Chapter 272: Reward and Threat

Regarding the request of the commander of Yudu, Huang Qiong did not immediately answer. Instead, he waited until Su Changshi and his entourage arrived, and then said: "The key problem now is not the problem of officials at all levels in the rebels. It's about how to deal with these more than 30,000 rebel soldiers. The generals of the rebel army said that one of the higher grades rewarded them with a prisoner's car. ”

"But these more than 30,000 soldiers, if they are not handled well, it will cause chaos. If nothing else, people who have nowhere to go, if they are in the Whistling Mountains, how much energy will it take to calm down? In addition, among the more than 30,000 soldiers, whether there are any people who were originally born as Jiangyang thieves and other characters need to be investigated before they can be dealt with. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Qiong looked at the person who was found by herself, and said directly: "How to deal with these things, Lord Yu is a military attaché, that is, he has no rights and no experience." This king has come to you to ask you, civil officials, how to deal with this matter. Sima Tongzhi, you are the Tongzhi of the Tiger Prison Guan Fumin, and you are also the head of the local civil officials, you can talk about it first. ”

Huang Qiong opened her mouth to ask, a few people, you look at me, I look at you, and I was a little overwhelmed for a while. And the Tiger Prison Pass Tongzhi, after being pointed on the head by Huang Qiong, had to speak first: "After the prince arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, all the decisions were wise, and we were all happy and convinced." The prince is the disposal envoy of Zhengzhou, and how these people are resettled, it is naturally up to the prince to make full decisions. ”

", this king didn't say anything, what are you convinced? If the king had to decide everything, what would the king ask you to consult? You are a tiger prison keeper and a fellow acquaintance of the people, and you are also in charge of local civil affairs, and you can be regarded as a territorial official. This king came to you to let you make up ideas, not to let you make sycophants. When this fellow acquaintance's sycophant was obviously wrong, Huang Qiong's face was very ugly.

Looking at Huang Qiong, who had a somewhat gloomy face, the Tongzhi Lord was frightened and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Back to the prince, the lowly position is Enmeng's official, neither Jinshi and first, nor the official election officer. The humble post turned out to be a military attaché, although he had not been to the border army for training, but he had always been on an errand in the Eighth Army of the Imperial Forest. ”

"Humble duty in the Eighth Army of the Royal Forest has been boiled to the fifth grade, and later my father also knew that the humble position, that is, afraid of hardship, but also afraid of death, is really not the material for the army. If he is selected for his humble position that day, he will miss a major event if he does not do well in the rotation of the border army, and he will also affect the family. Ten years ago, my father tried his best to change his humble position from martial arts to literature. ”

"Anyway, the lowly position is not the eldest son in the family, and the ancestral title is not the turn of the lowly position. If the Enmeng official achieves the four grades, he will also achieve the top. Rather than working in the army, it is better to change civilian officials and release them as soon as possible to get some money to support their families. ”

"Tiger Prison Pass itself is directly under the management of the Ministry of War, not under the management of local prefectures and counties. There are not many people in the Kannai, and because it is located on an important road, most of them are shops. The oil and water here are big, and there are no trivial things. In addition to collecting taxes, it is also to deal with the cases of some officers and soldiers fighting with gambling houses and brothels because they refuse to pay gambling and prostitution fees. ”

"There are few things, a lot of oil and water, and it is close to the capital, so there is still some care under his nose. The most important thing is that it does not govern the state and county, and it does not unify the army to fight. There is only oil and water, and there is no responsibility at all, it is really a fat shortage of my big Qi Dynasty. Anyway, in the lowly family, they don't expect to be promoted to Yaozu. ”

"As long as the garrison of Tiger Prison Pass does not rebel, it will not cause trouble. As long as we do not deduct our salaries, the inland garrison will not cause any big trouble. After a few years of working in the military department with a humble position, just in time for the vacancy of the same acquaintance here, my father worked hard to help the humble post find such an official position. ”

"I have never been a magistrate, and I have no experience in governing prefectures and counties. It's really not a sincere shirk, but I really don't know how to do it. You have also seen that although this Tiger Prison Pass is located on a key road, in addition to the garrison, the rest are some merchants who provide convenience for merchants to come and go, and there are even more prostitutes in the pass than girls from serious families. ”

"Although this Tiger Prison Pass is prosperous, the people in the pass together are not more than half of the rebels. Fumin Tongzhi is not so much about governing civil affairs as it is more about dealing with soldiers and people fighting. The lowly did not dare to deceive the prince, and asked the prince to forgive him for this time. The guy explained while kowtowing desperately. This style, how can there be a style from a family background.

Seeing this guy's head knocking so ruthlessly, he could hear it through the heavy Persian carpet. Huang Qiong could only command Yu Du, and Su Changshi and several people looked at each other and shook their heads and smiled bitterly. For such a glass egg who kneels down at every turn, always fails to grasp the key point except for errands, and seems to have no other problems, Huang Qiong also feels somewhat helpless.

Huang Qiong, who just wanted to get angry, was frozen by the string of cold jade prayer beads in his palm, and the fire came down again in an instant. Only then did I think about it, for this kind of guy, there is really a root cause that can't be fired. You can't just give someone a board just because they're being honest with you. If you really make such a play, it will seem that you have no room for others.

