I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 15 A slum-like house of thousands of households
Chapter 014
"It's just the deputy Qianhu!"

Cheng Shijie stared at the confession in front of him, speechless for a long time.As an old organization in an enterprise, it can be said that the deputy is suffering a lot.

He was originally a technician of Hansteel Group, and was promoted to an assistant engineer after three years. Later, because he published many articles on metallurgical technical innovation in Hansteel Science and Technology News, he was praised by Lu Rundong, then director of the Fifth Branch Factory of Hansteel Group. Note that he was promoted from an assistant engineer to the deputy director of the office of the fifth branch office, officially becoming a deputy department-level cadre.

But this sub-subject level has been working for more than eight years at once, and has not been promoted.

For some people, those who are officials, who eat vegetables and eat vegetables, and who wear clothes and clothes, but for Cheng Shijie, they are all under one person.During his eight years as the deputy director, he had three chances to be promoted to the full-time job, but some people hindered him, and some people put him in small shoes, and all his previous efforts were wasted.

To a certain extent, a deputy position is to get a little more salary and do the work of an employee. Even if Cheng Shijie is still the deputy director of the office in the Hanhai Steel Group Group, he is still at the department level, but in fact, he has done a lot of work. No more earning, no less responsibility.

If given a choice, he would rather return to a certain branch factory as a department-level director.

Cheng Shijie didn't want to mess around in the late Ming Dynasty, but wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Wuqiao Mutiny hadn't started yet, take control of an army, and disturb Huang Kong Youde's good deeds.

But the question is, what can a Dengzhou Wei deputy Qianhu do?It is estimated that apart from him, the ten hundred households in the Weiyou Qianhu Office in Dengzhou are all hereditary official positions. Even if he takes up the post, he can neither establish authority nor show favor.

"Cheng Yuanwai doesn't want this deputy Qianhu?"

"In no mood!"

Cheng Shijie said seriously: "If you can choose, Cheng wants to buy a thousand households, so Mr. Lao Song!"

Song Kangnian murmured: "The deputy thousand households need 5000 taels of silver from the fifth grade, but the prime thousand households may need 1 or [-] taels of silver!"

"give him!"

Cheng Shijie took out the big box containing crystal ornaments from the room: "Just take as many as you need!"

"If you have money, you can do it!"

Song Kangnian had been busy for a few days, at this time, Cheng Shijie also began to understand Dengzhou Wei.

Of course, his biggest impression of Dengzhou Guard is that Qi Jiguang was born in Dengzhou Guard. Qi Jiguang is a hereditary commander of Dengzhou.

In fact, Dengzhou Guard is not an ordinary guard because it is a strengthened guard.

As early as the ninth year of Hongwu (1376), Dengzhou "conquered the islands in the east, controlled Liaozuo in the north, Wuhui in the south, and Yanyun in the west. Chongbao, the field is located in the key port, which is the "north-south key", so Dengzhou was upgraded to a mansion, and Dengzhou's garrison of thousands of households was upgraded to Dengzhou Guard.

The Guard Command Office is located in Dengzhou City, which is affiliated to Shandong Dusi, the governor of the Left Army.Its leading organ is the Commanding and Envoy Division of the Dengzhou Guard, which initially administered seven thousand-household offices in the left, center, right, front, back, center left, and center right, covering more than 1200 hectares of farmland.

The standing army includes 1276 Jingcao troops in spring, 733 in autumn, 820 Japanese arresting troops, 250 city guards, 114 planting troops, and 18 pier guards.Later, Zhongqian Qianhusuo was added. In the tenth year of Hongwu (1377), Zhongqianqianhusuo was transferred to Fushan, and it was called Fushan Qianhusuo, which was still under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Wei.

Dengzhou Wei has center front, front, back, left, center, right, center left, center right, and eight thousand households.The theoretical establishment is more than 1 people.It is almost equivalent to a slightly lower staffing than other ordinary guards, like the Guide Guard in Guide Mansion, which has a total staff of 500 people.

Four days later, on the eighth day of August in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Song Kangnian got another complaint.

