scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 21
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After regaining his senses, the old traitor Shang immediately jumped three feet high, and cursed: "I understand! He, Wu Sangui, has brothers and soldiers who live and die together. I don't have brothers and soldiers who live and die together under my command? I want to go up!" Biao has asked to withdraw the feudal clan, what about the soldiers under Lao Tzu's command? Go and eat him, Wu Sangui?"

"That's right." Lu Da County Magistrate nodded solemnly, and said again: "That's why Prince Pingxi sent his subordinates to discuss with him. How, two princes, will you solve the problem of food and clothing for the soldiers under your command?"

Speaking of this, County Magistrate Lu slapped his head again, and exclaimed: "Wait a minute! Your lord, it seems that you didn't understand what the official said just now, did you? The official just persuaded you to submit a request to withdraw the feudal clan, and did not persuade you to withdraw." You put on this form now, and I didn't advise you to do so before the aftermath of the withdrawal of the feudal clan is resolved!"

"Damn it, you fat bastard, make it clear!" The old traitor Shang heaved a sigh of relief, and cursed: "If you had made this issue clear earlier, how could I draw a knife and kill you?"

"Master Lu, you should clarify this issue earlier." Jin Guang also heaved a sigh of relief, and complained: "If you clarify this point earlier, how could there be so much unhappiness?"

County Magistrate Lu repeatedly apologized, but he was smiling wickedly in his heart—Kong Sizhen's eyeliner outside the door heard these words, and passed the words to Kong Sizhen's ears, and Kong Sizhen passed these words to Kang Xiaomazi's gang. The image of Daqing Zhongliang who entered the admonition was immediately erected. Not only did Kong Sizhen pass the hurdle, but he also put a high hat on the old traitor Shang who was reluctant to withdraw from the feudal clan. .

After all this trouble, the old traitor Shang became less angry, sat back at the dinner table to eat with his daughter, and even mercifully asked someone to bring a cup of tea to the already hungry and thirsty magistrate Lu Da. Shang Wanyan couldn't bear it, and said in a low voice: "My lord, Master Lu is here, and it's so late, he must be very hungry, let him eat with us."

Hearing this, the County Magistrate Lu Da, who was so hungry that we were so hungry, couldn't help but burst into tears of gratitude, and he had a new love for Shang Wanyi, while the old, ugly and stingy old traitor Shang yelled viciously, "Let him be hungry!" I want to eat at the same table with Lao Tzu, and he will not be qualified for another ten lifetimes!" At the end, the old man Shang lazily said to the county magistrate Lu: "Tell me, that old Wu Sangui still has those whimsical ideas, Say it all, and, more clearly."

"Yes." The county magistrate Lu took a peek at Shang Wanyi, who had a cold expression, and swallowed quietly again, before saying, "My lord, the reason why my lord Pingxi wants to withdraw from the feudal clan has already been said by the lower official. It’s wordy, but Prince Pingxi thinks that if the San Francisco of the Qing Dynasty wants to withdraw from the feudal clan smoothly, it must solve the aftermath of the soldiers of the San Francisco, and how to solve this problem is actually just two words—silver!”

"If your lord really wants to withdraw from the domain, can't you just ask the court for money?" Jin Guang interjected and asked.County Magistrate Lu replied with a wry smile: "Master Jin, this is easy to say, but to solve the aftermath of San Francisco's withdrawal, the amount of money and silver required is huge. Will the court be able to provide it in a short time?"

Jin Guang was speechless. Indeed, in the ancient times when productivity was backward, it was indeed no joke to solve the pension and pension problems of more than 4 troops at once, especially since these more than 4 troops were almost all proud soldiers with outstanding meritorious service. Well, if one is not handled well, it's no joke.

County Magistrate Lu paused for a moment, and then continued: "So, Prince Pingxi sent his officials to kowtow to Prince Pingnan today, just to discuss how to withdraw the domain smoothly without adding too much burden to the court, and solve the problem of San Francisco. Soldiers' livelihood issues."

"Then what is Wu Sangui going to do?" Old traitor Shang became more or less interested.

The magistrate of Lu Da County replied in a deep voice: "Prince Pingxi racked his brains and pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a pretty good idea, that is to increase the military pay for the soldiers of San Francisco."

"Increase military pay?" The old man was stunned, and asked in doubt: "Since Wu Sangui intends to reduce the burden on the court, why does he have to increase the salary? Doesn't he know how much of the national treasury's annual revenue is taken up by the military pay in San Francisco?"

"My lord misunderstood me. My lord Pingxi did this just to lighten the burden on the imperial court." The magistrate of Lu Daxian looked like Wu Sangui had suffered a great loss, and said more convincingly: "After the imperial court increased the salaries of the soldiers of San Francisco, The soldiers of the San Francisco have some spare money in addition to supporting their families. Naturally, they can use it to buy some properties, or do business, or buy houses and land. In this way, the soldiers will have the capital to retire after accumulating less and more year after year. In this way, when it comes time to withdraw the domain, the imperial court does not need to spend a large sum of money to resettle the soldiers. At the same time, the imperial court only needs to increase expenditure a little every year, and does not need to go bankrupt all at once. Isn’t it the best of both worlds? ?”

"My lord, this is like the installment payment for ordinary people when they buy a house." The county magistrate Lu said foolishly: "An ordinary ordinary person wants to buy a big house and let his family live in it. He must pay so much at once. For money, what should I do? Pay by installments! A house is sold for 100 taels, paid off in ten years, ten taels a year, and you can buy it in ten years. At the same time, it does not affect the daily necessities, as long as you save a little That’s enough, if it’s divided into 20 years, then you only need to pay five taels of silver every year, wouldn’t the burden be lighter?”

