Zhang Xiaowu became more and more aware that Yinyiwei Yamen was a magic tool for making money, because in the twelfth lunar month (December), people who came to Yinyiwei Yamen to give gifts for business or private reasons actually gave away 200,000 yuan one after another.
Two silver coins.Zhang Xiaowu
Put all the bribe money in Yinyiwei's private treasury and use it for all Yinyiwei staff. For him, it doesn't cost anything, so he doesn't need to put it in his wallet. On the contrary, he is a
Almost no one takes bribes personally.
Thinking that the army in the Southern Expedition still needed the emperor to force all the ministers to raise funds, but the Silver Guards had just got on the right track in less than half a year, and they had received nearly half a million taels of silver. I really don’t know what the imperial court was.
How did he become poor? He just
Later, I thought that I was working hard in Saibei and secretly taking other people's military pay. I risked such a big crime, but it was better than a fifth-grade official in Longdu who could earn it openly - the most important thing is that this money was only earned in half a year.
"It's not that the nobles of the empire have no money, but if they don't contribute money, it's like plucking feathers from an iron rooster." Wusong shook his head and sighed, feeling that this was extremely ridiculous and absurd, but not surprising, "But if
If the dog barbarians invade the Central Plains, or if the puppet Wu rebels invade Longdu, what's the use of hiding so much money?"
"Don't be afraid of dying of poverty and starvation. It's the most interesting thing if you still have money after you die." Zhang Xiaowu said something incomprehensible, and Wu Song naturally didn't understand it, because he was talking about the Donglin Party families in the late Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Chongzhen of the late Ming Dynasty was very fond of the Donglin Party officials and considered them to be the "iron-hearted Donglin Party". The Donglin Party also deceived Chongzhen into killing the eunuchs. From then on, no one did errands for the emperor anymore. Everyone
one
Everyone learned to show their "arrogance", "never peace", "big name and arrogance" in front of the emperor, etc. Once a practical person wanted to negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing, he would be scolded by these "hard-core" Donglin Party
For traitors.
However, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty rose and Chongzhen received money from the Donglin Party ministers, they all acted like cowards. In order to show that their families were poor, they wore patched official uniforms when they went to court, just because they were afraid of what the emperor would say.
He has money.
As a result, after Li Zicheng arrived in the capital, the Donglin Party officials immediately transformed into officials of the new dynasty. Later, Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin was tortured and handed over all the money. After the Manchu cavalry entered the Central Plains, they returned to their knees.
After the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Donglin Party was like the online keyboard warriors of later generations. They scolded the country all day long for not being tough, scolded the government for its inaction, scolded this and that, but never planted a single tree for the country.
"The richer a person is, the less patriotic he is and the less he loves himself." Zhang Xiaowu concluded.
Wusong smiled and said: "The person who receives the most money from the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty is the left prime minister. He is not patriotic?"
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Xiaowu's lips. He knew that the queue of people giving gifts to Zuo Xiang every day stretched from the entrance of Zhang's house to the street. It's no wonder that Zuo Xiang was the richest man in the Holy Han Dynasty. He thought for a while and said: "Now the Holy Han Dynasty
It is the most powerful country in the world. Even if Wuhuan rises and other countries gradually become stronger, they still have to
It is admitted that Shenghan is still the most powerful country in the world. So now those rich people still shout that they are patriotic, but if Shenghan is not the most powerful country in the world and there is another country that is twice as powerful as Shenghan Empire, how can you
Look at them, what do they look like? I’ve seen a lot of people like this - "
After the wedding of Prince Boling's son, the whole dragon was immersed in the joy of preparing for the New Year. Although the past year was full of disasters for the Shenghan Empire, it was the end of the year after all, and everyone was looking for good luck.
Yinyiwei also ushered in the year-end review. All staff from various bureaus, offices, offices, teams and other organizations or departments gathered in the main hall of Yinyiwei Yamen for a meeting. Zhang Xiaowu named the main hall the conference center, and the layout was
Modern style, a rostrum, a long table with five chairs on the stage, and 80 chairs under the stage. During the meeting, everyone sits on the chairs, no need to stand or squat, and there is no need to ask for leave if you want to pee during the meeting.
.
Everyone found it new. It was the first time for everyone to sit and listen to the general's speech. Zhang Xiaowu did not say any polite words or empty words. He said three things directly. The first one was to distribute benefits, five taels of silver per person, and the second one was to distribute benefits.
The thing is that during the twenty-one days from the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, three groups will have a holiday and rest. One group will be on duty for seven days and rest for fourteen days. The third thing is a punishment, with ten
Five house guards openly demanded bribes and were punished and sent back to Saibei Mucheng to return to the ghost guard.
