After Yun Zheng and Lin Xi made enough jokes, they finally started talking about business. In fact, this is also the real reason why Lin Xi suddenly came to Yun Zheng - finding the Thirteenth Princess to return to the palace was obviously just a side event.
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But as soon as Lin Xi opened her mouth, Yunzheng was shocked.
Because Lin Xi said: "My father plans to build several new guard houses, and each guard is expected to have at least six guards."
Yun Zheng's originally cheerful face suddenly changed, his smile faded, and he became serious.
"Build a new army?" Yun Zheng frowned. This sign is a bit bad. Could it be that the emperor wanted to support a large army and then use his power to overwhelm all the towns? No, this may be what he had in mind, but if he actually did it, he would definitely do it.
If nothing else, if you want to build a new army now, all the four border towns will definitely oppose it, and their objections are well-founded: at present, none of the "barbarians" from all directions can break through the defenses of the four border towns.
It threatens the foundation of the Wei Dynasty. It can be said that it is the time when the world is at peace. What is the purpose of building a new army at this time? Isn't it a waste of people's money and money? - Therefore, the civil servants will not agree.
Yun Zheng thought it was impossible, but Lin Xi nodded firmly and said: "The news is correct, I can guarantee that."
"Oh?" Yun Zheng couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "How can you guarantee it? Where did the news come from? I think if His Majesty wants to build a new army now, I'm afraid not one of the eight major families will agree."
"This..." Lin Xi was speechless for a moment, but immediately replied: "Don't ask so clearly. Anyway, I got the news unexpectedly from my father, and I even got the plan to build an army."
Yun Zheng was shocked. Lin Laoliu seemed to have worked really hard for his position, and he actually got such a confidential thing. He opened his eyes wide in surprise and said, "Tell me what's going on?"
"If nothing unexpected happens, my father will build six new Davids..."
"What!" As soon as Lin Xi's words came out, Yun Zheng's eyes almost popped out. There are six Davids. Each David has at least six guards. Each guard has 5,600 people, thirty-six guards, and two hundred thousand.
One thousand six hundred people...another Yun family army!
"Haha, look how scared you are..." Lin Xi laughed: "I was also shocked before, but the fact is that there are only two of the six David royal families, and the remaining four will be divided among each of your four major border towns.
A quota”
Yun Zheng's expression returned to normal, he let out a long breath, and suddenly said doubtfully: "Such a distribution, the four border towns may not object, but the food, clothing, training, etc. of these 200,000 troops
These will cost a lot of money, I'm afraid the civil servants won't agree?"
Lin Xi waved his hand coolly: "It doesn't matter, these thirty-six-guard army does not cost a penny from the state treasury. It is all established and maintained by each family. For example, the expenses for the two new armies of our royal family are all borne by my father."
The emperor's inner treasury allocates military pay."
Yun Zheng had gone through several encounters with his parents and his uncle, and he already knew a lot about the high-level officials of the Wei Dynasty. When he heard Lin Xi's words, he immediately shouted in his heart: "Old man Wanchang is so powerful!"
Once the emperor uses this move, the effect is bound to be dramatic: first of all, since the money does not go to the treasury, there will be no conflict with the civil servant group whether to expand the army or not. Even if the civil servants do not raise their hands in approval, they will obviously not come forward to oppose it;
Secondly, for this military expansion, each of the four major border towns will have a share of David. According to the mentality of these four border towns of "supporting troops without fear of large numbers", they will definitely agree with this decision; finally, and the most critical point is that
, it is right to expand the army, but the emperor is not responsible for providing money to help border towns raise troops!
The nearly 600,000 troops in the original four border towns were maintained by the treasury of the Wei Dynasty, but they were privately controlled by the four families. In other words, the emperor paid to maintain a group of troops who were not necessarily obedient.
From this perspective, the troops in these four border towns have the feeling of "mercenaries used by the imperial court of the Wei Dynasty"
However, if the emperor succeeds in this move, then what is the new army? It is a private army, absolutely a private army through and through! Different from the Yanyun Twelve Guards, the Guanzhong Nine Guards, the Chengyu Seven Guards, and the Guangshao Six Guards, these four
Although each of David's soldiers was a military household that belonged to one of the four major families for generations, their weapons and military pay were actually allocated by the court. The four major families themselves were only responsible for their daily food and clothing - and the military families
They are cultivating the hereditary military fields of four families. They are actually like the long-term workers of each family owner, but these long-term workers have more "functions".
But once the new army was established, it was completely different from the original system. The court didn't care about anything. Even the two new armies of the royal family were supported by the emperor himself. Of course, the other four armies could only fund their own maintenance. But the emperor was ruthless.
Here it is: How much money does the emperor have in his inner treasury? God knows! Just from the conversation with the Thirteenth Princess, Yun Zheng felt that there was definitely no shortage of money in the emperor's inner treasury. He even doubted the inner treasury.
Will his wealth be comparable to that of the national treasury! His Majesty Emperor Wanchang has less than 70,000 people, not to mention supporting twelve guards. Hey, even if it is doubled again, it will not be difficult!
However, the emperor's money belongs to him, can other families compare with him? In the four border towns of Yun, Zhou, Leng, and Jiang, except for the Jiang family, which is relatively rich due to the prosperity of overseas trade between Guangdong and Guangxi, the other families with the strongest military strength
Of the three families, one is really poorer than the other!
Yun Zheng didn't understand this at first. For example, the Yun family owns a lot of mines and fertile fields. Ordinarily, they shouldn't be poor, but as long as he thinks about the monthly salary of those generals, he should understand that the family fortune
Although it is big, it also has more people to support! The Yun family's family property is big enough, but the monthly salary, annual bonus, military merit awards of hundreds of generals, as well as the daily food, clothing, housing, etc. of the 200,000 troops
Waiting for these, which one is not a matter of spending money? Of course, spending it on one person is nothing, but if it is spent on 200,000 people, even if each person has the same amount of money, it will be 200,000 yuan! Plus the Wei Dynasty court
Nowadays, they are becoming more and more stingy and harsh. If Ning Wanting hadn't brought a large dowry with her when she married into the Yun family, the Yun family's financial resources would have been stretched long ago, and they would have to tear down one wall to pay for the other!
Why did Zhou Ye immediately ask Emperor Wanchang for so much money, food and materials as soon as he went to war this time? He was not forced to do anything!
After the emperor's move, none of the four families wanted to give up such a legitimate opportunity to expand their strength, but once they really raised so many soldiers, they might be dragged into bankruptcy in the end!
The more Yunzheng thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he even broke out in a cold sweat behind his back.
