Wanli 1592

Chapter 177 High salary and honesty?

Hearing that Xiao Ruxun had been thinking about a question, Yuan Huang looked at Xiao Ruxun with great interest.

"What's the matter?"

"You said that the Ming Dynasty has developed to the point where no officials are not corrupt, no officials are not corrupt, and even to the point where the national treasury has been emptied. Is there any reason why the official salary is too small? Like the Song Dynasty, the high salary supports the honesty. way, is it advisable or not?"

Xiao Ruxun's question just stopped Yuan Huang. He stroked his beard, walked back and forth a few steps, and said slowly: "This old man is indeed not very easy to say, but in all fairness, as far as Taizu The custom-made official salaries are indeed the lowest in all dynasties, and the official salaries in all dynasties are not as low as my Ming Dynasty's, so that officials can't even support their families with their official salaries. There is really nothing to say about this. "

Xiao Ruxun also nodded: "What kind of considerations did the Taizu have for ordering such a low official salary? And it has never changed for more than two hundred years. If you really want to be a clean official, you really can't even support your family. How can you blame those officials who earn a little money to support their families? Compared with civil servants, the salaries and rewards of generals such as me are generous, but the civil servants who hold great power have only such a pitiful salary. Whoever it is, I’m afraid you can’t even think about it?”

Yuan Huang was noncommittal about this.

"The right and wrong of the late emperor is not something that my ministers should discuss, but in all fairness, such a low official salary is indeed an important factor leading to the corruption of the current officialdom, and it is also an important inducement for the collusion between officials and businessmen to trade power and money. The old man lived so long For a long time, I will not see everyone as a saint, but more laymen. Even if I have studied and become an official, I won’t even have to eat. If laymen don’t love money, that is absolutely impossible. , there is only one sea pen holder in the world.

However, if you really want to say that high salaries are right, that’s not necessarily true. People’s desires are hard to satisfy. Just like a mouse, if you feed it enough, it won’t bite the grain or the wood?Not necessarily?The salary of officials in the former Song Dynasty was so high, so it is not necessarily where the integrity has gone. All in all, judging from what I have seen and heard in my life, a high salary may not necessarily support honesty, but a low salary will definitely lead to corruption. It is to eat. "

Xiao Ruxun nodded, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and drank it slowly.

With the leadership of the navy officers, the officers and soldiers of the navy let go and spent a night of ecstasy together. Everyone still cares about the feelings of comrades-in-arms. Let the brothers who have never tasted the taste of a woman go first and taste it. , and so on.

Although they killed too many young women, the Ming army still captured more than 600 young women on Tsushima Island. After nightfall, the soldiers of the Ming army consciously lined up, and an average of ten people were assigned to one woman. Enjoy the fruits of their victory in the small black house, and the whole island is quite beautiful with spring flowers blooming.

Only Deng Zilong took his nephew and his family's soldiers to patrol and did not participate. When he patrolled to the place where the soldiers relaxed, he saw soldiers with strange faces lying on the ground with endless aftertaste. I was so angry that I really wanted to step up and beat them up.

Originally, Deng Zilong didn't like this custom in the army very much, and he didn't allow his subordinates to do it, but today he probably saw Chen Lin taking the lead, and his subordinates didn't obey his orders anymore, and came to the village in disobedience. Hearing the cry of the woman in the house, Deng Zilong yelled at his nephew Deng Xianwu who was holding him tightly: "It is my duty to kill the enemy on the battlefield, so treating captives like this on the battlefield is an act of beasts? !"

Deng Xianwu said helplessly: "Everyone is a soldier. Usually there is no chance to find a woman. Now is a rare opportunity. Moreover, Chen Zongbing has agreed. Uncle and many brothers have never tasted women. I don’t know when I’m going to die in battle, and it’s human nature to behave like this, if you stop it forcibly, it may disturb the morale of the army, which is not conducive to the war.”

Deng Zilong glared at Deng Xianwu fiercely, sighed heavily, and left here resentfully.

Early the next morning, Chen Lin held a military meeting. The content of the meeting was the order sent by Xiao Ruxun last night.

"Admiral Xiao instructed that we need to arrive at Busan Port on the 23rd of the first lunar month, that is, before noon tomorrow, to attack the Japanese pirate navy in Busan Port, annihilate them, completely cut off the Japanese pirates' retreat at sea, and send [-] Japanese pirates and tens of thousands of other Japanese pirates to Pusan. The young and the strong are trapped to death, strive to go down without fighting, all generals must remember!"

"promise!"

All the generals of the navy agreed in unison.

Chen Lin also ordered: "When the main force of the army departs from Busan, some warships need to stay behind at Tsushima to take care of the captives and guard against the fleet of Japanese pirates from the mainland. This task will be handed over to Deputy Commander Deng Zilong. , Vice President Deng, accept the order!"

Chen Lin handed over a command flag, Deng Zilong stepped forward and took the command flag.

"Deputy Commander Deng, strictly guard Tsushima Island. If there is a Japanese pirate fleet coming from the mainland of the Japanese country, all of them must be wiped out. If one does not escape and return, I will leave two centipede ships for you. Chase the enemy, can you do it?"

Deng Zilong said solemnly: "The last general must do his best!"

"Okay! The generals will go back immediately to rectify the army and organize their battle preparations. Set sail at dawn tomorrow morning, and arrive at Pusan ​​Port before noon to start the general attack!!"

"promise!"

The generals of the navy immediately went to prepare. Compared with the impetuousness and violence of the previous day, Deng Zilong obviously felt that the arrogance of these people had weakened a lot today. Deng Zilong, who knew the reason behind it, just sighed and said nothing No more to say, but do your best to do your duty.

In the early morning of the second day, the Ming army had already had breakfast, Chen Lin gave some lectures, and the valiant and high-spirited Daming Navy sailed out. Deng Zilong stayed on Tsushima Island, reorganized the remaining more than 30 warships and began to patrol the island, and then He went to check the conditions of the prisoners who were left behind. The conditions of those captives, especially the female captives, were indeed very bad. Some even died in half-clothed clothes. Deng Zilong could only shake his head and wave his hands, carrying the corpses Go out and bury it.

He knew very well that these dead captives were really lucky, because they died early and did not have to suffer a more miserable fate later. As far as he knew, Chen Lin and the others planned to take these female captives Dedicated to Xiao Ruxun, and asked Xiao Ruxun to reward the soldiers of the army for purging fire. Forty thousand soldiers with dragons and tigers, I don't know how these hundreds of women are so busy.

I don’t know if it’s a joke from God. When the annihilation battle of Busan Port started, Deng Zilong’s inspection team actually found 1000 or 800 caves in the mountains and forests on the island. The caves were full of hidden Japanese, and most of them were women. , there are more than [-] people, and there are more than [-] old people and children.

When he got the report, Deng Zilong knew what he should do. He waved his hand, and naturally his subordinates would do it for him—women are useful, but weak old people and weak children are completely useless.

The soldiers of the Ming army were overjoyed. This not only meant the first rank and credit, but also meant more women and longer enjoyment.

This reminded Deng Zilong of what his old boss had said not long after he joined the army when he couldn't see the behavior of some soldiers - you don't think these people are military households, what is the purpose of being a soldier?To serve the emperor?For the country and the people?Hahaha!How can there be so much reason!It's just a mess, try to be refreshing, if you don't let them be refreshing, they won't let you be refreshing!
(End of this chapter)