Zhao Yun looked at the crowd, asked and answered himself, and said: "Are they the people of the common people? Why do the imperial court never compete with the people for profit, but the common people live like this? What we saw today is pretty good, but those who sold their sons and daughters, and their families were ruined.
We haven't encountered it yet, but if we haven't encountered it, can we pretend not to know it with peace of mind?"
Meng Gong, Cao Youwen, Xia Gui, Jiang Wanzai, and Peng Yibin were all emotionally affected by Zhao Yun and listened excitedly.
Zhao Yun continued: "I come from the common people, and I know the suffering of the common people better than anyone in the court. Every day I watch them guide the country, but the common people cannot get any benefit and are extremely poor.
If I can't see any change in my life, my heart feels like a stone is weighing on me."
"Every year in the Song Dynasty, people want to rebel and rebel against the imperial court, but I don't blame them, because they have no choice under the pressure of extremely difficult life.
What's strange to me is that the court turns a blind eye to their lives. What's strange to me is that the court spends countless money every year under the pretext of asking for help for the people, but it only enriches itself. The people, who really deserve help, don't get help.
It won’t bring any benefit at all.”
Zhao Yun was heartbroken, "The people are like this. In normal times, we can slowly change. But now looking at the world, the Mongols suddenly rose up, attacking countless cities and lands, and how many people were killed. This is already countless. Once the Jin Kingdom
Being wiped out by Mongolia, if we face the powerful Mongolia in this situation, can we withstand it?
If you can't bear it, you can imagine what the consequences will be. However, how many people know such a simple truth? They are still dreaming about the Spring and Autumn Period, and they have no idea that the tragedy of ruining the country and destroying the family may happen to them at any time.
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Zhao Yun's face was as heartbroken as a knife, and Meng Gong and others were shocked when they saw it, and their faces all turned red.
Zhao Yun added: "I want to change all this, I want to reform the law, and crush the suffering that is weighing on the people. However, the reform will definitely be opposed by the conservative forces. The worst thing about it will be chaos in the world, so I want to make up
To train the new army, I need you to help me realize my ideals and return a peaceful land to all people in the world. This is the purpose of bringing you out. I hope you can stay with me and help me realize all this."
Meng Gong stepped forward, walked to Zhao Yun, knelt down solemnly on one knee, and said: "Your Majesty, you can see the hardship of the people, this is the blessing of all the people in the world, and you can want to change all this, this is the blessing of the country and the country."
With great blessing, I am willing to be driven by Your Majesty and imitate the merits of eagles and dogs."
Xia Gui, Jiang Wanzai, Cao You, and Peng Yibin immediately knelt down on one knee and said resolutely: "I am willing to serve your Majesty as an eagle and a dog."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Zhao Yun said three good words in a row and helped Meng Gong and others up one by one.
In the end, Zhao Yun held their hands tightly, his eyes red with excitement, and said: "We will no longer be here after thousands of years, but I believe that our names will remain in the history books forever, and future generations will praise us.
The stories and names of each of us will be the motivation to inspire future generations to work hard."
Meng Gong, Cao Youwen, Xia Gui, Jiang Wanzai, and Peng Yibin all believed in Zhao Yun's words. They looked resolute, kept their eyes fixed, nodded heavily, and made their firmest commitment.
With the firm loyalty of the five people, Zhao Yun's confidence greatly increased. When he returned to the palace, Zhao Yun ordered someone to invite Han Hong, and the seven people worked together to study the preparation, training, rewards and other matters of the new army, striving to achieve perfection.
The first is the issue of the number of people. Zhao Yun determined that it was 50,000 people. This scale is a very suitable scale. If there are too many people, the court cannot support them at once. If there are too few people, it will not be a deterrent. However, this scale can be said to be just right.
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In any era, fifty thousand elite troops can change the world!
As for military pay, the common military pay standard in the Song Dynasty is the same monthly salary for upper-level soldiers, which is one thousand cash, while the middle-level soldiers' salary ranges from 500 to 700 cash, and the lower-level soldiers' salary ranges from 300 to 400 cash.
wait.
What are the upper ban soldiers, what are the middle ban soldiers, and what are the lower ban soldiers?
The various armies of the Song Dynasty had many designations. According to their combat effectiveness and the importance of the place where they were stationed, the Peng Japanese Army, Tianwu Army, Dragon Guard Army, and Divine Guard Army were classified as the Upper Forbidden Army. The soldiers of the Upper Forbidden Army were naturally the Upper Forbidden Army.
The armies of other numbers are the Middle Forbidden Army and the Lower Forbidden Army, and their soldiers are also the Middle Forbidden Army and the Lower Forbidden Army.
In addition to getting money, the rations for each of their soldiers are also sufficient. The rations for the Imperial Guards are two stones and eight buckets per month. Each stone is about 120 kilograms, which is about 330 kilograms.
The price of the middle ban soldiers is two stones and five dou per month, and the lower ban soldiers are two stones per month.
The rations are very sufficient, just like the monthly salary. They seem to be a lot, but this is only sufficient on the books. How much you actually get depends on the generals above.
In this regard, Meng Gong said to Zhao Yun: "Your Majesty, soldiers receive a lot of monthly salary and rations, but because every money has to be allocated through the Yamen of the Third Division and the Household Department, it will be transferred through the Transportation Department, and then the general will personally transfer it.
Distribution, there will be layers of exploitation.
In particular, many generals are greedy and greedy. Once the money and food are in their hands, they will directly withhold 20 to 30% of the money and food before distributing it. This makes ordinary soldiers often only get half or even half of the money and food, and they are often in arrears. This situation must be
Change, otherwise, everything will stop."
Zhao Yun looked at Han Hong, Xia Gui, Jiang Wanzai, Cao Youwen, and Peng Yibin. Some of them nodded, while others lowered their heads. Just like Peng Yibin and Cao Youwen, they lowered their heads.
The one who nods is easy to understand, but the one who bows his head is a problem.
Realizing their mistake, Peng Yibin and Cao Youwen both knelt down to apologize to Zhao Yun. Cao Youwen said: "Your Majesty, although I have been greedy for ink in the past, I don't dare to do so much."
Zhao Yun asked calmly: "How much was greedy?"
Cao Youwen said truthfully: "Be greedy for 10%."
Zhao Yun looked at Peng Yibin again, and he said sincerely: "I don't know how to settle accounts. It's just that the clerk said that I could keep 30%. I felt too much, so I only kept 1,000 yuan for my own use every time I paid out the salary. Specifically, it was 10%."
Or how much, I don’t know.”
Zhao Yun lamented in his heart, these two are solid heroes, figures who have left their names throughout the ages. In order to fight against the Mongolian army, Cao Youwen spent all his wealth and recruited soldiers. In the end, because he could not wait for the support of friendly forces, the entire army was wiped out, including him.
Inside, all three brothers also died in the battle.
The same was true for Peng Yibin. When he was fighting against the Mongolian army, he was unfortunately defeated, but he was unyielding and remained unyielding in the face of being recruited and surrendered. He was finally killed and left his name in history.