Chapter 015 Three things to do when a new official takes office
Where is this Qianhu Office? It’s simply a beggar’s den!
The Qianhusuo in the Ming Dynasty were actually small military fortresses, and the same was true for some Baihusuo.
The current Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhusuo is also a small city, but the problem is that the outermost wall of this city has been eroded by rain and snow and is full of holes. Huge cracks also appeared in some places. Originally, Qianhu had two east and west gates.
However, now this Thousand Houses City has no less than ten "city gates" that can allow carts to enter and exit, and as for the gaps through which people can pass, there are even more. Such a military fortress may not even be able to defend against wild beasts, let alone the enemy. .
As a military fortress and military camp, there are wells, workshops, granaries and ordnance stores to store food and ordnance. It is not known whether these supplies are available, but many warehouses and houses do not even have roofs.
The weather is dry and quite hot now, but the question is, autumn is coming soon, what should we do in winter?
Huang Zuxin summoned all the military households and spent nearly an hour gathering five to six hundred ragged military households to stand on the school grounds. The clothes of these military households were just a pile of rags tied up with ropes. Their skinny faces could not see any clear traces of life. They just looked at them blankly, without any emotion.
The entire Qianhu House was filled with an aura of decay and decay, which almost suffocated Cheng Shijie. On the surface, he remained calm, but in his heart he cursed: "Fuck, are you still a fucking soldier? Even a beggar is not so miserable. Bar!"
Being able to raise military households into beggars was considered a skill for officials of the Ming Dynasty.
"My fellow officers and men, I, Huang Zuxin, am the commander of the Dengzhou Guard!!"
"Greetings to Mr. Tongzhi!"
These military households seemed to have not eaten, and they were weak in greeting.
Of course, they really didn't eat.
"Cheng Shijie, Luoyang County, Henan Prefecture, was originally a 100-household (deputy 100-household) garrison in Dengzhou Weiyouqianhu. In the winter of the second year of Chongzhen, he accompanied Dengzhou Weibei to King Qin, and shot and killed a Jiannu and a Mongolian Tatar. , was promoted to the rank of Deputy Qianhu of Youqianhu in Dengzhou, ranking from the fifth rank. In the third year of Chongzhen, he performed the autumn exercise of his department, and was ranked above the middle in the evaluation. In the summer of the fourth year of Chongzhen, he was ranked above the middle in the evaluation of his department, and he was moved to Dengzhou Guard due to his merits. Zuo Qianhu."
Huang Zuxin announced the appointment of the commanding officer very mechanically. From now on, Cheng Shijie will be the Qianhu of Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu. ,
"Greetings to Mr. Senhu!"
Cheng Shijie coughed: "No courtesy!"
Ordinarily, Qianhu, his predecessor, should have made a settlement with him, but the problem was that there was no settlement and no one took care of the matter.
Huang Zuxin announced Cheng Shijie's appointment and used the excuse that he needed to go back.
Cheng Shijie looked at the sun that was about to set. The military households on the school field could no longer stand. Some were sitting on the ground, while others were lying directly on the ground.
Or they gather together in small groups and chat.
Dengzhou Zuo Qianhu Gaowang was not a hereditary Qianhu. He spent two thousand taels of silver to rise from the position of Deputy Qianhu twelve years ago. In twelve years, although he squeezed five or six thousand taels of silver from these impoverished military households, the problem was that he could not put all of the money in his own pocket, and he needed to be filial to his superiors.
As a fifth-rank Qianhu, he has two fourth-rank governors, four fourth-rank commanders, two colleagues, plus the commander, a total of nine mothers-in-law, and he also has to manage the commanders and subordinates. A bunch of brats. With Gao Wang's expenses in the past few years, he calculated an account and found that he was not enough to take care of this aggrieved Qianhu.
Perhaps it was because he was not evil enough. I heard that the Qianhu official in Zhongzuo made a lot of money by selling his military households to work in the mines. There was also the Qianhu official from the Qianhu Station who was behind the defense, and he was specially smoked for two Baihusuo built a house in Dengzhou City and made money as a bricklayer. In recent years, he has made a lot of money.
Last year, he wanted to retire, so he didn't pay homage to his superior. Then there was news that a new Qianhu had arrived. Gao Wang also hated this poor place. Not only was there no oil and water, but it was attacked by pirates and mobs from time to time. He couldn't afford to offend the gentry. If bandits appeared, they would attack him as a member of the Qian household.
