lied to Kangxi

Chapter 385

After the food problem is solved, there will be a silver problem.

Yuzhu sent someone to invite Wan Yanlu, the chief minister, to Fuya.

The chief envoy, commonly known as the vassal, or Dongsi.According to the inspection and envoy division, commonly known as the standard division, or the west division.

The chief envoy is a second-rank local official at the same level as Yuzhu. He is generally honored as Fantai or Fang Bo. He is in charge of the civil affairs of a province and has great real power.

If Yuzhu is the head of the Moscow State Party Committee and the first commander of the State Military District, Wan Yanlu is equivalent to the Governor of Moscow State, Minister of Organization, Chief Disciplinary Inspection, Minister of Propaganda, and Director of Finance.

In the fantai yamen, the most important institution is called the fan treasury, which is the general warehouse for saving money and food.

The revenue and expenditure of the treasury, accounting, corvee service, tax collection, court payment, and the distribution of official salaries all go through the feudal yamen.

In short, in a word, everything related to money, food and personnel in the province is related to the chief envoy.

According to the system of the imperial court, all orders issued by Yuzhu to pay for money and food must be sent to the chief secretary's yamen, and Wanyanlu will execute them.

For another example, if Yuzhu wanted to appoint a certain alternate magistrate as a committee member, he had to send a letter to Wan Yanlu, who would hang up the appointment card in front of the vassal's yamen and announce it to the whole province.

To put it bluntly, as long as the vassal yamen does not put out a sign to issue an official announcement, the procedure of appointment and removal of personnel will not be officially completed.

One can imagine how much real power Wanyanlu has?

Wanyanlu went to the provincial border in person to welcome Yuzhu to Changsha.

On the way, the two met and communicated every day, and even ate and drank together, so they were quite familiar with each other.

After the meeting ceremony, Yu Zhu invited Wanyan Lv to sit down, but Wan Yan Lv refused to accept it, and just sat next to Yu Zhu's subordinate, appearing to be very disciplined.

"Brother Xijin, I don't know how much money is left in the provincial treasury?" Yu Zhu kindly called Wanyan Lv's name and called him brother.

Fan treasury, also known as provincial treasury.

Wanyanlu, whose style name is Xijin, is manchurian with a red flag inlaid. He is a typical member of the Qing court.

Temple strength theory.

Now it's not the late Qing Dynasty, with Wanyan Lv's real power status in the province, even if Yu Zhu is the leader of the monopoly, he should be given three points of respect.

"Report to Zhongcheng, there is still 70 taels of silver in the provincial treasury. However, when paying the autumn tax to the Ministry of Households, you must pay 50 taels." Wan Yanlu slightly raised his hips, tilted his body, and cupped his hands. Respectfully answered Yu Zhu's question.

Yuzhu had heard Wanyanlu's words several times on the road.It's just that today's occasion is extremely formal.

To put it bluntly, Wan Yanlu took the initiative to go to the provincial border to welcome the new governor, just to get closer to Yuzhu and avoid excessive consumption of money and food, but it was him, the feudal official, who was really in trouble.

Because of the inability to hand in the money and food to the Ministry of Households on time, the first responsible person to be held accountable is the feudal official Wan Yanlu.

As for Yuzhu, the governor, he has great power and very little responsibility.

As soon as Yuzhu heard it, he understood that Wan Yanlu was worried. He led the troops to suppress the bandits and embezzled all the money and grain, so it would be difficult to make business with the court in the future.

"Well, then no one is allowed to touch the 20 taels of silver, and it will be used as a starting fee for the army." Yu Zhu didn't want to embarrass Wan Yan Lv, and made a final decision.

To put it bluntly, after Yuzhu led the troops out, the important matter of allocating money, food and supplies really couldn't get around Wanyanlv's support.

Grain storage is the main point. Regarding the matter of money, Yuzhu has other plans, why is there any need to embarrass Wan Yanlu?
Yuzhu's officialdom philosophy has always been, or don't offend others, and everyone will live in harmony with the light.Or, just hold the handle and toss to death, so that the opponent can no longer stand up.

There are many powerful enemies for no reason, and the wise will not do it.

"Yes, I would like to follow Zhong Cheng's orders." Seeing Yu Zhu being so easy to talk to, Wanyan Lu couldn't help but feel good about him, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Hey, there is nothing in vain for the water mill kung fu that is so good on the road!

It can be seen that although Yuzhu is young, he is also humane.

In today's green battalion, anyone who sends troops must pay a large amount of departure fee.Otherwise, don't want to send troops smoothly.

The Qiu Bamen in the green camp, their usual food and wages, were stripped down layer by layer by corrupt officials, and the money they got was only enough to make ends meet.

If you don't ask for a large reward while you're moving out, why should you work hard for you?
Moreover, there are capable people in Qiubalitou.They knew that when the superiors were using troops, if instead of sending troops, instead of causing a mutiny, they would be severely held accountable by the court.

For example, the commander-in-chief of Zhendui Town usually drank too much soldier blood, and the people below dared not speak out.

When it was time to use the army, under the instigation and planning of people with good intentions, there was a mutiny among the Zhendang soldiers, and it was conceivable that the chief soldier who was detained was going to be in bad luck.

Objectively speaking, even the leading soldiers have ruthless means of restricting their bosses.

To put it bluntly, after the barefoot was forced to rush, he would fight to the death with the greedy boss.

Of course, under the background of the mutual protection of officials and officials, judging from the final disposal situation, the leading soldier is still completely defeated.

Why?Officers involved are rarely killed.As for the big soldiers who provoked trouble, almost all of them were settled by Qiuhou.

If the mutiny played a warning role, if it was really useful, there would be no evil consequences of the collapse of both the Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Battalion soldiers.

