The big guy of the military department on the left, and the big guy of the civil party on the right, the boundaries are clear, except for official transactions, basically no one will cross the line.

Cai Cong went to say hello to the bigwigs of the military department, and by the way, to find out whether their military salaries had been seized. Cai Cong couldn't sit still in this question, the only one who was detained was his new army, and the other armies were given what they should give, damn, did he bully him?

The big guy doesn't mean that one person has one room, they all work together. Cai Cong originally thought that they would be very busy, but he didn't expect to go in and find that most people were drinking tea and reading the Di newspaper, which was a little more elegant than the military department next door, and there was no scolding of the mother, and the other institutions were no different from those of later generations.

"Ahem...... Is that Fang Xuanling here? After Cai Cong's words were finished, everyone else raised their heads except for Du Ruhui, Du Ruhui only had official documents in his eyes, he didn't call him, and he didn't pay attention to you at all.

"Chang'an Hou is really a rare guest! This should be your first time stepping on the door of Shangshu Province, right? It's really an honor to find an old man, so please sit down and drink tea. ”

Fang Xuanling was very enthusiastic, and he didn't know that he thought his boss was coming. Cai Cong sat down unceremoniously, took the cup, pinched a large handful of tea leaves and put it in.

If you are not polite at all, he will not be polite, these tables and chairs are still sent by him, and the tea is still sold by him at half price to Shangshu Province, why should he be polite?

Fang Xuanling snatched the tea canister in his hand painfully, and said distressedly: "Be an old man, a landlord, and an old man!" This tea is distributed every month. Do you want to eat it all in one bite? ”

"Haha, if you deduct a little tea like this, there must be no money at home, right?" Cai Cong put down the teacup and said with a laugh.

"The old man has the income of the fief left in addition to Yulu, and he can feed such a large family, which is comparable to Chang'an, and the family has gold and silver!"

Fang Xuanling said coldly, Cai Cong's tone was to stir up trouble, so he naturally wouldn't step on his face.

"It's really poor, no wonder the poor have deducted thirty percent of our new army's salary, how can the house have Yu Qing this year!" Cai Cong said in a weird way, and the big hat of the corrupt army was buckled on Fang Xuanling's head.

Fang Xuanling slapped the table and stood up and said, "Chang'an Hou is responsible for talking nonsense, be careful where the official goes to His Majesty to sue the royal complaint." ”

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, it's too angry, it's not okay to make a joke, you're bored." Cai Cong pulled Fang Xuanling to sit down and gave him a smooth back, and said with a hippie smile.

Fang Xuanling blocked him and said, "The old man never makes such a joke that ruins people's reputation, and it is better for Chang'an to wait less." ”

"Then don't open it, Ben Hou came here today to ask why the salary of my new army was deducted by 30%, and the salaries of the soldiers were paid, and there was not even a hair. None of the lost weapons have been replaced, Fang Lao, you don't want us to fight with wooden sticks, do you? ”

Cai Cong asked with a wry smile, this time he was stuck too dead, Hubu Shangshu said that it was not that he didn't give the money, but that he said not to give it, and there were only a few people left above, and it happened to be Fang Xuanling who was in charge of this matter.

"I really can't give this money, the old man and Keming have carefully read your official document, seventy percent of the military salary is enough to support the operation of your new army, why do you need these thirty percent? The household department is tight now, and you can save it! ”

Fang Xuanling said bitterly, Du Ruhui raised his head and nodded at Cai Cong to indicate that this was true, and then buried his head in the official document.

Cai Cong grabbed his hair depressedly when he heard this, what does it mean to be enough? If the weapons of the new army were not discounted by his Cai family's workshop, the military salary would have been at least 20%.

"Is Fang Lao free? If you can go to the barracks with the kid to have a look, and you compare the attrition of other armies with our new army, isn't that bullying? ”

Cai Cong stood up and said, this situation is not once or twice, this time it is too outrageous, and he has no choice but to come to the door.

"The old man has lived for so many years, and it is the first time that he has seen someone present his military training skills in front of others for money, don't you care? Still don't realize the importance of practicing military skills at home? Fang Xuanling said this playfully, and the other ministers also laughed, this kid just knows too many things, and he doesn't know how to cherish them at all.

"If you don't want to do anything, I know that if I don't get some money from you to go back, it's time to blow up the camp."

Cai Cong said angrily, this is not a joke, the military salary is partly stuck, and the soldiers have taken it, but they carry a knife full of gaps in their waists, and the arrow feathers are still rods made by themselves, picking up those scrapped arrows and loading them themselves.

Is this a new army or an army of beggars? Hugh Mu went out to see relatives, friends and other people in the barracks, they didn't even dare to touch the knife, it was a shame!

"Really going to blow up the camp?" Fang Xuanling was still laughing, but when he saw Cai Cong's face getting more and more ugly, he asked seriously.

"It's all mixed up in the barracks, and it's not trivial to bomb the camp, it's not a matter of eating a few glasses of dried leaves from you, do you think I'm joking?"

It's terrible to have a backlog of dissatisfaction for too long, and it's terrible to erupt, and then it's not a trivial matter, and maybe it's going to cause a big mess.

Fang Xuanling couldn't sit still, thinking that those people in the New Army could unknowingly touch into Chang'an and set fire, his heart was trembling, and he hurriedly asked people to go to the opposite side to invite Li Jing.

After Li Jing came over and listened, his brows were about to twist into a ball, and he immediately questioned Fang Xuanling. "The old man has already approved the new army's request for military salaries, why was it detained when he came to you? Do you need to give the old man an explanation? ”

As the eldest brother of the Ministry of War, no matter who asks for money in the military, they have to apply to him first, and after applying, they can go through the later process. But the household department and Fang Xuanling deducted part of the military salary without consulting him, which was to slap him in the face, or even make a mistake.

"The old man and Keming have checked it. The new army now has only 8,000 men, but the salary required is nearly 60 percent more than that of the same 8,000 troops. The document said that the loss was large, so the old man would give more, which is more than enough, right? ”

"Hehe, in the end, he is a scholar, he does things with buckles and ropes, and a decisive person like Lian Keming is influenced by you, do you know how much food the 8,000 people of the New Army consume in a month?"

"There is a monthly registration, so the old man naturally knows."

"You don't know!" Li Jing interrupted him, and continued: "You said that it would be more than enough to give more every month, and the old man was afraid that they would embezzle military salaries, so he sent someone to watch them day and night for a month. Instead of transporting money and grain, they sent people into the mountains to hunt. Now in the mountains behind the academy, except for a few sika deer raised by Wei Fuzi, it is difficult for you to find a livestock bigger than a dog, either eaten by the new army, or run into the mountains. If they have a surplus, do they need to do that? ”

Li Jing said angrily, Cai Cong blushed embarrassedly, these are two different things, hunting is just a favor for the academy, the mountains are cleaned up, and everyone can study at ease.

As for eating meat, that's incidental, so many livestock, if you don't eat it, it's a waste. Of course, Cai Cong will not say it stupidly, otherwise he will offend Li Jing. Looking at Fang Xuanling, his face was already ashamed, and it seemed that the money was nine out of ten.

"That's it! There are still business to be done today, and tomorrow the old man will go to the barracks to see how big the loss of the new army is. ”

(End of chapter)