It is written on the body of the report that the surname of Luoyang County, Henan Province is Cheng Mingshijie, and the former Dengzhou Weiyou Thousand Households Tuntian Trial Hundred Households (Deputy Hundred Households). In the winter month of the second year of Chongzhen, he followed Dengzhou Weibei Shangqin King and shot and killed a Jian slave. A Mongolian Tartar, he was exceptionally promoted to the Deputy Thousand Households of Dengzhou Youqianhusuo, ranking from the fifth grade. In the third year of Chongzhen, the autumn exercise of the department, the evaluation was above average. Moved to Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu.

At the same time, there are more than 30 big seals stamped on it, from the Dudufu of the Five Armies, the Dudufu of the Left Army, the Commanding Envoy of Shandong, the Ministry of War, the Military Selection Division, the Ministry of Officials, and the Examination Division.

This is the basic situation of Ming Dynasty's confession. He even remembers his resume in detail, and even records Cheng Shijie's appearance and height.

"Good job!"

"It's my job!"

Cheng Shijie took the information he found, and the Zuoqianhusuo of Dengzhou Wei was not actually in Dengzhou City, but in Ninghai Prefecture. Ninghai Prefecture in this period had a fairly large area of ​​jurisdiction, which was equivalent to the Mouping District, Jiaxing District, Yantai City in later generations. Shangrushan City, Weihai City, Laishan District and other areas, according to Ninghai Prefecture, have another county of [-] miles.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were 110 households per mile, equivalent to [-] households, and there were more than [-] people in Gawendeng County. Cheng Shijie did not find out the detailed population figures.

However, before taking office, Cheng Shijie decided to purchase some food and vegetables nearby, and was going to show kindness first, and then depending on the situation, he won the Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's ambition, ready to do a big job.

Song Kangnian reminded: "Master, Mr. Qianhu, have you forgotten something?"

"what's up?"

"You should meet the Shangguan!"

Song Kangnian introduced to Cheng Shijie Jin Yousheng, the commander of the Dengzhou Guard. Jin Yousheng was the commander of the hereditary Dengzhou Guard.

Moreover, Jin Yousheng and Geng Zhongming have a good personal relationship. This time, Cheng Shijie can move from Dengzhou Weiyou Deputy Qianhu to Zuo Qianhu, and Geng Zhongming's face is still there.

Dengzhou Wei has more than 1 sergeants on the surface, and also owns 1000 two hundred hectares of military land, which is equivalent to 12 mu of land, that is to say, each person has ten mu of land.But in fact, with the development of more than 200 years, Dengzhou Wei has experienced the six-year famine of Zhengde, the Dengzhou Wei people's uprising, and the 44th year of Wanli's starving rebellion. Dengzhou Wei also had military households participating in the rebellion.

Now Dengzhou Wei has eight thousand households plus the troops directly under it, and there are less than 6000 people. Half of the shortfall is because there is no land and no food to support them. Jin Yousheng can only let the military households fend for themselves.

When Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai, he found that the Dengzhou Guard was useless, so he recruited warriors and trained them into the Denglai New Army. In Sun Yuanhua's eyes, the only function of the Dengzhou Guard was to sell him some money.

Since meeting with Shangguan, giving gifts is essential.Cheng Shijie did not give money directly, but prepared a batch of good gifts, first of all, the imitation Yanling knife bought in later generations, which is the military saber of the Ming Dynasty, the workmanship of the knife bought by Cheng Shijie is not as good as the one sold to Geng Zhongming That batch only cost more than 100 yuan, but it was also made of high carbon steel.

There are eight thousand households in Dengzhouwei, but there are no deputy thousand households, just seven handles, ordinary wooden scabbards, the outer layer is covered with artificial leather, and the appearance is so-so.

As for the other four commanders and the two governors, they are all fourth-rank martial arts officers, and they prepared the one for Geng Zhongming. Each handle costs more than 280 yuan and is made of high manganese steel. Commander Tongzhi is a high-quality Tang Zhidao worth more than 300 yuan.

This kind of decoration with a metal scabbard, bright silver and unicorn carvings seems to have a different price.As for the treasured sword given to Commander Jin Yousheng, it is also the same one, but with plastic and baked blue added, and each handle costs more than 380 yuan.

As for the small officials under the commanding envoy, such as the experience department, the governor, the official head, and the warehouse ambassador, Cheng Shijie has not been left behind. , can embarrass Cheng Shijie.

These ornaments are mainly made of crystal, including bracelets, necklaces, ingots made of crystal and so on.

These things are fully installed in three trucks.

