Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 155 New Enemy, New Shikai (seeking subscription, monthly ticket)
In the tenth year of Kangxi, the eighth day of August.

The sound of crackling firecrackers finally rang out inside and outside the Wang Family Manor outside Haidian Town.Outside the freshly painted country house, there was a rush of people.Everyone crowded at the gate while watching the old Wang's family marry a new wife, while happily waiting for the flowing water banquet.

The old Wang's family who is going to marry a wife today is not an ordinary family, but the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Wang Fuchen's family!The daughter-in-law is Wang Jizhen, the eldest son of Wang Fuchen.And the one who married the daughter was not an ordinary family, but the family of Jia Hanfu, the governor of Shaanxi. The one who married was Jia Xiaowan, the daughter of Jia Hanfu. Princess Jianning's daughter is a concubine.

Now Wu Yingxiong has gone to Wu Sangui to rebel together. This rebellion will be completed, and he will be the emperor in the future. Isn't his daughter the princess?

There is really no one in this marriage. The governor's son marries the governor's daughter, and even takes an alternate princess as a concubine!
This level of weddings is usually held in Beijing, but the atmosphere in Beijing is not very suitable for weddings recently - you are getting married, you can bump into three or five funerals along the way, how many unlucky?

Therefore, those newlyweds who happen to meet this unlucky day can only go to the country manor to hold wedding events.

Haidian Wangjiazhuang is not really standing in the wilderness, but built in a village.

In this village, apart from the Wang family mansion, there are some village houses that don't look so decent.Those who lived in these village houses were all tenants who rented the fields of the bannermen.

Although they are "free bodies" and not someone's slaves, they are the real bottom at the foot of the strict hierarchy of the Qing emperor.

Not to mention the comparison with the bannerman and the coated man, even the slaves of the bannerman's Su La family and the house slaves of the coated man's family are far inferior.When those house slaves came to the Zhuangzi on the Haidian side, they would be housekeepers and Zhuangtou.Even if it doesn't reach this level, it's still a master who eats and drinks enough, drinks five and six, and doesn't do farm work.

Ordinary tenants can only envy them when they see them. Although they talk about the word "slaves", they are actually superior "masters", and tenants who have no land of their own dare not Comparing with others.

Of course, in the system of the Qing Dynasty, these tenants who leased and planted flag fields were not the lowest.In fact, they can also be regarded as the periphery of the Eight Banners noble system, at least they are less likely to starve to death. Banner masters have many ways to get money, and they are not so careful when collecting rent.

For example, Wang Fuchen, the big landlord in Wangjiazhuang, has long forgotten that there is such a thing as rent collection.

In addition, these tenants have far more opportunities to climb up than tenants elsewhere. They are all "candidate domestic slaves". If some bannermen and landlords are promoted, they will naturally recruit more domestic slaves. They can make up for it.

This is one person attaining the Tao, and the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven!

Another one, they are still the alternate family members and long-term followers of those "official Bailao".

The local bureaucracy system in the Qing Dynasty was very imperfect, and the number of local officials with editors was very small, and most of them had little ability to handle affairs.Therefore, after the officials and laborers borrowed Beijing debts to buy vacancies, they had to recruit a group of masters, family members, and long-term followers to take up the post together.

The so-called family members and long-term attendants are actually alternate officials—most of the local officials are hereditary from local tyrants, but officials must also bring a group of people with them, otherwise they will be black-eyed after taking office. I can't catch it anymore.

Most of the family members and long-term followers of the "official Bailao" who borrowed Beijing debt to buy the vacant post were appointed by the creditors.But where can those creditors go to recruit people?Didn't he recruit some clever and reliable people from his own servants, gangsters in the outer city of Beijing, and his own tenants to keep an eye on those "official Bailao"?
Recently, the bannerman masters in Beijing are not having a good time, almost every family has mourning, and every household is mourning.

