Qiming 1158

Chapter 1238 Lack of money, lack of money, lack of money!

The Jianzhou, Huai'an and Hanzhou rebel armies all had several thousand troops, and together they numbered more than [-].

The number of Song troops who attacked them was larger, and the equipment and training were also stronger in all aspects, so they won a big victory, and it took only a little more than half a month to pacify the three states.

Then the commanders of the three Song armies did the same thing as Lu.

Slaughtered the city, massacred the family members of the rebel army and the followers of the rebel army. The corpses were piled up like mountains and rivers of blood. The three places were originally densely populated areas around Chengdu Prefecture. The rebel army took away a group of people in a chaotic wave. Another group of people was taken away, and a large number of people were directly lost.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the generals and soldiers of the Song Army. These are their spoils, whether people or property, they are all their spoils. They vented what they accumulated in their hearts through killing and looting. resentment towards the superior.

It doesn't matter if the officer beats and scolds them arbitrarily, what matters is that they have money to take, someone to kill, and a woman to act recklessly and do whatever they want.

As a result, the officer who was originally vicious like a beast actually became kind-hearted in their eyes.

They have been completely succeeded by Song Jun's oppressive system PUA.

They are already complete killing machines.

They even felt that the officers were with them, the same people, that they were companions who could fight side by side.

So on the battlefield, they are more and more forbidden, what the general says is what the general says, and the combat effectiveness and will to fight are improving.

Outside the battlefield, they are a group of beasts with no humanity. They kill people when they see people, rob them when they see property, burn down houses when they see them, and destroy fields when they see them, just like a natural disaster army.

They have indeed made great achievements in battle, and they have indeed lost their conscience.

The Song crusade against the insurgent army began in the middle of February of the seventh year of Hongwu. By the middle of March, the Song army had successively pacified Longzhou, Meizhou, Jianzhou, Hanzhou, Huaian Army, Pengzhou, and also in Jiading Prefecture. Hetongchuan Mansion has also achieved relatively good results, the record is outstanding, and the situation is very good.

The military newspapers of the victory in the war were like snowflakes flying into the "Imperial Palace" and the Privy Council in Chengdu. Zhao Buxi watched one after another of the victory military newspapers and couldn't keep his eyes open.

Longzhou victory, Meizhou victory, Hanzhou victory, Huaian army victory.

Victory after victory constantly stimulated his emotions, making him more and more emotional, more and more happy, more and more eager for greater victories.

If this goes on, does the whole war need to last three months?
Maybe as he estimated, it can be done in two months.

His four-way plan to send troops was indeed right. Wu Lin was old and too cautious, and he was a little out of step with the times.

In his opinion, the reward of the soldiers has become a matter of course, and even Wu Lin is asking for rewards for the soldiers who have won again and again.

"The soldiers traveled long distances, fought day after day, fought hard and won, and made great military exploits. The imperial court should reward the soldiers with merit, so as not to hurt the soldiers' dedication to the imperial court and their loyalty to His Majesty."

Of course, Zhao Buyi understands this principle. Those who have merit must be rewarded and those who have failed must be punished. This is the best way to establish the majesty of the superior.

When a soldier wins a battle, his capture is one thing, and the court's reward is another.

So he discussed with the civil court how to reward the meritorious soldiers.

The promotion of the position is a matter of course, and everyone thinks so. However, the promotion of the position can be considered after the whole war is over. After the war is over, the promotion of the position is a normal thing.

However, when the results of the war are obtained in stages, periodic rewards to the army are also a good means to strengthen the subjective initiative of the army and improve the morale of the army, and it is also a matter of course for the army.

In the past, the Song army even sent arrows three times in battle and then waited for rewards, but would not send arrows without rewards. Now that the Song army has achieved such great results, if there are not enough rewards, I am afraid that the soldiers will feel unhappy and thus passively avoid it. War is also uncertain.

Zhao Buxi couldn't watch such a situation happen in front of him, so he proposed that he must give enough rewards to the soldiers.

