Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 309 High Hopes
Although the Ming Dynasty also had governor Xuanda, and officials in charge of military affairs and food and pay in various towns in Shanxi, those positions have always been filled by literati officials, and many of them are six officials with the rank of bachelor. If Huang Laifu's appointment comes true, then He will become the first person in the late Ming Dynasty to occupy such a prominent position as a warrior.

If it is said that Huang Laifu is only allowed to govern the military affairs of the two towns without taking care of the food and payment, perhaps the civil servants will feel better in their hearts. They were strongly dissatisfied.

In the current Ming Dynasty, one of the most important reasons why the status of civil servants is far above that of military officials is that they control the lifeblood of the generals in the local towns and guards - the food and payment finances.If it was the same as in the early Ming Dynasty, the generals of the Ming Dynasty were generally self-sufficient in terms of food and salary, and the civil servants naturally had little real control over the generals.

It is undeniable that civil servants have a keen sense of smell. As soon as the news of Emperor Wanli's decree to impersonate Governor-General Huang Laifu and the two towns was released, they thought of the terrible prospect. As for military affairs and food and salaries, their power will be greatly enhanced. What will the civil servants of the towns do then?
Everyone shuddered at the thought of that bleak prospect.For a time, there was an endless stream of people opposing this appointment, and many people even shouted extremely embarrassing remarks: "As soon as this case is opened, Tang Jiwu will bring disaster to the country, and the separatism of the feudal town is just around the corner!"

Under this wave of opposition, the officials of the cabinet and the Ministry of War showed their integrity and were unwilling to countersign the imperial decree issued by Emperor Wanli.This made Emperor Wanli furious. He was a very persistent person, and he had a temper. If anyone liked him, he would defend him from beginning to end.

At that time, Li Rusong was known as the No. 1 domineering and domineering military general. In the past few decades, hundreds of officials impeached him with more than a thousand copies, but Emperor Wanli always protected him.Regardless of whether Li Rusong is alive or dead, he has enjoyed all the glory. Now Emperor Wanli's protection of Li Rusong has been transferred to Huang Laifu. He believes that Huang Laifu's loyalty to him will not change.

Emperor Wanli said that if the ministries still refused to countersign their own appointment orders, he would use the form of the central order to directly order, and the 600 million taels of Japanese compensation would also be considered to be transferred to the officials of the household department at a later date.

Under the threat of Emperor Wanli, the officials of various ministries succumbed.They don't want to quarrel with the emperor so stiffly now, they comforted each other: "Things are not that bad, Huang Laifu is just a heretic character, it doesn't mean that the entire Ming military general is this kind of character! He is the first and the last one, for He will have ways to deal with it in the future.”

On June [-], the cabinet and the Ministry of War officials counter-signed the imperial decree of Emperor Wanli, appointing Huang Laifu as the governor of the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, military rations, and concurrently as the commander-in-chief of the town of Shanxi, and also taking care of farming outside the Great Wall and so on.

On this day, the Ministry of War also issued Huang Laifu's arrival survey and cooperation, and some notices for the arrival of the imperial system.

In the current Ming Dynasty, all the officials, except those who were awarded, must be assigned to the survey and cooperation when they take office. All the military towns and chief ministers in the world are coded with one character for their titles.Shanxi is the name of Wuzi.In addition, there are instructions for officials to take office, which was personally ordered by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, so that the officials who take office can understand some of the ways of being an official and what they know when they take office.

Huang Laifu flipped through it hastily, and found that there were dozens of items in the list of instructions on the appointment booklet, and there were as many as a hundred items in the government affairs that needed to be checked and controlled at the local level.It is obvious that being an official is simple and simple, but it is also very complicated when it is complicated.

It's a done deal, Huang Laifu's role as the governor of the two towns has become a fact, and all the officials are second best, waiting to see Huang Laifu's good show.It is not an easy task for one warrior to govern the military affairs of two towns and also manage the food and pay of the two towns.

In the two towns of Shanxi and Datong, there are governors, as well as soldiers from various branches in each town, who tightly control the local army, food and salaries, warehouses, forts, farmland and other things. In the past, Huang Laifu's ability, Shanxi Town's army is so expensive that it can only affect Wuzhai Fort, Ningwuguan, Shenchi Fort and other small forts. Right now, there are hundreds of cities and forts in the two towns, and countless civil servants make things difficult. Is he busy enough?
For Huang Laifu, Emperor Wanli had high hopes. In the past, the military fort area that Huang Laifu had guarded was gradually self-sufficient. Not only did he no longer need state funding, but sometimes he could pay a large amount of tax money to the higher authorities. However, Emperor Wanli hoped that Huang Laifu would do the same after guarding Datong Town and Shanxi Town.

Although Huang Laifu brought back the first batch of tens of millions of taels of Japanese indemnity, the shortage of Daming's treasury has not been fundamentally reversed, and the money will not take long.Right now, there are more than 400 troops in the Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty, and their annual salary exceeds [-] million taels of silver, and there is also a large amount of food, grass, etc., which is a heavy burden for the country. The tendency to wear down.

In addition, many civil servants and military generals in the border areas now pretend to pay military salaries in empty names, and detract more from the soldiers and civilians under their command, resulting in repeated mutiny among the border residents. Emperor Wanli is very worried about the future situation. He hopes that the changes in the border towns can start from Huang Laifu .

However, Emperor Wanli also understood the difficulties Huang Laifu would face in the future. He rewarded Huang Laifu with the Shangfang Sword and the Imperial Golden Arrow. He can also detain them from the government first, and then report them to Emperor Wanli, which is a huge power.

