Liu Yu gasped: "Can there be so many?" This doesn't quite fit the custom, I didn't have many decapitated prisoners in a few battles, and there were so many rewards? Fifty slaves, that's hundreds of thousands. ”

Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Yes, although you haven't won too much, but the whole army is the first in terms of merit, and the reward is at least 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, and the reward of the Beifu Army is the same as the military salary, which is several times higher than that of other troops, because this extra money is from the Xie family." ”

Liu Yuqi said: "Didn't you say that the military food and salary are all from the imperial court?" Why did it become the Xie family's business again? ”

Liu Muzhi sighed: "The military salary of the Great Jin Dynasty is just an ordinary soldier, eight buckets of military rations a month, and the salary is only two hundred. Even if it is the Beifu Army, the salary of three times that of ordinary troops is only about 600 yuan per month. The difference of 400 yuan a month for this soldier is calculated based on the scale of about 30,000 standing Beifu troops, and it must be 12 million yuan a month, even if it is the imperial court, it is difficult to maintain such a huge expenditure. If it weren't for Xie Jiaken's willingness to pay this money, how could the Beifu Army be formed? ”

Liu Yu opened his mouth: "My God, 12 million money, this is only a month's scale, in a year, that money has to be hundreds of millions, that is, a super gate valve like the Xie family, to support it." No wonder the formation of the Beifu Army will fall into the hands of the Xie family, but they have made real money. ”

Liu Muzhi nodded: "The truth of the world is like this, if you make money and efforts, you will naturally have to have profits, when the Xie family went out to form the Beifu Army, it may just be a move to avoid disasters and live in seclusion and return power to the emperor, but I didn't expect that it really formed an iron army that can conquer the world, and retreat to ensure the peace of the Great Jin Dynasty, and enter the Central Plains hegemony, which can not be bought for hundreds of millions of dollars." If the Sima royal family is allowed to choose now, if there is such an army that can obey their orders, they will be willing to spend one billion a year. ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "So, fat man, what do you mean, this time the high reward for meritorious soldiers is also paid by the Xie family themselves, in order to win the hearts of the soldiers, and will it be used in the future?" ”

Liu Muzhi's eyes narrowed into a line: "This is natural, the soldiers have been paid a high military salary for three years, and this money has been spent hundreds of millions, and finally the gang is dispersed, and it is no problem to spend tens of millions to make everyone happy." ”

Liu Yu's face changed: "Wait, you say, what do you mean by breaking up?" Is it necessary to disband the army and stop the Northern Expedition? ”

Liu Muzhi nodded, and said: "I know you don't like to hear this, but the current situation is already obvious, after rewarding the army, whether it is the imperial army or the Beifu army, it is impossible to keep it for a long time, the Beifu army is a private army formed by the Xie family, but the cost of maintenance is too high, unless the Northern Expedition is done now, otherwise, it must be disbanded first, and then convened when the country has something." ”

Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "Could it be that if there is no chaos in the north, we won't go on a northern expedition?" I always think that now is a good time, at least, it will not be a problem to take the Central Plains and the land of Qilu, won't the Qingzhou Thorn Shi Fu Lang of the Qin State come to surrender? ”

Liu Muzhi smiled and waved his hand: "If there is no chaos in the north, it is not a good time, Fu Lang is just dozens of horses to surrender, and it is not a state to surrender, you know, the north has been separated from the Great Jin Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, even if it is a Han people, they do not regard the Great Jin army as a royal division, plus Fu Jian has been benevolent and righteous for many years, at this time, if we go on a northern expedition, I am afraid that no matter the Han people and the Hu people, they will unite together against us, even if they conquer militarily, it will be difficult to govern." ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "I don't believe it, how could the Han people not want the army of the Great Jin Dynasty to recover their homeland?" Like bottles, rabbits, Lao Meng, and these people, don't they just go south? ”

Liu Muzhi shook his head: "These are just a few cases, and they are not common. And if it weren't for the instigation and instigation of the Heavenly Master, I'm afraid that even a few of them would not leave. You must know that the taxes in the north are far lower than those in the Great Jin Dynasty, and Fu Jian's so-called benevolence and righteousness governing the people is not just talking. ”

Liu Yu's brows furrowed: "Now we have to pay three buckets of tax per acre of land, like my family's eighty acres of land, if it weren't for the fact that I became a servant and exempt from taxes, I would have to pay twenty-four stone rice just to pay the land in that year." If the price of rice is counted as ten yuan of rice, it will cost 2,400 yuan, which is not a small number. I also have to pay three horses of silk from the household, and sometimes I think about these taxes, and they have to be big. I don't know how my people of Dajin survived. ”

Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "The only thing that can't survive is bankruptcy, and entering the manor of those family lords as a family, tenant, and family world, isn't this how it came?" And I heard that in the future, I am afraid that the taxes will be further increased, and the imperial court intends to use the name of the Northern Expedition to raise the field to three buckets and five buckets. ”

Liu Yu's eyes widened: "What, to rise to five buckets?" So much? Is the message confirmed? ”

Liu Muzhi nodded: "I heard what my father-in-law said, it should have been decided by the court, and it was Xie Xianggong who nodded." ”

Liu Yu said hatefully: "I don't believe it, how can an important minister like Xie Xianggong make such a decision?" Does he not care if the people live or die? ”

Liu Muzhi sighed: "What Xianggong Xie thinks about is the whole world, and in this world, there are not only ordinary people, but also various families. How is it possible to gain their support and not let them benefit? ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "Aren't these people tax-free, occupying land, and having a manor?" How good can a tax hike be for them? ”

Liu Muzhi's eyes flashed coldly: "If you don't force the people to pay taxes, you can only sell your land and sell yourself as slaves in the end, where do they get more land, where do they get more villagers?" The court wants more taxes, the family wants more land and tenants, and everyone takes what they need! ”

Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "Then is the Xie family also like these high-ranking families, only thinking about seeking personal benefits for their own family?" If the salary for our Beifu Army is the hard-earned money of these people, I, Liu Yu, would rather not want it! ”

Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "There are no absolutes in the world, you only saw the suffering side of the people, but you never thought about it, if you are not cornered, who is willing to serve the country in the army?" The Xie family is not short of money, at least there is no need to use this way to make more money, what the public considers is to build the Northern Mansion in the future and make contributions to the Northern Expedition. Even if the kind of land in the past is three buckets and one acre, isn't it also cultivated for people, driven by people, from generation to generation, what chance can they have? A good man, you have to use your own hands to go to the north to create a piece of the world for yourself! Rerewarding the Beifu Army is to make people see hope, and increasing taxes and taxes is to make people desperate, otherwise, how can the Northern Expedition be feasible? This is the old way of seeking a country, and it is very human! ”