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Chapter 35 Wang Li’s advice
The army returned to Fucheng without encountering any disturbances on the way.

None of the gentry who secretly conveyed news to Du Junying and even conspired to cause trouble and attack with General Du to equally divide the Ming Dynasty's "kingdom" came forward.

Fortunately, Du Junying and his son were already dead, otherwise, he would have been so angry that he would have cursed.If he had known that these gentry and landlords were unreliable, how could he, Du Junying, have defended Ahhou Town, which he was bound to be unable to defend.

In fact, it was Du Junying who took it too much for granted.In the eyes of the wealthy gentry, there was no difference between him and King Zhu. They were both damned rebels, and they both robbed their food and people.

No, King Zhu is not robbing, but "borrowing".

So, why do you think that others will look down upon you?
The original idea of ​​these wealthy gentry was just to let these two damn rebels kill each other. It would be best if they could kill both sides.

As for rebelling against him, King Zhu?Are you kidding? I really think they are stupid!They have been vixens for thousands of years, so why are they playing in a fairy tale?
For these gentry and wealthy families, as long as they do not harm their own fundamental interests, it is better to do less than to do more.Those who dared to rebel before are now almost covered with grass.

If Zhu Yijiong knew what these people were thinking, he would probably sneer at "the weakness of the landlord class."

At the same time, I feel regretful that I deliberately went out in force to create opportunities for these young men.In the end, it was just a tip-off, and Du Junying was not even given any food assistance.

This gave King Zhu no excuse to go on a killing spree, collect money and clear out his land.

But it doesn't matter, as long as there is no civil strife and King Zhu pays food and taxes honestly, everything else is fine.At most, they can just grab a few chickens from a group of monkeys.

Moreover, after this battle, the land in King Zhu's hands has exceeded one million acres, and there is no shortage of land for the time being.This is mainly due to Tainan's famous Jinghaihou Shi Shi. Once Tainan was restored, the Jinghaihou family's land was taken for granted and belonged to King Zhu and his Ming Dynasty.

Return to Fucheng.

Zhu Yijiong first issued an order and quickly implemented the reward previously issued in Ahou Town.The army is the foundation of King Zhu and cannot be careless.

It is nothing more than five acres of land for each participant in the war, plus pension money for those who died in the war, etc.

After these expenditures, not to mention other things, just the reward, directly reduced the Ming Dynasty's treasury by one tenth.

This was just one battle, not a major battle, and food and grass expenditures were not included in the statistics.

It is worthy of being said that one blast of a cannon brings a thousand taels of gold.

No, Wang Li, the current magistrate of Daming Taiwan, came directly to the palace to ask for an audience with King Zhu.

"Do you think the reward given to me is too much, so you came to persuade me to take back my life?"

Zhu Yijiong put down the official document in his hand and looked at Wang Li sitting opposite.

This official document was submitted by the government office. It mainly related to the progress of grain borrowing by large households, as well as the land wealth currently in Ming's hands, as well as various population accounts.

Of course, the population account books are nothing. Those landlords and wealthy families must have concealed them. The same is true for the land account books. Except for the government's own, you can just look at the others.

Wang Li stood up habitually and held his hands in his hands: "Your Majesty is a noble man in the sky. Once the golden mouth is opened, is there any reason to take it back?"

Zhu Yijiong was stunned and confused: "Then..."

Wang Li said: "Reporting to the king, do you know how much land and how much money our Ming Dynasty's new army has distributed this time?"

"A total of [-] acres of land were granted, plus more than [-] guan in war death compensation and other money. As for the rest of the army's food losses, it is countless."

"And our Ming Dynasty's current treasury accounts only have 110 acres of official land, and this still includes the land of the Shi family of Marquis Jinghai in Tainan."

Zhu Yijiong was thoughtful: "What do you mean?"

Wang Li added: "Reporting to the king, I know that now is the time to start a business, and we should give priority to the army. But in just one battle, we were rewarded with [-] acres of land. This can certainly reflect the king's kindness and make the soldiers dare to fight. "But this method cannot be used again. With such a generous reward, the soldiers will eventually be satisfied or even more dissatisfied. Moreover, there are so many official fields now. What if there is not enough land in the back?"

"Furthermore, all the soldiers who join the army are given five acres of land, but there is no distinction. This is okay in the short term, but in the long run, the soldiers will inevitably have ideas. Therefore, I sincerely ask the king to think twice before acting."

All right!After hearing Wang Li's words, Zhu Yijiong suddenly felt relieved.

It does make sense!

In the past, Zhu Yijiong only thought about cultivating his own military system, and he had been giving generous rewards to win over the morale of the military, but he ignored so many details.

The soldiers were rewarded generously and for the first time, the soldiers might be very moved and felt that King Zhu was righteous.But the second time, maybe it won’t be that exciting, and the third time, it might be just like that, or even taken as a matter of course.

You may also think that he, King Zhu, is too stingy and only gives such a small reward every time.Good guy, it was directly counterproductive.

Moreover, all soldiers participating in the war were given five acres of land, which seemed to benefit the soldiers.But in fact, it gave the soldiers a subconscious feeling that as long as they participated in the battle, they would be rewarded. So why fight bravely to kill the enemy?It’s not like we will give more fields.

In the end, he only had so much land in his hands, and he distributed more than 7 yuan in one go.It’s not a big war yet, and even the fourth town didn’t participate in the war.

The total number of acres of land currently in the hands of King Zhu in the Ming Dynasty is only over 100 million, which cannot be fought several times.

Moreover, the government and the treasury cannot keep acres of land, otherwise they may not even be able to pay official salaries and administrative expenses.

It’s impossible to keep asking the gentry to “borrow” grain!
Zhu Yijiong thought to himself that it seemed that he was right in not killing these Qing court officials. These people really had some tricks up their sleeves.

Zhu Yijiong nodded: "Wang Aiqing's words are reasonable, but he is really careless."

Wang Li was also very happy when he heard the words "I love you": "I don't dare."

As the current prefect of Ming Dynasty, Wang Li has long been a grasshopper on the same rope as Ming Dynasty. Naturally, he hopes that Ming Dynasty's new ship can float for a longer time.

Therefore, when he saw that King Zhu was so indiscriminate in granting rewards, he came over to advise him angrily.

"Then what does Wang Aiqing have in his hands..."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Li took out a memorial from the sleeve of his official uniform.

"The ministers and colleagues have some regulations, and I would like to ask your Majesty to review them."

Let me go, so well prepared?
Zhu Yijiong was stunned and reached out to take the memorial. After just a few glances, he felt that it was completely feasible.

It's neither too rich nor too stingy, it's just right.

Moreover, there are additional rewards for those who achieve victory.

The Ming Dynasty did not judge military achievements by their heads, but this does not mean that soldiers will not gain gains.

Instead of judging merit by the head, it was purely because the soldiers were afraid that after killing the enemy for a while, they would all go and cut off the enemy's heads.

This was a bad habit in the previous Ming Dynasty and even in the current Qing Dynasty.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is no time for you to behead and gain credit.

　I originally wanted to arrange a civil unrest, but after thinking about it, I felt it was unnecessary, so I deleted it.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)