I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 175 We are the King's Division

In this operation, Yuan Shu himself will definitely be the one leading the team to attack the palace, and everyone present today will also have to participate.

As for the main force of the action, in Yuan Shu's plan, it was composed of more than 3,000 people from the Security Department and old farmers. These more than 3,000 people were Yuan Shu's trump card and family foundation.

There is no need to say much about the Security Department. The more than one thousand people were all trained according to the standards of officers. They are real elite troops and will not be inferior to the central elite like the Northern Army.

The more than 2,000 old farmers were the first to receive military training and received the most in-depth training. Although they may not have sufficient talent to become officers, they still have the ability to lead a team of new recruits to charge into battle.

They are considered to be the seedlings of reserve officers.

In addition, more than 3,000 Liangzhou students who had received military training and Yi Xin members who were interested in military affairs joined the action as the second echelon, charging into battle with the main force of the first echelon.

Although this group of people are not as elite as the Security Department and the old farmers, they have all received professional military training and the training time is relatively long. Many of them have experience in participating in wars and killing people. They are definitely not rookies who have never seen blood.

So they will never show any fear when they join this action.

Generally speaking, these more than 6,000 to less than 7,000 people are the most reliable fighting force under Yuan Shu's command. They have a certain degree of guarantee in terms of professionalism and loyalty. In a sense, they are Yuan Shu's private army.

In this operation, Yuan Shu will personally lead the first echelon, while the second echelon will be led by Lu Zhi, who will follow closely behind.

After entering Shuoping Gate, Yuan Shu planned to capture Liu Hong by himself, while Lu Zhi was mainly responsible for killing the eunuchs and keeping in touch with each other.

The main purpose of this operation was to eliminate eunuchs, and because of the efficiency issue of the operation, Yuan Shu proposed that the way to identify eunuchs was to see whether they had beards.

Those without beards must be killed, and the goal is to eliminate all eunuchs before dawn, leaving no one alive.

As for other people, try not to kill them, and capture them should be the main method. Especially the female officials and palace maids in the palace, they must not be killed indiscriminately, and their safety must be guaranteed.

"Only the eunuchs should be killed. The rest, if they are guilty, can be tried and executed afterwards, but they must not be killed at will. This is my requirement for you. I believe that you are all reasonable people and will not lose control like those beasts, so this rule must be decided in advance.

As for the palaces, houses, and property in the palace, we must do our best to preserve them. We must not set them on fire or plunder them. We are teachers of conscience, not beasts. We are for the future of the Han Dynasty, not for rebellion and plunder. We must show that we are united in knowledge and action, and we must use this to tell the world that we are not traitors to the Han Dynasty. "

Yuan Shu's appeal was highly recognized by everyone. They also believed that they were not traitors to the Han Dynasty, but the royal army that was sent to punish the unjust and treacherous.

The reason they did this was to eradicate the eunuchs, so killing the eunuchs was the only goal.

Yuan Shu's strict discipline requirements for the entire Yi Xin Hui group played a big role at this time. He also believed that he could discipline this armed force and make them reach the discipline level of Yue Family Army, leaving a bold footnote on the first page of the new era.

Luoyang City is not an ordinary place. It is the capital of the empire, at the feet of the emperor, and it stores a huge amount of precious materials, cultural relics, and treasures. These things are priceless treasures, but they have suffered tragic disasters in history.

Dong Zhuo's burning of Luoyang and the armory fire during the Western Jin Dynasty burned most of the extremely precious Luoyang books and armory collections. Almost nothing survived, and countless precious cultural relics were completely lost in these two fires and countless turmoil.

Yuan Shu thought this was a great pity.

He never thought that the army was barbaric, rude, manic and bloodthirsty.

Not to mention modern times, even in ancient times, there were armies with strict military discipline and no harm to the civilians.

For example, the Northern Expedition Army of Shu Han under Zhuge Liang got along well with the civilians of Wei on Wei’s territory.

For example, the Yue Family Army under Yue Fei's command would rather freeze to death than demolish houses, and would rather starve to death than attack the enemy. Wherever they went, the civilians fully supported them.

For example, the Qi Family Army under Qi Jiguang had strict military discipline. Anyone who disturbed the people during the expedition would be beheaded as a public display. Therefore, they gained the support of the people in the battlefield.

This is enough to show that it is not impossible to train an army that does not harm the people and even gets along well with them.

As long as they are well fed, warmly clothed, paid, and have a little knowledge and culture, all this will be a natural outcome. For violent groups, their demands are really not high.

It’s a pity that the inhuman ruling class of the empire couldn’t even do this, leaving a group of soldiers with weapons in their hands hungry, coldly clothed, and without enough pay to survive.

Military supplies are stripped layer by layer, from the time they leave the warehouse to the hands of the soldiers, and it is considered conscientious if even 30% of them can be kept.

Even with this, you still expect them to win the battle.

funny!

Yuan Shu was very generous to his Yi Xin Hui subordinates.

Most students can stay for free. In Liangzhuang, their food, clothing, housing and transportation are just a small expense, and meals and the like do not cost a lot of money.

Yuan Shu reduced food costs by strengthening transportation and storage management, obtaining food locally, and many other means, and did not use this as a way to make a profit, so that the cost of obtaining food for students in Liangzhuang was much lower than in and around Luoyang City.

