Chapter 8: Take the post officer ()

Two days later, the Army Yamen sent some people to Wu Shaoting to serve, including officers' guards, one set of public uniforms and regular uniforms of seventh-rank military officers, a simple gold top, a sword, etc. Seeing these things, he was really amused and laughed. In what era, he actually had to wear such old military uniforms. Fortunately, there were not many people studying in Germany in the late Qing Dynasty. If the classmates were asked to see them, I was afraid that the top ten would laugh out loud.

But there is no way. At least I have a stable job now, and finally solved the problem of livelihood.

At the end of March, Wu Shaoting sent someone to send a letter according to the address left by Hu Hanmin, informing Hu Hanmin of his current resettlement. He even wondered if he had not been assigned to the new army now, would Hu Hanmin feel that the value he had used was not very valuable and thus alienated the relationship?

For him, the relationship between Hu Hanmin, the big man, cannot be easily broken!

Who knew that that night, Hu Hanmin sent someone to reply to the letter, first congratulating Wu Shaoting on his job, and also asked Wu Shaoting when he would hold a banquet for him to celebrate.

Wu Shaoting was quite moved by this. It seems that not every revolutionary party regards the revolutionary cause as everything in life. It can be seen that Hu Hanmin is still a humane side. But he is about to take office in the next few days, and there are still many things to prepare for. He can't find time to go to Hu Hanmin's banquet, so he had to reply and express his kindness.

On the morning of the first day of April, the Army Yamen sent a minor official to invite Wu Shaoting to take office in Shanziying.

The firefighting battalion is a big number, and four battalions such as Shanzi Camp are units under their jurisdiction. Huang Shilong, the general of the firefighting battalion, always thought it was inconvenient for the western suburbs, so he led his troops to be stationed in the urban area and was not in the western suburbs at this time. Therefore, the minor official only took Wu Shaoting to Shanzi Camp to meet General Qian and explained some procedures.

Wu Shaoting followed the little official to the Shanziying General Camp, where he met the Shanziying General Camp.

The boss has a thin figure, a pale face and a thin skin, as if he had been taking Fushou Paste for a long time. He looked careless and was very cold to Wu Shaoting, and even avoided his self-introduction.

President Qian pushed all the procedures to an official next to him to take care of. He sat on the porch of the barracks, crossing his legs, holding a purple clay teapot, drinking small tea, and squinting his eyes to bask in the sun.

It took only a moment to go through the program. Wu Shaoting walked out of the main camp and felt a little confused. He still didn't even know the name of his boss, let alone what to do next!

The junior official from the Army Yamen who accompanied him saw Wu Shaoting's face and asked with a smile out of kindness: "Mr. Wu, do you have any doubts in your heart?"

"Why is this Mr. Qian so cold? I don't even know his name. What kind of colleagues will he become in the future?" Wu Shaoting said with a cold face.

"The master's surname is Li, his name is Mingshan, and he is the nephew of General Huang." said the minor official.

"Does Lord Li think that his uncle is the general of the fire battalion and treats everyone so indifferently?" Wu Shaoting didn't care about Mr. Li Qian's identity and background at all. In a few years, the bureaucratic pattern will undergo major changes. Maybe this person named Li will be beaten to death by his subordinates in the chaos.

"This is not the case. The key is that you took office and directly affected the interests of Lord Li, so Lord Li is dissatisfied with Lord Wu. But after waiting for a long time, this matter will be over. After all, Lord Wu, you were personally given the order by the general. Lord Li dare not blame me too much!" The little official said with a kind look and said with ease.

Wu Shaoting couldn't understand and asked, "What's the relationship between me taking office and him? I've just returned to China, and where did I violate his interests for no reason?"

The little official looked around and confirmed that there were no extra idle people around him, then said, "Mr. Wu, you just came back from a foreign country and may not know the customs here. There are five sentries in Shanzi Camp. Before Mr. Wu came, one of the sentry officers had a vacant position, but the military salary received by the Shanzi Camp was full every month. In other words, the monthly salary for the vacant sentry officers was more, and the extra salary naturally fell into Lord Li's pocket. Lord Wu, do you understand?"

