Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After the military meeting of the fort was over, Wu Shigong immediately arranged to recruit [-] new soldiers.The new recruits recruited this time mainly come from the military households of the Qianhusuo, and of course there are also some local young and strong people.

Wu Shigong simply didn't dare to recruit those young and strong rebels who were captured by him.These rioters are young and strong, and they were still rebelling yesterday. Are they going to be used today?

In addition, Wu Shigong didn't know whether those people had family members who were killed by Wu Shigong and the others during the process of Wu Shigong's suppression of the rioters' rebellion, so he didn't feel at ease about these young and strong rioters.Let them reform through labor first.

As for Zhi Zhi and Deng Qifan who were forcibly left behind by him, Wu Shigong would not let them idle around.Wu Shigong wanted to let Zhizhi teach his soldiers some Shaolin martial arts, as long as they have 72 unique skills.

Unexpectedly, Zhizhi sneered at Wu Shigong's proposal. Zhizhi stayed here to preach, and he didn't come to open a martial arts gym at all.Wisdom is still running around every day to spread Buddhism.Wu Shigong had nothing to do with this little monk.

But Deng Qifan's arrangement was a bit difficult.Fortunately, the guards from the capital at this time wanted to send some letters back to the capital, but they were basically illiterate, illiterate, let alone write letters.Wu Shigong asked Deng Qifan to write letters home for these guards.

This arrangement made Deng Qifan a little unhappy.Deng Qifan also thinks he is full of knowledge, but now he has to do the work of those poor scholars who set up stalls on the street and write letters, which makes him feel ashamed of his identity.Wu Shigong had no choice but to comfort him: after finishing writing these letters, he would arrange for Deng Qifan's errand.

At this time, a scholar named Zhang Xuebin came to Wu Shigong.He was exactly one of the aides Zhang Kehua had found for Wu Shigong in the clan after he returned to his hometown in Shaoxing.

Zhang Xuebin is close to 40 years old.He was in Shaoxing, an area where the "college entrance examination" was highly competitive, and the imperial examination was basically impossible.So, this time he came to Wu Shigong's place to do the master's internship.

Why do you say that?Because of his family heritage, Zhang Xuebin has a solid grasp of the master's theoretical knowledge.However, he has never served in any yamen, so his actual operation ability is somewhat lacking.

And Zhang Kehua thought of Wu Shigong's here, basically there is no complicated work here, and the relationship between Xue's house and Zhang's family is relatively close, Wu Shigong will always take care of Zhang Xuebin.So let Zhang Xuebin come to Wu Shigong for an internship.

Seeing Zhang Xuebin's arrival, Wu Shigong was very happy. After exchanging pleasantries, Wu Shigong introduced the basic situation of his Thousand Households and his plan to Zhang Xuebin in detail.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xuebin said to Wu Shigong when he heard that Wu Shigong wanted his fifth brother Wu Shiwen to be the magistrate of this county: "Boss, your idea is completely wrong."

"Why?" Wu Shigong was very puzzled.

Zhang Xuebin said: "There are rules in the imperial court, so brothers will not be allowed to work in a county."

Hearing Zhang Xuebin's words, Wu Shigong was completely bewildered as if he had been hit by a bolt from the blue.Because Zhang Xuebin's statement is not reasonable, but quite reasonable.

As long as you think about it, you will understand that no boss will arrange a pair of brothers to be officials in a county.If arranged in that way, wouldn't that county become the du li kingdom?Even in modern times, it is still stipulated that several leaders of a unit cannot be appointed by relatives.

It's not that Wu Shigong doesn't understand this principle. In modern times, he basically followed this principle to arrange his subordinates.However, Wu Shigong had never been an official in the past two lifetimes. Therefore, he always lacked some sensitivity to the basic principle of arranging officials. That's why he made such a mistake.

Now Wu Shigong has some headaches.The county magistrate of Qi County is basically hopeless.At this time, Wu Shigong recalled the strange behavior of Master Ling, who was next to the Governor of Henan, returning some gold ingots to him that day.

That master Ling must also understand the rule that brothers cannot be officials in one area.But he lied to Wu Shigong's ignorance, and still agreed to Wu Shigong's request.And accepted Wu Shigong's filial piety.

But now Wu Shigong is suffering and can't tell.Go to Master Ling to judge.But Master Ling did complete all the formalities here for the Governor of Henan.You can't blame him for not doing anything.

Besides, you, Wu Shigong, don't understand these rules, so why did Master Ling remind you?And at the end, Master Ling also gave Wu Shigong some gold ingots, which should be said to be quite authentic.

