Chapter 126 The dust has settled and the whole army is rewarded

Chapter 125

There is no money in the treasury, this is something Emperor Chongzhen knew very well.

How to reward Ning Haijun for his great victory in Haizhou? In fact, Emperor Chongzhen had a simple mind. If he didn't have money to reward military merit, he would reward officials.

This is an unspoken rule from ancient times to the present. Any general who has made great achievements will either be promoted or make a fortune. Promotion and wealth are like fish and bear's paws, you cannot have both.

But the problem is that after more than two months of debate, no reasonable plan has been come up. Emperor Chongzhen himself feels a little embarrassed. He wants to allocate funds from the inner treasury to reward Cheng Shijie, but the money from the inner treasury...

How much money Emperor Chongzhen had in his inner treasury is an old joke.

There were three theories that were circulated later. One was that it was 37 million taels of silver. This was actually Guo Moruo's guess without any evidence.

The imperial edict of the fifty-second year of Kangxi mentioned: "Wanli of the Ming Dynasty hid two million taels of silver in the Yangxin Hall. When our army entered the country, the enemy troops fled and it was inconvenient to carry them, so they were all thrown into the Yellow River."

In other words, when the Qing army entered Beijing, they actually did not make any money. Of course, when Li Zicheng's Dashun army entered Beijing, they were busy with one thing: chasing stolen goods. They made five thousand clamping sticks and set conditions.

There are 100,000 people, ranging from 30,000 to 70,000 at the ministry level, 30,000 to 50,000 at the scientific level, and 10,000 to 30,000 at the Imperial level.

If you don't give money, you will take it. Suddenly, the situation in Beijing changed, and there were endless wailings. In the process of chasing pay, more than a thousand officials were killed or injured. Although more than 70 million taels of silver were stolen, the real money was not the treasury, not the internal affairs.

The treasury is not an official, but a businessman and a wealthy household.

When Beijing was besieged, the officials' money had actually been transferred, and their wives, children, and children were sent away. A total of 12 Kedao censors were dragged to execution, and they were tortured to death. In the end, only two of them paid, one is unknown, and the other

One of them paid two hundred and fifty taels.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were not actually poor. They were just like the enterprises of later generations. Generally, the assets of enterprises are hundreds of millions or billions, but the cash flow is probably less than 20 million. The same is true for the officials of the Ming Dynasty. They have antiques, cultural toys, calligraphy and paintings, and fields.

, shops and mansions, but I really don’t have much money in my hands.

Just like Wang Zhixin, who was pinched to death by Liu Zongmin. He was the supervisor of the army for four years in Chongzhen and the director of the East Factory. Would there be no money in this official position? However, he could not hand over the 300,000 taels of silver that Liu Zongmin asked for, so he was pinched to death.

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Emperor Chongzhen's inner treasury totaled less than 200,000 taels. Although this amount of money was quite a lot, it was too little compared to the emperor. The Beijing camp started in May of the third year of Chongzhen, and it has been almost two years now.

There is no military pay.

On the one hand, Emperor Chongzhen hated the fact that the 200,000 troops in the Beijing camp only had food to eat but did not work. On the other hand, the treasury really could not come up with money. In a battle of the Daling River, the Ming Dynasty lost more than millions of taels of silver?

Which of Guan Ning's army's horses, chariots, armors, weapons, and artillery does not require money?

Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen did not just want to reward Cheng Shijie with money, but wanted to give Cheng Shijie the power to expand his army. In all reports from Emperor Chongzhen, Ning Haijun was not actually more than 48,000 men, but 8,000.

The remaining people.

Emperor Chongzhen knew the basic calculation that one plus one equals two. He wanted to expand Cheng Shijie's army to 30,000 troops. If he had 30,000 troops, Cheng Shijie could press Jiannu to the ground and rub him. In this way, Jinshishan would no longer be

The Great Victory beheaded 450 people at level 2, and the Great Victory at Haizhou beheaded more than 4,600 people at level 4.

Until now, the four states in southern Liaoning are in the hands of Cheng Shijie. Jiannu suffered such a big loss and did not even think about coming back for revenge. This shows that Cheng Shijie beat Jiannu sorely during the Haizhou victory, and Jiannu hid.

I'm licking my wounds on the side.

These memorials to impeach Cheng Shijie, whether they say that Cheng Shijie was arrogant and domineering, that he had no superiority, or that he treated the gentry harshly and competed with the people for profit, are basically based on rumors. The only thing with real evidence is that he killed three strong women.

Scholars who fuck women.

In Chongzhen's eyes, what does this mean?

What does it count as?

What do these ministers want to do?

Is it worth the effort?

If you really do this, who will give the Ming Dynasty and work for him as the emperor in the future?

Cheng Shijie, the commander-in-chief of the Ning Navy, spent his own money and raised military pay to form an army. This nature is similar to that of Lu Xiangsheng, the prefect of Daming Prefecture. Although there are speculative elements, it is more worthy of praise.

"Someone's coming!"

"The slave is here!"

"It is said that Mr. Xu Ge has come to the palace to pay an audience!"

"yes!"

About an hour and a half later, Xu Guangqi, who was nearly seventy years old, arrived belatedly.

"My lord, Xu Guangqi pays homage to your majesty. May your majesty be safe!"

"Xu Aiqing is exempt from the courtesy!"

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "Please come and sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand to the young eunuch beside him, who was holding dozens of memorials, all of which impeached Cheng Shijie.

Xu Guangqi picked up one copy, glanced at it hastily, and then followed it with the second and third copies.

