After saying goodbye to Liao Kaizhong, Xie Shence went back to his residence to pack a few things, and the next day he rushed with Xie Yi to Yujiabao, which was the forward position of the Jin army.

In Yujiabao, Xie Shence saw the soldiers of the Western Front of the Great Jin Dynasty, which were different from the Northwest Army.

Although the Northwest Army is the largest proportion of cavalry among the armies of the Great Jin Dynasty, it is still mainly infantry, supplemented by cavalry, and mixed use of multiple arms. It's just that in the process of fighting, special attention is paid to the play of cavalry. The elite soldiers of Luoyang Mansion who went to the Western Front this time were basically all infantry, with spearmen, sword and shield soldiers and archers accounting for proportions.

The proportion of each branch of the army is different, and the method of marching and dispatching is naturally different, and the scene of coming and going like the wind in the northwest is not common in Yujiabao. In addition to the cavalry transferred from the northwest as scouts to ride back and forth, more of them were marching in strict infantry formations, silent and orderly.

In the barracks, due to the military orders of Tiqi and Xie Yi, the camp was basically planned rationally. Large tracts of tents and requisitioned houses were cleaned, and meals and bowel movements were carried out in designated places. The inside of the tent was still dirty, but it looked at least much cleaner on the outside. It is completely different from the sewage flow and stench in the past.

Since ancient times, generals who can endure hardships with soldiers are always the most respected and loved, and if they can achieve clear rewards and punishments, and use well-trained soldiers, they are often called famous generals and other titles. The soldiers brought out by such a person will naturally not be bad, at least eating and living with the three armies is the only way to win the hearts of the army, so it is not impossible for the three armies to take their lives.

But throughout history, among the vast sea of generals, there are not many who can do this. There are many people who are skilled in the art of war, but few can endure hardships. The reason for this is not the problem of the generals' hypocrisy or their style of life, but the problem of the health of the barracks.

I defecate in the open, I haven't taken a bath for half a month, I've been wearing dirty clothes for a month, blood and leftover food, and there are parasites such as rats and bedbugs. Coupled with the improper planning of the camp and the random stacking of items, it is a model of dirty and messy on weekdays. On rainy days, if the drainage is inconvenient, the camp is even more crowded and dirty like a beggar's area, or even worse.

The generals are also well-fed on weekdays, and marching and fighting are tiring and life-threatening, who doesn't want to live comfortably? It's tiring enough to deal with military affairs in peacetime, who wants to eat with a bunch of mud legs squeezed in feces, urine and rags?

Can't do it.

From their point of view, there is no shame in the impossible. Those who can do it are either real men or people who sell their reputations, and this kind of people are always an outlier.

For the upper-level generals, not sharing hardships with the three armed forces, the poor environment is one aspect, and the most important thing is the people's hearts.

Being able to win the love of the soldiers is what every general dreams of, but you can endure hardships, and others may not be able to.

If you are a general who eats and lives with soldiers and makes yourself like a beggar, will your long history, joining the army, and accompanying your relatives be more like a beggar than you? Otherwise, if you filthy and glorious, will you be trespassing to them?

Do they dare? Can't.

If they don't dare, are they willing?

Well, few people want to.

The subordinates are like this, and so are the superiors. You are a captain who imitates the famous generals of the ancients, so do you have to work harder as a general? How embarrassing is it otherwise? Don't let your subordinates' prestige surpass you!

The officials were also unwilling.

Therefore, the things that are very welcome to the low-level soldiers are very resistant to the upper-level officials.

The emperor likes such people, the soldiers like them, the people like them, but their colleagues don't like them.

The more capable you are, the more it brings out my incompetence. If the emperor appreciates you, he will belittle me, and if you are rich and noble, I will be down, in this case, why should I allow you?

Therefore, for one reason or another, the generals who can share the weal and butter with the soldiers are always in the minority, and most of them are also lonely vassals, and when they achieve great military success, they are often politically unhappy.

Xie Yi is obviously not such a person. He has never been stingy with showing his affinity and kindness, but he is rough and bold by nature, casual and casual, and he can't stand the stench and filth.

You can't expect a child of a family of poetry and books to love the good of the soldiers and the bad of the soldiers like the generals who rise from the bottom.

Xie Yi is a general, but also a handsome talent, he can endure hardships, but he is unwilling to endure this hardship. He never lacked the love of the soldiers, and he could see it clearly.

The support of a soldier in exchange for a hard-working general is tantamount to looking for death. And an arrogant and domineering general, although loved by the soldiers, is more likely to make the emperor and courtiers restrain him.

The power of this is definitely not what the words like "generals love soldiers, and widows are very lucky" in the history books of later generations can reveal.

Luckily? How fortunate are you to be framed by a traitor? How fortunate would you have listened to a traitor and given him the death penalty? And then find a bunch of reasons to convince or deceive the world, and his soldiers who are willing to die for you?

Some of the things written in the history books are the lies of the victors. Xie Yi came from a different background, so he naturally knew some secrets. Therefore, his consistent style is casual, arrogant and domineering, and after obtaining the military merits of the sky, he will always cause some trouble appropriately, and then let Emperor Jin wipe his ass.

