The Ming Dynasty set up town guards in the local area, starting from the Yongle 22nd year in August to order the eunuch Wang Jinghong to garrison Nanjing, to the Xuande period, the provinces generally set up town guard officials, which became an important part of the local political system of the Ming Dynasty. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After Xuande, there were three types of town guards: eunuchs in Nanjing and other places, bells and borders, and towns in various provinces. Among them, the main duties of the township guards in each province are to reassure the people, and they have the authority to supervise civil and military officials, dispatch officers and troops to suppress the people's resistance, impeach and suppress large local tyrants, arrest fugitives, and propose to the central government to increase the administrative and military settings in response to the needs of local public security, coordinate the official affairs of civil and military officials and departments, governments, and counties in their own provinces, and appease the displaced population.

Of course, the power of the town guards is not absolute, although they have the right to supervise and impeach the civil and military officials in their localities, and can also recommend, retain, or even "dismiss" local governors, but they do not have the power to promote and depose officials, nor do they inspect the duties of officials; They have the right to supervise the army, go out with the army, and even transfer the officers and soldiers of the guard post where they are stationed as needed, but they are not allowed to lead troops alone and promote military positions without authorization.

Therefore, although Shen Xi was supervised by the two town guards and eunuchs, they had no jurisdiction over each other, and Shen Xi was a close minister of the emperor, so he could ignore them at all. But born in the Ming Dynasty, in the officialdom, many things can not be done as you like, Shen Xi must compromise with some unspoken rules, only when he has one day monopolized power, maybe he can gradually get rid of these drawbacks.

After a long groan, Shen Xi said: "This expedition has seized a lot, including more than 1,000 taels of gold, more than 9,000 taels of silver, and countless other goods, I can take out half of the gold and silver and hand it over to General Li, and the general can dispose of it himself." ”

Shen Xi will not take the initiative to give gifts to the town guard eunuchs, if his reputation is known, it will stink. Li Che will send it if he wants to, anyway, he is a martial artist, and no one will say anything if he befriends the eunuchs. Shen Xi will prepare the merit book by himself and report it to the imperial court, and it will definitely not go through the hands of the eunuchs.

The determination of military merits had to wait until the official approval of the imperial court was issued after the year before the reward was given to the individual, and the money, food, and goods rewarded could be given after being agreed upon by Shen Xi and Li Che the year before, and the specific amount was spent on the remaining part of the seizure.

The initial plan was to distribute a subsidy of six taels of silver to each officer and soldier accompanying the ship, while each officer and soldier of the front and rear troops stationed in Guanghaiwei would receive a subsidy of three taels of silver, and at the same time rice grain and silk cloth would be distributed. As for whether to reward the fields and how much, we can only wait for the approval of the imperial court for military merit awards after the next year.

Li Che did not leave, and the political envoy and the yamen of the prefect of Guangzhou sent people to send Shen Xi a congratulatory message of "great victory in suppressing bandits", and at the same time delivered a large number of condolences to the soldiers, which was a kind of reward given by the local administrative organs to the soldiers after winning the battle, and they did not need to be reported to the imperial court for approval, and could be directly rewarded to the officers and soldiers.

Shen Xi had to go out of the city that night to participate in the celebration banquet, and he couldn't stay in the city for too long, in addition, he was in a hurry to go back to see his wife and children, so he asked people to send these condolences to the army first, mainly pigs, sheep and other livestock, wine, melons, fruits and vegetables, etc., which could be used to reward the officers and soldiers of the three armies at night.

Shen Xi entered the inner hall, changed out of the red official clothes, and was about to change into civilian clothes and go home, when the guards came in and asked someone to find him. Shen Xi was a little surprised, and when he came to the hall, he saw a person who he didn't care about at a glance.

The visitor stood in the middle of the room, and when he saw Shen Xi, he immediately bowed respectfully to him, it was none other than his old acquaintance Jiang Liwei.

I haven't seen him for half a year, and Shen Xi really doesn't know how to describe the feeling of "seeing my old acquaintance in a foreign country", with a little disgust and a little sympathy.

Jiang Li is only a dignified Jinyi Wei Zhenfu, in order to investigate the case, he actually entrenched in Guangdong Province for half a year, the emperor Gao is far away, you must know that the current Liangguang has not been fully developed, compared to the hinterland of Jiangnan and the Central Plains, just look at the vicissitudes of life to know what a hard life has been spent in the past six months.

After the ceremony, Jiang Liwei congratulated: "Shen Zhongcheng has succeeded as a teacher, which is gratifying." After returning to Beijing, Shen Zhongcheng can be added to the rank of knight. ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Chengjiang Zhenfu Meiyan, but it is not a success, this matter of exterminating bandits has a long way to go, this expedition did not encounter the Japanese bandits, it can only be regarded as a victory in the first battle, and the tough battle is still to come." ”

Jiang Liwei was stunned, he could understand the difference between what Shen Xi said.

The success of the teacher means that Shen Xi has completed his errand, and he can lie on the merit book and wait to return to Beijing to receive the reward, and he does not have to do anything in the future; The victory in the first battle means that Shen Xi will continue to send troops to exterminate the bandits, and now it is only a small starting point on the road for Shen Xi to exterminate pirates and pirates.