"It makes sense, so what exactly does Wu Sangui plan to do?" The traitor Shang is more interested - after all, the traitor Shang can get a lot of benefits from raising the salary and food for the San Francisco army, right?
"How to do it specifically, this is the question that Prince Pingxi sent his officials to discuss with him." The county magistrate Lu replied with a smile: "Prince Pingxi thinks so, if the imperial court can double the salary of San Francisco and continue to increase In the last six or seven years, it was much easier for the imperial court to withdraw the vassal. At the same time, after the accumulation of these six or seven years, the pension problem of the soldiers of San Francisco will not be a big problem. By this time, the time will be completely ripe , Wang Ye and Ping Xi Wang Ye can withdraw the domain without any worries. ——Of course, this is just the opinion of Ping Xi Wang Ye’s family, how to increase it can be discussed.”

"Double pay?!" The old traitor Shang gasped, thinking that if the court really agreed to Wu Sangui's request, then the soldiers of the Eight Banners would have a hard time, especially those in Beijing. Manchu Bannermen who eat hard-core crops may wonder whether they can receive grain and rice on a monthly basis in the future!Thinking of this, Old Traitor Shang quickly shook his head like a rattle, and said: "Impossible, impossible, too much added, the court cannot agree."

"My lord, you haven't tried it, so how do you know that the court can't agree?" County Magistrate Lu asked with a smile on his face and a wicked smile in his heart.Old traitor Shang still shook his head, and said: "Impossible, don't even try, the imperial court will definitely not agree."

"Then how much does the prince want to increase the military salary?" The county magistrate Lu Da, who had successfully changed the concept, asked.

"This..." Old traitor Shang thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "This matter has too much influence, I have to allow this king to think about it carefully. How about this, you go back to the post house to rest, and wait for this king to think carefully about it." Give you an answer."

"Yes, the officer has resigned." The county magistrate Lu also knew that it would be difficult to fool Shang Kexi, a hard-core old traitor, into going against Kang Xiaomazi all at once, and bowed respectfully and left.

The county magistrate Lu is gone, of course it is impossible for the old and traitorous monk Wanyi to come out to see the magistrate Lu in person—the seventh-rank sesame official, the magistrate Lu Da is not qualified yet, only Jin Guang symbolically sends the magistrate Lu to At the door of the wing room, he said lightly: "The students will not be far away. Master Lu, go back and wait patiently for the prince's reply. If you have any needs for food and daily life, just ask the officials at the post station, and they will try their best to satisfy you."

"I want Shang Wanyi to serve my daily meals, can you agree?" County Magistrate Lu snorted shamelessly in his heart, and turned his head to see the guard of the Pingnan Palace who had warned him before - also Kong Sizhen's eyeliner, County Magistrate Lu Da suddenly felt moved, and hurriedly took out Kong Sizhen's letter of introduction from his bosom, stuffed it into Jin Guang's hand, and said in a low voice: "Mr. I understand everything."

"Sigege's letter!" Jin Guang recognized Kong Sizhen's handwriting at a glance, and his face couldn't help changing. He exclaimed in his heart: "Could it be that behind this fat man Lu is still standing behind the court? This fat man Lu persuaded the prince to ask for an increase in salary and withdraw Fan, do you mean from the imperial court?"

"Boy, are you dumbfounded?" County Magistrate Lu observed Jin Guang's complexion, and he couldn't help being happy, and said with a wicked smile in his heart: "I never thought that the letter of introduction from that female traitor, Kong Sizhen, would have such a role. Come out, Old Traitor Shang thinks it’s hard to suspect that Kang Xiaomazi asked him to raise his salary and slowly withdraw from the feudal clan. Ha, Old Traitor Shang, I’m afraid he won’t be able to fall asleep tonight.”

Whether the old traitor Shang fell asleep smoothly this night, we don't need to worry about him, but we, the county magistrate Lu Da, made a generous statement in front of the old traitor Shang this night, and risked being torn to pieces by the old traitor Shang to persuade the old traitor The traitor voluntarily requested to withdraw the feudal domain, and the general content of this conversation was still quickly sent to Guangxi through certain channels, to Kong Sizhen, and then through Kong Sizhen's channel, to Beijing as quickly as possible. In front of Xiao Mazi who shot eight rabbits to death in 310 and was known as the terminator of rabbits......

"The fat man surnamed Lu really didn't lie to my family. It really made my family worry to death. I almost thought I was tricked by him." Kong Sizhen praised: "Yes, I finally lived up to my family's expectations of him. I will see him again when I have a chance. , we must reward this fat man well. It’s decided, the first time in my family’s Yunnan, I’ll leave it to this fat man in Yunnan.”

"Very good, I didn't expect a talent like Lu Yifeng to be born in the borderlands of Yunnan." Xiao Mazi, the rabbit terminator, laughed and said: "When this Lu Yifeng enters the capital, I must meet him alone and reward him Your loyalty and integrity, your loyalty to me."

After laughing, Xiao Mazi's face darkened again, and he said angrily: "It's Shang Kexi's dog slave, thanks to my trust in him, and Lu Yifeng's earnestness in persuading him to withdraw, not only did he not immediately agree to set up a leader for San Francisco A role model, but also draw a knife to kill Lu Aiqing——If he agrees, what kind of bullshit strategy does that old Wu Sangui need to implement? It seems that I really misunderstood him! This Shang Kexi is the same as Wu Sangui. Have to guard against!"

(End of this chapter)