Yan Keying felt very uncomfortable and felt that the position of chief military officer was very boring.
When he was in Fujian, he only had the rank of deputy general, but that was just an official title from the imperial court. His actual status within the First-official Party was based on the ships, fleets and men he directly led. Basically, his men
Directly under his command, the appointment of officers at all levels, and even money and food, etc., were all decided by him.
The leader, Zheng Yiguan, basically cannot intervene directly.
Now that he has entered the imperial camp, he is equivalent to becoming a bare-bones general soldier, which is not entirely true. After all, he still has 1,500 Fujian soldiers. But except for the 500 soldiers who serve as the model camp of the general soldier directly under him, the rest are
Thousands of soldiers, but they have to be divided into ten military camps. Each battalion has 500 people, which accounts for only 20%.
From the deputy generals at the town level to the Xiebiao camp, the chief officials at all levels only brought about 20% of the people he brought. Now that he has come to the fifth department, these civil servants have deprived him of so much power.
Yan Keying really wanted to give up.
But in the end, I could only accept this silently.
He thought in his mind that he was still the commander-in-chief, wearing a python, and there were 1,500 old Fujian brothers under his command. Even if he transferred from the navy to the land camp, couldn't he control this soldier?
Horse control in hand?
After the meeting, Yan Keying hosted a reception banquet.
I wanted to make a grand point and show off his demeanor as a Fujian general, but Zhang Cheng and a group of others said that they should be simple and not extravagant. In the end, they couldn't resist, so they had to have a light meal, and then these people left one by one and went back.
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"Don't you even have a filial gift?"
Yan Keying looked at the empty tent and couldn't bear it any longer. She complained directly in front of her subordinates.
Although he was born a pirate, he had come ashore in Fujian with a clear conscience over the years, and he was very familiar with the bad rules and customs of the Ming Dynasty.
It is a common practice in the officialdom that when a new official takes office, he must go to the superior government office to obtain a certificate of appointment, and then he has to visit 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 pay 800 taels of filial piety to the governor of Fujian, 600 taels each to the governor and inspector, 400 taels to the chief envoy, 300 taels to the inspector, and even the admiral's office must be managed. This does not include the various duties.
The expenses for planting door bags and treating guests to meals, etc., add up to no less than 3,000 taels.
Of course, after taking office, he will naturally have to accept filial piety from his subordinates. Each county magistrate generally has to pay 300 taels of filial piety to the prefect, and even some guilds have to pay filial piety.
And these are still public 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, you will break the rules, and you may not be able to stand and get things done in the future.
In addition, there is a rule of three festivals and two birthdays in the officialdom, such as Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Day, and the birthdays of bosses and wives. Gifts must be given, and there are specific agreed numbers. For example, the governor is six hundred, and the governor is five hundred.
, four hundred as chief envoys, three hundred as administrative envoys, etc.
Of course, there is a gap between the rich and the poor in various places, so the specifics will be different, but basically different places have this kind of rules, and you can't mess around.
Although Yan Keying is an officer, the same rules apply in the army.
Paying filial piety to the superiors, giving New Year's gifts, accepting filial piety from the officers below, and even deducting some military pay are all very common and normal things, and there are established cases.
Of course, as senior officers, they also have to support their own families, and they also have to hire a staff master to share different tasks. For someone of his level, the salary of a master master is not low, ranging from three to five hundred taels a year.
No wait, Master Guang's salary should be at least 1,500 yuan a year or even higher.
This kind of rule has been accumulated for many years. Even if Yan Keying is an irregular deputy commander, the amount of money exchanged every year is tens of thousands of taels.
Excluding those who were filial to him, he actually had eighteen thousand taels left over. Furthermore, he himself was also a shipowner, with direct profits from trade. In addition, he was a veteran of an official party, so he still received a lot of dividends every year, but his soldiers
, and most of them are his private soldiers, so the expenses in this area are not small.
He stayed in the imperial camp for many days but received no money.
When the officials came, they only presented some souvenirs and the like. They were all worthless things, such as tea, rice wine, ham and the like.
This made him wonder, did these people look down on him?
I remembered that he had briefly stayed in Nanjing for three days before. He was in a hurry and was not prepared to pay tribute. He originally planned to wait until he settled here and then go to Beijing to give the due tribute.
Who knows, if he doesn't have any filial piety now, might he have to pay for it all himself?
"Uncle, I heard that there are many rules in the imperial camp. You are not allowed to give random gifts, especially money. Otherwise, it is corruption and bribery. At most, you can give away some worthless local products, and the imperial camp is not allowed to deduct.
Soldier pay, but the imperial court gave officers corresponding rations, and the rations for officers and soldiers were much higher. Even for battalion officers, their salaries were higher depending on the number of soldiers they led. Battalion officers had a salary of 150 taels per month.
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"Is there such a thing?" Yan Keying didn't believe it.
Although he was born a pirate, he had been an officer of the imperial court for many years. He also had dealings with the imperial governors, governors, governors, vassals, military personnel, etc. Regardless of whether they were civil servants or military generals, which one did not accept filial piety, and which one did not accept money?
They will even ask for it directly and openly.
