Chapter 014 A Thousand Households in the Slums

"It's just a vice thousand households!"

Cheng Shijie stared at the farewell in front of him and was speechless for a long time. As an old agency in an enterprise, it can be said that the deputy position is very painful.

He was originally a technician of Hangang Group, and was promoted to assistant engineer after three years, but later because he published a number of articles on metallurgical professional technology innovation in Hangang Science and Technology News, he was noticed by Lu Rundong, the director of the fifth branch of Hangang Group at that time, and he was promoted from assistant engineer to deputy director of the office of the fifth branch, and officially became a deputy section-level cadre.

But this deputy section level has been working for more than eight years at once, and he has not been promoted.

For some people, those who are officials and officials, eat vegetarian food, and wear clothes and cloths, but for Cheng Shijie, he is under one person, bent on turning the sky upside down, difficult to speak, and accidentally abandoning his achievements. In the eight years he was the deputy director, he had three opportunities to get a regular position, but some people pulled him back, and some people put small shoes on him, and finally his efforts were lost.

To some extent, the deputy position is to get a little more salary and do the work of employees, even if the current Cheng Shijie is still the deputy director of the office of Hanhai Steel Group Group, but in fact, he has done a lot of work, made more money, and has no less responsibility.

If he had a choice, he would rather return to a branch factory as a department director.

Cheng Shijie didn't want to mess around at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Wuqiao Mutiny had not started, master an army, and stir up the good things of Huang Kongyoude.

But the question is, what can a Dengzhou Wei deputy Qianhu do? It is estimated that in addition to him, the ten hundred households of the Dengzhou Weiyou Thousand Households are all hereditary official positions, and even if he goes to the post, he can neither stand up nor show grace, and it can be said that he has done nothing.

"Cheng Yuanwai doesn't want this deputy Qianhu?"

"I don't want to!"

Cheng Shijie said seriously: "If you have a choice, Cheng wants to buy a thousand households, so Mr. Lao Song!" ”

Song Kangnian groaned: "The deputy thousand households need five thousand taels of silver, but the thousand households probably need eight thousand or ten thousand taels of silver!" ”

"Give it to him!"

Cheng Shijie took out the big box containing crystal ornaments from the room: "How much you need, just take it!" ”

"It's easy to do it if you have money!"

After a few days of busyness, Song Kangnian also began to understand Dengzhou Wei at this time.

Of course, his biggest impression of Dengzhou Wei is that Qi Jiguang was born in Dengzhou Wei, Qi Jiguang is the hereditary commander of Dengzhou, and he is a four-rank military officer, in charge of the guard army, and is responsible for all matters in Tuntian.

In fact, Dengzhou Wei is not an ordinary guard, because this is a reinforced guard.

As early as the ninth year of Hongwu (1376), because Dengzhou "east choke island Yi, north control Liaozuo, south Wuhui, west wing Yanyun, the ship can reach the throat, prepare the basis of the Japanese, can worship the guarantee, the field is to be Jin, for the "north and south key", so Dengzhou will be upgraded to the government, and Dengzhou will guard the thousand households to be promoted to Dengzhou Wei.

The Wei Command Office is located in Dengzhou City and is subordinate to the Shandong Capital Division of the Left Army Governor's Office. Its leading organ is the Dengzhou Wei Command and Envoy Division, which initially has jurisdiction over seven thousand households on the left, center, right, front, back, center, left, and center, and right, with more than 1,200 hectares of tuntian.

The standing army has 1,276 spring soldiers, 733 autumn soldiers, 820 Japanese soldiers, 250 city defenders, 114 Chongtun troops, and 18 dun garrison troops. Later, the first thousand households were added, and in the tenth year of Hongwu (1377), the first thousand households were transferred to Fushan, called the Fushan Ganhu Office, which was still under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Wei.

Dengzhouwei has the front of the center, the front, the back, the left, the center, the right, the center left, the center right, and 8,000 households. The theoretical establishment is more than 12,000 people. It is almost equivalent to the staffing of other ordinary health centers, just like the Guide Guard of Guide Prefecture, with a full staffing of 6,500 people.

Four days later, it was also the eighth day of the eighth month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, and Song Kangnian took back another farewell.

