Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

We all know that official salaries in the Ming Dynasty were astonishingly low.But being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, and even if you want to be an upright official, you have to support your family. After all, such a rare thing as Hai Rui only comes out once in hundreds of years.Therefore, in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, extra income such as "three festivals and two respects" was formed, and this income has a special term - bad rules.

Since it is called bad rules, of course this kind of income cannot be put on the table, and people's greed is also limitless, so by the end of Ming Dynasty, there were more and more bad rules in various forms, such as discounts on military pay.

In the long-term formation process of bad rules, bad rules have formed a mature industry.How much should I charge?Which level of officials should get how much?This has become a matter of convention, and even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty cannot break this kind of income of officials at will.That is to say, in the Ming Dynasty, as long as he honestly accepted the bad rules, he was an upright official.

And if an official is corrupt, it proves that he took money outside the bad rules, or got an extra share in the bad rules.Officials who violated the rules like this would of course be punished, but Hou Xun committed both of them, and he took a lot of money.

Therefore, Wen Tiren did have conclusive evidence of Hou Xun's corruption, and he took advantage of Emperor Chongzhen's worry about the court's financial strain and successfully provoked Emperor Chongzhen's anger, so he successfully sent Hou Xun to prison.

But Wu Shigong confuses the two concepts of corruption and bad rules.Moreover, he also opened up map guns, not only accusing all civil and military officials of corruption, but also accusing the imperial court of not paying the Runing Army military salaries.However, Wen Tiren didn't need to explain Wu Shigong's map cannon to Emperor Chongzhen at all, because Emperor Chongzhen was also very aware of the bad rules of officials, and even more aware of the emptiness of the treasury, and some soldiers had not paid their military pay for a long time.

But what makes Wen Tiren strange is: don't the warriors in this place know that this way, he will be made a lot of trouble by the court in the future?Then Wu Runing really doesn't want the future?This can only be used to describe Wu Shigong as a fool.

Therefore, there is nothing but laissez-faire for such fools.Even if Wu Shigong was trampled to the ground, Wen Tiren would not get any applause, but would instead gain a notorious reputation for being invincible.Hence the challenge for Oh Se-gong.However, Wen Tiren was forced not to fight back, which also made Wen Tiren suffer quite a lot!

Therefore, although the court's reaction was beyond Wu Shigong's expectations, Wu Shigong's memorial still achieved the original effect. [

Of course, such a messy memorial will definitely not have any effect. Hou Xun still sang "Tears of Iron" to restrain and watch over the talkative Wu Shigong.Wen Tiren arranged Gu Zhengqing to Runing Mansion.

After Gu Zhengqing thought about all this, he raised Wu Shigong's question of whether to send troops to protect him to the height of establishing his own authority.That was a life-and-death battle!It was a battle to decide who would hold the chief voice in the Runing Mansion. At this time, Gu Zhengqing had completely forgotten how he begged Wu Shigong for help and asked Wei Zhongxian to let him go, this little shrimp.

But Gu Zhengqing didn't know at all.Wu Shigong was not interested in playing such childish games with him at all.With the Runing Army, Wu Shigong has enough influence in the Runing Mansion, and there is no need to prove himself by stepping on Gu Zhengqing.So Wu Shigong turned a deaf ear to Gu Zhengqing's repeated orders.

But this action enraged Gu Zhengqing, he stayed in Jining and refused to leave, he even ignored several officials sent by the Runing Mansion to invite him, he insisted that Wu Shigong send troops to guard Gu Zhengqing to take office.

And today is another failure of Gu Zhengqing's post.He didn't get angry anywhere, so he spilled his anger on his housekeeper.

But Gu Zhengqing didn't curse a few words, suddenly a small official from Runing Mansion ran in, and the small official happily shouted to Gu Zhengqing: "Master Zhifu! Vice General Wu has sent troops. He has sent troops! He has already arrived at the gate of the city." gone."

Gu Zhengqing suddenly became angry.Persevering to the end is victory!Then Wu Runing finally bowed his head!So Gu Zhengqing wore official robes, put on airs and waited for the generals leading the team to visit him.

But after waiting for a long time, Gu Zhengqing did not see any movement outside the door.Seeing that Gu Zhengqing was a little impatient, the petty official immediately went out to look for it.It also happened that the soldiers of the Runing Army happened to pass by the door of the inn where Gu Zhengqing was staying.

So the little official immediately yelled at the leader of the team: "This is the military master. This is here! Here!"

"Huh?" The general manager of the Runing Army suddenly raised a question mark, because the person he was going to escort today had already sent someone to greet him at the gate of the city.And this guide is by the side of the general manager.So the general manager looked at the guide, only to see that his face was also full of doubts.

Afraid that Gu Zhengqing would be impatient to wait, the little official did it himself, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed the general, and said, "Hurry up! Come with me!"Pull the boss into the inn.

And when he saw the official robe of the petty official, the general couldn't struggle too much, and he didn't find a chance to inquire, so the general followed him into the inn.Find out who is looking for him.

