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Chapter 39: I am so poor!

Qi Jin said: "Forty of the bird guns sent from the military warfare must be out of 100 of them, and they often explode due to disrepair. As for artillery, I submitted a document to the military warfare a few days ago, but I have not been able to issue them yet."

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he thought in his heart.

This is an era when firearms are king. With powerful firearm power as the foundation, not to mention the issue of expansion or expansion, at least it can prevent you from falling behind others and not being bullied!

As for bullying others, I will talk about it later.

"The order is that each person will give a silver pension of less than five taels of ounces of silver depending on the severity of the injury."

Hearing this, Qi Jin looked joyful and bowed, "I will thank the emperor for the support of the soldiers of the Yongwei camp!"

Zhu Youxiao said "hmm" and didn't look back. He asked in a cold voice: "Zhongxian, do you know about the military battle?"

No matter when, Wei Zhongxian's head was spinning very quickly, especially when he came out with the emperor, every time he heard a word, he would think about various possibilities in advance.

Will this be blamed on yourself?

If the emperor asks, how should he answer?

Qi Jin had just talked about the firearm problem, and Wei Zhongxian thought that the emperor would have this sentence, so naturally he had already thought of a few excuses and bowed to say:

"When I said this, I suddenly remembered that there was news that I wanted to ask the emperor to make the decision."

Seeing Zhu Youxiao snorting with his hands behind his back, Wei Zhongxian continued:

"After the New Year, the Emperor was promoted to the governor of the Temple Supervisor Li Chaoqing, to the governor of Nanhaizi. A few days ago, he told the servant that the Jing army on Nanhaizi might have not been purged for a long time."

"According to what you mean, what trouble did Li Chaoqing encounter when he sanctioned the Nanhai Zijing Army?" Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked over.

Zhu Youxiao's instruction to rectify the Nanhai Zijing Army.

There are more than 3,000 Jingjun in Nanhai. The name "Jingjun" is quite nice. To put it bluntly, it is just a strange army composed of eunuchs who were expelled from the palace after committing a crime.

Not to mention how much combat power is, it is always appropriate to kick those thorns out.

Wei Zhongxian bowed down, moved his gaze down, and said, "It's not a big trouble,"

I thought that if you eat the king’s fortune, you should share the burden for you.”

"These Jingjuns are also left alone. It is better to send some weapons and practice a little to protect the emperor."

"Eunuch Wang and Donglin Party members have a very close personal training. They have always disliked me. The military affairs bureau is his godson, so it is only the matter of purging Jingjun..."

The eunuch army probably won’t have any combat effectiveness, so Zhu Youxiao just made some rectifications, making them useful.

As for the weapons sent, they were naturally accumulated for many years in the military battles and military weapons. It would be a pity to throw them away, and it would be useless to send them to the military army.

It is better to use it for Jingjun than to continue piled up in the warehouse and rotten.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian.

This guy has recently focused his eyes on Wang An, the chief inspector of Sili, and always looks for him.

The last time Yang Lian retired, one of the names of Cui Chengxiu impeached him was to collude with Wang An.

Now that the Jingjun is not in a good manner, the hat has been put on Wang An's head.

Without thinking, this is all a stumbling block for Wei Zhongxian to get Wang An down, but when Wang An is concerned, Zhu Youxiao really doesn't want Wei Zhongxian to be so happy.

Zhu Youxiao knew in his heart that Wei Zhongxian was a mad dog, and there was always someone in this palace that could suppress him.

There is no other candidate except Wang An.

Having said that, there is nothing wrong with Wei Zhongxian’s impeachment. The commander of the military battle is indeed the godson of the eunuch Wang An.

As for Yang Lian colluding with Wang An, he also admitted it in his memorial.

Qi Jingang complained that the military battle was not carried out by the military commands of Jingjun and Yongwei Camp, and they did this.

What was Wei Zhongxian’s idea? Zhu Youxiao felt like a mirror in his heart.

The Military War is the only official office in the eight bureaus of the capital, which is responsible for the maintenance of military equipment such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, whips, axes, helmets, armor, bows, and arrows.

Others such as the iron locks used in the palace, the manufacturing of needles and scissors and bells and drums used in rituals, as well as the Gunpowder Department that stores gunpowder, are also subordinate offices of the military war bureau.

The military battle situation uses eunuchs as the admiral, which is commonly known as the management brand.

The management brand is Wang An's person. If Wei Zhongxian is not good, he naturally has to change his own talents to be at ease.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said "hmm" and said he already knew, but he did not answer directly, just asked:

"Apart from firearms, what are the difficulties in editing the Yongwei Battalion?"

Qi Jin hesitated for a while before speaking: "Go back to the emperor, I am just about the issue of rewards and pensions after the war."

"I believe that the infantry battle camp is the main force of combat, and those who kill Jianlu's head can get twenty taels of silver. The cavalry camp should be determined based on the battle matter."

"If you win in the cavalry battle, the person who kills Jianlu's head can be rewarded with thirty taels of silver. If you pursue the defeated soldiers, each team will be given ten taels of silver."

"As for the firearms, baggage battalions, and model battalions, the rewards after the war are relatively small, within ten taels of silver."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao slowly frowned. The reward was not mentioned, but was quite in line with the tradition of the Qi family army - it was too expensive.

When Qi Jiguang resisted the Japanese, he set a reward for his army.

He won a Japanese pirate's head, and the whole team rewarded thirty taels of silver. The one who rushed to the front was divided into twenty taels, and the soldiers at the head were cut at two taels, each bird gunner was divided into two taels, and the other soldiers were divided into one tael, and the team leader was five cents.

In addition to normal pay and post-war rewards, the firearm popularity rate of the entire Qi family army had reached 80% when preparing for Altan. The cost of maintenance and regular replacement was also borne by the court.

The reason why the Qi family army has such high combat effectiveness is not only the advanced training methods and firearms, but also the highest expense in the country.

If Yan Song hadn't taken the blame for his life and made money at that time, he would have really not been able to support such a strong army with the meager income of the imperial court.

When Zhu Youxiao heard about this in later generations, he didn't think much about it. After all, it was not his own money.

Now that I have traveled through time and become the emperor, I finally understand the difficulties of Jiajing at that time.

A strong army is really not easy to build. It is easy to build but difficult to maintain!

I am really poor, I am really poor!

If the bonus is paid like this, the Qi family army will fight a few battles and expand it again, and my treasury will be at its bottom!

At this time, the Yongwei Camp built by Qi Jin was almost the prototype of a new army. Zhu Youxiao knew that once the scale was formed, the combat effectiveness would rise sharply.

Without an absolutely loyal and strong combative army to the bottom, everything is difficult to do.

Zhu Youxiao came here from time to time, not to fight openly and secretly with civil servants in the court all day long.

It’s nothing to have a high reward, there must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain. Anyway, the “annual salary” is not high, so as long as you can win the battle, everything else is easy to say.

Why is the annual salary not high?

Because at this time, most of the guards in the country, including the Yongwei Camp, had only about ten taels of military pay for a year, which was only equivalent to the income of a craftsman's short-term worker for several months.

This is nothing. Even the dignified Minister of War can only receive a salary of 152 taels of silver every year.

If the military pay is low, the enthusiasm of others to work for you is naturally not high. The best way at this time is naturally to increase the rewards after the battle.

Zhu Youxiao almost spurted out his old blood at Qi Jin's strength.
Chapter completed!
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