Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 84
"Your Majesty is absolutely right!" Cao Huachun immediately agreed after hearing this.

And Luo Yangxing in the cell saw that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to leave after finishing his orders, so he hurriedly played loudly: "Your Majesty, the final general can't figure it out, why did Eunuch Cao lock the latter here?"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at him, and said in a cold voice, "Don't you feel remorse for what you did yourself?"

Speaking of this, he ordered Cao Huachun again: "Give him a pen and paper, one day, that's it!"

Then, he ignored Luo Yangxing who was stupid, took back the wiretapping seeds, "rewarded" Jiang Dong, and then turned around and left.

Although it was already dark, he still had a lot of things to do.

When he just left the gate of Dongchang Prison, Chen Baoting was already waiting here, and told him that the seized property had been checked and there was no problem.

After Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he began to think about it on the way back.

For Lu Xiangsheng, the earlier the arrangements are made, the better.Among the properties inspected, fixed assets, such as shops and properties, cannot be used as military pay.Even if a discount is required, it cannot be done in a short period of time.In other words, what can currently be used as military pay is actually about 39 taels of silver.

The Ming army now adopts a recruitment system, and the monthly salary is calculated as one tael. Not counting the military salary owed, it is still 5 taels.

Then capture one Tartar alive, reward 30 taels of silver, if beheaded, it is 20 taels.After such a big battle, at least some people will be killed.There are no heads of Manchu Tartars, but there must be heads of Mongol Tartars and Ertars, and halving it is not a small expense.If the money is not paid, how can the soldiers talk about fighting the enemy bravely?
Now that the situation is in adversity, the amount of the bounty cannot be lowered; only if you are in good times and you are in good times, it is easy to kill the enemy, then the reduction of the bounty will not have much impact on morale.

There are also pensions for those killed in battle or disabled. For general soldiers, five stones of grain, two bolts of linen, and one thousand taels of money are given.In total, it's about eight taels of silver.Those who have official positions depend on the size of the official rank, which doubles up.If there are orphans, widows and the like, they will be supported by the court, and the children will generally reach the age of 15.

For this time period in the late Ming Dynasty, these things really don't exist, and this is also the reason for the low morale.Now that Lu Xiang is in the army, those generals are asking for this money, not to mention whether they really want it for their soldiers or for their own pockets, at least this money can only be paid out so that the living can have no worries.

As a result, nearly 4000 people were disabled under Lu Xiangsheng's command and Tianxiong's army alone. Even for the lowest-level soldiers, that amounted to 8 taels of silver.If other armies are also counted, it will be far more than this number. It must be at least several times higher, so let’s calculate it as [-] taels.

A rough calculation shows that in order to improve the morale of Lu Xiangsheng's army, the most basic requirement is nearly 20 taels of silver.After the army goes to war, the follow-up money must be prepared, and it will be calculated on a monthly basis. It is only an item of military pay and silver, so you need to prepare 10 taels. kind.

It can be said that fighting a war is really about fighting for money!

By the time he sat on the throne, Emperor Chongzhen probably had an idea. Of the 39 taels of silver, 30 was allocated to Lu Xiangsheng.As for the rest, I can't control it for the time being, and I can only let Lu Xiangsheng figure it out.

The remaining 9 taels of silver will be used tomorrow to appease the soldiers of the Four Guards and One Battalion under Yumajian.After all, the motivation of empty words, the so-called chicken soup for the soul, will not have much effect on soldiers living on the poverty line.

In this way, the money that had just been acquired, without even having a chance to warm it up, had all returned to it.With a decree, he went out of Beijing overnight and rushed to solve the problem for Lu Xiangsheng.

Of course, the real money cannot be brought by the imperial envoy.Otherwise, it would not be safe to send any number of soldiers, and if they met the Manchu Tartars, it would only be easier for them.

Generally speaking, like the silver in the army, half is given to the family members and half to the soldiers.For Jingying, it is very easy.Because even if the Beijing camp goes out to fight, its family members are in the capital and can be issued directly.

But now, King Qin's army came from all over the country, so they couldn't send it to their family members, and they couldn't send it to the soldiers, so they had to write it down first and send it after the war.

By the time the work was done, it was already late at night, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't go to eat and rest until this time.When he glanced at the wiretapping system by the way, he found that Cao Huachun was still on trial in Dongchang.It seems that the effect of beating today is not bad, just wait for him to report the result!
Under the night, Fang Fengnian and Fang Fengnian put on clothes and stood by the closed window, listening to the cold wind outside, with a particularly heavy expression.

"Master, I haven't eaten anything tonight, but what's on your mind?" Seeing this, his wife asked worriedly.

"Alas!" Fang Fengnian sighed after hearing this: "The cold wind outside the window is biting. If the window is broken, it is unimaginable!"

Hearing this, his wife was taken aback for a moment, and then comforted: "Master, what is said, how can the outside wind blow through this window? Besides, even if it really blows through, let the servants come to re-paste the window." Layers will do!"

"It will break soon!" Fang Fengnian replied with a low will, "I can already feel the icy chill!"

Obviously, this isn't really talking about windows.His wife came back to her senses when she heard this, and after thinking for a while, she asked, "Master, is something important going to happen in the court?"

"Yes!" Fang Fengnian nodded and said, "I've never been crazy before. Master, I'm afraid!"

After saying this, there was silence in the room for a while, and finally his wife broke the silence and said: "Master, if you want to do this, you might as well resign!"

Over the years, it has become commonplace for officials to be demoted and killed.Women and Taoists, after all, are a little worried.

Fang Fengnian heard this, turned his head, looked at her and said, "I have handed in my resignation today, but the emperor forbids it!"

"That's true. There are only three ministers in the cabinet now." His wife nodded and said, "Then what should I do?"

After she finished speaking, the room fell silent again.

After a while, Fang Fengnian suddenly made a decision, and said decisively: "A gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall! No matter what, at least we must avoid the next storm first!"

After finishing speaking, I saw him shake his shoulders, shake the coat he was wearing off his shoulders, and then walked over to open the door, and suddenly a biting cold wind blew in, making his body shiver.

Amidst his wife's screams, Fang Fengnian strode out and said at the same time: "I'm really sick, even if it's the emperor, it's impossible to prevent my master from recuperating at home, right?"

His wife was stunned when she heard this.Unexpectedly, at this age, the master would rather suffer from the cold and get sick than to avoid the storm in the court, so how big will this storm be?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling a little scared.At the same time, I am also a little relieved that the master is so wise and courageous!
However, for the Ming Dynasty, such a cabinet assistant was not very responsible.And this can be regarded as a common problem in the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)