Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 415 Rules
Yan Keying felt very uncomfortable, thinking that being the commander-in-chief was very boring.

When he was in Fujian, although he only held the rank of lieutenant general, it was only the official title of the imperial court. His actual position in the official party was based on the fleet of ships and troops directly led by him. Those who are directly under his command, the appointment of officers at all levels, and even the money and food, etc., are all in his hands.

The leader, Zheng Yiguan, basically cannot directly intervene.

Now that he has entered the Imperial Battalion, he has become a bare-bones general soldier. Not all of them are. After all, he still has 500 Fujian soldiers. Thousands of soldiers have to be divided into ten combat battalions, and one battalion has [-] soldiers, which accounts for [-]%.

From the deputy general at the township level to the Xiebiao battalion, the chief officials at all levels brought only about [-]% of the people he brought. Now that there is such a fifth division, these civil officials have deprived him of so much power.

Yan Keying really wanted to quit.

But in the end, I can only accept these silently.

He thought in his heart, he is still the general soldier, the uncle who wears the python, and there are [-] old Fujian brothers under his command. Horse control in hand?

After the meeting, Yan Keying held a reception banquet.

I wanted to highlight the key points and show off his demeanor as a Fujian general, but Zhang Cheng and a group of people said that it should be simple and not extravagant, etc. In the end, they couldn't help it, so they had a light meal, and then these people left one by one and went back. .

"Don't you have any filial gifts?"

Looking at the empty big tent, Yan Keying couldn't bear it anymore, and complained directly in front of his subordinates.

Although he was born as a pirate, he also came ashore for nothing in Fujian these years, and he is very familiar with the bad rules and customs of the Ming Dynasty.

It is customary in official circles that when new officials take office, they have to go to the higher-level yamen to obtain a certificate of appointment, and then they have to meet with each other one by one. Although this process is a formality, the most important thing is filial piety.

For example, when a Fujian magistrate takes office, he must first honor the governor of Fujian 800 taels, the governor and the inspector 600 taels each, the chief envoy 400 taels, the inspector 300 taels, and even the admiral's yamen. As well as the expenses of treating guests to dinner, etc., these add up to no less than 3000 taels.

Of course, after taking office, it is natural to accept the filial piety of subordinates. Each county magistrate generally pays 300 taels of filial piety to the magistrate, and even some guilds also have to come to filial piety.

And these are still open rules, that is, things that have been agreed upon. You cannot break them. There are rules for how much you give and how much you receive. Otherwise, the rules will be broken, and you may be untenable and unable to do things in the future.

In addition, there are three festivals and two longevity rules in the officialdom, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Day, and the birthday of the boss and his wife, they all have to be given gifts, and there are specific agreed numbers, such as six hundred for the governor, and five hundred for the governor. , four hundred chief envoys, three hundred and so on.

Of course, there is a gap between rich and poor in various places, so the specifics will be different, but basically there are such rules in different places, and you can't mess around.

Although Yan Keying is an officer, the same rules apply in the army.

It is very common and normal to give filial piety to the superiors, give New Year gifts, accept filial piety from the officers below, and even deduct some military pay, and there are all cases.

Of course, as high-ranking military officers, they have to support their own family, and they also have to hire a staff master, who shares different tasks. For his level, the salary of the master is not low, ranging from 500 to [-] taels a year. Wait, the master's salary will be at least [-] or even higher in one year.

This kind of rule has been accumulated for many years. Even if Yan Keying is an irregular deputy general, the exchange of money from one to the other every year has to be tens of thousands of taels.

Excluding those who are filial to his superiors, he actually still has 8000 taels left over, and he is still the owner of the ship, and the trade has direct profits. In addition, he is a veteran of an official party, and he still has a lot of dividends every year, but his soldiers, Most of them are his personal soldiers, so the expenses in this area are not small.

He stayed in this imperial camp for many days, but did not receive any money.

When the officials came, they only brought some local products and other things, which were all worthless things, such as tea, rice wine, ham and the like.

This made him wonder, do these people look down on him?

Remembering that he stayed in Nanjing for a short three days before, he went there in a hurry and was not ready for filial piety. He originally planned to wait for the settlement here, and then go to Beijing to send the filial piety that should be given.

Who knows, now that a little bit of filial piety is confiscated, is it possible that he should pay for it all by himself?
"Uncle, I heard that there are many rules in the imperial camp. Gifts are not allowed indiscriminately, especially money is not allowed. Otherwise, it is corruption and bribery. At most, you can give some worthless local products, and the imperial camp is not allowed to skimp. Soldiers' salaries, but the imperial court has corresponding famous rations for officers, and the salaries of officers and soldiers have been increased a lot. Even for battalion officers, depending on the number of soldiers, the salary is also higher. The battalion officers have 150 taels per month... ··”

"There is such a thing?" Yan Keying didn't believe it.

Although he was born as a pirate, he had been an imperial court officer for many years, and he had also dealt with the governors, governors, inspectors, governors, generals, soldiers, etc. of the imperial court.
They will even ask for it directly and openly.

