Can you live forever

Chapter 285

Is there any money in Thang Long City?
some.

The Ming army has always had a habit in fighting, that is, to pay money once after walking a certain distance. Take Zhu Di’s Northern Expedition as an example. When the army was organized in the capital, the money was paid once. You get paid for drinking and eating meat, and you get paid again when you go out of the border. After that, you get paid every time you walk a certain distance or fight a battle.

For Zhu Di's northern expedition, regardless of the results of the battle or the consumption of food and grass, he would have to pay several million taels of money.

This shows Zhu Di's arrogance.

Especially in Zhu Di's view, the Northern Expedition is like a spring outing. He just has too much money and nowhere to spend it. He finds a reason to send money to the soldiers. How can this make the army not support Zhu Di?

The soldiers below followed Zhu Di to Mobei, and they could earn dozens or even hundreds of taels. What kind of concept is this?
After two trips to Mobei, you will be able to disarm and return to the fields to become a rich peasant!

Since ancient times, Huaxia has had the concept of "being a soldier and eating food". If you have enough money, I will work hard for you to defend your home and country?Isn't that the professionalism of a soldier?
What the officers think is another matter, anyway, for the big soldiers, that's it.

Chinese people have always been pragmatists. You can’t just reason with me and make empty cakes. If we worship Bodhisattvas, you will have to scold them if they don’t work, let alone working hard on the battlefield?

Therefore, from then on, when the Ming army dispatched, there was a rule.

bring money.

If you don't deduct military pay on weekdays, everyone can understand that you should pay less. But if you deduct military pay on weekdays, and you want everyone to work hard before the battle, if you don't make up the money, who will work for you?

After winning the battle, do you want to boost morale?
Encountered difficulties, do you want to boost morale and offer rewards to a few heroes?

Therefore, when going out to fight, you must not only prepare food and ammunition, but also prepare money. In the past, you had to bring a lot of gold and silver, which was difficult to transport, but now it is different.

For Daming banknotes with a consistent face value, just bring a few large boxes.

Before Qiu Luan set out for the expedition, Jiajing transferred 2000 million coins to Qiu Luan...

For the [-] Beijing battalion, after the army was reorganized, each person was issued ten guan, another five guan when they walked out of Beizhili, and another five guan when they walked to Huguang. Another twenty shots were fired.

Before the battle was fought, it cost 340 million guan.

After defeating Annan and attacking all the way, until Qiu Luan led his troops to Mancijia and the rebels launched, there were only 800 million guan left in the army, and all of them stayed in Shenglong Mansion.

With enough money, military discipline will naturally improve.

A military judge watched, but no one dared to mess around, it was not worth it, so during the Ming army's occupation of Annan, there were basically no looting incidents, which is very important, because the Ming army was not "vicious" enough, so the people were afraid of the rebels, Not afraid of the Ming army.

But who doesn't have a steelyard in mind?
Who is the good guy and who is the bad guy?

As long as the direction of the wind changes, the benefits of the benevolent and righteous division are far beyond the imagination of those rebels and Nanjing.

"800 million guns..."

"Taking down Shenglong Mansion, there should be some captured in the palace, right?"

Hearing Zhang Zhixiang's words about the capture, Gao Xunyi was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Isn't this...the capture needn't be sent to the capital to His Majesty? After all, the Southern Expedition cost a lot."

Gao Xunyi didn't care about the spoils.

Because this Southern Expedition, as long as it ends perfectly, the military achievements can be said to be overwhelming. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, apart from Qiu Luan, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition Army, who will be promoted to a noble, a Marquis Zhu Wan, the deputy commander-in-chief, is indispensable. So the commander-in-chief, the earl can definitely be one.

With a title, are you afraid that you will not be rich?
So when Annan was defeated, they sealed up all the good things in the palace, and dedicated them to Jiajing when the teacher returned to the dynasty.

"Let's talk about the gifts, how much money does Annan have in the treasury?"

