Lord of Ming Dynasty

He knows his own ability. The Jinhua Rebel Army now has no naval talents, so he let himself, who defected earlier, become a high-level person. No matter how much ability he has, the people who come later have to be inferior to him. After thinking about it, he is still very happy. satisfied with this result.

Tang Dianfeng is also very satisfied. He is a general of the rebel army who defected here. He also finds it incredible that he can become a member of the highest level. When he was the admiral of Jianning Mansion before, he still felt unworthy. This time he felt unworthy even more. He is not worthy, but since Zhang Qiang has raised him to this height, he feels that he must study hard and take this responsibility well.

Although this committee does not have the right to go to war, it does have military power. When the enemy invades, the three of them are the highest command of this army.

It's a first-rank official of the imperial court.

He was talking about the court of the Jinhua Rebel Army, and he already regarded Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army as a great Ming force like Dashun and Daxi.

Wei Wuji is also very satisfied, from a family member to the current admiral, and the vice-chairman of the joint meeting who is above the admiral's authority, although he doesn't know what the word chairman means, but he knows that it means that in military affairs, everyone Part of it was his call.

Compared with Zhou Porridge who was under You Haibo in the joint meeting of civil servants, it is obvious that You Haibo is a member of the Nanming Dynasty and has rich experience in handling civil affairs. No matter how you say it, Zhou Porridge is also a servant like him In terms of ability, he must be below You Haibo, so of course he has to be ranked second. Compared with the two, Zhou Congee is half a level lower than him, at least on the same level as him. Civil servants have always been superior to military officials, and he is very satisfied with this result.

General No.1, this is his idea.

He Jin was also very satisfied. He never expected to receive such treatment. The admiral was just the highest military officer of a government, but the member of the military joint meeting was Zhang Qiang, a senior member of the Jinhua Rebel Army. He thought he was at least a second-rank official. .

Everyone was very satisfied, and Zhang Qiang was also very satisfied. With a joint meeting, these people were bribed, and he could relax a bit. It was the best of both worlds.

Zhang Qiang knows that he is not a capable person, nor are his confidantes, but he wants to find a way for himself and his confidants to continue to be high-ranking and generous, and to move forward and motivation, instead of being squeezed out or bitten by other capable people, thus ruining the foundation that one has developed.

1 Fifty Chapters Military Pay [-]

With a large number of troops, tens of thousands of elite soldiers trained by themselves, and equipped with the same matchlock guns as the Portuguese, they eliminated Zheng Cai, a maritime threat, and reached an alliance with the rising pirate forces of Zheng Chenggong to help each other However, the Longwu court did not pay attention to the Jinhua Rebel Army, but fixed its eyes on the Yongli Nanming forces who were fighting against the Qing army.

The Yongli court was still pursued by the Qing army, because their power and strength were still the bulk of the anti-Qing and Ming-ming forces.

The 40 Yongli Nanming army owns most of Jiangxi, most of Hubei and Hunan, and most of Guizhou, the whole of Yunnan, part of Guangxi, and part of Guangdong. The remnants of Dashun and the remnants of Daxi, the addition of these soldiers with combat experience made the Qing army a headache and had no time to take care of the Longwu court.

In such a situation, Zhang Qiang reorganized his senior management, delegated power, and got some respite. Zhang Qiang hoped that this time would last as long as possible.

What he has to do now is to farm like other traversers, farm well, develop some high-tech, take in more people who fled to the territory due to wars in other places, accumulate strength, and forcefully push the Qing army when the time comes.

Wei Wuji stood outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion. For a week, he was full of energy. He became the vice chairman of the Admiral's Joint Conference. From now on, he will be the second in command in the army. Since Zhang Qiang is in control of the general direction, he is superior So in fact, he is already the de facto leader of the Jinhua Rebel Army.

Wei Wuji walked into Zhang Qiang's governor's office with easy steps.

As the admiral of Jinhua, Wei Wuji is very busy in charge of the Jinhua military. It can be said that except for Zhang Qiang who leads the musketeers and musketeers, all the rebels in Jinhua are dispatched and arranged by him. This is Zhang Qiang's great trust in him.

Wei Wuji was in charge of the rebel troops in Jinhua. He had to take care of the logistics, defense, and military deployment of the rebel troops in Quzhou and Jinhua. Zhang Qiang was very satisfied and relieved that he defeated the enemy's invading troops for the first time, and responded calmly, without causing Jinhua Mansion to suffer heavy blows from the enemy, or even fall into crisis.

Zhang Qiang raised his head, not knowing what Wei Wuji was going to do this time.

"Meet Your Excellency the Governor."

Wei Wuji bowed to salute.

Zhang Qiang stood up, took two steps, and said with a smile, "Wuji, what's the matter?"

Wei Wuji sat down slowly, took a sip of tea, and said, "My lord, I'm here to talk to you about military expenses."

"Military expenses?" Zhang Qiang frowned.

"Yes, my lord. Since the founding of our rebel army, we have been converted from some righteous men, passionate youths, and captives to fight against the atrocities committed by the Qing army since the founding of the army. Therefore, the military pay has not been high. We have been constantly Fighting against the enemy, suppressing bandits, and fighting against the Qing army, whether it is food, grass or silver, can be seized from the enemy, and it has always been very affluent."