Xu Guangqi read seven copies and finally stopped. He quickly stood up and left his seat, then knelt down towards Emperor Chongzhen, took off his black gauze hat, and put it in his hands: "I have committed a crime of negligence, and I request to be promoted to official position!"

This is an unspoken rule of the Ming Dynasty. As long as a big cabinet minister is impeached, he must go to court to defend himself. Even if he defends himself, he will act like he is sincere and afraid of losing his official position.

"Xu Qing, didn't you see something?"

"What do you see?"

Xu Guangqi was a little confused about what Emperor Chongzhen meant. He muttered: "Your Majesty means..."

“Some people’s selfishness is so strong that you can smell it ten miles away in the wind!”

Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "Cheng Qing was fighting bloody battles with Jiannu in southern Liaoning. Instead of providing any support, the imperial court was held back. What were they thinking? Xu Qing, you are brave enough to do your job. I know it.

You want to train a new army to boost the country's prestige, and you want to cultivate fine seeds so that the world will no longer have the worry of famine. I have wronged you these years."

Xu Guangqi was silent, listening to the young emperor's chatter.

As a minister, who can know His Majesty's thoughts?

If he can't figure out what's best for him, can such a minister be in the cabinet?

Can it be ranked above the court?

Do you really think that leading cadres are just losers? A bunch of stupid pigs?

In fact, that is not the case. In the Ming Dynasty, those who could pass the Jinshi exam were all outstanding among the people. Do you really think that you can pass the Jinshi exam by memorizing by rote?

If anyone thinks this way, they are too naive.

To borrow a classic line from teacher Li Xuejian: "The world of martial arts is not about fighting, but about human relationships." The county examination, government examination and college examination to obtain the title of scholar are actually a huge audition. Some people are fifteen or sixteen years old.

There are those who pass the exam to be a scholar, but they spend their entire lives unable to pass the imperial examination. Some people pass the imperial examination, but they cannot pass the imperial examination no matter what.

For example, Sun Yuanhua and Mao Yuanyi, don't these two have any talent?

The answer is yes, they are all talented people, but they have flaws in their temperament. They are arrogant about their talents and not proficient in the world. Therefore, they cannot pass the Jinshi test.

Fortunately, Mao Yuanyi was supported by Sun Chengzong, and Sun Yuanhua was supported by Xu Guangqi, so they could become officials, but they were basically at the top.

Although Xu Guangqi was a scientist who was proficient in Western learning and agriculture, he was even more proficient in the ways of the world.

When Emperor Chongzhen ordered him to appear in court, he indeed did not guess what Emperor Chongzhen meant. However, as Emperor Chongzhen tearfully recounted the difficulties of being the emperor, he placed the memorial to impeach Cheng Shijie in front of him.

The meaning is very obvious. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to use his own words to settle the issue of rewards for the Haizhou victory that had been debated for more than two months.

You know, you know, but Xu Guangqi also wants to lose face. If he follows Emperor Chongzhen's wishes this time, he will no longer have to hang out in the court.

There are some hidden rules that cannot be broken. How much effort did the civil servants and bureaucracy put in to suppress Wu Xun and military generals?

If Cheng Shijie breaks this pattern, Xu Guangqi will be sprayed to death.

After wandering around for a long time without getting to the real topic, the young emperor Chongzhen was a little overwhelmed. He couldn't figure out whether he didn't express himself clearly enough or whether Xu Guangqi was playing dumb with him.

Emperor Chongzhen said stiffly: "Xu Qing... To be honest, I am convening Xu Qing today to discuss the issue of rewards for the great victory in Haizhou."

"Your Majesty, the state treasury has no money. This is the truth. Civil and military officials have not been paid their salaries for eight months. Even veterans, if they don't still have some money and food at home, they will be in trouble!"

Xu Guangqi's face was full of emotions, his true feelings were revealed, and he said in a dilemma: "But if you have merit, you will not be rewarded. What is shaken is the country's foundation. What should we do?"

Emperor Chongzhen's face turned red and white, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Master Xu, let's get straight to the point! Now the court is unable to reward Cheng Shijie and Ning Haijun in a short period of time. As the emperor, I cannot not reward merits, and I can only reward them if I have no money.

With the title of official title..."

The problem returns to its origin.

Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly and said: "But Cheng Shijie is already the general of the expedition, the commander-in-chief of the left, and the commander-in-chief of the Ning navy. He has reached the first rank and cannot be promoted!"

Emperor Chongzhen clenched his fists and held it down with all his strength, and his tone became a little aggressive: "I want to promote Cheng Shijie to be the Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong Capital to manage Liaodong!"

The level of the governor of the Ming Dynasty is different from that of the governor of Ning Haijun. To give a very simple example, this is like the governor of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. There is a governor of a county, and the level is the same as that of a county lieutenant or a prefect. There are also

The rank of a governor of a state depends on whether he has integrity and whether he has the rank of general.

The Liaodong Dusi is one of the seventeen Dusi in the thirteen provinces of the two capitals. It has jurisdiction over the Dingliao Left Guard, Dingliao Right Guard, Dingliao Central Guard, Dingliao Forward Guard, Dingliao Guard, Tieling Guard, and Dongning Guard.

, Shenyang Zhongwei, Haizhouwei, Gaizhouwei, Jinzhouwei, Fuzhouwei, Yizhouwei, Liaohaiwei, Sanwanwei, Guangning Zuotunwei, Guangning Youtunwei, Guangning Qiantunwei,

There were a total of 25 guards in Guangning rear garrison and Guangning middle guard (later changed to garrison).
To be continued...