This time, when the staff general of the Dengzhou Navy Division took up his new post, he proposed to review the whole army.

There are also sea ships in the guards, although they are only small boats such as sentinel ships and centipede ships, and there are no big ships such as sand ships and fortune ships, but at least there are them, and they also belong to the establishment of the Dengzhou Naval Division.

Why is this so? First, there is a practical need. If the enemy is attacking, it can be very convenient to communicate; Second, why not continue to squeeze the guard? These ships belonged to the Dengzhou Naval Division, but most of the expenses were borne by the guards, and the people who operated them were also the guards and soldiers. You can justifiably eat empty salary.

The guards will definitely be passed on to those military households. In this way, didn't you take another bite of Tang monk's meat?

It can be seen from this that military households are indeed particularly "easy to use", and the methods of exploitation can be varied, and it is no wonder that the imperial court is unwilling to abolish it.

Since there was an order from Shangfeng, Lingshanwei would definitely not dare to slack off, so Lingshanwei's commander, he led almost all the military attaches of more than 1,000 households, and went straight to Dengzhou on two ships. Unexpectedly, there was an accident at sea, and suddenly encountered a seaspout, both ships capsized, and the top management of Lingshanwei was all wiped out at once.

A sad shipwreck!

But life always has to go on. The old commander burped, according to the rules of Lingshanwei here, it should be inherited by his eldest son, Ding Yuanxin.

There is nothing wrong with this, as long as the dots are in place and follow the rules of officialdom, no one will stumble. But what I didn't expect was that the rules went to the last step - to the capital military department for review and approval, the court issued an official seal, and went to the temple to face the saint, but it was suddenly stuck.

The reason for the military department is also very strong: Do all the people of your Lingshan Guard eat? Inexplicably came a total annihilation? If it weren't for the fact that the old commander also died in an accident, our military department would definitely come to remove him from his post and investigate it.

Do you Ding Yuanxin still want to inherit it easily? Forget it, looking at the incense in the past, the shipwreck doesn't matter. But you can't pay the usual fees, at least multiply!

In other words, to explain - it is that the military department caught Lingshanwei's sore foot and wanted to extort more silver from Ding Yuanxin!

Ding Yuanxin was suddenly startled, and this suddenly came out by several thousand taels. And don't forget, those two ships were also gone. According to the rules of officialdom, if Ding Yuanxin wants to inherit, he needs to pay his own money to make up for the shortfall. The addition of this inside and outside makes Ding Yuanxin very painful.

However, no matter how painful it is, it is impossible to give up the position of inheriting the position of commander of the guard. Ding Yuanxin estimated that the money around him was not enough, and it was too troublesome to go back to Lingshanwei, and he was even more afraid of long nights and dreams. So in desperation, I found a store that borrowed Beijing debts.

At that time in the Ming Dynasty, borrowing Beijing debt was quite popular, because there was a huge demand market.

Expired officials and new scholars all want a better new official position. But these people are not people who have mines and fields in their homes, and many of them are still from poor backgrounds, so what should we do? Where will the money come from? As a result, some shops in the capital lent Beijing debts and lent usury to these officials.

Of course, if you dare to do such a business, the background of these shops is quite deep. They are not at all afraid that these officials will pay their bills. even provides a series of services at a clear price to give gifts (if you have money, you may not be able to find a way); The icing on the cake (if there is a political dispute, not necessarily two gifts?) Let these stores come forward, and whoever wins will give it to whom); There is even the need to pick official positions and solve troubles (most things can be solved as long as you are willing to spend money).

But what made Ding Yuanxin vomit blood was that the store refused to borrow it at all.

There is no risk in lending to civil officials, and civil officials can play some tricks in the yamen casually, and it is trivial to pay off this debt. It is also not very risky to lend to the military attaché. At the very least, they can eat empty salaries.

But is the military attache of the guard still considered an official? As far as the head of a large farm is concerned, the military tuntian is fixed, and the annual income of the Wei commander is almost fixed. How do you want to pay it back?

It's not that these shops really can't do it, but they hate the trouble and don't look down on this kind of "small business". Is it just for this few thousand taels to go to your Lingshan Wei to ask for debts? Isn't this taking the initiative to come to the door and be beaten? If the relationship between the factory guard or the officialdom is used, the cost may exceed these thousands of taels, and the gain outweighs the loss. So I wasn't very interested.

At this time, he found that he was rejected, and Ding Yuanxin was completely annoyed. Usually noble and martial, it doesn't matter if he is despised, but now even those guys who borrowed Beijing debts come to despise themselves?

Ding Yuanxin has lived a privileged life since he was a child, and he has been contaminated with the habits of many rich and noble children, he is actually no longer like a military general's child, he has always mixed with literati, sang poetry and sang on weekdays, escorted prostitutes to the lake, and the whole family also lived in the prosperous Dengzhou capital.

It can be seen that Ding Yuanxin doesn't look down on a rural place like Lingshanwei at all, and he doesn't want to care about Lingshanwei's. Of course, Lingshanwei has no trivial matters, and the division of power in it is already very balanced, and there are officials at all levels of management in it.

And there is no need to worry about the security of leading troops. After Qi Yu and the others' old soldiers retired, they were rewarded with a large number of low-level military attache positions, and became the general banner of the hundred households of the guard, as well as the patrol inspection of nearby places.

You must know that an old soldier will at least bring a few dozen veterans to take office together. These are all Qi Jiajun and Yu Jiajun! Are you still afraid of a few pirates?

But on the other hand, since the power has been balanced, the oil and water of the Wei Commander are not much. Therefore, those who borrow Beijing debts are not interested, and Ding Yuanxin is also not very interested. So he had an idea, why don't he simply sell Lingshanwei?

Of course, the "sold" mentioned here is not the sale of any official position, if it is more accurate, it should be interpreted like this - sell the right to include tax!

If someone lends Ding Yuanxin a considerable amount of silver, he can get the right to pack taxes for a certain number of years. How are taxes charged? How much do you charge? Ding Yuanxin won't care. As long as you don't force those military households to rebel, you can toss whatever you want. Of course, if you can't collect taxes, you're also out of luck.

In addition, the two ships will be covered by the tax collector and will be responsible for the maintenance of all the ships in the future. The tax deed handed over to the imperial court by the guard every year is also borne by the tax contractor. And give the Ding family a fixed amount of living expenses every year, and the specific amount can be discussed.

And the tax collector will be hired as the staff of the Wei Command Embassy, that is, the master, and will be able to borrow the name of the Ding family commander in the future. And have the right to privately recruit a team of doglegs. This also takes into account the actual situation, without force, there is no way to collect taxes in Lingshanwei.

Also, Ding Yuanxin can come forward in terms of officialdom. But in case of war, then the tax collector will have to ensure sufficient troops and equipment! At least you can fool the past.