Chapter 40

South City Thousand-Household Office, Li Mu, who was calculating how to pick people, found that he thought too much.

The children of nobles with background connections all received the notice and appeared on the school field with well-trained retainers.

Just looking at the momentum, this group of retainers in armor is definitely better than the temporary small soldiers in the yamen.

Going to the salt merchant's lair, there is no lack of fighting.

These combat power responsibilities must all be brought over.

Pick a few more runners with rich experience in handling cases, and a team of 400 people will be complete.

"Thousand-Household Lord, have a safe journey!"

Deputy Thousand-Household Yuan Yangming said with reluctance.

The public security in the capital cannot be chaotic, and someone must stay behind.

Li Mu, the regular official, took people away, so he, the deputy, must stay behind.

The wealth of salt merchants is known to everyone.

Just leaking a little bit is enough for everyone to eat.

Moreover, rectifying the salt administration is a major plan of the imperial court, and everyone above is paying attention, which is the easiest to produce political achievements.

"Going to the southeast this time, I don't know when I will return, so I will leave the affairs of the Thousand-Household Office to Brother Yuan!"

Li Mu responded politely.

Intuition told him that after going south this time, he would not return to the South City Thousand-Household Office.

Although he has only been in office for a few months, he really has feelings for the Thousand-Household Office.

Lots of money, few things, and low pressure; after changing to another yamen, it is difficult to have such treatment.

Saying goodbye to a group of colleagues, Li Mu, who brought the team to the Five-City Military Command headquarters to gather, felt good about himself, and suddenly felt the gap.

The gap between the five major Thousand-Household Offices is vividly reflected here.

The East City Thousand-Household Office came with 800 people, and the West City Thousand-Household Office came with 700 people, both mainly retainers.

From the quantity, it can be seen that the children of nobles serving in these two major Thousand-Household Offices have a thicker family foundation.

The situation of the North City Thousand-Household Office is the most miserable; in the team of 200 people, there are many who make up the numbers.

The situation of the Middle City Thousand-Household Office is slightly better, gathering 300 people.

Besides that, there is also a chaotic team, which is the largest in scale.

These people are all registered in the Five-City Military Command, and they never come to work in normal times, but now they also run over to join the fun.

"People are precious in having self-knowledge. Going to Lianghuai to rectify salt affairs this time is not as peaceful as the capital.

Those vicious private salt sellers dare to do anything, and maybe even Japanese pirates will pop up.

If you don't have any skills, it's not shameful to go back early.

How important salt affairs are, you should have a count in your hearts.

If you mess up the imperial court's errand, it doesn't matter if you lose your life, but it's not worth it to implicate your family!"

The Marquis of Wuyang's words were too obvious.

The children of nobles in office have all led troops, and their IQ is also at the level of normal people. The retainers they brought out are at least young and strong who have been trained for a period of time.

The registered ones are different; they are all kinds of people, and the common feature is lack of ability.

If it weren't for the status of these people, he would have wanted to drive them all back immediately.

"Commander, don't worry!

We are all prepared, we will definitely not give..."

Before he finished speaking, the Marquis of Wuyang's whip whipped over.

"Aunt, why did you whip me?"

The young man asked aggrievedly.

He was so supportive, not to mention being promoted and reused, but he was whipped.

This is his own aunt's husband, simply...

"Get out!

Get out immediately!

If you let me see you again, I'll break your dog's leg!"

Facing the furious Marquis of Wuyang, the young man knew that reasoning was useless, so he aggrievedly took people away from the school field.

After seeing this scene, the juniors who were related to the Marquis of Wuyang took people away one after another.

Coming to join the fun was just a whim, they didn't want to be whipped.

The school field also opened the persuasion mode, and a group of generals persuaded their own relatives to leave, even Li Mu persuaded a few friends and relatives to leave.

The last remaining stubborn ones, everyone was too lazy to ignore them.

Nobles want to go over to get benefits, and they also need to pay a price.

If you don't die a few people, how can you let the Emperor see their dedication.

Having people take the initiative to be cannon fodder is really the best.

If it weren't for worrying about the impact being too big, packing all those idiots just now and sending them over to send heads would be the best choice.

Not only will the people in the capital clap their hands and applaud, but it can also reduce some burden for the imperial court.

"No one left, then start counting the number of people and register them.

Ugly words are said in front, once registered on the roster, leaving halfway is a deserter.

Now issue a military order first, anyone who encounters a deserter from the Five-City Military Command will be killed without mercy!"

The Marquis of Wuyang said with a tired heart.

He really didn't want to do the errand of going south.

As a relative, his status has reached the top, and no matter how many merits he makes, he can't go further.

Rather than running back and forth, it is better to nest in the capital to enjoy happiness.

Unfortunately, there is no way. Emperor Tianyuan's determination to reform the salt administration is firm, and he has placed a heavy bet on this.

The Emperor's nephew is determined to pull the relatives onto the battlefield, and the Marquis of Wuyang cannot refuse.

He doesn't count for anything among the civil and military officials, but among the relatives, he is a top talent.

This heavy responsibility must be carried.

Originally, he was upset, and someone added trouble to him, so the anger was even more vigorous.

Large-scale mobilization of troops in the capital naturally could not be hidden from the eyes and ears of a group of cabinet ministers.

"Secret reports from the Embroidered Uniform Guard from the southeast say that salt merchants are plotting rebellion, and the situation in the southeast is about to rot.

The Emperor did not go through the Ministry of War and directly issued an order to mobilize the two major regiments and the Five-City Military Command to go south to suppress the rebellion."

Song Haidong said helplessly.

Emperor Tianyuan is becoming more and more powerful, making him, the chief assistant, very difficult to do.

The Emperor feels that he cannot control the people below, and the courtiers feel that he is flattering the Emperor and dare not argue with the Emperor.

Heaven and earth conscience, he really tried his best.

Theoretically, the six ministries can indeed seal and reject the imperial edict, but it does not mean that the Emperor's middle edict is invalid.

The Great Dayu does not have any law stating that the Emperor's edict must be stamped by the cabinet.

The first few emperors of the founding of the country all issued imperial edicts directly. It was only after the decline of imperial power that there was a saying of cabinet stamping.

In the past, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War cooperated, and they could limit it in food and pay, so military actions could not bypass them.

This time is different; the stolen money confiscated earlier is the ready-made military pay.

The nobles reached a political transaction with the Emperor, took the imperial edict and started to work, and simply didn't pay attention to the Ministry of War.

"Since ancient times, I have never heard of merchants rebelling and succeeding. Salt merchants are rich in the world and can also rebel, which can be regarded as a strange story!"

As soon as Wang Anfu's complaint came out, everyone immediately realized that something was wrong.

The word "rich in the world" is the exclusive property of the Emperor and the imperial court. Using it on merchants will cost one's head.

This one is also hitting the salt merchant's idea!

Realizing this, everyone didn't feel strange.

No matter how rich the salt merchants are, they are ultimately merchants, and their political status is still the bottom nine.

The Great Dayu's finance is scarce, and there are only a few channels to get money.

The money of the gentry cannot be moved, and the nobles and relatives cannot be moved, so only the people and merchants are left.

In the past years, the imperial court has already added taxes to the people several times.

People with insight have long realized that if they continue to add taxes, the people will definitely be chaotic.

"Cabinet Minister Wang, these words cannot be said indiscriminately!"

Pang Hengsheng said dissatisfiedly.

It's fine if you don't stop the Emperor from messing around, how can you follow suit.

In the current Great Dayu, where are there any simple merchants.

Lianghuai salt merchants have always been important financial backers of the pure-stream faction.

(End of chapter)