At the same time, Huang Laifu also asked Emperor Wanli to allow him to build artillery in Shanxi Town, and to set up the Governor's Mansion in Wuzhaibao, and Emperor Wanli agreed.

For Emperor Wanli's trust and reuse, Huang Laifu is grateful. He has worked so hard for so many years, isn't it just for this day?At the same time, he is also excited, ready to do a big job, to use his fists and feet with all his strength, and to paint the blueprint in his mind in the land of the two towns.

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On June [-]th, Huang Laifu bid farewell to Emperor Wanli and his parents in Beijing, Huang Sihao and Yang, and led the Shanxi army out of Fuchengmen, the capital, to Shanxi Town.

There were 4000 soldiers from the Wuzhai Camp and Laifu Camp, and 4000 soldiers from the Logistics Battalion. During this war, Huang Laifu sent [-] troops.However, due to the casualties of hundreds of people during the North Korean War in the past few years, and the personal general Azhi led [-] gunfire soldiers to stay on Tsushima Island, it is naturally impossible for Huang Laifu to have a full staff of [-] when he returns this time.

However, casualties in wars are a common occurrence. After eating the military dinner, the soldiers are psychologically prepared for casualties.Moreover, Huang Laifu's army has perfect regulations on military merit and pensions. After each war, Huang Laifu's soldiers have received a large number of benefits. , Shanxi Town is obviously much stronger than the rest of the towns.

Emperor Wanli personally sent them off on the Meridian Gate Tower. When the army came out of Beijing, the streets were surrounded by the people of the capital. The people of the capital were familiar with this powerful army. They stood on both sides of the street. Cheers, farewell to this heroic army, this made all the soldiers of the Shanxi Army hold their heads high and their chests held high, everyone looked straight and solemn.

Regarding the cheers from the common people, Huang Laifu's expression was calm. He was very happy when he heard that he was in charge of the military affairs and rations of the two towns that day, but after the incident, his mood quickly calmed down. At the moment of the peak, after that moment, I also feel that things are just mediocre.

Now Huang Laifu has already put his mind on how to deal with future government affairs.

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The Great North China Plain stretches to the end of the sky, and when you look up, there is an empty space.

On the official road, Huang Laifu's governor's flag board guard of honor walked in the front of the former army. The densely packed flag boards read "Given to Dr. Ronglu", "Commander of the Central Army and Commander of the Right Governor", "Governor of the Military Affairs of the Two Towns of Datong, Shanxi" , "Prime Minister Shanxi Datong Township Money and Food Officer", "Prime Minister Shanxi Town Military Officer" and "Prince Taibao Title" and other honorary titles.

Followed behind was another cloud of banners, a group of strong and burly Shanxi town sergeants, all riding horses and wearing armor, and beside them, most of them had a pair of vacant war horses.At the position of the Chinese army, a huge Chinese army banner fluttered wildly in the wind, and the scarlet red flag also showed that the owner was just like the sun in the sky.

There is no military affairs in this march, so the atmosphere will be more relaxed. Not far in front of Huang Laifu, Gu Dadao is wearing an excellent armor of Qianzong level, riding a horse and sitting on a horse. Although it is June and the sun is fierce, The weather was hot, but Gu Dadao didn't feel tired in the slightest, he rode on the horse in high spirits, even when he was sitting on the horse, he couldn't help looking around.

In this court battle, because Gu Dadao beheaded a Japanese general, he was rewarded for his work, and Gu Dadao should be promoted to the position of Chief Qian.After Huang Laifu reported his merits to the report, the Ministry of War also complied with all of them. A few days ago, after Gu Dadao's reward, he was promoted two ranks in a row, from Banner Chief to Thousand Chief.

Since Gu Dadao followed Huang Laifu, he wanted to imitate his uncle and make contributions. Now that he has finally reached the first step, he is naturally elated, looking forward, full of pride and heroism.

As if feeling the passion in his master's body, the war horse under him also started to stir, snorting excitedly from time to time. Gu Dadao first tried his best to control the horse under him, and finally laughed, and slowly rode the horse in front of the team. Then run up.

"Dadao is not young, but he is still a child at heart! This time when he goes back, he should have a family!"

Seeing this situation, Huang Laifu couldn't help laughing and cursing softly. Although Gu Dadao was only two years younger than him, but Huang Laifu's two generations were people, and his seniority was much older than Gu Dadao, so he naturally scolded him.

Jiang Dazhong beside Huang Laifu also cracked his lips and said, "Young Master, remember that Da Dao is 25 this year, at our age, children are running all over the place, but he is not in a hurry, I'm afraid he is too ambitious !"

Jiang Dazhong was originally the title of general, but after the war, he was promoted to the title of deputy general after the imperial court's evaluation. Because the emperor valued Huang Laifu, Jiang Dazhong, who is Huang Laifu's confidant general, is very likely to be promoted to the general manager of Shanxi Town in the future. soldier.

Maybe it's because he's getting older, or maybe it's because he has grown more dignified with his position of power, Jiang Dazhong is much more stable than before.Moreover, he is very lucky, currently in Wuzhai Fort, in addition to having a wife, he has also taken several concubines over the years, now he has three sons and two daughters.

After hearing Jiang Dazhong's words, Huang Laifu laughed and cursed: "You have to have merit, but you also have to have a family. If he doesn't get married again, his aunt will be the first to let him go!"

Speaking of this, Huang Laifu also thought of his wife and children in Wuzhaibao: "It's been two years since I left home, how are Yunniang and the others?"

(End of this chapter)