I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 16

Chapter 015 The Three Fires of the New Official's Appointment
Where is this thousand households?It is simply a den of beggars!

The Qianhusuo in the Ming Dynasty were actually small military fortresses, and so were the Baihusuo.

The current Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhusuo is also a small city, but the problem is that the outermost walls of this city have been eroded by rain and snow.In some places, huge cracks appeared, and there were originally two gates for the east and west of Qianhu.

However, now in this city of thousands of households, there are no less than ten "city gates" that can be entered and exited by carts. As for the gaps that can pass through people, there are even more. Such a military fortress, not to mention defending against enemies, may not even be able to defend against wild animals. .

As a military fortress, barracks, there are wells, workshops, grain depots and ordnance stores to store food and ordnance, but whether these materials are temporarily unknown, but many warehouses and houses do not even have roofs.

Now the weather is dry and hot, but the problem is, autumn is coming soon, what about winter?
Huang Zuxin gathered all the military households, and it took nearly an hour to gather five or six hundred ragged military households to stand on the school grounds.The clothes of these military households were nothing more than a pile of rags strung together with ropes, and their skinny faces could not see a single trace of life, and they just looked at them blankly, without any emotional fluctuations.

The entire Qianhu House was lifeless, filled with the atmosphere of dilapidation and decay, which made Cheng Shijie almost suffocate. On the surface, he was calm, but in his heart he cursed: "Grass, is this fucking a soldier? Even a beggar is not so miserable. Bar!"

Officials of the Ming Dynasty are also capable of raising military households into beggars.

"Soldiers, my officer, Huang Zuxin, is the commander of the Dengzhou Guard!!"

"Greetings, Master Tongzhi!"

These military households didn't seem to have eaten, and they were weak when they saw the ceremony.

Of course, they really didn't eat.

"Cheng Shijie, Luoyang County, Henan Province, former Dengzhou Weiyou Thousand Households Tuntian Trial Hundred Households (Deputy Hundred Households"). In the winter of the second year of Chongzhen, accompanied by Dengzhou Weibei Shangqin King, shot and killed a Jian slave and a Mongolian Tartar , was exceptionally promoted to the deputy thousand households of Dengzhou Youqianhu, ranking from the fifth rank. In the third year of Chongzhen, the autumn exercise of the department was evaluated as the top. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, the summer exercise was evaluated by the department. Zuo Qianhu."

Huang Zuxin announced the appointment of the commander very mechanically, and Cheng Shijie will be the Qianhu of Weizuo Qianhu in Dengzhou from now on. ,

"Meet Lord Qianhu!"

Cheng Shijie coughed: "Excuse me!"

It is said that the former Qianhu should settle with him, but the problem is that there is no settlement, and no one cares about it.

Huang Zuxin announced Cheng Shijie's appointment, so he used the excuse that he needed to go back.

Cheng Shijie saw that the sun was about to set, and the military households on the school field could no longer stand, some sat on the ground, and some lay directly on the ground.

Or gather together in groups of three or four to chat.

Dengzhou Zuoqianhu Gaowang is not a hereditary Qianhu. He spent 12 taels of silver 2000 years ago and was promoted from the position of Deputy Qianhu. In 12 years, although he squeezed 6000 taels of silver from these impoverished military households, the problem is that he can't put all the silver in his own pocket, and needs to be filial to the superior.

As a Qianhu of the fifth rank, he has two governors of the fourth rank, four commanders of the fourth rank, two acquaintances, and a total of nine mothers-in-law with the command envoy on his head. A group of little ghosts.Following Gao Wang's expenses in the past few years, he calculated an account, and being this aggrieved thousand households by himself is not enough to manage the whole family.

Perhaps it was because he was not dark enough. I heard that the middle left Qianhu officer sold the military households under his command to work in the mines. Baihusuo built a house in Dengzhou City and made money as a bricklayer. In the past few years, it has made a lot of money.

He wanted to retire last year, so he didn't show filial piety to his superiors, so it was reported that a new thousand households had arrived.Gao Wang also hated this poor place to the core. Not only was there no oil and water, but it was attacked by pirates and rioters from time to time.