I really don't want this guy to get involved in this kind of thing, so as not to completely lose his appetite for discussing things. Huang Qiong ignored him kneeling on the side, stood up and paced back and forth for a few steps, then raised his head and said to him: "Okay, you don't have to discuss this matter." The rebels have been counted of supplies, and the king is handing you over an errand. ”

"If it is done well, and the bad things that were done before are not good, this king can not blame the past. If it can't be done, then it's no wonder that this king is going to blame. Find a crooked neck tree yourself and hang yourself, so as not to disturb your powerful father. The seized materials and silver coins have been counted and registered. According to reason, these materials and silver should be handed over to the imperial court. ”

"However, before leaving, the king promised the cavalry camp, and if he won the battle, he would ask for a reward for them. At present, the imperial court is having a difficult income, and it is reported that the money will be allocated and I don't know when it will be allocated. This king cannot let the soldiers of the cavalry battalion shed blood and tears. In this way, the king will be the lord for once. Anyway, these materials and money were handed over, and I didn't know that they had fallen into the pockets of that bastard. ”

"The Xiaoqi battalion urged the food and salary, and this time Mengjin did not follow. You are solely responsible, according to the two days of the Tiger Prison Pass among the ordinary soldiers, the uninjured each person 25 yuan, the lightly injured 50 yuan, the seriously injured 100 yuan, and the dead 300 yuan each, will be paid in advance. ”

"This amount is the base number, and the low-level military attachés such as the captain, the captain of the army, and the team leader will add ten times to each of the higher levels according to this base. Those who died in battle are added 100 yuan, which includes burial expenses, but those who died in battle do not include the bereavement benefits that should be given by the imperial court. For those who died in battle, and their families were in the Tiger Prison, an additional 500 yuan was given to each family as a bereavement pension. ”

"In addition, the grace that the court should give, this king will naturally ask for. The soldiers of the cavalry battalion who came later, the future and those who participated in the war, according to this standard, ordinary soldiers are ten yuan per person, and there is no rank of military attache below the team, and each level is higher. As for the officials of more than 100 households, it is inconvenient for the king to give rewards directly, and they will be rewarded after they are reported to the imperial court. ”

"The three military attaches killed by Jiang Xin were each given 1,000 taels of money, 20 taels of gold, and 200 taels of silver as bereavement benefits. As for the two hundred households that were beheaded by this king, they were not given the burial and bereavement benefits that should be given by the official. Each person is to be paid by the king himself and given to his family members for burial. In a moment, you go to Wang Dalong and take a hundred silver tickets from him. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Qiong stared at that fellow acquaintance for a long time before continuing: "How greedy you are on weekdays, this king can't control it. Because it was a matter of the military department and the imperial history platform, the king's hand was not stretched out so long. But in this matter, if you dare to be greedy for a penny, this king will not care who your father is, and he will still kill your whole family. ”

The reward issued by Huang Qiong has a lot of things in it. He rewarded ordinary soldiers, as well as military attachés who were not in the ranks, such as captains, commanders, and team leaders. Since the beginning of the hundred households above the eighth grade, he has not given any reward. This is done very cleverly. According to the Daqi custom, only military attachés with more than 100 households can be regarded as military attaches who enter the stream.

It is only the military attache who has begun to register in the Ministry of War that can be called an official. As for the less than 100 households, they can only be regarded as officials in the army, and they are regarded as not in the stream. Reward these people, and no one will say anything. Because the appointment of these people does not require the subordinates of the army, a lieutenant can make a decision.

However, if it is a reward for more than 100 households, those military attaches who have already registered in the military department will obviously be taboo. If these people want to show their merits, they must report to the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, and all rewards need to be given by the imperial court. All the rewards of the military attache came from the imperial court, which was repeatedly emphasized by Huang Qiong, the emperor Laozi, when he was regaining power.

Whoever touches this point is to say goodbye to the emperor. If Huang Qiong gave a reward in private, it would be even more taboo. Even if the emperor trusted him now, he would not give him good fruit to eat. Therefore, the reward given by Huang Qiong is still a bit tricky. That is, he showed the whole army that he would never break his word, and he did not touch the emperor's bottom line.

The most important thing is to let the generals of the cavalry battalion know that they have no reward for the time being. But as long as the King is here, what should be given to them will never be able to escape. In this way, it also calmed the minds of the generals of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion in disguise. And the reward given by Huang Qiong, except for the heavier ones, is actually not rich.

For ordinary soldiers who participated in the war and were not wounded, 25 yuan was only two months' salary. As for the richness he gave to the dead, no one could say anything. After all, people are dead, and it makes sense to give more. What's more, even if it is wooed, who else can win over the dead to work for themselves?

Huang Qiong rewarded the soldiers who participated in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Tiger Prison Pass, and the reward was very skillful. that is, he fulfilled his promise, and did not deliberately touch the emperor's bottom line. But for that Tongzhi adult, Huang Qiong's attitude is different. While warning the fellow intellectual, Huang Qiong's cold gaze never left his face.

Hearing Huang Qiong's threat, the acquaintance kowtowed again and again: "Please rest assured, the prince, this matter is absolutely done properly, and there will definitely be no penny less." Although he is greedy, he also knows what to be greedy and what not to be greedy. Such a matter of embezzlement and burial of fallen soldiers, compensation and loss of children and grandchildren, it is impossible to do it in a humble manner. ”

"Although the lower officials are greedy, they also know that there are three greedy. The first point of bearing the brunt of this is that the soldiers have never been deducted from their military salaries, burned and buried, and have been compensated. Once you start from this, so that the soldiers do not have enough to eat, do not have warm clothing, and no one cares if they die, it is easy to cause military chaos. Therefore, since the lower officials took office, the food and salary have always been paid in full. ”

"The second is that he never starts with ordnance. Ordnance is the primary material of warfare, and once something goes wrong with this, it is a big problem. Although Tiger Prison Pass has been peaceful for more than 100 years, it is the gateway to Gyeonggi after all. If there is no chaos here, it will be fine, but once there is chaos, it will inevitably shock Gyeonggi and go straight to the Holy Hearing. ”