At this time, Jiang Liwei couldn't help but feel a little envious and jealous, even if others were in Guangzhou Mansion and belonged to the Son of Heaven's army, they were not qualified to lead the troops to the battle, watching Shen Xi get great merit, he could wait for the imperial court to reward him, and he could continue to go on the expedition in the coming year to get greater credit, while he himself could only follow the instructions of his boss to investigate the crimes of officials, this huge contrast made him feel very angry.

But no way, who called him just a martial artist, not a literary scholar?

After Shen Xi won the top prize, he did a lot of things that were appreciated by Emperor Hongzhi and Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia and even the important ministers of the court such as Xie Qian, who were scholars.

Shen Xi saw that Jiang Liwei was silent, as if he was brewing some conspiracy, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Jiang Zhenfu has returned to the capital?" ”

"Not returned."

Jiang Liwei came back to his senses and replied respectfully, "There is an errand faction in the imperial court to conduct a thorough investigation in Guangdong Province, and after the end of the year, he is about to return, and it coincides with Shen Zhongcheng's successful return, so he came to congratulate him." ”

He knew that Shen Xi would not mention his name in the credit book, but after he returned to Beijing, he could make a fuss about it...... I escorted Shen Dufu to the place, and when I was handling a case in Guangdong Province, Shen Dufu sent troops to bulldoze the pirates between Guangzhou and Leizhou, during which I went to see him and gave him some advice.

This is to facilitate him to add a sum to his resume when he is promoted in the future, if he can find a more suitable backer than Liu Daxia, when the backer is active for him again, he will also bring up the matter, and the official yamen will not investigate whether he has actual merits, just to give an explanation to the court and hundreds of officials.

Shen Xi sighed secretly: "I went to sea to fight, tired and tired, you come and stand and say a few words to me, and then share some of the credit, or you should be relaxed as an official." ”

I was disdainful, but Shen Xi still smiled and said, "Thank you again Jiang Zhenfu for escorting this official to the local office!" ”

Jiang Liwei was very pleased with Shen Xi's "gratitude", and immediately saluted: "Don't bother Shen Zhongcheng in the future, go back and prepare, and leave Guangzhou Mansion in a few days." If Shen Zhongcheng tells Liu Shangshu about something, he may be able to do it for him. ”

Do you want you to convey it when I lack an eye?

Shen Xi smiled and refused, and watched Jiang Liwei leave, only then did he wipe the smile off his face...... It's really a bad year, and I'm going out and seeing hell!

Just as I was thinking of the gate of the official post to see if the crowd had dispersed, suddenly a person rushed out of the back hall, walking loudly, without a little girl's reserve, and saw Shen Xi grinning and said, "Master, are you back?" Madame asked me to come and see, and if the master was done, let me catch the car to send the master back. "It's Zhu Shan.

This time, Zhu Qi and Zhu Shan's father and daughter did not follow the boat, but Zhu Shan's brother Zhu Hong worked hard all the way, changing Shen Xi's bad impression of him before.

In general, Zhu Hong just has a little less knowledge, and then he is a little muddy, but nothing else is fine.

"Let's go."

Shen Xi greeted and came to the backyard, Zhu Qi and Zhu Hong's father and son were talking by the ridge, and when they saw Shen Xi, Zhu Qi comforted him and came over to salute Shen Xi and thank him.

Shen Xi said: "Don't thank me, Daddy Zhu has a good son, Zhu Hong joined the army this time, made a meritorious service, personally cut down a pirate, and also established meritorious service when attacking the walled city, I will make a note of him in the credit book." ”

Zhu Qi smiled and frowned, and said: "Where did the master say, it is his blessing that the dog can go on the expedition with you, if he does not do well, you just scold, don't dare to ask for credit." ”

Shen Xi frowned, looking at what he said, it seemed that Zhu Qi wanted to pass Zhu Hong to him as a son.

"It is still necessary to ask for rewards for meritorious service, but Zhu Hong is not a military position, and then I will declare to the imperial court in the name of the governor, if the imperial court is considerate, or promoted to a military position, I will be rewarded for military merit." Shen Xi reminded.

According to the rules, if the registered officers and soldiers kill the enemy on the battlefield, they will be rewarded according to their military duties, but the personnel recruited by the supervising yamen are not in the military register, and if they go into battle to kill the enemy, they will also have meritorious service, but the reward will be less, and Zhu Hong can be transferred to a military household according to the situation, or directly offset the credit with fields, goods, and money and grain.

In general, the military merit system of the Ming Dynasty is still relatively complete.

Zhu Shan listened to Shen Xi and Zhu Qi talking to him, and was a little dissatisfied: "Dad, Mrs. said, let the master go back early, and there can be no longer delay." ”

Urged by his daughter, Zhu Qi was a little embarrassed, and immediately got out of the way and made a gesture of please: "Master, the carriage is parked outside the back door, please go home." ”

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PS: The third update is here!

Seeing that it's October, the Son of Heaven asks for a guaranteed monthly pass for encouragement, thank you! (To be continued.) )