Daming is well-known for being noble and humble, he is obviously a thousand households of the fifth rank, not to mention the county magistrate of the seventh rank, even a county magistrate of the eighth rank dares to point fingers at him, civil officials suppress military officials , This is Daming's political correctness, so during his tenure as Dengzhou Zuoqianhu, Gao Wang was full of regret and resentment, wishing to leave this ghost place one day sooner.

When Cheng Shijie arrived, he packed up his things and left. He didn't even see Huang Zuxin, the commanding officer. Gao Wang is from Gaoyang County, Baoding Prefecture. As long as he returned to his hometown, would he be afraid that Huang Zuxin would go to Gaoyang County to trouble him?
As long as Huang Zuxin dared to go, Gao Wang dared to bury Huang Zuxin in Gaoyang County.

Huang Zuxin and Gao Wang left the Qianhu Office one after another. Cheng Shijie looked at the [-] Baihu, Shibai, [-] General Banners, and more than [-] Small Banners under his command.

In Cheng Shijie's view, the reason for the civil and military disputes in the Ming Dynasty was that the ranks given by military officials were too high, and thousands of households were almost equivalent to the battalion level in later generations. The level is equivalent to the stock level.

Daming's small flag, that is, the soldier who is in charge of ten big soldiers, is actually from the seventh rank, deputy county level, which in itself does not conform to common sense, even if it is the small flag of Jinyiwei, it is impossible to be on par with the county magistrate Will it?
Cheng Shijie looked at the officers under his command and said: "From now on, Cheng will be in the same boat with you all. Cheng is new here and is not familiar with military affairs. Everyone should follow the old rules and perform their duties first. If something goes wrong, Cheng will You can't escape, and you can't take it... It's too late today, so we can talk about it tomorrow morning."

Song Kangnian originally wanted to suggest Cheng Shijie to be the new official, but looking at Cheng Shijie's appearance, he seemed to have a plan in mind.

Cheng Shijie was indeed not very familiar with the army. After all, he was also an old organization. He was very familiar with these officers.

After finishing speaking, he walked straight towards Qianhu House.

Seventeen hundred officials from Zuoqianhu, twenty general banners and hundreds of small banners surrounded each other.

They looked at Wei Yandong, the oldest of the hundred households among them: "Master Wei, what shall we do?"

"What else can I do, Lord Qianhu said everything will be business as usual!"

Wei Yandong sighed and said, "We also can't figure out what kind of temper this person is, now you are in a hurry to flatter, don't flatter the horse's hooves!"

When everyone thought about it, what Wei Yandong said was unreasonable.

There is almost no decent house in the entire Zuoqianhusuo of Dengzhou Wei, but the Qianhuzhai is the most luxurious one among them. Of course, this Qianhuzhai is also equivalent to the Baihutang in Zuoqianhu.

When he came to Qianhu House, Cheng Shijie regretted it a little.

Because the area of ​​this thousand-household house is huge, it has more than 100 houses, all of which are built with blue bricks and gray tiles, and the materials used for doors and windows are extremely particular, but the original furnishings of the rooms have been cleaned.

He has already taken over as the thousand-household official, and will make the thousand-household house his home in the future, so the house bought in Dengzhou City will be useless.

"I'm stupid, it's fucking amazing!"

After Gao Wang resigned, most of the furniture in the thousand-household house was emptied, even some furniture such as screens and desks were emptied.

Except for some servants' rooms or servants' rooms, those broken beds and wardrobes are worthless to move, and it can be said that the slightly valuable things are gone.

It's close to scraping the walls white.

There are also several lofts in the backyard, which are exquisite and small. The living room, bedroom, study, and piano room are all available. Once you open the window, you can see the back garden. The garden is full of colorful flowers and reds.

Cheng Shijie visually inspected the area, good guy, the area of ​​each attic must be at least [-] square meters, right?A rough estimate shows that the entire thousand-household house covers an area of ​​far more than tens of thousands of square meters. It is not so much a set of houses as it is a complex of buildings.

It can also be said to be a city within a city.

If Cheng Shijie does not fight an uncertain battle, he must win this battle.

Know yourself and know your enemy.

First of all, he had to get to know the officers of Zuo Qianhu.

(End of this chapter)