Zhang Xiaowu is rewarded and punished for his work. Those who act according to the rules will naturally be rewarded. However, those who learned to ask for bribes and blackmail in less than half a year will naturally return to the most difficult place in Saibei, lest he do anything more in the future. Drive him away at once.
Fifteen people, Zhang Xiaowu is also determined to rectify the atmosphere of the Silver Guards.
"These fifteen people must be driven away." Zhang Xiaowu slapped the table, "Whoever is asking for mercy should go with them. It's not that I didn't give them benefits or freedom, but they probably forgot
, my kindness to them has its limits. Now it has developed to
It's the stage of asking for bribes. Okay, so good, so damn good. If you ask for a bribe today, you can betray the Silver Guard for money tomorrow. Have you forgotten your roots after being rich for a few days? When you go back, convey the spirit of today's meeting to me.
Go on, if anyone is found asking for bribes again, he will be sentenced according to today's example!"
Everyone was filled with emotion. After half a year of prosperous life in Longdu, who would want to go back to Saibei, but these fifteen people are really unlucky. They can't blame others. Everyone has secretly accepted small bribes, but they have not gone to the point of openly asking for bribes.
At this stage, these fifteen people had their first drink.
After driving away these fifteen people, the atmosphere in Silver Guards has indeed improved a lot, and no one will dare to ask for bribes anymore. Zhang Xiaowu knows that in fact, no one has been able to successfully eliminate corruption from ancient times to the present, unless it is a cashless world, and all money transactions rely on data
, and through the data supervision department, the data supervision department can accurately determine whether others are corrupt and how much their income is. As long as there is the most primitive gold and silver transaction, bribery will be eliminated.
The only thing he can do is to control everyone from turning a small evil into a big evil. It is okay to accept some small money and gifts, but openly asking for bribes or doing things without doing anything is strictly prohibited.
After the Yinyiwei Yamen's year-end summary meeting, it was New Year's Eve on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of Dade. On this day, all the family members had to get together first. Zhang Xiaowu's family was very simple, with only one wife, Wanqiu.
The two of them have not had a son and a half so far, and Wanqiu's stomach has not responded at all, so the two of them are in a miserable state. On the other hand, in the servants' room, the housekeeper Mang Zhong is greeting several servants who have moved in from Saibei to eat and drink together.
, it was very lively. Mang Zhong was getting fatter and fatter, and she didn't care about her figure. She had a natural mentality of "I am fat and I am happy".
Mang Zhong's mentality was naturally relaxed, but Wanqiu was preoccupied. The two of them ate roasted chicken and fish, a table of dishes, and drank wine brought from Saibei. Zhang Xiaowu felt very happy. He enjoyed the rare tranquility, but Wanqiu was Suddenly he put down his chopsticks and said resolutely: "Husband, I want to do something, and you must agree to it."
"Go to Guanyin Temple to ask for a child?" Zhang Xiaowu took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Okay, I promise you."
Wanqiu shook her head and said: "No, I want to get you a concubine, and I have secretly taken care of it for you -"
"You can stop it." Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said, "What's the point of taking a concubine? I don't need it."
Wanqiu said pitifully: "There are three ways to be unfilial and the worst is not having an offspring. My family cannot give you a son and a half. I always feel sorry for the ancestors of the Zhang family."
Zhang Xiaowu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. As a time traveler, he didn't think about the ancestors of the Zhang family at all, so he patiently persuaded him: "Wanqiu, you have to know that not having children may not be your fault. , maybe it’s because I killed too much, is God punishing me? You, you are thinking wildly all day long, there are many reasons why the couple don’t have children, maybe the time has not come, maybe the man is infertile, maybe the woman is not pregnant. It's possible to have children. You always blame yourself for not having children, which is indeed a bit stressful."
Wanqiu hesitated for a moment and then said: "Husband, why don't you go find the imperial doctor and ask the imperial doctor to help you find out whether it's the slave's fault or your husband's fault - or maybe the time has not come yet."
"Okay." Zhang Xiaowu didn't reject the doctor. As he was talking, he suddenly heard a thunder on the ground and a huge explosion resounded in the sky. He rushed out of the room and only saw flames soaring into the sky in the distance. Judging from the location, it should be seventy in the outer city. In the second square, I don’t know the cause of this huge fire, but it is definitely not a good thing. Zhang Xiaowu immediately shouted: "One pound, Guanxi, follow me and ride your horse forward."
"Here."
Wang Yijin and Chen Guanxi had always lived in the Zhang family. Now they took out their horses, put on their silver robes and armor, and rushed out. On the way, they met several silver robe night patrols one after another, and everyone gathered into a team of more than 200 people. The team quickly rushed to the light of the fire.