The name of the sue is written on the body of Luoyang County, Henan Province, and the surname is Cheng Shijie, and the original Dengzhou Weiyou Thousand Households tried 100 households (deputy 100 households). In the winter of the second year of Chongzhen, he went to King Qin with Dengzhou Weibei, shot and killed a Jiannu, a Mongolian Tartar, and was promoted to the right thousand households of Dengzhou, and the rank was from the fifth grade. Chongzhen for three years, the autumn exercise of the department, the evaluation of the middle and upper. Chongzhen's four-year summer exercise, the evaluation of the department was in the middle of the evaluation, and the merit was moved to Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households.

At the same time, there are more than 30 large seals on it, from the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, the Governor's Office of the Left Army, the Command of the Embassy of Shandong, the Military Department, the Military Selection Division, the Officials Department, and the Examination and Merit Division.

This is the basic situation of the Ming Dynasty, and even the resume is remembered in detail, and there is even Cheng Shijie's appearance and height record.

"Well done!"

"Duty!"

Cheng Shijie took the information he found, Dengzhou Wei's Zuo Qianhu is not actually in Dengzhou City, but in Ninghai Prefecture, Ninghai Prefecture during this period, the area under its jurisdiction is quite large, equivalent to Muping District of Yantai City in later generations, plus Rushan City, Weihai City, Laishan District and other areas, according to Ninghai Prefecture has eighty miles and one county.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were 110 households for one mile, equivalent to 8,800 households, and more than 50,000 people in Jiawendeng County, and Cheng Shijie did not find out the detailed number of the population.

However, before going to work, Cheng Shijie decided to purchase some grain including vegetables nearby, and was ready to give grace first, and then depending on the situation, he would take the Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households.

Seeing that Cheng Shijie was ambitious, he was ready to do a big job.

Song Kangnian reminded: "The owner, not a thousand households, have you forgotten one thing? ”

"What's the matter?"

"You should meet Shangguan!"

Song Kangnian introduced Jin Yousheng, the commander of Dengzhou Wei, to Cheng Shijie, Jin Yousheng is the hereditary commander of Dengzhou Wei, as early as the Yongle Dynasty, he is the commander of Dengzhou Wei.

And this Jin Yousheng and Geng Zhongming have a good personal relationship, this time Cheng Shijie can move from the right deputy thousand households of Dengzhou Wei to the left thousand households, and there is still Geng Zhongming's face.

There are more than 12,000 sergeants on the face of Dengzhou Wei, and they also have 1,200 hectares of military land, which is equivalent to 120,000 mu of land, that is, 10 mu of land per capita. But in fact, with the development of more than 200 years, Dengzhou Wei has experienced the six years of famine in Zhengde, the Dengzhou Weimin Rebellion, and the 44th year of Wanli Hunger Rebellion, Dengzhou Wei also had military households to participate in the rebellion.

At present, there are less than 6,000 people in Dengzhouwei's 8,000 households plus the troops directly under it, and half of them are short because there is no land and no food to feed, so Jin Yousheng can only let the military households fend for themselves.

When Sun Yuanhua served as the governor of Denglai, he found that Dengzhou Wei was no longer useful, so he recruited warriors and trained them into a new army of Denglai.

Since you are visiting Shangguan, giving gifts is essential. Cheng Shijie did not send silver directly, but prepared a batch of good gifts, first of all, the imitation Yanling knife purchased in later generations, this is the saber of the Ming Dynasty officer, the knife purchased by Cheng Shijie is not as good as the batch sold to Geng Zhongming, it only costs more than 100 yuan, but it is also made of high-carbon steel.

Dengzhou Wei has eight thousand households, and there are no deputy thousand households, which is seven handles, ordinary wooden scabbards, covered with artificial leather, and the appearance is so-so.

As for the other four commanders, as well as the two Zhenfu, they are all fourth-grade martial arts, and they are prepared for Geng Zhongming, which costs more than 280 yuan per handle and is made of high-manganese steel, as for the two conductors who know the same thing, it is a high-quality Tang straight knife worth more than 300 yuan.

This kind of ornament with a metal scabbard, bright silver and unicorn carving seems to have a different price. As for the sword for the commander Jin Yousheng, it is also this one, but it is equipped with plastic and baked blue, and each handle is as high as more than 380 yuan.

As for the petty officials who commanded the following experience, governors, officials, and ambassadors, Cheng Shijie did not fall behind, although their official positions are small and their powers are heavy, and they may not be able to succeed, but they can do bad things, and they can make it difficult for Cheng Shijie by using small means in the acquisition of ordnance.

These ornaments are mainly crystals, including bracelets, necklaces, ingots made of crystals, and so on.

These things fit three big cars.

