In ancient times, communication and transportation were very inconvenient, and when Yue Fei knew that Wu Jue had sent the whole ins and outs of his relatives, the lady had already been sent to Yue's mansion.

At this time, although Yue Fei's eye disease was relieved, his eyes still could not be opened, and he could only apply a gauze towel dipped in water to his eyes.

Yue Fei ordered someone to bring the woman close to his bed and talk to her through the screen.

Yue Fei said: "My family wears linen clothes and eats coarse grains and mixed noodles, if you can share the weal and woe with us, you can stay, otherwise I dare not stay." ”

Before the words fell, a burst of laughter sounded behind the screen, and it seemed that he was unimpressed by Yue Fei's words.

Yue Fei then stood up and said, "It seems that I can't leave you behind." ”

Zhang Xian, who was standing next to him, persuaded Yue Fei: "My lord, you are preparing to connect with Guan Shaanxi, why don't you take this opportunity to make friends with Wu Jue?" ”。

Yue Fei said: "Wu Jue loves Yue Fei too much, but the national shame has not been snowed, the national revenge has not been avenged, and the saint can't sleep on the pillow, how can he have fun as a general?" ”

Everyone's ladies were ruthlessly retreated, and everyone thought that Wu Jue would resent Yue Fei for being unkind because of this, but Wu Jue not only didn't think it was wrong, but admired Yue Fei even more

The linen clothes and coarse grains that Yue Fei said were not used to scare the lady, but indeed the Yue family's diligent and thrifty family style.

Once, Mrs. Li made a dress out of the family's silk, and before she could wear it, Yue Fei said with emotion: "I heard that the harem concubines who were plundered to the north are not hungry and have no clothes to cover their bodies, you should be happy for the world with me." Such expensive clothing should not be worn. ”

As soon as this statement came out. The whole family no longer dared to wear silk.

Yue Fei is a northerner. Rice is rare, and pasta is used at home; After migrating to the south, the south is rich in rice, but Yue Fei is still reluctant to eat rice, and the daily food at home is still wheat noodles and vegetables, and it is rarely touched with meat. Sometimes the subordinates are feasted, and only occasionally meat is added.

Another time, he was a guest at the house of the general Hao Xi. Hao Xi knew Yue Fei's personality very well, so he only arranged a kind of pasta called "sour filling" as a hospitality. Yue Fei tasted this thing for the first time, and felt that although it was despicable, it was delicious, so he seriously consulted its ingredients and methods, and took the leftovers home.

Yue Fei's frugal behavior shocked everyone.

Once, Emperor Gaozong promised Yue Fei that he would build a mansion for Yue Fei in Lin'an Mansion.

Yue Fei immediately borrowed the words of Huo Quai's illness in the Han Dynasty and refused: "The northern captives have not been destroyed, why should the ministers be at home!" ”

This answer made Emperor Gaozong greatly admire. Because he clearly knows Lu Dao, among the other generals. The most "incorruptible" Han Shizhong not only owned a large field house in Xingan County, Linjiang Army, Jiangnan West Road, but also acquired the Pingjiang Mansion South Park and 1,200 acres of paddy fields and the famous Yongfeng Wei of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Yue Fei only built and purchased some porches, thatched huts and tiled houses in Jiangzhou City. These premises were mainly used to provide relief to refugees from their hometown of Tangyin County.

Yue Fei is not only frugal in terms of clothing, food, and housing, but also has extremely strict requirements for his words and deeds.

Yue Fei often said: "I was promoted to this position by the saint, if there is any mistake, I will leave an infamy in the history books, and it will be difficult to eliminate it for eternity, I must always restrain myself, and I must not be presumptuous." ”

In addition to being strict with himself, Yue Fei was also extremely strict with his sons.

He often encouraged his sons to serve the country from Rong and study hard. Whenever he had spare time, he would personally take them to the fields to help the plows and hoes, and to take care of the farming

Yue Fei's family is so frugal, could it be that Yue Fei is shy in his pocket, and his family has no surplus food?

The answer, of course, is no.

In the history of China, the Song Dynasty officials were certainly treated the highest, without one.

In the Song Dynasty, there were many dazzling names such as Zhengfeng (money), Lusu (rice), job money, public money, job fields, tea and soup money, money for money (travel expenses), kitchen materials, and charcoal, most of which were paid in money.

There are also modest people (servants), clothing (servants summoned by officials, each person is worth 3,000 wen per year for grain, silk is always worth 3,000 wen per horse, cloth is 350 wen per horse, cotton is 240 wen per horse, etc.), etc., etc., not to be listed one by one; In addition to this, the imperial court also gave various rewards from time to time.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the system of the Later Zhou Dynasty was basically followed, and the household system was adopted. In the early years of Taizong, the household system was abolished, and the official gave one-third of the silver money and two-thirds of the money in kind, and the initial salary was relatively low; Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu raised his salary for the first time in five years, and Renzong Jiayou officially formulated the 'Lu Order' during the reign of Renzong Jiayou.

For example, the prime minister and the privy envoy were given 300 taels of monthly materials, 20 horses of silk and 30 horses of silk for spring and winter, 100 taels of winter cotton, 100 stone of millet per month, 70 men of food and clothing for the humble people, 1,200 bundles of firewood and grass per month, 1,600 scales of charcoal per year, 7 stones of salt, and so on

For officials in local prefectures and counties, the county order for large counties is 20,000 per month, the county order for small counties is 12,000 per month, and the month of Lusu is 5 to 3 stones. In addition to the regular income, there are also various subsidies, such as tea, wine, kitchen materials, salary, artemisia, charcoal, salt, and even forage for horses, and clothing and food for accompanying servants, all of which are quite considerable.

