An elite cavalry force came out of Datong City, with their horses and hooves wrapped around their heads, and they were as fast as the wind and as fast as lightning, and they attacked the Qing army outside the city.
The first general, riding a white horse, wearing a white robe and silver armor, and carrying a bright silver spear, was extremely visible in the dark night.
"who?"
The Qing army on duty at night saw Yibai riding up in the darkness, and shouted in surprise.
As a result, the next moment, it felt like a white wind blowing past, and then the person was lifted into the sky.
"Grandpa lives like Lu Bu and Wang Fuchen!"
Behind them, the Datong cavalry rushed fiercely, and the Qing army shouted in panic.
"Enemy attack!"
No one expected that Datong would dare to come out of the city after being besieged for so long and now that so many reinforcements had arrived.
"It's Lu Bu here!"
"Wang Fuchen!"
In the dark night, many panicked and frightened voices sounded.
"It's Ma Yaozi coming!"
There was panic in the voice!
Wang Fuchen led the cavalry to fight all the way, and no one could stop him. Many Qing soldiers even turned around and ran away when they heard his name.
In the blink of an eye, the outermost Qing army camp was smashed and trampled, and they were scattered in all directions.
Wang Fuchen led the cavalry like wind and lightning to the next camp.
The news was urgently reported to the Yue Le office in the periphery.
Prince An, Fu Le, hurriedly put on his armor and rubbed his red eyes while asking, "Who is this Wang Fuchen, and why is he so great?"
Wakda, the king of Duoluo County who has been responsible for garrisoning here, quickly told him, "This thief will be called Wang Fuchen. He is not a simple man. He is very brave and fierce. During the few months we have been besieging Datong, this man has often come out of the city to fight and has been defeated repeatedly."
He killed dozens of our army’s generals and commanders.”
"Oh?" Yue Le was a little surprised.
"Do you know the details of this person?"
"This man's nickname is Huo Lu Bu, which not only means that he is brave, but also means that he has changed his master several times. His surname is Li, and his name is Li Fuchen. It is said that his parents were originally servants of a magistrate in the Ming Dynasty. Li Fuchen grew up in that magistrate since childhood.
At home, he developed a aggressive and aggressive character, and he had no knowledge or skills, nor was he engaged in production. After his parents passed away, the family had no money left, so he still made friends everywhere.
Later, when there was a great famine in northern Shaanxi and the refugees rebelled, Li Fuchen's brother-in-law also rebelled and became a leader. Li Fuchen later went to surrender to him. Li Fuchen was tall and powerful, and he dared to fight and charge, so he quickly stood firm in the rebel army.
Heel, but Li Fuchen was fond of gambling, and once even stole more than 600 taels of public silver from his brother-in-law's camp to gamble, but lost it all. His brother-in-law wanted to kill him in anger, but he was killed instead
He killed someone and then escaped.
Li Fuchen fled to Datong General Jiang Quan and joined the army. He was under the command of General Wang Jinchao. Seeing that he was tall and burly and good at martial arts, the Chao Dynasty recruited him as his subordinate. Later, he was adopted as his adopted son and his surname was changed to Wang.
In Datong, Wang Fuchen had a good adoptive father and was very capable, so he rose quickly. Later, after his adoptive father passed away, Jiang Guan still asked him to lead his old tribe. He also became Jiang Guan's confidant and turned to Jiang Guan as his righteous man.
father.
When Li Zicheng invaded Shanxi, Wang Fuchen surrendered with Jiang Quan. Later, seeing Li Zicheng's success and failure, he wanted to join our court, so he specially asked Wang Fuchen to get rid of Zhang Tianlin and Ke Tianxiang, who were left behind by Li Zicheng. Wang Fuchen, under the pretense of giving a banquet and drinking wine,
The two men were deceived, and then they were beheaded on the spot, and their heads were brought to our Qing camp to ask for surrender on behalf of Jiang Yu.
Wang Fuchen was later awarded the title of deputy general."
Before Jiang Quan rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, he went to two of his lieutenants, Yang Zhenwei and Wang Fuchen, to ask about their attitudes. They were both Jiang Quan's old subordinates and were willing to listen to him.
That's why Jiang Yu dared to rebel.
