Chapter 21 Go to the capital to watch the national flag raising
Looking at the official document Cheng Shijie reported to the Command and Envoy Department, it clearly summarized three points. The first was to impeach Gao Wang for colluding with officials and businessmen to resell ordnance, leaving Zuo Qianhu's armory empty. Now Zuo Qianhu has less than twenty armors. , the bow is less than fifty, even these broken armors and crossbows cannot be used. The impeachment deputy Qianhu Han Wenfei is too old to serve, and it is recommended that the commander-in-chief let Han Wenfei be raised. That is to promote Zhou Yandong to Zuo Qianhu's deputy Qianhu.
The rest is to report. The so-called report means that the appointment has been made and it is just a report.
Shen Mingyu was appointed as the Zhongbaihu of the Qianhu Office, Changyu was appointed as the Zhongzuo Baihu, and Zhou Yandong was transferred to the deputy Qianhu and also the Ganquan Baihu.
Commander Jin Yousheng looked at this official document. Cheng Shijie's font on it was pretty good.
This is because when Cheng Shijie served as the deputy director (deputy section level) of the branch office of Hansteel Group, he relied on his calligraphy handwriting to get into the calligraphy association of Hanhai City.
Jin Yousheng said with some confusion: "This Cheng Shijie is not an ignorant person. Why is he willing to fall?"
As the commander of the Dengzhou Guard, Jin Yousheng looked down on himself.
Huang Xinzu said: "Your Majesty, Commander, when he arrived at Zuo Qianhu's place, Cheng Shijie acted frequently. He killed people to establish his authority and distributed food to military households. It is said that he sent people to buy tens of thousands of shi of food, and other Qianhu places were in riots. If you let him continue to act like this, I'm afraid there will be big trouble!"
"What else can we do? Remove him from the post of Thousand Households?"
Jin Yousheng smiled bitterly and said: "You think this matter is too simple. This Cheng Shijie is not a follower. Geng Zhongming is also a high-minded person. He has been in Dengzhou for a long time. You see him give Who stood on stage?”
"There is only one Cheng Shijie!"
"This is where the problem lies!"
Jin Yousheng sighed and said: "He was recommended by Governor Sun. We don't give him the respect of Mr. Sun. Now the person he recommended has been taken down in just a few days. What do you think of Mr. Sun?" Is it easier to pass one level or Geng Zhongming’s level?”
"Then let him continue to act like this?"
"Not even counting!"
Jin Yousheng said: "Master Sun has been training the Denglai New Army for some time, but the Denglai New Army has spent a lot of money and food. I'm afraid Master Sun won't be able to hold on any longer. Letting Cheng Shijie come over is nothing more than inserting a nail into our Dengzhou Guard. Just that. Money and food are actually of no use. The power to mobilize troops is in our hands, and it is very convenient to do tricks! Over in Huang County, there is a fierce bandit named Qin Wu, who now has thousands of people under his command."
Huang Zuxin was surprised and said: "But that Qin Wu who was the leader of the Jianjun army? We fought once last year. Five thousand troops went out and came back defeated! Let Zuo Qianhu attack Qin Wu's troops. If you fight, you will die. If you don't fight, you will be disobedient. ...The commander has a wonderful plan!”
"It's not like we can kill him. If he doesn't go to war, let him be dismissed from his post and handed over to Master Sun. If we take the opportunity to kill him, Master Sun will not look good. In the past few decades of Dengzhou Guards, Have you ever killed an officer because of military law? If the officers were all in danger, there might be trouble!"
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Seeing that each household was given a bucket of grain, the entire Qianhu House became popular. At least the smoke from the kitchen seemed to make Cheng Shijie feel relaxed and happy.
As for the Dengzhou Guard commander's plan to frame him, Cheng Shijie didn't know. Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't take it seriously, because it's not certain who plotted who.
As Shen Mingyu and Song Kangnian arrived at the Qianhu Station with the purchased grain, the military households in the Zuo Qianhu Station suddenly became excited.
Cheng Shijie frowned when he looked at the city walls and dilapidated houses of Qianhusuo.
When Song Kangnian came back, he already knew that Cheng Shijie used the method of ascending and descending secretly to capture the Zhongzuo Baihu Office, and also killed Liu Ning, the official of the Baihu Office in Ganquan.
Song Kangnian felt that his advisers had neglected their duties. This was his job, but Cheng Shijie was a self-taught master.
In fact, this is the difference between the two eras. In the Ming Dynasty, it was still a political science of dragon slaying, and it was still a private study. The Four Books and Five Classics did not have such content. Most of the Jinshi who passed the exam by relying on the eight-legged essay were nerds.
Seeing Cheng Shijie frowning, Song Kangnian was secretly happy.
Here comes the opportunity for you to show your presence.
"I wonder why Senhu-sama is confused!"
Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "During this period, this Qianhu has a preliminary understanding of all the hundreds of households in Zuo Qianhu's office, which is really unsightly!"
Except for the three peripheral households such as Ganquan, Wenshui, and Xianhuang, I didn't understand it, but judging from the hundreds of households stationed in Qianhu Station, Zuo Qianhu didn't look like an army at all.
In particular, most of the sergeants are old and young. Even if they can keep up with nutrition, there is no way to train them into an elite army. Most of these sergeants have become cunning veterans who will join in when they see an advantage and retreat when they see difficulties. .
"Master Qianhu, you are a fan of the authorities!"
"What?"
Song Kangnian asked with a half-smile: "Master Qianhu, do you know how many servants a general has?"
