Liu Bu, a Thousand House Official, cannot be considered a small official. He is a fifth-rank official and has the title of General Wude. The Su family has been passed down here for nine generations.

By their generation, because of the Wuqiao mutiny nearby, Dongfu mobilized officers and soldiers from three nearby prefectures to participate in the suppression, and the officers in the Thousand Houses of Fushan were also recruited.

General Su Qianhu and his eldest son went to war to participate in the suppression of the rebel rebellion, but they did not come back.

This battle caused a huge blow to Fushan Station. More than half of their officers were lost at the first level and their vitality was severely damaged, which provided a natural opportunity for the Liu family to take charge of the guard station.

The officers and soldiers of the garrison have passed on from generation to generation. This is a piece of imperial grain that can be eaten for several generations. Generally speaking, it is impossible to transfer and leave. The only ones who are transferred and leave are ordinary military households below, and those who are officials will not move.

The Fushan Guard suffered a huge blow. Not only did the father and son die in battle, but five of the ten hundred households in the Qianhuard were killed. It can be said that every family is filial and every household is white. The entire Guard lives on the verge of collapse.

There were other male men in the Su Qianhu family who also intended to inherit the position of Qianhu officials, but he was a cripple man himself and had no money to manage the court. In the end, he could only transfer the inheritance rights of Qianhu officials to Liu Bu, the eldest son of the Liu family at the price of 200 acres of land, so he obtained the position of Qianhu.

The soldiers of the garrison were passed down from generation to generation. When the father died, the son was taken over, and when the son died, the younger brother was taken over. As long as there were males, they had to be passed down from generation to generation. If they really couldn't pass on, they would be cancelled. Of course, there were some exceptions. Some soldiers could not get used to the army, so they fled to other places and became refugees. The same sentence was that the soldiers would leave, but the officials would not leave, because the officials always had an official status here. Even if there was no oil or water, they could still farm the fields, exempt the taxes, and some rice and grain distributed by the government, and they could still survive.

Liu Bu took office and summoned personnel from the entire garrison to come to Damiao. As a result, all 1,120 people in the garrison were nominally present, and only 400 people were present.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty was that 5,600 people were a guard, with only 1,120 people in one office and 112 people in one hundred households. In terms of the organization, there should be 1,120 people here, but there were so few people present today, so miserable.

Moreover, among these four hundred people, most of them were old, young, sick and disabled. They were torn clothes, had dirty faces, and their weapons were rusted. Only a few officials of the households were barely put on Mingguang armor. Each officer of the households had a few servants around them. This was all the power they used here.

Liu Bu glanced roughly and asked Liu Zhongyong about his opinion.

Liu Zhongyong said: "Once a war is going to happen, it would be good if you can get fifty people together."

Liu Bu served as the Thousand House Officer. He didn't know anything about military or training soldiers, so his father transferred the old army to Liu Zhongyong to him, and asked him to serve as Liu Bu's assistant and was responsible for training troops for him. Liu Bu could not see any tricks, so he asked Liu Zhongyong to give some advice.

Liu Zhongyong is an old man who has been in the grassroots of the army for decades. He has worked as a military soldier, a warrior, and a soldier. Therefore, he can see the current military train and various routines in the military train at a glance.

He saw such a garrison and shook his head repeatedly, knowing that it was impossible to fight with these people, and it was impossible to even guard the local garrison.

Liu Bu sighed, he didn't know what to do now, and then asked you, Liu Tao, what should I do now?

Liu Zhongyong said: "Don't pay money. When everyone gathers, the boss has to pay money. This is the rule."

Liu Kang was dissatisfied and said, "Are you wrong with sending money? These soldiers can tell at a glance that they are pretending to be. How could they let the young master send money? Could it be that the young master's money is blowing from the strong wind?

Liu Bu said: "Tao Liu, is this really a rule?"

Liu Zhongyong said: "This is the rule. If a new official takes office, if he doesn't pay money, they will cause trouble. It is the only way for the subordinates to deal with their superiors. But you cannot send it directly, you must send it to them one by one in person, so as not to let those officials have the opportunity to get on the move."

Liu Bu had no choice but to ask, "Who are we going to go to that money?"

Liu Zhongyong said: "The formal process is that you ask the commander Tongzhi. Tongzhi asked the soldiers and then issue them. They issued them layer by layer, and they were deducted layer by layer. The remaining few are easy to say.

Liu Bu said: "What Liu Toer means is that if you want to survive here, you have to pay for the money first. If you have money, you will be the boss. If you don't have money, others won't dump you. Is this the reason?"

Liu Zhongyong said: "When a soldier, who is willing to work for you without food?"

