"The chief envoy's office?"
Zhu Yixi shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't know the virtues of civil servants. Even Prince Fu can't take advantage of it, let alone a Lieutenant of Fengguo like me?"
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he couldn't help but smile.
The vassal fields of the Ming Dynasty, such as King Fu, were rewarded by the emperor with 20,000 hectares of vassal fields. It seemed like a lot, but in fact, it was just a discount.
For example, the 20,000 hectares of vassal land given to King Fu meant that the three provinces of Huguang, Shandong, and Henan would pay 46,000 taels of silver from their fiscal revenue to Prince Fu's Mansion every year. However, until three years after the vassalage, Huguang, which occupied the bulk of the vassalage, only gave 3 One thousand six hundred taels of silver.
Needless to say, the middlemen swallowed up.
King Fu refused to accept it and sent people to Zhang Tian, but he was beaten back by the civil servants.
Later, nothing happened.
All dignified princes are like this, let alone the lowest-level clan like Zhu Yixi.
"The times are difficult!" Seeing that Sun Chuanting was a knowledgeable man, he waved his sleeves and continued to evade: "The thieves are raging in the Central Plains. Every penny is useful. There is really nothing I can do."
"Money and food are still insufficient, where can I get them?"
"As far as I know, there have been enough impeachments on the governor. If the court learns that dozens of clan members were starved to death, the emperor will probably blame him!"
Zhu Yixi saw that he would not accept this trick, so he had no choice but to continue to force him, with bright eyes and no fear.
"The royal family is under the control of King Qin, so what does it have to do with me, the governor?"
Sun Chuanting smiled calmly, the wind was light and the clouds were calm.
"You really don't know how to make money!"
Zhu Yixi couldn't help it. The official was really shady. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and said: "As far as I know, Governor Qingtian's conscription is a sin against Xi'an Haoyou. The court and the emperor are forcing each day to win."
"I have a way to give you some time off."
Zhu Yixi's handsome face was actually a bit ferocious.
It's really annoying to have your trump card revealed so easily.
Where did Sun Chuanting get so much money and food?
He inspected Xi'an's four guards, front, rear, left and right, except for the right guard, and the three guards' military households and farming areas, one by one.
Of course, it is not that it is returned to the military household, but that its ownership is recognized, but the wealthy people who farm the land must pay taxes.
As a result, all the gentry were offended.
Later, in order to deal with Li Zicheng, who was defeated last year, he conscripted one person from three households and obtained one hundred thousand soldiers, but he offended the people of the whole city.
With the court above, the powerful rightists in the middle, and the common people below, Sun Chuanting was in a difficult situation.
"Oh?" Sun Chuanting was startled. He took some time to straighten his sleeves, sat down and said with a smile, "Thank you very much, Lieutenant, but I still can't do anything."
"If the lieutenant's family is poor and has no food, he can join the army and get a ration."
When Zhu Yixi heard this, she suddenly became furious.
Knowing that Sun Chuanting would be destroyed in the future, how could he join the army and die?
As for the status of the clan, it didn't matter. During the vassal reform during the Wanli period, the clan's children below the level of General Fuguo were established as sects. They could participate in the imperial examinations and serve as officials, and of course they could join the army.
To put it bluntly, as long as they are not princes or princes, no one will pay attention to low-level clan members like Zhu Yixi. The clan has been withheld for more than ten years, and Emperor Chongzhen in Beijing has no idea about it.
The two of them exchanged words, but Zhu Yixi fell into a disadvantage. The confidence he had when he came was completely gone.
"If the lieutenant wants to join the army, I will sweep the couch to welcome you!"
Sun Chuanting smiled proudly, then picked up the tea and prepared to see off the guests.
"Report——"
At this time, a soldier suddenly ran up and said with a hurried expression: "Governor, something bad has happened. The army has become ill, and thousands of people have been implicated!"
"What?" Sun Chuanting lost his composure, stood up, and said seriously: "But the plague?"
When Zhu Yixi heard this, she was also startled. She hurriedly walked away a few steps and covered her mouth and nose.
The plague is really too scary.
The plague started in the sixth year of Chongzhen and reached its peak in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen. The population of the three provinces of Shaanxi, Hebei, and Shaanxi dropped from ten to thirty-four, and the entire north was in a mess.
Tens of thousands of people died in Xi'an last year.
"It's not the plague!"
The soldier said with some embarrassment: "It's athlete's foot. Thousands of soldiers can no longer train."
"Athlete's foot!" Sun Chuanting breathed a sigh of relief. The fatality rate of athlete's foot is not the same as that of the plague, but he knew:
"Go to the city of Xi'an to look for famous doctors. Don't delay your training."
"As ordered -" the soldier turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait!" Zhu Yixi suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly stopped the soldiers, then turned to Sun Chuanting and said:
"Governor Sun, if I save these thousands of people and cure their athlete's foot, can you spare a thousand stones of food for me to help with the emergency?"
"What? Thousand stones? So many?" Sun Chuanting's focus immediately shifted to food.
"The annual salary is two hundred dan, discounted at 60%, which is forty dan. Sixteen years, it is 640 dan. And there are more than a dozen clans behind me to support, so only a thousand dan is considered a small amount."
Zhu Yixi said earnestly, her eyes full of expectation.
With these thousand stones of food, he can recruit troops and horses to escort him to Hanzhong Mansion to escape.
I feel excited just thinking about it.
"If it doesn't work, I won't take any money from Zong Lu. I will also tell you how to stall the imperial court and postpone sending troops."
Zhu Yixi gritted her teeth and said.
Sun Chuanting thought for a while, stared at it seriously, and thought for a while, there was no loss for him, so there was no harm in giving it a try.
After a while, he confided: "If you can cure athlete's foot, I will give you two hundred stones at most. Moreover, this is not Zonglu, but your reward."
Zhu Yixi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.
There are about two thousand members of the Qin clan in the entire city of Xi'an. If you add the Qing clan of Ningxia and the Su clan of Lanzhou, the number of tens of thousands will be unstoppable, and Zong Lu cannot afford it.
"Two hundred stones is two hundred stones!"
Zhu Yixi gritted her teeth and responded, saying in a deep voice: "However, please give me some money and food in advance so that I can buy medicinal materials."
"The medicinal materials are always available in the army, you can go and get them."
Sun Chuanting waved his hands generously.
"Governor Sun, can you lend me ten shi of grain to fill my stomach temporarily? I don't want to starve to death myself while saving other people's lives."
Zhu Yixi gritted her teeth and bowed helplessly.
I have never seen such a stingy governor.
Speaking of this, Sun Chuanting's old face was a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment and then made up his mind and said: "I'll give you a stone's throw!"
"Thank you Governor!"
Zhu Yixi took a breath.
Just one stone for one stone. For now, no one can starve to death for the time being.
With a plan in mind, Zhu Yixi's steps became much easier. When he was about to cross the threshold, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears:
"Lieutenant, remember to come back early!"
Zhu Yixi stumbled and almost fell.
He fled the Governor's Mansion in embarrassment, accompanied by two bags of food and greeted by a group of clan members.
"Sect Master, why are there only two bags?" Thirteen said in surprise.
"Governor Sun has nothing to lose, and I borrowed this stone of grain!"
Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Zhu Yixi shook her head and said with anger on her face: "I have never seen such a stingy person before!"
After waving his sleeves, Zhu Yixi looked back at the Governor's Mansion and left angrily.