"I've been asking around these days, and I've found that there are indeed a lot of rules in the imperial camp. Moreover, the Supervision Department is responsible for supervision and military law. Their department also has its own military police. Anyone who dares to mess around must be the first to go through them.
, the people in the Supervision Department may look like they are all civil servants, but they are all very evil and ruthless. It is said that the Chief Inspector Shen Wenzhong was just a scholar who was so poor that he begged for food. However, he was highly appreciated by Long Live and became the Director of the Royal Camp, but he was punished by military law.
There were hundreds of officers, big and small, and those captured by him could not be saved even if they were brought to the imperial court."
Yan Keying took a breath after hearing this.
"Is there such a thing?"
"No, it turns out that Uncle Huang Binqing of Zhoushan knew about it. He was also a powerful man, but he was later recruited by Long Live. He is now the admiral of the Yangtze River Fleet of the Navy, and his daughter also entered the palace and became a concubine, but he has a son who is very addicted to
Kill, he was originally a staff general. Because he was harsh on his subordinates, he ordered a supervisory officer to be killed with a stick. However, Shen Wenzhong found out about this and had to go to the line. In the end, he led the military police to break into Huang Binqing, regardless of Huang Binqing's obstruction or even his plea.
They rounded up the people at Huang Binqing’s camp, and after collecting the evidence, he beheaded him directly in Huang Binqing’s camp in front of everyone.”
"Cut it off?" Yan Keying's eyes widened.
"Well, cut it off. It is said that Shen Wenzhong listed dozens of serious crimes against Huang Binqing's son. Not only did he kill his generals with a stick, but he even raped his subordinates' wives. There were also many rapes of civilian women, including among his own soldiers.
Disturbing the people, anyway, this guy named Huang is not a good bird. He was very cruel and bloodthirsty when he was in Zhoushan. Although the fighting was quite fierce, he liked to kill prisoners, and even cut out the hearts and livers of prisoners, fried them and drank them. He also liked to have sex.
*Female, has the bad reputation of Tai Sui.
The military judge in his army persuaded him to command him, but he was beaten to death. This attracted Shen Wenzhong, the god of murder, and chopped him up directly. Even Huang Binqing knelt down and begged for mercy, but it was in vain.
Afterwards, Huang Binqing sent people to surround Shen Wenzhong, but the military police directly pointed their muskets at Huang Binqing. Huang Binqing went to complain to the emperor, but the emperor instead asked the Qianniu guards to capture him.
After being imprisoned for three days, he was supposed to be stripped of his position and sentenced to a lower sentence. Finally, I heard that Huang Fei knelt down and begged outside the emperor's palace with her pregnant belly, so Huang Binqing was spared once, but she still took away the Yangtze River Navy.
The position of admiral is just to give him the title of admiral in the imperial camp."
Yan Yingke was shocked. His daughter was about to enter the palace, and he was granted the title of earl by his father based on the daughter's honor. However, Huang Binqing was much more powerful than him. He had long been the commander-in-chief, and was even the governor-general of Zhoushan.
This large piece of land and many ships and men, and finally his daughter entered the palace, and she was pregnant with a dragon seed. He himself was granted the title of Su Lupp, and then he was promoted to the title of Marquis.
As a result, because of this incident, he was immediately stripped of his position as Navy Admiral, and his title was reduced to Earl of Jingjiang, which was just a false title in the imperial camp.
"Why do I feel that we shouldn't leave Fujian?" Yan Keying regretted it now, feeling that the emperor he met before was completely different from the emperor now rumored to be.
This made him a little scared.
"Hey, it's too late to say this now. We can only take it one step at a time. Forget it, I don't lack the filial piety. 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 we admit it?"
"What else can you do? You see, before the imperial court asked Pingguo to send out these 8,000 troops, does Pingguo Gong have one and a half words? My brother-in-law in the southeast stomped his feet, and he was a heroic figure who caused tsunamis in the East and South China Seas.
, but aren’t we going to Beijing honestly? Forget it, let’s act according to the order first.”
"But,"
"It's nothing," Yan Keying now only has one opinion about the emperor. His power is unpredictable and unfathomable. He doesn't want to touch the emperor's reverse scale easily.
Let's discuss it later.
"The Military Command Department is in charge of personnel and training, the Staff Department is in charge of intelligence, war strategies, logistics, and equipment, and the Supervision Department is in charge of military law. That saves me a lot of trouble. Let them take care of it. I will be the boss.
of."
Several generals had no choice but to say this. Yan Keying's words were also words of helplessness. They held imperial military orders in their hands. Although Yan Keying was the commander-in-chief or an earl, the Fujian soldiers were now in disarray.
With only a thousand and five men under his command, do you still dare to say no to the emperor's will?
"It turns out that I thought the emperor was a saintly, wise and benevolent king, but I didn't expect him to be so evil-minded."
"Uncle, be careful what you say." A general advised him quickly.
"Hey, from now on I won't be able to say even a f*cking happy word." Yan Keying had no choice but to say, "Pass the message and ask our own people to be more careful in the future. Let's first see how this imperial camp is doing. No matter what we say,
, that they can achieve such a prestigious reputation in one year also shows that their set of things is still very powerful, let's study hard."