After Yang Gai finished speaking, he turned to everyone and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, after listening to the North Korean strategy, I think that you also have a comprehensive understanding of the entire strategy of the north, and you are all the key people who go to implement the strategy, so I will explain the details of this entire strategy to you clearly, in order to say that everyone will encounter an emergency on the front line in the future, and you need to make a choice, and when you face various emergencies, you can choose a more appropriate countermeasure according to the grand strategy, so as not to delay the opportunity. What is the purpose of my gathering,...... As long as we ensure victory at the strategic level, the final victory is the ...... of our dynasty, and I want to warn you that this matter is very important, and you must keep it secret, do not leak it, and do not mention a word in the platform to others, do you remember? ”

"The ministers should keep in mind that they must strictly implement His Majesty's strategy and live up to their trust."

Yang Reform finally finished explaining the grand strategy of the entire north. These are the key executors, who have clearly explained to them the entire strategic level, and then they will get things done, hoping that they will not be blind and chaotic, and I hope that they will be able to take the general layout as the prevailing principle and give priority to the general layout when fighting according to their own grand strategy. As long as they win strategically, some small defeats in some places can be tolerated.

"After talking about the strategy, next, let's talk about the treatment, I thought about it, General Man, General Zhao, your troops, enjoy the same treatment as my new army, and get three taels of silver every month; Or it is to receive a stone and a tael of silver, at the end of the year there is a double salary, there is a subsidy for fighting, during the service in the army, including food, shelter, and wear, anyway, I am all wrapped in the ......" This treatment is the treatment of the elite of the new army discussed with Sun Chengzong before the reform, and now, it is also given to the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao in history, they all died in the matter of King Qin, and there is no doubt about loyalty, so it is necessary to enjoy a better treatment.

As soon as these words came out, Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao drooled, this kind of treatment, they can't find it with a lantern! Food, clothing, and shelter, these three things are a pack, basically it doesn't cost much to be a soldier, three taels of silver per month, purely to support the family, this kind of treatment is several times better than their current treatment, and they are happy in their hearts, just waiting for the emperor to finish thanking him.

“…… However, this treatment is up, this training must be very hard, when fighting, it must not be able to shrink, hehe, my ugly words can be said in the front, take this kind of military salary, if you are still a bad seed when you fight, don't blame me for being polite......"

Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, we will fight a war, there will never be a bad seed, there is no order to retreat, we will definitely fight to the last person, Your Majesty rest assured." ”

Yang Reform is not worried about the situation of retreat when these two people's troops fight, even if they don't do anything, at that moment in history, the troops of the two of them will still fight to the death with the wild boar skin, not to mention that they have now improved their treatment, in ancient wars, many times, the main general has been fighting to the death, and the soldiers will also fight to the death, thinking of the tragic fate of two people in history, Yang Reform looked at the eyes of these two people, and they were different, they were the same as themselves, They are all people who dare to take responsibility for themselves, they are all people who can die to make their will, and they all die for this country, which can be regarded as sympathy.

Yang Gai sighed for a while, then exhaled and said, "...... When it comes to fighting, it is inevitable that people will die in the future, so there must be this burning and burying silver, as for how much, don't worry about the two, it will definitely not be less, in addition, there are pensions, some people have old and young in their families, if they don't solve this, they will inevitably be distracted when fighting, so if they die in battle, the small ones will be raised until they are eighteen years old, and the old ones will be raised until they die, and they will receive a certain amount of pensions every month, and they will never make my soldiers shed blood and tears...... "Yang Reform has sacrificed the killer feature of pensions, this thing is a big killer, It can make the troops have a bonus in combat effectiveness when fighting, and when fighting, the soldiers will not be distracted, of course, the price is also huge, if a big battle, the scale of casualties is 10,000 people, then the burning and compensation is an astronomical amount. In fact, the Ming Dynasty also had such a rule, and if you die in battle, you will also have to burn the silver and compensate the family, but it is relatively small, which is the meaning of the meaning, and sometimes it may not be able to reach the hands of the family of the deceased, not to mention that the dead are not enough to eat.

