Not only are there a shortage of vacancies in the army, but there are also many military attaches at all levels who are greedy for pleasure. There are only one out of ten military governors who really focus on their subordinates. What I think more about is how to use the power in my hands to make money. In order to check and balance the power of various Jiedu envoys, the deputy envoys of Jiedu, Jiedu Tongzhi, were not only unable to play a check and balance role, but were complicit with them.
In particular, almost all the Jiedushi envoys of the Huaihe River and Jiangnan Province, as well as the guards attached to them, were in a state of decay and had no fighting power except to disturb the people. Despite the country's increasingly scarce annual income, the country still maintains so many guardsmen, accounting for almost 40% of the country's military strength. Most of them have become useless people just wasting food and pay. Judging from the current situation of sending Shanxi and Longyou Second Roads, there are very few local guards who use them.
Once there is war in the world, the elites of the Four Camps and the Xijing Camp will be mobilized at every turn. If things go on like this, the four major battalions will often be even more exhausted, not to mention the expense of teachers and expenses. For example, in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were rebellions like Shanxi and Longyou. There was no need to mobilize these elites to resist foreign enemies. All the guards on the road can be completely defeated. But now, such a rebellion can only mobilize the elite of the imperial court.
Elites like the Four Camps and the Xijing Camp have been consumed under this situation for a long time. Not only will they be exhausted, but experienced veterans and junior military attachés will also suffer increasing losses. In this troubled time, the harm to the imperial court will become greater and greater. The most important thing is that in recent years, the trend of luxury and enjoyment that has emerged from the local guards has even spread to the border troops and the elites of the DPRK.
Nowadays, smuggling by soldiers on the roadside is increasing day by day, but the elites of the Four Camps and the Xijing Camp are still barely keeping aloof from the situation. But as the rotation came, military attachés who had made a fortune from the frontier army or the guard army entered the military camp, and the morale of the military became unstable. More importantly, military attachés at all levels were more willing to be transferred to the frontier army or the guard army than to the Fourth Camp and the Xijing Camp.
In recent years, the number of outstanding military attachés who rotate to the Xijing camp every year has become smaller and smaller. Nowadays, in the Xijing camp, the number of military attaches who are considering various ways to be deployed to the frontier army or local guard army is increasing every year. When he was the former secretary of the Xijing Palace, he tried every means to retain those outstanding military attachés. But restricted by the court's regulations, he really didn't have many options.
Compared with the annual rotation of Xijing Camp or the military attaches sent out, the number of outstanding military attaches coming in has been declining every year. Those who are rotated in are often either too old or too old to be useful. For the difference, you can only choose from among the soldiers. The choice can be restricted by the Ministry of War. This time Longyou suppressed the rebellion, and it took a lot of effort and the strength of two tigers to gather the military attachés for His Majesty the King of England.
If things continue like this, the Four Camps and the Xijing Camp, these two great needles of the Qi Dynasty, are bound to be hollowed out sooner or later. If since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Great Qi Dynasty has conquered the world and defended against powerful enemies from outside, the four major camps and the Xijing Camp collapsed, then the Great Qi Dynasty will be finished. In the future, whether the Northern Liao Dynasty moves south or there are internal troops stirring up trouble, the imperial court will no longer be able to come up with elite troops and strong generals to defend against the enemy.
Rectifying the Guards and coming up with a more reasonable rotation and promotion mechanism for military attaches is the top priority for the court. If the current situation continues, in less than ten years, the imperial court will have no more available generals. All that was discussed in this memorial were the urgent matters at hand. As for the care of his children and grandchildren, the old gentleman did not say a word except that those who could use it would be used and those who could not bear it would be spared.
Looking at the dots of blood on the memorial that were obviously coughed up, Huang Qiong sighed in her heart. He could see that this memorial from the old lord was not written to the emperor at all, but to himself. Although the old man didn't say much in the memorial, his extreme disappointment in the old man was also written between the lines. One sentence sticks to the rules, but the court has reached a point where stability is not enough to survive.
Then he expressed how disappointed the old gentleman was with the old man. And the last sentence, asking His Royal Highness to think about the worries of the world, also shows that this excerpt is written for himself. After closing this memorial, Huang Qiong's mood was not as heavy as usual. The old Sir is using his life to advise himself. What is true advice that is offensive to the ears? This is true advice that is offensive to the ears. It is difficult to hear, but you must listen to it.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong let out a long sigh. Even at the end, when the old Lord Ouyang recommended the new commander-in-chief of the Xijing Palace, his words were tough. It seems that if I don't accept his opinion, the Xijing Camp will be abolished. The unpleasantness it caused dissipated immediately. Putting down the memorial in his hand, Huang Qiong was silent for a long time, and his mood became increasingly heavy.
It wasn't until Gao Huaiyuan arrived that Huang Qiong felt slightly better. But the news from Gao Huaiyuan made Huang Qiong even more depressed. The results of the interrogation of the subordinate officials of Yan'an Prefecture were basically in vain. From experience to promotion, to governor, terumo, and prison chief, I don't know anything. Only the magistrate of Yanchuan County revealed something, but the things he said were totally different.
