New Empire at the End of Ming Dynasty

Liu Bu, a thousand family official, can't be considered small. He is a top-grade official. He also has the title of general Wude. The Su family has been here for nine generations.

In their generation, because of the Wuqiao mutiny nearby, Dongfu closely mobilized officers and soldiers from three nearby governments to participate in the suppression, and officers from Fushan Qianhu office were also recruited.

General Su Qianhu and his eldest son went out to suppress the rebellion, but they didn't come back.

This war caused a great blow to Fushan. More than half of their officers lost their strength, which provided a natural opportunity for the Liu family to control the guard station.

From generation to generation, the officers and soldiers of the guard station have passed down that this is a royal food that can be eaten for several generations. Generally speaking, it is impossible to transfer and run away. Only ordinary military households below are transferred and run away, and those who are officials will not move.

The Fushan garrison suffered a huge blow. Not only thousands of fathers and sons died in the war, but five of the ten hundred households in the garrison were also killed. It can be said that every family is filial and every household is white. The whole garrison is on the verge of collapse.

There are other men in Su Qianhu's family who also intend to inherit the position of Qianhu official, but he himself is lame, and then he has no money to manage in the court. Finally, he can only transfer the inheritance right of Qianhu official to Liu Bu, the eldest son of the Liu family at the price of 200 mu of land, so he got the position of Qianhu.

The soldiers in Wei Suo are handed down from generation to generation. When the father dies, the son takes over and the brother takes over. As long as there are men, they must be handed down from generation to generation. If they can't pass on, they will be cancelled. Of course, there are some exceptions. Some soldiers can't afford to go, so they flee their families and become refugees. Still, in that sentence, soldiers will go, but officials won't go, Because as an official, he always has an official status. Here, even without any oil and water, he can still farm, have some exemption from military service in taxes, and some rice grain distributed by the government.

Liu Bu's new official took office and summoned the personnel of the whole health center to come to point Mao. As a result, there were nominally 1120 people in the health center, but only 400 people were present.

In the military system of the Ming Dynasty, 5600 people are a guard, 1120 people are in a station, and 112 people are in a hundred households. In terms of staffing, there should be 1120 people here, but today there are so few and so miserable.

Moreover, most of the 400 people are old, young, sick and disabled. Their clothes are ragged, their faces have vegetables, and their weapons are rusty. Only a few hundred officials reluctantly put on Mingguang armor. There are several servants around each hundred officials, which is all the power they use here.

Liu Bu glanced roughly and asked Liu Zhongyong's opinion.

Liu Zhongyong said, "once there is a war, it's good to get 50 people together."

Liu Bu served as an officer of thousands of households. He didn't know anything about military and training soldiers at all, so his father transferred Liu Zhongyong, the old soldier, to him and asked him to act as Liu Bu's assistant and be responsible for training troops for him. Liu Bu couldn't see any way, so he asked Liu Zhongyong to give him some advice.

Liu Zhongyong is a veteran in the grass-roots unit of the mixed army for decades. He has been a guard, a war soldier and a soldier of all kinds. Therefore, he can see the doorways and routines in the guard at a glance.

He looked at the average level of such guards and shook his head repeatedly. He knew that it was impossible to fight with these people, even to guard the local guards.

Liu Bu sighed. He didn't know what to do now, and then asked you. Liu Tao, what should I do now?

Liu Zhongyong said, "send money. When everyone gets together, the boss has to send money. This is the rule."

Liu Kang was greatly dissatisfied and said, "is there any mistake in giving money? These soldiers can see at a glance that they are pretending. How can they let the young master give money? Is the young master's money blowing in the wind?

Liu preached, "boss Liu, is this really the rule?"

Liu Zhongyong said, "this is the rule. If new officials take office, they will make trouble if they don't pay the money. It is the only way for the soldiers to deal with their superiors. However, young master, you can't send it directly. You must send it to them one by one in person. Don't let those officials have a chance to do it."

Liu Bu had to ask, "who do we want the money from?"

Liu Zhongyong said: "the formal process is that, young master, you ask the commander Tongzhi adults, and Tongzhi adults ask the soldiers to prepare, and then issue them. This layer is issued and deducted layer by layer. It's easy to say how much is left.

Liu Bu said, "boss Liu means that if you want to stay here, you have to advance the money first. Money is the boss. If you don't have money, others won't dump you. Is that the truth?"