Wu Shaoting suddenly realized that this should be a vacancy. Now that he has made up for the vacancies of Shanziying, Li Mingshan has lost this amount of money every month, so he will naturally feel unhappy.

"This is really...an old habit!" He originally planned to scold Li Mingshan for being petty, but when he thought that this little official was not his confidant, how could he complain about his boss in front of outsiders?

The little official suddenly covered his mouth and sneered.

"Why are you laughing at?" Wu Shaoting asked in a deep voice. He thought the other party was laughing at him as an angry young man.

"Don't blame Lord Wu. People like Lord Wu who have gone out to see the world will naturally have their own opinions on things. But I think Lord Wu will inevitably repeat the mistakes of Lord Li in the future!" said the little official with a bit of serious taste.

Wu Shaoting suddenly felt that this little official had the courage to say such direct words to him! He sneered twice and said, "How do you think I will repeat the same mistake?"

Seeing that Wu Shaoting seemed not angry, the minor official said boldly: "Mr. Wu doesn't know that the Shanzi Camp you belong to is the Jianjun. Jianjun is not the same as the new army. The foreign commissioner of Jianjun gave the total monthly salary of two taels of silver in name, but the maximum of one taels of silver is only one taels of silver. The other eight coins are either empty or deducted. After a year, even if the bank is counted for the maintenance of integrity, it is only more than fifty taels."

Wu Shaoting had read history books on this area before and knew that since Jiaqing, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty had decreased year by year, and ordinary officials could not even support three families by their salary alone. So in the Xianfeng year, the court began to restore the system of maintaining integrity silver, and the annual salary distributed by officials at all levels was even more than the annual salary. Over time, the integrity silver gradually became the main source of income for officials, and the original salary was just change.

As for the outer rank of the minor official, he was the military rank he now served as the sentry officer, which means that his annual salary was only fifty taels. He remembered that the value of one tael of silver in ancient times was still very high. During the heyday of the Song Dynasty, one tael of silver was equivalent to three thousand yuan in the 21st century. Unfortunately, it is the late Qing Dynasty, and the situation is very different. It is said that one tael of silver in the late Qing Dynasty was only equivalent to forty-five yuan in 1995.

"Mr. Wu, it would be fine if you were an ordinary soldier. But as an adult, you have to take care of social engagements in addition to supporting your family. This amount of money is far from enough." The little official continued.

"So that's it!" Wu Shaoting responded calmly, but his face did not feel any difficulty.

"Haha, fortunately, there are more than 40 vacancy items under the whistle of Lord Wu. In the future, Lord Wu will take office. These vacancy items are all subsidies from Lord Wu!" said the little official with a smile.

Wu Shaoting nodded slowly, then suddenly asked, "Have you asked my brother for his surname and name?"

He felt that this little official was really a bit arrogant. He not only knew a lot of things, but also had courage. Although the other party was a little official, he did not deliberately be submissive. What's more important was that he looked kind, just like Ni Duan, which made people feel no sense of repulsion when they saw him.

The little official bowed and replied: "The lowly official Liang Hongkai, whose courtesy name is Jingyun."

Wu Shaoting was slightly stunned. Isn’t Liang Hongkai one of the leaders of the four major warlords of the old Guangdong Army in the future?

The official establishment of the Guangdong Army was when Chen Jiongming formed the Guangdong Civil Army to attack Fujian. During this period, Chen Jiongming had the only one nominal leader of the Guangdong Army. However, around 1922, the internal division of the Guangdong Army became more and more serious. Until Chen Jiongming bombarded the Marshal's Mansion and "rebelled against the revolution", the Guangdong Army suddenly split into four groups, namely Chen Jiongming, Xu Chongzhi, Deng Keng (Liang Hongkai), and Li Fulin.
Chapter completed!