The pain was like fire, burning in my back.
Zhou Lin lay on the bed, tears streaming down his face. The maid carefully applied the ointment, which hurt Zhou Lin: "Someone, drag her out and beat her to death!"
The maid begged for mercy but was unable to do so, and was about to be dragged out.
Zhou Lin's mother, Huang, came in and drove away the guards.
Huang took the ointment and looked at Zhou Lin's back. She was so painful that she shed tears: "God damn Gu Zhengchen, you used my son to show his authority and beat him so hard. Wu Chong, what do you do for food and how do you protect him?" Master’s?”
Guard Wu Chong felt aggrieved: "Old madam, that Gu Zhengchen brought a group of good soldiers, and I was unprepared and suffered a loss. In addition, that Gu Zhengchen held the transfer order document of General Wu..."
Huang knew the order of General Wu Zhen, so she gently applied medicine to Zhou Lin, gritted her teeth and said: "I don't care what method you use, go and send a letter to the master immediately, and let the master lead the troops in Jiangyin!"
Zhou Lin nodded his head: "Mom, let dad bring everyone back and hang that man named Gu. I will beat him for three days and three nights!"
Wu Chong was a little embarrassed: "Old madam, the master is at sea now and holds an important position..."
Huang took out her handkerchief and wiped the tears on Zhou Lin's face. She turned sideways and looked at Wu Chong: "I don't know any important positions or pirates. Just tell Zhou Huan that if he doesn't come back, his son will be killed." Got chopped!"
Wu Chong had no choice but to agree: "I will send someone to deliver the letter."
Mrs. Huang looked at her son who was grinning, sighed, and gritted his teeth and said, "You are also a failure. You know that the man named Gu is here, but you can't hold it back for a few days? Now that you have suffered such a big loss, it is because of the other party's mercy. Otherwise, under sixty lashes, your bones would have been broken long ago. Let your father handle this matter when he comes back."
Zhou Lin broke out in cold sweat on his forehead and gritted his teeth: "Mom, when will dad come back? If the transfer officer gets transferred before dad comes back, wouldn't he be allowed to run away?"
"Oh, where can I go? It's only three hundred miles to Jurong."
Huang's voice was cold.
After the medicine was ready, Huang arranged for the maid to take care of Zhou Lin and left the room.
Not long after Huang left, Zhou Lin suddenly opened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and called Wu Chong: "Go and call the general banner king Dali and Chen Yazi. You must be more secretive and don't be noticed."
Wu Chong didn't know what the young master was going to do, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he had to take advantage of the darkness to call the flag general king Dali and Chen Yazi into the room.
Wang Dali and Chen Yazi are both rough guys, and they usually try to please Zhou Lin. The reason why Zhou Lin found today's military wife was because of the "intelligence" provided by Chen Yazi. Seeing Zhou Lin being seriously injured, he started crying as soon as he entered the door. Get up, listen to this voice, it is probably more uncomfortable than the death of your own father.
Zhou Lin shouted several times before the two of them stopped crying.
Wang Dali and Chen Yazi wiped their eyes, but their sleeves were not wet at all.
Zhou Lin looked at the two of them and gritted his teeth and said: "The guy named Gu almost beat me to death, and I want to make him die a hard death! As long as you do one thing for me, I will give each of you two release documents!"
Wang Dali and Chen Yazi looked at each other, their eyes gleaming.
Release the documents!
This thing can be said to be extremely valuable!
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the guard system was not very complete. Although there were civil registrations, military registrations, craftsman registrations, etc., they were still not complete. The Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Atlas were created in the 20th year of Hongwu.
Because the military status was incomplete and it was under the control of the Metropolitan Governor's Office rather than the Ministry of Household Affairs, it also provided opportunities for corruption for the generals of the guard station.
The composition of the sergeants of the Ming Dynasty Guards was very complicated. Many soldiers could not survive and had no other choice but to serve as soldiers for food.
However, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were no battles in the internal defense posts, or there were fewer opportunities to fight. It was difficult for ordinary sergeants to be promoted to generals through military merit, and the first batch of generals who rose to the top with their military merit began to enjoy it again.
Enjoyment requires money, the magistrate requires money and exploits the people. When the generals of the guard station ask for money, they naturally exploit the sergeants.
Buying a war horse requires money. You can't contribute the money, but we can do it if you don't. Everyone can do it. As for why I ended up buying a mule, you asked too many questions and there will be no good outcome...
And the land you cultivated is very fertile. No, isn’t this my land? Look, it’s clearly written on the album, this land is mine.
Where is your land? Five hundred steps east!
What, there's a pit there, that's right, that's it.
By the way, this month’s food and salary, don’t complain, it’s just that heavy, if it’s not enough for ninety pounds, if I say it’s enough, it’s enough...
There was a lot of oppression in the guards in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After all, there were many people with military merits, and the emperor did not grant county princes or county barons, so there were a large number of commanders, commanders, Qianhu, deputy Qianhu, etc., and these If people want to live a good life, they have to make some people have a bad life.
Under such circumstances, there are many soldiers who want to leave the military and go home to farm, and some even run away directly.
But the problem is, the consequences of running away will be very serious. If you run away, the guard will capture one of your family members from your hometown and continue to serve as soldiers. If you didn't run away, then they will capture them and beat them up and continue to serve as soldiers... …
In order to avoid problems, it is a good thing to take off the paperwork.
The chief of the guard station holds the release document. This kind of document is not official, but gray in nature. But with this document, the sergeant can leave the guard station, return home without any worries, and transfer to civilian status. .
This stuff is illegal, but it makes money.
