"What....540,000 heads....military advisor, you're not wrong, are you... With so many cattle, sheep and war horses, how much silver is it worth..."Wang Yang, the prefect of Taiyuan, asked rhetorically with a face full of shock and incredulity.

Facing everyone's gaze at him, Zhou Shuyuan replied confidently: "Lord Wang, my lords, this number will only be less, not more....because these cattle and sheep are scattered and kept in captivity all over the place, and they are all reported according to the minimum number. ”

After Zhou Shuyuan finished speaking, the meeting hall of Nuoda fell directly into death-like tranquility. Everyone opened their mouths and looked shocked as they digested the huge results that Zhou Shuyuan had just reported.

After a long time of tea, Wang Yang, the prefect of Taiyuan who was in second place, reacted from the shock and asked Wei Zheng a question that everyone wanted to know.

"My lord, the lower officials want to know whether these results should be reported to the imperial court..."

"If it is reported to the imperial court, the lower officials are worried that the imperial court, which is short of money and food, will definitely ask us to send all these captured cattle, sheep and horses to the capital to solve the urgent need of the capital for lack of money and grain..."

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "Of course not....not only will this official not report these results, but even the battle against Mongolia this time will not be reported..."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng seemed to laugh at everyone's shocked expressions just now, changed his words, and said with a smile: "Do you all think that we have captured a lot of these cattle, sheep and war horses in this attack on Mongolia?" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded inexplicably, Wei Zheng said unexpectedly: "No, what this official wants to sue everyone is." These cattle, sheep and horses seem to be a lot...... But. Compared with the millions of displaced people and tun people in our two provinces who are in urgent need of food to eat. These cattle, sheep and war horses are not worth mentioning at all......"

"Also, there seems to be a problem that everyone is overlooking... This attack on Mongolia, coupled with the elimination of tens of thousands of Tartar infantry cavalry who invaded Shanxi, we have killed nearly 4,000 soldiers in total....The pension of 4,000 fallen soldiers requires us to spend a large amount of silver...."

"In addition, according to the rules established by our Tiger and Par Army since its formation, the soldiers have achieved such a great victory. It is impossible not to have a reward....therefore, the reward of the Doge's Palace, likewise consumes a great deal of seizure..."

"In this way, little by little, there will not be many that really fall into the hands of the Governor's Palace...."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng once again shifted his gaze to Zhou Shuyuan. Commanded at Zhou Shuyuan.

"Strategist, you can introduce the bereavement standard we discussed last two nights to your lords, and see if there is anything that needs to be changed, after all, there are only two of us. It is impossible to take into account all sides...."

At Wei Zheng's signal, Zhou Shuyuan stood up again. Opening.

"Marshal, my Excellency, since the establishment of our Haw Par Army, we have formulated a strict military salary and pension system....After ordinary soldiers die on the battlefield, they will be compensated for their families in a lump sum for ten years' military salaries..."

"Because of the rising price of food, the current salary of my Haw Par Army officers and soldiers is three taels of silver per month... Ten years of military salary, that is, three hundred and sixty taels of silver....Therefore, in the two battles, all the families of the soldiers who died in the war can receive a pension of three hundred and sixty taels of silver...."

"Seriously injured and disabled soldiers, according to the principle of voluntariness, the governor's palace will arrange them to serve as officials in the subordinate counties, or send them to a tuntian point to manage the tuntian, and continue to serve as soldiers to eat food. In addition, the Haw Par Army will also compensate for five years' military salary, which is 180 taels of silver..."

"After the preliminary statistics of the lower officials, after two consecutive battles, my governor's palace will issue a one-time pension of 1.15 million taels..."

"Next, it's a reward for all the soldiers who participated in the battle...."

"In two consecutive battles, our Tiger and Leopard Army sent soldiers and soldiers to destroy nearly 30,000 Tartars and Mongol cavalry on the battlefield. According to the reward and punishment regulations of our Tiger and Leopard Army, a Tartar will be killed and a one-time military salary for half a year, that is, eighteen taels of silver. The sum of the 30,000 Tartars and the Mongol cavalry is 540,000 taels of silver..."

"That is to say, in these two battles, the amount of silver that will be distributed to all the soldiers by my governor's palace will reach a staggering one hundred and seventy thousand taels..."

Seeing that everyone's faces were stunned and shocked because of this big stroke. Zhou Shuyuan's words changed sharply and continued: "Of course, in this attack on Mongolia, among all our seizures, the silver is not the majority. ”

"Therefore, with the consent of the Governor, the Governor's Mansion may, in accordance with the wishes of the soldiers and their families, use cattle and sheep of the same price to offset these upcoming pensions and rewards..."

"At present, the price of grain in Shanxi is six taels of silver per load, and the price of mutton is exactly six times that of grain. Therefore, the plan agreed between the lower officials and the governor was to offset it at the price of ten taels of silver for a sheep and one hundred taels of silver for an ox..."

After Zhou Shuyuan's introduction, he was promoted from the county order all the way to the prefect of Datong, and Wang Peng, who knew the price of Datong very well, said.

"Your Excellency the Governor, and your Excellency....As far as the lower officials know, in the heyday of my Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver could buy two loads of rice. But now, seven taels of silver can buy a load of rice, and the price of rice has risen by almost fifteen times..."

"The price of grain has risen, and the price of cattle and sheep has also risen rapidly... In the current market, the price of a fat sheep has risen from less than one tael of silver at the beginning to between nine taels and twelve taels today. ”

"However, cattle are different....not only can they be slaughtered and sold as beef, but they can also be used as several strong laborers to help the people plough the fields....therefore, the price of cattle has risen from eight taels of silver a few decades ago to between one hundred and one hundred and thirty taels of silver... The Governor only made up the allowance at the interval of one hundred taels of silver and one ox, and the common people would surely be grateful to the Governor..."

"However, in this way, the lower officials will worry about another problem..."

"The price of cattle given by the Governor's Mansion to these soldiers and the people is very low, and the lower officials are worried that after these cattle are in the hands of the people, they will be immediately taken away by the local landlords and gentry at a higher price..."

"When the time comes, the cattle we urgently need will be concentrated in the hands of the landlords and gentry who have a lot of land...."

After Wang Peng finished speaking, Zhou Shuyuan's face also became solemn. After taking a deep breath, he said to Wei Zheng: "My lord, Lord Wang's concern is not unreasonable....after all, many people can only see the immediate benefits, but not the long-term benefits..."

"You must know that of the more than 10,000 ploughing cattle we seized this time, in addition to a few thousand of them will be used to pay pensions, and the rest will all be offset to the tun people in each tuntian according to the price of 100 taels of silver per ploughing ox, so that they can use the grain harvested in the future to repay the price of the cattle. If we don't find a way to solve this problem, it is very likely that these ploughing cattle will be sold to the local landlords and gentry as soon as they are delivered to the tun people....In the end, it is the common people and the local tun people who will suffer..." (To be continued......