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Today is the twenty-third day of Zhu Pingan's appointment. The sun is shining brightly, the sky is clear, and the wind is gentle. As usual, Zhu Pingan still goes to Mr. Tai's office room to cultivate a tacit understanding...
Usually when Zhu Pingan shows up, everyone in Taiwan will say "no" before Zhu Pingan opens his mouth.
But it is a pity that the tacit understanding between Zhu Ping'an and Nie Tai has been cultivated for twenty-three days, but it was broken by Lord Nie Tai today.
Today, when Zhu Ping'an walked to the door of Zhentai's office and showed up, he saw Master Zhentai looking at him with a smile on his face. He waved to him enthusiastically and said warmly, "Zihou is here, come in quickly."
(⊙o⊙)...Zhu Ping'an was surprised at first, and then smiled from the bottom of his heart. Mr. Tai broke the tacit understanding, which means that things have changed. Doesn't it mean that the food and salary have been settled.
"Greetings to Mr. Nitai, I'm here to cause trouble for you again." Zhu Ping'an walked into the room, smiled and bowed his hands in greeting.
"No, Zihou is serious. You are responsible for your responsibilities. It's too late for me to be happy, so why bother. If everyone in the yamen were as responsible for their responsibilities as you, I would laugh out loud in my dreams at night."
Nie Tai waved his hand, with a gentle smile on his face, and praised Zhu Pingan well.
"The senior officials in the yamen are all serious and responsible people. I am also learning from my senior officials." Zhu Pingan said modestly.
"Zi Hou, please don't speak for them. I've known what they are like all these years." Zeng Tai shook his head and smiled, then waved his hand, "Forget it, let's not talk about others' shortcomings.
You will understand later."
Zhu Ping'an wanted to continue to save Chu Xiong's honor, but Zhe Tai did not give Zhu Ping'an a chance. Zhe Tai continued, "Let me tell you some good news. The imperial court has approved the military preparations, food and pay that you have been thinking about."
Sure enough!
Although I had already guessed the answer, I couldn't help but feel excited when I heard Master Nitai say that the military preparations, food and wages had been approved.
"The food and salary for the military preparations have been approved?! Thank you Mr. Naitai for your hard work, the food and salary for the military preparations have been approved so quickly." Zhu Pingan showed an excited expression on his face and thanked Mr. Naitai repeatedly.
"Haha, in fact, I can only write a few applications. Besides, assisting Zihou in organizing the army is also within my official duties. Zihou does not need to thank me." Mr. Zhetai smiled and waved his hand.
"Of course I have to thank you, Mr. Nitai. If you had not shouldered the responsibility, taken the trouble to apply to the court again and again, and were not afraid of being offended by the court, I would not have been able to approve the food and salary for the soldiers so quickly."
Zhu Ping'an insisted on thanking Mr. Tai Tai.
"Haha, Zihou, you went to the wrong temple this time. The reason why the imperial court approved it so quickly this time is all thanks to Mr. Xu Ge. I don't dare to take credit. I heard that Mr. Xu Ge is here
When the court discussed the Japanese invasion, it was mentioned that the militia was a guard station and a useful supplement to the new army. Especially in Jiangnan where the Japanese invasion was serious, the role of the militia should be paid attention to. It was precisely because of Mr. Xu Ge's emphasis on the militia that the Ministry of War
Our application for military preparation, food and salary was approved so quickly." Mr. Nitai said with a smile.
When Zhu Ping'an heard this, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly. Sure enough, there was someone in the imperial court who was good at being an official. Calculating the time, it was only a dozen days after he submitted the letter to his master, Xu Jie. Excluding the time the letter was in transit, the letter arrived at the table.
Division Xu Jie only had about ten days in hand. Excluding the time for the relevant departments of the Ministry of War to make decisions and the time for the Ministry of War's instructions to arrive at the Criminal Division, it is estimated that after the letter was delivered to Division Division Xu Jie, it would take the same day or the next day for Division Division Xu Jie to
God solved the problem of troops, food and pay without leaving a trace.
Such speed is worthy of Master Xu Jie.
Moreover, Xu Jie's handling method is also very artistic and political. If Xu Jie directly exerts influence on the Ministry of War and asks the Ministry of War to take care of him and approve the application for military preparation, food and salary as soon as possible, it may be counterproductive. Because, Yan Song
The influence of the Yi Party on the Ministry of War is much deeper than that of Xu Jie. It was well known in the capital that he offended the Yan Party in the first place. It would be fine if the members of the Yan Party in the Ministry of War did not cause trouble for him. How could he let him
My troops, food, and pay are all going well.
Imperial Master Xu Jie was well aware of this, so he did not adopt this counterproductive approach. Instead, during the court meeting, he pointed out the role of the militia in front of the emperor, especially the Jiangnan fortress where the Japanese invasion was serious.
Pay extra attention to the role of the militia. The elder Ge spoke, and the Holy Father acquiesced. Of course, the six ministries and other departments must pay more attention and implement it, and the Ministry of War will naturally not be an exception. Then, the Ministry of War noticed the proposal submitted by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Sentencing and Inspection Envoys Department.
The application for military preparation, food and pay was approved without much thought. Such an approach fully reflected the political wisdom of Master Xu Jie.
Master Xu is indeed Master Xu, and Zhu Pingan admires him endlessly.
"This is an official document of instructions issued by the imperial court. Zihou can just take it and go to the Yingtian War Department to pay the rations."
Nian Tai handed the official document of the imperial court's instructions to Zhu Ping'an.
Zhu Pingan took the approval document with both hands, glanced at it, and found that out of the 10,000 taels of food and salary he applied for, the court only approved 5,000 taels.
Ten thousand taels was the result of shrinking and shrinking again and again because I was worried that the court would not approve it. Five thousand taels was too thin.
"The imperial court's finances are tight, so it's good to be able to approve five thousand taels. Generally, it's good to be able to approve half of the budget requested for instructions." Seeing Zhu Pingan's expression, Nie Tai reached out and patted Zhu Pingan's shoulder, and then said
, "Zihou, you must know that you can bite off more than you can chew. In the early stage, you have insufficient experience in leading troops, so the number of militiamen should not be too large. It is limited to a thousand people. These five thousand taels of food and salary are enough to support it for a while."
"My lord, this is what I have to teach you." Zhu Pingan twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.
Thousands of people?! This amount of food and salary is not enough for a thousand people. Take the military salary of the Qi Jiajun as an example. The annual military salary of a soldier of the Qi Jiajun is about eighteen taels of silver. This 5,000 taels of silver is only enough to pay the military salary of 277 people for a year.
This is only military pay, not counting the soldiers' weapons, armor, and daily food, clothing, and housing expenses.
Taking everything into account, these five thousand taels of silver are estimated to be only enough to cover the expenses of one hundred soldiers for a year, and they have to live frugally.
The militia training for one hundred people?!
Play?!
What can one hundred people do? In this period of increasingly serious Japanese invasion, one hundred people can't even turn over a flower.
Of course, Zhu Ping'an had anticipated this situation a long time ago. Zhu Ping'an was waiting for the imperial court's approval of food and salary, but he did not place all his trust in this instruction. The food and salary approved by the imperial court was just for the sake of justice.
Food and salary, it shows that this militia is a militia of the imperial court, not my private soldier, Zhu Ping'an, and this principle stands true. For the shortfall in food and salary, you can just think of other ways, such as soliciting sponsorship, using war to support war, etc.