Chapter 1371 Unexpected

After Zhu Pingan received two hundred taels of silver "sponsorship" from the "kind" and "helpful" Chuxiong, Zhang Chufeng, and Zhuo Yan, or more precisely from Chuxiong, he went straight home and called Liu Mu Liu Dadao, Liu Dachui, and Liu Dagang borrowed a carriage from the Tixing Yamen, and went straight to the Yingtian Military Department Yamen without stopping.

It should not be too late. Now that the imperial court approval has been obtained, the imperial court approval should be realized as soon as possible, and the soldiers' food and salaries should be collected from the yamen of Yingtian Military Department, and the militia regiment should be formed as quickly as possible.

Now time is money, and time is life. The sooner the regiments are formed and trained, the sooner they can form an army, and the sooner they can play a role in this era of increasingly serious Japanese plague.

Zhu Ping'an considered that what the Yamen of the Ministry of War paid to him was not necessarily silver bills, but probably silver.

How much is five thousand taels of silver? ! The "measurement" of the Ming Dynasty was sixteen two pounds per catty, that is, the hexadecimal system, that is, "don't think about a hundred taels, six catties and four taels, don't count a thousand taels, sixty-two catties and a half!", five thousand taels That is 312.5 catties. For more than three hundred catties, Zhu Ping'an alone could not handle so much money, so Zhu Ping'an called Liu Mu and the others to help carry the soldiers' salary and road security.

The yamen of Yingtian Bingbu is not far from the yamen of the procuratorial envoy, and it's time for Zhu Ping'an and his party to have a cup of tea.

"I am Zhu Ping'an, the inspector of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I was ordered to take charge of the military equipment. Now I have received the imperial court's approval. I came to the Guiya Collection Office to approve the five thousand taels of silver."

Zhu Ping'an dressed in a fifth-rank official uniform, showed his token and entered the Yamen of the Ministry of War smoothly, and explained his intention to the small official on duty.

"Lord Zhu, the payment of five thousand taels of silver is a very important matter, and only Lord Shangshu can't make the decision. Please wait a little while and let me report to Lord Shangshu."

"Thank you, Zhang Shangshu." Zhu Ping'an nodded.

At this time, the Secretary of the Ministry of War is Master Zhang Jingzhang, a famous and respected figure in history, Zhu Pingan knows a lot in modern times, and he is quite looking forward to meeting this historical figure. According to historical records, Mr. Zhang was transferred from the capital to Yingtian at the beginning of the year as Minister of the Household Department of Yingtian, and three months ago he was transferred from the Minister of the Household Department of Yingtian to the Minister of the Military Department of Yingtian.

"Master Zhu, Lord Shangshu welcomes you."

Soon the little official trotted back, and took Zhu Ping'an to meet Zhang Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War of Yingtian.

"My subordinate Zhu Ping'an pays a visit to Zhang Shangshu." After seeing Zhang Jing, Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands to see him.

This is the first time Zhu Pingan has seen Zhang Jing. Zhang Jing has a burly figure and a sense of elegance in his field of vision. At first glance, he gives people the impression of a Confucian general temperament, literary talent and military strategy.

After Zhu Ping'an saw the salute, Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an up and down like a torch for three seconds.

Is there something wrong with my appearance?

Zhu Pingan was a little doubted by Zhang Jing to see if there was something inappropriate about his appearance.

"I heard someone tell you that you have to pay five thousand taels of silver." Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an for three seconds before slowly opening his mouth.

"Exactly. The next official was ordered to undertake the task of organizing the military preparations of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Procuratorate Division, and to lead the militia. In order to facilitate the work, he specially applied to the imperial court for 10,000 taels of soldiers' salary. Now the imperial court has approved 5,000 taels of silver. Order the officials to come to your Yamen to collect it, this is an official document approved by the imperial court, please review it."

Zhu Ping'an clasped his hands in reply, and after speaking, he took out the imperial court's approval from his arms, and handed over Zhang Jing with both hands.

"There is no need for official documents, I also have a copy here." Zhang Jing waved his hand, but did not accept the approval document from Zhu Ping'an.

"The lower official is here to withdraw the approved five thousand taels of silver," Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands.

"Master Zhu, are you weak?!" Zhang Jing asked Zhu Pingan without answering his words.

"The lower officials are not yet weak." Zhu Pingan replied truthfully.

"Master Zhu, have you ever been a soldier?" Zhang Jing asked again after hearing the words.

"The magistrate of Jingnan took office a few months ago, and organized the army and civilians to defend the city twice." Zhu Pingan replied.

"As I said, it is an official general." Zhang Jing added.

"That lower official has never formally sent a soldier." Zhu Pingan replied truthfully after hearing the words.

"Master Zhu, where do you want to bring the militia?" Zhang Jing asked again.

"A native of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The lower officials have already been recruited." Zhu Pingan replied truthfully, and then he wanted to further explain how he recruited the bandits.

"Then Master Zhu, please go back."

Zhang Jing interrupted Zhu Ping'an's words, said with a blank face, and picked up the teacup as he spoke, as a sign of seeing off the guests.

What? ! Let me go back? ! Zhu Pingan couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, and looked up at Zhang Jing, "What does Master Shangshu mean?!"

"I should be very clear about what I mean. Master Zhu, why bother to ask questions knowingly." Zhang Jing said expressionlessly.

Indeed, Zhang Jing's meaning is indeed very clear, refuse! How could Zhu Ping'an not see clearly. But why? ! I came here to withdraw the silver with the imperial court's approval, so the imperial court's approval won't work here? !

Zhu Ping'an knew it well, but he didn't accept it. He looked up at Zhang Jing, clasped his hands again, and said, Master Zhang, I came to your government to collect the five thousand salary according to the imperial court's approval.

"I have received the imperial court's approval, but I haven't received the imperial court's approved silver tael. This office has no payment for Mr. Zhu to withdraw, so please come back, Mr. Zhu. When this office receives the imperial court's approved silver tael, Mr. Zhu will come to withdraw it again." Let's go." Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an and said lightly.

Uh!

Zhu Ping'an heard the words and took a deep breath. He didn't expect that he would encounter obstacles when he came to the Yamen of Yingtian Military Department to collect the food and pay for the soldiers. He didn't expect that Zhang Jing would reject him. It doesn't make sense, this is the first time I met Zhang Jing, there is no possibility of offending Zhang Jing before. Moreover, Zhang Jing is not a strict party, and even Zhang Jing is against the strict party, so it is impossible for Zhang Jing to trip himself up because he offended the strict party. In addition, I was responding to the imperial court's approval to withdraw the withdrawal, which was well-founded and legal.

Can't figure it out, really can't figure it out, Zhu Pingan can't figure out why Zhang Jing refused so resolutely.

"Master Zhang, your yamen is the yamen of the Ministry of War, and it represents the imperial court." Zhu Pingan looked at Zhang Jing and said slowly.

What Zhu Pingan said is that your yamen is the yamen of the Ministry of War in Yingtian, the yamen of the Ministry of War in the accompanying capital, and is at the same level as the yamen of the Ministry of War in Beijing. , your yamen can give it to me directly, no need to wait for the yamen of the Ministry of War in Beijing to give you silver taels according to the approval.

"What Master Zhu said is very true, but the imperial court's finances are tight. Our government is not as rich as the Ministry of War in the capital, and the finances are even tighter. It has long been unable to make ends meet, and the deficit is frequent. At present, there is no money left for Master Zhu to withdraw."

Zhang Jing said slowly, and once again rejected Zhu Pingan.

(end of this chapter)