Chapter 411 411 Selfishness, not mentioning it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist
Xiao Jiu'an's purpose today was just to hold back the emperor, not to ask the emperor to make any promises, so he didn't mind relenting at the right time, or leaving some room to make the emperor think that he had room to convince Xiao Jiu'an.
Of course, Xiao Jiuan would never promise anything, let alone agree to anything. Today he was trying to tease the emperor with business matters. It was enough that he did not make the emperor give in. How could he give in?
There are many things that Xiao Jiu'an has to worry about with the emperor, including the issue of Xiao Jiu'an's going or staying, the issue of when Xiao Jiu'an will return, the issue of rewards from the Yan Bei Army, and the military salary the imperial court owes the Yan Bei Army over the years...
Especially the imperial court's arrears in military pay for the Yanbei Army. Xiao Jiuan did not even mention it to the emperor and did not even remember it. He did not even know that the imperial court owed the Yanbei Army so much military salary that it had not paid.
In the past ten years, the imperial court has not allocated much funds to the Yanbei Army. Even the materials that originally belonged to the Yanbei Army will be withheld by the imperial court and will not be distributed. They only give something symbolic every year to show that the imperial court still remembers the Yanbei Army.
The army of Yanbei is still Tianqi's.
At first, the previous King of Yanbei would come to Beijing from time to time to cry out to the late emperor, or ask for it directly. Every time the old King of Yanbei opened his mouth, he could take something back, but it was too little.
It's not worth it for Old Yanbei King to come to Beijing, and it's even more unworthy for Old Yanbei King to put down his status and dignity and cry to the late emperor.
Later, the people in Yanbei Palace gave up on the imperial court. No matter how much the imperial court gave them, they just kept it. If they didn't give it to them, they wouldn't go to the imperial court to ask for it. No matter what they did, the imperial court would not give them any military pay.
and material things to them.
However, the fact that the imperial court did not give the Yanbei Army military pay and materials did not mean that the Yanbei Army was not qualified to ask for it. Although the Yanbei Army was under the control of the King of Yanbei, in the final analysis, it was still the army of the imperial court. They fought for Apocalypse, and Apocalypse raised them.
It is as it should be.
Things that should belong to the Yanbei Army always belong to the Yanbei Army. If the court does not give it to the Yanbei Army as stipulated, it is owed to the Yanbei Army. It is normal for Xiao Jiuan to mention this matter at this time.
In the past ten years, the imperial court has not given Yanbei's army enough military pay and materials. Calculating that it will take at least two years of Tianqi's treasury revenue to fill this hole.
When the emperor heard Xiao Jiuan's calculation, his eyes widened: "Why is there such a big difference?" To be honest, Yan Beijun had never asked the court for military expenses. He had almost forgotten about it, and he didn't even remember that the court wanted to give Yan Bei money.
The military allocates military expenditures.
Every year, the Ministry of Household Affairs budget does not set aside any money for the Yanbei Army. Everyone automatically ignores the need to allocate military expenses to the Yanbei Army.
"Your Majesty, you can ask the Lord of the Ministry of Household Affairs to do the calculation. This calculation is still based on the military pay set ten years ago. In recent years... I heard that the military pay has increased again. If it has increased, the military expenses owed by the court should be
It will be two to three percent more." Sometimes Xiao Jiu'an really doesn't understand what the late emperor and the emperor think?
They refused to support the Yanbei Army and put all the burden of the Yanbei Army on the Yanbei Palace. However, they wanted to make the Yanbei Army loyal to them and did not obey the orders of the Yanbei King. They even blamed the Yanbei Army for only seeing Yanbei.
The Northern King has no emperor.
The two emperors before and after Apocalypse were like this. They never looked for reasons from themselves. They would just constantly blame the people below them for being disloyal to the emperor, but they never thought about whether they loved the people or not?
"Announcement of the entry of the Minister of Household Affairs into the palace." The emperor really didn't know how to push this matter. After all, the imperial court owed Yan Bei's army too much military salary. It was a good thing that Xiao Jiu'an didn't mention it. Now he has brought it up seriously.
Even if you don’t give everything, you should give a little bit of it, right?
However, the treasury was not rich, so they paid a sum of money to the Yanbei Army. They would have to live in a hurry for a long time.
The emperor knew that the treasury was tight, but he didn't know how tight it was, and he didn't know how much money the treasury could squeeze out. Therefore, how much and how to give, he had to ask the Minister of Household Affairs who knew the situation.
Xiao Jiuan has no objection. He doesn't have much today, he just has a lot of time...
The office of the Sixth Department was not far from the palace, but within two-quarters of an hour the Minister of Revenue came in a hurry, bringing with him a large number of old account books in addition to others.
These account books are naturally the account books of Yanbei Army’s military expenditures.
"I see you, Your Majesty, long live long live." Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance must have come all the way. His breath was not steady after entering the palace, but he didn't even dare to take a breath and knelt down panting.
After the emperor called, the Minister of Household Affairs took a breath and slowed down his speech and said: "Your Majesty, I have brought the Yanbei Army's account books for the past ten years. Do you want to have a look at it, your Majesty?"
"No, let's show it to King Yanbei. You should make careful calculations to see how much military expenses the imperial court still owes to Yanbei's army." Thinking of the huge number of words, the emperor couldn't help but have a headache.
The imperial court has not paid military expenses to the Yanbei Army for so many years. The Yanbei Army is not doing well. Why did Xiao Jiuan bring this matter up? He is just looking for trouble.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance quietly wiped his sweat and felt guilty.
What is there to calculate? The number reported by King Yanbei will only be less, not more. The military expenditures in the past ten years are not a small amount, especially in recent years. The military expenditures of major military camps have increased. According to regulations, Yanbei
The Northern Army also needs to increase.
Based on the calculation of 300,000 people, the Yanbei Army's military expenditures each year are not a small amount, let alone the total for ten years. In addition to military expenditures, there are also rewards for victory and pensions for soldiers who died in battle.
According to the rules, every sum of money must be paid in silver. Over the years, the Yanbei Army and Beichen and Southern Xinjiang have fought hundreds of battles, large and small. They won more than they lost and suffered huge sacrifices. Every time after the war, the Yanbei Army
Everything was reported to the court according to the rules, but...
The imperial court never thought of giving this money to Yanbei's army. After winning the battle, it only gave verbal praise. Even if there was a reward, it was empty and worthless.
Now that Xiao Jiu'an mentioned this matter, the imperial court would not only have to calculate the Yanbei Army's military expenses for the past ten years, but also include these.
This amount of money is not less than the military expenditure. If we really need to make up for this money, the entire Apocalypse will not be enough.
The Minister of Household Affairs sighed inwardly while doing the calculations. Based on the standards ten years ago, he calculated the military expenses owed by the imperial court to the Yanbei Army and reported it to the emperor and Xiao Jiu'an.
When he heard it, the number was exactly the same as what Xiao Jiuan said. After hearing this, Xiao Jiuan smiled sarcastically. Normally he wouldn't mind, but today he had plenty of time to grind it out.
Xiao Jiu'an coldly brought up the issue of the imperial court's increase in military expenditures and asked the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to recalculate. The emperor was trying to delay the time and wanted to think of a way to make the matter go away. After hearing Xiao Jiu'an's words, the emperor thought for a moment and asked the Ministry of Revenue to recalculate the matter.
The minister recalculated.
This is Xiao Jiuan's reasonable request. Even if he is the emperor, he has no right to refuse.
No matter how you suppress the Yanbei Army in private, at least it cannot be done openly. People cannot think that the Yanbei Army is not the soldiers of the Apocalypse Court... (To be continued)