During the few months when the Qing army besieged Datong, Wang Fuchen repeatedly attacked and defeated the Qing army many times. Even the elite Eight Banners were frightened by the attack.
This guy is very brave and fierce, and he always sees the opportunity to attack. He moves quickly and comes and goes like the wind. As long as he sees a chance, an army will often be defeated by him. However, the Qing army mobilizes troops early, but he
So he went back again.
This happens every time.
He was as agile as a kite, so he was called a horse kite. He was also very brave and had defeated many enemies, so he was called Living Lu Bu.
Even the usually elite Eight Banners soldiers would be afraid to get out of the way when they saw this living Lu Bu coming out. Let alone other Mongolian soldiers or Han bannermen.
And if the green camp saw it, they wouldn't dare to fight at all.
"If it weren't for this stupid Lu Bu, we would have captured Datong City long ago, but every time we besiege the city, this guy always finds an opportunity to attack, and no one can stop him!"
"Damn it, I didn't expect you would dare to come out again tonight!"
Wakda felt very unlucky.
Wang Fuchen didn't pay attention and ran out again. It is estimated that there will be a mess again tonight, with a lot of casualties.
The wife of Datong was from Suide, and Wang Fuchen was from Suide.
Yue Le had been fighting in the periphery before, but he had never known that there was such a fierce general in Datong.
"This job for Lu Bu is interesting. Let's see if we can get a chance to contact this person secretly. As long as he can kill Jiang Yu and surrender, I will protect him as the king of Datong. He will be the chief military officer of Datong garrison and let him take over Jiang Yu's troops.
And continue to guard Datong."
"This person is Jiang Yu's adopted son."
"I know this, but since this person is called Lu Bu, and he even killed his own brother-in-law, and even killed Zhang Tianlin and the others so happily, we know that this person is not the kind of loyal person. As long as there are enough benefits, this king will
I don't believe that he is not moved.
Jiang Yu is a capricious villain, how good will his adopted son be?"
Varda was very impressed after hearing this, "Why didn't I think of this trick before?"
"Hahaha, the strongest castle is always easy to break through from the inside. By the way, doesn't Jiang Yu have a confidant named Yang Zhenwei? Why not contact him secretly and give him the conditions for Lu Bu to live?
Promise."
"Would this be misleading?"
"Wang Fuchen and Yang Zhenwu wouldn't be so stupid as to discuss this matter together, right?"
"Too!"
Soon after, Bagala's army came to report. As expected, Wang Fuchen rushed back to Datong City after a wanton attack. The Qing army was defeated by several camps and lost hundreds of people. As a result, elite troops came to surround them.
Still not surrounded.
Yue Le no longer cared about this at this time.
"Let each battalion be more vigilant. The officers of the several battalions who were trampled tonight had their heads chopped off and passed on to other battalions to show to the public. Those who were on guard duty at night were also beheaded.
The soldiers of the several battalions that were scattered were all punished with twenty military sticks.
If there is a next time, there will be no mercy and no mercy."
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Beijing.
Faced with Yue Le's request, the two regent uncles Jierhalang and Daishan had to reluctantly agree to give him another month to attack Datong.
Yue Le also asked for the transfer of grain and grass, but Beijing was also struggling to survive the famine, and there was no food. He had to give an order to the governor and governor of Shanxi, asking them to be responsible for collecting grain and grass on the spot, and returning it to the Shanxi merchants who were responsible for the eight imperial merchants.
They ordered them to help raise food.
At the same time, the Ministry of Civil Affairs was asked to quickly fill in the missing officials in Shanxi, especially the food supervisors.
In the chaos in Shanxi this time, many prefectures and counties were destroyed, and local officials fled to death. The losses were huge. Now we can only deal with urgent matters and make up for it quickly, so that they can quickly find ways to restore local order and help collect grain and grass.
If there is more for the army, more will have to be sent to Beijing.
The price of grain in Beijing now changes every day, and the Qing government was forced to start controlling the grain market. But with more people and less food, the price is rising steadily, especially on the underground black market, where rice is already 10 taels per shi.
It is said that there are no beggars in Beijing these days. Some people say that they are all being kidnapped and made into rice and meat for sale in the underground black market.
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Zhang Ji came out of the official office and stood there with a face full of joy. Just now, he was informed by the official department that he had been appointed as the Superintendent of Food Road in Shanxi.