Liu Kang didn't like to hear this sentence anymore. He said, "We still hope that these crooked people will work hard, just don't have much hindrance."

Liu Zhongyong said: "Now I send money is to make them not cause trouble and not drag you down. Otherwise, they will be unable to succeed and have more than enough failures, and they will be disgusting you to death."

Liu Kang said: "These people have to spend one tael of silver a month, and we have to pay the money. There are more than 400 people on the scene. Where do we get so much money? Are the money from the Liu family blowing from the strong wind?"

He was even more nervous than Liu Bu, as if he was paying his own money.

Liu Bu said: "If you don't pay today, it's a situation of embarrassment on the spot, right?"

Liu Zhongyong said: "That's about that. If you want to be smooth today, you really have to prepare the money. It's easy for officials to clean up, but it's hard for soldiers to clean up. The villain is not sure if someone is deliberately making things difficult for the young master? I'm thinking of watching the young master's joke."

Liu Bu had no choice but to say, "Order the butler to withdraw money immediately and deal with today first."

Liu Kang said: "It's not possible, it's not possible. If you give money today, let these people taste the sweetness in the future, make trouble at any time, and gather to ask you for money at any time. When will it be the end?"

Liu Bu said: "When people served as soldiers and ate food, the whole family pointed to this little money? Let's go first!" He saw that these people were all baby boys, and many of them had food on their faces, as if they had never eaten it. It was like a full meal. One and a half taels of silver were just a meal for him, but for these people, it was something that the whole family could support their family, so he decided not to owe this thing.

Moreover, he also understood that if an official wants to have authority, he must pay food to his subordinates. If you can't even send out the food sound, whoever is willing to listen to you and who is working for you will lose any prestige.

And Liu Bu knew that this was actually a big mistake, but there was no way, so he could only do this, hand over the money first, deal with today, and then talk about it tomorrow.

These soldiers and old soldiers are life-threatening and they are hard to deal with, but those who are officials are different. He is going to start by cleaning up the officials.

So Liu Bu had to say loudly: "I am aware of this."

It was a newly arrived Qianhu, and everyone lined up to pay the money." The reason why he dared to say that he would send the money was because he saw the butler bringing a large box of things in, and heard a clanging sound inside. If the information was not wrong, it should be something like silver or copper.

The old housekeeper was still mature and stable in his work. Although Liu Bu did not order him to bring money, the housekeeper knew that his business was difficult to deal with, so he gave him the money first to give him courage. It is said that money is heroic courage.

Liu Bu announced in public that the money was given. Those who were dead and numb on their faces had a moving look on their faces, and they looked joyful, and they said loudly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,"

An official from a hundred households named Zhang Shunshi came forward and said with a flattery: "The Qianhu Lord is indeed a good person. Today is not the day when the sound is coming. Zhang Shunshi, a hundred households, thanked the adults on behalf of everyone. As long as you give the money to the small ones, the small ones will naturally do it for you."

Liu Bu said: "Thank you for your kindness, but I want to know who I am under my command. Today I am not busy, so I will hand over the money to everyone."

Zhang Shunshi said: "This does not comply with the rules, right? The previous rules were to pay money step by step. Where did we become officers?"

Several other officers from hundreds of households also agreed with Zhang Shunshi's statement.

Liu Bu said: "Rules? What rules? Whoever sends money can set rules. If you think my rules are inappropriate, you can wait until the end of the month and then transfer them to you step by step. I will make the rules for sending money, and you will make the money?"

Liu Bu's retort made Zhang Shunshi have nothing to say. He had to smile embarrassedly and retreat.

If he resolutely refuses to pay money, he can collude with others and encourage others to make trouble, so that the Qianhu Lord could not get out of office and was embarrassed on the spot. However, when the Qianhu Lord promised to pay money, his subordinates would not listen to him and cause trouble.

When a soldier is in arrears his salary every year, and giving money is the most important day. It can be said that if you have milk, you are the mother, and whoever gives money is the father.

Liu Bu asked Liu Kang to take the roster and read the name of the soldier loudly. He asked him to come up whoever he read it. Then the housekeeper counted the money and handed it to Liu Bu, and Liu Bu personally handed it to the soldier.

In fact, it was enough to just ask Liu Kang to pay the money, but Liu Bu wanted to know what the people here had thoughts and meanings, so he personally took the money from the butler and handed it over to the hands of these soldiers.

The salary of a military soldier in the garrison is usually one tael of silver or one stone of grain for a month. However, if it is sent from the top, it is already deducted after being pulled out from the Ministry of Revenue. After deducting it layer by layer, it is normal to give 50% or 60% of it.

But today, Liu Bu, the new Thousand House Officer, paid the money, and he directly paid one or two taels of silver for each person.
Chapter completed!