On August 12, the fourth year of Chongzhen, as soon as it dawned, Cheng Shijie was woken up by Yang Yunniang.

He hurriedly washed, and then with the help of Yang Yunniang, put on the cyan official robe.

The Ming Dynasty had strict clothing hierarchies, and civil officials embroidered birds to show civilization: first-grade cranes, second-grade golden pheasants, third-grade peacocks, fourth-grade cloud geese, fifth-grade white pheasants, sixth-grade herons, seventh-grade emus, eighth-grade yellow orioles, and ninth-grade quails. Military attachés embroider beasts to demonstrate fierceness: first-grade and second-grade lions, third-grade and fourth-grade tigers and leopards, fifth-grade bears, sixth-grade and seventh-grade biao, eighth-grade rhinoceros, and ninth-grade seahorses; Miscellaneous duties: Lian Que; Wind Magistrate: Hedgehog.

There is a word called well-dressed beasts, which also refers to officials in general.

Cheng Shijie's official uniform is the bears of the fifth grade.

According to the rules of officialdom, even if Cheng Shijie spends money to buy an official, he can't take office directly, but needs to go to the command and envoy Yamen to take office, and there needs to be a process of probation and ministry assessment, which can be long or short, as short as one or two days, or as long as one or two months, and may not be able to officially take office for one or two years.

Cheng Shijie had breakfast, took Shen Mingyu, Song Kangnian, and Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu's two righteous sons, and set out together, and also hired six helpers, a group of eleven people, to go to the Yamen of the Dengzhou Wei Command Division.

When he came to the gate of the yamen, a young general on a horse turned over and dismounted, and said, "Mr. Song"

"This is General Geng, the general of the Chinese army!"

Geng Zhongming's attitude was not arrogant, because Song Kangnian gave him his life, coupled with the fact that these treasures were sent out, Geng Zhongming became good friends with the eight major generals of the Dongjiang Army, the two deputy commanders and ten guerrillas.

Everyone advanced and retreated together, but Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the Shangdongjiang Army, was a little jealous, and did not dare to force Geng Zhongyu too much, so the matter was temporarily shelved.

"Xiaguan has seen General Geng!"

"Come with me!"

Geng Zhongming came over this time, in fact, for the sake of Song Kangnian's face, and gave Cheng Shijie a platform.

Geng Zhongming is now a general of the Zhengsanpin Chinese Army, and Jin Yousheng, the commander of Dengzhou Wei, is at the same level, although he is at the same level, Geng Zhongming is a general of the Chinese Army who is Sun Yuanhua, and his relationship with Sun Yuanhua is closer. Geng Zhongming's face, Jin Yousheng, had to give.

Geng Zhongming was in front, the porter and the doorman did not stop him, with Geng Zhongming's tiger skin, Cheng Shijie's performance of duties went very smoothly.

In fact, the entire Dengzhou Wei is not like a commanding yamen at all, including the commanding envoy Jin Yousheng, all of them are fat, two commanders know the same thing, four commanders are servants, and two of them weigh less than 200 catties.

"The lower official greets Commander Jin!"

Cheng Shijie directly gave the prepared treasure knife and a set of crystal teapots to Jin Yousheng.

Jin Yousheng was overjoyed with the treasure knife.

Geng Zhongming introduced Cheng Shijie to the officials of the Dengzhou Weiyamen, and left under the pretext that he was busy with military affairs.

Cheng Shijie, under the leadership of Song Kangnian, visited the officials at all levels in the Yamen of the Command Envoy, and handed over the treasure swords of the other seven thousand households to Yang Shi, the pacification envoy.

As the saying goes, eat other people's soft mouths, and take other people's hands short.

Cheng Shijie was like a boy who scattered wealth, and he made a lot of crystal ornaments or swords in the command yamen, and soon mingled with officials at all levels who commanded the yamen.

In terms of apprenticeship, no one embarrassed Cheng Shijie, especially the commander and acquaintance Huang Zuxin, who directly took Cheng Shijie to Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households.

Huang Zuxin rode a horse, with more than 20 family soldiers and cavalry, but it was a pity that Cheng Shijie did not know how to ride a horse, so he could only take a carriage to Ninghai Prefecture, which was 200 miles away.

Two hundred miles is one hundred kilometers, and it took one or two hours to drive in later generations, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it took four days to walk.

However, when he came to the Weizuo Thousand Households in Dengzhou, Ninghai Prefecture, Cheng Shijie was stunned.

Where is this Thousand Households? It's a slum!