This time, the newly appointed general of the Dengzhou Navy took office, so he proposed to review the entire army.

The garrison also has sea boats. Although it is just a small boat like a whistle boat and a centipede boat, there are no warships like a sand boat or a lucky boat, at least there are some, and they are also included in the Dengzhou Navy.

The reason for this is that, first, there are practical needs. If an enemy attacks, it can communicate easily; secondly, why not continue to exploit the garrison? These ships are all from the Dengzhou Navy, but most of the costs are borne by the garrison, and the personnel who operate them are also those garrison military households. They can earn a salary of empty salaries in a legitimate manner.

The garrison will definitely pass it on to those military households. In this way, wouldn’t it take another bite of Tang Monk’s meat?

From this we can see that military households are indeed particularly "easy to use". The exploitation methods can be varied, no wonder the court is unwilling to abolish them.

Since there was an order to go up the peak, Lingshan Guards would definitely not dare to neglect them. So Lingshan Guard's commander led almost all military officers of more than a thousand households to head straight to Dengzhou on two ships. Unexpectedly, an accident occurred at sea and suddenly encountered a sea tornado. Both ships were overturned, and the senior management of Lingshan Guards were also destroyed.

A sad shipwreck!

But life always has to continue. The old commander is out of the way. According to the rules of Lingshanwei, his eldest son Ding Yuanxin should be inherited by his eldest son.

There is no problem with this. As long as you manage the points in place and follow the official rules, no one will cause trouble. But unexpectedly, the rules have come to the last step - to go to the Ministry of War in Beijing for review and approval, the court issued a seal for the official, and went to the palace to face the saint, but suddenly got stuck.

The Ministry of War’s reasons are also very powerful: Are the people in Lingshan Guard eating shit? Inexplicably, the entire army was wiped out? If it weren’t for the old commander who died in an accident, our Ministry of War would definitely be dismissed and investigated.

You, Ding Yuanxin, still want to inherit easily now? Forget it, looking at the past incense, I won’t care about that shipwreck. But you can’t pay the usual fees, at least you have to increase them several times!

In other words, the Ministry of War captured Lingshanwei's painful foot and wanted to extort more money from Ding Yuanxin!

Ding Yuanxin was shocked, and suddenly there were several thousand taels more. And don’t forget that the two ships were also gone at that time. According to the official rules, if Ding Yuanxin wants to inherit, he would need to pay his own money to fill the gap. Adding up here and outside makes Ding Yuanxin feel very painful.

However, no matter how painful it hurts, it is impossible for him to give up the position of commander-in-chief of the guard. Ding Yuanxin calculated that the money around him was not enough, and it was too troublesome to go back to Lingshan Guard, and he was even more afraid of long nights and dreams. So he had no choice but to find a shop to borrow Beijing debt.

In the Ming Dynasty, borrowing debts in Beijing was quite popular because of the huge demand market.

Officials and scholars who entered the dynasty all wanted better new positions. But these people did not have mines and fields in their families, and many of them were from poor families. What should we do? Where can we get some money to manage? So some shops in the capital borrowed Beijing debts and borrowed usury to these officials.

Of course, if you dare to do such a business, these shops have a deep background. They are not afraid of these officials stolen money. They even clearly price and provide a series of services to give gifts (you may not find a way if you have money); add icing on the cake (if there is a political dispute, you may not give two gifts? Just let these shops come forward and give them to whoever wins); and even choose official positions and solve problems (as long as you are willing to spend money, most things can be solved).

But unexpectedly, what made Ding Yuanxin vomit blood was that the store was unwilling to borrow it at all.

There is no risk of lending to civil servants. Civil servants can play tricks in the yamen and paying off the debt is a little bit of. Lending to military officers is not very risky. At least they can get a salary for nothing.

But are the military officers of the garrison station still considered officials? Just the head of a large farm, the military farming is quantitative, and the annual income of the garrison commander is almost fixed. What do you want to pay it back?

It’s not that these shops really have no choice, but they dislike trouble and look down on such "small business". Didn’t they just go to your Lingshan Guard to ask for debts for this few thousand taels? Isn’t this taking the initiative to get beaten up? If the relationship between factory guards or officialdom is used, the price may be more than these thousands taels, which is even more unworthy of the gains. So they are not very interested.

At this time, Ding Yuanxin was completely annoyed by being rejected. It would be fine if the literary and nobles and martial arts were despised, but now even the guys who borrowed Beijing debts despise him?

Ding Yuanxin has lived a superior life since childhood and has been infected with the habits of many wealthy children. In fact, he no longer looks like a military general. He has been mingling with literati, singing poems and escorting prostitutes to travel to lakes, and his whole family also lived in the prosperous city of Dengzhou.

From this we can see that Ding Yuanxin looked down on rural places like Lingshanwei, and did not want to care about the ruins of Lingshanwei. Of course, Lingshanwei had no trivial matters. The division of power in it was already very balanced, and it was managed by officials at all levels.

There is no need to worry about leading troops in public security. After retiring, the veteran soldiers of Qi Yu and others were rewarded with a large number of low-level military officers, becoming the Hundred Houses General Banners of the garrison and patrols nearby.

You know, an old soldier would take at least a dozen veterans to take office. These are all the Qi family army, Yu family army! Are you still afraid of just a few Japanese pirates?

But on the other hand, since the power has been balanced, the commander of the Wei commander is not very good. Therefore, those who borrowed Beijing debts were not interested, and Ding Yuanxin was also not very interested. So he had a sudden inspiration and might as well sell Lingshan Wei simply?

Of course, the "sell" mentioned here is not about selling any official position. If you are more accurate, you should explain it like this - selling the right to pay tax!

If someone lends Ding Yuanxin a considerable sum of money, he can get the right to cover tax for a certain period of time. How to collect taxes? How much does it cost? Ding Yuanxin will not care about it. As long as the military households do not force them to rebel, you can do whatever you want. Of course, if you can't collect taxes, it will be considered your own bad luck.

In addition, the tax holders will fill the deficits of the two ships and will be responsible for the maintenance of all ships in the future. The tax deeds paid by the garrison every year will also be borne by the tax holders. The Ding family will be given a fixed living expenses every year, and the specific amount can be negotiated.

The tax collector will be appointed as a staff member of the Wei Commander's Office, that is, the master, and will be able to borrow the name of the Ding Family Commander in the future and have the right to privately recruit a team of dog-legged men. This also takes into account the actual situation. Without force, there will be no taxes in the Lingshan Wei.
Chapter completed!