"Zhang Baihu, you're right, if that day comes, you can only use the same number of Hongyi cannons to bombard the other party......" Yang Reform made a conclusion, however, this is the twentieth century, and now it is only the seventeenth century, and the power of this artillery is too far apart, and it is a bit too early to ask this question.

"The difference is true, the difference is ......" Zhang Weiyi couldn't stop patting his ass, this difference agrees with his own words, it means that he is right, and the difference must have a good impression of himself.

"Zhang Baihu, how is this life?" After Yang Gengai finished asking about the city defense, he decided to ask about this aspect of life, thinking that after this, he cared about the lives of grassroots officers and soldiers, but it is the fine tradition of our party!

Speaking of life, Zhang Baihu's face was a little embarrassed, this Ming Dynasty's Yulu, that is called a low, if you just rely on Yulu, the high-ranking officials of the court will not be able to support themselves, not to mention low-level officers like them, let alone ordinary sergeants, so it is commonplace for Wenchen to be corrupt and military generals to eat empty quotas.

......At this time, Zhang Weiyi absolutely did not dare to talk to this "nobleman" about the low remuneration of officers and soldiers, as soon as he talked about this matter, the entire civil and military officialdom was corrupt and the situation of eating empty quotas would appear, once this "nobleman" truthfully reported the situation to the emperor, according to the temper of this young son of heaven, how could he bear it? Don't blow up the thunder yet? You must know that it was said by yourself, a small hundred households, that you are really a place where the world is big, but there is no place to stand!

Yang Reform didn't ask what the real situation was, and after thinking about it, he had to suppress this hundred households, otherwise, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get any actual situation from his mouth.

"That's how you're fooling me? What does it mean that everything is okay? What's so good? Tell me about it. Yang Reform looked at this hundred households.

Zhang Weiyi felt the pressure he had never felt before, and this pressure was far greater than the pressure given to him by his boss, a certain thousand households. Zhang Weiyi took a few breaths and said: "Back to the top of the business, it's not a small lie, this Tianzi Shengming, merciful sergeant, the treatment given is much better than before, so, this is good." Zhang Baihu held back for a long time and held back such a sentence.

Yang Reform is inexplicable, when did he treat a sergeant well? If you want to talk about kindness, the soldiers at this pass have paid a lot of military salaries, but the soldiers in the capital have not taken out a dime more.

"Oh? How do you say this? Yang Gengai asked puzzledly, could it be that the corruption in the Ming Dynasty got better because he became the emperor? Do you have that much charm?

"Back to the upper chagrin, the upper chagrin can have heard of, it is said that His Majesty and the civil and military officials have an agreement, this drifting, not allowed to exceed thirty percent, within the thirty percent will not be investigated, this more than thirty percent, once found, severe punishment will not be lazy! So, now, this sergeant's income is much better than before, this is always a concern, isn't it? What's more, within 30% will not be investigated, this is already a great favor, who should have nothing to do and not know what to do, and it is boring to ask for yourself? You say yes, right? Therefore, it is all blessed by the Son of God! ...... "Zhang Weiyi is also a discerning person, and he can see that this must have a good relationship with the emperor, so he will say some good things about the emperor."

Yang Reform is depressed enough, he does seem to have had this agreement with the ministers, that is when he first became the emperor, it seems that he did say that he would not pursue within thirty percent, and asked that the rest must be distributed to the soldiers, but he didn't expect that his words would still be listened to! Yang Gengai was a little proud when he heard Zhang Weiyi say this.

"This? There is indeed such a thing, but, that is, verbally, His Majesty understands the hardships of being a sergeant, and also understands that this is indeed a little lower, so there is such a thing, but can there really be seventy percent to the hands of ordinary sergeants? Yang asked reform.

Zhang Weiyi patted his chest this time and promised, and said: "Go back to the top of the errand, this, the small one can pack the ticket, the small one hundred and ten people, the original salary is one stone per month, but now it is actually seven buckets, this, if the top chagrin does not believe it, you can ask the small subordinates, the small one will never dare to lie." ”

Seven buckets? Yang Reform roughly knew that there were about 100 catties of grain in the Ming Dynasty, and these seven buckets were almost 10 catties. This ** ten catties of grain may just be able to feed a few people in their own family. However, people don't just have to eat food, they have to have clothes, they have to have housing, and they have to eat salt, vegetables, and other expenses.

"By the way, what else can you get besides food?" Yang Gai asked again, this is a good opportunity, to meet a low-level officer on the front line of defense, this is more than the court, those ministers talk a lot.

“…… Back to the errand, in addition to the salary, you can also receive one or two catties of salt every month, every five years there are fat jackets to be issued, weapons and weapons these are not to mention, there should be there, from time to time for the New Year's Festival, you can also receive some money, favors or something...... At this time, even if you have more money at hand......" Zhang Weiyi looked happy.

How does Yang Reform think, from Zhang Weiyi's mouth, it sounds like all the soldiers guarding the city are doing well! There is food, salt, new clothes in a few years, and additional income for the New Year's holidays. Eat and drink without worry.