On August [-]th in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Cheng Shijie was woken up by Yang Yunniang just after dawn.

He washed in a hurry, and then with the help of Yang Yunniang, he put on the blue official robe.

The Ming Dynasty had a strict hierarchy of clothing, civil servants embroidered birds to show civilization: first-rank crane, second-rank golden pheasant, third-rank peacock, fourth-rank wild goose, fifth-rank white pheasant, sixth-rank egret, seventh-rank grebe, eighth-rank oriole, ninth-rank Taste quail.Military officers embroider beasts to show their strength: lions of the first and second ranks, tigers and leopards of the third and fourth ranks, bears of the fifth rank, tigers of the sixth and seventh ranks, rhinoceros of the eighth rank, and seahorses of the ninth rank; : Xiezhi.

There is a word called a beast in clothes, which refers to officials in general.

Cheng Shijie's official uniform is the fifth-rank Xiong Wei.

According to the rules of the officialdom, even if Cheng Shijie spends money to buy an official, he still cannot take office directly. Instead, he needs to go to the Commander's Yamen to take office, and then there is a process of apprenticeship and job evaluation. The cycle can be long or short, as short as one or two. One day, it can also be March or May, and it may not be possible to officially take office for a year or two.

After Cheng Shijie had breakfast, he took Shen Mingyu, Song Kangnian, and his adopted sons Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu, and set out together. He also hired six helpers, a group of 11 people, to go to the Dengzhou Guard Commander's Yamen.

At the gate of the yamen, a young general riding a fine horse got off his horse, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Song"

"This is General Geng, the Governor General of the Central Army!"

Geng Zhongming's attitude is not high-spirited, because Song Kangnian gave him a fate, and these batches of treasured swords were sent out, Geng Zhongming became good friends with the eight generals of the Dongjiang Army, two deputy commanders and ten guerrillas. .

Everyone advanced and retreated together, but Huang Long, the commander of the Dongjiang Army, was a little bit afraid, and did not dare to force Geng Zhongyu too much, so he put the matter aside for the time being.

"Your officer has seen General Geng!"

"Come with me!"

Geng Zhongming came here this time, in fact, for Song Kangnian's face, to give Cheng Shijie a platform.

Geng Zhongming is now a general of the third rank of the Chinese army, and he is on the same level as Jin Yousheng, the commander of the Dengzhou Guard. Although he is equal, Geng Zhongming has served as Sun Yuanhua's general of the Chinese army, and his relationship with Sun Yuanhua is closer.Jin Yousheng had to give Geng Zhongming face.

Geng Zhongming was in front, but the porter and guard did not stop him. With Geng Zhongming's tiger skin, Cheng Shijie's performance of duties went very smoothly.

In fact, the entire Dengzhou Guard is not like a commander's yamen at all, including the commander Jin Yousheng, all of them are fat, two commanders are acquainted, four commanders are responsible, and the two governors weigh no less than two hundred catties of.

"I pay my respects to Commander Jin!"

Cheng Shijie directly gave the prepared sword and a set of crystal teapots to Jin Yousheng.

Jin Yousheng couldn't put it down holding the treasured sword.

Geng Zhongming introduced Cheng Shijie to the officials of the Dengzhou Wei Yamen, and left on the pretext of being busy with military affairs.

Cheng Shijie, under the leadership of Song Kangnian, visited officials at all levels in the commander's office, and handed over the treasured swords of the other seven thousand households to Yang Shi, the governor.

As the saying goes, the mouth of others is soft, but the hands of others are short.

Cheng Shijie, like a money-spreading boy, distributed crystal ornaments or treasured knives in the Commander's Yamen, and soon became friends with officials at all levels in the Commander's Yamen.

No one made it difficult for Cheng Shijie as a trainee, especially the commander Huang Zuxin took Cheng Shijie directly to Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households Office.

Huang Zuxin rode a horse and led more than [-] famous Ding soldiers and cavalry. It was a pity that Cheng Shijie couldn't ride a horse, so he could only take a carriage to Ninghai Prefecture, which was [-] miles away.

Two hundred miles is one hundred kilometers, and it took only one or two hours to drive in later generations, but in the late Ming Dynasty, it took four days to walk.

However, Cheng Shijie froze when he came to Weizuo Thousand Households Office in Dengzhou, Ninghai Prefecture.

Where is this thousand households?What a slum!

(End of this chapter)