This is a good job, responsible for the distribution of grain and grass in Shanxi, and he can make a lot of money from it.
Zhang Ji's last job was as a magistrate. After completing his term, he went to Beijing to get a job, and finally he got a fat job.
But while he was happy, he couldn't help but feel worried, because even if there were vacancies in the staff, he still had to pay money first if he wanted to really secure his position.
Zhang Ji was a native of Yizheng, Jiangnan. He first came to Beijing to obtain the qualification of supervising students during Chongzhen. Later, he took part in the provincial examination and was listed among the candidates. After failing the examination twice, he studied hard in Beijing for several years, and finally won the Jinshi in the third examination.
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Select the common people from the Hanlin Academy to serve as editors and editors, and then be sent to the prefecture.
When the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Zhang Ji, who was the prefect of Beizhi, immediately took the lead in welcoming the surrender, so he stayed in office.
Zhang Ji was a serious Jinshi, and also worked as an editor in the Hanlin Academy. He was good at writing articles, and he was very good at flattering people. Moreover, he was very flexible and knew that being an official depends not on ability, but on relationships, so he was usually very good at flattery and building relationships.
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Therefore, this official was very successful in both the Ming and Qing dynasties.
This time, I even found a good job in Shanxi Food Road. As long as I manage this job well, it is not a problem to earn one or two hundred thousand a year. Even if I throw away the three festivals, two birthdays, three honors and expenses such as five or six thousand taels,
You can still make a lot of money.
But he has no money now.
I had made a lot of money when I was the prefect, but I had used it all up.
From the Ming Dynasty to the present Qing Dynasty, the officialdom was full of all kinds of bad rules. After all, it was about giving gifts, and it was not an ordinary etiquette, but a pure gift of money.
When foreign officials send gifts to Beijing officials, there is ice respect in summer and charcoal respect in winter. There is also a special respect when leaving Beijing to take up a new post.
Only when the letter from the capital is always open and the charcoal respect is always abundant, can you do well as an official. In fact, there are already unspoken rules for how much you should give. Officials of different levels have a fixed amount for giving to officials of a certain level.
of.
Even if you take a local office, you still have to give gifts to all your immediate superiors, no one should be missing, and the same amount is also stipulated.
In addition to those given to officials, salutes at the doors of all government offices and officials' homes are also indispensable.
Some large yamen even require forty or fifty taels of silver per door bag.
Zhang Ji, who was born in the Imperial Academy, worked as an Imperial Academy in Beijing for seven years. The Imperial Academy was a Qingshui yamen, and although he had a bit of Bingjing and Tanjing, it was very little, so he lived a very miserable life.
Later, he left the capital and was appointed as the prefect of Shuoping, Shanxi Province. Because his salary in the capital was meager and he didn't receive much salute, he couldn't receive as many tributes as usual when he left the capital. As a result, his job as an official was not smooth after he took office.
, and was even quickly impeached.
Later, after he returned to Beijing, someone gave him some advice, so he gritted his teeth and started borrowing Beijing debts. He made up for it everywhere, and sure enough, he soon had to pay off the debts again. After staying in the place for nearly ten years, he finally paid off the Beijing debts.
I also caught some.
However, this time I had already spent all my savings to get this lucrative job. Now that I am leaving the capital, as usual, I have to pay my respects, and even more, otherwise it will not be easy for me to sit in this official position.
Now that he had experience, he made some calculations in his mind while sitting in the sedan chair home, and finally came to the conclusion that it would cost at least eighteen thousand to twenty thousand taels of silver.
So next, Zhang Ji started to run Beijing Debt. There was a loan in Beijing specifically for Jinshi. The money that officials lent was called Beijing Debt, and the interest rate was quite high.
I successfully borrowed 20,000 taels, of which 9,000 taels were borrowed from a Guangdong bank with an annual interest rate of 9%, and 9,000 taels from a Shandong bank, also at 9%. In the same year, I borrowed 2,000 taels from a friend.
I got 20,000 taels of silver and gave it all away within three days.
The monthly interest rate of nine percent means the annual interest rate is ten percent, and the annual interest rate is two thousand one hundred and sixty taels. This interest rate is pretty good.
