Chapter 192: The Storm Outside the Fortress (10)

Song Yuren still praised Xu Hongqian in this case: I finally did things with my heart. It can be seen that Song Yuren has a deep trust in Xu Hongqian.

Lu Zongcheng on the side heard this sentence very unpleasantly, but he couldn't show it. Xu Hongqian is greedy and is definitely not an honest official, and being able to be entrusted with the important task of first assistant by Song Yuren is also based on a coincidence.

Xu Hongqian's years as the first assistant were in the weakening period of the empire, and the most proud thing in Xu Hongqian's life was to appoint Peng Chaodong, who was strongly recommended, as the governor of Shaanxi.

Xu Hongqian can sit firmly in the position of first assistant, and Peng Chaodong has made great contributions.

"200,000 taels is not enough to appease the morale of the soldiers in the border towns." At this time, Xu Hongqian had to stand up and say a few words.

"What Xu Qing said is very true." Song Yuren was relieved, "Two hundred thousand taels is definitely not enough." ”

Xu Hongqian just had to stand up and say a few words, the autumn tax is still in Su Ke's hands, as for how to distribute the autumn tax, in the end, the emperor still can't bypass the Hubu Shangshu, and the Hubu Shangshu still has a certain right to speak. Although the imperial power is supreme, Song Yuren cannot completely ignore the opinions of his subordinates.

"Change your body for mercy, and reissue the salaries of the officials of the six ministries, and move some of them out for the time being, so it doesn't hurt to fill the hole in this reward first." Su Ke made a concession, "Another 200,000 taels will be moved, for a total of 400,000 taels." ”

"400,000 taels is not enough, at least 700,000 taels!" The monarchs and ministers began to bargain with each other, and the bargaining between the monarchs and ministers of this dynasty has long been strange, especially the people present have long been accustomed to the bargaining between the monarchs and ministers.

"Add another 100,000 taels, 500,000 taels." Su Ke gritted his teeth and said, Song Yuren has a lot here, and in the end, these colleagues don't dare to trouble Song Yuren, but they will definitely find trouble with him, the head of the household. He could already imagine the spectacular scene of officials from various ministries gathering at the yamen of the household department to collect debts.

"I'll take a step back." Song Yuren said with a decisive tone, "600,000 taels, not a single cent is not much, not a single point is missing." ”

Song Yuren reported the figure of 600,000 taels, this number is his bottom line, the reward of 40 taels at each level cannot be obtained, and half of the reward must be obtained.

Seeing that there is no bottom line for negotiation, the figure of 600,000 taels is not too much, although it is a bit beyond Su Ke's bearing, Su Ke still admits it.

And so it was decided. Song Yuren was also very generous, and with a wave of his hand, he directly distributed all the 600,000 taels of silver to Liaodong as a reward.

Rewards were also given to the main meritorious personnel of this great victory. The two main characters who were rewarded were naturally Peng Chaodong and Wu Tingzhen. Peng Chaodong re-added the title of secretary of the military department, and Wu Tingzhen was promoted two levels from the original Feng Bo, and was directly promoted from Wu Yibo to Wu Yi Duke, becoming the second person to be crowned a duke in Liaodong. It's just that these are the so-called honorary titles, and at the end of the empire, the most worthless are these illusory officials with no real power. The court gave as much as it wanted, and in the end it was almost to the extent of a flood of officials.

This great victory, He Teng made great contributions, and originally had the opportunity to become the main figure of this award like Peng Chaodong and Wu Tingzhen.

He Tengxiao considered that he was now prosperous enough in Liaodong, and he was on the cusp of all forces in Liaodong. Moreover, his promotion speed is fast enough, and it is impossible for the imperial court to continue to add officials to He Tengxiao. He Tengxiao simply kept a low profile, and when he reported his exploits, he directly downplayed the role he played in this great victory.

Song Yuren is still selfish, although he has always claimed to love the people and sympathize with the hardships of the soldiers in the border towns. However, when distributing the merits, the resources were still obviously tilted towards the Qin army.

