Let Xu De investigate, Zhang Whale's face also became serious, obviously this time the matter must be not small, the emperor didn't even let his Dongchang investigate, which means that Cui Fu has done too much in this matter.

"The old slave understands, so let's go to the draft!" Zhang Whale agreed and said quickly.

Looking at the back of Zhang Whale leaving, Zhu Yijun sighed, some things will come after all.

The land of Jiangnan!

Compared with northern Xinjiang, Zhu Yijun is more worried about the land south of the Yangtze River, which is really beyond the reach of the whip, and the local power is too great, and it is difficult to reach out. In comparison, Northern Xinjiang is nothing more than investing money to train troops and then fighting out.

After adjusting his mood, Zhu Yijun went to Kunning Palace.

There are so many things in the world, and so many things in the court, not everything goes well. As the emperor, you must be able to regulate your mood, otherwise the days will not pass.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Zhu Yijun can't show his concubines and children with a black face!

The DPRK and China didn't know about this matter, so there was nothing to do, and everyone lived a year peacefully. Zhu Yijun also had a rare rest for a few days, accompanying several concubines and children for the New Year.

Because of the abundant money, the concubines also had a good year, and they gave a lot more rewards, which made the atmosphere of the palace a lot more relaxed.

The annual leave time in the Ming Dynasty was still quite long, and the yamen was sealed, except for the people on duty, they basically couldn't find anyone else, and they didn't work, which was more thorough than that of later generations. It wasn't until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year that the imperial court gradually gained popularity.

As for the official resumption of work, it will have to wait until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Yijun also resumed his office, and the court meeting was also held. As the first court meeting in the fifteenth year of Wanli, I didn't say anything big, basically hello, hello, hello, everyone.

After the New Year, Zhu Yijun received two memorandas, one from the northwest, and Shen Shixing, the governor of Xuanda, asked Datong to recruit 50,000 troops. In the recital, Shen Shixing wrote in detail about the number of people and expenses of the army, etc., and obviously did a detailed investigation.

But Zhu Yijun didn't want to use so many people, 50,000 people, and the annual expenditure was no less than 2 million taels.

I have nine sides to raise, and I also have to raise the Beijing camp, as well as the southern Xinjiang, and other local garrisons, if I get it at this price, won't I be finished? The gentry paid a lot of money, but it wasn't much!

If it is spent in this way, the income of the treasury will not even be enough to raise the army.

This is abnormal, it is deformed, Zhu Yijun will not do this.

"Northern Xinjiang is uneven, and maintaining military strength is also a big expense!" Zhu Yijun sighed and said, fortunately, he doesn't need to add weapons and armor to Datong Town for the time being, there is a big disarmament, and weapons and armor are enough to arm these people.

Zhu Yijun didn't make up his mind this time, but handed it over to the ministers of the cabinet to discuss.

Originally, it should have been handed over to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is a representative of the recruitment system, so it is not appropriate for them to participate, and with the goods of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies now, Zhu Yijun can't believe them.

Zhang Weixian went to Xuanda, I hope he will do a good job this time!

In addition to this matter, it is a salary increase that is very popular in the imperial court.

It seems that the official gentry is too ruthless to pay the grain in one piece, and all the officials are in the book to ask for a salary increase, of course, it is not excluded that these people see that the money collected by the officials and gentry is unbalanced, after all, it is all their money.

This matter is easy to do, the company's income is good, and it is a matter of course to give employees a salary increase.

The official rank of the Ming Dynasty is very low, which Zhu Yijun knows, the official rank of the Ming Dynasty is divided into nine grades and eighteen levels, and the Ming Dynasty is also divided into eighteen grades. Zhengyi is 1,000 stones of rice every year, 300 banknotes, 60 stones of Lu rice from Jiupin, and 30 banknotes.

The Lu rice in this is real, but the money is given to the treasure money, and that thing can basically be ignored, and it is useless.

According to the current price, one stone of rice is about 600 yuan, although the price of silver and copper fluctuates occasionally, but since the appearance of the mirror, the price of copper has fallen a little, and now one or two pieces of silver can be exchanged for about 1,200 yuan.

Two stone of rice can be sold for one tael of silver, so if it is converted, the annual income of a master of the first grade is about five hundred taels of silver.

The Qipin County Order can probably receive forty-five taels, of course, this is a year's salary, not a month's. If calculated according to the month, the monthly income of the Qipin County Order is about three taels or more, close to four taels.

If the official is a family of five, then it is no problem to eat, and occasionally eat a meat, but it is not a matter of buying a silk dress.

Especially after the court ran out of food, he began to play with folding, and used things to pay for it, in short, he did everything. If an official lives by guarding the palace, then the result will be the same as Hai Rui.

Coarse cloth and coarse clothes, the old mother can only buy some meat on her birthday.

Growing their own vegetables and raising their own chickens is almost the same as ordinary people.