Before setting off, my father-in-law fell ill and asked him to borrow money. I had no choice but to borrow another three thousand taels, and gave one thousand taels to my father-in-law, one thousand to my wife and children, and one thousand to myself for traveling expenses.
However, enough money was given, the errands went smoothly, and various official documents were obtained smoothly, and then he took office.
Each of the academicians of the three inner academies presented 400 taels, six ministers, the General Constitution, 100 taels, and fifty taels each for the Minister, Dajiu Qing, and so on. Then officials at all levels, even those from the same hometown and the same year, with good family background, also
expressed,
After a while, the 20,000 taels were used up.
Later, I borrowed another three thousand.
But Zhang Ji didn't panic. He had been an official for more than ten years and had experience in giving gifts. This small amount of money was nothing. When he arrived in Shanxi, he had to borrow another sum of money as usual. The governor had to give 800 taels, and the governor had to give 800 taels.
Six hundred taels are given as gifts. In addition, these are also sent to the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, and so on. There are also the chief envoys, the inspection envoys, the patrol envoys, etc., and every Bodhisattva, big and small, must bow in place.
At that time, tens of thousands of taels of silver will be scattered.
But this is just a foundation. As long as the position of Grain Road is secure and in charge of the grain of Shanxi Province, not only 200,000 yuan a year, but a small 100,000 yuan can be obtained casually. When the cost is taken into account, it will still be able to
The one who dropped 50,000 to 60,000 taels of silver.
How about being an official for thousands of miles just for money?
This is only Mingli's income, which is semi-legal. If corruption is involved, there are no limits.
Of course, a smart person like Zhang Ji would not reach out randomly. It is enough to deal with such bad rules and other gray income. If the water is flowing slowly, it is really straightforward corruption, but it will lose your head.
The officials' income depends entirely on these bad rules. In Beijing, there are ice and charcoal greetings to bid farewell and wait, and local officials have three festivals and two birthdays. This is all tradition.
He heard that there was a saint and emperor in his hometown, who not only raised the salary of officials, but also created some kind of silver to support integrity. It was said that a governor directly gave 20,000 taels of silver a year to support integrity, and some county magistrates gave one thousand, and some
For two thousand.
Then it is said that these bad rules and rituals are prohibited, and accepting bad rules will be regarded as corruption, and the punishment is quite strict.
Zhang Ji felt that there might be something wrong with the emperor. He didn't care about such things. Who would be an official in that day?
The regent Dorgon, as the regent of the emperor's father, received a courtesy at the gate, and collected hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. His wives and concubines also received tributes, and there were festivals and festivals, and all kinds of happy events were celebrated.
, the regent didn’t prohibit these, why did Zhu Yihai insist on prohibiting them?
Does he want to be like his ancestor Zhu Baba, who wanted to kill all the corrupt officials in the world, but can he kill him?
However, when he heard that Huohuo returned to the public and Huohuo raised integrity, he thought it was quite innovative. Would it be great if the Qing Dynasty also provided officials with more money to support their integrity?
I heard that there is no grain supervision department there, but it is called the Grain Department, the Water Conservancy Department or something like that. The Grain Department is still a junior rank, with a director in each province. It is said that the money for raising money is five thousand taels.
If Zhang Ji was asked to be the food supervisor and only be given a subsidy of 5,000 taels a year, he would definitely not be willing to do it. But if all the bad regulations are collected, he can get an additional 5,000 taels to support honest silver, and even increase his salary.
First of all, if you give him some job money or something, don't let his extra few thousand taels of income go to waste.
Now that food is so expensive, it would be a big deal if you just add a little bit of waste when collecting food. If you get some more food and sell it on the black market, you will be able to make a lot of money. It depends on your courage.
The price of rice in the capital has exceeded ten taels and one stone. Zhang Ji secretly planned that when he got there, he would definitely get some grain to sell in Beijing. Of course, he also knew that he would not be able to handle this kind of thing.
It definitely needs to be done together with the governors and governors, and even the princes of the Eight Banners, and even the ministers and ministers in Beijing must participate.
The more people involved in the matter, the more reliable the money will be earned. Even if he doesn't get the big share, he can still get a lot of it if he occupies this position.
When you are an official, you don’t want to make money, but do you want to serve the people?