(The first order will be added to 1/8, and the next time will be the day after tomorrow)

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This small battalion is full of pigs from Lieutenant County, and even the military officials are mostly from the same county, two military candidates, the older one is called Dai Gong, and the captain Liang Qiuci is related to each other, and the younger one is called Jin Dan, who is from Chiyang County.

In addition, there were ten hundred and twenty chiefs, all of whom gathered together and set up a feast to entertain the fifth Lun.

Dai Gong had already received Liang Qiuci's advice, and was very attentive to the new military horse, personally holding a broom in front of the way, and invited the fifth Lun to take a seat in the hall.

Wu Lun did not refuse, let alone solemnly say on the first day that he wanted to share food and clothing with the soldiers, but sat down with a smile, asked the names of all the military officials present one by one, and according to their ranks, each gave some briquettes for warmth, and there was nothing more heart-warming in winter than this kind of gift.

He claimed to be in charge of the army for the first time, and he had to rely on the soldiers more, so he stabilized them here, but secretly, the fifth Lun asked the seventh Biao to take Zhang Yu out, and drove the soldiers outside to eat and inspected half a circle for him.

When the atmosphere in the warm hall was warm, Zhang Yu came back, Wu Lun pretended to change clothes and went to the toilet, and returned to the house for a while, Zhang Yu took the opportunity to come to Wu Lun and reported what he had seen outside.

"All I eat is quinoa soup, corn porridge that is as light as water, and I can't be full after drinking five bowls."

He is a half-old child, adults eat more, according to Zhang Yu's description, the amount of food provided to everyone in the army can only maintain them barely from starving, no wonder after the fifth Lun entered the camp, all the soldiers he saw had vegetables on their faces, skinny, this group of people fell down when the wind blew, and they stopped eating when they walked a hundred miles, and they could drive to the border to fight?

Fifth Lun only found out? It's not a barracks at all? And the refugee camps!

Can't get enough to eat, let alone train? And this? I'm afraid it's a big cat, he knows it in his heart? Let Zhang Yu go outside to observe and inquire again, and he will return to the banquet? Hit the bowl with chopsticks and say, "Since all the kings are full? The friendship of fellow villagers has also been discussed, so let's talk about official business. ”

Fifth Lun looked at the older Dai Gong: "Dai Junhou, before I came, I heard that you were also the military commander?" ”

"Yes? Rotten and incompetent? With so many people often feeling uneasy, now that Sima has arrived, Lao Suo can also breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Dai Gong was simply handed, and immediately handed over all the list books and other books to the fifth Lun, including the number of soldiers in each hundred and tun? and monthly food and linen consumption.

But Wu Lun has been an official at the grassroots level of the county, so he naturally knows that these account books on the bright side can be ignored? But he still read it carefully, and the laughter of the military officials in the hall gradually stopped? He has been doing this for a long time, but he is faintly uneasy when he has just joined the army.

Wu Lun quickly finished reading the booklet: "Except for the military officials here? In the early winter of the camp, there were more than 1,000 and 96 people? There are more than 1,000 or 20 people left? What happened to those seventy-six? ”

Another military candidate, Jin Danyu, reported: "Dare to sue Sima, 25 of them were executed because they tried to escape in vain, or violated the ban in the army, and their heads hung on the door. ”

"What about the other fifty-one?"

"They all died of frostbite." Dai Gong took the words, and his words were full of regret: "This winter, the snow fell early, and it was too cold. ”

The army is still near the capital, there is a 1/20 loss rate, the living conditions in the barracks are really bad, no wonder the people in the clan heard about the conscription, all their faces were pale, even if they don't fight, they may be in danger of their lives at any time.

Wu Lun groaned and said, "Do you know what kind of officials I have been in the past? ”

He is a big celebrity in Liewei County, and everyone can really tell some of the deeds of Fifth Lun, or that he is filial piety and Langguan, or some people remember that Fifth Lun has also been a Hu Cao Peng for nearly a year.