He only knew that Zhuo Ruxiao was in charge of the slate and iron mines that he had seized from the Fushi County government, and that he was his deputy, the county magistrate of Yanchuan County, who was also the steward of his original government. I don’t know how much money I spent on silk to get through the Soothing Envoy Division and the Ancha Division on Shaanxi Road. He had been following him for many years and was loyal to him, but it was the forty-year-old housekeeper who got the job of the county magistrate. ,
According to the customs of the imperial court, although the county magistrate is not a high-ranking official and is only an eighth-grade official, he needs to be selected by a public committee and must not exceed thirty-five years of age. Zhuo Ruxiao was so capable that he, a housekeeper and an old man over forty years old, got the job of an eighth-grade official. No wonder he was able to control this place. He really had great powers.
Even in these years, subordinate officials at the state and county level, especially the county-level chief ministers, Dianshi, and post office chiefs, have almost become exclusive official positions for officials along the way to be transferred or appointed to arrange for close friends around them. Even if these positions are only ninth-grade officials, they are still the same official. In this way, it can be regarded as an explanation to one's cronies, and those cronies will not feel abandoned.
These official positions do not need to go through the Ministry of Personnel, and can be approved by the Department of Appeasement along the way. However, for an eighth-grade county magistrate, even though the Appeasement Department selects among the candidates in his district and submits the list to the Ministry of Personnel, approval must still be given by the Ministry of Personnel. Although this kind of eighth-grade official position is rarely rejected by the officials. What can be reported with the list is the certificate of the proposed official, identity and household registration information, etc.
Huang Qiong wouldn't believe it even to death that a fourth-grade magistrate could be an official. Zhuo Ruxiao probably didn't know how much money he spent on this housekeeper's appointment as county magistrate. According to the confession of the Yanchuan County Magistrate, he was not allowed to have any involvement in the affairs of those two mines. It's impossible to even step in. Those two mines have almost become independent kingdoms within his jurisdiction.
Once, he couldn't bear his curiosity and wanted to find out. As a result, he was discovered before he even reached the outer perimeter, and he was discovered by the guards and almost escaped being arrested. Although he was lucky enough to escape because he was recognized by Master Cai. But because of this incident, I received several loud slaps from Master Cai. Later, the magistrate rewarded him with two thousand guan every year.
Said it was the dividends from those two mines. With two thousand guan of money in hand every year, and having learned from the past, he didn't ask for trouble and went to those two mines again. He just felt that the two mines seemed a lot more mysterious when they were managed by Fushi County Government, and the demand for labor suddenly increased a lot. As for the others, I didn't feel any difference.
Although there was such a place on his territory that even he, the county magistrate, could not set foot on, the Bailihou was a little aggrieved. Slapping Mr. Cai several times in the face also hurt his reputation as the county magistrate. But he is just a seventh-grade county magistrate under Zhuo Ruxiao, and he is the fourth-grade magistrate. Not only is he a subordinate official of Zhuo Ruxiao, but he is also several levels different in rank.
He doesn't even have the right to get a discount, so even if he is dissatisfied, he can't shake his position. Even if the fuss gets too big, he will definitely be the one who loses his official position. Now that you have money, why should you worry about it? Anyway, the county magistrate, except for matters related to the two mines, did not interfere at all. On the contrary, it freed him from the constraints of the previous county magistrate, and his power became much greater.
As for the two mines, it makes no difference to him whether they belong to the Fushi County Duke or the magistrate. No matter who it is, it's not his turn to speak. He can't afford to offend both of them. As long as I have the time to meddle in my own business, I might as well find ways to make more money and be more comfortable. Apart from this, the old man, the county magistrate, didn't know anything about it.
And the actual person in charge of those two mines, Guanji Zhuo Ruxiao, is actually good at martial arts. When arresting him, he used martial arts to beat two brothers to death. As a result, the angry sergeant shot a random arrow and turned it into a hedgehog. When he caught the man, he was dead. However, the magistrate's wife explained things much more explosively than the magistrate who didn't know anything about anything.
It turns out that the lady, who is still good-looking even though she is over thirty years old, is actually having an affair with Master Cai. The county magistrate's new son last year was the son of Master Cai. As a result, the magistrate who had been listening during the interrogation became anxious at that time. He didn't expect that he would have a son in his old age, but it would be someone else's son, so he pounced on his wife and beat her.
The intensity is almost incomparable to the previous one, which was like a puddle of mud. More than a dozen sergeants were almost unable to hold her back. After knowing that he had been cuckolded, the magistrate became so furious that he punched and kicked his wife. The interrogation almost came to a standstill. In the end, it was Gao Huaiyuan who removed the county magistrate before the process could proceed.
And this magistrate’s wife put on a hat for her husband. After all, I didn't give birth to a son for Master Cai in vain, but I gave him the most. Not only was it more than her husband's, it even exceeded the confessions of other state and county officials in Yan'an Prefecture. Although she is the wife of a magistrate, this is the first time she has experienced such a scene. What's more, she is a woman herself.
The county magistrate's wife, in a state of panic, not only revealed that the child she had just given birth to was Master Cai's. It was also revealed that a large part of the stone resin produced by the two mines and the iron tools forged were shipped to Beiliao. They have spies in the border army in Yulin Town. And the level seems to be not low, and everyone seems to know it, so it is very convenient for them to smuggle.
Master Cai actually made a lot of money overtly and covertly through this smuggling route to Beiliao. Over the years, at least hundreds of thousands. Although the county magistrate is in charge of two mines and iron yards, Master Cai decides who to sell, how much to sell, and what the price is. The money that Mr. Cai put with him alone amounted to 100,000 yuan in banknotes from Shanxi banknotes.
