Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 246

The military salary marked after the soldier's name turned out to be eight taels of silver.

The monthly salary of a seven-rank county magistrate is only about ten taels of silver, and the salary of a soldier under Li Jing is almost catching up with the county magistrate?
Zhu Youjian hurriedly took the roster from Wang Chengen's hand and looked at it carefully.

I saw that all the soldiers in this roster were paid eight taels of military salary. After closing the roster, Zhu Youjian saw that the cover of the roster said Sergeant Sergeant.

Looking at the other rosters, there are words such as second-class regular soldier and third-class regular soldier, and some words such as corporal and sergeant. The amount of military pay written in each roster is exactly the same.

"Why is the soldier's salary so high? Could it be that the roster sent by Li Jing was temporarily faked?" Zhu Youjian murmured.

Wang Chengen sighed secretly when he heard this, knowing that Zhu Youjian's paranoid problem had committed again.

If Zhu Youjian's words are heard by someone who doesn't know him, others will think that Zhu Youjian has no common sense in life.

The paper and ink color of the roster can tell that it was definitely not bound and written recently, and anyone who has a little common sense in life knows that it is definitely not made recently.

What's more, the roster of 5000 people can't be sorted out in a day or two, not to mention that these rosters are recorded in such detail that it is not fake at first glance.

Li Jing would never be full, he had nothing to do, put so many rosters there, and then waited to deal with Zhu Youjian.

Li Jing is not a god, how could he have expected that the emperor would join him as a small general?

It is impossible for Zhu Youjian not to see these things, but Zhu Youjian's character is like this. Even if he knows that Li Jing is not lying to him, he will doubt whether Li Jing is lying to him.

Wang Chengen has served Zhu Youjian for many years, and he knows Zhu Youjian's character well.

Seeing that Zhu Youjian was suspicious again, Wang Chengen had no choice but to follow Zhu Youjian's tone and say: "Your Majesty, no matter whether the roster sent by Li Jing is fake or not, I should check it carefully in the opinion of this old slave. The most elite of the imperial court The monthly salary of the frontier army is less than three taels, why does he pay such a high salary to the civilian army?"

Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "Yes, send someone to investigate carefully, but you have to carefully consider who to send. People in the palace are not good. Li Jing can tell at a glance that I don't believe him. Big companion, you Who is more appropriate to send?"

Wang Chengen thought for a while and said: "This matter cannot be found out in a day or two. In addition, the old slave means to go to Salt Lake to see how Li Jing implements the salt policy. Therefore, the person sent must be shrewd and capable, and loyal to the emperor. , and not greedy for money, "

Zhu Youjian pondered for a while and nodded: "Go and call Zhou Yanru, Huang Ruliang, and Xiong Mingyu."

Wang Chengen took the order and hurriedly sent someone to go.

After a while, Wang Chengen brought Zhou Yanru, Huang Ruliang and Xiong Mingyu to the palace.

"See Your Majesty." The three bowed and saluted.

"Forget it, buddy, show the seats to the three lovers." Zhu Youjian waved his hands.

Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen turned around and called the two young eunuchs on duty to bring three round stools and put them behind the three important court officials.

Zhou Yanru and the three of them thanked their seats and leaned over to sit on the stool, and then Zhou Yanru said: "I don't know what you want to do when your Majesty summons you?"

Zhu Youjian pondered for a while, pointed to two boxes and said, "These are the rosters of soldiers sent by General Li Jing from Shanxi. The three lovers have a look first."

The three of them didn't know Zhu Youjian's intention, they took out a few rosters in doubt and looked at them carefully.

"Hiss..." After watching for a while, Xiong Mingyu suddenly sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Does Xiong Aiqing think something is wrong?" Zhu Youjian asked.

Xiong Mingyu heard that and hurriedly closed the roster and said: "This roster is extremely detailed, it can be seen that Li Jing is really serious in his work, but the soldiers' salaries are too high, if they are paid according to this amount, the imperial court will not be able to support many troops. "

Zhu Youjian nodded, turned to Zhou Yanru and Huang Ruliang and said, "What do you two lovers think?"

Zhou Yanru and Huang Ruliang put down the roster, shook their heads at the same time and said, "I agree with Mr. Xiong's point of view."

"Yes, according to this amount, the imperial court can't even afford to support an army of 5 soldiers. But looking at the roster, Li Jing obviously did not cheat, so I would like to ask the three lovers how Li Jing can support so many soldiers where?"

"This..." Xiong Mingyu opened the roster and glanced at it, and then said, "Yes, the marking on it is obviously not fake, so how can Li Jing afford so many soldiers?"

Seeing the eyes of several people looking at him, Huang Ruliang smiled wryly and said to Zhu Youjian: "I want to know how Li Jing can support so many soldiers, and the household department will not be in such a situation."

"Does the emperor want to send someone to Shanxi?" Zhou Yanru said.

To say that Zhou Yanru's ability to become the first assistant is really not for nothing, and he immediately understood Zhu Youjian's intentions.

Zhu Youjian nodded, pondered for a while and said, "Li Changgeng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has not yet arrived. In addition, I don't want the Ministry of Officials to send people to Shanxi this time. Huang Aiqing, I don't know if there is a suitable candidate for the Ministry of Household Affairs? You must be smart and capable, no The greedy kind."

Huang Ruliang didn't expect Zhu Youjian to bypass the Ministry of Officials and go directly to the Ministry of Households. It seems that Zhu Youjian has begun to be disappointed with the officials appointed by the Ministry of Officials.