But for the tenants outside the city of Beijing, it means that the road to advancement has been broadened a lot. Emperor Xiaomazi is short of slaves now, so the slave door is wide open!
Although none of the masters of the old Wang's family died in battle, their tenants and the tenants of the next door neighbors had more chances of advancement because of the prosperity of the old Wang's family.

So there are a lot of people coming to eat the flowing water banquet at this moment, and the young men among them tidy themselves up very energetically.

At this moment, the master and son of the Wang family hadn't appeared, and the tenants who were waiting to be slaves to the old Wang family began to ask each other about how to climb up.

"Have you heard? The big white guy from the next door village was spotted by the wife of the bannerman's landlord's family two days ago. He is about to recruit him to be his son-in-law, and he is planning to change his surname to Guarjia. How is this kid so lucky? Woolen cloth?"

"He's a good parent. What's the name of that big white man? His nickname is fake Wang Shikai! The real Wang Shikai can't think of it, so it's good to get a fake one! What? Envy?"

"I'm not envious. How can those bannermen and widows afford us people? The fake Wang Shikai is probably in suspense. The real Wang Shikai must be on the job. Me, I can go to Guangdong with the real Wang Shikai to be a long-term casual Satisfied!"

"Yes, yes, it's more true that those widowed bannermen women who want to remarry are mostly slaves born at home, and it's not up to us. Let's follow the old Wang's family. Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi! Maybe it will be King Pingnan in the future, At that time, we will be the bannermen under Pingnan Wangfan!"

"It's a good feeling. I don't know how many people the old Wang family plans to recruit this time?"

"That's too much, you don't know yet, right? Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang have bought six alternate magistrates and twelve alternate magistrates in Guangdong and Guangxi, plus Mr. Wang's own alternate prefect of Shaanxi. How many people will the Second Young Master have to bring to take up his post in Guangdong Customs Road!"

"Is it true that there are six magistrates and twelve magistrates? Are there so many vacancies in Guangdong and Guangxi?"

"Of course it's true, Mr. Wang is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Now Guangdong and Guangxi are the front lines of the war with Wu Sangui. It's not easy to fill out the vacancies? As long as the serving officials go to serve in the army, isn't it all right? How dangerous is the army? ah!"

"You old man! You can even come up with this idea? If Mr. Wang doesn't invite you to be his teacher, it will be a big loss."

"Hey hey hey"

".You are all brothers of the Tiandihui! When we arrive in Guangdong, my father and I will definitely let you fill in the official vacancies. Not to mention Wu Sangui's official! Keep it in mind and abide by the rules of the Tiandihui, and these two Guangxi will be our world from now on!"

In the back garden of Haidian Wangjiazhuang, Wang Zhongxiao was mobilizing a few Tiandihui disciples who were about to go to Guangdong and Guangxi to serve as officials.

Most of these disciples are Wang Zhongxiao's confidantes, Yu Shiye, Wang Shiyuan, Wang Leiyong, Wang Quan, Wang Andu and others are among them!

When these few heard Wang Zhongxiao's words, their eyes and pupils were shining brightly!

What they want is not the officials of the Qing Dynasty, but the founding heroes of the royal family!
In addition, Guo Jinbao, Zhang Xiaobao, Li Fuhan, and Zhou Chang also seized this opportunity and bought the alternate counties.Even Zhang Xiaobao's father, Zhang Zhongqing, couldn't stand his son's stubbornness, so he bought an alternate magistrate and was going to take office in Guangdong. Of course, these few still don't know what Wang Fuchen, Wang Zhongxiao, and Wang Jizhen are thinking.

They belonged to those who were coerced to go to Guangdong
Of course, Wang Zhongxiao spent a lot of money this time. For the dozen or so vacancies, he almost spent half of the money he got from Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong, and Wu Yingxiong——Emperor Kangxi has a dark heart!The "official price" offered is not cheap.

A candidate county magistrate dares to ask for 500 taels!

