The Prosperous Era of Longwan

A few days later, Zhang Fugui brought more than a dozen large ships and moored them at the Pengze County pier.

After only staying in Pengze County for one night, Wei Wencai took dozens of military households on board the ship. The fleet set sail again under the flag of Jiujiang Wei and went down the river.

It can be said that this battle has no impact on Wei Guangde, but for his father, uncle and others, it is a matter worthy of attention.

At least on the night when Zhang Fugui stayed, when everyone was having dinner, Wei Guangde heard the news. Not only did Zhang Fugui come with a boat this time, he also brought two boxes of silver with him for food.

Yes, in the Ming Dynasty, if a military general performed meritorious service on the battlefield, it does not mean that you will get military merit or be promoted. You must also be a good person.

Military generals are really not greedy, otherwise you would never have the chance to get promoted.

It sounds really contradictory.

If a military general is greedy for money, his soldiers will definitely not be strong enough to fight. If they can't win the battle, there will be no military merit.

Military generals are not greedy for money. Even if your soldiers are powerful and have achieved military success, you may still not get a chance to be promoted because the people in power are civilian officials.

This time the Zhang family is really planning to exchange their achievements in the war against Japanese invaders for several positions, and they have brought all the money with them. In the end, most of these things will flow into the houses of some big shots in Nanjing City.

Watching the fleet leave the Pengze County pier, Wei Guangde smiled and said to Wu Dong: 'Cousin, it seems that your thousand households are going to take over in advance. ’

"I originally wanted to play for a few more years."

Wu Dong smiled casually, "It will come sooner or later. You can't hide even if you want to."

This time, both Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng wanted to move, but naturally they couldn't do it. After all, they were humble and could not give it in even if they held money in their hands. Only Zhang Qing came forward to help them calm down. .

Wu Zhankui's goal was to command the Jiujiang Guards, and the position that Wei Meng could go to was naturally the Jiujiang Guards Town and Fu.

Wu Zhankui became the commander-in-chief because he wanted to jump up two levels directly, from the fifth-rank Qianhu official to the fourth-rank commander-in-chief. This would strengthen the Zhang family's voice in the guard station, and he was also his son-in-law.

For Wei Meng, he was a close relative and a direct descendant of his own lineage, so it didn't hurt to bring him up for a while. What's more, he also had military merit and it was time for him to be promoted.

As for the position of Wei Zhenfu assigned to his father, Wei Guangde knew very well that this would be the Military Justice Department in the army in later generations.

As for their current positions after promotion, they naturally want Wu Dong and Wei Wencai to take over their positions early. This is also very important. At least when having dinner with Zhang Fugui, Zhang Fugui said that if they were promoted, they could not hold on to their current positions. position, then don’t move.

There were only so many actual official positions in the Ming Dynasty, but there were many more with hereditary benefits. Wu Zhankui, the Jiujiang Weiyoujun Qianhusuo Qianhusuo, had at least three hereditary official positions. He was just one of them, so naturally he would not Give up easily.

According to the rules, if the people above cannot be persuaded to allow Wu Dong to take the post of Thousand Households, he will choose from the other two people who have the hereditary post of Thousand Households. Of course, they can also be recommended by the Wei Suo. Once they are given out, If you want to get it back, either that person will be promoted or commit a crime, or he will die.

The eldest brother left home, and Wei Guangde did not stay in Pengze County for long. He rode back to Bengshan Fort that day to continue studying. There were two months until the college examination. Wei Guangde planned to win the title of scholar first and let his father take the lead. Buy yourself eighty acres of land, so that you don't have to worry about anything.

Time soon came to June. In the middle of the month, the eldest brother Wei Wencai returned to Jiujiang with more than ten large ships, but he had to go to Jiujiang Fucheng first to hand over the goods on board.

Most of what was transferred back this time were silk, cotton, tea and some handmade products. Susong and Yingtianfu were naturally the first places to ship. However, neither the Zhang family nor the Wu and Wei families in those places had any business. friend.

In fact, as far as this line is concerned, Zhang Fugui of the Zhang family still has some business friends, but naturally he can't find a buyer for the goods for a while. Those who can be sold are sold along the way, and the rest is They can only transport it back to Jiujiang and sell it slowly.

The ship docked at Pengze County Pier, and after passing on the news, Wei Wencai was stopped by Wu Dong and asked to wait for another day. He had already asked Wei Guangde to come over immediately and go to Jiujiang Prefecture together. .

Wei Wencai knew about Wei Guangde's trip to Jiujiang Prefecture. After the imperial examination, they made an appointment with Zeng Yuanshu to take a boat to Nanchang to participate in this year's college examination. Zeng Yuanrui seemed to be accompanying him to take a look.

Wei Wencai counted the time, and it was indeed time to set off.

Although it seems that there is still one month left before the college examination, but wouldn't it be better to arrive in Nanchang early and prepare early?

For poor scholars, they may need to plan their time to take the imperial examination in a hurry, because if they arrive early, they have to prepare an extra day of food and accommodation expenses.

But for people like Wei Guangde and Zeng Yuanshu, this doesn't matter.

After leaving Pengze County with the ship, Wei Guangde came to Jiujiang Mansion again, still living in the small courtyard of the Zhang family.

The eldest brother and cousin watched as the shopkeeper of the Zhang family's business counted the supplies on the ship. In the evening, Zhang Shigui set up a banquet for them. When talking about the harvest at the banquet, the money was actually nothing. It was mainly planned by the Zhang family. The big thing is basically done.

As the spokesperson of Wei Guogong's family in Jiujiang Guard, the Zhang family naturally hopes that the people on their side can occupy high positions, so that Mr. Zhang's right to speak in the guard can be greatly improved.

In the current guard station, unless the guard commander is promoted or disappears, Zhang Qing will definitely not be able to replace that position unless he goes to another guard station, but who would be so stupid to leave here.

After years of hard work, even if you can't get that position, then just strive for a greater say.

"Looking at what this means, your positions are considered stable. Qianhu and Baihu are nothing in the eyes of the adults in the capital."

Zhang Shigui sighed after reading the letter that Wei Wencai brought back and hearing Wei Wencai describe the process of following Zhang Fugui to Nanjing City to deliver gifts.

In fact, in person, he would not give an accurate answer on such a major matter involving an official's promotion. He would only say a few ambiguous words, and he would have to figure out the meaning by himself.

After hearing Zhang Shigui's words, Wei Wencai blinked in confusion.

He has personally experienced all those things. To be honest, he feels that this matter is a bit suspenseful.

As for the reason, of course, the money was given, but he didn't give any confirmation. He felt as if the money was given away in vain. He didn't know that civil servants were very cautious when collecting money and doing things, and they would not easily be caught. .