The first thousand one hundred and fifty chapters The royal study brawl
In the huge Army of the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that there are all kinds of talents, and to a certain extent, the overall quality of the officer class in the Army of the Tang Dynasty is better than that of the civilian class.
Because if you want to obtain a title, you can only rely on military merit, and the Tang Dynasty has been improving the social status of soldiers for ten years since its founding. Even after the unification war, Li Xuan continued to improve the social status of soldiers, and
He has also said in public many times that the empire has no disarmament plan, whether in the short or long term, and the troops who have made great contributions to the empire will be retained.
At the same time, Li Xuan did not wantonly kill heroes. Although he recalled military bosses like Hao Bainian, who had great prestige, to Jinling City and no longer allowed them to lead troops, the glory, wealth, and political status they deserved were not lacking.
, and after these people, a large number of new generation generals were promoted to various important positions.
This is at best an update, and does not mean weakening the army!
In addition, the Tang Dynasty also has a policy of military demobilization. Officers can apply for transfer to local posts after a certain number of years. According to current standards, colonel-level officers who transfer to local posts will generally be awarded a fourth-grade rank. This is to ease the burden on students.
We have no worries about applying for military academies and joining the army.
Then Datang's officer treatment can be said to be quite good. The salary of an officer, the lowest warrant officer, has an annual salary of more than one hundred taels, a second lieutenant has more than two hundred taels of silver, and a major officer earns more than one hundred taels of silver every year.
His salary has reached more than one thousand taels of silver. If he is a general, his annual salary has reached more than three thousand taels of silver.
The above salary does not include combat subsidies and frontier subsidies.
If you are stationed in border areas and participate in combat operations, this income can be doubled.
In addition, there is unspeakable loot income!
In a war, when you defeat the enemy, you can naturally harvest a lot of trophies, and a large amount of them will be returned to the public. However, personal trophies generally will not be returned to the public, but will be owned by private individuals.
In contrast, the treatment of non-commissioned officers and ordinary soldiers is quite good compared to the current average income of the entire society.
Under this background, not to mention poor children joining the army enthusiastically, even the scholars are quite enthusiastic about joining the army. Of course, when the scholars join the army, they will not be the top soldiers, but will report through reports.
Become an officer in the military academy way.
The Tang Army Martial Arts Academy and the Tang Navy Sea Academy, these two military schools welcome many students to apply for the exam every year, and the difficulty of applying is no less difficult than that of the Imperial College. If you are not an elite student, you will not be able to get in.
A large number of high-quality talents continuously enriched the army and navy, which also made the overall quality of Datang's officer class higher and higher.
how to say!
Today, the officers of the Army of the Tang Dynasty are basically all comprehensive talents who can swing a sword to kill when mounted, recite poems and write poems when dismounted, write gorgeous articles with their heads bent over the desk, and understand various astronomy, geography, mathematics, and physics.
The overall quality is even higher than that of civil servants!
Especially the Army, even more so!
It is no exaggeration to say that there are many talents!
In an army filled with talented people, General Leiwan's ability to maintain great prestige and power is enough to prove his ability.
This ability does not refer to fighting, but to the ability of an official. He can effectively integrate the power of the army to fight with the outside world, fight with the navy, and fight with the cabinet.
For the huge army of the Tang Dynasty, generals who can fight are talents, but those who can fight in political battles for the interests of the army in the court are also indispensable talents.
On the other hand, General Leiwan can also effectively act as a smoothing agent between the Holy Emperor and the Army. His Majesty trusts him, and the Army also trusts him. This is why General Leiwan has a special status.
Today, when I heard Qian Zuili said that the army would come to pay for the shortfall of five million taels of silver, General Lei Wan couldn't stand it anymore, and he started yelling!
That's not a small sum of money, but five million taels of silver. If the military lacks these five million taels of silver, how many soldiers stationed on the border will have to endure hunger. Lei Wan must not give in!
If at today's meeting of the ministers on duty in the Royal Study Room, the five million taels were allocated to the army, Lei Wan would know with his toes that his career would be basically over, and he might not even be able to save his life.
Without the need for other military bosses to take action, those radical and young young officers can attack his mansion with swords tomorrow!
So what he said, as long as he doesn't die today, don't think about deducting military expenditures from the army. This is true!
Even if the other eight ministers on duty all agreed, Qian Zili would never sign the new expenditure budget plan. He would even resign directly to express his own and even the entire army's protest!
Without the Army's nod, there is no hope that this budget allocation plan will be passed. Even if there is no such mention in the procedures, His Majesty will never allow it.
