Chapter 77 Zuo Liangyu
“What else can I worry about?”
Zhu Cilang looked up at these guys and found that they were all worried.
"Your Highness, this matter is certainly good, but the Ministry of Revenue..."
Li Guodong didn't finish it, but this meaning has been expressed. Is it enough money?
Now the imperial court has more than 100,000 new troops. If it were to follow this salary, the monthly salary alone would be 200,000 taels of silver.
According to some expenses in the Ming Dynasty in the past, the salary was about one-fifth of the entire military camp.
According to this calculation, these people will eat nearly one million taels of silver every month.
How could the court afford to support it? Moreover, they all used muskets, so the amount of this silver was even higher. In the past, the Shenji Camp's expenses were the best in the entire army.
"Put your heart in your stomach, this is not what you should worry about. What you should worry about is how to train and how to improve your combat effectiveness? I will solve the money problem."
During the war, Zhu Cixuan gained a lot of merit points, which could be exchanged for silver.
Although foreign trade is not in his own hands, he is never worried about the expenses of money, let alone making a fortune from Li Zicheng.
Besides, except for the soldiers' silver, 80% of the other items are exchanged, and there is no need to spend any money.
On the surface, it costs millions per month, but in fact it is only about 200,000 taels of silver.
During this period, the system also unlocked many civilian items, such as tents and other things.
After these things were sent to the army, they also brought a lot of cheapness to the army, but they didn't spend much money.
Zhu Cixuan once looked at the accounts in the army. Except for buying some fresh fruits and vegetables, there was no need to buy anything else. All kinds of items can be found in the system.
It is just necessary to find a reasonable reason to send it over. Now Zhu Cilang is in power and says whatever he says, no one doubts where these things come from.
Since His Royal Highness said that, the three of them were no longer annoying here and left the hall happily.
Go back and seize the time to train your army, otherwise I would be sorry for His Royal Highness's efforts.
I used to say that I couldn’t support a family by being a soldier. Now, as long as I complete the training of a recruit, as long as I live my life with thrift, even with food and salary, it is completely fine to support the family.
Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also said that as long as you are on the battlefield and you are paid double copies every month, you don’t have to be afraid.
Of course, if you feel that this part of the salary is not enough, then try your best to train your military skills and win more enemies on the battlefield.
It’s not that the officials above are invisible. As long as you have the ability, you can be promoted at any time.
After letting these three people go down, Zhu Ciyang also asked Takata to follow him to the training ground to see the soldiers' situation.
After Takada came back, he described the enthusiasm of the soldiers for training. Almost everyone shouted loudly. They also felt that if they didn't train hard, they would be sorry for the money given to them by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
In the original Ming Dynasty, their low salary was one aspect, and the other was that they did not pay any salary at all. The court had no money anymore and could only owed it.
It's okay to delay for a month or two. If you have to delay for more than half a year, will the family stop eating? When they have so many concerns, can the army still have combat effectiveness?
What Zhu Cixuan is doing now is to solve their concerns and let them fight with all their hearts. Only in this way can we train an iron army and make achievements when facing the Eight Banners of Manchuria Cavalry.
In the next two days, Zhu Cixuan could hear the training sounds around him, row after row of shooting, and the sound of artillery firing in the palace.
At the beginning, the people in Nanjing were still a little uncomfortable, but after a period of time, everyone felt relieved to hear this sound.
After all, this army is used to protect Nanjing City.
Of course, some people are happy and others are worried. For example, those incompetent goods in Nanjing were now heard by this voice and immediately understood that their times could not be returned.
Originally, I wanted Ma Shiying to make a comeback, but now looking at His Royal Highness's army is so powerful, even if Ma Shiying dares to rebel, they may not dare to follow him up.
Nowadays, they only live in a drunken and dreamy way. When they hear the sound of training outside the city, they feel more and more that they have no future, so they just find a place to drink hard.
Every sound of shelling seemed to remind them to live a peaceful life, otherwise the court would not listen to you.
Zhu Cixuan also asked someone to monitor them. Seeing their missed life like this, he no longer regarded them as obstacles.
He had to turn his attention back to the army. On the fifteenth day of training, Zhu Cixuan set up a military police force in the army.
Zhu Cixuan understood the importance of discipline to an army very well. The military police directly belonged to the Ministry of War and had little to do with the army they were in. And he had to find some outstanding soldiers to join in.
Zhu Cixuan also stuffed the instructors he exchanged into and monitored them in all aspects. There were ordinary soldiers in the gendarmerie, and the instructors monitored the gendarmerie, blocking one layer after another, maintaining good discipline in the army.
When the military police were first established, many people did not take this organization seriously and thought it was just a good thing.
But later many officers were punished and the soldiers began to pay attention. And every time they were punished, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood on the side of the military police, and they knew who the military police was backstage.
Of course, Zhu Cixuan also set up a supervision department in the Ministry of War. If the military police force commits favoritism and fraud, all soldiers can complain to the supervision department.
This forms a mutual supervision, which ensures the balance of power.
Just when Zhu Cilang was booming, Zuo Liangyu from Huguang area also sent someone to come.
This guy may have heard some news, or thought about taking both ends, but he sent someone to send him 500,000 taels of silver to learn from Mu Tianbo from Yunnan.
Although giving away money is a good thing, Zhu Cilang is not a fool. Mu Tianbo's land is poor, and it is not easy to be able to take out 500,000 taels of silver.
Chapter completed!