In Dengzhou Water City, a thousand headquarters of the main barracks are boarding the ship, this thousand headquarters is the Mandarin Duck Formation, and the other thousand headquarters of the Phalanx has been transported to Lushun in the last batch. These two thousand headquarters belong to the main barracks, that is, Chen Xin's Guards Battalion, the first batch of Guards Battalion to complete the replenishment of soldiers, most of the supplementary soldiers came from those temporary auxiliary battalions last year, these auxiliary soldiers have received basic training and a small amount of personal skills training, and they have also felt the battlefield atmosphere in the Dengzhou Rebellion, which belongs to the best quality supplementary soldiers, and about two percent of them are from the temporary auxiliary battalions of Lushun, these Dongjiang soldiers were not good at combat power before, because of their weak bodies and equipment isthmus, they have a deep hatred with Jiannu, These people are all some personal skills, many of them have combat experience, and they have also recovered Jinzhou with the army, and they are also excellent soldiers.

The wharf was full of civil and military officials who came to see them off, including Wang Tingxian, who had just returned to Dengzhou.

Chen Xin looked at the military attache opposite with a smile on his face, this person has a strong physique, large pores on his face, a beard, and a kind of anger always flashing in his eyes, he is different from Li Jiucheng's toughness, and it is also different from Zhang Dong's ruthlessness, but the whole person exudes a cruel atmosphere.

"General Chen, this is the new pacesetter Liu Zeqing of the Left Battalion, and he is also a tiger general, and he will be able to help Lord Chen in the future." Wang Ting said with a smile, he had just returned from Jingshi, and it was the first time for Chen Xin to come to this Liu Zeqing.

"The last general has seen Lord Chen." Liu Zeqing knelt down and said, "In the third year, the last general also participated in the Zunyong Victory, but he was trapped in the Santun camp at that time and could not listen to Lord Chen's teachings in person. ”

Chen Xin picked up Liu Zeqing and said with a smile: "This official has heard of the prestige of General Liu, when General Liu and Yang Junmen took the Santun camp with a lone army, cut off the Jiannu front, and then held on for several months, it is really a model for my Ming generals." At that time, we were always worried about the safety of the two in Jizhou. ”

Wang Tingxiao stroked his beard and nodded slightly, feeling a little proud in his heart, he had also inquired before accepting this Liu Zeqing, he was indeed a tiger general under Yang Zhaoji, and he was a native of Shandong, and he was the most suitable for serving in Denglai, even if he couldn't compare to Chen Xin, at least he could increase his voice in Dengzhou.

He said to Chen Xin: "This year, the imperial court has completed the salary, and Denglai is about 1.5 million, and the household department allocated the first 500,000 yuan in June, and then it will be distributed to all armies." ”

Chen Xin immediately said: "In this way, there is Lord Lao, the main barracks only received spring pay this year, and the soldiers in the camp are indeed a little anxious. ”

Wang Tingtry sighed and said: "The salary of the imperial court is indeed slow, although the household department has given the salary, but the time of the various political departments is different, and it may not be able to get all the money, there will be some arrears every year, just the two Huai Salt Transportation Division's additional salt class will be in arrears of 400,000 taels, and this year's additional distribution has not arrived." The student is even more free of silver...... Hey, in short, as long as the soldier's salary arrives in Denglai, he will not owe General Chen's headquarters,"

Chen Xin was silent for a moment, and Wang Ting's appearance knew that the preferential and exempt silver of the students must be the most in arrears, but Wang Tingtry wanted to say something and stopped, but he didn't want to offend those students at will.

"The last general has thanked you for your care." After Chen Xin finished speaking, Liu Zeqing behind Wang Tingqian, Wang Tingqian knew that Chen Xin had something to say, so he turned his head to Liu Zeqing and said: "General Liu will go and ask the people of the water master, how long will it be before the auspicious time begins?" ”

Liu Zeqing saluted and left very interestingly, and Chen Xincai said to Wang Ting: "My lord, last time Zheng Hegui of Laizhou gathered demons in Zhaoyuan, and after interrogation, there were more than 20 members of the Wenxiang Sect and the White Lotus Sect, and even dozens of bandits. Dengzhou magistrates were unable to deal with it, so they turned to Lord Lu for help, and the last general was ordered to arrest them and others, this person was called a relative of Bi Shangshu of the household department, and ruined the reputation of Lord Bi everywhere, and the last general transferred him to Dengzhou Governor for detention. In his residence, more than 50 copies of various demon books were extracted, as well as dirty silver jewelry and other things, and the last general had sent someone to the adult's gatehouse, asking the adult to check the descendants for returning to the bitter master. ”

Wang Tingqian recalled a little, it seems that he did see a person named Zheng Hegui in Laizhou last time, and he also claimed to be a relative of Bi Shangshu at that time, but now Chen Xin has been arrested and has taken evidence witnesses, although Wang Tingqian does not want to offend Bi Ziyan, but he is even more unwilling to offend Chen Xin.

But he was still a little worried: "I just don't know if Bi Shangshu will be unhappy if he knows that someone has ruined his reputation." After all, our soldiers' salaries have to be paid from the household department. ”

Chen Xin knew what he meant, but he was actually asking if Bi Ziyan would hold a grudge because Zheng Hegui was arrested, Chen Xin hurriedly said: "The villain met Zhang Yixian, the prime minister of household workers, in Beijing, and asked him to explain to Master Bi, and then Zheng Hegui seems to be willing to reform himself." ”

As soon as Wang Ting heard Zhang Yixian's name, he knew that Chen Xin had a good relationship with the eunuch, and immediately understood that the bottom line was that Chen Xin could fight without making trouble, and the emperor liked the natural eunuch to hold it, otherwise with Chen Xin's little benefit, Zhang Yixian would not be in his eyes.

