Is it common to eat empty salaries?

Fang Jue was really not surprised, because this was indeed a common thing.

The so-called empty salary is to falsely report the number of soldiers and horses, and the imperial court distributes the salary according to the number of people and the corresponding military position when issuing the salary.

The more people, the more money will be allocated to the household.

The more horses there are, the more money is granted.

There is also room for maneuvering, such as the number and type of ordnance...... Gotta get a new one, right?

A soldier's annual salary is about 30 taels, plus the country's festive silver reward, generally 35 to 40 taels a year.

A set of soldiers' equipment can be worth more than 20 taels, not counting the excellent configuration of war horses.

Even if these equipment do not need to be changed often, the maintenance cost is not low, and it will have to be replaced in the year, and it will cost nearly ten taels a year.

A soldier, the court has to spend on him a year, spending forty or fifty taels.

In this way, if you falsely report a hundred soldiers, you can get an extra four or five hundred taels a year. The court officials, the second-rank officials, are only more than 500 taels a year.

And only 100 people eat empty salary, that's really "conscience", let alone can't eat the empty salary of your 1,000-household camp?

There is even more excessive, 10,000 people can eat the empty salary of 3 or 4,000 people, and the imperial court does not know, and it is only after the war that it realizes that there are not enough soldiers and horses.

It's not that Daxia hasn't had this kind of case, and every time it's dealt with severely.

But those who eat 100 people's empty salaries, it is difficult for the court to find out, because people only need to report a non-war damage, and 100 people can die, what do you check?

"Does the Yulin Army eat empty salaries?" Fang Jue teased.

Cheng Jie said with a smile: "The young master is really good at laughing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven in Gyeonggi Chongdi, how dare you do this, the Yushitai and the Hanging Sword Division are keeping an eye on it." ”

He didn't say anything, he couldn't say anything, but he said that he didn't have the guts.

This is very true.

Fang Jue suddenly frowned, thinking of something: "You say, the commander of the Suzhou battalion, will he eat too much empty salary, causing the siege of Luoyang to go so smoothly, because there are not many people available in the Suzhou battalion?" ”

"This ......" Cheng Jie didn't expect that the young master would actually want to go to Suzhou.

He hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that!" ”

The people in the Suzhou camp are all dead, if you still say such cool words, how to spread it.

Fang Jue muttered, "I have to check ......"

The Suzhou battalion was defeated too quickly, and it is said that the defenders of a battalion could not have lost so quickly.

"Young Master, you can't check!" Cheng Jie hurriedly persuaded.

Fang Jue also reacted: "Yes, it's not easy to check ......"

Because of the Suzhou side, the imperial court has been posthumously crowned with loyalty, and the defenders or the main generals have been killed in battle, and it is easy to cause instability in the army's morale at this time.

What's more, the emperor has expressed his position, and at this time, isn't it a slap in the face of the emperor again.

And the death of people and debts, the most important thing is that all the Suzhou battalions were martyred, and it seems too harsh to have another turmoil.

Whether it can be found out or not, it will be difficult to be a person.

"You reminded you right, but Lizhou and Liangzhou, you still have to take a good look." Fang Jue said seriously.

Cheng Jie: "Yes, the Lizhou battalion and the Liangzhou battalion are said to be 10,000 people, and the rewards will be counted according to the dispatch of troops in the future." ”

If you eat empty pay at this time, not only will you be rewarded more later, but more importantly, you will affect the front line.

In case you need to hire people, and suddenly you are embarrassed to find that there is no one, then it is over.

"You go and remind them, let them all be more restrained, don't play these tricks at this time, otherwise there will be no mercy on the battlefield!" Fang Jue said.

"That's what the last general means, I think the Lizhou battalion should have fewer people, but General Wei Ran is the rule."

After Cheng Jie left, Fang Jue called Qin Mengchi.

She didn't go with Bai Qing, and took a few people to stay and wait for the dispatch.

"What do you command, young master?" Qin Mengchi's tone was soft and crisp, which made people's hearts tremble.

Fang Jue Zhengse said: "In the archives of the Hanging Sword Division, whose person is Sun Yi?" ”

Qin Mengchi was a little surprised: "Lizhou Lord General Sun Yi? ”

"Hmm."

After only a brief reflection, Qin Mengchi replied: "He had an old friendship with King Ning, but since King Ning had a close relationship with King Wei, he has not interacted with King Ning again, so he is measured." ”

"Is there any black material for him?" Fang Jue asked.

Speaking of this, Qin Mengchi's eyes lit up.

She likes gossip, especially the gossip of these powerful figures, saying that it is black history if it is small, and it is a handle when it is big.

"This General Sun, there really isn't much dirty." Qin Mengchi was a little surprised.

Fang Jue nodded: "He doesn't have a record of eating empty salaries?" ”

Whether the imperial court will deal with it is one thing, but the Hanging Sword Division must know that there is a case record!

When His Majesty wants to deal with whom, these records will all be activated, and the punishment for several crimes will be combined.

