“What? Due to the large scale of the sea festival, and also in Jiangyin, Changshu two places to build two sea festival Taoist temple, incense constantly, never stop the sea god sacrifice, the need to spend a huge amount of money, the court funding is seriously insufficient, but the Jiangnan one heart, the will of the people can become a city, in order to make the festival a success, Mr. Zhao wants to us to mention the criminal investigation department to support the festival of the sea, voluntarily subscribe to raise a grain of silver of 1,000 taels, today, the deadline for the delivery of the magistrate’s Yamen, there shall be no mistake? ”
The next day, just had breakfast in the government office, Zhu Pingan received a shocking news.
Zhu Pingan had no doubt about this news, because it came from an official letter sent by the Qinzai Yamen, and Zhang Tiantai gathered all the people in the Yamen and read out its content in public.
After hearing it, Zhu Pingan’s first reaction was disbelief, thinking that outrageous his mother to outrageous open the door – outrageous to the home! Zhao Wenhua even openly and openly sent a letter to the Yamen to ask for silver.
The second reaction is that this is a disguised bribe, right? Although it is in the name of supporting the sea sacrifice, cloaked in a layer of camouflage, but a clear-eyed person will know what is going on! In broad daylight, the official letter to ask for silver, Zhao Wenhua have been arrogant to this extent?
Other people are also obviously stunned, one by one surprised mouth wide open, full of disbelief.
However, under careful speculation, it was found that the set-up, although simple, but backed by the big picture of the Sea of Sacrifice, impeccable. I’m not asking for a bribe, but for the completion of the sea sacrifice to prepare materials, is to complete the mission of the Qinzhi, any accusation that I ask for a bribe, are ulterior motives, are not in support of the sea sacrifice, are non-criticism of the Holy Spirit. Jiangnan one heart, the will of the people, you are not even a little silver are not willing to pledge support, and how have the nerve to say that they are loyal to the emperor and love the country.
Worthy of being a big brother from the capital, this operation is also really …… please accept our knees.
“I asked, not only our Tidings and Pressure Enforcement Division Yamen, but other Yamens have also shared varying amounts of silver taels based on the size of the Yamen, from a hundred taels to a thousand taels, without exception, even Governor Zhang’s Governor’s Yamen is no exception.” Zhang Tiandai further said to the crowd.
“Governor Zhang was also assigned?” Upon hearing this, the crowd was dumbfounded, even more incredulous than they were just a moment ago.
Governor Zhang was still above Zhao Wenhua in terms of status and power, and Zhao Wenhua had dared to send a letter to Governor Zhang to demand silver.
Well, perhaps Zhao Wenhua symbolically to the Governor Yamen assessed a few two silver as a gesture, meaning, that all Yamen equal treatment, so that the Yamen obediently on time to submit the pledge silver. This is also regarded as the prevalence of subterfuge in the officialdom, up and down are good to account for.
The people thought as they did, and then figured it out.
“Well, the governor’s government office is big, and it is also in charge of the military of all bodies, so it was assigned five thousand taels of silver ……” Zhang Nie Tai swept the crowd, nodded slightly, and said softly.
Zhang Nie Tai’s words sound very light, but this very light sound is no less than a thunderbolt, boom in the room exploded.
“What? Five thousand taels?!”
The crowd couldn’t help but be surprised, shouldn’t it be done as a gesture to mean something, how come the most silver taels were assigned.
“Yes, five thousand taels.” Zhang Taitai nodded, and then added, “But I heard that Governor Zhang was furious at the news, and reprimanded the official sent by Zhao Qinzai to send the letter, 5,000 taels of silver, why don’t you go to grab it, all of the silver of my Yamen is used to support the soldiers, and I can’t wait to break a coin into two halves to spend it, and go back and tell Zhao Wenhua that nowadays my Yamen can’t even share out a single coin, and I hope that he would support the suppression of the Japanese, and volunteer to pledge to support the war against Japan. I hope that he will support the fight against the Japanese and voluntarily pledge 10,000 taels of silver! After reprimanding the clerk, he was driven out.”
Well, this is very Zhang Jing, Zhu Pingan sniffed, not surprised. In addition, Zhao Wenhua’s behaviour of demanding silver, was it not open robbery?
“Governor Zhang is qualified to refuse, but we are unable to refuse, this silver must still be pledged and handed over on time.” Zhang Taitai helplessly sighed, then said to the crowd, “I’ll say it in advance, all of you have a preparation in your heart, due to our Yamen suddenly out of this one thousand taels of silver, in the future, our food standards to be lowered, all of you, including me, this year a year of a variety of festivals, subsidies are afraid that they will have to be deducted.”
“Ah? Meal standards will be reduced? The festival gifts are also gone?” Zhang Chufeng and the others could not help but wail for a while.
Do not blame the people wail, Zhang Taitai has always been thrifty, mention the criminal investigation division Yamen’s food standards relative to other brother Yamen, has been very low, not even as good as the general county Yamen food standards, this further down, I am afraid that in the future are all the cabbages, radishes and tofu, ten days and a half months to see a meat and fish would be good. In addition, not only the food standard has been reduced, even the gift subsidy has also been deducted, which is a considerable amount of welfare ah.
Although they are not bad money, but such a sum of silver belongs to their own welfare flew away, is also heartbreaking.
Seeing Zhang Chufeng and others wailing like, Zhu Pingan can not help but pull the corner of his mouth, he is in the barracks, food standards reduced on his almost no impact, as for the gift Well, this is the invisible grey income, withholding on the withholding of hair.
“Ahem, Zi Hou, there is another thing that needs to be said to you.” Zhang Tiantai said to Zhu Pingan.
“Please speak.” Zhu Pingan responded, with a hint of bad intuition in his heart.
“In addition to the various government offices, the military camps have also been assigned. Due to the fact that your Zhejiang Army is newly established and a regiment, the silver assigned is considered to be the least, but there are still two hundred taels of silver. This is the pledged silver that was assigned to the Zhejiang army, our Yamen has only assumed 1,000 taels of silver, but we are unable to share any more, Zi Hau leads the Zhejiang army, and will need to find a way to do so on his own.”
Zhang Tiantai said slowly to Zhu Pingan, looking at Zhu Pingan with some sympathy in his eyes. Zhu Pingan’s Zhejian army military expenses were not rich, the Ministry of war and other departments are often deductions, delays, and now has been assigned two hundred taels of silver, the already poor military expenses will certainly add to the woes.
What, zhejiang army also want to assign another pledge two hundred taels of silver? Even the regiment training is not spared ……
Zhu Pingan hooked up the corners of his lips, instantly collapsed down, and his face became speechless.
It really is the way of heaven.
This time, the ones who hooked up their lips became Zhang Chufeng and the others, and one by one, they sent sympathetic gazes at Zhu Pingan.
Especially Zhang Chufeng, he was on the verge of gloating and laughing out loud. What a pity, this two hundred taels of silver needs to be borne by Zhu Pingan alone, haha …… I can’t help it.
“Alright, my humble servant will come up with this silver on time.” Zhu Pingan sighed ……
Now that the Zhejiang Army Secret Knife Sore Medicine business is getting more and more popular, this silver is not a problem.
Just the other military camps ……
The other military camps would have been desperately short of food and pay silver, how many military camps, guards because of the failure to pay food and pay, resulting in continuous desertion, the weapons and armour are in disrepair, Zhao Wenhua even have to the various military camps to shell out the silver! Now the battalions will have to deduct the soldiers’ wages again.