But at this time, Jiang Fu, who was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said to Zhao Buxi with an ugly face that the court might not be able to provide any money to reward the soldiers.

"How could that be? Didn't you say before that you could provide [-] troops with rations for five months? According to the current speed of counterinsurgency, why do you need five months? Since you don't need five months, can't the remaining rations be used? ?"

Zhao Buxi was very dissatisfied, and said angrily: "What do you do, the Minister of the Household, for food?"

Jiang Fu shook his head dejectedly.

"Your Majesty, I said this before because the summer grain should be harvested when the army is in the summer, and the summer grain tax will be collected at that time, and maybe it can support two more months, but now it is really stretched and I can't get the money. coming."

Zhao Buxi was silent for a moment, and ordered the ministers to retreat, leaving only Jiang Fu alone.

"It's impossible for the court to have no money at all, right?"

Zhao Buxi looked at Jiang Fu angrily: "How did you act as the Minister of the Household? You won't act as if I let others do the job!"

"Your Majesty, there is indeed some money and food, but these are reserved for the army to crusade the bandit army."

Jiang Fu said bitterly: "And the original plan was to march in two ways, but now it has become a four-way march, the consumption of food and salaries is faster than expected, and it is difficult to support it until now.

If it can be delayed until summer, and summer grain can be used to deal with it, but if the army is rewarded now, the remaining money will not be able to last until the summer, unless the tax is continued now..."

"Is it still my fault? I asked for the four-way attack! Do you mean that it's all my fault?"

Zhao Buxi got angry, pointed at Jiang Fu and scolded: "I asked you to be the Minister of the Ministry of Household to solve problems for me and the court, not to find problems. If you can't solve problems and only know how to find problems, then what do I want from you? Use? What does the court want from you?!"

Jiang Fu's heart trembled in fright, he quickly knelt down, and said sadly: "I do my best to do things for the court and for Your Majesty, I don't dare to be negligent one day, I don't dare to slack off one day, and carefully maintain the situation, I have really done my best. Work hard, and ask Your Majesty to investigate!"

Zhao Buxi recalled the past days, and realized that although Jiang Fu threw the blame to him, he was indeed careful to maintain the situation when it came to national affairs.

Not to mention his personal morals, his professional level is still there, and the national finances are still stumbling along, not lying down. This has to be said to be the credit of Jiang Fu.

So Zhao Buxi snorted coldly.

"Having said that, since you can solve the previous problems, why can't the current problems be solved? The Minister of the Ministry of Households exists to solve problems internationally. If you can't solve problems, why do I want you?"

"It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. The minister has tried his best, and there is really no more way."

Jiang Fu said with a bitter face: "The money in the treasury will not be changed out of nowhere, and please ask Your Majesty to investigate, if it is just a reward to boost morale, it will be fine. The key is that there are still many soldiers who have been rewarded, and the amount of these rewards is relatively large. , and there are many soldiers who have won the credit, the treasury really can't get the money."

Zhao Buxi felt annoyed for a while.

Short of money, short of money, short of money, always short of money, since I became the emperor, there is not a moment when I am not short of money.

He suddenly felt that the emperor said that he was rich in the world, that everything in the world belonged to the emperor, but in practice, how could the emperor have the world?
There is also a shortage of money here, and there is also a shortage of money, so that they can complain to the beggars.

As a former financial worker, Zhao Bunyi certainly knew that it was not easy to make money, and he also knew that officials were corrupt, so he used Ma Yongkang's initiative to force a group of high-ranking officials to resign their salaries as a means to ease finances.

But there are still too many places to spend money.

After thinking about it, Zhao Buxi felt that the army must be rewarded, and the treasury was really out of money. In this case, there was only one last option left.

He asked all the other officials to go back, leaving only Jiang Fu alone.

"Since the national treasury is out of money, then let's start printing the Jiaozi, and use the Jiaozi to deal with the army first, and then let's talk about other issues after dealing with it for a while."

(End of this chapter)