Wang Dali and Chen Yazi knew the value of the liberation document. You couldn't get it without thirty or forty dollars.
Zhou Lin promised to give each of them two documents of liberation, which is not equivalent to rewarding them with seventy or eighty yuan of money. This is a huge income.
Wang Dali gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master Zhou, just give me your orders!"
Chen Yazi glanced at Wang Dali. You agreed happily. If you were asked to chop Gu Zhengchen, would you dare?
However, Chen Yazi refused to give up such a good opportunity to make money, so he only agreed tactfully.
Zhou Lin was filled with anger and his face became ferocious...
Early the next morning, Jiangyin Health Office.
Gu Zhengchen sat behind the desk, flipping through the money and food account books.
Feng Fu walked in. After saluting, he took out a document and handed it over: "Gu Zhenfu, Changzhou Prefecture has sent three thousand stones of grain, and a receipt needs to be printed."
Gu Zhengchen took the document, looked at it, and asked Feng Fu: "The three thousand shi of grain have been weighed and inspected?"
Feng Fu was stunned for a moment and said: "That's not true. Changzhou Prefecture has never had any problems in delivering food. It is all put into the warehouse directly. There has never been a shortage in these years."
Gu Zhengchen put the documents on the desk and continued to look through the account books: "Zhao Hailou, take people with Deputy Feng Qianhu to see the grain, check it, weigh it and put it in storage."
Seeing Gu Zhengchen's insistence, Feng Fu had no choice but to take Zhao Hailou and others away, and the storage was not completed until noon.
Gu Zhengchen approved the document and handed it to the unhappy Feng Fu. He smiled and said: "Money and food are related to one's family and life. If something goes wrong, no one can afford it. We must be cautious."
Feng Fu collected the paperwork without saying a word, just hugged his fists and left.
Zhao Hailou watched Feng Fu leave and said to Gu Zhengchen, "This Jiangyin Guard person is very arrogant."
Gu Zhengchen closed the account books and sighed: "The imperial court is still too stingy. The amount of money and food allocated to Jiangyin Guards every year is the same as that of Jurong Guards."
"It's the same, isn't that right?"
Zhao Hailou asked doubtfully.
Gu Zhengchen shook his head slightly and stood up: "You are wrong. Jiangyin Guard is different from Jurong Guard. The navy here is the main force, and ships are very important. These ships need to be maintained and repaired, and their daily consumption is fixed. Rong Wei wants to be taller. But the money and food provided are not enough..."
Without money, it would be difficult to replace the ship.
The same goes for later generations. In the beginning, they were all broken fishing boats, which was very tragic. It wasn’t until I got rich that I started eating dumplings. It's just that future generations will attach great importance to sea power, but Lao Zhu doesn't understand that sea power is a magic horse...
Zhang Pei came in and whispered to Gu Zhengchen: "I found a lot of information from the Jiangyin Guards sergeants. It was said that Zhou Huan collected money and valuables from the sergeants, issued liberation documents, and also pretended to pay official rations, deducted rations, and invited Jie Shi Feng, private soldier. In addition, Qian Hu Wu Jun also participated..."
Gu Zhengchen stared: "So many questions?"
Zhang Pei nodded heavily: "Our sergeants came here to find out. Sergeant Jiangyin Guards is also very interested in the tactical backpack and is happy to tell us. Especially when Zhou Lin was whipped, many of the sergeants clapped and applauded."
Gu Zhengchen rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "What about Zhuang Xing and Feng Fu?"
Zhang Pei said seriously: "These two people are quite responsible and have some prestige among the sergeants. No sergeant has ever accused them of doing anything illegal. Zhuang Xing has also protected the sergeants many times..."
Gu Zhengchen understood.
Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Zhang Pei leaned close to Gu Zhengchen and whispered: "Some sergeants hope that I can write a letter to impeach Zhou Huan, the governor of Zhou, and ask for orders for the sergeants, so that Jiangyin Guards can have peace."
"Impeach?"
Gu Zhengchen shook his head bitterly: "Do they really think that a letter of impeachment can bring down a governor, or a governor who has made military exploits and is still fighting on the front line? It's hard to tell when this impeachment document is sent up. It will also make it difficult for Your Majesty. Your Majesty can even pardon a general who has committed a capital crime, let alone someone like Zhou Huan whose crime is not worthy of death."
"I just feel sorry for the sergeants here..."
Zhang Pei sighed.
Gu Zhengchen walked out of the office and looked at the sergeants practicing in the training ground, frowning.
There wasn't much going on that day, and Gu Zhengchen enjoyed his leisure time, occasionally walking into the sergeants to chat and ask questions. As the night grew darker, everyone in the guard camp, except for the sergeants on watch and on duty, fell asleep.
The sky is bright.
Zhang Da, the captain of Jiangyin Guard Fire, led ten people and pushed ten carts to the granary to collect grain.
Dou-level Lu Mumu, who managed the granary, yawned and took out the key and opened the door of the warehouse: "Zhang Da, let's get some meat anytime. This guy hasn't eaten a piece of meat for seven or eight days in a row."
Zhang Da put his hand on his waist and raised his head: "Don't tell me, I will kill a pig today and I will give you a good meal at noon."
Lu Mumu became happy, turned around and saw the man who had entered the warehouse walking out empty-handed, and couldn't help but ask: "You are carrying food, why are you standing there?"
The fireman Li Wu looked at Lu Mutou and spat: "Are you trying to make fun of us by replacing an empty grain depot with another one?"
Lu Mutou was stunned for a moment, then stepped in and walked in, still grinning: "Empty? How is it possible? The food was only put into the warehouse yesterday morning... My mother, it's over..."