After all, the Qin army is the army of the empire, it belongs to the category of the town army, and it is a large army that Song Yuren can mobilize. And the private soldiers of the Wu nationality, although this battle is indispensable, but the soldiers of the Wu nationality are essentially the private soldiers of the Wu nationality and are not within the scope of the town army.

600,000 taels of silver, of which four-fifths were rewarded to the soldiers of the Qin army, and the remaining one-fifth was taken out and distributed to Wu Tingzhen's private soldiers of the Wu clan. From the distribution of the silver reward, in the emperor's mind, the two are already clear.

"The emperor's bowl of water is not leveled!" Wu Zhenfei said indignantly, "This battle, the hard battle is all carried down by us, Peng Chaodong just pushed the boat down the river and retreated from us, the main credit is in the soldiers of my Wu clan, not the Qin army, the emperor is clearly favoring the Qin army!" ”

Although there are 600,000 taels of silver on paper, everyone knows what virtues Da Zhao's officials have. 600,000 taels of silver, after being exploited at many levels, and finally through the generals who drank the blood of the soldiers, they were fiercely greedy, and there were not many silver taels that could really reach the hands of the soldiers.

600,000 taels of silver, 500,000 taels into the accounts of the Qin army, Peng Chaodong received 400,000 taels at the time of acceptance, of which 20% was directly drifted halfway. Wu Tingzhen's side is even more serious, Peng Chaodong is still in charge of the officials who see that Peng Chaodong is the governor of Liaodong, and Xu Hongqian has a relationship with the first assistant, and is deeply relied on by the emperor, so he does not dare to do too much in front of Peng Chaodong, but he just drifted away two percent.

Wu Tingzhen is a native of Liaodong wealthy family, and the civil officials originally looked at the four major families in Liaodong unpleasantly. This time there is a chance to knock Wu Tingzhen hard, naturally you will not be polite, Wu Tingzhen should be credited with 100,000 taels of silver, and in the end only 50,000 taels were actually transported to the Wu people.

There are only half of them, and half of the officials who handle them are greedy!

The Wu people are not what they used to be, and this money is the life-saving money of the Wu people. The high-level of the Wu clan was eager to see through this reward, and of course they did not expect to be able to pay the reward in full, as long as they could get two or three hundred thousand taels of silver, the high-level of the Wu clan would still be able to accept it.

It turned out to be only 50,000 taels!

"With only these 50,000 taels of silver, how can we account for the wounded and dead brothers?" Wu Zhenfei was the most emotional, "Fifty thousand taels, even the pension for the fallen brothers is not enough!" ”

Even the pension for the fallen is not enough, what can the Wu people do to comfort people's hearts! What does the court do to soothe people's hearts!

"It's not fifty thousand taels." Wu Zhenwu smiled coldly, "Pointing to the piece of paper on the table, "What is written on the paper is 100,000 taels." ”

The high-level officials of the Wu clan knew each other, everyone was an adult, and where the remaining 50,000 taels went, they didn't need to know it.

"Peng Chaodong is regarded as the pillar of the imperial court, the Qin army is regarded as the only army capable of fighting, the Qin army is the town army, and we are just the private soldiers of the local wealthy families. The court has treated us as outcasts. Wu Zhenwu's voice turned from cold to desolate.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Wu Tingzhen said in a trembling voice, "The Wu clan has been fighting for the imperial court for the eastern border of Liaodong for so many years, the imperial court will not abandon us, and the emperor will not abandon us!" ”

Wu Tingzhen was a little crazy: "Duke Wu Yi, now our old Wu family and the He family are finally on an equal footing, Feng Gong!" This is Feng Gong, how many generations have the old Wu family been looking forward to, and finally let our old Wu family look forward to it! ”

Wu Zhenwu looked at his uncle in silence, and a burst of sadness rose in his heart.

"Wu Yi Gong...... Wu Yigong...... Haha, I'm the first Wu Yi Gong ......" Wu Tingzhen smirked incoherently. (To be continued.) )