Chapter 59: Win people's hearts and take control of the military
Chapter 59: Buying people’s hearts and taking control of the military
Zhao Ji laughed loudly and said: "I have brought Prince Yun to the Imperial City Division to announce three major events to my dear friends in person!"
King Yun Zhao Kai and the subordinates who had just stood up, such as the personal subordinate officers, the personal ministers, the ministers, and the ministers, could not guess what the three major events of Zhao Guan's family were?
They just stood there respectfully, not daring to say anything, and listened attentively.
Zhao Jidao: "Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, when Taizu established the Wude Division, the predecessor of the Imperial City Division, he has treated his officials and soldiers favorably. Now in my dynasty, the monthly salary of ministers has been increased to
You have twice as many officials of the same grade!"
The military generals and officials of the Imperial City Department all nodded and echoed, saying that Zhao Guan's family treated them well, and they must defend the imperial city and Zhao Guan's family to the death...
Zhao Ji raised his hand to indicate silence, no need to show loyalty yet.
The hall of the Imperial City Division immediately fell into silence.
Zhao Jilang said: "The first thing I want to announce is that the monthly salary of all officials of the Imperial City Division and the soldiers' pay will be doubled!"
When the commanders and subordinates of the Imperial City Division heard this, they were really happy, holy shit!
The original monthly salary was thirty guan, equivalent to 30 taels of silver, but now the Zhao Guan family's monthly salary has doubled.
I can get a monthly salary of 60 guan of money. Damn it, the monthly salary of the six ministers is only 60 guan of money!
Of course, the other monthly subsidies from the six ministers totaled one hundred and twenty guan. However, this made them, the sixth-grade military attachés, very excited and grateful to the Zhao family.
Similarly, the monthly salary of the Marriage Officer commanded from the original 25 guan to 50 guan immediately after Zhao Guanjia's words, which was as much as the 55 guan of the monthly salary of the ministers of various ministries. They
Naturally, I am grateful to Zhao. Zhao Guan’s family is so sage!
As for the ministers and ministers, their original monthly salary of fifteen guan was suddenly increased to as much as the monthly salary of the county magistrate in a large county, which was thirty guan!
The officials of the Imperial City Division were not only happy for their own monthly salary increase, but also for the soldiers and petty officials under their command. After all, what Zhao Guanjia said was that the monthly salary of all officials in the Imperial City Division and the soldiers' military pay had been doubled.
Ah!
When the officials of the Imperial City Department heard about the salary increase, they were all thinking about how they should spend the extra monthly salary at the end of the month.
Some are thinking about adding more fine clothes to their families, and some are thinking about buying a larger house.
Some people think that they have already fallen in love with the girls in Qinglilou, and they can spend the night with them, drink and have fun, and stay overnight...
Of course, the officials in the Imperial City Department and several eunuchs did not have the distraction of playing in Yunqinglou, but they also yearned to buy a house with Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian in Bianjing City outside the Imperial City.<
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Prince Yun Zhao Kai has always been smart, but he saw that his father was selling people's hearts! As the most favored prince, he should take the lead in doing something.
He immediately knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "On behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the Imperial City Division, I would like to thank my father! Long live my holy father! Long live!"
"Long live your Majesty, Holy Ming, long live!" All the officials of the Imperial City Division who were present knelt down again, sincerely knelt down to Zhao Ji, and shouted in unison with happy smiles on their faces:
"Thank you, Your Majesty..."
Zhao Ji saw this wave of strategies to win the hearts and minds of the chief officials of the Imperial City Department, and he executed them well!
He was also very satisfied in his heart.
After all, if you want a horse to run fast, how can you not feed it enough fodder?
Zhao Ji knew that the salary increase for the officials and soldiers of the Imperial City Department this time was not too large. For the Song Dynasty, which had a highly developed economy, this small amount of money was just a drop in the bucket.
In the Song Dynasty, one thousand copper coins strung together was equal to one tael of silver.
In the Song Dynasty, silver could not be imported in large quantities from abroad like in the mid-Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. Silver is still very valuable and is not the main currency in society.
Zhao Ji, a time traveler who is the top student in the history department of the university, and who took the politics, military affairs and social economy of the late Northern Song Dynasty as the research content of his graduation thesis, of course he knew that the money in the Northern Song Dynasty was equivalent to the amount of money he lived in later generations.
How much money is there in modern society?
One tael of silver or one tael of silver is equivalent to about 1,425 yuan in the modern society where later generations Zhao Ji lived.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the monthly salary of the prime minister was 300 guan, and the subsidies given by various other courts were 600 guan, which is equivalent to a monthly salary of 1.283 million yuan in modern society.
The monthly salary of a county magistrate in a large county with more than 10,000 households is 30 guan, and other various subsidies given by the court are 60 guan, which is equivalent to a monthly salary of 128,300 yuan in modern society.
But this time, Zhao Ji issued an order and doubled the income of everyone in the Imperial City Division. How could they not be happy?
Zhao Ji added: "The second thing is, from today onwards, if Sifan of the Imperial City mobilizes more than ten generals or more, only my orders will be obeyed! Anyone who violates this will be killed!
Conductors, you can report to me directly.
Dear commanders, there is no need to strengthen military discipline within your units. Those who violate laws and disciplines will be severely punished.
Since I have once again raised the salaries of all the officials and soldiers in the Imperial City Department, you will naturally train your troops hard to prepare for unexpected needs and serve me and the country!"
The officials of the Imperial City Department shouted in unison: "I obey the order..."
King Yun Zhao Kai frowned slightly. He had passed the imperial examination at the age of seventeen and had a very high IQ.
After he announced these two things to the officials of the Imperial City Division through his father, he understood that his father had already bought the hearts and minds of the officials and soldiers of the Imperial City Division by increasing their monthly salary!
Moreover, the emperor's decree is that anyone who mobilizes more than ten Imperial City Generals must obtain the emperor's decree before doing so!
Then, wouldn’t it be that King Yun, who promoted the Imperial City Division, was suddenly overtaken by his father?
However, when King Yun Zhao Kai faced his father, who suddenly changed his behavior, he did not dare to say a word of objection.
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and asked Zhao Kai, who was silent as if he was thinking about something:
"Kaier, what do you think of me doing this?"
Zhao Kai hurriedly pretended to be happy, tried hard to raise the corners of his mouth, forced a smile, and replied:
"My father is wise and my sons agree!"
Zhao Ji looked around at everyone present, and after no one dared to raise objections, he continued:
"From today on, I personally take charge of the Imperial City Division! King Yun Zhao Kai has promoted the Imperial City Division from being promoted to... the Chief of Staff of the Imperial City Division!"
As soon as this statement came out, all the officials and Zhao Kai were in a state of confusion!
They have never heard of the position of "Chief of Staff"!
Zhao Ji had already thought about how to explain clearly the post of chief of staff in the army in front of all the officials and Zhao Kai.
Not only that, Zhao Ji will soon use the soldiers of the Imperial City Division. Therefore, the power of the Imperial City Division must be directly controlled by him, so that he can rest assured!