Hearing such a solemn assurance from the emperor, Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao were even more tearful, how many years have they been, who has been looked down upon as a soldier? They knelt down one after another and said, "Thank you for Your Majesty's mercy, we will definitely fight to the death for Your Majesty." ”

In fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, there was absolutely nothing to look down on the martial arts, the military generals, that are all majestic, the Ming Dynasty did not have the Song Dynasty that absolutely belittled, suppressed the martial arts, the status has always been relatively high, the problem is in the change of the civil fort of the year, out of the customs to fight, those warriors gave the emperor Yanjing to the Mongols, but also rely on the literati to defend Yanjing, only to end up with a dead country, at this time, the backbone of the soldiers, is discounted, until Qi Jiguang, it is considered to grow a little. Therefore, the warriors were looked down upon by the common people, and secondly, they were completely looked down upon by the literati, and at the critical moment, the literati were still effective, and they had to rely on the literati to save their lives, coupled with the degeneration of the soldiers themselves, from the army and peasants who were reclaimed to the landlords, slave owners, tenants, and slaves, which made people look down on them even more, and in the end, there were even low-level civilian officials who wantonly killed high-ranking military attachés.

Yang Gai said: "Soldiers, there is no need for mercy, soldiers, they should use their own actions to prove their worth, what is the value of soldiers?" It is to defend my Ming Dynasty and protect the people. When the people, in my Ming Dynasty, need you to defend the frontier and defend the township, you can stand up, this is the mission of your soldiers, is the value of your soldiers, you have done this, the court, the people, will naturally remember you, do not need the pity of others, remember my words, soldiers, do not need the pity of others, need to prove their value with their own actions......" Yang Reform instilled this kind of military values in his new army.

"The ministers keep in mind Your Majesty's teachings, and you must prove the value of our soldiers with your actions, defend Your Majesty, defend the Ming Dynasty, and defend the people......" Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao were full of tears, moved by the emperor's words, and determined to pursue and die for the value of the soldier that the emperor said.

"Very good, I won't go into detail about the other treatments, anyway, the treatment is the same, what the new army has, you all have, my requirements for the new army, that is, my requirements for the new army, how to arrange for the new army, how to arrange for you, okay, don't kneel, get up." There are many more policies of Yang Reform regarding the New Army, so I don't plan to talk about them one by one.

"Your Majesty understands, thank you, Your Majesty." Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao got up at this time, with tears on their faces. In my heart, sweetness and happiness, this trip is really a bumper harvest!

Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao are cool, but Yuan Chonghuan has become a bitter gourd face, the treatment that the emperor gave to the new army is really good, and there are many treatments, the emperor hasn't said it yet, Yuan Chonghuan has to think of a way.

"Your Majesty, please also ask Your Majesty to give the soldiers outside the Guanwai the general treatment of the new army." Yuan Chongyuan finally waited for an opportunity and pleaded.

Seeing Yuan Chonghuan's intercession, Yang Reform could only not agree, firstly, the situation outside this pass is too complicated, and secondly, he really does not have the ability to support so many soldiers, and now he supports these elites, which has almost reached the upper limit of his ability, and thirdly, now there are these troops, to cope with the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it is enough for the time being, and no matter how much he raises, it will not be cost-effective.

"Yuan Aiqing, to be honest, it's hard for me! I also want to treat everyone equally, but I really can't settle the account, do you think I don't want to transfer more troops to defend the Jingshi? It's hard! "Yang Reform is crying poor, Yang Reform is eager to train tens of thousands of elites, so that the obvious chance of winning is greater, but there is no money, it is obviously not possible.

Yuan Chonghuan's request was not agreed, but he was not disappointed, and said again: "Your Majesty, the minister will go to Liaodong to be the governor, and he will face the double squeeze of Dongyu and Lin Dan Khan in the future, I don't know if Your Majesty can give some preferential treatment in terms of military spending?" ”

"Well, I can consider this." Yang Reform was originally going to let Yuan Chonghuan go to Liaodong, and he also prepared a batch of silver for him in his own pocket, but now that Yuan Chonghuan asked about this, Yang Reform would not be stingy.