It's a great joy for all. He doesn't care about himself, the Xie family doesn't care, some people are happy, and Emperor Jin is easy to do.

Xie Shence and Xie Yi walked in the barracks, and Xie Yi sighed: "Feng Zhi still has an idea." First the wounded barracks, and now the planned barracks, the soldiers have benefited a lot, and I can also relax. If nothing else, the neatness alone makes me much more comfortable. It used to be some kind of mess...... Ben Shuai didn't even want to look at it. ”

Xie Shence smiled, not caring about some of the negative emotions revealed in Xie Yi's words, and said, "It's just that some changes have been made." Some people must have thought of it before, but for one reason or another, they couldn't implement it. The problem of wounded barracks and barracks has been mentioned in Zhang Kouzhi's "Treatise on Border Affairs", and the nephew is just picking up people's teeth and wisdom. ”

"That is, you and your father love to read these books, and Wen Zhao and I are too lazy to read them. Anyway, it's always good that you can make it. But...... After you return to the DPRK, you may be impeached. After all, it costs much more to raise a wounded soldier than to pay a bereavement pension directly......"

Speaking of this, Xie Yi snorted coldly, full of disdain and disdain.

said that someone would impeach, and Xie Shence could also expect it. is what he did in Jincheng before about the wounded barracks, and someone in the court jumped out to pick a thorn. Of course, it won't be directly said that Xie Shence is not good at rectifying the wounded barracks, but he just caught Xie Shence's private transfer of medical officers, and he clenched his bite, saying that Xie Shence exceeded his authority.

In the end, this matter was naturally suppressed by Emperor Jin. For the planning of the wounded barracks, there was also a detailed explanation in the subsequent recital submitted by Xie Shence, and finally it was also adopted by the court, and the operation of the wounded barracks was put on the charter and promoted throughout the country.

However, there is still a lot of opposition in the DPRK and China.

Xie Yi's last words were undoubtedly heart-wrenching. And Xie Shence understands that Xie Yi still hasn't said anything. This involves some shady scenes in the military.

When a soldier dies in battle, on the one hand, he has to pay out bereavement benefits, and on the other hand, he has to recruit people to rebuild, which is extremely costly. However, the cost of paying for the wounded to recuperate, as well as replenishing the wounded while the wounded soldier is recuperating, is much greater.

To put it simply, if you die in battle, you will have to pay an extra bereavement pension than before, excluding the soldier's salary before and after.

If you are only injured, you have to pay for the cost of recuperation if you are supplemented with an equivalent soldier, which is equivalent to paying the salary of two soldiers in the quota of one soldier.

After all, they were only wounded, not killed in battle, and the complete military system was the state responsible for the injuries of soldiers. And the recuperation of the wounded and their subsequent settlement cost only a lot more than the bereavement pension.

This is a natural thing, that is, the household department has to spend an extra amount of money.

However, this leads to some contradictions.

Why is there a contradiction.

Because there's money involved!

No matter how natural things are, when it comes to money, it will make some people unnatural.

Because...... The shady curtain mentioned earlier.

Well, let's just say it.

Everyone knows that military spending is a huge drain. Every year, the military expenses paid by the Great Jin Dynasty to the Northern Army, the Northwest Army, the Luoyang Prefecture Soldiers, and the Huaiyang Road are astronomical sums, amounting to millions of taels of silver! This does not include the budget for contingencies.

So much silver, implemented on everyone's head is actually very little, after the official and local of the Great Jin Dynasty layer by layer, implemented to the head of each soldier, the military salary is only about one or two, and the full amount of the whole army is less than seventy!

What is this concept?

That is to say, more than 30% of the huge amount of food and salary that the imperial court pulls down every year to raise and train soldiers goes into the pockets of officials at all levels!

In addition to layers of exploitation, there is also an important way to make money, which is to eat empty salaries.

This is easy to understand. It is a battalion of 500 people, but in fact there are only 400 people, but the salary is 500, and the salary of 100 people that does not exist naturally goes into the pockets of generals at all levels. Coupled with the deductions from everyone's head and the ones that have not been paid, officials at all levels can basically get forty percent of the full military salary!

How much silver is this?

That's too many to count!

It is said that the Qing prefect for three years, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, why not in the army?

It's all about sucking blood lipids from the people, you suck the front chest and I suck the back.

So Xie Yi has reason to disdain and despise.

He can't control other people's, but he knows about the Northwest Army. More than ten years of strong anti-corruption. Rot, so that the Northwest Army has such a strong military prestige, among which a big mouse was found, only the veterans who have followed Xie Yi for more than ten years know.

Xie Shence has done some of the measures, and he, the uncle, sees it in his eyes, is happy in his heart, and likes it in his heart.

This nephew is capable of facts, and this nephew is hot-blooded. He was pleased.

But sometimes, as Xie Shence's elder, Xie Yi thought that when he was happy for him, he should also remind him of some things.

For example, in the planning of the wounded barracks and barracks this time, Xie Shence unknowingly touched the interests of some people.

(PS: Two more today!) It was about eleven o'clock in the evening. You can save it for tomorrow. Again, sorry for the previous leave...... ）