In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 262: The thing to guard against is the honey trap

After the people from the Bureau of Statistics and Investigation set off, Hong Chengchou also hurriedly organized two groups of civil servants to follow them to Huairen County and Yanggao County.

There were also more than two hundred people, most of whom were officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Agriculture. They obviously wanted to dominate as much as possible, but Lin Rui didn't care.

The Bureau of Statistics and Investigation does not need disposal power. As long as these civil servants do not practice favoritism and act in accordance with rules and regulations, he does not want to deprive the cabinet and ministries of their powers.

After all, in the future, the cabinet ministries will still have to govern the world, and the Bureau of Statistics and Investigation will only play a supervisory role at most.

After more than two months, there was a backlog of military and political affairs that needed to be handled by Lin Rui, and there was no time to rest at all.

"Your Majesty, this is the list of people who have applied for wives from the Ministry of Military Affairs this time. Your Majesty, please make your decision!"

"Your Majesty, this is the list of punishments for those who violated military laws in each legion in the past two months. Please make your decision!"

The chief officers in charge of the Military Affairs Department and the Military Law Department, both women in their 30s, came to Lin Rui's study with a stack of official documents in their hands to report.

The young scholars in the army have basically been transferred to the various legions and battalions. The personnel who remain in the three departments of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion are basically ladies and maids who are responsible for daily work.

The logistics department was better, and Lin Rui basically didn't need to worry too much. However, military affairs and military law were not something that the ladies could handle, so Lin Rui basically had to make decisions on all matters, big or small, personally.

Lin Rui first took over the list of those who violated military laws and started to look through it. He frowned when he saw that in just two months, there were nearly a thousand people who violated military laws and regulations, from the generals to the small flags and general flags. The word Sichuan.

Obviously, conditions are now better, with various legions stationed in various places, and the military discipline of the veterans is rapidly declining.

If this continues for a long time, I'm afraid the army will become corrupted. It's no wonder that when King Chuang entered Beijing, he only lasted more than 80 days.

Right now, it's just veterans who are asking for leave in droves to go to the city to eat and drink. If it's not curbed, it won't be long before they start doing more outrageous things.

In this regard, Lin Rui could only enforce strict military discipline and never tolerate it. Fortunately, the military judges in each army and battalion were still loyal to their duties, otherwise it would really be troublesome.

"The personnel on the list, regardless of their military rank or position, will be dealt with seriously in accordance with regulations and then notified to the entire army."

"In addition, another military discipline is added. From now on, you are not allowed to go out to ask for leave unless you have something to do. Every month, the Military Law Department will organize a group of people to inspect each army."

"But Your Majesty, there are no male military judges in the Military Justice Department. Wouldn't it be inappropriate if we, women, are asked to inspect the military camps?"

Zhou, the chief officer of the Military Law Department, was surprised when he heard the last word and quickly reminded him.

Lin Rui thought about it and it was right. It was not appropriate to ask these women to inspect the military camps. However, if people were not sent to inspect the military camps frequently, it would also be inappropriate to rely entirely on the military judges of each military camp to maintain military discipline.

For a moment, Lin Rui also had a headache.

After all, there is still a lack of talent.

"Your Majesty, a large number of scholars have defected in the past two months. The cabinet ministries are almost overwhelmed with arrangements. Why don't we also recruit a group of people from the Military Law Department?"

Zhou thought about it and tried to suggest that there were too many people in the army now, and they were already somewhat overwhelmed.

Lin Rui fell silent. The military judges and generals in each battalion were all young soldiers. To be honest, it would be easy for them to serve as military judges to shield each other, and it would be difficult for them to be truly selfless. At this time, a group of military judges were introduced. It is indeed very good for a scholar who has nothing to do with the military to join the Military Law Department.

But in this way, the scholar-officials have infiltrated into the army and can no longer maintain the purity of the army. This is why he would rather use these ladies than scholars to handle daily military affairs.

"Let's do this. Let's recruit twenty scholars from other places first. The age limit is under 30 years old. Try to recruit those from poor families. First let them be familiar with military regulations and disciplines, and then send them to each legion and battalion in turn to inspect."

After some tangle, Lin Rui decided to introduce a small number of scholars into the Military Justice Department to spur and warn the military judges. After all, these scholars only have supervisory power and no disposal power, so the problem should not be big.

Just like he used these women to check and spur those scholars, now he can also use a small number of scholars to spur and balance the scholars he cultivated.

"It's the king."

Seeing that Lin Rui accepted it, Zhou was relieved.

My family knew about their own affairs, and the sisters were very grateful to the Chinese army veterans. Even if they were allowed to go on patrol, they might not be able to have much effect. I am afraid that many people would turn a blind eye by then.

"Your Majesty, this is the list of people who applied to take wives and concubines..."

Zhou retreated, and Wang, who was in charge of military affairs, stepped forward and handed over a stack of official documents.

This time, Lin Rui's face darkened after reading it.

Because the people responsible for applying for wives and concubines were almost all senior generals, more than 100 people, including three army commanders.

Almost all of the women these generals wanted to marry were the daughters of gentry and landlords from various places. Although Lin Rui had anticipated this situation and was prepared for it, he did not expect that the landlords and gentry would take action so quickly.

"Your Majesty, these generals who have applied have almost all met the standards. Do you want to approve them?"

"Pah, that's right!"

Seeing that Lin Rui didn't speak for a long time, Wang had no choice but to ask for instructions. Who would have thought that Lin Rui slapped the official document heavily on the table.

"Reject, reject them all. In addition, in the name of the king, a notice is issued. From now on, all generals in the army with more than [-] households are not allowed to contact the local gentry and landlords privately. Anyone who violates this rule will be dismissed regardless of their official position or military rank. Military status." "Yes, he is the king."