"That's right, Tocao." Fifth Lun Dao: "The household registration, taxes, and land properties of each county in the county cannot escape my eyes, and I also know that the wealthy and large households often do hidden things in order to avoid rent, and it is common for 100 acres of land to be reported for 50 acres, and 30 subordinates are only reported to three people. ”

This seemed to mean something, and a few small officials with low psychological quality at the table became uneasy, but Dai Gong still handled it calmly, and only after the fifth Lun's voice was finished, he simply asked in amazement: "Listening to Sima's meaning, do you think that the number of people in this camp does not match?" ”

Fifth Lun smiled and said nothing, but saw Dai Gong slap the case violently, and scolded: "Sima is right to suspect, Lao Suo and Jin Junhou have long suspected that the camp should be a hundred and the soldiers deceived the superiors and subordinates, and concealed their respective numbers, because they wanted to rely on the empty quota to get a few more people's food!" ”

This tacit fact, but Dai Gong was the first to stab it in front of everyone, and the scene was a little embarrassing for a while, but Dai Gong looked at Wu Lun and wanted to see how he responded.

"If it's not true, then it's true." The fifth Lun asked Zhang Yu and others to bring up the wooden slip and pen and ink, and the meaning was clear.

Everyone present didn't expect this result to be eaten in one meal, and they were all a little unhappy, but Dai Gong urged: "Did you hear it?" How much have they hidden, why don't you hurry up and write it truthfully and hand it in! If there is any more hiding, even if Jun Sima is kind and does not pursue it, the old man will not be able to spare him! ”

Fifth Lun said that everyone hesitated for a long time, Dai Gong spoke, but immediately complied, tsk, he is the real military Sima, and the hint in the words is even more obvious.

The hall is full of rustling pen sounds, as a hundred, Tun Chang, may not be able to recognize the whole word, but the number must be counted, but the fifth Lun saw that there were a few people there hesitated for a while, so he casually made up a number up, someone actually wrote and then altered it, sometimes when the hundred have to whisper with his subordinates, and make good confessions to each other, it is also funny.

After everyone wrote down the number of their 100 and 100 tuns on the wooden slip and handed them in, Wu Lun dipped his finger in the water and counted it, and there were only more than 920 people.

A hundred people evaporated on the spot, and Wu Lun looked at Dai Gong, Jin Dan and everyone: "Where did they go?" ”

Dai Gong didn't speak this time, but after he made a look, the military Hou Jin Danyan said: "Jun Sima, more than 1,000 are the number of prisoners and human slaves from Liewei County when they gathered in Changling. ”

"Coming from the lieutenant, it is the middle of winter, more than 100 miles along the way, losing 100 people, it is also ordinary, or throwing into the water to escape, or taking the opportunity to slip away when resting at night, some people escaped smoothly, and some were hunted down and killed, it is difficult to count, and more than 100 people are generally counted, and they are still counted in the total number."

As for why, of course, it is to facilitate the military officials to eat empty salaries, although the pigs do not pay money, but the food eaten every day is a big business, the imperial court according to the total number of people reported in the army to send grain, and then by the shogunate of the first shogunate to distribute to the generals, captains, and then to the small battalion, and finally it became the daily meal of the pig warriors.

Relying on the vacancy of no one on the register, the military officials were able to reap a good profit.

This is a normal operation, when the fifth Lun does Hu Cao, every time the grain is checked, there will be a fire dragon burning warehouse, once the person is checked, there will be this kind of Yin soldier borrowing food, on the contrary, the Hao right likes to report the population less, and the military camp is eager to report more.

Dai Gong was extremely angry at this time, pointing at the military officials and saying, "You are so bold as to be so bold!" It's really annoying old man to hide it from me for so long. ”

He immediately turned back to face Wu Lun: "Jun Sima, since we know the real number, do you want to report it to the captain?" ”

Wu Lun shook his head: "I have also been a small official, and I know that it is not easy for everyone, who doesn't need to support their families and support their guests?" ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that today was a pass.

was about to praise Wu Lun for a few words, but unexpectedly his voice changed: "But I have a habit when I am a household, and the number of people in each li lu must be counted by sending small officials to count them one by one." ”

"It's the same in the army, right now all the tentants have eaten the evening food, and they can't go out when they go back to the camp to rest, so it's better to take advantage of the fact that it's not dark yet, and simply count the number of people in each camp one by one!"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was shocked, and one of the hundred immediately got up indignantly: "In this way, does Jun Sima believe the numbers we wrote?" ”

Fifth Lun asked him to sit down: "No one is at fault, there is always something missing, the grain must be counted every day when it enters the warehouse, one point is an hour, is it more difficult to order a living person than a dead grain?" ”

"Everyone, rest assured, I am not a person who does not understand human feelings, I will not investigate this matter of reporting military registration, and the dead should be counted as the living, but how many soldiers are left in the battalion, as a military commander, must be clear!"

After that, Wu Lun asked all the soldiers present to get up, and the dozen or so people he had brought with him, one of each of them went back to the account with them to count the number of people.

