Chapter 91 Recovering the Signal List (big chapter tonight, please subscribe at the end of the volume)
Author: Fat Bird Goes First
Chapter 91 Recovering the Signal List (big chapter tonight, please subscribe at the end of the volume)
Just after Baizhi County received the official documents from the Chief Envoy, Xu Shisheng knew all the contents of the official documents from the Chief Envoy through his trusted confidants in the county government. Xu Shisheng suddenly understood the opportunity for him to make money.
Coming!
The Yanping Wei Yu family, who was also well-informed, also got news from Fuzhou Prefecture from various aspects. Yu Jian, a dignified third-rank commander, could not come forward, so the commander Yu's eldest son, Yu Zongyuan's brother Yu Zongsi, could not come forward.
A banquet was held for Xu Shisheng.
Xu Shisheng and the Yu family have had a cooperative relationship for many years, so they naturally knew what the Yu family meant and went to the banquet happily.
The banquet was naturally a feast for the guests and host. Commander Yu and his eldest son Yu Zongsi attended the banquet in person, and Commander Yu personally toasted to Xu Shisheng, allowing Xu Shisheng, a scribe with no rank, to taste the taste of power.
Xu Shisheng, known as Xu Hu, was originally a cautious and cunning subordinate, but this time after a few glasses of wine, Xu Shisheng became distraught.
At the banquet, Xu Shisheng naturally promised to help the Yanping Guards cover up in front of Yan Maoqing, and he would not let the Yanping Guards bleed like this.
Commander Yu made his father and son even more overjoyed, and even toasted Xu Shisheng with a few more glasses of wine.
Yu Zongsi also immediately took out a wooden box and handed it to Xu Shisheng on the spot.
Xu Shisheng opened it and saw six silver ingots lying in the wooden box.
There were also words engraved on this ingot. Xu Shisheng, who had lived in his house for many years, immediately recognized that it was official silver cast by the government.
Because the taxation of the emperor's own small treasury, Taichou, was more complicated, so starting from the mid-Ming Dynasty, Taichou began to reform the tax monetization.
Except for some relatively rare items, such as the winter beads from Liaodong, all the other items were converted into silver from the enshrined taxes, which were collected by the northern government, cast into silver, and sent to the warehouse.
One ingot of this kind of official silver is fifty taels, and six ingots are three hundred taels of silver!
Xu Shisheng once again tasted the beauty of power. He used to partner with the Yu family to smuggle weapons and gunpowder to the Japanese pirates. Xu Shisheng was responsible for the channels and terminals for shipments, as well as transportation and liaison. He earned hundreds of taels of silver throughout the year, and also needed
Yu's father and son have taken good care of him.
Now the imperial censor of the Qing Dynasty just summoned him to Fuzhou Prefecture to understand the situation, and the Yu family gave him three hundred taels of silver.
Xu Shisheng was in a good mood. After drinking two more glasses of wine, he said:
"This time Yan Yushi summoned me to understand the situation. I must eradicate all the scum in our Nanping County army!"
The Yu family father and son agreed again, since they had given the money anyway, they were no longer the scum in the army.
Xu Shisheng said sternly: "I'm talking about scum military households like Changning Wei. This time I go to Fuzhou Prefecture, I must let the Lin family take over the worldly position!"
Xu Shisheng's smuggling of weapons was discovered by the previous Baihu of Changning Guard, and the lawsuit went to the county government. Xu Shisheng spent a lot of money in order to suppress the case.
And it was the county government at that time.
When assessing and recommending canon historians, Baizhi County found a reason not to promote Xu Shisheng to canon history because of this case.
Because of this, Xu Shisheng and the Changning Guards formed an undying hatred. This time, Xu Shisheng planned to take revenge on the Changning Guards when he had the opportunity to censor the Qing army.
After receiving the order from the Chief Envoy, Xu Shisheng did not leave Nanping County immediately, but went directly to Baizhi County.