Liu Zhongyong said, "when you are a soldier, you eat food. Who is willing to work for you without food“

Liu Kang didn't like to hear this. He said, "we still expect these crooked melons and cracked dates to work hard. He doesn't have much hind legs."

Liu Zhongyong said, "the purpose of giving money now is to keep them from making trouble and holding you back. Otherwise, they will not succeed enough and fail more than enough. They will disgust you to death."

Liu Kang said, "these people have to spend one or two silver a month. We have to get the money out. There are more than 400 people on the scene. Where do we get so much money? Is the Liu family's money blown by the wind?"

He was even more nervous than Liu Bu, as if he was taking out his own money.

Liu preached, "if you don't give money today, you may lose face on the spot, right?"

Liu Zhongyong said, "that's almost what I mean. If you want to be smooth today, you really have to prepare the money. It's easy for officials to clean up, but it's hard for soldiers to clean up. I'm not sure. Is someone deliberately making trouble for the childe? I'm trying to see the childe's laughter."

Liu Bu had to say, "order the housekeeper to withdraw the money immediately and deal with today first."

Liu Kang said, "no, no, if you give money today, these people will taste the sweetness. They will make trouble and get together to ask you for money. When is it?"

Liu Bu said, "when people become soldiers to eat food, the whole family points to this money? First!" he saw that these people are all thin children. Many people have dishes on their faces. It seems that they haven't eaten. It's like a full meal. One or two and a half Liang of silver is just money for tea and meals, but for these people, it's something for the whole family to support their families, So he decided not to default on this.

Moreover, he also understands that if an official wants authority, he must pay his subordinates. If you can't even send food, who is willing to listen to you and who works for you as a soldier will have no authority at all.

Moreover, Liu bu also knows that this is actually a big injustice, but there is no way. He can only do so. First pay the money, deal with today, and how to rectify here tomorrow.

These soldiers and veterans are rotten lives. It's difficult for him to clean up, but the official is different. He's going to start with cleaning up the official first.

So Liu Bu said loudly, "I

It's a new thousand adults. Everyone lined up and ready to give money. "He dared to say money loudly because he saw the housekeeper carrying a large box of things and heard the clatter inside. If there was no mistake, it should be silver or copper.

The old housekeeper is mature and stable. Although he didn't order Liu Bu to bring money, the housekeeper knew that his business was difficult to do, so he took the money to give him courage. It's true that money is a hero's courage.

Liu Bu announced the money in public. Those people whose faces were dead and numb had a moving look on their faces. They looked happy and said loudly, "thank you, Lord Qianhu! Thank you, Lord Qianhu."

A hundred household official named Zhang shunshi came forward and said with a flattering smile: "thousands of adults really have a good hand. Today is not a noisy day. Hundreds of households Zhang shunshi thanked the adults on behalf of the big guys. As long as you give the silver to the small ones, the small ones will naturally do it for you."

Liu preached: "thank you for your kindness, sir Zhang. But Ben will want to know who he has under him. Ben will not be busy today, so the general will send the money to everyone himself."

Zhang shunshi said, "isn't this in line with the rules? The previous rule was to distribute money level by level. Where do we become officers?"

Several other hundred officers also echoed Zhang shunshi's statement one after another.

Liu preached: "rules? What rules? Whoever pays the money can set the rules. If you think my rules are inappropriate, you can wait until the end of the month, and then dial it down from the upper level to you. I will set the rules, and you will set the rules?"

Liu Bu's reply left Zhang shunshi nothing to say. He had to retreat with a smile.

If he is determined not to give money, he can collude with others and encourage others to make trouble, so that Qianhu adults can get down and lose face on the spot. However, when Qianhu adults promise to give money, their people will not listen to him and make trouble.

It is the most important day for soldiers to default on salaries and pay money every year. It can be said that milk is a mother, and whoever pays money is a father.

Liu Bu asked Liu Kang to bring the roster, read the soldier's name aloud, and let him come up when he read it. Then the housekeeper counted the money and handed it to Liu Bu, who handed it to the soldier himself.

In fact, it's OK to ask Liu Kang to send money directly, but Liu Bu wants to know what people here think and mean, so he personally took the money from the housekeeper, and then handed it to these soldiers.

The salary of a guard is usually one or two silver or one stone of grain a month. However, it is normal to make 50% or 60% of the hair from the top and pull it out of the household.

But Liu Bu, the new thousand family official, gave money today. He directly gave each one a silver or two.

When another soldier got the silver, he almost couldn't believe his eyes. He shouted, "one or two silver! How can this be possible without a 10% deduction? "