I am Da Song

Chapter 115 The Instability of the Shenwu Right Army

With regard to the cultivation of officials' honesty and honesty, the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty happened to be two extremes, one civil and one military.

In the Song Dynasty, high salaries were implemented to support honesty, and the salaries of officials were the most generous in all dynasties.It was rated as "those who are graciously arrested by hundreds of officials are afraid of their insufficiency, and those who take money from all people will not leave any surplus".But the Great Song Dynasty fostered integrity but did not eradicate corruption, and in the end the corruption was so serious that it was shocking.

Daming is the exact opposite, officials are notoriously bitter.Hai Qingtian, Hai Rui, strictly followed the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so that whenever he was so poor that he ate a meal of meat, it would become a topic of conversation among the local people for several days.

And the strict supervision of Ming Dynasty and the ruthless suppression of corruption are even more frightening.In particular, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has been unmatched in China for 5000 years in the eradication of corruption.But the Ming court suppressed corruption and did not promote integrity, so corruption has been countless since ancient times.

Zhao Huan can only combine the advantages and disadvantages of these two dynasties, keep the generous salary of the Song Dynasty unchanged, and at the same time inject the iron and blood purge atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty into the officialdom.

Regarding the matter of strictly enforcing the law, Zhao Huan had to talk to Qin Hui, this flattering minister, in order to please the emperor, would never mind being a cruel official like Zhang Tang, Zhi Du, Wang Wenshu and others.And as long as Zhao Huan gave him a copy of "Biography of the Cruel Officials", he would immediately understand Zhao Huan's intentions.

But to provide a high salary to the officials of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Huan really could only find Yue Fei.Asked him: "How much wealth was seized in the Jinjun camp?"

Yue Fei immediately replied: "There are about 120 million taels of gold, more than [-] million taels of silver, and tens of millions of pieces of cloth and silk."

"En?" Zhao Huan was amazed, this number far exceeded his cognition in both past and present lives.Song Dynasty did not give Jin Jun so much gold and silver.Moreover, a city in Tokyo City would never be able to produce so much gold and silver. This figure has already greatly exceeded the indemnity paid by the Qing Dynasty in the Opium War.

Yue Fei explained: "The Jin army's military discipline has been corrupted, and they are looting. Since the siege of the capital, the stench can be heard for four hundred miles. They plundered all the way from Taiyuan to Tokyo, plundering several roads including Hedong, Jingxi, Gyeonggi, and Jingdong. There are countless rich merchants and scholar-bureaucrats, and all their supplies are left in the city.”

Zhao Huan frowned, the Jin army had looted almost half of the wealth in the north.The speed at which they collect wealth is much more efficient than that of Da Song.

The literati enjoyed privileges in the Song Dynasty and did not need to pay taxes.But the Jin people don't care about the nobility of the scholar-bureaucrats. It is these scholar-bureaucrats who robbed fields and fields and wealth.

In the Song Dynasty, the richest people were these people.The Song Dynasty continued to merge, and these people controlled 70.00% of the country's land and most of the wealth.

However, the total amount of this sum of money really exceeded Zhao Huan's expectation by far. Before that, Zhao Huan had always used the more than 800 million taels of silver paid by a city in Tokyo as a reference, and did not consider the Jin army's own digging of graves, burning, killing, looting and looting. to the wealth.

This wealth has been filled into the national treasury, the rewards offered by Hebei, and the salaries of officials have been secure and worry-free.

But this also seriously disrupted Zhao Huan's arrangements for Shenwu Youjun. Zhao Huan didn't want to give money directly to Shenwu Youjun as a reward.

In this regard, Zhao Huan was blunt and said to Yue Fei: "I thought that after the gold camp wealth was rewarded to Hebei and Hedong, there would be very little left. But I never thought that the gold and silver could reach more than two million taels. Presumably the Shenwu Youjun The soldiers are all looking forward to the reward?"

Yue Fei smiled and said: "The officers and men have all heard of the officials' rewards for the forbidden army's words. They know that the officials are generous and the soldiers' hearts are stable. They are waiting quietly without any anxiety."

