Returning to the imperial city from Taimiao, Jia Baoyu was about to go home from duty, when his deputy commander Meng Xianchen reported that the salary and quartermaster department of the First Army had been sent down last month, so that Jia Baoyu could see the list.

The military salary of the forbidden army is very high, that is, the military salary of ordinary soldiers is two yuan a month, plus a small amount of rice, which can be converted into more than two taels of silver a month.

This is just the standard of the peace period, if it is wartime or there is a mission, it will be much higher.......

In this way, the total number of forbidden troops is about 70,000, and the salary of the forbidden army alone will require more than 2 million taels of silver a year.

Jia Baoyu took a casual look, and he didn't care much about his official salary, so he let General Meng Xianchen's salary be paid in full. He was in charge of the quartermaster affairs in the army.

When Meng Xianchen heard Jia Baoyu say, "Give it all out", the corners of his mouth twitched, but he did not refute Jia Baoyu's words.

"In that case, the general's military salary, the general will see if the subordinate will send it to you, or the general, you will send someone to pick it ........up."

Although Meng Xiancheng's words were a little mysterious, Jia Baoyu didn't care, just let Mingyan get it.

After a while, Mingyan came back, and Jia Baoyu was ready to go home.

Riding on a horse, the more Jia Baoyu looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong, even if it was more than 20 copper coins, it would not look so heavy on Mingyan's body.

"Bring it and I'll see!"

Mingyan farts unwrapped the package and took it to Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu looked down, good guy, a bag of silver for nothing! Jia Baoyu has long been no stranger to silver, according to his estimates, these silver, let alone three or four hundred taels, are more than ten times his money!

"You just got all that?"

"Yes, the second master's military squad." Mingyan didn't find it strange at all.

"Damn!" Jia Baoyu scolded secretly, turned the horse's head, and said, "Go to the camp!"

In the camp of the First Army of the Forbidden Army, the Ma Bu Army, the military salary is being distributed in full swing. All the sergeants who were not on duty were almost all queuing up to receive Luyin Lumi, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

After all, in these years, the benefits of being a forbidden army are much better than being a common man, and in terms of this "monthly money" alone, it is no worse than the aunts and grandmothers of those big families.....

"The general is here......!"

Seeing Jia Baoyu and his own soldiers coming from a distance, the sergeants hurriedly saluted.

Jia Baoyu rode his horse to an old sergeant who had just received his salary and said, "Show me."

The old sergeant was stunned, but he didn't suspect that the general was trying to rob him of his money, so after reacting, he hurriedly presented the small pocket to Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu took it and opened it to see that there were two pieces of broken silver, about the size of two taels, as well as two pieces of money, plus more than 100 copper plates.

"That's a few months of your salary?" Jia Baoyu asked.

"If you go back to the general, it's two months of ......"

Jia Baoyu's eyes flashed with doubt. Seeing Jia Baoyu's expression, the old sergeant explained with some trepidation: "General Hui, last month, General Meng said that the military salary above had not been paid neatly, and said that it would be paid together this month, so ..... Not deliberately in arrears ......"

It was still the commander of the soldiers beside Jia Baoyu who saw what Jia Baoyu meant, leaned over and said: "Don't be surprised, general, it's already the winter moon now, and the next military salary will be paid after the year, so his military salary, including "New Year's money", used to pay half a month's military salary every year and this month, if there is another reward from above, it is different." ”

Jia Baoyu realized that there was also a "year-end bonus" in the army, but it was too little......

Nodding, Jia Baoyu said to the old sergeant again: "Tell me about it, your silver money is constituted."

"Yes...... I have been in the army for more than ten years, so the salary is a little higher than others, there are two and a half times a month, plus the consistent money that has been sent more this month, the total of two months should be six yuan, deducting two months' food, and a new cotton shirt this month has been buttoned up half a yuan, probably, that's so much......"

The old sergeant looked a little uneasy, Jia Baoyu was obviously a surprise raid to check the distribution of military salaries, and he was afraid that he would be hated by the generals above for saying things that he shouldn't say.

