Chapter 110: Payroll
After Chang Yu left, Zhu Zhifeng returned to the study, explained that his subordinates should not be disturbed, and sat alone at the table looking at the cup of hot tea in a daze, he was still shocked by what had just happened.
In half an hour, I chatted a lot with that Chang Gonggong, this person made him change his perception of the invisibility of the East Factory, although the words were still tough, but the attitude was not as arrogant as the legend, and his words and deeds were very respectful to himself, which made him a little surprised.
But thinking of Chang Yu's words, although after half an hour of consumption, his heart is still surging: "If you hear that Datong is lost, you can kill Wang Chengyin to ensure the safety of Xuanfu"
When he first heard this, he was first stunned, and then shocked, the thief was only in Pingyang Mansion at this time, and it was still separated from Datong by Taiyuan, how could Datong be lost? There is too much information in it, and it also makes him too incomprehensible.
And what does the loss of Datong have to do with Wang Chengyin, he is guarding Xuanfu Town.
However, Chang Yu didn't explain too much to him, only said that he should take precautions and take precautions, because according to the information mastered by Dongchang Fanzi, Wang Chengyin may be suspected of collaborating with the enemy, but he has not yet obtained real evidence!
But if the thieves take Datong, the next stop must be Xuanfu, in order to ensure the safety of Xuanfu, Wang Chengyin, a scourge suspected of collaborating with the enemy, should be killed immediately!
Of course, Zhu Zhifeng is also a little puzzled, according to the style of doing things in Dongchang, he has been taken down a long time ago, but why is there still an unknown number of Wang Chengyin, presumably the court is afraid of messing up the army's heart, after all, it is a very moment, and the heart of the army is unstable, and the court only dares to win over, how dare to suppress it at will.
Of course, he would not doubt Chang Yu's identity, as the governor of Xuanfu, someone reported to him early in the morning, and the commander of Jinyiwei personally escorted Yuyin into the city last night.
The commanders of the Jinyi Guard came, and the people from Dongchang were not surprised at all, not to mention that he had already received an invitation to the luncheon of the General Military Mansion.
Zhu Zhifeng and Wang Chengyin are officials in the same city, and the governor is in charge of inspecting the military, government and civil affairs, which is quite a high-ranking official in later generations, and they intersect a lot with each other on weekdays, but they always don't like this person, and they always feel that they are sleek and unreliable.
After coming out of Zhu Zhifeng's mansion, Chang Yu took Chunxiang and others and rushed towards the military camp.
At this time, the barracks can be said to be boiling, and the arrears of the imperial court for more than a year were finally issued, and they were sent directly to the hand by the Jinyi Wei according to the roll call, without the hands of the superiors, what does this mean, it means that it will not be eaten and kickbacked!
Although this move made the soldiers happy, some officers were already scared out of a cold sweat, because it was normal for the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty to eat empty salaries, and they would read a lot of names that did not exist, and for a while they thought that this was Jinyiwei investigating the empty salary case, can they not be scared to death.
But there are policies and countermeasures, and they soon came up with someone to take it personally, anyway, there are so many people in the barracks, and the roster is just a name!
However, it soon turned out that it would not work, because the Jinyi guard and the other three guards in the barracks were waiting for them, and declared in advance: If there is an impostor, it will be decided!
Although only the names are on the roster, thousands of people and thousands of pairs of eyes are staring at the soldiers who are queuing up to receive their salaries, and if someone impersonates them for the second time, it is easy to find out.
There are no more than 10,000 permanent soldiers in the Xuanfu barracks, and the rest are under the jurisdiction of various localities, and the salary process is very fast, and it ends in only half an hour.
Looking at the roster list, Chang Yu and Wu Mengming glanced at each other, and both of them had a sneer on the corner of their mouths, only among the more than 10,000 people, there were at least nearly 1,000 vacancies! It's just shocking and appalling!
Turned his head and glanced at a group of officers standing next to him, at this time, all of them were dead, cold sweat broke out, these people just tried their best to do all kinds of work behind their backs, but it was useless, because no one had predicted in advance that this would be the case today, according to the usual practice, as soon as the money arrived at the General Military Office or the Military Reserve Road to verify that it was eaten and distributed from the upper level, they never thought that this team would not follow the rules and send it directly, and they were caught off guard and not prepared at all!
Of course, there are also people who have doubts in their hearts, if Jinyiwei comes to check the empty salary, the easiest way is to gather the soldiers and horses in one place and roll them out according to the book, so why bother with the current salary.
Hehe, Chang Yu threw the roster on the table, and before he could speak, a general next to him stepped forward and hugged his fist at Wu Mengming: "Lord Wu, the strength of the troops was adjusted the day before yesterday, and some were transferred to various places, and the roster has not yet had time to change......"
