Chapter 81: Yang Sichang's Scheme
What Yang Tingjian said was also from the bottom of his heart, and only Yang Tingjian knew that Yang Sichang was indirectly killed by these generals in the end, so he reminded him, as for Yang Sichangming who didn't understand the key, it was not Yang Tingjian's concern.
"Hey...... Such self-respecting warriors really deserve to be killed...... The country is corrupted, and they raise thieves and respect themselves...... Hmph, if His Majesty asks me to suppress the thieves, what a certain prime minister wants to kill is these vulgar warriors who have brought disaster to the country and the people...... Hum. ”
All right! Yang Tingjian consciously shut up and didn't say anything, and he couldn't complain about others if he died.
"Master Yang is a martial artist, if you go to the Central Plains to suppress thieves, you will be invincible and invincible."
"Huh...... The virtuous brother has a good reputation, as long as His Majesty sends the foolish brother to go, and then he will invite the virtuous brother to come to help the foolish brother, and the virtuous brother's martial arts are world-famous, and he will definitely be able to make contributions on the battlefield. ”
This...... Smashing Yang Sichang was really not a fuel-saving lamp, and Yang Tingjian was bypassed in a few words, but Yang Tingjian was embarrassed to refuse, so he had to say with a smile:
"As long as adults can afford to be born later, they will definitely help each other and spare no effort."
"Ahem...... Brother Bingru, you really can't bear the official position of Jinyiwei, we saint disciples, we don't want to see Jinyiwei, Brother Bingru is not afraid that those civil officials will isolate you. ”
Zhang Pu hurriedly coughed and interrupted the conversation between Yang Sichang and Yang Tingjian, because the two were talking, they said that they were going to go to the Central Plains together to fight the thieves, and Zhang Pu wanted Yang Tingjian to push off Jinyiwei's errand.
Yang Tingjian still trusts Zhang Pu's brother very much, and now Yang Tingjian must explain Zhang Pu and Wu Weiye, after all, the Restoration Society will be a huge help to Yang Tingjian in the future:
"Brother Pu, Brother Weiye, do you know that Lord Lu Xiangsheng of the Daming Governor's Mansion, two years after Chongzhen, Jin led the army to invade the territory, and the Beijing division was in danger, Lu Xiang rose to the king of military service, and the Jin army retreated. In order to prevent the Qing army from attacking again, strict military discipline was enforced, training was strengthened, and the military appearance was greatly invigorated, and it was called the Tianxiong Army.
The foolish brother is also the road of Lord Lu, first train a pro-army of the Son of Heaven who can fight well, and then report to the king, and go down to An Lishu, as for some people say that the foolish brother is an eagle dog, or forget the teachings of the saint, the foolish brother doesn't care about these, the foolish brother only wants to do things for the country and the people, and what is personal honor and disgrace. ”
Yang Tingjian's words were lofty, Zhang Pu and Wu Weiye really couldn't find a reason to oppose it, Lu Xiangsheng was indeed training the army and was personally in charge of the army. And Yang Tingjian is just painting a gourd according to the scoop.
"Since the virtuous brother disregards his personal honor and disgrace and trains for the country, the foolish brother admires him so much."
"Brother Pu, the Tartars frequently detain and enter, kill my people, plunder my property, and poison the place, just rely on those guards who are rotten to the roots? They cannot afford to defend their homeland and country. ”
Of course, Zhang Pu and Wu Weiye knew about the erosion of the Great Ming Guard, but they were powerless to change it.
"Oh well! It's good to try it, presumably the army trained by the virtuous brother will definitely be able to exterminate those murderous Tartars. ”
Zhang Pu's words are a bit arrogant, Jiannu is not so easy to get along with, now talking about exterminating Jiannu, it is a bit whimsical, and it is still okay to hit hard.
"Thank you, Brother Pu, for your understanding of me, for the country and the people."
As soon as Yang Sichang saw that everyone had spoken thoroughly, he hurriedly beckoned a few people to the dining room for dinner, in fact, Yang Sichang also hoped that Yang Tingjian would train in his heart and use it for him in the future, Yang Sichang learned from his father that Yang Tingjian had the courage of ten thousand people and was not under Zhao Zilong. OK! Yang He did not use Lu Bu as a metaphor for Yang Tingjian.
Which civil official doesn't want to climb up, everyone has the same mind, Yang Sichang is no exception, and Yang Sichang is no exception, and Yang Sichang has been very effective in reorganizing soldiers and horses in Shanhaiguan, and he himself is also known for knowing military affairs.
Of course, Yang Sichang also knew about this troubled time, and soon it was his turn to take the throne, after all, the imperial court needed civil servants who could fight. From Yang Sichang first persuaded Yang Tingjian to resign from the position of Jinyiwei, and later supported Yang Tingjian, it was all planning for his future, as for Yang Sichang, but because of Zhang Pu's persuasion of Yang Tingjian, he was also diluted by Yang Sichang's petty selfishness, it seems that this Yang Sichang is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
This meal of wine was drunk until sunset, except for Yang Sichang, who was older, Yang Tingjian, and the three of them were actually the age of spraying green, and everyone was talking and pointing out the country here.
At the time of the breakup, Zhang Pu and Wu Weiye both told Yang Tingjian that they must work hard in their spare time to prepare for the upcoming Spring Festival. Not to mention that Yang Tingjian really didn't spend time reviewing his homework during this time, he was busy every day, and Yang Tingjian still relied on the previous eight-strand literary knowledge of this body.
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After several battles with Chongzhen during this time, the cabinet finally took out two million taels of silver that Chongzhen had just dug up, and in addition to the autumn tax that had just arrived, there were already three million 8.8 million taels of silver on the books of the household department, which was almost the income of the Ming Dynasty in the past year.
When the cabinet ministers were thinking about how to distribute the silver, Emperor Chongzhen's holy decree came down, and Emperor Chongzhen asked Yang Tingjian to take Jinyiwei and escort a million taels of silver to Shanxi, which made it difficult for several cabinet ministers.
Isn't it as simple as allocating military salaries? Count the money and go! The unspoken rule of the Ming Dynasty is to drift, for example, the household department allocates silver to come out, and according to the convention, it is to float three layers, and the three layers of drifting silver enter the pockets of relevant personnel.
The remaining seven layers were sent to the hands of the local governors, and then they were submerged in two layers, and then they were distributed to the hands of the general soldiers, and so that the layers drifted down, and finally reached the hands of the soldiers for up to three layers.
A soldier in the Ming Dynasty was paid 12 stones, according to the official price of grain, the equivalent of silver was 24 taels, and the imperial court issued silver as a military salary, but the price of grain in the late Ming Dynasty had risen a lot, and the grain in Shanxi was almost 2.4 taels and one stone.
In addition, there are 24 catties of salt a year, which is worth 2 taels of silver, so that each soldier's salary is 26 taels. This is the salary of the border army, not the food subsidy of the guards.
Each Ming border army got the remaining three layers of silver, less than eight taels a year, if the imperial court was in arrears for more than ten months, it would be difficult for the army to survive, and it was impossible for the hungry border army not to follow the thieves to rebel.
It can be said that this unspoken rule of the Ming Dynasty is also one of the important reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
The embarrassment of the cabinet is that the emperor suddenly intervened in the escort matter, Jinyiwei is the emperor's eyes and ears, Jinyiwei came to escort the silver, so didn't the emperor know about their drifting immediately? These silvers were taken out from Chongzhen's inner treasury, once Chongzhen knew about their drifting, he could spare them, and Chongzhen had never been soft in killing ministers.
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