Isn't it because Zhu Yunwen wants to cut the domain, and he cuts it too hard?

In the end, Zhu Yunwen could only shave his hair and become a monk for the rest of his life.

Zhou Xian will not do this, there are many problems with the border army of the Ming Dynasty,

If he wants to eradicate it completely, then he can only cut down those who create problems.

"My lord, what about the civil rebellion in Shanggu?"

"Do you want to send troops to suppress it?"

"No!"

Zhou Xian shook his head and glared at Cao Zhengchun coldly.

"Grandpa Cao, you're troublesome."

Cao Zhengchun suddenly realized that Zhou Xian suspected him of interfering in political affairs.

Immediately knelt at his feet: "The slave and maid deserve death, the slave and maid are terrified, and I implore the adults to punish the crime." ”

"Get up, and go and pass me into the mountains."

"The old slave is going." Cao Zhengchun got up in a panic and retreated.

The horse master has just been imprisoned in the country.

At this point in time, there is a disaster on the Wucheng side, which is already very sensitive.

At present, the scholars and doctors above the temple are all soldiers.

It's no longer clear who is behind this series of decisions?

Is it a colt? Or Emperor Chongzhen's?

A moment later, Jinyi Wei Qianhu Yu entered the mountain and followed Cao Zhengchun into the Qianqing Palace.

"Humble and greeting!"

"Yu Jinshan, you can take the backbone members under your command to Zhengding County, there has been a civil uprising there, give me the clearest results to investigate."

"Yes, I'll investigate it."

"Remember, you must not resort to force unless absolutely necessary, I just need to understand the cause and effect of the incident."

"Understood!" Yu Jinshan received the order of the commander and left Beijing quickly.

Zhou Xian paced back and forth in the Qianqing Palace, falling into deep thought.

Now he can conclude that the border army on the side of Wucheng must be in a hurry.

Otherwise, why do you need to give me this whole thing at a critical juncture, the east is not lit up, and the west is lit up?

At the end of the day, it's just a little trick to get my attention.

After Zhou Xian calmed down and thought about it, was it a bit too hasty to do it himself?

After all, the nine-sided trouble of the Ming Dynasty is a problem left over from history.

If you insist on cutting through the mess quickly, it is really possible to make some trouble.

The next day, at noon.

Zhou Xiang to eight hundred miles of urgent feedback letters.

The letter was sent by Chen Qingzhi.

The letter said that the military salaries sent to Xuanfu were being disbursed normally in accordance with the process.

And the military salaries prepared for Wucheng are also rushing over there.

Zhou Xian put down the twist, and he was thinking about waiting for the next step now.

Wait and see how the border army reacts.

Because Zhou Xian took matters into his own hands, he raised the wages of the border troops in Xuanfu.

The soldiers of Xuanfu used to get twenty taels of silver per year.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the purchasing power of one or two official silver was three bags of grain.

Converted to the current amount, three bags of grain are ninety catties.

Twenty taels of military money a year can be exchanged for 1,800 catties of grain.

But this time, Zhou Xian raided Qian Qianyi's home and searched more than 10 million taels of silver.

There were also two other big corrupt officials in the court, totaling 19 million taels of silver.

Plus a subsidy from the treasury.

Sixty million taels of silver were distributed as usual.

The 150,000 troops specially reported to the Xuanfu were paid for the Qing army.

In other words, each person can get 40 taels of silver.

That's right!

Zhou Xian himself doubled the salaries of the soldiers on the Xuanfu side.

And it is not issued on a quarterly basis, but directly on an annual basis.

This is something that has never happened in history.

When he did this, he knew that more than half of the huge amount of silver must have been lost.

Because Zhou Xian was very clear about the inside of the border army at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that it was reported that there were 150,000 troops in the military town of Xuanfu.

But those who are really actually on duty have to make a discount.

Seventy thousand soldiers and horses is already very good.

Because of the border army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the situation of false concealment was very serious.

Originally, there were 70,000 mercenaries, but he reported 150,000.

It is necessary to urge the imperial court to demand a total of 150,000 military salaries.

However, here comes the problem again.

Do you think 70,000 people are great?

No, no!

Miss by a mile!

Of the 70,000 people, nearly half are old and weak.

It was the original soldier who went out to do other jobs.

In order to receive military salaries, the fathers or grandfathers of the seventy or eighty years in the family were dragged in, and they were indiscriminately filled.

Speaking of which, such an approach is quite conscientious.

At least there's someone out there.

The old, the weak, the sick and the disabled accounted for 30,000 people.

So, the real soldiers are actually more than 40,000 points.

But here comes the more important question.

Among the more than 40,000 people, how many real combatants are there?

According to the ancient combat units, if there were 40,000 front-line combatants, there must be at least 20,000 quartermasters and rear armament personnel.

In this way, it can support a big battle of 40,000 people.

Otherwise, there would be no supply of food, grass and ordnance.

Converted to the Xuanfu side, if there is a war, it is already a good effect that there can be 30,000 warriors out of 40,000 people.

What about the actual situation?

30,000 people may not be able to squeeze it out.

Because in the stage of military emergency, the major border towns still need to allocate a large number of soldiers to carry out construction.

Build camps, repair cities, build ordnance and even train war horses, in short, war is not child's play.

In history, those who claimed to have 800,000 troops attacked with their divisions, but the real combat units were actually at most 200,000.

It can be seen from this that the internal friction of the troops is also quite large.

Therefore, if Jiannu attacks Xuanfu, the personnel that Xuanfu can send to fight are actually 20,000 people.

This is already a very conservative calculation.

Therefore, it is an urgent matter to rectify the border towns.

There's also a very sad thing involved.

That is, even if the imperial court received a military salary of 150,000 people, in fact, the real military salary was 30,000 or 40,000 people.

But among those thirty or forty thousand people, there were quite a few soldiers, and they couldn't even see a single hair.

Do you understand?

In the final analysis, it is the military salary of 150,000 people, all of which go into the pockets of the bigwigs, or are transferred.

The soldiers below had no money, and of course they held a grudge.

If there is a sign of rebellion, it is reasonable to follow the rebellion.

Therefore, Zhou Xian pretended not to know anything, and paid 150,000 military salaries as usual.

And it's double per capita.

He just wanted Jin Yiwei and Jin Wuwei to keep an eye on the Xuanfu side.

Look at how the generals on the Xuanfu side distributed that huge sum.

As soon as they reach out their hands, they are caught in appearance.

Then I'm sorry!

Corrupt officials must not only spit out all the gains they have gained over the years, but also behead them to death.

Not convinced?

Then add another Zhulian Nine Clans!

The house was confiscated.

Zhou Xian is not a little illusory.

In the year of catastrophe and misfortune at the end of the Ming Dynasty, only such a thunderbolt and thunderbolt can hope to help the world fall.

What's more, whether it can be helped back is another matter.

Even the current Zhou Xian is not 100% sure.

Every step he takes is like walking on thin ice, carrying a load.

On that day, Li Zicheng suddenly broke through Shaanxi and Gansu, and Wu Sangui suddenly became angry at the crown.