Chapter 140: Give a bullfight, reward five dollars

He didn't dare to speak loudly, and weakly begged for some subscriptions to ask for foreign needs from the imperial officers and soldiers.

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Whether it is a police report or a good news in the southeast, it should first be sent to the Nanjing Military Department for knowing, and then it will be sent to Beijing as soon as possible.

On the one hand, this procedure is to ensure Nanjing's political status, and on the other hand, it plays a role of "choosing more than light". That is, if the matter is small, the Nanjing Military Department can be determined. It's a big deal, and the party reports Beijing knows. Otherwise, if big and small things are sent to Beijing in one go, the Nandu Military Department will be like a fictitious unit, and it will invisibly increase the "workload" of the Beijing Military Department.

It is said that the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing, that is, the Ministry of Rites, is really a clear water yamen, with no oil and power, and the power of the rest of the ministries is still very heavy.

For example, the Nanjing Criminal Department is responsible for the criminal names of the Nanjing Divisions, the Gonghou Uncle's Mansion, and the Jingwei Office, and the judicial power is extremely great; The Nanjing Ministry of Officials is responsible for the six-year Beijing inspection and examination of officials in Nanjing, and the Beijing Ministry of Officials shall not interfere; Nanjing's household department was responsible for collecting taxes and grain from Nanzhili and Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang provinces (the taxes and grains paid in these four places accounted for almost half of the empire), and was also responsible for the transportation of water and the introduction of salt from all over the country.

The Nanjing Military Department is the head of the six departments, and the military department is still the secretary of the military department, and the internal garrison and garrison lords are collectively called the three carriages of the southern capital, and the weight of power is no less than that of the cabinet ministers.

It's just that the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department does not actually deal with the affairs of the department, and most of the affairs such as the provincial Tangxun are in charge of Zuo Shilang.

The left squire of the Nanjing Military Department is Cui Zhijia, and after seeing the good news submitted by the governor of Fujian, he realized why his left eye has been jumping non-stop these days.

It turned out that I wanted to get rich!

What kind of person is Cui Shilang?

It is a ruthless character who dares to snatch food from the tiger's mouth, and snatches 10,000 taels of silver from the hands of Admiral Wei Gonggong, who is unstoppable and invincible, and everyone in Nanjing City!

How could such a powerful person let the opportunity given by God slip out of his hands in vain?

So, Cui Shilang threw the good news from Fujian on the table, and talked about other matters with the left and right directors and the secretary office, without mentioning the good news from Fujian.

If you don't mention it, don't ask or report it, this good news is undoubtedly stuck in the Nanjing Military Department.

Logically speaking, this is completely out of order. Maybe any of the officials in the ministry are not human spirits, whether they are in charge or Lang Zhong, one by one seems to have collective amnesia, and they have "forgotten" this great victory in Fujian.

It's just that they can forget, and some can't.

Wei Guangwei, who had been sitting on a cold bench in the Nanjing Ministry of Rites for more than two years, sat in the duty room until the sun went down, and then hurried to the street outside the Ministry of War to stop Cui Shilang, who was about to get into the carriage and go home.

"Which gust of wind blew Lord Wei over?"

Wei Guangwei's appearance made Cui Shilang really a little surprised, although the two were both officials in Nanjing, they had no friendship with each other.

"If you don't have anything to do, you will be free? Why don't you find a quiet place to drink a pot? Wei Guang said with a smile.

"Lord Wei, is there something wrong?" Cui Shilang was puzzled, his military department and the etiquette department couldn't fight together, what could Wei Guangwei do with him?

Wei Guang smiled and said, "I'm fine, I'm just asked by someone to ask Master Cui for a small favor... But I don't know if adults can give Guangwei some thin noodles? ”

The other party said so, Cui Shilang also wanted to give face no matter what. He knew that this Wei Guangwei was demoted to the Nanjing Ministry of Rites because he offended Zhao Nanxing, the patriarch of the Donglin Party, but he was born in Shujishi, and he was already a waiter in the Nanjing Ministry of Rites in his early thirties. At that moment, he went to a famous restaurant on the Qinhuai River with Wei Guangwei.

After three rounds of drinking, Wei Guangwei motioned for the singer to withdraw, and then took out a silver ticket of three thousand taels and handed it to Cui Shilang, saying, "This is the charcoal money that someone entrusted me to give to the adult." ”

"Charcoal money?"

