Don’t want money? Too little?

Shen Tingyang was stunned for a moment, and quickly took a few more gold leaves from his steward, wanting to give them to Ren Yizhou again.

Ren Yizhou waved his hand quickly and said with a wry smile: "Siye, don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like being a low-ranking official, it's that I can't take it..."

What? Can’t take it?

Shen Tingyang was startled. He had never encountered an upright official before. Su Guansheng, who came from Dengzhou with him, was an upright official. But Su Guansheng was a civil servant, and this was a Jinyiwei in front of him... He was wearing a Feiyu suit! You How can a Jin Yiwei official get paid for his job? How scary is this? Could it be that he has become a criminal?

"This superior..." Shen Tingyang was a little unsure, "Did Shen commit no crime?"

"No, no..." Ren Yizhou shook his head repeatedly, "No one is allowed to take the money from the Shachuan Gang that Master Qiantose has taken care of!" As he said that, he made a beheading gesture, "Whoever wants to take it will be beheaded. !So I really don’t dare to take your money!”

"Ah...want to behead?" There were beads of sweat on Shen Tingyang's forehead.

To use your own money to be beheaded... What does this mean! Are you really a criminal? Who did the Shachuan Gang provoke whom? The Shachuan Gang is loyal to the court. Now Beijing is occupied by thieves. How can you be a serious official? Everyone rushed to surrender, but the Shachuan Gang came to rescue him regardless of the danger. What a good honest businessman, why can't he even give a bribe?

Now that bribery is no longer allowed, how will we do business in the future? Even if we can do it, we won’t feel at ease!

Not to mention the small power of the Shen family of the Shachuan Gang, even the eldest brother Zheng Yiguan of the 18th century was such a powerful force. He had no less than 20,000 naval officers and soldiers under his command, and dozens of semi-Chinese and semi-Western warships. They also gave Beijing every year. Can all the gentlemen in Nanjing submit an offering? It’s not because I’m afraid of anyone, but because harmony brings wealth, and we make money together. Everyone has something to earn, and only then can the business last long!

"Mr. Shen, don't worry," Ren Yizhou cupped his hands and made a solemn gesture, "Please come with me... Master Qiantose has been looking forward to you for a long time. Don't keep Master Qiantose waiting."

Zhu Cixiang was indeed waiting a little impatiently. Tianjin Guard was still close to Beijing. Zhu Cixiang did not dare to stay here for a long time. Even in order to wait for Wu Sangui, he had to retreat to Dagu to feel at ease. So he specially ordered the Jinyiwei Qianhu Ren Yizhou who was guarding the dock. When he saw Shen Tingyang, he immediately brought him to meet him.

The order not to accept bribes from Shen Tingyang was also given by Zhu Cixang personally at that time. He not only explained the matter to Ren Yizhou, but also to Commander Li Ruolian of the Imperial Guard, Commander Cao Youyi of the Generalissimo's Military Guard, and Commander Wu of the Military and Government Guard. Xiang, as well as the eunuch Huang Dabao, the eunuch Bingbi, the chief eunuch, and Pan Shuchen, the eunuch admiral and eunuch, explained one by one - Shen Tingyang, this "fat pig" is protected by this palace, and none of you are allowed to touch it. !

When Shen Tingyang followed Ren Yizhou to the Generalissimo's Mansion, Zhu Cihong was talking to the candidate officers of the Nanyang Army.

This work started this morning. We have already met with four candidates for division commanders and four candidates for division deputy generals, and selected the division commanders and deputy generals for the left and right divisions of the Nanyang Army.

Among them, Zuo Shishishuai was a steward of the Wu family. He was a Liaodong man named Wang Beard. He was in his forties, tall and tall, and had been a martial arts scholar.

The deputy general of the right division is Wang Qi, another old subordinate of Zhu Cixiang. Wang Qi, who was born in the East Palace, and Ding Wangbeard, the steward of the Wu family, are of course to add some sand. It is not that he cannot trust anyone, but that he must firmly grasp the difficulties. New Army.

The commander-in-chief of the right division is Li Ruolian, and the deputy general is Wang Zhou. Neither of these two people are from Wu Xiang, but there are still many Wu troops in the right division they control.

In addition to the guards of the East Palace and officers from the Wu family's servants, the officer corps of the New Army also includes the Beijing Camp, Tianjin Zhenjun, Tianjin Patrol, Tongzhou Patrol, two Cao Jiading (Cao Huachun and Cao Youyi), Han generals and

An officer with a pure military background.

Wu Xiang, Wu Sanfu and Cao Youyi followed Zhu Cixiang's instructions and selected eight division-level candidates, 32 associate-level candidates, 128 battalion-level candidates and 512 flag-level candidates, a total of

There are 680 people. Zhu Cihong must first select 340 people from them to serve as the core officers of the Second Division, Eighth Association, Thirty-second Battalion, and One Hundred and Twenty-eight Banners of the New Army to overcome difficulties.