General Lei Wan knew very well that the special status of the military was supported by His Majesty. Otherwise, after the unification war, the status of the military would have plummeted long ago. How could the army and navy each occupy a royal study room on duty?
The position of minister.
There are currently only nine ministers on duty in the imperial study room, with the army and navy each occupying one.
Your Majesty, you will never allow these civilian officials to harm the interests of the Army wantonly!
Qian Zuoli on the side heard General Lei Wan shouting loudly. He frowned slightly and cursed in his heart. These rough warriors didn't understand any rules. What kind of place is this? This is the imperial study room. How can you make such a loud noise?
Moreover, His Majesty had just left, probably only about ten meters away. His Majesty probably heard this loud roar.
In fact, his guess was correct, Li Xuan did hear it, and he was only ten meters away. Lei Wan's shout was so loud, how could he not hear it, but it didn't matter if he heard it, he still didn't stop.
The accompanying secretary from the Hanlin Academy Secretariat looked hesitant, then approached Li Xuan and whispered: "Your Majesty, they are not going to fight. Why don't you call the guards over to take precautions?"
Li Xuan said: "Don't worry, we can't fight, they are all smart!" But after saying that, he remembered that when the ministers were arguing about the budget a few years ago, someone brought a cane in to beat someone, and felt that the accompanying secretary
There is still some truth in what he said, and he immediately said: "But if you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. Go down and ask the guards to send someone to keep an eye on it, so that they don't really fight!"
This involves budget issues, and even the ministers on duty in the Royal Study Room may not be able to maintain their usual demeanor. Li Xuan has seen these ministers on duty who act like bosses in front of outsiders many times, quarreling and even fighting over the budget.
In the early years, there was even a melee among all martial arts groups!
Li Xuan didn't want to see this kind of thing happen again, otherwise, the empire would lose all face.
Li Xuan's guess was correct. When the guards received the news and sent a team of guards to the imperial study, there was really a fight inside!
However, the fight was not between General Lei Wan and Qian Zuoli, who had just started arguing, but between the Minister of Commerce, He Deyuan, and the newly appointed Censor of Zuodu, Shi Wuyan!
Among these two people, Shi Wuyan is an old man in his sixties, and He Deyuan is only in his fifties this year, and he usually takes good care of himself, so Shi Wuyan was the one who hit him. He screamed and used the shoe he had taken off.
While whipping Shi Wuyan, he said: "If you want to reduce the funding of our commercial department, I will whip you and me to death first..."
However, although Shi Wuyan was old and frail and was beaten on the ground, his words were not soft at all. He still yelled: "He Deyuan, you are so brave. I will investigate your business department severely when I turn around.
The department is already rotten. Where does it take so much administrative funds every year? It’s been embezzled and wasted by you, He Deyuan and others!”
"Fart, our Ministry of Commerce is as big as a stall. We need to support industrial development and need money in so many places. The budget is already too small and too small. You also proposed to deduct half of it. I won't be able to pay it out unless you kill me.
Such bad breath!"
"You fight, you fight. If you can, beat me to death. Even if you beat me to death, I, the Inspectorate, will still investigate your commercial department!"
Although Shi Wuyan was old, he was still young and energetic. Although he was pressed to the ground and whipped with the soles of his shoes, he grabbed He Deyuan's hair with his backhand and pulled He Deyuan off.
The two just rolled on the ground and started fighting again!
Lu Laixia, the deputy director of the Guards Department who came over to check the situation, had just arrived at the imperial study room when he heard shouts coming from inside. He quickly rushed in with his people and saw two highly respected people on duty.
The ministers were rolling around on the ground and wrestling with each other, and they were not very gentle. One of them hit him with the sole of his shoe, and the other simply grabbed his hair.
He could see obvious blood stains on He Deyuan's face. Damn, this was really cruel!
What's even more weird is that there are two ministers on duty wrestling on the ground, while several other ministers on duty nearby seem to have not seen them, and continue to argue on their own, while a few others are either...
He was standing or sitting watching the show, while Qian Zuili was sitting on the side, chewing melon seeds and saying: "Old Shi, move quickly, he is going to slap you in the face!"
"Oh, Brother He, hold on!"
Seeing this scene, Colonel Lu Laixia, the deputy director of the Guards Department, opened his mouth so wide that he could even swallow an egg!
He, who was only transferred to the Guards Department this year, never imagined that these important imperial ministers and dignitary ministers on duty would be fighting like street gangsters at this moment, and there were people eating melon seeds and watching a show nearby, and some of them even ignored them!
If this spreads outside, it will really bring shame to the entire empire!