Cheng Shijie shook his head. This was really his blind spot in knowledge.
"In the 15th year of Jiajing's reign, a mutiny broke out in Datong, an important border town. The rebel army killed the governor and general soldiers. The court had no choice but to recruit them. Faced with this group of arrogant and powerful generals, the succeeding civil and military officials were helpless and did not dare to restrain them. So they had to mobilize Liang Zhen went to guard Datong, and his departure indeed stabilized the situation."
Song Kangnian smiled and said: "The next best thing is Ma Fang, a famous general during the Jiajing period. He raised five hundred talented children at home and gained his vitality, so he was able to rise all the way up and become invincible."
After being reminded by Song Kangnian, Cheng Shijie remembered that Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, had 8,000 servants under his command and became the unnamed king of Liaodong. He pressed Jiannu to the ground and rubbed him. During the Wanli Korean War, he led a thousand servants to storm Pyongyang. There are also Wu Sangui's three thousand soldiers, who are invincible.
Cheng Shijie figured it out, now that he has captured the Zhongbaihu and Zhongzuo Baihu, he can give these two hundred households the best equipment and the highest military pay in the same way as raising a family of soldiers, so that they can work for him.
With these two hundred servants, he could completely ignore the old, weak, sick and disabled.
Of course, it's not that we don't care, but we don't need to spend a lot of effort, just treat these old, weak, sick and disabled as auxiliary soldiers. Once these veterans win the battle, they will transform into tigers and grab the credit.
Cheng Shijie cannot stay in the late Ming Dynasty for a long time. He needs to return to the later generations. Of course, before returning to the later generations, he needs to make arrangements for the late Ming Dynasty.
"Ming Yu!"
"Here we are!"
Cheng Shijie said: "I need to go on a long trip, and it may take some time to come back. The two hundred households, Zhongbaihu and Zhongzuo Baihu, need to expand and recruit more people from all the thousand households. Each hundred There are four general banners in the household, totaling four hundred people, and you are responsible for training them!"
"yes!"
"How you train is your business. I just need them to be able to fight and win, not afraid of strong enemies, and not afraid of death!"
"Can it be done?"
"Promise to do it!"
"Very good!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the newly appointed hundred households on the left and said: "Changyu."
"Your Majesty, my subordinates are here!"
"You should not have Ming Yu's experience in training soldiers. Please fully cooperate with Ming Yu in training the troops!"
"yes!"
"Mr. Song, Zhang Qianshu!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the two of them and said: "Qianhu House is now in shabby condition, and many houses have no roofs. Autumn is about to begin in a blink of an eye, and autumn will not be far away until winter. Therefore, Qianhu House decided to recruit military households and raid all warehouses. The city walls and military households’ houses were repaired, military households were recruited, and each military household was given a bucket of grain after participating in one day’s work.”
Song Kangnian raised his thumb: "Qianhu's brilliant plan!"
After everyone left, Cheng Shijie sat with Zhou Yandong again.
"Brother Zhou, I will give you five hundred shi of food!"
Zhou Yandong looked surprised: "Master Qianhu means..."
"Look, our area under the jurisdiction of Ganquan Baihusuo in Dengzhou borders Weihaiwei. There is a sixty-mile coastline in it. You take Ganquan Baihusuo and I will give you the authority to recruit military households in Qianhusuo. Go there Open a salt factory and let’s dry the salt ourselves!”
In fact, there were no technical problems in drying salt during the Ming Dynasty. The key was that salt factories also required upfront investment, which ordinary people could not afford. Secondly, once a salt factory was opened, it would face pressure from salt merchants.
"However, this matter is not easy to handle!"
Zhou Yandong smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid the higher-ups may have objections!"
"If you have any objections, let them come to this Qianhu!"
Cheng Shijie said: "We have dried the salt and will not sell it to outsiders!"
"If we don't sell it, what's the point of drying the salt?"
“We can pickle pickles and we can pickle salted fish!”
“But Qianhu cannot do business!”
"But no one stipulates that Qianhu Office cannot accept private donations, right?"
Cheng Shijie is just playing a word game. Of course, once he forms an industry, he will not go it alone. Anyway, Dengzhou Wei is also a poor man. As long as part of the profit is shared, Dengzhou Wei will be more anxious than Cheng Shijie.
Cheng Shijie arranged all this, and took the profits and seizures during this period, totaling 860 taels of gold, which according to the Ming system was a little over 31 kilograms.
It was not difficult for Cheng Shijie to carry it.
Close your eyes, brewing emotions, shed tears, open your eyes, and come to the hereafter.
Cheng Shijie opened the door on the second floor. There was one thing that had to be put on the agenda. Buy the house on the second floor, otherwise it would definitely be very troublesome.
Cheng Shijie stuffed the gold under the bed and rode an electric car to the hospital.
"Dad is back from a business trip, are you tired?"
"Not tired!"
Cheng Shijie held a small gift that he had already prepared, which was a box of colored pens.
Cheng Jiayue suddenly said: "Dad, I want to go to the capital to watch the national flag being raised!"
"Why should we watch the flag raising!"
Cheng Jiayue subconsciously placed the learning machine under the pillow.
"Is it okay?"
Cheng Shijie suppressed his sadness and nodded: "Okay!"
While Cheng Jiayue was asleep, Cheng Shijie picked up the learning machine.
Looking at Cheng Jiayue's search records, it turned out that it was true.
“Can heart disease be cured?”
“Can you die from a heart attack?”
“Where do people go after they die?”
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