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

Chapter 42 Promotion to Ning Naval Garrison

Chapter 041

Shiqiao Lane, Cheng Shijie's house.

Just after dawn, two luxurious carriages, followed by dozens of servants, either carried or carried burdens, entered Stone Bridge Lane.

This is Jin Yousheng sent his steward here to give Cheng Shijie a gift.

Of course, Liu Shi, Jin Yousheng's manager, also knew that Cheng Shijie was not in the house, but stayed in the governor's office until Cheng Shijie suddenly came.Liu Shi got out of the carriage and saluted respectfully: "Cheng Qianhu is well, the old man was ordered by the commanding envoy to come over to disturb you!"

"So it's Mr. Liu, please come inside!"

Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu opened the middle door wide to welcome Liu Shi and his party into the courtyard.

Liu Shi handed a gift list to Cheng Shijie, and Cheng Shijie took a hasty look at it. There were 26 pieces of cotton flannelette, 800 pieces of Shandong silk, 2000 taels of Pingku official silver, [-] quilts, and [-] sets of gold ornaments. , almost more than [-] taels of silver.

Cheng Shijie was taken aback: "This is too precious, I can't accept it!"

Liu Shidao: "This is Sixteen Niang's dowry."

"dowry?"

After a while, he remembered the two maids that Jin Yousheng had given him. Only then did Cheng Shijie know that Jin Qiaoer was actually Jin Yousheng's own daughter.

Taking one's own daughter as a concubine is something only Jin Yousheng can do. Cheng Shijie even despises Jin Yousheng's character.

The two exchanged pleasantries, and Cheng Shijie guessed that Jin Yousheng must be worried about taking credit, so he patted his chest and assured: "Mr. Liu, please report back to Commander, so that Master Jin can rest assured that Cheng knows what to say and what to say. speak."

Liu Shidao: "Although taking a concubine is not as formal as marrying a wife, Sixteen Niangs can't just follow Master Qianhu without knowing it!"

"Mr. Liu means..."

"You should set up at least a few tables and invite colleagues from the Commander of Dengzhou Guards to congratulate you. It's very interesting!"

"Cheng can save it!"

……

Without a backstage, it is difficult to get along within the system. In fact, this sentence is not so absolute.In the case of equal ability, people with backgrounds are really easy to mix and it is easier to get promoted.

But the problem is, once a person has irreplaceable skills, or possesses superior business capabilities, such a person is easy to get along even without a background.

Just like the current Cheng Shijie, he is obviously not from Sun Yuanhua, but because he followed the path of Sun Yuanhua's staff, in the eyes of all Dengzhou government officials, Cheng Shijie is from Sun Yuanhua.

This is actually a beautiful misunderstanding, but Sun Yuanhua also thinks that Cheng Shijie belongs to him, and besides him, Cheng Shijie can't rely on other people.The officialdom of Ming Dynasty not only pays attention to faction, but also pays attention to background, but also pays attention to diploma.Mao Yuanyi's talent is well-known throughout the world, but he also failed to pass the Jinshi examination and could only serve as Sun Chengzong's staff.

When Sun Chengzong was good, he followed Sun Chengzong, but when Sun Chengzong was unlucky, Mao Yuanyi was also unlucky.This is the sad part of not having a degree.

Cheng Shijie is an engineering student, so he naturally cannot rely on plagiarizing a few poems or articles like some time-travelers to make a name for himself among scholars.Except for Cheng Shijie's willingness to be an ordinary household in the guard for the rest of his life, there is no way for him to change his family.

Like Mao Yuanyi, because he has no academic qualifications, unless he is on his own, he will either become Sun Yuanhua's subordinate.Originally, after Sun Yuanhua had an in-depth conversation with Cheng Shijie, he wanted to investigate Cheng Shijie, but the problem is that the plan will never keep up with the changes.

In July of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou was ordered by Sun Chengzong to repair Dalinghe City in order to push the Guanning line of defense forward. However, he repaired it for less than half a month. Before the battlements were completed, Huang Taiji personally led the army Surround Dalinghe City.

