The team walked for five days and nearly 200 miles, and finally entered Shaoyang Mansion.
Wugang County is a county under Shaoyang Prefecture. As the newly appointed county magistrate, Sun Siwen naturally has to go to the prefecture to visit the prefect first.
The prefect of Shaoyang is called Liang Xiwen. He is a middle-aged man in his forties. He has an elegant temperament and looks like a traditional Confucian scholar.
In fact, this is also true.
This prefect Liang was good at studying, but not very good at governing. He has a great reputation in the literary world and is known as Shuo Ru. But the governance of the place was in such a mess that even Wugang, the subordinate county, lost control.
In fact, not only Wugang County, but also the other nine counties under the rule of Shaoyang Prefecture, there are many places in chaos, with faint signs of losing control.
In addition, from time to time, the Miao people from the mountains rushed out to cause trouble. This incident made the fussy Magistrate Liang very anxious. He wrote several poems in a row, angrily complaining about the unscrupulous people, their shamelessness, and their cruelty to the people.
But literati.
Apart from a few rants, there was nothing else.
The place continued to get worse and worse, and the county government issued more and more reprimands. The great Confucian prefect was exhausted and was about to apply for a transfer from his superiors, hoping to return to the court and become a leisurely scholar.
He was quite surprised to see Sun Siwen bringing such a majestic bodyguard to his appointment. Then there was a burst of surprise. He took Sun Siwen's hand and said: "I have heard in the past that a new Chang Ning was established in Changning County, Hengyang Prefecture. The academy recruited hundreds of students, making local culture and education new.
Sun Jiaoyu, the mountain chief in the courtyard, is also a great talent who is good at teaching students, and he has always wanted to meet him.
Now that I meet Sun Jun, I know that you are not only good at studying, but also good at running the army.
With this majestic and mighty army, Wugang's peace and stability will definitely not be a problem. "
Although he wanted to apply for transfer, before leaving, Liang Xiwen naturally hoped that his political performance would not be so ugly.
If Wugang can be pacified before leaving, even if he is transferred back to the court, he can still have an explanation and get a better position.
Therefore, he is quite active in this matter.
Sun Siwen was surprised when he heard that Liang Xiwen, a great scholar, actually knew his name. Later, when he heard the other party talk about his work, he immediately promised: "Don't worry, Lord Magistrate. With me here this time, I will never let those thieves continue to cause trouble in the county."
Liang Xiwen nodded repeatedly, then took Sun Siwen's hand and said bitterly: "Sun Jun, when you go, you must kill those thieves. They are all people who have no law, are greedy and love to kill. Treachery and evil will be left useless.
If possible, we should punish them as much as possible to stabilize the place. "
The magistrate spoke with murderous intent, which made Sun Siwen slightly shocked. At the same time, he understood even more that the banditry in Shaoyang Mansion had reached such a serious level.
He even forced a great scholar to kill the thief ruthlessly.
Thinking of the plan to get rid of thieves that he had made a few days ago, he immediately said solemnly: "Please rest assured, my lord, all thieves and bandits will not be spared by the lower officials, and they will be eliminated completely."
Magistrate Liang was very satisfied with the attitude of his new subordinate. A rare smile appeared on his face. He let go of his hand, stroked his beard and said: "If all the people below me were talented people like Sun Jun, why would the house be in such chaos? degree?
Now that I have gone to take up my post, everything is waiting to be done. Does Mr. Sun need any help?
If so, please tell me and my city can help. "
Seeing that the prefect was so easy to talk to, Sun Siwen immediately said happily: "There are indeed some people who need the help of the prefect. In order to take office this time, I spent all the three thousand taels of salary funded by the county government, and also launched a fund-raising campaign among the gentry in Changning County, and then recruited Got five hundred warriors.
But now all the money has been spent. After this month and next month, the soldiers' salaries will not be paid.
I sincerely request you to allocate some money, as long as it can last for two or three months.
After Wugang was pacified, the place was stabilized, and taxes were collected, the lower officials could rely on the county's finances to allocate military pay. "
Upon hearing the request for money, Magistrate Liang's expression froze slightly. If Fucheng had money, he would have recruited soldiers and horses to exterminate the bandits, and he would have waited for Sun Siwen to come.
But thinking about what he had just released, and that Sun Xiancheng in front of him was indeed pleasing to his eyes, and those thieves were indeed hateful, he gritted his teeth and said: "A large army must fight without money.
Let's do this. The city is not rich either. I will allocate five thousand taels of military pay to you. You can take it with you to your post and use it to reward the soldiers.
Remember, you must kill those thieves for me this time. "
The face in his heart, as well as his hatred for thieves and bandits, made the prefect take out half of the small amount of silver in the city at once.
As for whether this will cause any fiscal deficit?
The prefect, who is about to be transferred, can no longer control so much.
Just let your successor have a headache.
Hearing that there was so much money, Sun Siwen was overjoyed, and his voice became louder and said: "Thank you, Lord Magistrate. Don't worry, sir, none of these thieves and bandits will be spared by the lower officials."
Magistrate Liang nodded, feeling that his money was well spent.
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An hour later, the army left Fucheng and continued southward toward Wugang County.
On the carriage, Lu Yuan couldn't help but smile after listening to Sun Siwen's story and the large box of silver placed in the carriage: "So Brother Sun went there and brought back five thousand taels of silver. "
Sun Siwen also smiled and nodded: "Yes, I didn't expect the magistrate to be so happy. In order to suppress the thieves, he actually gave two thousand taels of silver more than the county government."
Lu Yuan laughed and said, "It seems that the prefect was worried by those bandits, so he wanted to spend money to solve the problem as soon as possible. Fortunately, with this military expenditure, the army will have enough pay for the next three months. Landed."
According to the treatment of officers and soldiers in this world, the monthly salary of a soldier is five taels of silver. This time they recruited 500 people. After excluding the 150 people who did not need to pay wages, there were still 350 people who had to pay wages.
If this goes on for a month, it will be one thousand seven hundred and fifty taels of silver.
Five thousand taels of silver can only last three months.
Of course, the soldiers and horses in Lu Yuan's camp are definitely not as good as the soldiers.
But the problem is that their mission this time is inherently dangerous and the risk of death or injury is extremely high. If you don't offer a higher salary, who would be willing to follow you to escape death and work for you?
'No wonder the Dai Viet court stipulated that a county could only have a hundred soldiers. I originally thought this number was a bit too few.
But now that it's my turn to be in charge, I realize how expensive it is to raise soldiers.
There are so many people that we really can’t afford to feed them. '
Lu Yuan sighed in his heart, and then made up his mind. After arriving in Wugang County, he must kill more people and raid more homes. He will not stop until he makes tens of thousands of taels of silver.
There are also a lot of soldiers and horses.
See if there is an opportunity, pull them out to suppress the bandits, and at the same time train your troops, you can also consume more and save money.
He spent all his money, but he had to spend it to get some value.
