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Chapter 281 Letters
As the Wanquandu Division entered the busy season of farming, the guards and flag troops were getting used to Chen Mu's training manual little by little. From Chen Mu's point of view, the most intuitive feeling was that the number of times the flag troops were punished for violating discipline was getting less and less.

From tens of thousands of punishment records in January to thousands of punishments in January today, this is a gratifying progress.

Under Chen Mu's strict order, this year's busy farming has nothing to do with the main army, and it all depends on the remaining land of the army to work, because the banner army of Wanquandu Division has increased.In the past few months, the commanders and envoys of the various guards have been busy enlisting the troops, scrambling to be the first to show off their abilities.

The "Banner Army Drill Manual" sets strict quantitative assessment standards for banner troops in various positions, but there is no assessment for commanders. Chen Mu's assessment for commanders this year is to see who has more banner troops, According to the statistics every month, the one who has made the most progress will be rewarded and credited, and the one who has made the least progress will be punished and given the rewarded commander.

After being punished three times in a row, the commander was changed.

There are too many commanders in the Xuanfu, and each guard has no less than ten commanders waiting for this position. Chen Mu does not produce commanders, he is just a porter for the commanders.

If there are more flag troops, there will be more army surplus, and the army field is still so big, which means that this year, the Xuanfu Wanquandu will pay less taxes to the Xuanfu localities and the court. After the book was played, Governor Wang Chonggu had nothing to say, and directly approved it to Chen Mu.

I have never seen any commander-in-chief who can bring his own military expenses to take up the post. Chen Mu is the only one. Originally, the Ministry of Officials had to send 3 taels of salary to Xuanfu Beijing in the spring, but because Chen Mu took office, he didn't need it anymore.

The Xuan Mansion had just paid the [-] battalion soldiers the March military pay owed last year. Wang Chonggu was so worried that he thought that Chen Mu had just made a fortune from briquettes. Provide ten months of military pay, which will be paid by General Chen from the coal money for two months.

When the letter arrived, General Chen had already handed over the military pay for the first two months of this year to the battalion soldiers, 6 taels of silver, without any excuses.Moreover, it was also reported that in the future, the local battalions of Xuanfu will be under the control of Xuanfu for eight months, and will be paid by the Wanquandu Division in January, February, June and July every year.

In addition, the number of soldiers in Xuanfu's face has been reduced by 13, from 11 to [-], eliminating empty pay and reducing the pressure on the court.

This incident turned Wang Chonggu's kindness towards Chen Musheng into caution in an instant. This is a rocket, and you never know where he will fly and explode.

The imperial court has two capitals and one thirteen provinces, where is there no such thing as empty pay?Everywhere.Who doesn't know about empty pay?Everyone knows.

But who dares to control, who can control?
This is a joint problem, not something that can be explained clearly by a single general being corrupt, it is a chain of nature - the Ministry of households are not paid enough, the shortage of soldiers killed in battle cannot be made up, the Ministry of war is unwilling to clear the army, and the local government is even more unwilling Take less pay, and then there will be no pay.

If there was only one corruption, this matter would have been resolved long ago!

The key reason is that there are 13 sergeants in Xuanfu. When did the Ministry of Households really pay 13?What he sends is always [-] to [-] in years of famine and [-] to [-] in years of good times, and the two are equalized. In fact, isn’t it just to prevent the soldiers who shed their blood from starving and freezing as much as possible?
But Wang Chonggu knew that any governor would know that using such a way to solve the problem with policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom is just drinking poison to quench thirst.

One day, when the court's finances are even more difficult, and you find that you can get by with 13 soldiers on [-] salaries, can I give you [-]?Then if I don't send you this year, will I be able to survive?

Well, I'll use the money for more important things first.

If this happens, who can give the court a full account?
no one.

But who can blame this?Blame the general, the governor, and the household department?I really don’t blame the Ministry of Households for this matter. The imperial court has no money. Every year, a lot of taxes come up, but more is spent. Every time the statistics are in deficit, the Ministry of Households does not make money. In a place where everyone has no money, they can ask the household department for money, but who can the household department ask for?

Even if he killed the Minister of the Household Department, he would have no money.

In Chen Mu's eyes, Zhang Han is the epitome of Ming Dynasty officials. Everyone can feel the crisis. The big officials in the frontiers have close friends from the south and the north, and the important ministers in the capital have a bad financial crisis. Frequent, and the Yellow River that repeatedly bursts.

Why don't you use the century-old plan and just focus on the petty profits for three to five years?
Because the entire Ming Dynasty is being maintained tremblingly from the emperor to the ministers, who dares to think about what will happen a hundred years later?

Now three to five years, I can't go on!
But is it good to be like Chen Mu?
In Zhang Juzheng’s letter to General Zhenshuo, he clearly pointed out the inappropriateness of Chen Mu’s actions. This will increase local power and affect the stability of the center. Heavy private door.

It's just that this private door is not Zhao Qiansun Li, but his Chen family.

Although Chen Mu has the seal of a general, he is not a famous general in the hearts of the cabinet ministers. In the eyes of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, this young man who has never achieved fame in martial arts should be classified as a "capable minister".

What is a famous general?It was like Qi Jiguang and Ma Fang. The imperial court gave orders and resources. He trained his soldiers so well that no one else dared to attack the places he guarded, and used political power to solve military problems.

Is that Chen Mu?

He didn't. If it weren't for the general environment of peace talks, Chen Mu would be a good general at best. The place he guards will be the most serious point of contention between the two sides. He can win with the strength of his guns.

But victorious in every battle is not a good person who is good.

That's a big bastard who wastes people's money.

Chen Mu did not fight at the place where he took office, and was responsible for solving problems. In March of his tenure, he reduced the number of soldiers in the Xuanfu by 10, leaving [-] taels of silver for the court, and he did a good job in training troops to defend against bandits. capable minister.

It's just that the method is a bit unorthodox, so the cabinet ministers are suspicious. If you continue to mess around like this, will it be messed up?Do you want to stabilize first.

Chen Mu said in his reply letter to Zhang Juzheng: I know that this is not the solution, but at this moment, the talents of innovation are still hindered from taking off, and before all the six things of Ge Lao Chen are accomplished, it will be in vain. Act bravely and use this expedient measure to survive for a while.

Perhaps only when writing letters to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng can Chen Mu's sense of crisis in this land be revealed a little bit, because they have enough talent and talent, and they are also in the corresponding place, so they can see the tip of the iceberg of crisis.

"General, what is this?"

When Chen Mu gave Zhao Shizhen his Goupaozi manuscript and asked him to copy a copy and send it to the capital, Zhao Shizhen pointed to the large ink stain at the end of the letter and asked.

Chen Mu smiled and said: "There are always some things in my heart that are not suitable for outsiders. It's okay, you can go and transcribe it, just don't worry about it."

Seeing Zhao Shizhen nodding his head and blowing the letter sitting in the main seat of the study to write, Chen Mu opened the window and let the cool spring breeze spread the surface, and the flowers in the yard bloomed.

Some words can be refrained from speaking, but he can't help but write them down in his heart to enjoy himself.

Under the ink stains crossed out from the letter, Chen Mu wrote like this.

"You and the emperor, drink more milk and less aphrodisiac."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)