"I've been asking everywhere these days. There are indeed many rules in the imperial camp, and the Supervision Department is in charge of supervision and military law. They also have their own military police. Whoever dares to mess around will have to pass their level first. Don't look at the inspectors, they are all civilian officials, but they are all ruthless. It is said that Shen Wenzhong, the chief inspector, was just a down-to-earth talent begging for money, but he was appreciated by Long Live. The director of the imperial camp was punished by his military law There are hundreds of officers, big and small, and those captured by him will not be saved even if they are brought to the imperial court."

Yan Keying took a deep breath when he heard this.

"Is there such a thing?"

"That's not true. Uncle Huang Binqing from Zhoushan knew it. He was also a powerful party, but he was also recruited by Long Live. He is now the admiral of the Yangtze River Fleet of the Navy. His daughter even entered the palace and became a concubine, but he has a son who is very addicted. Killed, originally a general, because he was harsh on his subordinates, he ordered a stick to kill a supervisory officer who contradicted him. As a result, Shen Wenzhong knew about it and had to go online. In the end, regardless of Huang Binqing's obstruction or even pleading, he directly led the military police to break into Huang Binqing. After arresting the people in the camp, and after collecting the evidence, they cut him down in front of everyone in Huang Binqing's camp."

"Cut it off?" Yan Keying's eyes widened.

"Well, cut it off. It is said that Shen Wenzhong counted dozens of felonies committed by Huang Binqing's son. Not only was he killing a general with a stick, he even raped his subordinate's wife, and he also raped many women. A nuisance to the people, anyway, this surnamed Huang is not a good bird. He used to be very brutal and bloodthirsty when he was in Zhoushan. Although he fought fiercely, he liked to kill prisoners. *Female, has the fierce name of Tai Sui.

The military judge in his army persuaded him to command him, but he was beaten to death by him, and Shen Wenzhong, the god of killing, was attracted to cut him down. Huang Binqing knelt down to beg for mercy, but it was useless.

Afterwards, Huang Binqing sent people to surround Shen Wenzhong, but the gendarmerie directly pointed their muskets at Huang Binqing. Huang Binqing went to complain to the emperor, but the emperor let Qianniu guards take him down instead.

He was imprisoned for three days. He was supposed to take his post and convict him. Finally, it was heard that Concubine Huang was kneeling outside the emperor's palace with her big belly and begging, so Huang Binqing was spared once, but she still took him away. The post of admiral only allowed him to hang the title of admiral in the imperial camp. "

Yan Yingke was very shocked. His daughter was about to enter the palace, and he was also made an earl by virtue of his daughter. But Huang Binqing is much more powerful than him. He has long been the commander-in-chief, and even the governor of Yiyang King. This large piece of land and many ships and men, and finally his daughter entered the palace and was pregnant with a dragon seed.

As a result, because of this incident, he directly took away the post of admiral of the navy, and his title was also reduced to Earl of Jingjiang, just a false title in the imperial camp.

"Why do I feel that we shouldn't leave Fujian?" Yan Keying felt a little regretful now, feeling that the emperor he met before was completely different from the emperor rumored now.

This made him a little scared.

"Hey, it's too late to say this now, and we can only take one step at a time. Forget it, I don't lack some filial money. Since the emperor has such rules, let's follow the new rules, damn it .” Yan Keying cursed and was full of anger.

The general asked, "Then shall we admit it?"

"What else can I do? You see, before the imperial court asked Pingguo to send out these 8000 people, how can Pingguo have a word? My brother-in-law stomped his feet in the southeast. He is a hero who will have a tsunami in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. But isn’t this honest and honest after entering Beijing? Forget it, let’s act according to the order first.”

"But,"

"It's nothing to worry about," Yan Keying now only has one view of the emperor, the majesty of the emperor is unpredictable, and he is still unfathomable, he doesn't want to touch the emperor Nilin easily.

Let's take it easy.

"The military commander is in charge of personnel and training, the chief of staff is in charge of intelligence, war strategy, logistics, and equipment in charge of food and equipment, and the supervisory department is in charge of military law, so I just save trouble, let them take care of it, I will be the shopkeeper of."

Several family generals can only be helpless, Yan Keying's words are also helpless words, they hold the imperial decree in their hands, although Yan Keying is the commander-in-chief or the earl, but now the Fujian soldiers have been demolished. With only [-] people under his command, how dare he say no to the emperor's will?

"So I thought the Son of Heaven was a wise and benevolent king, but I never thought he would be so ruthless."

"Uncle, be careful with your words." A family member hastened to persuade.

"Hey, I won't even be able to say a damned sweet thing from now on." Yan Keying said helplessly, "Go on, tell us to be more careful in the future, let's see how the imperial camp is doing, no matter what. , They were able to achieve such a reputation within a year, which also shows that their set of things is still very powerful, let's study hard."

(End of this chapter)