"Your Majesty, the minister calculated, Liaodong outside the Guan, to face the double threat of Lin Dan Khan and Dongyu, so, the minister thinks, the strength must not be less than 100,000, among them, the minister is ready to follow His Majesty's requirements, the soldiers are divided into three classes, the first elite is about 30,000, the second class garrison is about 70,000, as for the third class, His Majesty let the ministers carry out military control outside the customs, and the people can carry guns, so the minister thinks that there are hundreds of thousands of people outside the Guan, everyone is a third-class soldier, women and children can kill the enemy, the number of these third-class soldiers, ......According to the current military salary of our dynasty, the elite is about two taels, and the ordinary soldiers are about one tael, so the monthly military salary of the ministers, the elite needs about 60,000 taels, and the garrison needs about 70,000 taels, a total of 130,000 taels, and a total of 1,560,000 ......taels per year, in addition, it is still necessary to build weapons and armor, gunpowder, horses, clothing, forage, construction and repair, often consumed, burned, rewarded silver and other miscellaneous expenses, I am afraid that it will be ...... outside two million taels." Yuan Chonghuan reported the money he needed.

account, Yang Reform himself will calculate, Yuan Chonghuan's bill is definitely a low price, this is just a normal level of requirements, there is absolutely no high requirements. If you want to save more money, then the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will decline significantly.

"Yuan Aiqing, how much silver can the household department solve outside the gate?" The Jinning defense line outside the Guanxi is different from the troops of the Gongwei Beijing Division of Mangui, the Jinning Defense Line is a state expenditure, that is to say, the expenses are provided by the imperial court, there is a budget, and it is allocated by the household department, and Mangui entered Beijing, which is regarded as the troops of the Beijing Division, which is paid by the emperor himself, so Yang Reform asked Yuan Chonghuan how much silver the household department gave him outside the Guan.

"Back to Your Majesty, the household department to the outside of the customs, in addition to silver, there are other materials, the total price should also be about three million taels of silver, however, the household is in deficit, so, the military expenses and materials outside the customs, drifting plus transshipment consumption, according to the minister's understanding, generally only fifty to seventy percent of the appearance, silver is about six or seven percent, because the materials have to be transferred to various places, so the consumption is more, the actual income of the general place, it is also fifty or sixty percent, if you add the arrears, the actual income, it is even lower." Yuan Chonghuan explained carefully.

Five to seventy percent of the actual income, three to fifty percent of the consumption, Yang Reform can only be speechless when he listens, this is also a helpless thing, the Ming Dynasty is notoriously low wages, requiring officials to be of noble character, do not eat to serve the Ming Dynasty, that is impossible, Yang Reform and the bureaucrats reached an agreement is to allow thirty percent of the drift, that is to say, to allow thirty percent of corruption, but corruption plus the consumption of transportation, and to fifty percent, this ...... Yang Reform really has a sense of powerlessness, and then counting the underpayment, the actual income is even lower, Yang Reform has a soft feeling, unable to breathe, this kind of look, want others to die? It is too difficult, too difficult, too difficult for one person to change the trajectory and mode of operation of the whole country, even if he is the emperor.

Yang Gai had to cheer up, thought about it, and said: "Well, I know, the actual income of the soldiers outside the Guan, I'm afraid it's still low, in this way, I will make up for you another 100,000 taels of silver per month, and add a month to you at the end of the year, and every year, I will give you 13 months of silver, a total of 1.6 million taels of silver, plus the silver and materials sent to the Guanwai by the Ministry of Households, it should be about the same, Yuan Aiqing, what do you think?" "Yang Reform's sluggish and slow response to the decay of the Ming Dynasty's machine is a deep sense of powerlessness, and he can only try his best to repair it.