The Ming Dynasty was famous for being a noble and a lowly military official. He was obviously a Qianhu of the fifth rank. Not to mention a county magistrate of the seventh rank, even a county magistrate of the eighth rank dared to point fingers at him. Civil servants suppressed military attachés. , this is the political correctness of the Ming Dynasty, so during his tenure as Zuo Qianhu in Dengzhou, Gao Wang was filled with regret and resentment, wishing he could leave this hellish place one day earlier.
When Cheng Shijie arrived, he packed up his things and left without even seeing Huang Zuxin, a fellow commander. Gao Wang was from Gaoyang County, Baoding Prefecture. As long as he returned to his hometown, how could he be afraid that Huang Zuxin would come to Gaoyang County to cause trouble for him?
As long as Huang Zuxin dared to go, Gao Wang would dare to bury Huang Zuxin in Gaoyang County.
Huang Zuxin and Gao Wang left the Qianhu Office one after another. Cheng Shijie looked at his seventeen hundred households, trial hundred households, twenty general banners, and more than one hundred small banners.
In Cheng Shijie's view, the reason for the civil-military disputes in the Ming Dynasty was that the military officials gave them too high a rank. A thousand households was almost equivalent to the battalion level in later generations. In later generations, battalion-level officers were only equivalent to township-level officers when they arrived. Class is equivalent to stock class.
The Xiaoqi of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the soldier in charge of ten large soldiers, is actually from the seventh rank, deputy county level. This is inconsistent with common sense. Even the Xiaoqi of Jinyiwei cannot be on the same level as the county magistrate. Will it?
Cheng Shijie looked at the officers under his command and said: "From now on, Cheng will be in the same boat as you all. Cheng is new here and is not familiar with military affairs. Everyone should perform their duties according to the old rules. If something goes wrong, Cheng You can’t escape, and you can’t escape... It’s too late today, if you have anything to do, we’ll talk about it tomorrow morning.”
Song Kangnian originally wanted to suggest three things for Cheng Shijie's new appointment, but looking at Cheng Shijie's appearance, he seemed to be confident.
Cheng Shijie is indeed not very familiar with the army. After all, he is also an old agency. To these officers, they are just men.
After that, he walked straight towards Qianhuzhai.
The seventeen hundred officials, twenty general banners, and hundreds of minor bannermen from Zuo Qianhu gathered together.
They looked at Wei Yandong, the eldest among them, "Master Wei, what should we do?"
"What else can we do? Master Qianhu said everything will continue as usual!"
Wei Yandong sighed and said: "We can't figure out what kind of temper this person is. Now you are so eager to flatter him, don't flatter him on the horse's hooves!"
When everyone thought about it, what Wei Yandong said didn't make sense.
There is almost no decent house in the entire Zuo Qianhu residence of Dengzhou Guard, but the Qianhu House is the most luxurious one among them. Of course, this Qianhu House is also equivalent to the White Tiger Hall of Zuo Qianhu.
Arriving at Qianhuzhai, Cheng Shijie felt a little regretful.
Because this Thousand Household House is very large, with more than a hundred houses, the houses are all built with gray bricks and gray tiles. The doors and windows are made of very particular materials, but the original furnishings in the rooms have been cleared away.
He has taken over the position of Qianhu Official, and will use Qianhu House as his home in the future, so the house he bought in Dengzhou City will be useless.
"Holy shit, it's so fucking awesome!"
After Gao Wang left office, most of the furniture in the entire Qianhu House was evacuated, including some screens, tables and other furniture.
Except for some servants' rooms or servants' rooms, those broken beds and wardrobes were of no value to move. It can be said that everything of some value was gone.
It's just a matter of scraping the wall white.
There are several attics in the backyard, which are exquisite and small. They are equipped with living rooms, bedrooms, study rooms and piano rooms. When you open the window, you can see the back garden, which is full of colorful flowers and red gates.
Cheng Shijie visually measured the area. My dear, the area of each attic must be at least 110 square meters, right? A rough estimate shows that the entire Qianhu House covers an area of far more than tens of thousands of square meters. It is not so much a house as a group of buildings.
It can also be said to be a city within a city.
If Cheng Shijie doesn't fight an uncertain battle, he must win this battle.
If you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
First, he had to get to know the officers of Zuo Qianhu.
