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When they dismounted, except for Yang He, who was slightly better, the rest of the people were all blue-faced, and almost all of them rolled off the horse's back, and then they lay on the ground, never wanting to move again. From Mao Shi to Wu Shi, most of the day was rushing, and only Yang He could endure this kind of horseback riding intensity.

The group did not enter Suzhou Mansion City directly, and their appearance could not enter, everyone was unkempt, with dust everywhere, and their faces were black and white, in this case, they could only find an inn outside Suzhou Mansion City to rest.

Zheng Xunrui didn't expect that because of his stubbornness, everyone was tired.

He himself is not much better, he thought that he could adapt to it after gritting his teeth for a while, but unfortunately the truth is far from being so simple, when he got off the horse, his body was also numb, and the whole person was almost unconscious, this is the expression of prostration, lying down for a while, Zheng Xunrui gritted his teeth and got up from the ground, and pulled up Yang Tingshu and Zheng Jinhong and others, so that everyone could follow him to move their bodies and do some simple stretching exercises.

After soaking in the wooden barrel for nearly a quarter of an hour, Zheng Xunrui felt that his body slowly began to recover, and his limbs finally felt it, and when it was time to eat, he could no longer hold the bowl, let alone hold chopsticks, and could only put his mouth in front of the rice bowl to eat, just like a pig eating, in order to be able to replenish nutrition and body well, he couldn't care about any face.

Yang Tingshu couldn't hold the chopsticks, he was still frowning, he didn't know what to do, but seeing Zheng Xunrui's movements, he endured it for a while, and finally ate like Zheng Xunrui.

After eating, Zheng Xunrui was still ready to go out for a walk, as for Yang Tingshu and the others, they went back to the room after eating.

Zheng Xunrui walked very slowly, and this time Yang He accompanied him.

"Zheng Gongzi is really good, if he is in the army, he will be able to adapt quickly."

Zheng Xunrui smiled bitterly and shook his head, after two days of running, he understood a truth, those legends of charging into battle are not so reliable, just according to his body, the possibility of wanting to do it is not too great, it seems that he can only sit in command, and the so-called strategy is thousands of miles away.

"Yang He, I'm not as good as you, I can't compare now, don't think about being able to compare in the future, if you enter the army, you can follow the march, even if it's very good, you dare not think of charging into battle."

"Childe is polite, marching and fighting are rough things, Childe is a scholar, and he doesn't need to do these hard things."

"Yang He, you are polite, if there is no army to protect it, can the people live a peaceful life, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos long ago, and at that time, what can a powerless scholar do."

"My subordinates can't say that they are childe."

"You are the military general of Nanjing Jingying."

"Childe asked what these are for."

"It's nothing, I heard that the military family is very hard, it is difficult to feed the family, if there is really such a situation, it is a big hidden danger of the imperial court, the sergeant is not fed and clothed, he can't feed his family, how can he go into battle to fight."

"My subordinates couldn't imagine that Childe was still thinking about these things."

"I also want to know the situation, no matter what, I am a scholar with merit and fame, and I have received the Lu rice issued by the government, so I have to really think about something, if I have the opportunity, it is okay to appeal for the sergeant and the soldier, if it were not for the two consecutive days of running, I would not have thought that the sergeant worked so hard."

Yang He sighed softly.

"Gongzi has such a mind, that is the blessing of the military household, one day the title of the son's gold list, enter the imperial court, and pay homage to the general, I hope to be able to think of the suffering of the military household."

"Yang He, you don't believe me, and don't say anything about the generals, I'm really worried, the military household is really as miserable as said, what combat effectiveness can the army have, and if it encounters an invasion by a foreign enemy, isn't it only the part of being beaten, and when it really comes to that time, it will be too late for the court to regret it."

"Does Childe know what the military family is suffering?"

"I don't know, would you like to talk about it."

Yang He hesitated, he knew the suffering of the military household and the sergeant, even if it was the Nanjing Jingying, it was not much better, and he had not been in the Nanjing Jingying for a long time, it turned out to be in other guards, of course he knew the actual situation, but it was very taboo to say these things, and he would be held accountable if he did not make it good, and it was a long time ago troublesome to say that it was slander and rumors.

Seeing Yang He's hesitation, Zheng Xunrui smiled and spoke.

"The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, and the friendship of villains is sweet, I treat you with sincerity, if you can't trust me, don't say it, I will never be reluctant."

Yang He snorted.

"The son is not afraid, what are the subordinates afraid of, the suffering of the military households, those who are officials know, what the subordinates say, the subordinates are coarse, and they don't know what words to use to describe it."

"Let's talk about it in the vernacular."