"Nope." Qin Mengchi shook his head.

"Huh?" Fang Jue was surprised, there was such an incorruptible person in the army?

Why don't I believe it?

Qin Mengchi explained: "The way people make money is much more advanced than eating empty salaries, where is the use of doing such things." ”

"Oh?" Fang Jue was interested, "How did he make money?" ”

"Smuggling?" Qin Mengchi said lightly.

"Ahem!" Fang Jue almost coughed up old phlegm.

In the previous sentence, Qin Mengchi also said that Sun Yi was tall, Fang Jue didn't expect the turn to be so fast, he thought that this Sun Yi didn't do anything illegal.

Qin Mengchi took it for granted: "As a border guard, how many are there who don't smuggle?" As long as you don't smuggle ordnance and salt and iron, you shouldn't see it. The border is difficult, and this can be regarded as a benefit to these defenders. ”

She told Fang Jue that this was an open secret, and no one would be too harsh.

"Then it's not a sin." Fang Jue shook his head, he was a little helpless about the laws of this era.

However, Fang Jue is not a Legalist, and he doesn't think it's too unreasonable, and when the water is clear, there are no fish.

"So, this Sun Yi doesn't disdain to eat empty salaries?" Fang Jue nodded.

Qin Mengchi: "What, do you suspect that Sun Yi is eating empty salaries?" ”

"Sun Yi's men, do you know their files?" Fang Jue didn't hold out much hope, but still asked.

Qin Mengchi rolled his eyes: "Young Master, you are really embarrassed, so many generals, how can people remember?" ”

"Forget it, you call Sun Yi, remember to call him secretly, I have something to say to him." Fang Jue commanded.

"Don't you need anything else?" Qin Mengchi has a deep meaning.

Fang Jue knew that she was deliberately provoking and flirting, the kind that would immediately escape if she really wanted to use her hands and feet.

"." Fang Jue said angrily.

"Hehe, I'm in a hurry." Qin Mengchi ran out of the camp with a smile, and his laughter was numb.

Dian Yiyi: "Young Master, this Qin girl shouldn't be on the beauty list, she should open a ronin list." ”

"You think so, too?"

The two looked at each other and smiled playfully.

After a while, Sun Yi came in from outside the tent.

"The young master is looking for me?" Sun Yi smiled, thinking that he had a good errand.

Fang Jue nodded: "General Sun, the army has not yet set off, and the materials need to be prepared in a unified manner, you go back and see if there are any more things issued to your Lizhou battalion, and if so, they will be handed over to the military quartermasters." ”

Quartermasters existed in this era, and they were called quartermasters.

Hearing such a heartless sentence, Sun Yi subconsciously said: "Lizhou has its own armaments, only the military rations are according to human hair, and the Liangzhou battalion is 10,000 copies?" ”

Seeing that he didn't understand immediately, Fang Jue smiled and said, "General Sun, go back and take a look." ”

"Huh?"

Sun Yi is in charge of one side in the end, and naturally he is not a fool, and when he saw that the young master said so deliberately, he suddenly felt a little stunned.

"The young master is talking about ......"

Fang Jue nodded, but he didn't say anything, saving him some face.

Sun Yilao's face turned red, gritted his teeth and said, "Holy shit, I'll go back and check, and I must give the young master an explanation!" ”

After saying that, he hurriedly rushed out of the camp, cursing and scolding along the way, and went back to the place where the Lizhou battalion was stationed.

"Young Master, did you deliberately save face for him?" The pawn is broken.

Fang Jue chuckled: "After all, it is a guard, I don't say that I don't know, I can take it as if I don't know, and if I say that I break a lot of things, it will be difficult to recover." ”

……

"Shit, who did it!"

Sun Yi returned to the camp, called all the generals under his command back, pointed to his nose and scolded one by one:

"Eat a little on weekdays, I don't care, this time it's the Northern Expedition, why don't you know how to converge on the major events of the country?"

Few of the generals held their heads high, and most of them hung their heads and had no confidence.

"Did Lao Tzu deduct your military salary, or did he give less reward?"

"The young master asked me to go, but I was embarrassed to break it, save your face, how can you call Lao Tzu stand up in front of others?"

"It's good that I didn't let Wei Ran and Lin Bei know, otherwise Lao Tzu's face would be lost all over the north, and he would go to the capital!"

He didn't know, Cheng Jie had already seen this, and he just didn't say it.

Sun Yi scolded, and only shouted when he was angry enough: "Whoever brings less people will come out for Lao Tzu!" ”

Immediately, half of the generals took a step forward.

Sun Yi bared his teeth: "I said how come people can see it so quickly, isn't there a hundred or ten fewer feelings?" ”

If there are one hundred or ten fewer under one thousand households, then ten thousand households will lose the strength of a whole thousand battalions, and the war will be a bit of a fart?

"Go to the Judge Advocate General's Office to get twenty military sticks yourself! In the end, how many people are talking about it, Made, Lao Tzu still has to go to report to the young master, this face is a big shame! ”