The famous Qi family army in history was massacred by the conspiracy of officials from top to bottom because of the payment.

The idiot logic in it is that the masters can deduct the soldiers' pay at will, and the soldiers should be slaughtered obediently.

If those who are disobedient dare to raise troops and make trouble, it is tantamount to provoking the authority of the court, then don't blame the masters for using knives and killing people to silence them.

After discussing the matter of money, Yuzhu took advantage of the opportunity to bring up the matter of grain adjustment.

Pianyuan Province, with only a few prefectures in the east, can win the reputation of a land of fish and rice, so it is natural that there is no shortage of food.

"Reporting to Zhongcheng, before the appointment came, he had already ordered people to check the accounts. At present, the food that can be used in the province is about 25 shi."

Yuzhu rewarded him and didn't force him to pay, so Wanyanlu reciprocated and generously agreed to supply 25 shi of grain.

The affairs in the officialdom are the result of mutual compromise.

Well, 25 shi of grain is quite a lot.

Yuzhu nodded in satisfaction, and praised: "Brother Xijin is indeed a capable official who has carried forward with heavy burdens. If the supply of food and wages is safe this time, I will go to the court and remember my brother's first contribution."

Seeing Yuzhu drawing a big cake, Wanyanlu couldn't help but smiled, cupped his hands and said: "Suppressing bandits is your miraculous achievement in helping the crisis and the difficulties, Zhong Cheng, what kind of job can you do, how dare you take the lead in this? "

The two looked at each other and smiled, each knew the other's subtext, but neither took the initiative to point it out.

Yuzhu's real overall situation has always been in the military power in Beijing, and he has no intention of fighting with Wanyanlu for power and profit at all.

Therefore, as long as Wanyanlu has no worries about logistical support, Yuzhu will really play the old emperor and show his merits for Wanyanlu.

As for Wan Yanlu, what he was most worried about was that Yuzhu was bullying others and wasting money recklessly, forcing him to fail to account to the Ministry of Accounts.

You must know that the most important part of the imperial court's assessment of local officials is taxation.

No matter how well you do other jobs, as long as you fail to pay taxes on time, you will be impeached and stepped down by the censor.

This so-called one-vote veto of the early version of the Qing Dynasty!
However, Wanyanlu's scheming and scheming were completely exposed in Yuzhu's eyes.

Wan Yanlu, as the honor of the vassal, went as far as the provincial border to greet him, which could easily bring a certain degree of goodwill to Yuzhu.

With the frequent exchanges on the road, coupled with the substantial support in terms of money and food, what reason does Yu Zhu have to take Yan Lu Liwei?
Yuzhu controls Wanyan Lv, and also has a big killer.

The concurrent title of the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate gave Yuzhu the power to impeach his subordinates.

Just like the censors of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the bullets are released, someone will step down.

According to the imperial court's practice of maintaining the authority of border officials, if Yu Zhu impeached Wanyan Lv, Wanyan Lv would lose his position in [-]% of the cases.

However, even if Wan Yanlu was driven away, the next vassal was appointed and dismissed by the court, and Yuzhu only had the right to make suggestions, but not the right to make substantive decisions.

It must be admitted that the Qing Dynasty successfully ruled hundreds of millions of Han people with a very small number of people for nearly 300 years, and it still learned a lot of historical lessons.

After smoothing Wanyan Lv, Yu Zhu relaxed and ordered to summon the military officers above the general level of the whole province.

Yuzhu is an old fritter in the officialdom, and he has led troops to fight in actual combat in the Northwest. Even if he can't be called a famous general for the time being, he still knows who is a general, right?

Who dares to be negligent when the immediate boss recruits each other?

Five days later, the officers of the green battalion who were originally scattered in various places gathered in front of the lobby of Fuya.

Today's Fuya, in front of the gate, is extremely chilling.

According to the established policy, after Yuzhu appeases the civil servants in the province, he will definitely use the generals to stand out.

Xiangxi area has a vast territory.If the soldiers of the Green Battalion were reluctant to sacrifice their lives, they would collapse at the touch of a touch and show the back of the jade pillar to the bandit army, hehe, then it would not be a joke.

Objectively speaking, the new army brought by Yu Zhu, no matter how strong the combat power, is only more than 3000 people after all.

With few soldiers and horses, they have the advantage of being quick to dispatch, but also have the disadvantage of being unable to fully control the situation.

To put it bluntly, Yuzhu's direct troops are too small to serve as the main force for mobile strikes.

However, the new army and the artillery can't look at the west when they look to the east. Yuzhu must also force the green battalion soldiers from all over the place to help defend various important places.

At this moment, over Fuya, the dull drums were still beating.

Near the Fuya lobby, the soldiers of the new army, armed with live ammunition, were on guard every three steps and one post every five steps.

The soldiers pursed their lips one by one, with extremely serious expressions.On the tip of the gun, the gleaming bayonet shone with a dazzling cold light under the reflection of the morning sun.

The military officers who have come to report have seen this situation, and they are all secretly glad.

No matter how stupid they are, they can still see that Yuzhu is probably trying to show his prestige today, or even using his head as a sacrifice to the handsome flag, right?

According to the military law of the Qing Dynasty, the handsome ministers gathered together, and after the three-way drum sounded, those who couldn't reach the point would be cut off!
After the third drum stopped, when the generals were looking around, looking for the unlucky guy who didn't arrive on time, they suddenly heard a loud shout from behind the lobby.

"Master Fujun, here!"

All the generals hurried down according to their grades and shifts, and under the leadership of Admiral Erente, they marched down together, and said respectfully: "Humble post, please appease the military master Jin An."

There was no way, Erente was so nervous that he temporarily changed the greeting, from Da'an to Jin'an.

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