stone will roar out and hit the head of the wild wolf, driving away the wolves. "
"According to legend, it was invented by Genghis Khan. In order to drive away wolves, he would occasionally make a bone whistle in the cannon nest. The sharp whistling sound could scare away the wolves."
"Almost all Children all play with stones, because there are many wild animals on the grassland, such as wild wolves, blind bears, tigers, etc.”
“Well, there is a writer from the Ming Dynasty who said that the grassland people all like wolves. He likes wolves and has martial virtues." Wang Chonggu said about the articles he read. Daming's writing style has always been like this, and he likes to put aside the facts.
"Which prairie people like wolves? The wolf is the worst. As long as it enters the pen, it will destroy the entire flock. It will not eat it, but bites it. It kills several at once and drags one away. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty are really weird. If they are allowed to graze sheep on the grassland for a few days, they will not be able to say such nonsense." The third lady almost laughed out of anger!
"Children in the grassland now no longer have to play with Paoer stones since they were young. In the Western Regions, this thing is called Wuga, which means to drive away wolves. Nowadays, instead of using Paoer stones to drive wolves away, we use firecrackers." The third lady leaned on the back of her chair. , The grassland is very good now, really very good, and the children no longer play with Paoershi.
“I came here specifically this time to ask you, the chief envoy, about something. Many people from Hetao and Lu came to the government office to complain, saying that merchants were paid monthly wages instead of annual wages. "Pay, do you think this matter should be taken care of?" Wang Chonggu said about his business. As the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, grassland's salary is paid annually, not monthly.
How did this phenomenon form? What's the reason behind this? Does the government need strong intervention? How should one intervene? To what extent do we need to intervene?
"No matter." Sanniangzi said with certainty: "It should be paid every year. This year's payment is because the Han merchants are kind-hearted, so that's fine."
"Han people Merchant is kind-hearted?!"
"Sister, we are talking about the long-term stability of Suiyuan. Don't talk nonsense just to fool the court. This is obviously a business, how can you only pay wages throughout the year?" Wang Chonggu knocked. The table, he is not here to listen to you, but to solve the problem. The more confused you are, the more serious the problem will be.
"Wang Cifu has stayed in this most beautiful place in the capital for too long, and then he felt that it was Zippe." Sanniangzi said helplessly: "The barbarians in the grassland used to live with today and no tomorrow. What plans can you make as a prairie man in the future? After you get paid, you start eating, drinking and having fun, and then you will continue to work after you spend all the money."
"You pay him monthly wages. The whole day was spent, and prairie people like to gamble very much. In order to catch gamblers, Governor Pan even sent out soldiers from the garrison station, but it was still useless. He was paid monthly, lost all his money in one day, and then started borrowing money from everywhere. , If you can't borrow it, you will rob it, if you can't get it, you will kill people and set fire to it, and you will turn into bandits. Prairie people generally just muddle along. Under this current situation, Sanniangzi felt that the Han merchants were really kind-hearted. They did not pay wages, but paid in kind, and settled once a year.
“Is that so?” Wang Chonggu was stunned for a moment and said, “Is this a businessman really kind-hearted?”
"If there were any problems, I would have written a memorial and sent it to the court. This is also part of the king's transformation." Sanniangzi said with certainty.
Wang Hua, a process of rebirth, Sanniangzi believes that the path of complete reconciliation has never been more correct.
Sanniangzi really thinks that being Daming’s dog is not a bad thing. Daming has its own high moral disadvantages. Being a dog for Daming is really ten thousand times better than a wild dog. Daming has high moral disadvantages. Specifically, the Ming Dynasty's consistent propaganda is that all Ming Dynasties are kings and ministers. The identity given by the Ming Dynasty to the northern captives is that of a human being, not a vassal state, nor a dog.
In Hetao, Jininghaizi, Guihua City, and Womagang, it is difficult to tell the difference between Hu people and Han people based on their appearance, because the difference is really not big.
"Okay, let's not interfere for the time being." Wang Chonggu originally prepared three plans, a three-pronged approach, to target the merchants' behavior of paying wages on the grasslands, but now it seems that one It's no longer useful.
"One more thing. I heard that Sanniangzi presided over the process of allowing the Oara tribes who stayed in Helin to go south and naturalize in Hetao?" Wang Chonggu asked a very serious question. Sanniangzi is an Oara people. , she brought the Oara tribes to the Ming Dynasty, not for the purpose of rebellion. If it was for rebellion, she would gather these Oara people in Guihua City to form a joint force.
But Sanniangzi dispersed all the Oara people who went south and mixed them with the Hetao people. In this way, it would only take twenty or thirty years, and there would be no Oara people left.
Sanniangzi nodded and admitted, and said: "Well, the Wala people who are still in Helin and refuse to move westward are envious of the life of the Monan people. At their strong request, I transferred them all to Hetao. Go and hand it over to Governor Pan.”
“There is an old saying in China that those who know the current affairs are heroes. At least the Wala people know the current affairs. There is also an old saying that one person can rise to the top. I am a Wala people. When poor relatives come to ask for help, I always want to do something for them.”
“The grasslands are getting colder and colder, but these Wala people still stay in Helin, and the Ming Dynasty always meets in the mining area of Womagang. There are people causing nuisance, and the Shengzhou Factory also needs miner coolies.”