Zhao Huan's face was serious, and he said solemnly to Yue Fei: "When the Shenwu Youjun was in the face of a national crisis, they worked hard with loyalty, hit the water in the midstream, severely injured the Jin army, and helped the building to collapse. I will never let down this loyalty. I will reward you three times, Five times as many as the imperial army, I will not hesitate. Now the imperial court can afford this amount of gold and silver."

"But... I really don't want to reward soldiers with gold and silver directly!"

Seeing the official's serious expression, Yue Fei retracted his smile, frowned, and with a correct attitude, asked: "The official means that the Shenwu Youjun will not be rewarded for this battle?"

"This is exactly a national policy that I want to discuss with you. It is related to the eternal foundation of our dynasty, and it is related to the longevity of our army's combat power."

Yue Fei did not immediately comment. Regarding the importance of rewards and punishments, Yue Fei believes that the officials must be very clear.But the officials still made this kind of decision, apparently with their own unique plans.

Zhao Huan had great trust in his loyal, prudent, and upright general, and asked frankly, "How long do you think the Shenwu Youjun can maintain its combat power after I reward the Shenwu Youjun as usual?"

Yue Fei frowned, thinking about this question seriously.How long can the Shenwu Youjun's combat power last?Can he maintain the bloody battle in the outer city, the pinnacle of swearing to life and death?But is it still the Shenwu right army that almost all died in battle without wavering, with a casualty rate as high as [-]% and still fighting to the death?
After a while, Yue Fei said solemnly, "I don't even dare to say whether the Shenwu Youjun can still be as brave and fearless as it was three days ago."

Sure enough, he is worthy of being a famous general in the Song Dynasty, gifted with talent and quick mind.Zhao Huan smiled gratifiedly.

Here lies the problem. The Shenwu Youjun is a force created on the cusp of the times. Too many harsh conditions have created their unparalleled combat power.

They can fight to the death and never retreat, firmly defending their home and country because their backs are against the city of Tokyo.Although Da Song is big, Tokyo is behind them, and they have nowhere to go.Only by fighting to the death can we defend our parents, wives and daughters in the inner city.

But now the Jinren retreated, and Tokyo made a rescue.How can we maintain the belief that Zhao Huan has worked so hard to build up his family and country in this army?

If they don't have this kind of belief, then they are not much different from the general feudal army.It is absolutely impossible to defeat more than [-] chaotic troops everywhere in bloody battles with one against ten.

And it won't be long before the army's spirit and beliefs will gradually disintegrate and degenerate into the appearance of the Fourth Army.

Although Yue Fei was quick-witted, the limitations of the times restricted his thinking, so he had to ask: "What is the plan of the government? If you don't reward gold and silver, what should you reward? Is it like the Qin Dynasty who rewarded land for plowing and fighting?" "

Zhao Huan replied with a smile: "If my Song Dynasty wants to copy the system of a thousand years ago, wouldn't the development of this thousand years be wasted?"

"First of all, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, I will not refuse to reward. I firmly believe that only with a rich material foundation can there be a brilliant spiritual building."

"Shenwu Youjun, for all the soldiers who died in battle and injured veterans, I will order the court to give them generous sympathies. In addition to exempting the whole family from Ding Fu, they will give 50 taels of gold, 300 taels of silver, [-] taels of money, and [-] shi of rice to the families of the dead soldiers. As a pension."

"Injured soldiers will be given one hundred taels of silver, two hundred guan of money, one hundred stones of rice, and one hundred bolts of silk and satin at one time. In addition, starting from this month, three guan of money will be given every month, and thirty bolts of cloth and silk and ten bolts of brocade will be given every year. Until his death, the imperial court pays for his funeral expenses."

Giving generous material rewards to the dead and injured soldiers is roughly similar in ancient and modern China and foreign countries, and Zhao Huan implemented it more firmly.

After completing this step, the morale of the Shenwu Youjun was stabilized, and the soldiers knew that the officials were not reluctant to part with gold and silver, so that Zhao Huan could carry out the next reforms.

(End of this chapter)