Chapter 279: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
Wei Yi's words are not wrong, the problem in Penghu now is that there are too many stranded people, and the Eastern Domain is still seriously short of people.
The 6,000 official households in the last round were counted from the original more than 10,000 people, plus more than 10,000 immigrants in the past, which was barely enough.
This time, another 4,000 households were added, and more than 20,000 people in Penghu were removed, and it was almost the same.
With a small population in Penghu, the per capita land will be more, and with commerce, fishery, agriculture and animal husbandry, every family can live a well-off life.
It's called killing two birds with one stone.
I believe that the black households on this side of Penghu are in an embarrassing situation of starvation and fullness, and someone will help them move them, and they have the identity of the official household of the Hou Mansion, and no one will refuse.
Of course, Xu Zixian would not be satisfied with the size of the Eastern Domain, which was only 50,000 or 60,000 people, and within two or three years, he hoped that the population of the Eastern Domain would soar to more than 200,000.
According to the county division method of 30,000 or 40,000 households in the Great Wei Dynasty as one small county and 50,000 or 60,000 households as one large county, by three years, the population of the Eastern Domain could be counted as a large county, or even barely a small military state.
At that point, the development of the Eastern Domain was a preliminary success, but it was expected that it would take ...... Xu Zixian knew that the 1.5 million he got from Chen Yutai was definitely not enough, and it was still far away.
Next, his task is to make money desperately, because it costs money for development, money for the people, money for breeding, and money for running factories......
Nan Anhou, who was full of ambition and had the atmosphere of a superior, lost his mind slightly at this moment.
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The storm that Ren Zhong was waiting for did not come, which made it difficult for him to sleep.
For two consecutive days, Xu Zixian, the Marquis of Nan'an, did not gather generals to order the army, did not want to see the bow and arrow on land, and did not take the roll call to determine the list of vacancies...... The biggest ghost in Ren Zhong's heart is to eat empty amounts, in the salt money and silver, daily minister's money and ordnance costs, and ship repair costs, Ren Zhong has his hands, but the account has been flattened, and the ship is repaired, although these warships are in disrepair, but as long as they can raise their sails and sail out to sea, who dares to say that this ship has not been repaired?
Even if it is broken, it is the battleship that is old, and it is no wonder that others.
The salt and vegetables have already smoothed out the accounts, could it be that the observation enables the abdomen of the soldiers of the Xiang army to be cut open and find out what they had eaten before?
As long as you don't make mistakes during this time......
It's good to, point out, this is Ren Zhong has a headache.
The sailors have long been out of practice, and if they can sail out to sea and use strong crossbows to scare those small groups of pirates along the coast, even if the sailors complete the task.
The vacancy is about 400 people, that is to say, the actual number of Nanyang Naval Divisions with more than 3,000 people in the camp is more than 2,700 people.
The military salaries of these hundreds of people, of course, were divided between Ren Zhong and a few henchmen, which can be regarded as a large amount of income.
The imperial court has long stopped taking the sailor seriously, why should Ren Zhong desperately maintain this dilapidated sailor who is no longer used as a bargaining chip?
Xu Zixian summoned the generals of the sailors, the commanders of the thirteen warships, that is, the captains, and the deputy commanders, the commanders of the sailor battalions, the deputy commanders, and the first rank, and dozens of military attachés were called to Penghu County in turn to meet the observer envoy.
The officers and men of the Sailor Division, including the soldiers and sailors, were all curious about the new appoint, and they were the least nervous group, and anyway, it was not their turn to embezzle, nor was it their turn to punish crimes.
However, a day later, there were rumors that Nan'an Hou drove away 2,000 soldiers of the Xiang army in Qizhou, and let the Xiang army return to his hometown in the name of dismissing the old and weak, giving false notes, travel expenses, and additional rewards.
Many of the officers and men of the Xiang Army of the Navy Division have not returned to their hometowns for several years, and when they hear this news, many soldiers have faintly expectations.
They are all paid for settling-in, according to the handprint to become soldiers, less than the age limit, it is normal not to return to their hometowns abroad, but two times a month, they have to drift overseas all the year round, homesickness is of course very heavy, if this time Nananhou is still the same as Qizhou, except for a few sailors who can only beg for a living on the ship, most of them are still willing to take money to return to their hometowns.
The general box army is not good in the year, or in debt, or family members are sick, most of them will be recruited as soldiers under special circumstances, and the box army policy of the Great Wei is to spend money to buy peace, as long as it is an adult man who can walk and jump, small but fifteen, big but forty-five, most of the recruited box army can pass the test.
Then there is a time limit of at least five years, during which many van troops have already weathered the difficulties, but they can't leave if they don't have time, if they meet a boss like Xu Zixian, it is simply the gospel of this kind of van army.
Even if some people can't make a living after returning to their hometowns, the retreat from other places will not affect their re-entry into the camp, which is equivalent to earning another settling-in fee for nothing, which is really a good deal.
After the news spread, Ren Zhong's henchmen in the battalions of the Navy Division hurriedly reported back, and Ren Zhong immediately ordered in the name of the commander not to spread rumors, and those who violated the order were severely punished.
But on the third day, two deputy commanders suddenly resigned to Ren Zhong.