Yang Gengai was skeptical and said, "Is this true? ”

Zhang Weiyi replied: "Back to Shangcha, this is true!" This has always been the case, how can the little one lie? ”

Yang Gai feels that this is even more unreliable, as has always been? But history has never heard of how high the salary of this Ming Dynasty soldier was.

"Butler, ask someone to call all of Zhang Baihu's subordinates, I have something to ask." Yang Gai stared at this hundred households, although the clothes were a little old, but they were still decent, there were no unclothed or patches, and there was nothing poor and sour, he looked like a decent officer, considering that he was a hundred households and was an officer, so he couldn't see anything, he should be observed from his hands, so that he should be able to get first-hand information. When I came to the idea, I knew that just talking about it had to be believing.

Hearing that this superior is so domineering, he dares to command his own soldiers without his consent, what is this? To put it mildly, this is a suspicion of rebellion! Any large-scale transfer of soldiers, this has to go through the military department, has to go through the emperor, such a "private" transfer of troops, but it is a big taboo in the court! It's going to kill the head, raid the family and exterminate the clan! Zhang Weiyi was dumbfounded, forced by the pressure of this messenger to himself, he didn't dare to say a word to persuade this messenger, and he was also worried about this "private" mobilization of troops and horses. However, Zhang Weiyi puffed up his strength several times, but he never had the courage to say that he could not transfer troops.

Wang Chengen got the emperor's letter and immediately ordered the "bodyguards" to run errands. The emperor's bodyguards, among them are thousands of households, these thousands of households got the emperor's order, without hesitation, immediately went to command Zhang Baihu's subordinates, a sound of yo ho, the sergeants who defended the city, yo ho choked enough, although there are also general flags, small flags such officers, but in the face of holding the brocade guard Qianhu waist card, claiming that the mission depends on their situation, they also dare to be angry and dare not speak, not to mention, their boss, Zhang Baihu is also standing in front of that person, he didn't even dare to speak, there is no intention to resist, obediently accept the dispatch.

Soon, the sergeants defending the city were assembled and lined up there, waiting to be reviewed.

Yang Gai walked over, and the assembled soldiers defending the city were only thirty or forty people, and there were not many soldiers. Yang Gai asked, "Zhang Baihu, didn't you say that you have more than 100 people under your command?" How can this person be here now? It's not that you eat empty rings. Yang Reform hates the most is that others eat empty sounds, these 100,000 soldiers and horses, in fact, there are only 60,000 or 70,000 people, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, I am afraid that only half of the young and strong are good, and in this half, except for the novices who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and there are no novices on the battlefield, it is good to have 10,000 "elites".

Zhang Weiyi wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "Back to Shangcha, there is absolutely no small one, no, there is no empty sound, this, the brothers can testify, as for why there are only these people, in fact, this patrol of the city is also in batches, not all the soldiers come to patrol the city wall at the same time, so that at night, there is no one to patrol, so the Shangcha only sees these thirty or forty people." ”

Yang Gai nodded, that's right, this city wall is a factory that needs to be shut down for 24 hours, and this worker has to work in two shifts or three shifts, so it is more reasonable.

Yang Reform was nodding, and in this team, someone shouted: "Superior, the adults of the hundred households never take the salaries of their brothers, and they never eat empty sounds, this, the small ones can testify......"

As soon as this person shouted, the others immediately followed suit and shouted.

The "bodyguard" on the side immediately scolded: "Quiet, quiet!" In front of the errand, it is strictly forbidden to make noise! Don't be presumptuous! At this sharp reprimand, the sergeants instinctively stopped shouting.

Yang Gai looked at it and felt a little interesting, this Zhang Baihu, it seems that there is still a brush for governing the army, and he can actually manage his subordinates obediently, and he can also help himself speak, if he doesn't have a little ability or can't mix with his subordinates, this kind of thing is impossible at all.

"Zhang Baihu, you can! Your soldiers are well managed, and they all speak for you! ”

"The little panic, the little panic, this and the brothers are eating in the same pot, and it is really impossible to take the brothers' things! The brothers are not well-off......" Speaking of this, this Zhang Weiyi is also full of melancholy!

Yang Reform was a little surprised, I didn't see that this was still a clean official, Yang Reform glanced at this Zhang Baihu a few times, and took a closer look at his dress, the clothes were not very new, the pulp was washed cleanly, and the breastplate of the outer cover was also polished brightly, and it could be seen that it was also carefully cared for. For this person, I can't help but have a good impression of a few points higher.

But look at the clothes of his brothers, it's just not good, except for a few officers who look like people who are dressed okay, the rest, this patched, very old-fashioned is very common, some people, the patches on their bodies, can be described as beggar clothes, Yang Reform was very surprised! This is the defenders of Yanjing City? The defender at the feet of the Son of Heaven? This is still from Yanjing City, so if it is the defenders of other cities, how miserable will it be? Through the clothing of these soldiers, Yang Reform probably also has some understanding of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and his heart is also half cold.