Then what kind of treatment does our Lord Yue Fei enjoy?

The Song Dynasty was a civil society with strict social hierarchies, and different titles and titles determined different treatments.

The titles of the Song Dynasty are divided into king, heir, county king, national duke, county duke, founding duke, founding county duke, founding county duke, founding marquis, founding uncle, founding son, and founding man. There are 12 levels in total.

Yue Fei was born from a partial general, and in just a few years, he was crowned the founding prince of the country with his military exploits, and he was the thirty-two-year-old envoy of the festival, and he was the youngest marquis of the entire Song Dynasty except for the thirty-year-old envoy of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

Let's calculate Yue Fei's specific income:

First of all, Yue Fei served as the income of the envoys of the two towns of Wusheng Army and Dingguo Army.

Although the festival envoy was a fictitious title in the Song Dynasty, it was the highest honor for soldiers. In the Song Dynasty, the envoy of Ren Jiedu had to be at least about 5,000 copper coins a year, which was equivalent to 5,000 taels of silver.

In other words, Yue Fei's two-town festival envoy gave him an income of at least 10,000 taels of silver every year.

Secondly, Yue Fei was named the founding prince of Wuchang County.

This duke has more than 6,100 fiefdoms. Each household should have twenty-five wen per month. a month is a hundred and fifty taels of silver. Here is more than 1,800 taels a year.

In addition, Yue Fei worships as the Taiwei and Kaiyi Mansion and the three divisions, and he will add another 1,200 taels of silver every year.

And he gave him a hundred and fifty stone of grain every month. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the price of rice was about one stone and two taels of silver, that is, two copper coins.

In this way, Yue Fei has an additional income of 3,600 taels of silver every year.

To sum up, Yue Fei had an annual income of 16,600 taels of silver from Yulu alone.

this number. The biggest one, interest income, was also missing.

According to the records of the Song Dynasty, Yue Fei once made him a Huiyi official named Li Qi's Kailiyuan, and the envoy of Ezhou, Jisheng, Beibian, Huiyi, etc., collected more than 165,000 yuan of interest every year; Ezhou Guanyin, Dianku, house money, Yingtian miscellaneous collection money, Xiangyang Mansion wine storehouse, house money, Boyi field annual income of more than 415,000 yuan.

These interest income can be regarded as the income of Yue Jiajun, or it can be regarded as Yue Fei's own private income, anyway, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and other military leaders did this at that time.

In this way, Yue Fei used an extra 1.6 million taels of silver every year.

What is the concept of 1,600,000 taels of silver?

There have been historians who have examined it: it is also calculated by purchasing power. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, a tael of silver was worth about 150 to 220 yuan; In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was worth 300 to 800 yuan; while in the Song Dynasty it was six hundred to one thousand three hundred yuan; During the Tang Dynasty, it was 2,000 to 4,000 yuan.

With the change of dynasties, the purchasing power of silver declined.

Follow this calculation formula. Isn't Yue Fei's income hundreds of millions?

Since Yue Fei is so rich, and his family is so diligent and thrifty, where is all his income spent?

"The Remains of Yue Wumu Gong" records such a trivial matter:

One day, Huang Zong, the chief of staff, saw Yue Fei commanding the sergeant to constantly move items out of his own house, thinking that he was going to move, and when he came forward to inquire, it turned out that he was going to sell all these items.

"Is Xuanfu very short of money to spend?" Huang Zong asked strangely.

One day, Huang Zong saw Yue Fei commanding the sergeant to constantly move items out of his own house, thinking that he was going to move, and when he came forward to inquire, it turned out that he was going to sell all these items.

"I'm waiting for the money." Yue Fei replied.

"What are you going to buy? Such a large sum of money was used. ”

"Pay the money for the materials of the warmakers, and build two thousand good bows." Yue Fei said simply.

Huang Zong was even more strange: "Since it is a military equipment, this money should be paid by the government, how can you pay for it?" ”

Yue Fei said: "How many reports do you have to make to apply for official money, I'm in a hurry to use it, so I'll do it first." ("A few picks begged, and a certain quick need to be used, so they did it themselves.") Yue Fei's answer made Huang Zong sigh.

According to records, during the first Northern Expedition in Shaoxing in four years, the imperial court advanced "600,000 yuan of money, and 200,000 yuan inside" as a bonus after the war, but after the war, "the money has been paid 975,000 yuan", which was a full 375,000 yuan.

The 375,000 yuan that had overspent was all taken by Yue Fei from his pocket.

In Yue Fei's view, only by "awarding meritorious rewards" can people "be favored", "the soldiers can do their best", and "I am afraid that the rewards of the soldiers will be small, and we cannot be hopeless". When the government did not allocate funds, he often used "the tin he earned to excite the soldiers, and if the soldiers were not given food, they would be used for private purposes."

Once, Zhao Gou sighed in front of Yue Fei: "The world is not peaceful. ”

Yue Fei immediately responded: "Wenchen doesn't love money, Wuchen doesn't hesitate to die, and the world should be peaceful." ”

This sentence is also a portrayal of Yue Fei's righteousness, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty greatly appreciated this concise sentence, saying that Yue Fei is, "Two words of the ministers are eternal, and a hundred soldiers are powerful for a while"

Historians say that he "lives in a clean and honest place, does not breed goods, although he gives his own money and scatters it to Mo Si, he does not know that he has a home", which can be called "Jia Yanyi is brilliant in the annals of history, and the model is also in the future generations"...... (To be continued......)

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