Chapter 30: Reorganizing the Brocade Guard
For Chongzhen's reward, Liu Hongjian really wanted to cry without tears, and smashed his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach, who else can blame?
If you don't take advantage of it, you are a bastard, and you laughed at Chongzhen's reward, and Liu Hongjian suggested that when you go to Shanhaiguan to comfort the labor army, you must send a reliable person to ensure that the silver is distributed to every soldier.
He has seen the means of deducting military salaries from all kinds of feudal officials, and if he really sends it, he will leave, and the officials at all levels under the general army are exploited layer by layer, and it is estimated that in the end, the soldiers who are bitter will not even get half of it.
And he also planned to pick out a few clever points from the Jinyi Guard, who were specifically responsible for the investigation of the situation on the nine sides, and by the way, to monitor Wu Sangui's movements, Chongzhen also nodded in agreement.
Then Liu Hongjian stared at Chongzhen, laughed three times, and looked at Chongzhen's hair.
"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guard is seriously understaffed, in order to achieve that great event, Weichen suggests...... It is recommended to recall the more than 5,000 'Han generals' belonging to the Jinyi Guard in the palace......"
Chongzhen has a good face, and these Han generals are the face of Daming, and now Liu Hong is gradually recalling these pillars, which is tantamount to slapping Chongzhen's face.
Chongzhen was not as angry as Liu Hong gradually thought, but just sighed and said slightly.
"Aiqing, I know that you are dedicated to the country, Daming has become what it is now, I have no face to worship my ancestors, what qualifications do I have to talk about these pompous things, although Aiqing recalls, there are three thousand battalions and five military battalions in my palace to support it, which is enough."
The previous excitement was immediately diluted because he remembered the current situation, yes, the empire is still suffering from internal and external troubles, what use can a little silver tael be worth?
The 'old man' in front of him, dressed in a bright yellow imperial robe, the hem of the imperial robe was actually patched twice, his hair was gray and black, his forehead had already wrinkled, his sunken eyes were deep and majestic, and his majesty showed exhaustion, he was only thirty-four years old!
Who said that the emperor is widowed? Whoever said that the emperor loves face, it is all nonsense, it must be which historian is dissatisfied with Chongzhen and deliberately slandered.
Liu Hong gradually bent down and made a junior salute to Chongzhen, yes! In his opinion, the emperor at this time was nothing more than a poor man.
But what should be said must be said, and what should be done must also be done, although he is now the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but for the people under the Jinyi Guard, it is just a change of leadership.
In terms of qualifications and majesty, he is not even as good as Liang Yang and Chang Yu, if he can't get some benefits for the people below, how can he let many Jinyi guards be willing to work for him?
Liu Hong gradually explained his difficulties to Chongzhen euphemistically, Chongzhen also understood, and with a wave of his hand, he directly asked him to pull away the jewelry, jade, porcelain, calligraphy and painting copied from Wu's mansion, and pull them all away!
Liu Hong was overjoyed, although he didn't know how much those things were worth, but he remembered that there seemed to be a lot! Two cars of gold and silver jewelry, three cars of jewelry and jade, and ten cars of porcelain calligraphy and painting, how can it be worth more than 100,000 taels!
All the men and horses in Jingjin Yiwei, plus the five thousand Han generals, there are almost seven thousand, and if they are properly trained, they will definitely come in handy after a while.
With Chongzhen's permission, Liu Hong gradually bowed and retreated, and went directly to the Jinyi Wei Yamen, asking Chang Yu to send someone to pull back the things that were pulled back last night.
After that, all the people from 100 households and above were summoned to gather at the Jinyi Wei Yamen to discuss the issue of restructuring.
At present, there are about 4,000 Jinyi guards in other places, plus 7,000 people in Beijing, more than 1,000 old and weak have been abolished, and 10 complete 1,000 households have been formed, four are temporarily external, and six remain in Beijing.
The original Nanzhen Fusi Zhenfu envoy was promoted to command Tongzhi, and the commander Tongzhi Zhang Shun was also promoted, the new conductor Wang Ping and Li Weixian, the new Nanzhen Fusi Zhenfu envoy Jiang Datong, and the North Town Fusi Zhenfu envoy Chang Yu.
The promotion and transfer of the remaining 1,000 households and 100 households are subject to the assignment of the new commander Liang Yang.
Liu Hong gradually gained the power of Chongzhen to act cheaply, and he unceremoniously began a drastic change to Jinyiwei, and Liang Yang, who had been obscure for many years, showed twelve points of enthusiasm.
Liu Hongjian announced Chongzhen's reward, whether it is gold and silver jewelry, or jewelry and jade, in the final analysis, it is money, and things worth hundreds of thousands of taels are distributed to everyone, and there are at least ten taels.
Many Jinyiwei officials were overjoyed, Jinyiwei was shelved for several years, the court was in short supply of silver, and it was naturally not Jinyiwei's turn to pay salaries, and the important officials of the court had been in arrears for half a year, and the Jinyiwei's horsemen were even more stretched, and they lived very miserably.
As soon as Liu Hongchuan took office, everyone could get at least ten taels of silver at once, which was enough to make all the brocade guards celebrate, and many officials even shouted the slogan of 'command makes mighty'.
What is the concept of ten taels, for example, a chestnut, in the Ming Dynasty, a tael of silver can buy two stones of rice, even if it is a turmoil and natural disasters at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a tael of silver can still buy a stone, in the Ming Dynasty, one stone is equal to about one hundred and eighty catties, enough for a family to live for a month.
Where there is a reward, there is a punishment, a glorious prospect is depicted for everyone, and silver is given, and then there is punishment for violations.
In addition to the rod, for those who bully the people and embezzle and accept bribes, regardless of the amount, they will all be removed from Jinyiwei and imprisoned in the Imperial Prison.
Those who have meritorious service are rewarded, those who have faults are punished, and the law cannot be clearer, as long as you work hard, you have money to take, and you have official promotions, many officials have even forgotten the punishment just mentioned, and they are ready to do a great job one by one.
After the meeting was dismissed, Liu Hongjian discussed with Liang Yang, Zhang Shun and others how to settle the Han generals, and it was not until the afternoon that the arrangements were completed.
After Liu Hong gradually made the east, went to the famous Xiangmanlou in the capital to have a big meal, several new acquaintances, servants, and pacification envoys at the wine table took turns to toast Liu Hong, saying that they would be loyal and wise in the future, and serve the commander and the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Hongjian was already overwhelmed by alcohol, and he was drunk all the time, so he was helped out of the restaurant by Chang Yu and Liang Yang.
What they didn't know was that as soon as a few people left the restaurant, the owner of the restaurant hurriedly called a small servant and whispered a few words casually, and the little servant immediately ran out......
When she arrived at home, Xiuxiu hurriedly helped Liu Hong to get into bed, Liu Hong gradually took Sun Xiuxiu's hand in a hazy and hazy eyes, and said to herself,
"Xiuxiu, let's have another drink with my husband! Full of ......"
Just as Xiuxiu poured a cup of sobering tea, before she could hand it over, Liu Hongjian had already fallen down on the bed and fell asleep.