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Chapter 606 Jinyiwei in Jinmen is really miserable (Happy Spring Festival!)

"This Jinmen is located at the hub of the canal, so it is supposed to be a prosperous place, but how does it look like it's so desolate?"

When Chen Zhao entered the city, all he saw was bleakness, which did not match the characteristics of Jinmenwei being located in a hub where merchants gathered, so he couldn't help asking questions.

He promoted Jinmen Liusi Yushitai, which is actually an idle job, and Jinmen does not have such a yamen, so it has nothing to do with Jinmen’s prefect, military preparation department, and even Shibosi, etc. Under the command of Jin Yiwei, only Jin Yiwei can barely be regarded as his own.

In addition, he was vaguely independent from the official system, so only a few deputy officials were sent by the major yamen to welcome him, while Jin Yiwei was greeted by a deputy thousand households.

But it seems to be a little timid, and I don't know why.

However, Chen Zhao didn't ask too much, he just asked about something else.

"My lord Chen doesn't know something. In the first month of last year, there was an earthquake in Jinmenwei, and hundreds of people died. It has been left like this, and I didn't care about repairing it."

It was an official from the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who answered him.

Chen Zhao nodded, looking at the scale of inns prepared for merchants outside the city, as well as the warehouses for storing various materials. I don’t know how much money is collected in Jinmen every year. There must be a lot of oil and water in the place, but It is so dilapidated, I really don't know how the local government did it.

Chen Zhao arranged for someone to book a big inn in Jinmen City, and stayed in it first, and then moved in when he found a yamen that could work.

After the welcome banquet, Chen Zhao went back to the inn to stay, and early the next morning, he ordered someone to arrange for a few lower-level captains of Jinyiwei to come over.

One of them was Jia Huan.

He came to Jinmen one month earlier than Chen Zhao, because he was born as a concubine and was a captain of Jinyiwei, and he didn't have much money, so the higher-ups didn't pay much attention to him, so he stayed in Jinmen for more than a month. Day wandering, get a lot of news.

"Jinmen's military preparation road yamen distributes military supplies to Jizhen, and is also responsible for distributing the military salaries of all military yamen on Jinmen Sanwei's side, and Jinyiwei's salaries are also distributed there." Jia Huan reported.

Chen Zhao was slightly stunned. He knew nothing about this Jinmen, and judging from the situation, the capital might not know the situation here either.

"Hu Wanjun of the Bingbei Dao was originally a Daoist in Guangnan. It is said that he was recommended by a nobleman, so he was recommended to sit here as an official."

Bingbei Dao is not a full-time job, but it is generally around the third rank, while Daotai is a fifth rank official, and Guangnan is relatively more prosperous than the north, and officials are unwilling to come if they do not give enough benefits.

"After Hu Wanjun came to Jinmen, he started to trouble Jin Yiwei. Everyone knows about this, otherwise his subordinates wouldn't be able to inquire about it in the teahouse."

"The subordinates have stayed in Jinmen for a month or two, and there are a few people who are acquainted with them. They were all working in Jinyiwei for food. According to them, this Hu Wanjun is also related to the capital. The former Jinyiwei Qianhu wrote a lot of secrets. Letters came to sue Hu Wanjun, but they were all suppressed, and some letters were even sent to Hu Wanjun for him to handle by himself."

"Originally, Jinyiwei's military salary here in Jinmen was paid eight months a year, and with some other extra money, they were able to live well, but when the soldiers came, the military salary was less, and all the extra money was also given to them. Forbidden, this day will be sad day by day."

Another reported:

"... My subordinates have also heard that Hu Wanjun has an excellent reputation in Hejian Mansion and Ji Town. He is known as an upright official and is not afraid of the court's hawks and dogs..."

"Really?"

"What the people on the street said is interesting. The inside and outside of the city are dilapidated, but the most luxurious and largest houses are no worse than those in the capital. One belongs to Mr. Hu, and the other belongs to Mr. Zhang, the director of the Shipping Department. After living in Jinmen for three years, the beautiful concubine Ji has already taken in the seventh room, and she is very romantic."

"Who is Eunuch Zhang?"

"The Sanwei of Jinmen is a water transportation hub, and it is also an important place to supply grain and grass to Ji Town. Last year, it added the responsibility of transferring to Liao Town. It is also a first-class important town. According to the rules, the imperial court must arrange a middle-ranking official to guard it. , the guarding officer here is a young prisoner from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, called Zhang Dao."

After hearing the reports from several subordinates, Chen Zhao nodded in satisfaction, and left Jia Huan, the youngest, alone, and said with a smile: "Brother Huan, you are getting more and more active, your mother and your sister will definitely be happy."

Jia Huan's sister is naturally Tanchun. Jia's mother had already decided to marry Chen Zhao as his concubine, so Chen Zhao naturally regarded Jia Huan as one of his own.

"Before, my subordinates were ignorant of people's hearts, stubborn and self-indulgent, and made my mother and sister worry. Fortunately, I entered the Jinyiwei Academy, otherwise I wouldn't even be a person. Speaking of which, thank you for your cultivation." Jia Huan took the initiative to kowtow to "brother-in-law" Chen Zhao.

"Okay, if you do well here, your future will not be small."

"Jia Huan remembered."

"Okay, you go down first, and you will go with the brothers to receive the reward later, don't refuse, this is what you deserve!"

They were sent away, and another blacksmith was brought in.

He was also arranged earlier.

"My lord, my subordinate has stayed in Jinmen for half a year and worked as a blacksmith for half a year, so I know something."

"Okay, let's hear it." Chen Zhao told the blacksmith to sit down.

"I have been working in the blacksmith shop for three months, and there has been a soldier of the Jinyiwei who has been helping. It is said that everyone does this on weekdays. Many people have lost the job of the Jinyiwei and went home to farm. , those who stay in the city are all aborigines, some take care of the homes of big families, some start small businesses, and some learn crafts, and pay ten cents a month to a hundred households of their own, the bold ones It's okay if you don't pay..."

After the blacksmith left, several people in the room looked at each other, and Sun Xiaodong said in a low voice:

"I thought that Zhao Banhe in Jinling was run over by others, and it was already a disaster. I didn't expect that the guards of Jinling would reach such a point."

Chen Zhao turned around and asked Lin Fei:
"Yesterday afternoon you wandered around these inns outside the city. Did you find out anything?"

"It is said that before Hu Wanjun came, the Jinyiwei guards here were quite domineering, but they were just rampaging, eating for nothing. In the past few years, whenever there is something wrong, the Jinyiwei side will be judged wrong, not only beating, but also serious. Punishment, there were a few times when Jinyiwei was justified, but they were still cleaned up. As a result, Jinyiwei was very honest on the street. Some people were extremely poor, so they came to cheat food and drink, and ran away without giving money. The shopkeepers are also…”

"Zhang Dahai, who worked as a prisoner in Henan Province, has earned money for several lifetimes. Zhao Banhe in Jinling also has no worries about food and clothing. Why is Jinmen so miserable? It has completely embarrassed the face of our Jinyi soldiers. .”

Hearing such words, Chen Zhao smiled and shook his head, and said to Sun Xiaodong:

"Just follow the arrangement last night, and it will be arranged before lunch."

What to arrange?
Of course, he came to Jinmen to take up his post as the commander of Jinyiwei, and Jinmen Jinyiwei was invited to dinner.

There are not many tables set up, just over 100.

(End of this chapter)