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will also wonder, why do barbarians always appear in our mining areas?
"You brought your poor relatives to the Hetao and asked them to dig coal in Shengzhou and boil alkali in the alkali pond?" Wang Chonggu asked with a frown.
Sanniangzi looked at Wang Chonggu in surprise and said: "Wang Cifu, accept your kindness!"
"Where was your former vicious and vicious appearance? Let the Shanxi merchants run to the grassland to leave seals. Money, what about Wang Chonggu, whose family was ruined? For the grassland people, finding a job as a miner is already a reward for eternal life."
"Rebellion is impossible. , who will teach the people, who will promote forage and rebel, who will organize coal mining? Unless they are kicked in the head by a donkey, they want to go back to the days of burning cow dung, without even a pot. "
"Look at the life that the tribes in Outer Kalkha are living now. Is that the life that people should live? "
The third lady shuddered in disgust, even though she used to live in it. The grasslands of the Qing Dynasty and the seven tribes of Transkarkha now live much the same life, but now it is different. Now the Monan Tatars are all Ming people! There are even 17 Confucian schools built in Hetao! There are eleven military garrison guards.
This is the establishment of identity.
The Seven Parts of Outer Khalkha is a good control group.
Working is indeed hard, but you also have to have something to do. Wang Chonggu has been away from Xuanfu Datong for too long. He has forgotten what the grassland looked like before, and he doesn’t know what the grassland looks like now. That’s why he I feel there is a possibility of rebellion.
Wang Chonggu's impression of the grassland was still in the era of Anda Khan, when there was tit-for-tat, but it has long since changed. From the day the Ming Dynasty's capital camp broke through the board and ascended, it has been turned upside down.
"I have to say that your majesty is really a hero. When the Chidao is built to Hetao and Womagang, there is no possibility of separation." Sanniangzi really didn't fool Wang Chonggu. The Ming Dynasty had a governor in the grassland. Today, there are military garrison stations, and the Ming army can deploy quickly even without cavalry. The centrifugal force has been contained.
The emperor’s hard work for twelve years has now come to harvest.
Sanniangzi described the changes in the grassland. On the day when the Western Region is reopened, the strategy of complete reconciliation will be completely stable.
"The king of North Korea has been cut off from paying tribute several times a year, and he hasn't come to Beijing to apologize?" Sanniangzi asked about the changes in North Korea. When he left last time, the emperor was teaching North Korea a lesson, and the Ming Dynasty wanted to Even the children on the street are very clear about the intention to destroy the Japanese.
"No." Wang Chonggu nodded and said.
"It's Daming's fault. The only fault of a son who doesn't teach his father is that he's too kind to them. He'll be honest if he beats them." Sanniangzi said.
The Ministry of Household Affairs audited all the account books coming to Beijing and discovered a strange thing, that is, while the local government was crying about poverty, it was also building a large-scale construction project. It is understandable to cry about poverty. Children who can cry have milk to drink, but they are also building a large-scale construction project, and They also hoped that the imperial court could relax its restrictions and allow localities to build Chidao on their own. Nanya and Zhejiang were the most vocal. Seeing that Songjiang Prefecture could build Chidao by itself, the clamor became louder and louder.
The question is, where does this money come from?
Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan have never been able to find the source of the money. This time Wu Shanyan was attacked by someone. Yang Ting knocked out three of Wu Shanyan's teeth with an old punch. Shen Shixing finally came Zhejiang found a breakthrough and obtained the account book, which also allowed the court to resolve this doubt.
"So, all the money comes from miscellaneous officials?" Zhu Yijun asked, looking at Wang Guoguang who came to Tonghe Palace to report.
Wang Guoguang took out an account book and handed it to Feng Bao and said: "Take Wuyi County, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province as an example. Tieniumen, Shuxi Third Bridge, Dujiachang Wharf, Liujiayuan Wharf, etc. Lottery offices were set up in all localities. In the eleventh year of Wanli, Wuyi County paid land taxes and commercial taxes in exchange for only 23,000 taels of silver. In just these six lottery offices, more than 70,000 silver were collected. River transport, water transport, There are 114,000 taels of silver in the dock shops and so on.”
“This is still Wuyi County.”
There are two types of miscellaneous officials in the county government. Those listed on the imperial court's roster include the Inspection Department, Water Horse Post Office, Express Delivery Shop, Taoist and Monk Association Department (managing religion), Huimin Pharmacy, County School and Educational Instructions, etc., while the other category is no longer on the imperial court's roster. Delivery office, gate office, river station, warehouse, warehouse, batch inspection office, iron and steel industry office, tax department, etc.
This type of miscellaneous officials are no longer on the imperial list. The reasons are complicated. For example, the iron smelting institute is the ancestral method. In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Gao abolished the official factory and cultivated the people. However, The imperial court needed iron science and the local government needed iron materials, so the iron smelting institute was set up secretly, or it was simply abolished on the list.
So, the local government is crying about poverty, but it is really not so poor that the yamen cannot survive. If these miscellaneous officials who are not on the roster are abolished, then they will really die of poverty.
“That’s it.” Zhu Yijun suddenly realized that from the beginning to the end of the Ming Dynasty, the only one who was poor was the court!
(End of this chapter)