The army is roughly divided into several types, the first is the standing army, the border army and the forbidden army, which are also the largest number of troops.

Regardless of whether it is a border army or a forbidden army, the military salary is the same, and the border army and the forbidden army also receive free labor and half tax policies in addition to military salary. Every year, two stones, one liter of salt, one horse of linen, four pieces of money, three pieces of salted meat, and the salary will be increased by three percent when the border is garrisoned.

This kind of treatment is already very good for ordinary people, it can be said that if one person is a soldier, the whole family can save enough food.

In addition, I still have land to cultivate, I don't gamble and spend money, and I can eat two meals of meat a month, and my life is very good.

The border army and the forbidden army combined were about 300,000 people.

In addition to the border army and the forbidden army, the best treatment is Yu Linwei and peasant soldiers. Yu Linwei is basically a child of the public office, and all the food and salary are allocated by the royal family, and the number is about 30,000.

The peasant soldiers are the border army and the forbidden army in the middle of the war exploits, but the merit is not enough to be knighted, so they are divided into peasant soldiers, and the number of peasant soldiers is also quite a lot, accumulated over the years, it has been close to 50,000, scattered in the north and south of the country.

It's just that in the last 20 years or so, there have been very few peasant soldiers.

On the one hand, because there was less fighting, and on the other hand, because there was a shortage of land. Peasants and soldiers do not need to pay taxes or do not need to serve in labor, they only need to practice martial arts, and then prepare war horses and weapons, and there will be a period of conscription and combat every year.

Whether it is social status or worth, they are no worse than some small tycoons, not to mention that they can also have weapons and armor in the bright future.

The worst treatment is the county soldiers, all states and counties have them, the amount is 500 to 2,000, these soldiers are only responsible for guarding the land, there is no military pay, every year to give a stone of grain, a horse of cloth, a liter of salt, a piece of salt.

As for the nobles' guards, they are supported by themselves, and the highest number is 240 county marquis, but no one will recruit the guards of the family.

The food and salary of the forbidden army and the border army were all distributed by the imperial court, and the Dasi Nong handed over to the soldiers and horses envoys in various places, and the soldiers and horses envoys were then distributed to the chief officers of each department, and the chief officers of each department were then distributed to the soldiers.

Of course, the transportation and distribution also have to go through several hands, and it is not clear what went wrong specifically.

Wang Zhuo took control of the forbidden army in Beijing as soon as this situation occurred. Then the question of the army's salaries began to be investigated.

Yu Linwei closed the entire barracks, and then disarmed all the soldiers, including the generals, and then verified them.

The number of forbidden troops in Beijing is 50,000, and the annual military salary is about 300,000 yuan, plus grain, cloth, and salt, which can be said to be a great wealth.

Wang Shu brought ten family members and 100 embroidered envoys to investigate the problems in the Beijing camp.

It was only at this time that Wang Shu realized how big the problem of the army was. Because someone secretly told that there were a large number of vacancies in the barracks, but when Wang Shu sent someone to check the number of soldiers, there were almost no vacancies in the barracks, and only a few hundred vacancies were partly for going home to visit relatives, and partly because they were sick and not in the camp.

In this way, even if there is a shortfall, the shortfall is very small. This made Wang Shu's face gloomy.

"Your Highness, isn't it good that there are no vacancies? Why are you still "

Wang Shu said lightly: "We are sure that there is a shortage in the camp, and now that we have checked it, there is no shortage in the camp, what does that mean?" ”

"Did they prepare in advance? No, it's someone who is informing! The kiss's face changed slightly.

"Not only that, but they can also replenish the soldiers in a short period of time. These people are not simple! Wang Shu said lightly.

Wang Shu is not worried, what is fake is fake, and flaws will be exposed after all.

The number of troops is good to replenish, and the people outside the city bring in some coolies, but will they fight in battle?

Wang Shu directly ordered people to beat drums to gather troops, and then drilled the military formation. Hearing Wang Shu's request, the Governor of Beijing gathered troops to practice the military formation.

Sure enough, when the army practiced the military formation, it was immediately discovered that the military formation was not running smoothly, the orders were inconsistent, and some soldiers could not understand the banners at all.

Seeing this situation, there was no need for Wang Shu to investigate, and soon the people below would screen out those people.

"Hehe, 50,000 operations, 13,000 shortages, why can Governor Nie teach me?" Wang Shu glanced coldly at the governor of Jingying.

Nie Zhi had a cold sweat on his head, and he could only kneel on the ground and say: "The minister is guilty of capital crimes!" ”

"Capital offense? Do you also know that the royal family owes a capital crime? Wang Shu asked angrily.

"No!"

"Has the royal family ever cut your officials?"

"No!"

"Has the royal family ever deprived you of your family property?"

"No!"

"Then tell the king, why is that?" Wang Shu sneered.

"The minister is guilty of capital crimes, excessive greed, and there is no turning back!" Nie Zhi hung his head and said.

"It's not up to King Lone to die, wait for Your Majesty's holy judgment!"

After opening the gap in Nie Zhi's body, the rest of the Jingying was no longer a problem, and soon the imperial court counted the total number of vacancies. The shortage in the Beijing camp is close to 20%, and in addition to the shortage, there is also a big problem with the food and salary issued by the imperial court.

The imperial court paid silver to distribute silver money, but in the hands of the soldiers, it became copper money, although the copper money was matched three times, but you must know that a silver coin is not only exchanged for silver money, but 1,100 pieces.

The imperial court can have at least 30,000 copper coins per Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is a shortage of 20% of them, which is 60,000 silver coins, which is at least 100,000 copper coins a year.

100,000 copper coins, no wonder the commander of the Beijing camp Nie Zhi couldn't help but tempt him. Of course, this is only part of the story, and other things are worth no less than this.

There are 10,000 cavalry in the Beijing camp, and the loss of the cavalry's horses is not low, plus the cavalry's bean cake feed, which is a lot of money.

The lieutenant general of the Jingying war horse reported that he was old and frail, and then sold it, and they did it more than once.

In addition to the grain distribution of these soldiers, corn was distributed, but many soldiers received wheat and millet (sorghum), the price of corn was much higher than that of wheat and millet, 100,000 stone of grain, only need to be exchanged for wheat and millet to earn twice as much.

In this era, although wheat production was high, it was not popular because it required mills to grind flour, which was only enjoyed by wealthy families. Grinding into flour not only has to lose three percent, but also has to charge a fee for grinding flour, which ordinary people can't afford to eat.

Xiaomin can only steam and eat it, and the taste can be imagined.

The remaining 50,000 pieces of cloth were given by the imperial court as thick linen, but in the hands of the soldiers, although they were also cloth, the sparse linen cloth could be transparent. Such inferior linen is not used for clothes at all.

Just these, Jingying can earn at least 200,000 yuan a year, Wang Shu doesn't believe that Nie Zhi can eat it alone, and there must be someone who is his accomplice.

(End of chapter)