Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 93 Rewarding the Army and Scattering

Once a large sum of money was obtained, it spread to the entire Hanzhong Mansion in an instant.

In the army, it naturally spread.

Serving as a soldier eats food, gets promoted and gets rich, these are the most simple requirements of the army.

Escaping to Hanzhong, the first stage of the task is completed, naturally need rewards.

Han Feizi said: "The way of the master of Ming Dynasty controls his ministers, there are only two handles. Those with two handles are also punishment and morality."

What is the morality of punishment?

"Killing is punishment, and rewarding is virtue."

Therefore, Zhu Yixi is going to give the whole army a big reward.big surprise.

He has nothing else, only money.

Before, Zhu Yixi was going to do an important thing:
The ranks of the army are clearly determined and the military salaries are paid.

"For example, Li Canjun and Chen Zongbing, both of them have high official positions and low positions, but their powers are opposite. It is extremely important to clearly define the top and bottom of the army."

Zhu Yixi looked at Zhao Shu and said solemnly.

At present, only Zhao Shu can discuss together.

Zhao Shu frowned and pondered for a while, before saying, "I understand what the general means, but is it too blatant now?"

"After all, the Ming court is still—"

As he spoke, he lightly pointed upwards.

The biggest change in the change of dynasty is the reform of the system. It is really unwise to change the military system as soon as it has settled down in Hanzhong.

"No, Mr. Zhao, you misunderstood."

Zhu Yixi was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing: "I didn't change the military system, I just fixed the military salary and increased the salary for the officers and generals."

"However, the general indirectly passes through the salary, which has less influence, and can delineate the upper and lower levels, and form a self-contained system quietly."

Zhao Shu said with a half-smile.

What a smart person he is, he can see through Zhu Yixi's mind at a glance.

Zhu Yixi shook his head and said with a light smile, "It's really comfortable to chat with smart people like you."

"However, I do also want to add salary to the officers."

"After all, it is convenient for those civil servants to earn money, but the military can only deduct military pay. A while ago, I cut off the connections of generals and schools. If I don't make up for it, many people will feel resentful."

Zhao Shu understood that he was talking about the supply department.

Distributing salaries no longer deals with generals, cutting off their financial resources, which is tantamount to killing their parents.

"The general's trip is very kind. It can not only get rid of bad habits in the army, but also buy the morale of the army."

Regarding this matter, Zhao Shu expressed his approval, and even praised it greatly: "It is really a blessing in the army that you can think of this."

The salary in the Ming Dynasty was notoriously low.

Take Zhu Yixi's guerrilla general as an example. He is a fifth rank, with a monthly salary of sixteen shi, and the price of rice in Hanzhong Mansion is two taels, which is 32 taels of silver.

And a war horse is more than a hundred taels.

Not to mention the bosses and general managers at the bottom, it is not difficult to get enough food and clothing, and it is difficult to support a family.

Ordinary soldiers, ordinary five or six coins, as many as Guan Ning's cavalry, with a monthly salary of two liang.

Moreover, they are often in arrears.

In addition to eating empty pay and deducting military pay, it is simply difficult to live.

"I don't know how the general will raise his salary?"

Zhao Shu asked with great interest, he really wanted to know how to increase the salary of the army in a humble way.

"Soldiers, the monthly salary has been raised to one tael."

Zhu Yixi first talked about the ordinary low-level soldiers. Although they occupy the majority, it is a pity that their speaking power is too weak, so the natural increase is limited.

The important thing is to bribe the officers.

"It's all right." Zhao Shu thought for a while, then nodded and said:

"Although it has increased a lot, whether it is to appease the soldiers who have left their hometown or to recruit new soldiers, it would be better if the salary is higher."

Immediately, Zhu Yixi expressed his opinion: "I will supplement the salaries of the generals according to the rank of Wu San."

"Wu Sanjie?" Zhao Shu frowned.

Seeing this, Zhu Yixi smiled and explained.

To put it bluntly, since Beijing is still there, Zhu Yixi doesn't dare to go too far, so he is going to use the familiar Wusan steps to achieve his goal.

The Wusan class in the Ming Dynasty started with the Zhongxian Xiaowei who started from the sixth rank. The first rank and two ranks were divided into initial grants and promotions, and additional grants were added for the fourth rank and above.

It has a total of twelve and thirty steps.

Zhu Yixi cut it directly, removed the promotion and added it, as long as it was first awarded, it became the twelfth level of martial arts.

He will use Wu San rank to replace the role of the military rank system in later generations.

For example, the captain (Qin army system) commanded hundreds of people, and also led the sixth-rank Zhongxian school lieutenant, which was regarded as the first rank, but the monthly salary was increased to ten taels.

His monthly salary is five taels, doubled.

The rest of the generals, Qian Zong, were all awarded the Wu San rank in name, and their ranks were used to distinguish between high and low.

In terms of monthly salary, the total is ten taels, and the total is 50 taels.

The monthly salary of battalion-level officers above [-], such as the recruit battalion and the trilateral battalion, reached a hundred taels.

This salary will be added to the ranks, and two monthly salaries will be received, which will greatly improve the situation of the military officer class.

Of course, for Zhu Yixi, the expenditure on the army will triple.

"Perhaps, this is the so-called high salary to raise soldiers!"

Zhu Yixi chuckled and said, "However, it's all worth it."

Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhu Yixi's plain smile, and couldn't help sighing: "General, this method is costly, but it is very tempting. I am convinced."

"Since then, regardless of the official position in the army, it is better than the scattered ranks."

This is the most poisonous.

If things go on like this, the official position will be meaningless, and the separation of ranks is linked to power, and the distribution is controlled by Zhu Yixi, so he naturally has the leadership.

In other words, in the future even if the imperial court appoints high-ranking officials to seize power, it will have no effect, and the army will no longer recognize official positions.

Hearing this, Zhu Yixi smiled reservedly, which reminded him of the military rank and the substitute of Wu San rank, so he figured it out.

"Let's go, let's not mention the scattered steps. We have made such a large sum of money, so we can't spread it out to appease the morale of the army."

With that said, Zhu Yixi swiped his pen and directly offered 100,000 taels of silver to the army.

Calculated according to the weight of 100 taels about six catties, it is six thousand catties.

This is still Qin Wang's silver!
The first to come was the Firearms Battalion.

This scene is much more lively than paying monthly salary.

Unexpected wealth is always exciting.

According to the old routine, Zhu Yixi held the silver in his hand, one thousand five musketeers, five hundred grenadiers, and took the silver one by one with tears in their eyes.

Many people, for the first time in their lives, saw a huge silver of twelve taels.

"Thank you General—"

……

Repeated two thousand times, Zhu Yixi's hands were sore.

Immediately, he came to the cavalry battalion again.

One horse and two people, swaying 10,000 taels again.

boot camp.

There are [-] soldiers trained here, including [-] Sanbian soldiers and [-] Hanzhong soldiers.

"Thank you, General—" Zhu Yixi just stood aside this time, with a smile on his face, enjoying the salute and bow of the soldiers.

Naturally someone will do it for the distribution of silver.

From the busy morning to the afternoon, it was finally over.

As the sun was setting, just as the group was about to go back, Zhang Daoku ran over in a hurry and said with a flattering smile:
"General, do you know if I have one?"

"you?"

Zhu Yixi laughed and shook his head, the latter's expression was instantly gloomy.

"Hahaha, the things have been delivered to your house, go back and have a look!"

Patting the old Taoist priest on the shoulder, Zhu Yixi laughed and left, causing everyone to laugh.

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