Yuan Chonghuan thought for a moment and said, "Back to Your Majesty, it should be almost over, thank you Your Majesty for your love." The minister then begs His Majesty to allocate more grenades, so that the ministers will distribute them to various cities and forts, if there is an attack by the Eastern Captives, they can also kill and injure the Eastern Captives in large quantities, so that they can be easily defended, so that the Eastern Captives do not dare to easily provoke our ......, it is best that His Majesty can allocate a group of craftsmen to make them nearby in Liaodong, and also avoid transportation consumption...... "Yuan Chonghuan was overjoyed when he heard that he could get the support of 1.6 million taels of silver from the emperor every year, and with the allocation of the household department, his military expenses were guaranteed, if he had no money or food in his hands, Want to be a governor outside the gates? That was impossible, so he began to ask the emperor for something extra, this thing was a grenade, this thing was really a sharp weapon to defend the city, and he asked the emperor for the right to manufacture grenades.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a certain right to manufacture weapons, ordinary thousand households, hundreds of households, after applying for registration, can generally make bows and arrows, knives and guns, armor, larger guards, towns, can make muskets, and even some artillery, to the center and the palace, can make heavy weapons such as general cannons. Yuan Chonghuan's request for the right to produce grenades is not very out of line.

Grenades to be crafted outside the gates? Yang Gai woke up in his heart, as if he had forgotten something. This is because of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, so there are weapons such as cannons, in the later battle, the city wall can no longer provide much protection to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the management of craftsmen and technology, it seems, must also be paid attention to, must be strengthened, and then, Yang Reform is ready to open arms trading, where will others cast arms? Isn't it ruining your business?

Yang Gai thought for a while and said: "When it comes to munitions manufacturing, I have forgotten one thing, when you go out and go to the place, you must strictly prevent all kinds of craftsmen and technologies, especially craftsmen who can manufacture arms and weapons and weapon-related technologies from flowing outside the pass, otherwise, it will definitely bring endless disasters to our court, think about it, if the Dongyu gets the artillery casting technology and uses the artillery to attack the city, the city wall that our dynasty has always relied on is not useless, so it is absolutely not allowed to let the weapon manufacturing technology flow outside the pass, You must raise your spirit and pay attention to these things, otherwise, it must be the nightmare ...... of our dynasty, therefore, Yuan Aiqing's request, I will not allow it, advanced and powerful firearms must be kept strictly secret, therefore, I will not let the local people to manufacture, can only be supplied by my military bureau, and will never allow each guard to manufacture it by itself, once these manufacturing secrets are leaked into the hands of the enemy, the loss of our dynasty is incalculable! Yang Gengai's words to Yuan Chonghuan reminded him to be vigilant about the outflow of weapons manufacturing technology, to be prepared to strictly prevent the outflow of weapons manufacturing technology, and to take back the right to manufacture weapons.

Yuan Chonghuan heard the emperor say that Donglu has artillery technology and uses artillery to attack the city, but he was also frightened by this situation, Yuan Chonghuan's way of fighting has always been to rely on the city wall to defend it, and then take the opportunity to counterattack, if Dongyu has a cannon to attack the city, then his own tactics will be completely ineffective, nesting in the city, it is equivalent to suicide! Yuan Chonghuan's assumptions to the emperor were stunned.

"......, Yuan Aiqing, outside the customs, although I don't allow you to make your own grenades, I can supply you with a batch of grenades to help you defend the city, there is no doubt about this, in addition, I can also support you with a batch of new muskets, and I can also support you with a batch of military uniforms...... "Yang Reform is not stingy, there are some things, when you should be generous, you should be stingy, and if you should be cautious, you have to be stingy and cautious, this is a matter of principle.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't expect that the emperor would not allow him to make his own grenades, but he would give him an additional batch of new muskets and military uniforms, which was an extra gain, and he was grateful immediately.

"Thank you for your majesty's reward, thank you for your majesty's grace."

"Get up,...... After you go out, remember what I said, and you must not let the weapon-making technology, especially the artillery-making technology, and craftsmen go out of the customs, otherwise, our dynasty will be in trouble. Yang warned his subordinates again.

"Your Ministers obey." Everyone agreed.

(To be continued)