This also leads to the fact that the officials of the Ming Dynasty basically do not live on their income, and they have a lot of gray income. It's just that now the power to collect taxes has been taken away by the tax department, and their income is missing a large chunk.

The magistrates may have other options, but some officials of the Qingshui Yamen can't. Especially the clear stream of the capital, it is not easy to live in the capital! It is said that they don't have a house like the magistrate, the front and back houses, and the court does not have dormitories for them.

Most officials will rely on selling words to get some polishing fees, or family support, and some of the envoys of the poor family even sell the excerpts of the performance, give money, and then I will help you impeach the person you want to impeach, in a word, try all kinds of ways to get money.

Although there are some Yangshi silver, it is still not enough! If the court didn't have money, it would be fine, and now it collects so much money and raises wages!

So this time the salary increase was the most ferocious, and Zhu Yijun had no choice but to raise the salary of officials. However, in Zhu Yijun's view, wages can be raised, but this money cannot be paid by himself, so he has to find some people to pay for the salary increase.

If there is a matter, then the convening of the court meeting is the proper meaning, so the first court meeting in the fifteenth year of Wanli was held in this situation. Compared with the last court meeting a year ago, the atmosphere of this court meeting is much more serious.

Zhu Yijun swept the faces of the ministers expressionlessly, and then said, "Let's start!" ”

The court meetings are basically presided over by the first assistant university scholar of the cabinet, Zhu Yijun listened to it next to him, of course, most of the time Zhu Yijun will not just listen, this time he is not ready to participate, let them discuss it themselves.

Shen Shixing saw that Zhu Yijun didn't speak, and he was extremely surprised in his heart, this is not the style of his own emperor? What's going on today?

However, Shen Shixing also knew that now was not the time for him to be in a daze, so he cleared his throat and said: "Today's court meeting, there are two main things to discuss, and everyone knows what it is, let's talk about the first thing first." ”

"What do you think about the recruitment of troops in Datong Town?" After Shen Shixing finished saying this, his eyes swept over everyone's faces.

Wu Dui, the secretary of the Ministry of War, saw that everyone was looking at him, and the matter was indeed related to the Ministry of War, so Wu Dui spoke first: "The old man thinks that 50,000 is appropriate, and I am afraid that it will not be enough to guard the Datong line." ”

After Wu Dui said this, he shut up and didn't speak, his meaning was obvious, that is, 50,000 people, I think it's good.

As soon as the words fell, the ministers had different expressions, and Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the household department, spoke at this time: "Of course, the official thinks that the more people, the better, but we also have to consider the actual situation, this recruitment is different from the cantonment." ”

"Not to mention anything else, the annual food and salary expenses and the soldiers' salaries are almost two million taels. Although the income of the imperial court has increased, the cost is also large! One Datong is so much expense, but what about other places? ”

"What about Xuanfu? What about Yulin? What about Taiyuan? What about Guyuan, Gansu? ”

"The official feels that it is more than 50,000 yuan, and he is saying that there is no war in the northwest for the time being, and there is no fear of Wara, the northwest is stable, and it is really a waste of money and food to raise so many soldiers. It's better to cut it to 30,000, and the cost should be less than half. ”

"As I said, the military is elite but not many, and everyone can see the elite recruiting."

As soon as the two of them said this, the views of both sides were established, and now it depends on who everyone supports. Everyone has their own ideas, and they can all stand up, one is to proceed from the actual situation, the problem of money and food is a big problem.

On the other hand, there are not enough soldiers to guard the line, and at the same time, it is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao.

In this matter, the officials present were not deeply involved, and they were happy to express their positions, anyway, they were not wrong, and they could show that they were honest, so basically everyone spoke up and supported everyone.

Things have come to this point, and all that remains is to ask for the Holy Judgment.

Zhu Yijun pondered for a long time, and then said: "Thirty-six thousand people, let's train according to the car camp!" ”

In fact, Zhu Yijun also has a headache in this matter, he can't afford to raise too much, and it is useless to raise less. However, Zhu Yijun added: "The number of people is small, so let's add some equipment!" ”

"According to the equipment of the Beijing camp, equip the Datong Army with eighty percent! The edict was sent to Zeng Shengwu, so that he could appropriately reduce some fortresses and tun cities, and mainly use cavalry patrols, which could be placed farther away, and he must learn to survive in the grassland. ”

The Ming Dynasty can completely abandon the defensive position in the northwest, and it is not too difficult to get out of the grassland.

The ministers didn't say anything when they heard this, although it would cost more money according to the configuration of the Beijing camp, but it was still much less than the annual salary in the future. It is said that the equipment of the Datong Army itself is sufficient, and what is lacking is some firearms.

The speed of the Armament Division's casting that day was very fast, and the Beijing camp was almost all equipped, so it couldn't be idle!

For the car battalion, Zhu Yijun has studied in detail, in this era, this configuration is already the best, unless the equipment undergoes a qualitative leap and becomes an all-firearms unit, there is no way to make a qualitative change.