"Zhang Weiyi, didn't you say that there are fat jackets in this court? Why do I see that all of your brothers are never dressed well! Yang Reform couldn't help but ask, but he probably knew that the result was nothing more than being drifted, or misappropriated, or the court had no money.

Seeing this messenger talking about this, this Zhang Baihu shed tears, wiped his tears, and said: "Go back to Shangcha, it's not easy to defend the city!" The rule of the imperial court is to change clothes once every five years, but in fact, if you can change them once every five years, it can be regarded as diligent, in fact, if you send new clothes once every seven or eight years, you have to be considered sympathetic to us soldiers,...... Alas......" As soon as he said the sad place, this Zhang Baihu couldn't help crying.

A piece of clothing for five years? This, Yang Reform has great doubts about this, if there are a lot of clothes that can be rotated, this dress can be worn for five years, but it is barely credible, but if this is a soldier, you let him wear a training, combat uniform for five years, this, but there is difficulty, think back then, their own military training, a month down, there are many people camouflage uniforms damaged, if this is the case, it means that these soldiers who defend the city do not dare to go out for training at all, because the training will speed up the wear and tear of clothes, which is even more not enough to wear, so, it can be seen, The city defense soldiers of this Beijing division are basically in a state of untrained. For this combat power, it is conceivable that the Ming Dynasty can use Yanjing City to resist many enemy attacks, which can only show one thing, that is, this Yanjing City, TMD is high enough, thick enough, and big enough.

Yang Reform couldn't help but sigh, this Ming Dynasty, life is really not easy! In the 21st century, even if you are a working person, you get a salary of one or two thousand a month, if you want to buy a few sets of clothes every year, there is no problem at all, and eating meat every day is basically certain, compared with the defensive soldiers of Yanjing City in the Ming Dynasty, it is really happy.

The dozens of soldiers standing in front of Yang Gengai heard their boss talk about the bitterness of being a soldier, and they were all red-eyed.

Yang Gai sighed with emotion, so he used his hands to sort out the clothes of these soldiers, touched their patches, and felt that these soldiers were all fresh people, and this kind of living standard was afraid that it could represent most people living in the Ming Dynasty. This is the most real life and the most real people in the Ming Dynasty.

It's not easy to live!

"It's not easy! It's not easy! Yang Gengai touched the patches of the sergeants, and sighed, this is really not easy to be a soldier in the Ming Dynasty! The enemy is coming, not to mention the life-and-death battle with the enemy, this life is also quite hard!

Yang reform's trick learned from later generations also moved these officers and soldiers, such a person in a high position, regardless of the dignity of his status, touched the patches on their bodies with his hands, and even sighed with emotion, it was this small act that moved these soldiers and shed tears.

Yang Reform inspected and found that although the clothes worn by this group of people were very tattered, the weapons were still quite bright, and it seemed that they were often polished and well maintained.

Yang Reform didn't say anything, and he didn't know what to say, this is not a matter of sending some meat and silver, this move is related to more than 100,000 people and horses in Yanjing City, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at the border gates, and a person sends a piece of clothing, which will cost hundreds of thousands, even if Yang Reform is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in the face of a number of this scale, he feels unattainable.

Yang Gai felt that what he learned today was very valuable, and he felt that it was necessary to learn about other things about the officers and men at the grassroots level, which was very helpful for him to grasp the situation of the officers and men at the grassroots level, and this was of great reference value when he made his own decisions, made strategic plans, and even fought wars in the future.

“…… Zhang Baihu, tell me, what are the difficulties of this sergeant defending the city? For example, housing, marrying a wife, if you say it together today, maybe you can go straight to the sky, maybe you can't say it, he can change this situation? When the time comes, the soldiers of the world will also benefit from your words. Yang asked reform.

“…… This, on the top? You mean housing? Wife? Don't hide it, this sergeant guarding the city, if you want to marry a wife, it is a thousand difficulties, many people are a single person for a lifetime, this is only a few buckets of rice per month, if you have perseverance, praise for several years, or ten years, before you have the capital to marry a wife! This is in the barracks, but it is sleeping in the bunk, eating in a cauldron, not talking about the house, and getting married, then it is troublesome, alas...... Anyway, that's it, so-so, it's just ...... to get by" Zhang Weiyi was very happy to say the difficulty of being a soldier, anyway, everyone knows the situation of being a soldier, just ask someone, how is he doing as a soldier? Nine out of ten will shake their heads, this matter, in the final analysis, is not good to eat, not to wear well, let alone live, let alone marry a wife.

"Hmm...... That's right! Yang Gengai pondered in his heart, this Ming Dynasty soldier is really not good! In my own time, although it was more difficult to buy a house and marry a wife, it was not very difficult to find a wife who did not care about the house and salary, and it was much happier than the defenders of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Yang Gaiai secretly scolded himself again, why did he use the living standard of the 21st century to compare with the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? I'm so full and have nothing to do! However, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the last years of the Ming Dynasty can already be seen from this dress, it seems that I still have to find a way! If this does not change, it is impossible for this Ming army to have combat effectiveness. Yang realized something and felt the need to change the situation.

(To be continued)