"Converted to silver, about 400 million taels."

"Only 400 million?"

"National teacher, before the household department of the capital did not have more than 200 million deposits of silver. This is the beginning of Mo Dengyong's power, and his words are still effective. Those people dare not be too messy."

"..."

As expected of Little China, Annan must have one of Ming's faults. Regarding this, Li Weining laughed and said: "Although the Hou Li Dynasty has been in exile, it is still the court anyway. Guess how much I had in the treasury at that time?"

"I made a bet in Zhoushan and won 3000 taels. It was the time when I was the richest."

"The treasury of the Hou Li Dynasty never exceeded a thousand taels of silver."

"Presumably, before Mo Dengyong's rebellion, it wouldn't be too good. If he can have tens of thousands of taels of silver, it will be the sky!"

When the land was distributed without taxation, the landlords did not run away. After the public trial, all the money was left in the public house, and the local village government dispatched it to build water conservancy facilities and help needy households.

And those big families who are really rich have naturally run away.

In terms of cash, even if it took half a month to conquer the whole territory, the battle still caused a fiscal deficit. Normally, a southern expedition would cause Ming Dynasty to have a deficit of at least 1000 million taels.

"Eight hundred plus four hundred, a total of 200 million taels, all issued."

"In Shenglong Mansion, there are 60 people, everyone has something."

"20 taels per person, directly."

Zhang Zhixiang wanted to give away all the money, but Gao Xunyi felt it was inappropriate: "Master, this battle is not over yet, what should we do when all the money is sent out, recruiting civilians, transporting supplies, and collecting food and grass?"

Li Weining also felt inappropriate: "Here, how about we send out 800 million guns first? Reserve a little bit for backup."

Zhang Zhixiang's answer was: "No, nothing can be kept. Not only must it be sent out, but people must know that the Ming army has no money."

"This……"

Gao Xunyi felt that this was a bit absurd, it was almost like telling the people and the enemy that they had no food and grass, and the army's morale would be shaken, right?Especially if it is passed to the front line, can the front line not worry about logistics?

Li Weining's eyes flashed, he realized something, and murmured: "A fight to the death?"

But Zhang Zhixiang shook his head and said, "No, it's not a fight to the death, but to tell the people in Annan that we are at the end of our ropes, and if we want to win, they must all come to help us."

"This!!"

Li Weining suddenly became enlightened, and he said excitedly: "So that's it! Asking for help thousands of times, and saying all the good things, are useless. Only when the common people feel that they must help us can we win, will the whole people move."

"The logistics of going to Manchuka cannot be guaranteed by tens of thousands of troops or tens of thousands of civilians."

"We need millions of people to participate in this battle, let them spontaneously help us transport supplies to the front line, and let them spontaneously clean up and deal with all rebel forces!"

Gao Xunyi was a little confused, unable to understand what the two of them meant, he asked, "Aren't the common people helping the rebels?"

"We are at the end of our rope and we are about to lose. They should work harder."

"How can you help us?"

Zhang Zhixiang just laughed, Li Weining patted Gao Xunyi on the shoulder, and explained to him: "The same thing, different signal, different atmosphere, the result is completely opposite."

"When the common people hear that Shenglong City is broken and the Ming army is about to be defeated, they will only keep silent."

"But when the common people hear that we have sent out all 200 million taels, when they are at the end of their rope and have nowhere to go, they... will panic."

"They will think, what if the Ming army is really defeated and leaves... what will happen to Annan."

"Is the previous life really good?"

"We evenly distribute the land and exempt taxation. What exactly did we give them? What did they... have? Who took it away from them?"

"They will."

"When they figure it out, they will become more and more angry. Anger will replace fear."

"at this time."

"We only need one victory, even if it's just a small victory, the offensive and defensive momentum will completely change!"

"Thousands of Annan people will stand behind us and charge with us!"

　Thanks to "Old Ge Cunfu" for the reward of 100 starting coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)