On August 26th, more than [-] infantry from the Songshan garrison supported Dalinghe City. Due to the disparity in numbers, they were easily defeated by the Jin soldiers, and the first rescue failed.Ten days later, on August [-], Wu Xiang and Song Wei led [-] Jinzhou soldiers to rescue Dalinghe City, but Azig led his troops to meet the enemy.

As a result, the Jinzhou Army failed again in this battle.When the news reached Dengzhou, Sun Yuanhua became anxious. Once he lost the cover of the Guanning Army, Sun Yuanhua's strategy of recovering southern Liaoning would come to naught.

What worries Sun Yuanhua the most is that once he leads the new Denglai army to support the Daling River, or launches the Lushun Campaign, and there is a civil uprising in the Denglai area, both the Dengzhou Guard and the Shandong Commander will not be able to quell the chaos in the rear.

At this critical moment, Cheng Shijie appeared in Sun Yuanhua's sight. No matter whether Cheng Shijie can use it or not, and whether he has the ability to take on this important task, Sun Yuanhua has no choice now. He doesn't trust Cheng Shijie. Does he trust Jin Yousheng, who only knows how to build relationships and make money? ?

In desperation, Sun Yuanhua once again summoned Cheng Shijie, a thousand households from Weizuo in Dengzhou.

"Cheng Shijie pays homage to Lord Futai!"

"Shijie, come and take a look."

What Cheng Shijie saw was the copy of the memorial Sun Yuanhua sent to the capital, and he saw that it said: "Chen Youqian Du Yushi, Military Minister Youshilang, Denglai Governor Yuanhua would like to play. Since July, Denglai has been restless and prosperous. Nineteen counties including Yixian, Weixian, and Huangxian suffered a lot from Li Shu, tens of thousands of victims, and Dengzhou Wei couldn't afford to protect the place. Cheng Shijie, a thousand households in Dengzhou Weizuo, led his troops to wipe out the bandit Qin Wuwan in August There are more than [-] people, and the damage to the troops is very small. The minister was very happy to hear that, and talked with Shijie at night by candlelight. He knew that Shijie was especially good at training soldiers and was a good general of the country. Thousands of five hundred cavalry, divided into five divisions and five hundred naval divisions, and Cheng Shijie, a thousand households from Dengzhou Weizuo, served as the garrison of the Ning Navy..."

Cheng Shijie was very surprised when he saw this.You must know that he spent 8000 taels of silver to buy this thousand-household official, but now he is actually given a defensive official position.

This garrison will not be under the jurisdiction of the Dengzhou Guard, but directly under the Shandong Dusi and the Governor of Denglai.In terms of rank, Qianhu is the fifth rank, and the garrison is the fourth rank, but the real power is different. This is equivalent to a commander of the garrison area.

Sun Yuanhua pointed to the maps of the three prefectures of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou and said, "This constitution plans to establish the Ning Navy. You are the garrison of the Ning Navy. What suggestions do you have?"

"Ning Haijun?"

Cheng Shijie asked in confusion: "How much money can the imperial court allocate!"

Sun Yuanhua raised a finger.

"10 taels of silver?"

"1 million taels?"

Cheng Shijie was a little disappointed and said: "Isn't it because you don't have a tael of silver?"

"You guessed it right!"

Sun Yuanhua looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "If you have 10 taels of silver, can this matter still be your turn?"

Cheng Shijie thought about it again, and it was true.

With the urgency of Ming officials, if there is a benefit, they will rush forward, and if there is no benefit, they will retreat. If the establishment of the Ning Navy has soldiers, food and money, it is really not his turn.

"No money..."

Cheng Shijie heaved a long sigh.

Without money, everything is difficult.

"Can it be done?"

"can!"

Cheng Shijie said: "If you have money, there are ways to have money. If you don't have money, then there are ways to have no money."

"Tell me, what are you going to do?"