It's just that he wants to cover up, and he doesn't want to recruit himself, Chang Yu couldn't help but sneer: "What is this general explaining, I didn't ask or say anything."
Eh, the general suddenly looked embarrassed, isn't he investigating the empty salary case!
Of course not!
The purpose of Chang Yu's trip has nothing to do with checking the empty salary, and even if it is checked, it is not such a method, this kind of investigation method can tie people from top to bottom, and the entire army system can collapse, if it is on weekdays, it doesn't matter, but now is a very moment, when using soldiers, many times you have to be blind and pretend not to see.
But the reason why he still made this show was actually beating these officers: Stop, you have been targeted, you should stop it, and the other one is, I don't care about others, but if you want to get money from me, there is no door!
Tens of thousands of taels of silver were smashed out in one morning, and there was still a surplus of more than 100,000 taels owed by the imperial court to Xuanfu Town, but Chang Yu showed that he would not be paid if he did not see the soldiers!
The reason for this decision was, first, that he wanted to send the salary directly to the soldiers, and second, to urge Wang Chengyin to transfer the troops under his jurisdiction to me as soon as possible!
Noon.
When Wang Chengyin came back from handling official business, he set up a luncheon to invite the first and second leaders of the military and government in the city to officially pick up the wind and wash the dust for Wu Mengming and his party.
Before the banquet, Chang Yu asked about the transfer of troops, Wang Chengyin patted his chest and assured that the military order had been issued, and Ming'er promised to gather in Xuanfu City early in the morning to send troops.
Chang Yu was displeased, and even a little angry, the imperial court had sent the order to transfer troops here a few days ago, but they had dragged it here, and the troops under their jurisdiction had not been transferred back.
"The Xuanfu has nearly 10,000 troops at this time, and our family proposes to send troops first, and the rest of the subordinate troops can be made up here," Chang Yu said with anger.
However, Wang Chengyin shook his head and refused, Xuanfu is an important town, these more than 10,000 troops are routinely garrisoned, and they cannot be empty for a day, this is a dead rule, if you want to transfer, unless the existing other troops are supplemented, or there is an order from the governor of Xuanda, but it is impossible at the moment, and he is very puzzled by Chang Yu's eagerness.
"It seems that the people in Dongchang are becoming more and more weightless" Chang Yu put down a sentence, turned around and left, refusing to attend the luncheon.
But his seemingly casual remark made Wang Chengyin's heart sink, it turned out to be a person from Dongchang, no wonder he was so domineering! Yes, can you come with the commander of the Jinyi Guard, can you be a good stubble, how can you be so rough.
And Wu Mengming, who was originally sitting on the side and listening to the two of them talking and drinking tea, almost didn't squirt out, looking at Chang Yu slamming the door and coming out, he was called an admirer in his heart, this thing really dares to pretend to be anything, and what does it look like, is he really from Dongchang?
Chang Yu returned to the guest room in the side courtyard, and the anger in his heart was hard to dissipate, this is the most real side of the Ming Dynasty at this time: the ministers above the court are messing around, the magistrates are not in charge, they will not obey orders, the army is discouraged, the armament is slack, and the upper and lower layers are exploited, and there are all kinds of prevarications.
At this time, he finally had a sense of powerlessness, depressed, Daming was full of holes at this time, every joint had a bad disease, how to turn the tide by relying on his own little eunuch, suddenly felt so tired, and he didn't know where to use his strength, in the face of this kind of mess, it was no longer possible to kill a few people and catch a few people to solve the problem, otherwise Chongzhen would have started earlier.
Although he refused to go out for the banquet, the General Military Mansion still did not dare to snub this great eunuch who called himself Dongchang, and sent rich dishes.
Chang Yu was never polite to eating, and devoured more than ten henchmen and eunuchs.
After a short rest, Chang Yu was bored and couldn't sit still, so he trained Chunxiang and a few people in the courtyard to pass the time, just waiting for tomorrow morning to set off to Datong.
"Father-in-law Chang, father-in-law Chang" was sweating profusely when everyone was practicing, Wu Mengming came over, and looked at Chang Yu with a smile on his face: "Father-in-law Chang, as you wish, set off immediately!" ”
Oh! Chang Yu was a little surprised: "Wang Chengyin agreed to send troops?" ”
Wu Mengming nodded, looked at Chang Yu and said with a smile: "After all, the signboard of Dongchang is better than my Jinyiwei, but Wang Chengyin also said that if you blame it, you have to carry it."
"Blame him m than" Chang Yu scolded angrily, what the fuck is it, the imperial court is now eager to transfer all the troops to the Taiyuan front, who will blame, Chongzhen is impossible, as for the cabinet of those civil servants to blame who they are, who else, Xuanda Governor Wang Jifu? I'll clean him up at the next stop!
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