"The subordinates don't know how to describe it, they can only say that the military household is almost the same as the beggar, they can't eat enough to wear and clothing, they can't support their families, the woman marries the military family, that's the mold of eight lifetimes, the sergeant has no way, stealing things, buying weapons, this is not to say, that is, the military salary can't be obtained, the subordinates used to be in the guard, the brothers have not received the military salary for more than half a year, they can't live, they are almost about to rebel, the subordinates see the most painful thing, that is, some brothers really have no choice, sell their sons and daughters, Even the mother-in-law has to sell it......"

Yang He couldn't say any more.

Zheng Xunrui shook his head slightly, and let out a long sigh, it turned out that the actual situation was really so strict, no wonder there were so many sergeants who mutinied, if this situation was not resolved, the collapse of the Ming Dynasty was a very quick thing, and the gods could not save it.

"What is the sergeant's salary?"

"How much can there be, ordinary sergeant, one or two taels of silver a month, the price of rice has already risen, this military salary, it is not enough to buy rice, let alone buy salt, just this military salary, there are arrears and deductions, if this continues, who can live."

One or two taels of silver, according to the market price, can buy four taels of rice, that is, eighty catties of rice, and buy one or two taels of salt, which is enough to maintain the expenses of the family, which is really going to force people to death.

The main cost of maintaining the army in the Ming Dynasty comes from the tuntian system, that is, the imperial court provides arable land for the local garrison, so that the military households can cultivate, and the vast majority of the harvest is used to feed the soldiers, leaving a part for the military households to maintain their lives, according to historical records, the military households cultivate the land, 75% of the harvest must be handed over, and the number of surrenders is fixed, regardless of whether the year is affected by the disaster, whether the grain is not harvested, the grain must be handed over, some military households suffer after the disaster, can not hand over the grain, They could only sell everything of value and scrape together enough silver taels to pay for the grain they handed over, and the army's management of military households was very strict, and they were not able to hand over grain, and they suffered the most severe punishment.

The generals in the army, as long as they can control the power, almost all of them are greedy for ink, they ruthlessly exploit the sergeants, deduct the military salary, lie about the amount of the sergeant, arbitrage the military salary, and all the silver intercepted belongs to themselves, and what is even stricter is that they also annex a large amount of land, take the cultivated land allocated by the imperial court as their own, and do not care about the life and death of the military households and sergeants. The treatment of these pro-soldiers is still good, and they have a certain combat effectiveness.

This is completely forcing the military households to rebel.

Zheng Xunrui was a little distracted, walked slowly, and didn't speak for a long time.

Yang He's face was very bad, when it came to what happened to the military household, his heart was like a knife, but unfortunately he was powerless to change such a situation, and he didn't believe that Zheng Xunrui could change such a situation, and the imperial court didn't know that the south had been stable for hundreds of years, and there had been no war, and the imperial court had long been indifferent.

"Yang He, do you know something about the war in Liaodong."

"I know some, the imperial court is still good to the soldiers in Liaodong, I heard that the Guanning iron cavalry in Liaodong are all equipped with Mongolian horses, such a situation, Nanjing Jingying can't do it."

Zheng Xunrui was a little speechless, the information was blocked to such a Cheng dù, this is the sorrow of the Ming Dynasty, in the first year of Chongzhen, Ningyuan mutinied, because the imperial court owed four months of military salaries, the governor Bi Zisu committed suicide, and the Jimen garrison also mutinied because of the arrears of military salaries.

As for the Guanning Iron Cavalry that the imperial court is proud of, it will not take two years, and it will also be wiped out, the remaining two armies of the three major armies at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qin soldiers led by Sun Chuanting, and the Tianxiong Army led by Lu Xiangsheng, the Tianxiong Army has just begun to be formed, and the Qin soldiers have not yet appeared, but unfortunately the two armies did not last long, and were finally exterminated by the Houjin army and the peasant rebel army.

Zheng Xunrui understands that according to the current system of the Ming Dynasty, it is not very possible to transform a certain army, and only by starting from scratch and rebuilding an army, just like the Qin soldiers, can it be possible to create an army that will win all battles.

There was not much point in continuing to talk, the body was overdepleted, and Zheng Xunrui also felt tired, he slowly walked in the direction of the inn, bowing his head and pondering.

Yang He's attitude has undergone some changes, although he doesn't have much knowledge and is from a military household, but he can feel Zheng Xunrui's sincerity, and feel that Zheng Xunrui really cares about those military households, if there are such generals in the army, it will be a blessing for military households.

It's a pity that this day is still far away, and Zheng Xunrui may be too young, under the passion, thinking about the problem is too simple, thinking that only solving the military salary can resolve all the contradictions, but I don't know that to maintain the strength of the army, not only need silver, but also have extraordinary courage, but also love the soldiers like sons, and the soldiers are not afraid of death, so that the army can be strong.