When Li Banghua rectified the Beijing camp last time, one-tenth of the soldiers in the three major battalions were occupied by the generals under various names, which directly led to the loss of more than 10,000 soldiers in the three major battalions.

And the hypocrisy is even more excessive, the hypocrisy has a different name, called empty salary, generals and relatives, eunuchs, and heroes use their own servants to pretend to be strong men in the army, and pay a generous salary every month.

This kind of thing is even more harmful to the army, and it is also more difficult to straighten out.

Because of the large number of these empty salaries, not only most of the backgrounds are in high positions, but also colluded with each other, so it is not easy to do it at all.

Even the last time Li Banghua was in the inventory, he only operated on some people with relatively small forces, and in the end, only one-tenth of the false quota was cleared out.

This is not the most fatal thing, the most fatal thing is that these people take bribes, as long as they give money, they will collect people into the three major battalions to receive salaries.

As a result, more than half of the 100,000 soldiers in the three major battalions were old, weak, sick and disabled.

The three battalions, which originally numbered 100,000 people, were cut out of half of the old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were still 50,000 people left.

Of these 50,000 people, after removing 10,000 occupied soldiers, there are still 40,000, and at least 10,000 of these 40,000 are empty salaries, that is, non-existent soldiers.

In this way, the three major battalions, which claim to be 200,000, have only 20,000 or 30,000 people left in the end, and these 20,000 or 30,000 people have neglected training all year round, and it is really unknown how much combat strength they can have.

After talking about the source of soldiers, Li Banghua continued to talk about equipment.

"The equipment of the Beijing camp is the best in the world, whether it is weapons, armor, firearms, artillery or war horses, it should be the best in the world."

"But now, there should be 20,000 war horses in the Beijing camp, but in fact there are only 15,000."

"And among these fifteen thousand horses, the governor, the assistant and the inspector of the department and the provincial officials all have the usual horses, and there are officials who do not return the horses when they are doing business, and even more excessively, some people buy the war horses at a low price."

"In this way, fifteen thousand horses, which can really be used by the soldiers of the Beijing camp, are not even a thousand."

"This is just war horses, as well as armor and artillery and other equipment, and more of them are in their hands."

"The equipment is old, the guns can't be fired, and the cannons are easy to explode, which is already the norm in business."

When Li Banghua said this, his expression couldn't help but be a little gloomy, in the second year of Chongzhen, he had rectified the Beijing camp once, and after his rectification, the Beijing camp regained its combat effectiveness.

After his rectification, there were also many famous generals in Beijing, such as Huang Degong and others.

But alas, the good times were short-lived.

Because Chongzhen could not withstand the pressure of the Manchu nobles and civil and military ministers, Li Banghua was soon dismissed and dismissed and went home to retire.

And with Li Banghua's experience from the past, the officials who took over the rectification of the Beijing camp in the future will no longer dare to do things.

Therefore, the Jingying, which had just improved a little, was corrupted again, and even because Li Banghua had rectified it once, under the intensification of these people, the situation in the Jingying was even worse than before.

"Heh......"

Lao Zhu sneered, his eyes full of murderous intent.

Back then, he was also mixed up from the big head soldiers, so he knew very well that equipment on the battlefield was the life of a soldier, and even more important than the life of a soldier.

And those bastards in the upper positions are greedy for all the money for the armor and equipment of the soldiers below, and once there is a war, letting these soldiers go to the battlefield is equivalent to sending them to death.

"The imperial court allocates so much food and salary to Jingying every year, they don't have to do anything at all, and most of it has already fallen into their hands."

"It's really good business, it's easy to calculate."

Lao Zhu, who had a blazing murderous intent in his heart, barely calmed down his emotions and spoke again: "In addition to these bastards, there should be a small number of real soldiers in the Beijing camp. ”

"Since those people have taken away most of the food and salary in Jingying, they shouldn't be able to look down on the rest, right?"

"Your Majesty has overestimated their humanity."

Li Banghua shook his head with a wry smile, and then said: "The minister went to inspect the Beijing camp today, and most of the soldiers have vegetables on their faces, they are not allowed to wear armor, and they are not allowed to whip when they get on their horses, which is comparable to the people who have fled. ”

"According to the minister's private understanding, the soldiers in the Beijing camp not only did not receive salaries, but even the rations were harsh."

"Not to mention, there are still means of lending money in the army, so many soldiers join the army in the Beijing camp, not only do they not get a penny, but they also have to pour silver into it."

"Under-lending?"

Lao Zhu, who had never heard of this word, subconsciously frowned, "What is a loan owed?" ”

Since everything has been said so much, there is nothing that cannot be said about the following things, so Li Banghua sighed, and then explained: "The so-called under-lending refers to cutting off your salary. ”

"After these soldiers joined the army, they were in the army every day, and there was no other income, and the whole family was counting on military salaries to live."

"Once these military salaries are in arrears, those soldiers who have no savings at home will not be able to survive at all, so they can only find ways to get money."

"At this time, the generals who swallowed their salaries will send people to come forward and lend them money at high profits."

"These soldiers, in order for the family to survive, can only choose the road of borrowing."

"And once they choose this path, the money owed by these soldiers will soon become an astronomical amount that those soldiers will not be able to pay off."

"In this way, not only will the salaries and silver issued by these soldiers in the future not reach them at all, but even the things owned by these soldiers' families can be taken directly in the name of debt collection as long as they are favored by those generals."

"Among them, including the wives and children of those soldiers......"

When Li Banghua said this, his hands were about to bleed, and he really couldn't imagine how sad and angry those soldiers who guarded the frontier for the country and fought bravely would be when they were forced to sell their sons and daughters.

"Good! Good! Good! ”

Lao Zhu's eyes were red, his teeth were about to be crushed by him, and his cold voice seemed to come from the netherworld, "What a bad loan, a good Ming strong army, it really makes us gain knowledge!! ”

Originally, Lao Zhu just wanted Li Banghua to rectify the Beijing camp and train the combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp, and the rest would be talked about later.

But now, he has changed his mind, Jingying has to practice, and he has to kill people!

"Li Banghua."

Lao Zhu's voice completely lost its temperature, and he said directly: "This time to rectify the Beijing camp, your primary goal is to train an elite army, if anyone obstructs it, no matter who it is, you can cut it first and then play." ”

"As for the rest of the camp, you don't need to worry about it."

After saying this, Lao Zhu, who exuded a cold aura all over his body, didn't wait for Li Banghua to answer at all, and directly turned around and left with someone.

Only Li Banghua, who was left with a blank face, didn't know what Lao Zhu was thinking.