Seeing the general come in, Gu Zhengqing's waist straightened even more.He just wanted to put on an official appearance and wait for the general to kowtow to pay his respects.

As soon as the general manager saw the official robe on Gu Zhengqing's body, he asked in surprise, "Who are you?"

Before Gu Zhengqing got angry, his housekeeper yelled loudly: "This is Ru Ning's newly appointed prefect Gu, why don't you hurry up and salute?"

"You are the magistrate?" The general knew that a new magistrate was going to take office, but this was not the person he wanted to escort?So he said: "I made a mistake." Then he bowed his hands to Gu Zhengqing indiscriminately, then turned around and ran out the door.

The inn was so quiet that one could hear the sound of a needle falling.Gu Zhengqing's face was also purple with anger, tremblingly pointing at the general's back, unable to say a word.

"How did you do it? Where did that soldier come from?" Gu Zhengqing, who finally recovered, slapped the table and roared angrily.

The petty official immediately fell to his knees in fright, and he said aggrievedly, "It's Lieutenant General Wu's soldiers? Their uniforms can always tell the difference, and they will never make a mistake, and they will never dare to deceive the adults. I hope my lord will make a clear decision!"

Seeing the appearance of that petty official, Gu Zhengqing also gradually believed that he dared not deceive himself.So Gu Zhengqing ordered the steward, "Go out and have a look and see where they are going!"

The soldiers of the Runing Army were indeed sent to Jining by Wu Shigong.Of course, they didn't come to escort Gu Zhengqing at all, but Wu Shigong's seventh brother, Wu Shili.

The strange thing is that even though Wu Shigong made such a big situation, the disciples of Guixun in the capital still disapproved of Wu Shigong.They always thought that Wu Shigong was suffering locally.

Those disciples of Gui Xun were also very well informed, knowing that Emperor Chongzhen and important court officials did not want to see Wu Shigong very much.And Wu Shigong fought so many victories, but was only promoted to lieutenant general, this is not considered a prosperous official career!Besides, there are risks involved in fighting, so Wu Shigong is definitely a hard worker.

Those noble disciples don't even understand the financial resources of the Runing Army.They only saw the dilapidated Yangwuhou Mansion, and they took it for granted that Xue Lian was constantly subsidizing his son-in-law.

Even Wu Shigong's own father, Gongshun Hou Wu Weizhong, also thought that his son was of no use, so after seizing Wu Shigong's salt field, he ignored Wu Shigong.

But Wu Shili is a caring person.He is also very well-informed in the Ministry of Punishment, and he learned about Wu Shigong's monstrous power in Runing and Guide during an interview with people from Henan.So Wu Shili was moved.

With Wu Weizhong gaining power, Gongshunhou's mansion also benefited a lot, but this brought Wu Shili a lot of disadvantages.The reason is also very simple, you can share adversity, but not wealth!So Wu Shili was constantly excluded in the soap operas staged in the mansion gate, and his mother was getting old and decrepit, so Wu Shili couldn't be relied on much anymore.

Therefore, Wu Shili wants to change when he is poor. He wants to rely on his fourteenth brother, and wants to break out his own career and family business in the local area.

After Wu Shigong received Wu Shili's letter, of course he readily agreed.Among Wu Shigong's brothers, Wu Shili has always been the stronger one, and has always had a good relationship with Wu Shigong.And with Wu Shili's help, he is really a brother of Dahu!

So this time when Wu Shili came to Jining, Wu Shigong personally arranged for [-] soldiers to escort Wu Shili to Runing.Unexpectedly, there was a misunderstanding with Gu Zhengqing.

But Gu Zhengqing's butler was also very capable, and he didn't have much time to find out who the soldiers of the Runing Army were guarding.Gu Zhengqing was furious immediately, in his heart, if possible, he would already cut Wu Shigong to pieces.

Fortunately, when Wu Shili learned about the misunderstanding from the general manager, he immediately went to see Gu Zhengqing.Wu Shili also dealt with Gu Zhengqing when he was in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so the two can be regarded as acquaintances.

Facing Wu Shili's smiling face, Gu Zhengqing could no longer show embarrassment.Even under Wu Shili's warm invitation, Gu Zhengqing could only reluctantly go to Runing with Wu Shili.

There is no way to delay any longer, the Runing Mansion has not had a seal official for several months, if Gu Zhengqing does not take up the post, it will not be worthwhile to be referred to by a seal official.So with Wu Shili's step down, Gu Zhengqing will go down the donkey along the slope.

And on the way to Ru Ning, Gu Zhengqing was imagining how he would humiliate that humble husband Wu when the civil and military officials from Runing came to welcome him.

But when Gu Zhengqing came to the border of Runing, he was surprised to find that Mr. Wu didn't come at all.This is completely ignoring yourself!So Gu Zhengqing immediately lost his temper.

After Gu Zhengqing got angry, Runing's acquaintance finally explained the reason: "It's not that Vice General Wu is neglecting your lord, he just happened to lead troops to encircle and suppress the bandit army." (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian ( qn) Voting, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to read.)