"What, recycling Changning Guard's watch?"
The Jingbiao system was the praise system of the Ming Dynasty.
The county government will issue banners (usually plaques) to the moral models and meritorious persons under its administration to praise their moral character and behavior and serve as an education.
The hundreds of households in Changningwei fought against the Japanese pirates and died for their country, so they naturally had to be given banners. However, Xu Shisheng now suggested to Magistrate Bai that the banners of the Lin family should be taken back.
Xu Shisheng immediately said: "My lord, now that we are censoring the Qing army, if there is a problem with the Lin family and they are removed from their secular positions, and the county government still grants Lin a hundred households, what will the superiors think?"
At this time, County Magistrate Bai was also breaking out in a cold sweat. This time, Yushi Qingjun was going to be deprived of his official position. County Magistrate Bai also knew that Yan Maoqing had caused trouble in the Fuzhou Prefecture. If the Lin family was really deprived of their military post, what would be the reward?
Doesn’t their family’s banner mean that they commended the wrong person?
This can easily become a stain on political performance and even affect County Magistrate Bai's one-year exam performance.
Magistrate Bai asked again: "But the Jingbiao cannot be taken away easily, and Lin Baihu's Jingbiao is something that both the province and the government know."
Xu Shisheng said with a smile: "My lord, I don't want to deprive the Lin family of the banner. I just want to temporarily take back the Lin family's banner. If there is no problem with the Yushi Qing Army, then just return the banner to them. If there is a problem with the Yushi Qing Army, then just return the banner to them."
That means that the eldest master has the foresight to see the problem of the Lin family a long time ago and is completing the formalities for the deprivation of the imperial certificate. If he passes the exam, it will not affect the eldest master."
Originally, Baizhi County was a little hesitant, but after hearing the words "passed the exam", he no longer hesitated.
Things in the county are huge, but none of them are as big as those in Baizhi County.
Previously, Baizhi County objected to revoking the Lin family's honorary title because they were afraid of affecting their own exam results.
After listening to Xu Shisheng's analysis, temporarily withdrawing the Lin family's certificate was the way that would least affect his success in the exam.
Baizhi County immediately said: "Then let the Lifang send someone to take back the Lin family's banner first. If the imperial censor and the Qing army have no problem, then give it back."
Bai Zhixian glanced at Xu Shisheng thoughtfully, he was afraid that this time Chang Ning Wei would lose his skin even if he didn't die.
Xu Shisheng had a grudge against Changning Wei, and when he went to the censor Yan Maoqing, he would definitely say bad things about Changning Wei.
At that time, if Changning Wei really cannot afford the money to honor Yan Maoqing, he may really be deprived of his position in a hundred households.
Magistrate Bai was very aware of the grievances between Xu Shisheng and Changning Wei, but he had no intention of stopping them.
As long as it doesn't affect your test scores, you can naturally let them go.
"Now that we've said this, go ahead and make a list. Those military households that have been granted imperial honors over the years, and those who may have problems, have all exchanged imperial honors to the county government just like Chang Ning Wei."
Xu Shisheng came out of the official hall of Baizhi County and immediately found Zhang Dianshi of the Lifang.
There is little in the ceremony room. Although Zhang Dianshi is a Dianshi, he is not as good as Xu Shisheng. Instead, he is Xu Shisheng's younger brother.
"The county magistrate has an order for the ceremony room to take back the banners of Changning Guard and several other military guards."
Zhang Dianshi from the lifang was shocked. He had never heard of the withdrawal of the banner.
However, he also knew about the conflict between Xu Shisheng and Changning Wei, but he did not expect that Xu Shisheng would be so aggressive when he made a move.
"This is the order of the county magistrate. Just follow it. We will send someone out right now!"
(Today it’s still 8,000, so it’s more natural to cut it off like this. The chapter tonight is the last chapter of the volume, 6,000 words!)