Some poor students have calculated that their monthly food expenses in the Imperial College and in Liangzhuang are two completely different concepts. They only need to spend 50% of the cost in the Imperial College to eat much better than in the Imperial College. The main thing is that they can eat their fill and never go hungry.

Corn and wheat rice are enough to fill you up, and there is no shortage of salt. Occasionally you can eat meat and vegetables. On special holidays, a small amount of fruit is distributed as a welfare benefit. Several people share a piece of fruit, and although it is not much, you can still taste it.

Although there were only two meals a day, one was thick vegetable porridge and the other was dry rice. We didn't eat thin porridge, so we were very hungry.

What else do you need a bicycle for?
As for members who join the Isshin Society or participate in military training, they will be fully subsidized.

They are provided with three meals a day, free food and lodging, and clothing. Meat and vegetables are provided in double quantity to ensure that these people are well fed and never go hungry, nor do they have monotonous or poor nutrition.

Many students who were pale and thin when they first joined began to gain weight, their complexions became rosy, their hair became shiny, their skin became better than before, and their mental state was completely different within two or three months after entering Liangzhuang.

This expenditure is certainly not small.

Therefore, not only were all the profits from Yi Xin Hui's affiliated industries turned over to the public account, but the money Yuan Shu earned himself was not used for his own use, but was invested in Yi Xin Hui's public account.

He paid himself a salary, from which he spent his daily expenses, to show that he shared the joys and sorrows with everyone else.

As for anything else he wanted, such as expensive fruits and spices, he would either cheat his father or take advantage of Yuan Wei. In any case, he would never use a single five-zhu coin from the public account.

He would naturally not starve himself or make himself suffer. His salary income subsidy was the highest in the entire Yi Xin Club, several times more than that of ordinary members. It was not a problem for him to eat proper meals, such as meat and vegetables. There was no such thing as him having to eat coarse food or vegetables.

But even so, the huge expenditure of the Central Government did not lead to a fiscal deficit, but instead resulted in a surplus year after year.

Maoling Liangzhuang had already balanced its income and expenditure, and could even use its profits for Luoyang Liangzhuang.

The development of Luoyang Liangzhuang is also very good. Putting aside the normal construction expenses, even after enduring a flood, and even though the Yi Xin Society also spent some materials and money to help civilians outside the city rebuild their homes, it has not reached the point of a financial crisis.

Without counting these unexpected expenses, the number for daily diet, teaching, military training, and agricultural production is not large at all, so much so that Yuan Shu initially wondered if he had made a mistake in his calculations.

However, the Audit Department led by Lu Zhi clearly stated that it was impossible to make a mistake in the accounting. They had records of every account, and every account could withstand inspection. They had records of every sum of money from its entry to withdrawal and then to its actual use.

Lu Zhi paid special attention to this.

Yuan Shu sent people to check the accounts many times, or did surprise checks himself, but he did not find any problems. The accounts were very clean and healthy. In the past, a small amount of money seemed enough to allow many people to eat well.

Finally, we can only draw the conclusion that -

We should work seriously, not engage in sustainable overfishing, and do some anthropomorphic things. Even if there is some consumption and wear and tear, a normally functioning industrial organization will not be left with nothing to eat.

The series of actions taken by the imperial court can only be described as rather regressive, with everyone trying to get some benefits from the passing geese. This has increased countless expenses, to the point that it has become the norm to spend more than income.

Yuan Shu later arranged for Jia Xu to spy on the logistical expenditure accounts of government offices at all levels, but the result made him quite helpless.

Although the current period is no longer as good as the days of Emperor Ming and Emperor Zhang of Han when one could buy a stone of rice for thirty or fifty coins, as long as there is no war, in normal circumstances, and in places without natural disasters or man-made disasters, the price of grain will still be stable.

A stone of rice can be bought for only about 110 to 120 coins. If you come across a rice merchant with a little conscience, it is not impossible for him to reduce the price by a few cents.

Luoyang had just experienced a flood and grain prices had risen, but through the efforts of the Yi Xin Society and Yuan Shu's operation, the flood was quickly brought under control, and grain prices have fallen from 150 coins per stone to 110 coins per stone, and prices have stabilized.

So even though the local people in Luoyang live from month to month, they can still afford to eat.

However, the food expenditure of the imperial court, government offices, and the army was completely different. Rice that sold for about 110 coins outside could soar to 400 to 500 coins or even 500 to 600 coins per stone in the account books of these organizations.

As for other government benefits such as daily necessities, fruits and vegetables, charcoal, and clothing, the prices are even more outrageous, far from the original range. A difference of four or five times is considered high, and the price of some individual items can even differ by about ten times.

It is called a fine product.

Did they buy gold and Shu brocade?

This kind of operation seemed familiar to Yuan Shu. He felt that there were middlemen making a profit from the price difference. There were too many "Commissioner Lius" and the money was not enough.

As long as you do your job honestly, even if you are a little greedy, just a dozen or twenty cents, Yuan Shu thinks it is acceptable. But if you increase your greed several times and make a big difference, then it is really too unkind.

Therefore, Yuan Shu was able to feed more people with less money, while the Eastern Han Empire spent a lot of money on a scandal and lost everything.

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PS: I ate braised soft-shelled turtle yesterday, and used the remaining thick soup to make egg fried rice this morning, an enhanced version of Yangzhou fried rice. It tasted delicious. I was very moved after eating it, so I added another chapter.

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