Triple the amount for an alternate magistrate, that's 500 taels!
An alternate magistrate asked for 3000 taels!

And the asking price for such lucrative positions as the salt transport envoys of the provinces and the Tianjin Customs Road is more than 10 taels!

Among them, the Tianjin Customs Road was won by Yang Qilong at a sky-high price of 12 taels!
This Tianjin Customs Road sounds similar to Wang Zhongxiao's Guangdong Customs Road, but in fact it is far behind.

The Tianjin Customs Road is mainly for North Korea and Japan, both of which are closed to the outside world. If they want to trade with them, they have to run their own fleets and go to sea to do business.So this Tianjin Customs Road is actually a "licensed trading company", which is completely different from the Guangdong Customs Road.That is to say, Yu Wang Fuquan stood behind him, and Chen Yonghua, who was counseling and joining the army at the Yanping Palace, stood beside him, and Yang Qilong, who had a group of "Cao Gang brothers" on hand, could eat it.

Therefore, he is the only buyer of this Jinhai Customs Road, and the reason why he paid 12 taels is entirely to please Emperor Kangxi - this Yang Qilong is giving women and money, and now Jane is in the heart of the emperor. up!

Moreover, apart from the sky-high price of salt transport envoys and Tianjin Customs Road, the other vacancies are not actual vacancies, but alternate vacancies.

As for whether it can be made up, it depends on how those officials who bought the vacancy can get through the local governor's door when they arrive in the local area-because this time, the number of officials who will go to the local area to fill in will increase greatly. It may be more difficult to fill the gap.

In addition, these alternate county magistrates, alternate magistrates, and alternate magistrates that are sold out are not good places. They are mainly alternates from Shaanxi, Gansu, Huguang, and Guangdong.
At that time, it will be impossible to sell the officials of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. What a pity!
But even so, the less than [-] candidates that Emperor Xiaomazi brought out were all snatched up!

There is no way, there are too many people thinking about these officials, not only local tyrants like Yang Qilong want an official, but even the four sons of Jia Hanfu's family have each won a candidate county in Guangdong - without this candidate county, they would have to enter the county. The battalion is a soldier, ready to go to the battlefield to fight Wu Sangui's people desperately!
For those Banner Power nobles and Da Baoyi who have money in their hands and have ineffective children who are afraid of death, buying an alternate officer for their sons can justifiably keep them away from the battlefield and Sangui. It's such a bargain.

In addition, there are some masters who are similar to the situation of the old Wang's family, and they also regard the court's big sale of official titles as an opportunity!
There are slaves in Dingnan Gege Mansion and Pingnan Wang Mansion who have bought official vacancies in Guangdong and Guangxi
At this moment, on the official road outside Wangjiazhuang, there are about a dozen knights in uniforms walking slowly along the official road.Among the three leaders, one was Li Lan who was jealous of Wang Zhongxiao because of the competition for "Wu Shifan".

The other two, one is a fat middle-aged man in his 50s and [-]s, with a few long beards, and looks very official.

There is another person who looks like a warrior, about forty years old, with a fleshy face, dark skin, fierce eyes, a beard that looks a bit messy, and a shiny brain, which actually glows a metallic color under the sun. It looks like iron.

"Zhu Futai, this time the surname Wang has spent a lot of money. He bought more than a dozen alternate magistrates and county magistrates in one go. He's so fucking, is this going to turn Guangdong into the world of their old Wang family? Why didn't the emperor notice it? The old Wang family's thoughts?"

Looking at the bustling Wang family village in the distance, gnashing his teeth and speaking ill of the old Wang family, it is the new Guangdong admiral Li Lan!
"Hmph! How could you not notice it? If the emperor didn't notice it, he wouldn't let us go to Guangdong to serve as governors, admirals, and general soldiers. Zamber, don't you think so?"

The fat middle-aged man who took over Li Lan's words was the famous Zhu Guozhi!