Zhang Qiang knew that what Wei Wuji said was true. He had been training those soldiers personally. The system skills of riding and cutting, the commanding skills had the effect of reducing the army's salary and improving morale. The loyalty and strict discipline training made them know how to obey, and they didn't have much money, and the seizure was very generous. Therefore, in fact, the soldiers' salary was not even as good as that of the Han army flag.

Sometimes he even suspected that he was training an old Red Army unit that was extremely loyal to our party during the Long March.

But in fact, people’s hearts are all profit-seeking, at least to satisfy their own life, and at the same time to give some living expenses to their family members. The military salary they give is often not enough to meet these basic living expenses.

But I always knew in my heart that I didn't have so much gold and silver in my hand to reward the soldiers. The soldiers had been under the cruel shadow of the Qing army and had no time to take care of these things. Now that Wei Wuji brought it up, it proved that his Jinhua Rebel Army had never Liberated from the constant oppression of the Qing army, they had time to consider their own personal interests.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang held the teacup still, and looked at Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji was an unknown person who never cared about the benefits, and only used actions to repay his subordinates.

Now that he raises this question, it means that it is time for this issue to be resolved. For this reminder, Zhang Qiang is grateful.

"Wuji, tell me about our current military pay." Zhang Qiang put down his teacup, leaned forward, and looked at Wei Wuji.

Wei Wuji thought for a while and said: "At present, our army is divided into recruits. The recruits who receive ordinary training in the army are paid [-] renminbi. The uniforms, weapons, and equipment are all inferior products that we have seized in the past. In our current core territory, Jinhua Mansion, Taizhou Mansion, Chuzhou Mansion, and the military camps near the three prefectural cities."

"How many soldiers are there?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Wei Wuji said: "Jinhua Mansion has [-] soldiers, Taizhou Mansion has [-] soldiers, Chuzhou Mansion has [-] soldiers, and Taizhou Mansion has [-] naval recruits under training."

"The sum of the salaries of these soldiers is not much." Zhang Qiang murmured.

Wei Wuji smiled slightly, "Yes, my lord, 500 new recruits, only about [-] taels of silver per month. But compared to the price of food around the territory and on the market, it is a huge disparity. "

Zhang Qiang was a little angry. The price of four taels of grain for one stone was simply money grabbing. One tael of silver is now equivalent to 120 to 120 Wen, and one stone of grain is equivalent to about [-] catties in later generations. (The Baidu information found is very messy, but this [-] Jin said a lot, so let’s take this as the standard, and don’t worry about it. Other data are also based on this book. If there is any discrepancy, this book will prevail.)

No matter what the price of four taels, it also exposed that the merchants around or in the territory were hoarding and wanting to make a fortune, this must be cracked down.

Generally, the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty was one or two shi, or fluctuated around one or two or six renminbi. It is calculated by how many texts are exchanged. For example, at the highest point, one tael can be exchanged for [-] documents, then one money is equivalent to one money equals [-] texts. This will prevail in the future and will not be explained.)

Now the average of one or two around is [-] Wen, and four Liang is [-] Wen.

And the military salary of one hundred coins is indeed very harsh for recruits, which is equivalent to the realm of being better than nothing.

Imagine the psychological impact of this military salary on the soldiers now.

Zhang Qiang touched his forehead, and finally stabilized his territory. He also changed from a time-traveling boy of unknown origin to a late Ming warlord with an army of [-] to [-]. Of course, Zhang Qiang didn't think so. A great hero in the midst of water and fire, a glorious lord in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Qiang didn't make a decision, but raised his head and signaled Wei Wuji for him to continue talking.

Wei Wuji coughed lightly, cleared his throat and said, "This is a recruit. We also have a large number of other rebel soldiers who have joined us and have undergone recruit training, as well as transformed captives. The captive soldiers were assigned to townships in various counties, and the villages served as rebel militias for the militia."

Chapter 151 Military Pay [-]

Ever since Zhang Qiang had more soldiers, since he had these loyal subordinates, and these subordinates were canonized by him and Emperor Longwu, each of them took care of one. Zhang Qiang only considered the strategic direction and major issues, and no longer cared about these details. Therefore, he did not know the salary, food and accommodation of soldiers in all ranks of his army.

But with Wei Wuji talking about recruits, it seems that the salaries of the militiamen who also belong to the bottom will not be too high.

Sure enough, Wei Wuji continued to say: "My lord, the military salaries of the militia are now distributed by villages and towns in various places, and each person is no more than 150 cash per month. It is still very low."

"How many militiamen are there now?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Wei Wuji said: "The militiamen in the three prefectures now number 3."

Zhang Qiang did some mental calculations, and found that the military salary of the militiamen in the three prefectures was only about 500 taels of silver per month.

But fortunately, the money was not distributed by the Jinhua Rebel Army led by him, that is to say, it was not included in the military expenditure.

He didn't know why, but he was still a little happy in his heart.

"Can these military salaries be paid on time?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Wei Wuji said: "Thanks to my lord, the money is distributed to every village and every township, and it is still a drop in the bucket. They dare not refuse to pay, and because of the supervision of low-ranking people, the military salary is paid on time every month. Issued between the [-]st and [-]th, there has never been any delay.”