Ning Yuan

Looking at Zu Dashou, who looked aggrieved and complained about the wartime salary and the unpaid silver, the anger in Yuan Chonghuan's heart could no longer be suppressed.

Some time ago, Yuan Chonghuan had made it very clear to Zu Dashou that His Majesty Chongzhen had ascended to the throne for the first time, and the Battle of Jinzhou was the first major event that His Majesty Chongzhen paid close attention to after he ascended the throne. For this reason, the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Gonggong in the imperial court, the elders of the cabinet, and the three Shangshu of soldiers, households, and workers all kept a close eye on the current Ningjin area. And more importantly, there is still an eyeliner in Ningyuan City that leads directly to His Majesty Chongzhen.

So many bigwigs are staring at Ning Yuan, your ancestor still dares to play this kind of little trick of making trouble in battle, does your ancestor Dashou really think that the court can't do without you and Guan Ningjun?

I don't know if I'm alive or dead!

"Zu Dashou," Yuan Chonghuan's face sank like water, and there was no trace of a smile on his face: "Zu Dashou, no matter how difficult it is for you, no matter how bitter it is for you." Tomorrow, Ben Fu will see the aid of Jin Jing riding out of the city. If you can't do it, then go home and retire, right? ”

Pension?

Zu Dashou was shocked, he is not yet thirty this year, and what Yuan Chonghuan said was very heart-wrenching.

Looking at Zu Dashou's face that had wrinkled into a bitter gourd, Yuan Chonghuan slowed down his tone slightly: "Dashou, together with the big war, Jinzhou must be rescued, this is the policy that Your Majesty and the imperial court have already set." Now that the war has started, if we delay any longer, once Your Majesty and the imperial court decide that we are afraid of war and avoid war, even if Jinzhou is not lost, we will have no success in the future. ”

With persuasion, Yuan Chonghuan had already made up his mind in his heart. He will say this again, if Zu Dashou is still indifferent, then he can only give up this brainless fool.

This, otherwise, send He Kegang to lead the Chinese army cavalry to Jinzhou tomorrow, right? You can't hang yourself on the tree of Zu Dashou.

His brows were furrowed, ignoring the reaction of Zu Dashou, Yuan Chonghuan began to have a new plan in his heart.

His heart tightened, and Zu Dashou was taken aback by Yuan Chonghuan's words. He really didn't expect that Yuan Chonghuan's reaction to his regular complaints would be so big.

The Guanning Army, like the rest of the Ming Dynasty, is now a parallel military system of recruiting soldiers and guards. The guards were actually serfs who were stationed in the fields for them, and the soldiers were basically recruited.

Recruitment, as the name suggests, is the soldier who spends money to recruit. But over the years, deducting military salaries has long become a common practice in the Ming army, and even the famous Qi family army has never received full military salaries, let alone other armies of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the soldiers of the Ming army were not fools. Usually underpaid, the powerless and powerless soldiers endured it. But in wartime, when the soldiers need to work hard, you can't continue to pay your salaries. Therefore, in wartime, according to the practice of the Ming army, not only must the soldiers make up for the arrears, but also often have to pay the soldiers double salaries.

In addition, the risk of temporary transfer is quite large, and the soldiers will generally ask for the payment of compensation silver, which is the so-called open silver.

Wartime salaries and silver promotions, these bad rules are actually the meaning of the soldiers who want to get the last of their life money in their hands when they are about to fight. After all, there is really no way to restrain the military leaders from deducting their salaries. It is only at this time of imminent battle, when the army leaders are most afraid of causing a riot in the army, that the small soldiers have the opportunity to get back part of their arrears.

This kind of request of the soldiers is of course difficult for a military leader like Zu Dashou to bear. Not to mention anything else, if the so-called arrears are to be made up by the military leaders, the military leaders will definitely suffer a big loss or a special loss. You must know that the appropriations received by the military leaders from the Ministry of War have never been taken in full because of the so-called drifting.

Of course, it's another thing for the military leaders to eat empty quotas.

