Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1369 The payment has come down

  Today is Zhu Pingan’s 23rd day in office. The sun is shining, the sky is clear, the weather is clear, the sun is beautiful and the wind is peaceful. According to the usual practice, Zhu Pingan still goes to the adult’s office room to cultivate a tacit understanding.

  Usually when Zhu Ping'an shows up, adults in Taiwan will say "no" before Zhu Ping'an speaks.

   But it is a pity that the tacit understanding between Zhu Ping'an and the Taiwan adults for 23 days was broken by the adults in Taiwan today.

  Today, as soon as Zhu Ping'an walked to the door of the adult office room and showed up, he saw the adult smiling at him, beckoning to him enthusiastically, and said softly, "Zihou is here, come in quickly."

  (⊙o⊙)...Zhu Pingan was surprised at first, and then smiled from the bottom of his heart. Adults in Taiwan have broken the tacit agreement, which means that things have changed, and doesn't that mean that the food and wages have been settled.

   "My lord, I'm here to trouble you again." Zhu Ping'an walked into the room, bowing his hands with a smile.

   "Where, the son is so thick and serious. You are responsible for your duties. I am too happy to be happy, so why bother. If everyone in the Yamen is responsible for their duties like you, I can laugh out loud in my dreams at night."

  Neitai waved his hand, smiled gently, and praised Zhu Pingan well.

   "The seniors in the yamen are serious and responsible people, and this is also to learn from the seniors." Zhu Pingan said modestly.

"Zi Hou, don't speak for them. I have figured out what they are like these years." Jietai shook his head and smiled, then waved his hand again, "Forget it, forget it, don't talk about it after others, You'll understand later."

  Zhu Ping'an wanted to continue to honor Chuxiong and the others, but he didn't give Zhu Pingan a chance. He then said, "I tell you a piece of good news. The imperial court has approved the food and salaries for the soldiers that you never forget."

   Sure enough!

  Although I already guessed the answer, I still couldn't help being excited when I heard the adults in Taiwan say that the military preparations and rations have been approved.

   "The rations for military preparations have already been approved?! Thank you for your trouble, the rations for military preparations can be approved so quickly." Zhu Pingan showed an excited expression on his face, and thanked the adults in Taiwan again and again.

   "Hehe, in fact, I can only write a few applications. Besides, it is my duty to assist Zihou in reorganizing his military equipment. Zihou doesn't need to thank me." The adults in Taiwan waved their hands with a smile.

   "Naturally, I would like to thank the adults in Taiwan. If the adults hadn't taken the responsibility, took the trouble, and were not afraid of the court's surprise, they had repeatedly applied to the court. The soldiers' food and pay would not have been approved so quickly."

   Zhu Ping'an insisted on thanking the adults in Taiwan.

"Hehe, Zihou, you worshiped the wrong temple this time. The reason why the imperial court approved it so quickly this time is all thanks to Mr. Xu Ge. I dare not take credit for it. I heard that Mr. Xu Ge was here. When the court discussed the Japanese invasion, it was mentioned that militias were a useful supplement to the guards and the new army. Especially in Jiangnan, where the Japanese invasion was serious, we should pay attention to the role of militias. Approved our application for military equipment, food and payment so quickly." The adults in Taiwan said with a smile.

  When Zhu Pingan heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. It really is someone in the imperial court who is good at being an official. Calculating the time, it has only been more than ten days since I delivered the letter to the teacher Xu Jie. Aside from the time the letter was in transit, it was only about ten days before the letter reached the teacher Xu Jie. That's all. Taking into account the decision-making time of the relevant departments of the Ministry of War and the time when the letter of instruction from the Ministry of War arrived at the Criminal Division, it is estimated that after the letter is delivered to the commander Xu Jie, the commander Xu Jie will help him settle the military preparations and rations without a trace on the same day or the next day question.

  Such speed is worthy of the teacher Xu Jie.

   Moreover, the way the teacher Xu Jie handled it was also very artistic and political. If Xu Jie, the chief division, directly exerts influence on the Ministry of War and asks the Ministry of War to take care of him and approve the application for food and pay for the soldiers as soon as possible, it may be counterproductive. Because Yan Song's party has a much deeper influence on the Ministry of War than Xu Jie. I offended the Yan Party at the beginning, which is well known in the capital, and the Yan Party members of the Ministry of War are fine if they don't trip me up, so how can I make my soldiers prepare for food and pay smoothly.

Master Xu Jie knew this very well, so he did not adopt such a counterproductive method. Instead, he pointed out the role of the militia in front of the emperor during the court meeting, especially pointing out the important points in the south of the Yangtze River where the Japanese plague is serious. Pay extra attention to the role of militia groups. The Elder Ge spoke, and the Holy Majesty also acquiesced. Of course, the six departments and other departments should pay more attention to it and implement it, and the Ministry of War will naturally be no exception. Then, the Ministry of War noticed the application for military preparations and rations submitted by the Procuratorate of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, and approved it without thinking too much. Such a method fully embodies the political wisdom of the teacher Xu Jie.

  Master Xu is worthy of being Master Xu, and Zhu Ping'an admired him very much.

   "This is an official document issued by the imperial court. Zihou can take it to the Ministry of Yingtian Bing to list the food and salary."

  Neitai handed the official document approved by the imperial court to Zhu Ping'an.

  Zhu Pingan took the approval document with both hands, glanced at it, and found that the imperial court approved only 5,000 taels of the 10,000 taels of food payment applied for.

  10,000 taels is the result of being compressed and compressed for fear that the imperial court will not approve it. Five thousand taels is too stretched.

"The imperial court's finances are tight, so it's not bad to be able to approve five thousand taels. Generally speaking, half of the budget for requests for instructions is not bad." Seeing Zhu Ping'an's expression, the standard Taiwan reached out and patted Zhu Ping'an's shoulder, and then said , "Zihou, you must know the truth that you can't eat too much. In the early days, you don't have enough experience in leading troops, and the number of militia members should not be too large. The limit is a thousand people. The five thousand taels of food and salary are enough to last for a while."

   "Your Excellency taught me." Zhu Pingan twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

   Thousands of people? ! This amount of food is not enough for thousands of people. Taking the military pay of the Qi family army as an example, the annual salary of a soldier in the Qi family army is about eighteen taels of silver. This five thousand taels of silver is only enough to pay 277 people for a year.

   This is just the military salary, not counting the soldiers' weapons and armor, as well as daily food, clothing and housing expenses.

   Counting everything, the five thousand taels of silver is estimated to be only enough for a hundred soldiers to spend for a year, and they have to live frugally.

   One hundred militia training troops? !

   What about playing? !

  What is enough for a hundred people? ! In this period when the Japanese plague is becoming more and more serious, a hundred people can't even turn a flower.

  Of course, Zhu Ping'an had anticipated this situation a long time ago. Zhu Ping'an was waiting for the imperial court to approve the food and payment, but he did not pin everything on this instruction. The food and pay ordered by the imperial court is just righteousness. With the imperial court's instructions and the payment of food and salaries by the imperial court, it means that this militia is a militia of the imperial court and not my private soldier of Zhu Ping'an. This righteousness stops. For the insufficient part of the food and salary, you just have to think of other ways, such as soliciting sponsorship, using war to support war, etc. There are many ways.

  (end of this chapter)