"The soldiers and horses of Liaozhen, in your opinion, how much empty salary is there......

When Houjin's question was asked, Zhu Youzhen got straight to the point and directly asked about Liaozhen's empty salary.

"Uh...... This ......" Hearing Zhu Youzhen ask about the empty salary, Man Gui was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Just because he's reckless doesn't mean he's a fool.

This kind of thing cannot be said casually, and if it is not done well, hundreds of officials and generals will be involved.

"But don't worry, the imperial brother and I have already made a decision, and we won't blame the generals."

Zhu Youzhen saw that Man Gui was worried, so he could only appease him, and when Man Gui thought that he would have to work in the Imperial Horse Prison in the future anyway, he simply said:

"Liaozhen, before Xiong Jingluo arrived, there were 95,000 Liao soldiers, 90,000 guest troops, 100,000 baggage soldiers, and nearly 280,000"

"However, Liaozhen and the guest army have a lot of empty salaries, and the same is true for the baggage soldiers."

"According to Li Yingce's statistics, the original number of troops in Liaodong was 95,000, and there were only 40,000 in the 28th year of Wanli, which means that 60% of the soldiers and horses were reduced."

"The reason for the decrease is that after the Korean battle, Liaodong suffered too many losses and was difficult to recover."

"The soldiers and horses of Liaozhen recruited Liao people as soldiers, but since the eunuch Gao Huai rebelled in Liao, the Liao people regarded the imperial court as an enemy."

"Therefore, after many Liao people took military salaries and settling-in allowances, they went west to take refuge in the Beiguo, or went north to take refuge in the Jianju."

"Before the battle of Sarhu, the training of the Ming army stationed in Liaodong was deserted, the equipment was outdated, there was a shortage of food and salary, and there were 140,000 soldiers and horses, but there were only 70,000 soldiers, of which less than 40,000 could go out of the city to fight."

"Because of this, before the battle of Salhu, the imperial court deliberately transferred Juniper, Liu Wei, two general troops and troops from Sichuan, Gansu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other provinces to reinforce Liaodong."

"At that time, Yang Ho claimed to be an army of 470,000 to the outside world, but in fact there were only more than 88,000 troops, and with the Yehe Department and the North Korean army, the strength was about 110,000."

"Before the war, in order to confuse Nurhachi, Yang Jingluo lied that our army went out of the border on the first day of March and joined forces to capture the capital of Manchuria.

"But in fact, our army set out on February 25, but the strange thing is that Nurhachi knew the time of our army's departure, and then divided his troops with the main force, and defeated our army all the way."

"In the end, our army killed more than 50,000 people, and less than 30,000 people fled back, while Tieling and Kaiyuan were captured again, losing more than 10,000 people."

"Since then, there are less than 20,000 people in Liaodong alone, and there are only 40,000 soldiers and horses defending the city."

"Fortunately, thanks to the timely dispatch of guest troops such as Jizhen and Xuanfu by the imperial court, coupled with Xiong Jinglu's proper recruitment, the number of soldiers was quickly replenished to 180,000."

Speaking of which, Man Gui can be regarded as having finished talking about Xiong Tingbi's arrival in Liaodong and the situation before his arrival.

But after that, there is still some information, that is, the current empty salary information.

Man Gui took a deep breath and said nervously:

"It stands to reason that Xiong Jingluo should be happy that there are nearly 180,000 garrisons and guest troops, but he soon discovered one thing after recruiting troops."

"This matter is the empty salary caused by the Liaozhen generals' greed for military salaries, the cultivation of family members, and the Liao people's flight north."

When the matter got to the point, everyone frowned and listened, and Man Gui also said slowly:

"Xiong Jingluo figured out the situation of Liaozhen's empty salary in less than three months."

"Liaodong, which has 180,000 soldiers on the surface, has only 120,000 soldiers and horses, and one-third of the empty salary."

"This is not all the empty salary, all the empty salary also needs to be added to the salary of the baggage soldiers."

"Liaodong's 100,000 baggage troops are configured with 180,000 people, but at present, Liaodong only has 120,000 soldiers."

"Therefore, in terms of baggage soldiers, they are actually paid empty salaries, and the actual number of baggage soldiers is only about 40,000 at present."

"That is to say, in the entire Liaodong, there are only 160,000 heavy soldiers and soldiers at the moment."

"And among these 160,000 people, people are fleeing every day, and among the 120,000 soldiers, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 who can fight."

"Therefore, Xiong Jingluo reduced the empty salaries of various departments, thinking that he could make this group of generals honest, but he didn't want them to continue to eat empty salaries."

"Those Liao soldiers who fled north to join the Beiyu and Jianguo, after they fled, they became empty, and the silver taels were used to support the generals' families."

"I took a look at the military camps in various places when I came to Changping, I am afraid that at present, there are less than 100,000 soldiers in Liaodong, and less than 30,000 baggage soldiers......

Man Gui said the problem of empty salaries in Liaodong, which made everyone feel calm for a long time.

There should have been 280,000 regular soldiers plus heavy troops, but in reality there were only 160,000, with a vacancy of 120,000.

At present, Xiong Tingbi has reduced his quota, but there are only 130,000 soldiers and horses of 160,000, and there is 30,000 empty quotas.

The level of empty wages of the soldiers and horses in Liaozhen is unprecedented.

According to the calculation of twelve taels of silver for the regular soldiers and five taels for the auxiliary soldiers, before Xiong Tingbi cut the empty forehead, he had to eat nearly one million taels of silver every year when Liaozhen ate empty salaries.

Even now, I have to eat 300,000 taels of silver.

This is only the salary, but also military rations, armor, and war horses.

At present, one tael of silver and one stone of grain in Liaodong, twelve stone of grain for one person a year, plus other auxiliary food and war horse straw bundles, the war horse silver bought nominally is frighteningly high.

In this way, it is not difficult to explain why Liaodong and Nurhachi have only been at war for two and a half years, but they have consumed nearly 12 million taels of silver.

Of this money, I am afraid that only one-third will come in handy, and two-thirds will be paid empty.

Eating like this, waiting until the Xiaoice River drought broke out seven years later, and the national drought for more than ten consecutive years, Daming had only one dead end.

Zhu Youzhen no longer knows how to deal with this huge interest group, is it feasible to send Zhejiang soldiers and white pole soldiers as before?

What should be done so that the Liaodong military gate will not collectively rebel and turn back to Jin?

From the current point of view, Xiong Tingbi can control the field, and the people of Liaodong also believe in Xiong Tingbi, so he must not kill.

To keep Xiong Tingbi, boil the frog in warm water and go to the Liaodong Army.

But if you really take your time, will the people of Liaodong be able to hold on?

The people of Liaodong are no more than 3 million people, and 3 million people support 100,000 professional troops.

With the grain output of only 120 catties per acre of land in Liaodong, Liaodong may not even be able to feed the people, so what can be used to feed 100,000 professional troops?

There were too many garrisons, which caused the local food prices to soar, and the people could not afford to eat food, so they had to flee north to join the Houjin and the Mongols.

But if the army is not stationed, the army of Jianyu will fall in an instant, Liaodong will be captured, and even 20,000 troops will not be able to survive by relying on the western Liaoxi corridor alone.

This is a dead loop, but it is not difficult to unravel him, that is, to control a large granary, transport grain directly to Liaodong by sea, and prohibit military grain from being purchased locally, so as to stabilize the price of grain and let the people of Liaodong live.

But how to control a big granary? How to break through the blockade of Jiangnan officials and go directly by sea? This is a matter that will cause the Jiangnan people to revolt if it is not done well......