In this way, during the war, the soldiers made a fuss, and the military leaders complained to the imperial court, and it became a common practice in the Ming Dynasty to force the imperial court to bear these additional expenses such as wartime salaries and silver.

Zu Dashou came to Yuan Chonghuan to complain, which was the most normal reaction of the military leaders. If you don't complain, do you want them to use their own money to pay the soldiers?

It's just a regular complaint, Zu Dashou never thought that Yuan Chonghuan would react like this.

Seeing that Yuan Chonghuan's face really sank, Zu Dashou hurriedly replied: "Lord Futai, don't be annoyed." The orders of Lord Futai must be obeyed. Why do you need to go out of the city tomorrow, today you will send your family out of the city. ”

Peeking at Yuan Chonghuan's face, Zu Dashou said with a sad face: "Lord Futai, send aid to Jinzhou, you can send your family to the city for emergency first, but this wartime salary and silver, no matter what, please ask Lord Futai to allocate it as soon as possible." ”

Hearing that Zu Dashou promised to send troops out of the city, Yuan Chonghuan's brows were slightly relaxed, and he said with some hatred: "Dashou, you should have thought so a long time ago." Your Majesty, you don't know how to behave well, you..."

Forcibly swallowed the few words that had reached his mouth, Yuan Chonghuan stared at Zu Dashou and ordered: "Since I have gone out of the city to aid Jin, I must make a big fanfare." Do you understand? Be sure to make a big splash and let the whole city know about it. ”

Hearing the fanfare, Zu Dashou finally understood what Yuan Chonghuan meant. He immediately responded loudly and energetically: "Thank you Lord Futai for your order, and I will arrange it." The humble post will definitely let everyone in the city know that I have sent a fine horse to help Jinzhou. ”

Seeing that Zu Dashou understood, Yuan Chonghuan showed a smile on his face: "Wartime salary, open silver, right?" Benfu will approve it tomorrow. Da Shou, you go and tell the children below that as long as everyone works hard, Benfu will never treat them badly. ”

When the ancestral family rode out of the Ningyuan City Gate with great fanfare; Outside the Shanhai Pass, Man Gui led his 5,000 cavalry army and quietly left the garrison in the night.

In the night, he glanced at Liu Yingkun, the inner guard who was following him, and a satisfied smile appeared on Man Gui's face.

"Father-in-law Liu, thank you."

Slowing down the horse's speed a little, Man Gui patted Liu Yingkun's shoulder and said with a bold smile: "Father-in-law is righteous, Man Gui has all this in mind." The first credit for this aid is the father-in-law. When he turned around, Man Gui was going to invite his father-in-law to have a big drink. ”

These are not polite words, to Liu Yingkun, the inner guard, Man Gui is really very grateful now.

As soon as the wolf smoke of Houjin came to Shanhaiguan, Man Gui had already begun to prepare for sending troops. But Man Gui never thought that he wanted to send troops, but he was first blocked by the ministers of Wang Zhizhi, the governor of Jiliao.

Wang Zhichen's reason for blocking Mangui was very simple, the Tartars invaded Jinzhou, and Ning Yuan should come to the aid of Jinzhou. You Mangui is only the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, if there is no information about Ning Yuan asking for help, you should focus on the defense of Shanhaiguan first.

Wang Zhichen's opposition made Man Gui's plan to send troops only temporarily suspended. There is no way, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty to control military force with literature, without the approval of the ministers of the governor of Jiliao, Mangui has no power to transfer troops at all. And like Zu Dashou, to send troops, Man Gui also suffered from wartime salaries and silver extraction. Without the appropriation of the governor's yamen, Man Gui could not have taken out the tens of thousands of wartime salaries and silver needed for 5,000 cavalry.

Just when Man Gui was at a loss, Liu Yingkun made a move.

Man Gui didn't know how Liu Yingkun operated, he only knew that Liu Yingkun went to the governor's palace of Wang Zhichen, and he got an edict for him to send troops and pay the money in advance from the public bank. It was with this edict that Man Gui was able to lead his troops to Ningyuan now.

Yes, it was not Jinzhou that Wang Zhichen agreed to go to Mangui, but Ningyuan.