Cui Shilang's expression was surprised at first, and then it turned into understanding, and he quietly accepted the silver ticket, and asked casually, "But the one who made a big fuss in Nandu?" ”

Wei Guang smiled and said, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Master Cui... In the battle of Dongsha, Wei Gonggong personally went into battle to kill the enemy regardless of the danger, and I admired it after hearing about it in Nandu, if this great victory could not be known to the court, Wei Gonggong would inevitably be aggrieved. ”

"Just to let the court know, I gave up these three thousand taels, and it is not cost-effective for Gonggong Wei." Cui Shilang smiled.

"Father-in-law Wei is not for himself, but for the officers and soldiers who bravely killed the enemy. If the court does not reward it, the soldiers will inevitably be chilled. ”

Wei Guangwei said so, but he still didn't think much of it in his heart. It has always been to repay merit for the purpose of asking for rewards and making money, but your father-in-law Wei advanced money into it, no matter how you look at it, you are a little clueless. But he couldn't control this matter, so Xiao Wei asked him to come forward and get things done.

When his own groom put a hat on Xiao Wei, Wei Guangwei felt guilty.

"Yes, no matter how bitter it is, the soldiers can't be bitter, it's good to let Jingzhong know about the victory of Dongsha as soon as possible."

Cui Shilang also had a solemn face, he has an advantage that he will definitely do things when he receives money, and his efficiency is also high.

When the General Administration Department saw that it was a good document, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent it to Miyagi. Soon, the good news was brought to the Qianqing Palace by Li Yongzhen, the eunuch on duty in the clerical office of the celebrant supervisor.

It's just that the emperor will still be with the concubine Niangniang, Li Yongzhen wanted to go directly to the Guifei Palace to report the victory, but she thought that the mother had a lot of anger and anger recently, so she waited patiently for fear of disturbing the Niangniang's tranquility.

After about half an hour, the emperor returned to the Qianqing Palace. Seeing that Marquis Li Yongzhen was there, with a question book in his hand, he asked what was the matter.

"Back to the emperor, Fujian reported victory, Dongsha victory, killed more than 1,000 widows!" Li Yongzhen said loudly and excitedly.

"Oh?!"

When the emperor heard that it was good news, he was also happy, and hurriedly asked Li Yongzhen to present the good news, opened it and looked at it, his face was full of excitement at first, and then the smile gradually solidified.

Li Yongzhen has been secretly watching, and when she saw this, her heart instantly rose: Could it be that the emperor saw that something was wrong? When he was worried, he heard the emperor say: "Draft." ”

Li Yongzhen hurriedly bowed down and listened, only to hear the emperor say: "The great victory in Dongsha, the killing of more than 1,000 Japanese people, is a rare victory in the maritime industry since I ascended the throne. ”

After finishing speaking, he said: "Fujian Governor Huang Chengxuan has a good command, and he will add the title of prince and give fifty taels of silver. Admiral Maritime Eunuch Wei managed the army in a good way, set an example in front of the battle, rare martial arts, and was specially allowed to make an exception to wear a bullfighting suit, and was given ten taels of silver. ”

After speaking, Wanli waved his hand and ordered Li Yongzhen to retreat from the proposed decree, took the good news of Fujian and walked to the imperial table, thought about it, wrote a sentence at the bottom of the good news, and then ordered the attendant to seal the good news and send it to Fujian together with the holy decree.

When this good news "changed hands" and returned to Fujian, Gonggong Wei had already landed in Zhuluo Mountain, Taiwan.

Zhuluo Mountain is a local language, and my father-in-law has the impression that this place should belong to the Chiayi of later generations, so he is ready to change the name of Zhuluo Mountain to Chiayi. When discussing the name change with the left and right, the emperor's holy decree was sent by the clipper ship of the center and left.

The chamberlain who came to deliver the decree did not immediately announce the decree, but asked Duke Wei to retreat and hand over the good news of the emperor's imperial approval to Duke Wei first.

Seeing that the chamberlain looked flattering to him, the father-in-law thought that there must be a surprise, maybe it was the emperor who agreed to his own expedition, so he happily opened it to see, but the old face turned green on the spot.

The emperor didn't say anything else, just wrote a line of big words at the bottom of the good news - are you as stupid as you!

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