The happy life of a prodigal

Fang Xiu stood up, looked at Ma Wenhua, and said, "Isn't there enough for Nuo Da's military department?"

Hearing this, Ma Wenhua sighed leisurely again, and glanced at the two guards beside him.

Said: "Nephew, if you have anything to say, let's talk in the room first."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards the inside of the yamen.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu followed behind him without saying anything.

The two walked into the house together.

Ma Wenhua sat down, his face full of helplessness, and said: "You want 10 taels of silver, not to mention the Ministry of War, and now the Ministry of Households may not be able to get it together."

Fang Xiu frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked: "This 10 taels of silver is indeed a lot for the Ministry of War, but you should know, Shibo, that the original silver of the Ministry of War was to be used in the four northern states. of.

However, because of Mr. Qi Yan, the four northern states don't need as much silver as before.

The necessary military pay, as well as the necessary armor, still have to be provided to the four northern states.

Let's make up the rest of the silver, even if there is no one hundred thousand silver, there is still fifty thousand, right? "

Hearing what he said, Ma Wenhua couldn't help laughing.

Said: "Nephew, the old man doesn't know anything else.

However, the old man can be sure of one thing, in the past two or three years, you have really made a lot of money.

The 5 taels are not to be taken seriously, let me tell you the truth, even if you are going to take the Shenji Battalion to fight the grassland tribes now.

The Ministry of War also couldn't make up 1 taels of silver. "

"Where did all this money go?" Fang Xiu asked.

Ma Wenhua said: "It can be used in many places. You should know that the most important thing that guards Chu is the nine important towns."

Fang Xiu nodded.

His father is a general of the important town, of course he knows.

The important towns in various places are the most important, and the salaries are also transported by the Kyoto Prefecture.

Soldiers in important towns don't need to farm or work on weekdays, they just need focused training.

In addition, the location is relatively remote, and you can often meet bandits and the like.

Can get a lot of tempering, so the combat effectiveness is very strong.

Even far surpassing the elite Sixteen Guards!

"The salaries of the nine important towns must not be deducted, and this part of the money can almost spend all the money allocated by the household department.

In addition, there are maintenance of armor, feeding of war horses, and most importantly, there are troops stationed in various places.

It can't be that no money is given out.

For the rest of the money, it is not enough to send fifty Wen a year to each stationed soldier.

10 taels of silver...

The 100-year surplus of the Ministry of War is not enough!

You said you want [-] soldiers, but I can give you [-] soldiers, but these soldiers are all skinny and have no combat power at all. Can you accept it?

Other than that is the armor, you can have as many armors as you want, the arsenal is full of them, anyway, now everyone has a firecracker, this sword will be thrown away sooner or later. "

Among other things, Ma Wenhua's sword will be thrown away sooner or later.

It can be seen that Ma Wenhua still has a certain ability for future development.

Fang Xiu thought about this, looked at Ma Wenhua, and asked: "Has the combat effectiveness of the troops in the garrison been so low?

I really haven't thought about the silver issue, but I can also tell you that all the silver in Baolefang is useful.

Otherwise, I wouldn't come here to ask for money from your Ministry of War.

Even if you go to the household department..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Ma Wenhua say: "Don't go to the household department. Now the entire imperial court has no silver, let alone the national treasury, or the internal treasury. There is not much silver left now."

Hearing this, Fang Xiu looked at Ma Wenhua's expression and asked, "Where did all this money go?"

Ma Wenhua shrugged and said, "Don't ask, I also want to know where all the money went."

There was some sarcasm in this tone.

Fang Xiu saw it, but understood it instantly.

The money of the household department, going down and passing a pass, will be left behind.

After passing another level, you will be left behind again.

After a long time, there are more checkpoints to go down, and naturally there is not much money left.

This is a very serious problem.

However, in a short time, there is no solution.

Fang Xiu can't be like Emperor Zhu of Ming Dynasty, and kill all these people in the six departments!

Although Fang Xiu has always wanted to do this, but at present, the time is not so ripe.