At the same time, let the Ministry of Households send personnel but bypass the Ministry of Officials. Obviously, they don't care about the rank and size, but just want someone who can do things.

But as long as this errand is done well, it will be easy to improve in the future.

After pondering for a while, Huang Ruliang said: "Yuan Shu, the head of the Shanxi Qing Officials Department, is well-versed in his work, adhering to the family style of Jie Huan, and has never been greedy for money. I think it is more appropriate to send Yuan Shu to inspect Pingyang Mansion."

Zhou Yanru and Xiong Mingyu gave Huang Ruliang a hard look when they heard Huang Ruliang mention Jiehuan Gong.I thought to myself, aren't you the one who doesn't open the pot?Why are you mentioning Yuan Keli at this stall? Don't you know that Denglai is making trouble?When you mention Yuan Keli, isn't this embarrassing the emperor?
Sure enough, Zhu Youjian sighed and said: "Mr. Jie Huan is the backbone of the country. If Mr. Jie Huan is in the court, why is the current situation like a eunuch misusing the country?"

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youjian sighed again, and then said: "Since Yuan Shu is the son of Mr. Jiehuan, if you want to be taught by Mr. Jiehuan, you should send Yuan Shu there, um...in the name of the inspector of Pingyang Mansion. Right. Yuan Shu is now in charge of the sixth rank, right? Raise him to one rank, and draw up a decree to add Mr. Jiehuan as the Crown Prince Taibao and Doctor Guanglu."

Zhou Yanru and the others responded hastily.

After waving his hands, Zhu Youjian continued, "Huang Aiqing, tell Yuan Shu that you should watch and listen more when you go, so that you can learn how the Pingyang government governs."

"My minister obeys the order." Huang Ruliang said hurriedly.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand, pointed to the box containing the roster and said, "Give this to Yuan Shu and let him bring it to Li Jing. As for Li Jing's soldiers, let Cao Wenzhao go and have a look. If everything is true, let Li Jing Take Jing with you. Also, Xiong Aiqing, give Cao Wenzhao an order to urge Li Jing to quickly put down the rogues in Zezhou."

Huang Ruliang and Xiong Mingyu hurriedly got up and said yes.

"I'm tired, you go." Zhu Youjian waved his hand.

Seeing Zhu Youjian's tired face, Zhou Yanru and others hurriedly resigned, and Wang Chengen arranged for several internal officials to repack the roster into boxes and send it to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Coming out of Qianqing Palace, Zhou Yanru turned around and looked around, and sighed softly.

"Why is Lord Shoufu sighing?" Huang Ruliang and Xiong Mingyu wondered.

Zhou Yanru looked at the two of them, sighed and said, "I have the power to return to heaven, and today I am Master Xihuang."

Huang Ruliang and Xiong Mingyu were startled when they heard this, and then fell silent.

The first half of Zhou Yanru's sentence is easy to understand. It means that I am very capable and have the power to return to heaven. Most people don't understand what the second half of the sentence means.

Today it is Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen. As for who the Master Xihuang is, it is hard to say. It is probably an emperor from the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, but although this person is an emperor, he doesn't care much about it.

This sentence directly means that my ability is great, and the emperor doesn't care about it.

This kind of translation is obviously unreasonable. Not only does Zhu Youjian take care of things, but he also takes care of them very leniently.

Therefore, this sentence is actually a flip sentence: If the current emperor doesn't care about things, I can save the current situation.

To put it bluntly, this sentence means that Zhu Youjian's level is not good, it is better to let Zhou Yanru take care of everything, then Zhou Yanru can change the current difficult situation of Daming.

Isn't this looking down on Zhu Youjian?
This sentence was later known by Wen Tiren, and he told Zhu Youjian what Zhou Yanru said.

As a result, Zhou Yanru was dismissed and Wen Tiren became the chief assistant.

In fact, Zhou Yanru was stimulated by what Zhu Youjian said just now.

Zhu Youjian asked Yuan Shu to go to Pingyang Mansion to see and listen more. It doesn't matter. The key is to see how Pingyang Mansion governs. Doesn't it make it clear that Zhou Yanru is not qualified as the chief assistant?
Of course Zhou Yanru was not convinced when he heard that, so he said what he said just now to Huang Ruliang and Xiong Mingyu. , the country would not be what it is now.

Both Huang Ruliang and Xiong Mingyu understood Zhou Yanru's words, but what could they say?Naturally, he pretended not to understand, and then made a fortune in a muffled voice.

Back in their respective offices, the three of them immediately started to get busy.

Zhou Yanru wanted to draft an edict for Zhu Youjian to appoint Yuan Shu to inspect Pingyang Mansion and an edict to seal Yuan Keli.

Yuan Shu was going to visit Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, and asked Yuan Shu to go back to his hometown in Suizhou, Henan to issue an edict to his father, and then transfer to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, which saved a lot of time and manpower.

Huang Ruliang called Yuan Shu over, repeated Zhu Youjian's words, and then told him himself again.

Xiong Mingyu immediately wrote to Cao Wenzhao, ordering him to go to Pingyang Mansion to find out what happened to Li Jing's soldiers.
Li Jing never expected that he would send Zhu Youjian two boxes of rosters, which would provoke Zhu Youjian to make so many actions.

What's more, because of Huang Ruliang's suggestion, Yuan Keli was actually promoted from Prince Shaobao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War of the second rank, to Taibao, the crown prince, and was granted the title of doctor Guanglu, and became a senior official of the first rank.

(End of this chapter)