Jia Baoyu could naturally understand his thoughts, but Jia Baoyu was a lot more relieved at this time. Seeing Mingyan come back with so much silver just now, he immediately suspected that someone was playing a trick on him, but now it seems that it doesn't exist. At least judging from the reaction of this old sergeant, there should be no indiscriminate deduction of military salaries in the first army, for example, there should be such a situation as issuing two haircuts.

"Where's your Lumi?"

"Back to General, my hometown is not in the capital, and it is useless to give me Lu rice, which can be used to deduct rations......"

Jia Baoyu nodded, and he said, the people below should not be so bold and do too much.

However, he also saw that there seemed to be a lot of work to be done on the food and rice in this army.

At this time, Meng Xianchen heard Jia Baoyu coming over and rushed out to greet him, so Jia Baoyu dismounted and walked into the lobby.

In the lobby, there were many military clerks and non-commissioned officers who were busy counting and calculating the silver money, and there were baskets of copper coins and silver piled up in the room, as well as military rations.

Meng Xiancheng was full of vision, seeing that Jia Baoyu's face was pale, he hurriedly waved his hand to let the others go down, and then asked with a smile: "I don't know what happened when the general suddenly arrived?"

Jia Baoyu smiled lightly, asked Ming Yan to put the Yu Lu he had received before on the table, and said, "Commander Meng has deceived me so hard, let's talk about it, what's going on?"

Meng Xianchen glanced at it, walked to Jia Baoyu's side, and said in a low voice: "The general doesn't have to doubt, these are all the generals deserve......"

"Hehe, but I didn't know that General Ben's army had so much in a month."

Jia Baoyu seemed surprised.

Meng Xianchen's face changed, he hesitated, and said: "When the general first joined the army, he may not know that this rule is the rule in the army, otherwise, if the general's little military salary alone is not enough to eat two meals in Fanlou in a month, so this is the filial piety of the generals in the army to the general, and the general should laugh and accept it."

Jia Baoyu's face changed, and he shouted: "Bold, are you instigating General Ben to embezzle and accept bribes and exploit his subordinates?" If the military law is not there, General Ben will not dare to behead you?! ”

Meng Xianchen immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty.

After a long time, Jia Baoyu said: "Get up, tell me, how did all this silver come from, and how did you distribute it besides me."

Meng Xianchen was a little hesitant, but he wasn't very afraid, the so-called law does not blame the public, everyone does this, and Jia Baoyu is the big one, as long as Jia Baoyu is not crazy, it is impossible to dispose of all of them.

Therefore, under Jia Baoyu's forced gaze, he quickly explained the reason.

It turns out that it is common for the army to eat empty salaries, even the forbidden army is no exception, and the first army is naturally like this. But it's not much, after all, under the nose of the Son of Heaven, the first army falsely reported no more than one or two hundred people, and it was only a few hundred taels more than a few hundred taels of silver every month, which was almost the amount that Du Yuhou took alone, and the bulk was military supplies such as food, military rations, and military clothing.

Needless to say, each sergeant is charged an extra 100 wen, and there are hundreds more per month.

Military rations were originally used by the imperial court to subsidize the food expenses of the soldiers. This was originally a good governance, and the bigwigs of the imperial court saw that a lot of old grain would rot in Taicang every year, so they simply took out the old grain of the previous year before the new grain was put into storage every year, and used it to feed the army in Gyeonggi.

A year's worth of old grain is completely usable, so that it will not cause absurdities like the local treasury, or even the old grain that has been put for ten years!

But obviously, these grains will definitely be discounted in the hands of the soldiers. Then, because most of the soldiers could not bring this food home, they had to give it to the army at a discount, or simply used it as part of the meal.

There are also military uniforms, which are not changed every year, but reported by the army itself, and the household department will deduct it from the military expenditure of the military department after approval, so it stands to reason that it will be issued to the hands of the soldiers and soldiers, and there is no need to spend additional money. However, if it is not a system, the officers will naturally not be polite, and naturally they will take the opportunity to make a little money. The entire forbidden army is like this, so even if there are people who know the inside story, they will not be enemies of all the generals of the forbidden army for such a trivial matter.

After all, as Meng Xianchen said, even the military of General Sanpin is not enough to eat a few meals in Fan Lou, let alone other people's, it is really a bit stumbling......