That is to say, the new army in overcoming difficulties implements a four-four organization below the division level. One division governs four associations, one association governs four battalions, one battalion governs four banners, one banner governs four corps, one team governs four corps, and one corps includes

Five soldiers including the corps commander. Excluding the directly affiliated units and officers at all levels, the full strength of the new army in the first division is 5,120 people, and the two divisions have 10,240 people. Plus 340 officers, plus

The total number of directly affiliated teams at all levels and the two divisions is about 13,000 to 4,000.

Of course the number of people can be gathered. Tianjin Wei is an important military town, and it is also an important water transport town. There are many poor military children and laborers who rely on water transport. And there is still a lot of gold and silver brought by Zhu Cixiang from Beijing.

Tianjin Wei also confiscated the homes of four corrupt officials, Yuan Yuzong, Jin Bin, Lou Guangxian, and Yang Weihan, and obtained hundreds of thousands of taels. Now there is still more than four million taels of silver in Zhu Cihong's hands.

Soldiers were gathered with pay. Zhu Cixiang could of course recruit soldiers if he could pay them. However, he did not open up recruitment. He only established an army with two divisions and 16,000 men (a cavalry association was directly under the military level,

Therefore, the total strength of 16,000 troops) will be filled until the total strength is reached.

In other words, we need to recruit three to four thousand more people on the Tianjin Wei side. However, the treatment cannot be compared with the soldiers who followed Zhu Cihong before the bloody battle of Ximen Street in Tianjin Wei. There is no settling-in allowance of ten taels of silver, and they are just paid on a monthly basis.

The soldiers at the lowest level were paid one tael and five taels of silver per month, eighteen taels a year, and they were given fifty acres of fertile land after arriving in Jiangnan... This treatment was not too low, so as soon as the recruitment notice was posted, there were

Many young people in Tianjin Acropolis applied for the job.

However, what can be collected is just heads, so don't think about combat effectiveness. It would be good if it can be reliable and scare internal and external enemies.

In addition to recruiting soldiers, Zhu Cixiang also paid a lot of money to recruit craftsmen, because Tianjin Wei is an important military industry town with many craftsmen, including those with outstanding craftsmanship. Zhu Cixiang focused on recruiting blacksmiths, and also used to make muskets and thorns to assess the level of craftsmen - all

Craftsmen who can create musket spikes that can be installed on squad dove fire blunderbuss and bird blunderbuss as required (Zhu Cixi's army currently has 300 squad dove fire blunderbuss and more than 200 usable bird blunderbuss) can be hired.

, you can also get a settlement allowance of 10 taels of silver and a monthly salary of 3 taels of silver. After arriving in Nanjing, you will be given a house, but no farmland.

When Zuo Zuo came to report, Zhu Cihong had just met a candidate for brigade general. When he heard that Shen Tingyang had arrived, he immediately summoned him.

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"Your Majesty, Shen Tingyang, Secretary of the Imperial Academy, Manager of Shipping and Liaodong Pay Service, pays homage to the Crown Prince Chitose."

Zhu Cixiang looked at the "red-top businessman" who was kneeling down in the hall and saw that this businessman looked like that after putting on his official uniform.

"Stand flat, please sit down." Zhu Cixiang said with a smile.

The person who carried the embroidered cake to Shen Tingyang was Huang Dabao's godson, named Huang Xiaobao. He is only seventeen years old this year. His height and body shape are somewhat similar to Zhu Cixiang's, and his face shape is similar to Huang Dabao's, with a round, doughy face. Son.

Shen Tingyang didn't dare to sit down in a grand manner, so he sat half-assed, holding his knees with his hands, looking like a primary school student meeting the principal.

"Shen Tingyang, how much did you spend to buy the Imperial College?" Zhu Cixi asked warmly.

Shen Tingyang was startled and was about to kneel down again. Zhu Cixiang quickly stopped him, "Don't kneel down, keep sitting! I'm just asking, and I don't want to pursue anything."

"Chen, Chen..." Shen Tingyang didn't know how to answer. Of course he bought his official position... How else could an Imperial College Supervisor be able to hold the current official position? And his Imperial College Supervisor also bought it with money. .Otherwise, as the chief rudder, he could get into the Nanjing Imperial College without spending any money?

Zhu Cihong picked up a copy of the decree and asked Huang Anshun to hand it to Shen Tingyang.

"Tingyang," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Although our Ming Dynasty has a system of 'righteous officials', 'righteous officials' are just a status and cannot hold actual duties. And you are not a 'righteous official', but a member of the imperial family." I must have spent a lot of money to enter the official career and now be able to work as a secretary. This palace will not tolerate such things as selling one's official position and getting a title!"

Do you really want to ask questions?

Shen Tingyang felt so aggrieved! Although he spent money to buy an official position, he did not take bribes when serving. At most, he monopolized Beiyang maritime trade and smuggled to evade taxes... However, he completed all the tasks assigned by the court to the best. of!

Because he was particularly capable of doing things, Emperor Chongzhen also said: If an official is like Shen Tingyang, how can the world be so difficult to govern?

Why should we be punished now?
Chapter completed!