Cheng Shijie said: "Right now Shandong does not say that there are bandits all over the place, but only in the territory of Dengzhou Prefecture, there are more than a dozen groups of bandits, large and small. Seriously inconvenient, the lower officials are going to use the five hundred elites from Zuoqian households as the basis to suppress bandits and train soldiers at the same time, replacing soldiers with wars and supporting wars with wars!"

From the annihilation of Qin Wu's troops, this gave Cheng Shijie a taste of the sweetness. The combat effectiveness of Qin's Wu's troops is a little stronger than that of the guards, but they are also very limited.

"Suppress bandits?"

Sun Yuanhua murmured, "That's fine too!"

"The lower officials want to recruit soldiers, and these two thousand and five hundred soldiers cost a lot of money!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Since the imperial court has no money, the governor's yamen may also have no money. I am going to train troops while stationing troops. Please allow Ning Haijun to reclaim wasteland and land."

Speaking of this, Cheng Shijie pointed to the large deserted area in Ninghai Prefecture and said: "Here, from here to here, there is a large area of ​​wasteland. Can the lower officials enclose it for farming?"

"Your appetite is not small, there are at least two or three million mu!"

"This is unowned wasteland. There are no ditches to irrigate, and most of it is alkaline wasteland. Otherwise, it would not be the turn of the officials to farm the fields!"

"can!"

Cheng Shijie said again: "Master Futai, can you support a batch of armored weapons?"

"There is still a gap in the equipment of the new army trained by this constitution!"

"Master Futai doesn't have one, but Dengzhou Wei does!"

Cheng Shijie said: "It's a waste for the Dengzhou Guard to have those equipments. It's better to give them to the lower officials and make the best use of them!"

Sun Yuanhua nodded: "Yes!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Your officer..."

"You can't be too greedy!"

Sun Yuanhua's expression was a little displeased.

Cheng Shijie thought for a while, and he didn't need to explain this matter to Sun Yuanhua.

He actually wanted to exchange those crystal products in his hands for money, and he could directly trade with Xu Dacheng.

Cheng Shijie quickly finished making the plan, and he wrote very clearly how to train soldiers, how to raise soldiers, and how to replace training with battle.

Sun Yuanhua did not wait for the imperial court to approve the memorial, and directly ordered the Dengzhou Guards to make Zuo Qianhu independent and set up the Ning Navy, with Cheng Shijie as the garrison.

When Jin Yousheng received this order, it was a certainty, and there was no room for him to resist.

He wanted to talk to Cheng Shijie, but he never thought that Cheng Shijie would come to him on his own initiative.

"Master Commander!"

Jin Yousheng laughed and said, "Now we're called Cheng Shoubei!"

"Adults are joking!"

"You have only served as Qianhu for two months, and you have climbed to the position of defense. The future is limitless!"

"That still needs the support of the Commander!"

"The old man can't support you anymore!"

Jin Yousheng looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Your Majesty Futai will support you, why do you need me as a commander!"

"This matter really needs the support of the Commander!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Jin Yousheng and said, "There are military households that cannot be resettled in every thousand households. Why don't these useless people be handed over to Cheng?"

"impossible!"

Cheng Shijie put the prepared crystal carriage, music box and other crystal ornaments in front of Jin Yousheng.

"That would be a pity!"

"No!"

"It's not impossible to do this!"

Jin Yousheng gave Huang Zuxin a wink.

Cheng Shijie came to Dengzhou City with more than a dozen family soldiers. When he left, he brought more than two thousand people. These were military households of Dengzhou Guard. Like Zuoqianhu, the households were overcrowded, and throwing the extra military households to Cheng Shijie meant that everyone got what they needed, and everyone was happy.

PS: I was tossed to death today, and I barely coded more than 6000 words. It is a pity that the third round of recommendations for this book is gone, and I can only apply for it to be put on the shelves next Friday. The book currently has a collection of [-]. It is estimated that the first order will be difficult to break [-]. I hope everyone will support Lao Cheng a lot.

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