What's even more exasperating is that Master Ling's actions really took Wu Shigong's credit to another place.Although Wu Shiwen, the fifth brother, will definitely not get the county magistrate's position in the county seat of Qi County, he will definitely get other official positions based on these credits.

But in this case, Wu Shigong would be in some trouble.His own contributions have hardly received any rewards in the officialdom.Even the official position of guarding the Guide Mansion, which was originally firmly established, flew away.Wu Shigong's move was nothing more than a steal.It can be said that nothing was achieved.

If only this is the case.Wu Shigong has now recruited another [-] new soldiers?This is not to make Wu Shigong such an extra expense out of thin air.And it is absolutely impossible to dismiss these soldiers as soon as they are recruited.

Anyway, there is no need to think about it.The bitter days will be boiled.Wu Shigong made a calculation, and if he added the materials he seized this time, he could survive for about two years.It's time to see how you can make money.

Wu Shigong is also someone who can pick it up and let it go.He completely gave up his mind and completely forgot about the official position.

And when the governor of Henan and the relevant yamen at all levels in Henan submitted the memorial to the court and Emperor Chongzhen about the situation of the rebellion and the meritorious persons in the suppression of the Holy Spirit Society.Emperor Chongzhen was quite happy.

Compared with the rebellion in She'an which has not been quelled for years, and compared with the scattered rebellions in northern Shaanxi, the rebellion in Henan was quickly quelled in less than a month.Therefore, it can be seen that the officials in Henan are very capable and effective.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen quickly announced rewards of varying sizes according to the list of meritorious persons in the memorial.After the imperial decree of the reward was conveyed to Henan, the officialdom in Henan was full of joy, except for the unlucky agent Qianhu who made the first contribution in the fortress of Qianhusuo.

Wu Shiwen, Wu Shigong's fifth elder brother, got his wish restored as a county magistrate under Wu Weizhong's activities.And according to his "contributions", he was arranged to be a county magistrate in a county in Shandong.

And Li Lu won the honorary title and certain material rewards from the court because of the merits of his leaders and because of his brave actions in chasing down the rebels.And the quota of soldiers under the jurisdiction of Li Lu's garrison was raised to 200.The reason for so few rewards is that Li Lu turned in too few heads.

After Li Lu found out, he couldn't laugh or cry.Knowing this earlier, Li Lu sold those heads to Jiang Guerrilla.Now Li Lu doesn't want to do any defense or make any contribution in Henan.He just wanted to go back to the capital to enjoy the blessings.

Because of Dasheng's cover-up and because Jiang's guerrilla activities were in place, Jiang's guerrilla was not punished.However, Jiang Guerrilla's family property must have been much less.

The magistrate of Qi was successfully promoted because of the bonus of this credit.As long as he goes to the Ministry of Officials to select officials, he can take office.Later, the county magistrate of Qi went to Beizhili and became a state official.

Of course, Wu Shigong, who was hiding in the corner of the Qianhusuo Fortress, definitely didn't know all of this.Wu Shigong does not have this kind of awareness yet, and will take the initiative to inquire about the affairs of the court and the changes of officials.He also has no such channel at all.

The county magistrate of Qi did not leave until the new county magistrate arrived and took office a few months later.When Qi County Magistrate left, Yao Yuanwai and the local gentry held a banquet, inviting the new and old county magistrates and the main officials of the county to have a feast.It is a see-off for the county magistrate of Qi, and a welcome banquet for the new county magistrate.

Originally, in this kind of banquet, thousands of households like Wu Shigong could be invited or not.But, after all, everyone has been through adversity, so Yuanwai Yao and the others still invited Wu Shigong.

But when Wu Shigong met the new county magistrate, both of them shouted in unison in surprise: "It's you?"

The new county magistrate was Yu Zilian who was thrown into the Grand Canal by Wu Shigong.After Yu Zilian was admitted to Jinshi when he was in Enke, he was arranged by the Ministry of Officials to be the county magistrate in this county.

Wu Shigong's reaction was quick, he immediately showed a charming smile, waved his hand to Yu Zilian who had as much complexion as he wanted, and said hello, "Hi!"

After the banquet was over, Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian both returned to their own residences, got into their own rooms, and cursed at the same time: "God, you are playing with me!"

God certainly wasn't playing with either of them.Arranging Yu Zilian to be the county magistrate here was deliberately arranged by the Ministry of Officials.Although the matter of Wu Shigong beating Yu Zilian was settled in the end, who among the officials didn't know about the conflict between Yu Zilian and Wu Shigong?

Another main rule for arranging official positions is that the greater the conflict between the main local officials, the better.Otherwise, how could the imperial court control the local situation?