After they left, the two soldiers who were forced to stay in the hall and the hundred people looked at each other, and some even began to stare at Wu Lun with a deep meaning in their eyes.

Fortunately, the fifth Lun brought his own private subordinates, and the most loyal Pingdan and the other two private servants brought knives to protect the left and right, and they would also be on duty outside the barracks tonight, otherwise, this first time in the barracks, he really couldn't sleep soundly - the fifth Lun of the military Sima was too tired, and it was possible to die suddenly!

After a long two quarters of an hour, the people who went out returned one after another, and the real data that all the military officials had covered up finally reached the hands of the fifth Lun.

"Eight hundred and thirty-seven, so few?"

Reading the hard-won statistics, even if the fifth Lun had been prepared, he shuddered a little.

From more than 1,000, to more than 900, and then to 800, after the water is unscrewed off little by little, it is a cruel number in front of you.

Dai Gong began to wail again: "The old man has been in charge of the base camp for two months, and he has never noticed such a big adultery, guilty, guilty!" Jun Sima, we must not stop here, it is better for me to report this matter to Captain Liangqiu, and I must be punished to the end! ”

It's ridiculous, you are the person of Captain Liangqiu, such a big hole, will the captain not know? From the lieutenant to the general, I am afraid that they are all eating empty salaries, this is a huge chain of interests, all the officers who enter the camp, no matter what their original intentions are, in just half a month, they are afraid that they will be pulled into the water, because floating military registration is a huge lie that requires everyone's participation.

Once Fifth Lun pierces this veil, he will become the target of all officers in the entire army!

When you get to the side, you may be sent to be a striker, and behind you will be backstabbed by countless angry colleagues.

The biggest enemy is the Huns?

It's my own people!

So Wu Lun sighed and said: "I heard that the emperor of the previous dynasty had a saying, if the officials are not honest and peaceful, the road will decline. Today, the little officials are all diligent and thin, and it is difficult to avoid invading the fishing people! It's not easy for the officials, this matter will only rot in my heart, and it will never be reported. ”

After that, he said: "I have worked hard for you all today, and I have also brought some fine arrowroot cloth woven by the clan from home, which is not comparable to silk, if you don't dislike it, each of the soldiers will have one horse, and the two soldiers will get two horses, and the two soldiers will each have five horses." ”

Although it's just Ge Bu, it's also a good gift, and the tense atmosphere made by Dai Gong eased up all of a sudden, this military Sima is still very good at things, in the face of the leader's red envelope, who would refuse? Jin Dan wiped the sweat from his forehead and took the lead in applauding.

After everyone dispersed, Wu Lun's expression became more and more serious.

It is really terrible, from the collection to today in just over two months, the strength of the battalion has evaporated by thirty percent, some have taken the opportunity to escape, and some have died of cold and starvation, this situation is even more normal in the pig sudden and brave, and even in the new army.

The fifth Lun understood how the first general, Lian Dan, lost six or seven out of ten without fighting when he was in Nanzhong.

He even understood why the New Army had rarely won battles since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and even the soldiers of the Western Regions City could beat them.

"Such an army, before the start of the fight, has already been defeated!"

His work tonight is not over yet, the fifth Lun needs to make a table, the proportion of the hidden numbers of the various tun officials and hundred generals to calculate, although everyone eats empty pay to engage in yin soldiers, but who eats more, who eats is still different, which determines their √, ×, or ?.

Anyway, that Dai Gong is already a big ×!

At this time, the seventh biao came to report, saying that in the pig sudden, someone claimed to be the old man of the fifth lun.

"The deceased?" Fifth Lun thought about it, his family obediently paid 3,600 yuan per person to save slave taxes, could it be that he was a small farmer who had a relationship when he was a household, and was arrested because he couldn't get the tax, and then was forced to enlist in the army?

After the seventh biao brought the person, the fifth Lun didn't recognize it at first, only until the person lifted his messy hair, and his face that had lost a lot of weight showed a bitter smile, and said: "Fifth Jun, it's me, Xuan Biao." ”

But it is the son of Xuan Bing, a famous man who lives in seclusion in Xiuling County, this Xuan Biao is young and vigorous, because he sneered at Yangxiong, and quarreled with Wu Lun, how did he become a pig suddenly?

Xuan Biao was embarrassed now, he had long lost his previous arrogance, and he didn't have time to explain, so he only stared at the steaming supper on the fifth Lun case, and muttered, "I...... I'm hungry. ”