After being reborn as Wang Baochuan's sister, she decided not to persuade her

Chapter 49 Wang Shouwen

This person is both good and evil, and his position depends entirely on his preferences. Whichever side is beneficial to him, he will stand on that side. He accepts bribes and sometimes defends the people.

Many people hate him so much, but there is nothing they can do about him.

The reason why Wang Shouwen is so rampant is because the backer behind him is the only family member of the most favored concubine Yan Guifei in the palace. It is rumored that the emperor had not ascended the throne at the time, and the Yan family was beheaded in order to save him. A noble concubine Yan and her only younger brother.

Therefore, she has always been honored and favored, but Concubine Yan Gui was probably very sad because of that incident. Although the emperor loved him very much, she was always as indifferent as a chrysanthemum. Outstanding, but also like to hide the edge.

Even though the two brothers and sisters are very rich, they have never done anything beyond the rules. On the contrary, they still know how to keep a distance from the court battles. Therefore, the two concubines Yan Gui made the emperor feel at ease. Weird, often doing some innocuous little actions, the emperor would turn a blind eye.

Probably because Wang Shouwen didn't want to participate in the affairs of the court, so he entrusted the matter of Qiu Wei to him.

But I don't want to, although Wang Shouwen always sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight, but secretly has some collusion with Wang Yun.

Therefore, Qiu Wei is still in Wang Yun's hands in the end.

No wonder Mr. Zhao gave Wang Yun a gift at that time. Wang Yun was so powerful that no one dared to offend him. If he agreed to something, it would be a certainty.

Qiu Wei is a big day in the capital.

At that time, the front of the Yamen in Chang'an will be surrounded by common people, and the alleys will be empty, and most of the patrolling troops will be arranged in the Yamen.

"You've been busy these few days." Wang Yinchuan said.

Wei Ting nodded, "It's okay, those men who are free come to me every day to ask for military expenses, and they happen to hand over Qiu Wei's various things to them, always yelling what I can do."

Great suffering was also glorious in the past. It used to expand the territory, the territory was vast, the army was strong, and the military expenditure was naturally a lot. However, in recent years, wars have continued, the treasury is empty, and the army cannot be reduced. Few, more and more soldiers are being recruited, military expenses are tight, and it has been owed for a long time.

But there is no way.

The generals in the barracks repeatedly wrote to ask for military expenses, and the imperial court always had a reason to prevaricate them.

Corruption is prevalent. If you want military expenses, you must first pay some security fees to the household department.These are no longer called corruption, and have even been put on the surface, which is the tacit consensus of the central government.

Although the emperor has repeatedly banned it, it has a long history and is hard to stop after all.

Therefore, what is really given to the army must be halved at least.

Wang Yinchuan went to the barracks that day not only to see how Wei Feng was in the army, but also to see the situation in the barracks.

She didn't pay attention to the situation of the military camp before, and she only went to the military camp to see how the soldiers trained. However, the last time she went there, she realized what hardship is.

When looking at the barracks from the outside, it is majestic, but after entering, I realized that it was a mess.

In the barracks, there is a training field that has been in disrepair for a long time. There is no oil and water in the dining hall. Even the weapons used for training on weekdays can only barely look like swords. Many soldiers live in the barracks. People from Chang’an, like Wei Feng, will go home every day and be able to eat a good meal. Those who live in the military camp, the daily meal can be said to be clear soup and water, and some thick noodles and steamed buns are good. .

This is true for food, not to mention clothes and places to live.

The patches on the clothes are comparable to Baijiayi, and they live in a place where there is rain in summer and wind in autumn, and some of them share a bedding, but even so, they can only stay in the barracks for training.

Once you enter the military camp, it is as deep as the sea, so it is not unreasonable to call it a "purgatory field".

The military camp wrote letters repeatedly, but few of them were actually sent to the household department. When they heard that they wanted military expenses, they first asked for 1000 taels of relief money.

And even if it took a lot of time to come, it may not be possible to give 1000 taels to the one that is finally allocated.

Wang Yinchuan only knew this after reading Wei Ting's official documents in the past few days. When she was a child and followed Wang Yunyou in the officialdom, the army was probably at that time, and there were no such messy things.

But now not only are there years of wars, there are even natural disasters in some places, there is no harvest, the treasury is stretched, some people are so rich that they are invincible, and some people have eaten their last meal and never left their next meal.

In troubled times, survival is already a gift from God.

In the past, the Ku Dynasty was a government military system. Every autumn, soldiers were called for intensive training. After nothing happened, they were sent back to the farmland and let them go home to work on the farm.

Now that it is autumn, the war is on the verge of breaking out again.

It was even worse.

Wang Yinchuan said, "I saw your official documents a few days ago. It must have been written by the people below. Five of the ten letters said that the military camp was difficult and asked you to ask for money."

When Wei heard this, his head got dizzy.

"I'm a rough man. If you ask me to lead the army to fight, I will definitely do my best. It is not impossible to win the battle. It's just that the twists and turns in the court are really annoying. If you don't want to offend one, you have to offend that. None of them are easy to mess with." Wei Ting's expression was a little irritated, as if those difficult official documents were in front of him, "If you ask me, a beating is more effective than words."

"Those generals above who don't lead soldiers, say some sour words all day long, saying that they should abide by the rules and regulations. It's very annoying."

The generals without troops are probably those in charge transferred by the Ministry of War.

Not everyone has actually been on the battlefield, but managing a huge military camp is no different from civil officials in terms of management.

Wei Ting has a straight temper, and equally hates every civil official in the court who speaks in a sloppy manner.

Wang Yinchuan laughed at him, "You don't like talking with your fists the most. If the people in the household department don't give you money, you can just beat me up."

Wei Ting's expression softened a little, "I've done it."

"Two months ago, when they didn't give money, they said that the people in the barracks were trash who only eat and don't do anything. I took Pojun to the household department, and after a beating, I honestly gave some. "

"Butchering pigs has to wait for fattening. I plan to wait another month. If you still talk about something with me, I won't be polite anymore. Why do you ask for peace and hard work? I beat them to kneel down and ask me to be honest. .”

Wang Yinchuan, "..."

Wang Yinchuan said, "Aren't you afraid that they will sue His Majesty?"

"What are you afraid of?" Wei Ting said indifferently, "Even if I go to the Golden Luan Hall, those wastes from the household department will have to honestly allocate my military expenses. Your Majesty is worried that he will have nowhere to go."

(End of this chapter)