Knowing this, Jia Baoyu naturally wouldn't be stunned and attacked. To exist is to be reasonable.

Take the matter of cotton clothes as an example, he doesn't believe that the court will not know at all, perhaps, this is also a kind of acquiescence.

It is reasonable for those who are officials to take more than those who are soldiers. But if there are too many on the surface, it will always be bad to say, so it must be achieved in such a tacit way.

The first army's 5,000 cotton clothes are 2,500 pieces, which is enough for every officer of the upper rank. However, if he were to ask the sergeants below that he could wear a brand-new, thick and warm cotton coat for half a penny for the winter, it is estimated that most of the sergeants would be willing, and this would not be in conflict.

......

Besides, the soldiers outside saw Jia Baoyu suddenly arrive, and after asking some questions, they stopped paying military salaries, and they were all speculating in their hearts whether something would happen.

Sure enough, half an hour later, as soon as Jia Baoyu left, the munitions station immediately issued a notice: There was an error in the previous calculation of military salaries, and all the soldiers were requested to come forward again to register and withdraw, and refund more and make up for the less......

When everyone reluctantly took the money they had received and lined up again to the front, they found that there was only a supplement, not a refund......

Everyone understands what the general is doing when he comes just now.

Many felt a sense of gratitude.

The new general, better than the previous one.

......

Outside the barracks, Mingyan weighed the small money bag in his hand, which was worlds different from the previous big package, and he was very unhappy in his heart.

"The second master is really, the silver in hand, and the money returned, what is this silver enough for......"

Jia Baoyu smiled, rode on the horse and ignored him.

It also depends on the situation with the light and dust.

He is a young general with an unlimited future, how can he tarnish his wings?

A few hundred taels of silver may be a lot of money for other generals, but it is nothing to him.

Eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers, it is impossible for such a general in any dynasty to be loved by the soldiers, and besides, the top must check, check one by one!

Therefore, he ordered Meng Xianchen to eliminate 200 unqualified sergeants with military drills, and from next month, the number of people will be reported in real numbers, which can be regarded as leaving face for the last Duyu Marquis.

Secondly, the military rations were deducted at the market price and returned to the soldiers. The food fee will also be refunded to each person......

Only the military uniform did not move, as a parent, he couldn't completely take care of the little ones, he always had to leave some soup for the generals to drink.

Otherwise, if even the military uniform is moved, not to mention the generals under his command complaining about being mean, it will also arouse the hostility of the generals of other systems of the forbidden army.

Now, he is not qualified to lift the plate.

Jiang Cun has been following Jia Baoyu for a while, and gradually integrated into the circle, and he agrees with Jia Baoyu's behavior very much.

"I think the general did the right thing, it's not easy for the low-level generals, where can they still withstand the exploitation of the upper-level generals.

The forbidden army is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, which is already excellent.

The officers and soldiers of the green forest in those places even only have three or four hundred dollars a month, how can such an army have combat effectiveness! ”

Jia Baoyu was stunned, but he didn't know this: "Three or four hundred texts, how can it be so little?"

The Daxuan army is not a tuntian system, but a real recruitment system, three or four hundred wen a month? It's not as good as the third-class minions in the Rongguo Mansion!

Jiang Cun lamented: "My lord was born in the Beijing Chinese Mansion, so he naturally doesn't know the decay of the lower-level army.

In addition to the forbidden army and the border army, Daxuan also has a large number of local garrisons and Jiezhen troops, and the Jiezhen army may be better, and those local garrison armies are originally much inferior to other armies, and they are also squeezed by the superintendent officials and upper-level generals above, and the actual military salary is very small.

So much so that many of them live by going to the streets and markets to collect 'security premiums', and even worse, directly disguised as robbers to block the road and rob.

They can't be called soldiers at all, and you can imagine that if this group of people are sent to the battlefield to fight, how can there be any reason for victory? ”

Jiang Cun seemed to be deeply touched by this matter and hated it, he immediately hugged his fists and said: "If one day, the adults can rule the court, I hope that the adults can clean up this ill, and the officials and people in the Daxuan territory will be clear and clear!"

Jia Baoyu was silent for a moment, looked up at the rainy sky, and muttered, "There will be a day."