Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 130 Honor and Interest

"Mr. Bai." Kong Rong bowed to Bai Tu in the hall and followed the etiquette of a guest.

However, Kong Rong also belongs to the category of people who do not call him "Lord", and Bai Tu does not reduce his trust in him because of this. Considering the role Kong Rong wants to play, not calling him "Lord" is just the right thing to do!
Otherwise, after setting the title of chief minister, if Kong Rong wanted to speak for Bai Tu, his authority would be inherently weaker.

"Wen Ju, these two sentences, I will show them to all the officers in Jiangdong in three days. I need them to be correct." Bai Tu said.

Kong Rong took Bai Tu's silk cloth, looked at it, and instinctively showed some surprise, but then he calmly said: "Bai Gong's actions, at the scholar level... are always correct!"

The revised version of "Qie Yun" has been finalized and released, and has been sent to county schools at all levels. With the publication of some interpretations of his works, Kong Rong's literary name is becoming more and more important, and he is becoming more and more confident in this regard.

Not long after Kong Rong left, Lu Su also came back and brought back the preliminary investigation results in Yangxian County.

The good news is that Pan Zhang's lawlessness stems more from his own tyranny and arrogance. At present, there is no chain of interests. It only involves some uncles and Shi Chang who are usually close to him, not too much. Too implicated.

Huai's news is...the incident discovered by Bai Tu this time is not an isolated case, and it is not even the worst in nature. Lu Su has already found out that in at least two other villages, Pan Zhang ordered his subordinates to cause the death of farmers!
"All the people who testified have been sent to Jinling to appease the people. In addition... please help me go over the list of representatives of Jinling after three days of garrisoning everywhere. These people must be there." Bai Tu said and added Lu Su was given a form.

This was printed directly at Chengji. Bai Tu still liked to look at the form.

As for the content of the form, it is related to something that Bai Tu has been doing in the army a long time ago after Zhang Xun was defeated in Qu'a - the officer care plan.

In detail, the military status of the real officer was recorded, and the other person’s basic family situation was recorded...

Although the investigation is mainly based on inquiries and may not be completely true, at least Bai Tu was prepared!
This time, Bai Tu seemed reckless and wanted to deal with Pan Zhang in front of his "colleagues" in the army just because of his enthusiasm, but in fact, Bai Tu also thought about the problem of military morale.

Therefore, Bai Tu wanted to ensure that some of the grassroots officers who had suffered greatly because of the rebellion and harm to the people, and even had their families destroyed because of it, also came to see Pan Zhang's fate.

At that time, no matter what other people think, these people must support themselves.

"My lord, Du Bo and Shi Chang, who usually cause trouble with Pan Zhang, are now in custody. However, some villagers confirmed that there are two officers among them. Although they do evil with Pan Zhang, they usually secretly warn the villagers. There was even an indirect act of dissuasion... There was even a uncle who was removed from his post because of it and has now been found.”

"The thieves can be dealt with according to the normal military discipline, and those who have performed well can be excused and not prosecuted for crimes that have not been reported." Bai Tu said.

Lu Su heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, he was really afraid that Bai Tu would slap his thigh and punish all those who knew the same crime.

Bai Tu is not unreasonable. According to the current military regulations, reporting his superiors is too risky, and it is not that easy. Bai Tu just doesn't want his troops to do evil. He doesn't think that his troops are all saints. .

Before Lu Su could retire, Lu Kang and Hua Xin also arrived.

Bai Tu had asked Lu Kang to draft new officer benefits - fortunately in this world, the most basic soldiers are "Ji Zao", they only need nutrition to keep up, and no additional military pay is needed...

In fact, in terms of military pay, Jiangdong should be one of the few areas that can actually issue Han-style military pay.

According to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, officers below Du Bo, no matter how senior or corps commander they are, are paid a thousand yuan a month for "war soldiers", [-] yuan a month for "garrison soldiers", and [-] yuan a month for "service soldiers". They correspond to three types of armies: fighting abroad, guarding the border, and guarding the local area.

If it could be paid out, military pay would actually be considerable. For a normal farm family, with men farming and raising silkworms, and men farming and women weaving, the annual output would be worth about [-] yuan in converted market value.

However, it can be seen from the military pay that the military pay of "war soldiers" is low, and their risks and efforts are obviously much higher than the latter two, but this is not reflected in the military pay... The reason is that by default, war soldiers have "grey" income".

Bai Tu had not increased pay for Jiangdong's army before, and only gave him cattle and wine during festivals, and there were rewards after several great victories - but it had been almost a year since Bai Tu came to Jiangdong, and he had not fought many tough battles.

It’s just that Bai Tu dared to say that apart from Jiangdong, only the wealthy and comfortable Yizhou, and the soldiers and horses of Liu Biao’s direct descendants in Jingzhou’s Southern County, can pay the army, and most of the others use the future "wives and shadows" as cakes.

In this way, it also encourages evil spirits-if the army dares to fight dryly, the grass-roots officers will not see it for the time being, and they will naturally acquiesce in the existence of looting!
In fact, during the Three Kingdoms period, almost all the armies of the three families of Wei, Shu and Wu had no military pay, and they all "figured out their own solutions".

However, Bai Tu has been preparing for a new military pay system for a long time. This is just because the technology to make money has not been "pointed out" yet, and the theme of Jiangdong in the past year has not been war, so it has been just "preparing" and there is no real Implement.

This time, Baitu is going to take this opportunity to open up some new benefits, so that he can be more confident when rectifying military discipline and reduce conflicts.

On the other hand, Bai Tu wanted to establish a new rule. From now on, those with military rank above Dubbo must return to Jinling to receive three months of training, including discipline and honor education, unless they are appointed on the spot during wartime.

Normally, this should be the affairs of the "Privy Council" in charge of military affairs, but now there is a shortage of manpower, so the Ministry of Household Affairs is temporarily drafting new regulations, and the Ministry of Rites is responsible for officer training.

It's just that the current level of the Ministry of Rites is indeed limited in this regard. Not only are they just mediocre, but they still don't go deep enough to fight for the people. Bai Tu just dealt with it first, letting them emphasize military discipline, and gradually and subtly introduced it through means such as temples to protect the people. Influence.

In addition, the Shrine for Protecting the People under the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites has now been built, and Bai Tu has decided to put it into use in advance. The list has been drawn up before, and statistics will be compiled after each battle.

Benefits and honor are all ready...

Bai Tu didn't want to stand at the gate of the village under his rule for the second time, but he didn't have the nerve to go in!

Lao Lu looked a little sad. This was another move to increase expenditures for the Ministry of Revenue. For this reason, Bai Tu also mentioned the "salt introduction" thing.

As a result, Lao Lu immediately decided that the Lu family would take the lead in donating a sum. After all, Jiangdong's army also wanted to protect the environment and the people, so Bai Tu didn't have to worry.

In this regard, they also kept the white pictures for now, "Yan Yin" and so on. When the "Gutter Beach Salt Drying Method" comes out, they will naturally take the initiative to buy "Salt Yin".

Just when Bai Tu and these others were finalizing the interim regulations, Lu Bu's voice came over.

"Hard drive! I heard about that guy. This kind of person...should be killed! Who dares to object then, let him ask his father Fang Tian to draw a halberd!"

Bai Tu felt guilty when he heard Lu Bu's voice, and then said to Lu Su and others: "Zijing, you go and do your work first. I have something to talk to my adoptive father alone..."

(End of this chapter)