Ren Zhong glared and said, "What mistake did you make, and the observation envoy will be dismissed?" Don't worry, wait for me to meet the observer and talk to him face to face. ”
A deputy commander said with a smile: "There is no need to rush the capital commandery, it is we who have resigned, the official position has been removed, and the rank is still there, and now we are back to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to be elected and re-entered." ”
"Are you crazy?" Ren Zhong said: "What errand is better than being in the water division?" ”
Another deputy commander said with a smile: "Blowing the wind in Penghu all the year round, how can it be good to be on an errand in the inland city guard, idle, and there are benefits to be taken from guarding the card, and you can also settle down nearby, not like here, you can only be a lonely ghost." ”
"Can King Zhao let him do whatever he wants?"
"I waited until I arrived at the Dadu Governor's Mansion, of course I had to sue Nan'an Hou fiercely."
"If you take the money, you can have a better official position, when Nan Anhou said that he wanted to talk about business with us, I thought he was joking, and as soon as he finished speaking, we would know how to make a good deal."
The two deputy commanders said goodbye with a grin, they were impeached by Xu Zixian with the power of the observer, and they pleaded guilty on the spot.
Next, it entered the formal dismissal procedure, and after the two pleaded guilty, Xu Zi first used the big seal of the observation envoy to use the seal, and the two military attaches officially left their posts.
The next thing is to receive the benefits given by Xu Zixian and go to Fuzhou to find King Zhao to cry.
The hostility between King Zhao and Nan Anhou is quite obvious, and it will naturally give these military attaches who have been "bullied" by Xu Zixian a good place to go, even if it is not very good, it is much stronger than hiding in Penghu to blow the wind.
Ren Zhongqi's face rose, knowing that he was almost finished.
Nan Anhou's hand is to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, shaking the hearts of ordinary soldiers with rumors, and amplifying the desire of the soldiers of the Xiang Army to return home, which is not used by the officers.
Then he bribed the officers with money, and made clever use of King Zhao here...... In the era of asymmetric information transmission, it will take a long time for the matter here in Penghu, that is, the truth, to reach the ears of King Zhao.
By that time, at least dozens of military attachés had been relocated, which was the power and responsibility of King Zhao. Could it be that at that time, King Zhao will be able to re-install those military attachés again?
If the movement is too big, it will lose face, and King Zhao will never be stupid like that.
Moreover, these military attaches were indeed driven away by Xu Zixian, but they voluntarily signed a detain, pleaded guilty and left, which saved the back-and-forth defense procedure and simplified complicated matters.
In a few days at most, most of the military attachés of the Nanyang Navy Division will be gone, and so many military attaches will be observed to make the impeachment successful, and finally impeach Ren Zhong, and he can directly report to the two prefectures, not the Dadu Governor's Mansion in Fuzhou, so that Ren Zhong's official position will certainly not be kept.
"This son is amazing...... Ren Zhong closed his eyes and sat down on the chair.
A few days ago, King Zhao's staff Li Gu sent a letter to Penghu, instructing Ren Zhong to resist Xu Zixian's pressure, no matter how Xu Zixian impeached, the review and inspection of the middle and lower-level military attachés must go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion for review, and then King Zhao will not allow impeachment, first slap Xu Zixian and then say!
The observation envoy has a special status, and is a member of the military supervision system directly under the imperial court, even if it is denied by King Zhao, Xu Zixian can also go to the two mansions again, and then it will be the wrestling between King Zhao and Xu Zixian's powerful position. If the two governments want to save face for King Zhao, they have to go to Xu Zixian.
To support Xu Zixian, you have to take into account the anger of King Zhao and the stability of Fujian Road.
Under the headache of the two governments, I am afraid that they can only support Xu Zixian in small amounts, and most of them are decisive to support King Zhao.
After all, it was the result of King Zhao's victory.
And Xu Zixian went out of the ordinary way and directly bought off these unscrupulous military attachés.
These military attachés of the Xiang army all directly pleaded guilty and were detained, what can King Zhao do?
Forcibly stand up for these military attachés who have confessed their guilt?
Do you want the face of the imperial court?
"All the rulers, the lower officials come to resign......"
It didn't take long for footsteps to be heard outside, and several strange faces again.
Ren Zhong waved weakly and let him go, he had nothing to do.
Before dark, at least thirty military attachés came to say goodbye, and of course it was not for nothing, they all needed to be released with seals.
Ren Zhong glared at him, and all of them were released, and after dark, he made a little calculation, there was already a shortage of two-thirds of the military attachés, and if Xu Zi used Qizhou's method again, within ten days, two-thirds of the soldiers would leave.
At that time, Ren Zhong will become a light pole, with no generals to use and no soldiers to use.
The development of events was even more terrifying than Ren Zhong imagined......
On the fourth day of Xu Zixian's arrival in Penghu, a large number of soldiers of the Xiang Army began to be dismissed by him in the name of being old, weak, sick, disabled, incompetent, and not good at martial arts.
In fact, every new observer will use this kind of vigorous and resolute approach.
Of course, the imperial court sent an observer in the hope of purging military discipline, rather than being with the light. Therefore, the Penghu local government quite recognized Xu Zixian's approach, and the Nanyang Naval Division was the barrier guard of Penghu, and everyone hoped that the observation would make a strong army come out.
But the development of events far exceeded everyone's expectations.
On the fourth day alone, more than 500 officers and men left.
Outside the garrison, a large number of copper coins were laid out, and each soldier who left received two pieces of money, and left happily on various ships.
They have documents to observe the use of seals, they are not considered deserters, they still have money to receive, and they avoid turbulence on the sea, and the wind blows in Penghu, which really makes these van troops happy.
The soldiers who have always been dismissed have sad faces, and there are even mutinies and troubles, such as the Penghu revolutionary soldiers, which is rare in the world.