Fang Xiu had a pensive look on his face, as if he was worried about money.

At this time, Ma Wenhua spoke again.

"As for the troops you mentioned, is it really that bad? The old man thinks you can go to other state capitals in Gyeonggi to have a look.

In addition to the garrison soldiers of the capital city, this capital city is home to sixteen guards.

The garrison troops in other places are very much the same. If you take a look, you will know why the old man is unwilling to give you [-] soldiers.

This is for your own good, old man!

The soldiers in the important town could not be transferred.

Needless to say, the sixteen guards of the pro-army, even if the old man agrees, the elders will not agree.

Even if the elders agree, His Majesty will not agree.

Even if His Majesty agrees, the civil and military officials will not agree to it when they know about it.

In that case, what else can I do for you..."

Ma Wenhua's remarks are well-founded and convincing.

Fang Xiu heard it, but felt a little awkward.

so......

With so many soldiers stationed in the Great Chu Empire, it turned out to be useless.

Tunbing, as the name suggests, is the soldiers in the village.

In other words, these people are not much different from ordinary people on weekdays.

They all have their own affairs, but once something happens.

They are all going to be soldiers.

Another point is that these soldiers are not much different from ordinary people in status.

There are some differences in rights.

They are not allowed to engage in business, even if they want to do something, they can only farm the land.

But if they are farming, they need to set aside a certain amount of time for training.

In this case, it means that there is no benefit on both sides.

However, this has always been the case.

The soldiers are either full-time, not full-time, or part-time.

Most of the time, these three types of soldiers exist at the same time.

Fang Xiu has only seen full-time workers, not half-time workers.

I thought the difference between the half-time and full-time jobs would not be too big.

But according to what Ma Wenhua meant, it seemed to be quite different.

Fang Xiu thought about it, looked at Ma Wenhua, and asked, "If that's the case, what are we going to do with them?"

Chapter 978 Worried About Money

Ma Wenhua sighed, and said leisurely: "The system of the ancestors, there is no way."

These words are full of helplessness.

After Fang Xiu heard it, he also understood.

This garrison was handed down from hundreds of years ago.

It has to be said that at that time, stationing troops did have a lot of uses.

Everywhere the remnants of evil remain.

Troops can be stationed in one place for a long time, effectively preventing rebels from rebelling.

Besides, at that time, there was not much silver, nor much grain, nor much land.

When the soldiers are stationed, they are soldiers when they really need to fight, and they become farmers when they don't need to fight.

It can be used for both farming and fighting.

Simply a perfect panacea.

However, once the time is stretched.

This thing does more harm than good!

After all, there are city guards everywhere, and it is completely enough to deal with bandits and the like.

If foreign enemies really invaded, the combat effectiveness of the garrison troops would be too weak.

doesn't work.

All in all, it means that you can't get high, and you can't get low.

Moreover, the position of this garrison is hereditary.

The original garrison troops were all powerful in combat and sincerely wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy.

However, their descendants may not be.

If they want to do other things, but their identity as a garrison soldier does not allow them to do it, after a long time, there will inevitably be resentment in their hearts.

Passed down from generation to generation.

By now, the problem is already very big!

Fang Xiu had a thoughtful look on his face, and finally made a decision after a while.

"I am in charge of the matter of stationing troops, and all of them will be cancelled."

"This......"

Hearing this, Ma Wenhua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, had a strange expression on his face.

The matter of stationing troops is no small matter.

Although you are in a high position and authority now, you can't solve it with one sentence, right?

With so many soldiers stationed there, if they don't want to be farmers anymore, what would you ask them to do?

Fang Xiu looked at Ma Wenhua and said, "Since that's the case, I won't bother you anymore.

I only need 1 taels of silver, the armor is provided by the armory, and I will figure out the rest by myself. "

After speaking, he turned and left the Ministry of War.

Ma Wenhua stood where he was, looking at Fang Xiu's back, with a look of hesitation on his face.

He really wanted to call Fang Xiu to stop, but at present, there was no better way than this.

After Fang Xiu left the Ministry of War, his face was pensive.