Wang was also frightened by Lin Rui's harsh tone and trembled.

After Wang left, Lin Rui also knew that it was urgent to find a real wife for his close friends and generals.

After all, it would be even more troublesome if the landlords and gentry allowed their daughters to meet and interact with the generals. Once he continued to reject the generals' applications, they would inevitably feel resentful.

So he immediately called Lu Waner over and asked her to rate the three hundred young ladies and maids according to their appearance and figure.

"Your Majesty, didn't you say that sisters are free to choose their husbands?"

Lu Waner was obviously not stupid. She immediately understood that Lin Rui was going to mess up the relationship, so she weakly expressed her protest.

"They are still young and too innocent. Naturally, I have to help them take care of such a life-long event...

Let's do this. When the time comes, the king will personally grant the marriage. Once they get married, they won't have to worry about being bullied in the future. Let's go quickly. "

"It's the king."

Naturally, Lu Waner did not dare to complain about Lin Rui's cheating, so she could only nod and retreat.

It only took half an hour to prepare a list and send it over. Almost all of the more than 150 ladies and their personal maids chose to marry together.

Lin Rui had nothing to say about this, after all, the market situation in this era was like this. In the end, Lin Rui referred to the list above and betrothed all 150 young ladies to the battalion commanders and Qianhu captains of each field army.

As for the three regiment commanders and some veteran battalion commanders, they all have official wives. They are also from Lu Waner and her group of young ladies. However, the lower-level Baihu General Banner has no share for the time being and can only wait until the military rank is higher before betrothing.

These more than 100 young ladies, Lin Rui, have been covering up for so many years. Now, except for Lu Waner, all of them are going to get married at once. To be honest, I still feel a little reluctant to let go.

But in order to appease his direct generals and prevent the gentry and landlords from taking advantage of the loopholes, Lin Rui had no choice.

As for the more than 300 young ladies and maids, although they couldn't choose their favorite person, they had Lin Rui's guarantee of marriage, and they were marrying the same young man as before, so they felt a little disappointed and didn't have much resistance.

Following the announcement from the Ministry of Military Affairs, the three army commanders and some old battalion commanders also gave up the idea of ​​taking concubines and no longer dared to accept the kindness of the local gentry and landlords. Other generals at all levels also did not dare to accept the favors of the big families. Invited to a banquet at my home in the city.

Obviously, anyone who can become a high-ranking general is not a fool. The king's attitude is already there. Not to mention that the king has found a good match for them. Even if not, the future is naturally more important than beauty.

The landowners and gentry could only scold Lin Rui for being shameless. In fact, the reason why they wanted to marry their daughters to senior officers of the Lin Family Army was not because they had evil intentions. Most of them just wanted to protect their family in the future.

After all, the combat power of the Lin family army is there. If they conquer the world in the future, these generals will definitely be knighted. They have a bright future. In addition, some of them have not married yet, so why not teach them to be tempted?
As for the origin and bloodline, it is not within the scope of their consideration at all. This is the way of survival of the powerful and powerful families in ancient China. Marrying a scholar in prosperous times and marrying a martial artist in troubled times should be as realistic as possible.

Although the life problems of the officers were temporarily solved, Lin Rui still felt the pressure from the gentry and landlords. The resources controlled by those people were too abundant. Their hard power was not enough, but their soft power was too strong. If they were not careful, they would infiltrate them. Influence.

Not to mention his pure Han Chinese force, countless foreign forces have been defeated by the soft power of these powerful people after invading the Central Plains for thousands of years. In the end, they were either assimilated or wiped out.

Lin Rui, who is familiar with history, will naturally not underestimate the pervasive methods of these powerful people.

"Rui Lang, this is the sample banknote just printed by the Banknote Printing Bureau. What do you think? Is it qualified?"

Just after the military affairs were handled, Zhang Xiuying ran over again, holding six exquisite banknotes and looking at Lin Rui nervously.

"Oh, so soon?"

Looking at the banknotes on the tray, Lin Rui was in a good mood and immediately picked them up and looked at them carefully.

There are six kinds of banknotes in two colors. The smallest ones, 1 Wen and 5 Wen, are only the size of a child's palm, and the largest ones, 100 Wen and 500 Wen, are the size of an adult's palm.

Although the patterns on them are very delicate and clear, with not only Chinese characters but also Arabic numerals, the quality of the paper and ink are obviously different.

One cent to five cents is much better, one hundred cents to five hundred cents is much better, and the quality is not inferior to the banknotes of this era.

"Well, it looks good. What's the production cost? Can these two small amounts be able to break even?"

Lin Rui rubbed it vigorously with his hands and found that it was not discolored. Then he put it back with satisfaction and asked.

"For such small denominations of one or five taels, basically every time a denomination of 1 taels is printed, we will lose dozens of taels." Zhang Xiuying explained.

"Well, it's good to lose money. If you lose money, no one will imitate it. For large sums, you must have anti-counterfeiting signs and then spread them so that everyone can distinguish the real ones from the fake ones."

"The masters have also said that all items with more than ten pieces of paper have anti-counterfeiting marks."

"That's it, step up printing and try to print out 1000 million taels of banknotes within a month. By the way, how are the branches in various places being established?"

"Except for Hetao, branches have been established in basically every state and county in the three counties of Datong. It's just that the name of the banknote and the name of the bank still need to be decided by Rui Lang."

"Bao Chao is no longer on the street. We need to change its name. Let's call it Hua Chao. As for the name of the bank, let's just call it United Overseas Bank. The plaques of each branch must be made uniformly and maintain a consistent style."

(End of this chapter)