The place where the fire and explosion occurred was Beidifang among the seventy-two outer squares. Beidifang is the fourth Beiyi Square in the southwest corner. When the Pu family of Beiyi usurped power, the Li family led some people to flee to the Shenghan Empire in the Central Plains and were killed by the Taiqian. The emperor kept them in Beidifang, Mudanfang, Samuraifang, and Dafufang.
But these four villages are not only Beiyi people. Other foreign races such as Fusang people, Mohe people, Wuhuan people, Johor people also like to live here. The common people of the Holy Han Dynasty always have a feeling of being superior to the heavenly kingdom, especially foreigners. There was a trace of contempt and rejection in the eyes of the strange-looking foreigners, so many foreign friends came to live in the fourth Beiyi Village. There were more Beiyi people in these four houses. Emperor Taigan was The Beiyi people were allowed to change some buildings to the Beiyi architectural style, so they were jokingly called the Beiyi Fourth Square. In fact, the Shenghan people accounted for 60% of the Beiyi Fourth Square, and the Beiyi people accounted for 20%. The remaining ethnic groups account for 20%.
When Zhang Xiaowu and others arrived at Beidifang, they saw that a guild hall was on fire. The flames were soaring into the sky and no one could get close to them. Several foreigners wearing clothes or quilts were hiding outside the fire scene, wailing and calling the names of their companions or friends.
The surrounding neighbors were also trying to put out the fire. Zhang Xiaowu immediately led the silver guards to join the fire-fighting team. However, it was winter and most of the halls were made of wooden structures. The water drawn from the well could not put out the fire at all. Seeing that
The fire was about to spread to the surrounding area. In order to prevent the entire Beidi Fangfang City from catching fire, Zhang Xiaowu made an immediate decision and demolished the wooden houses nearby his neighbors and waited for the fire to extinguish.
Indeed, in the absence of modern fire-fighting tools, the only thing we can do is to prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding areas.
While everyone was demolishing the surrounding houses, dozens of beautiful girls ran out shouting. They were fair-skinned, tall, tall, and had charming faces. They were wearing simple clothes——
The silver-clad guard of Beidifang hurriedly introduced: "This is the dancer in the brothel of Beidifang. The people in Beiyi like to watch the dancers dance, so they call them the female troupe."
Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said: "This is what girl groups are for. Daughters from serious families shouldn't join girl groups."
Na Shichang smiled and said: "Who is a serious person to join a girl group? It's just to support the family. After all, if you become a woman in a girl group, no one will seriously marry her as your wife. Don't say that we holy men are not good enough."
Even the men from Beiyi will not marry women from the women's group, lest they slander their family name."
Zhang Xiaowu saw that those women knew how to shiver, so he ordered the door of a nearby house to be opened and let them hide in to avoid the cold. However, the shop owner next to him was not happy. The shop owner was a Fuso man with a very upright temper and would not say anything.
Let the girl group go in to take shelter from the cold, saying that his family is a decent person, and if a member of the girl group steps into the family style, it will humiliate his family.
Wang Yijin was so angry that he wanted to beat up the Fusang shopkeeper. Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and ordered the silver guards to take off their cloaks and put them on these Northern Yi girls. If one layer is not enough, use two layers. If two layers are not enough, use three layers. The girls of the Northern Yi girl group
Wearing cloaks, they felt the warmth in the cold wind and burst into tears. Smecta expressed all kinds of gratitude, but Zhang Xiaowu and others were stunned not to understand a word.
A Northern Yi woman who knew Chinese came up and thanked her: "Guan Shang, you are such a good person. Can you tell us your name?"
Zhang Xiaowu waved his hand and said: "A holy man cannot bear to see his daughter suffer."
Wang Yijin introduced the identity of Zhang Xiaowu at the side, and all the Northern Yi women immediately exclaimed in surprise. They never expected that the one who saved them turned out to be the famous ghost general Zhang Xiaowu.
The fire burned all night and was finally extinguished, and the Silver Guards also took control of all the surviving people in the guild hall. They learned that this was a Fuso guild hall, a gathering place for Fuso people studying abroad in the west.
The Fusang people are a country on the eastern islands of the Holy Han Empire, but Fusang is not a country, but is called the Fusang Islands. It is said that there are more than a hundred countries and more than a thousand islands. The Fusang people are the collective name for the Fusang Islands.
However, there are many ethnic groups and languages on the Fuso Islands. The club where the explosion and fire occurred today is called the Fuso Jintian Club. It is the club where the Jintian people on the Fuso Islands live.