After Wang Ting tried to figure it out, he immediately left the Laizhou gentry behind, and said that he did receive the benefits of the Laizhou gentry, and roughly knew that they wanted to occupy the Zhaoyuan gold mine, but now the most important thing for him is military merit, and Chen Xin also wants to give benefits, so he naturally no longer pays attention to those gentry, and immediately said: "In this case, let Zheng Hegui reflect on it in prison for a while, General Chen can only rest assured to kill Jiannu, and some people below want to make noise, and the official is too lazy to pay attention." ”

After he finished speaking, he abandoned the Laizhou gentry, and then said to Chen Xin with concern: "The slave chief knows that Lushun has my army, and he is still rampant on an expedition, so he should be given a big lesson. There is only one way, Lord Chen is going to Lushun, please don't take risks in person. ”

"The last general has remembered it, thank you for your concern." ……

After the ship went to sea, Chen Xin and Song Wenxian sat on the bow of the boat to blow the wind, this time Song Wenxian will pause in Lushun, and then go to visit various places in Dongjiang Town, and finally go to Phi Island to establish a channel of contact with North Korea.

Although Song Wenxian has been rolling in officialdom, he has actually been in vain for many years, and now that he has such a position, the satisfaction in his heart is self-evident.

Chen Xin remembered that Wang Tingli talked about the preferential exemption of silver for students, in fact, he had not been very clear for so many years, he only knew that the Liao salary was very urgent everywhere, but he didn't know how much he had received, so he asked Song Wenxian about it when there was nothing on the ship.

Song Wenxian has dealt with a lot of household officials in Beijing in recent years, and those people often complain after drinking, so he also learned about some of the household situation, and said after a little recollection: "Liao salary plus faction is not only Tian Fu, but also includes miscellaneous, salt tax, tariff, among which there are many names, and the preferential and exempt silver for students is one of the miscellaneous items, and some of the taxes that were originally exempted were levied on the gentry of the students. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, the preferential and exempt silver was levied on students, how could these students be so easy to speak. As a result, in just three years, more than 600,000 taels were in arrears, which was nearly half, and it was the highest arrears among miscellaneous items. ”

Chen Xin smiled after hearing this: "It's really not easy to collect their money, Mr. Song, people like Huang Gongcheng and Zheng Hegui, they should earn as much money as they want, and they don't think they should pay a penny." But they have the most money, and after everyone loses it, they let the person with the least money bear the additional distribution. In the process of payment and use, it is more into the pockets of the people who handle it, but it is also the life of the officials, etc., that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The imperial court is in the wrong place. ”

Song Wenxian also shook his head, "My lord is right, it is indeed the wrong business, the sea trade is such a profitable business, the annual market tax is only about 100,000 taels, the annual price of the eight major banknotes of the canal is huge, and the tariffs of the banknotes add up to only 670,000 taels. Even if other miscellaneous items are added, they are often in arrears, and the subordinates heard from the people in the household department that not only are the students exempted from silver arrears, but also the salt classes and miscellaneous items that are added are also in arrears every year, and indeed as Lord Wang said, the two Huai plus salt classes alone are in arrears of one million, compared to the seven years of the Apocalypse, the total arrears of all Liao salaries are less than one million. There are many miscellaneous arrears, but the Tian Fu is in a hurry to pass the examination, and there are even tax collectors who cannot complete it, forcing them to commit suicide in the yamen. ”

Chen Xin sighed and said: "If the tax official does not die, it will only force the people to die, and now there is a drought everywhere, and the original harvest is not good, especially in the north, if it is sent again, there will be more displaced people abandoned in Denglai, Shandong." ”

"It doesn't hurt if there are more displaced people, they can go to my Dengzhou Town." Song Wenxian said without sympathy, "The addition of the imperial court is indeed inappropriate, and the original field is actually different from the harvest of the field." Songjiang Mansion is giving one penny and two cents and five cents per mu, and the Liao salary is one cent and two cents, only giving eleven, and we are Denglai land difference, especially Ninghai Prefecture, each mu is only one cent and two cents and one millimeter, and the additional five cents and eight millimeters are allocated, which is as much as fifty percent. ”

Chen Xin knows the situation in Denglai, Penglai County is the highest positive endowment, only three points and eight cents, Ninghai and Zhaoyuan are only more than one cent, compared with Songjiang's one dollar and two cents, you can know how big the harvest gap is.

Song Wenxian raised his head at Chen Xin, and said with some excitement: "My subordinates have inquired, in Chongzhen's four-year household budget, the total amount of Liao salary is 9.9 million taels, of which the field endowment is 6.6 million, which is about 1.4 million more than the original nine cents of silver. Last year, more than half of the counties in the world were in arrears, and most of the actual people in Taicang were Liao, and the central government and all the officials in various places were wearing this piece of fat, and the Ministry of Industry last year's Liao's salary was 200,000 taels, and Dengzhou Mansion also retained 87,000 taels. ”

Chen Xin smiled, "This time Huang Taiji dares to fight Chahar, this official naturally wants to teach him a lesson with victory, since there is a salary, the head of Jiannu is far more than fifty-one." Thinking about it, Huang Taiji also felt that it was not very interesting to fight southern Liaonan, and it was far less than the population and horses of Chahar. Perhaps he also left men and horses to ambush me, but he did not know that I already had nearly 2,000 horsemen. I just don't know how many heads he has prepared for this official. ”

(To be continued)