In history, he happened to be the governor of Yunnan when Wu Sangui rebelled, so he became a loyal lieutenant.But this time he was lucky, Wu Sangui had already turned against him before he spent money to move to the governor of Yunnan.

He was a governor of Jiangsu before, and he was nicknamed "Zhu Baidi". It is of course an exaggeration to say that he scraped Jiangsu into white land, but it is certain that he is good at scraping land.

Because he was too good at scratching, he made two big cases in Jiangsu, which offended too many people. Later, he was impeached for "being a filial son", and he was dismissed from office and went home to eat old rice. To die father, mother, aunt (if the real mother is the concubine), it will take Ding You three years!But bannermen officials only have to keep their filial piety for 27 days.And he can't leave the flooded area without permission to go home for the funeral. But this Zhu Guozhi is too filial, and before the new governor who came to take over arrives, he ran home to be a filial son.

In the end, someone grabbed the handle and gave it away!
But now Kangxi felt that his land was really scraped, so he got up again and asked him to go to Guangdong to scrape well!

And the warrior he called "Zanbo" was related to Wang Zhongxiao, because his name was Chen Shikai, and Zanbo was his name.

Wang Shikai and Chen Shikai are both Shikai!
But "Tianxia Shikai" may not be a family!
This Chen Shikai was an old subordinate of Li Guoying, the former governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. After Li Guoying died of illness, he became an official with no background.

But this time the shit came and was promoted by Kangxi to be the general soldier of Zhaoqing!

Zhaoqing is the residence of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi!

When Chen Shikai heard Zhu Guozhi's words, he hurriedly smiled and said: "What Futai said is that the governor of Guangdong has two thousand bids, the admiral of Guangdong has five thousand bids, and the humble general of Zhaoqing has two thousand town bids. There are a total of nine thousand elite soldiers. .Although it can't compare with Wang Fuchen's [-] new troops and [-] superintendents, they are not without the power to fight!"

Zhu Guozhi said with a smile: "War is not enough. However, Guangdong is the foundation of Tiannan, and one family and two cannot be divided equally. Why should we have a three-legged confrontation? After we arrive in Guangdong, we are one foot, Pingnan The palace is one foot, and the Wang family is another foot. It shouldn't be a bad thing to hold each other in check. Sir Li, although you and Wang Shikai have a bit of a holiday, compared with the overall situation, it is nothing!"

"Huh!" Li Lan snorted, "Futai, you are wrong. The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is also in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi. You can't just count Guangdong and leave out Guangxi!"

"Guangxi? Guangxi is Dingnan Gege, Guangxi General, and Guangxi Admiral, right?" Zhu Guozhi is obviously a "Three Kingdoms fan".

Li Lan shook his head: "Futai, you probably don't know that Dingnan Gege has an affair with Wang Fuchen. Dingnan Gege's son Sun Jiqing's biological father is very likely to be Wang Fuchen!

Therefore, all the fifteen assistant leaders under Dingnan Gege Fan must be counted under Wang Fuchen's command!In addition, there are one or two generals and lieutenants in Guangxi that belong to Dingnan Gege's old troops, and they might also be won over by Wang Fuchen.

Also, Liu Jinzhong, the commander-in-chief of Chaozhen in Guangdong, and Zu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Gaolei, are Wu Sangui's cousins. The water is deep! "

"Who did you hear that from?" Zhu Guozhi was taken aback.

He is familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but now he meets Wang Fuchen who uses the "Jin Ping Mei" art of war.
"Fu Honglie!" Li Lan said, "He was born in the Dingnan Prince's Mansion as a coat. He was imprisoned for impeaching Wu Sangui before, and he was released recently. He has been reused and is going to Guangxi to be the magistrate!"

Zhu Guozhi nodded, then pointed at Wangjiazhuang: "Come on, let's go get a wedding wine!"

(End of this chapter)