"Mr. Bai." Kong Rong was in the hall and bowed to Bai Tu according to the etiquette of a guest.
However, Kong Rong also belongs to the category of people who do not call him "Lord", and Bai Tu does not reduce his trust in him because of this. In terms of the role Kong Rong wants to play, not calling him "Lord" is just the right thing to do!
Otherwise, having established the title of chief minister, if Kong Rong wanted to speak for Bai Tu, his authority would be inherently weaker.
"Wen Ju, I will show these two sentences to all the officers in Jiangdong in three days. I need them to be correct," Bai Tu said.
Kong Rong took Bai Tu's silk cloth, looked at it, and instinctively showed some surprise, but then he calmly said: "Bai Gong's actions, at the scholar level... are always correct!"
The revised version of "Qie Yun" has been finalized and sent to county schools at all levels, along with some tables of interpretations of the treatise. Kong Rong's title is getting more and more important now, and he is becoming more and more confident in this aspect.
Not long after Kong Rong left, Lu Su also came back and brought back the preliminary investigation results in Yangxian County.
The good news is that Pan Zhang's lawlessness stems more from his own tyranny and arrogance. At present, there is no chain of interests. It only involves some uncles who are usually close to him. They are not very long. Too much involvement.
The good news is... the incident that occurred in Bai Tu this time is not an isolated case, nor is it even the worst in nature. Lu Su has found out that in at least two other villages, Pan Zhang ordered his men to cause the deaths of farmers!
"All the people who testified have been sent to Jinling to appease the people. In addition... please help me go over the list of representatives from Jinling after three days of garrison duty. These people must be there," Bai Tu said. Lu Su was given a form.
This was printed directly at Cheng Ji. Bai Tu still likes to look at the form.
As for the content of the form, it is related to something that Bai Tu has been doing in the military a long time ago after Zhang Xun was defeated in Qu'a - the officer care plan.
In detail, the military status of the real officer was recorded, as well as the other person’s basic family situation...
Although the investigation is mainly based on inquiries and may not be completely true, at least Bai Tu was prepared!
This time, Bai Tu seemed reckless and wanted to deal with Pan Zhang in front of his "colleagues" in the army just because of his passion. But in fact, Bai Tu also thought about the problem of military morale.
Therefore, Bai Tu wanted to ensure that some of the grassroots officers who had suffered greatly from the rebellion and harm to the people, and even had their families and families destroyed because of it, would also come to see Pan Zhang's fate.
No matter what other people think, these people will definitely support you.
"My lord, Du Bo and Shi Chang, who usually cause trouble with Pan Zhang, are now in custody. However, some villagers confirmed that there are two officers among them. Although they do evil with Pan Zhang, they usually secretly warn the villagers. Even the indirect dissuasion...even a uncle was dismissed from his post because of it, and now he has been found."
"Thieves who commit crimes can be dealt with according to military discipline. Those who have good behavior can be spared and crimes that have not been reported will not be pursued," Bai Tu said.
Lu Su breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was really afraid that Bai Tu would slap his thigh and punish everyone who knew about it.
Bai Tu is not unreasonable. According to the current military regulations, reporting his superiors is too risky, and it is not that easy. Bai Tu just doesn't want his troops to do evil. He doesn't think that his troops are all saints. .
Before Lu Su could retire, Lu Kang and Hua Xin also arrived.
Previously, Bai Tu had asked Lu Kang to draft new officer benefits - fortunately in this world, the most basic soldiers are "Ji Zao", they only need nutrition to keep up, and no additional military pay is needed...
In fact, in terms of military pay, Jiangdong should be one of the few areas where the Han system of military pay can be implemented.
According to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, officers below Du Bo, regardless of their seniority or corps commander, are all paid a thousand yuan a month for "war soldiers", nine hundred yuan a month for "garrison soldiers", and six hundred yuan a month for "service soldiers".
They correspond to three types of armies: fighting abroad, guarding the border, and guarding the local area.
If it can be realized, the military pay is actually very considerable. A normal farm family, farming and raising silkworms, with men tilling the fields and women weaving, can produce a year's output of about 3,000 yuan in converted market value.
However, it can be seen from the military pay that the military pay of "war soldiers" is on the low side, and their risks and efforts are obviously much higher than the latter two, but this is not reflected in the military pay... The reason is that by default, war soldiers have "grey"
income".
Bai Tu had not increased pay for Jiangdong's army before, and only gave him cattle and wine during festivals, and he also gave rewards after several great victories - but it had been almost a year since Bai Tu came to Jiangdong, and he had not fought many tough battles.
But Bai Tu dared to say that apart from Jiangdong, there should be only Yizhou, which was prosperous and comfortable, and Liu Biao's direct troops in Nanjun, Jingzhou, who could pay for the army, while most of the others would use their future "wives and wives" to make cakes.
In this way, it also encourages evil trends - if the army dares to fight, the grassroots officers cannot see it for the time being, so they will naturally acquiesce in the existence of looting!
In fact, during the Three Kingdoms period, almost all the armies of the three families of Wei, Shu and Wu had no military pay, and they all "figured out their own solutions".
However, Bai Tu has been preparing for a new military pay system for a long time, just because the technology to make money has not been "pointed out" yet, and the theme of Jiangdong in the past year has not been war, so it has been just "preparing" and there is no real
Implement.
This time, Baitu plans to take this opportunity to open up some new benefits, so that it can be more confident when rectifying military discipline and reduce conflicts.
On the other hand, Bai Tu wanted to establish a new rule. From now on, those with military rank above Dubo, unless appointed on the spot during wartime, must return to Jinling to receive three months of training, including discipline and honor education.
Normally, this should be a matter for the "Privy Council" in charge of military affairs, but now there is a shortage of manpower, so the Ministry of Household Affairs is temporarily drafting new regulations, and the Ministry of Rites is responsible for officer training.
It's just that the current level of the Ministry of Rites is indeed limited in this regard. Not only are they just mediocre, but they still don't go deep enough to fight for the people. Bai Tu just dealt with it first, letting them emphasize military discipline, and gradually subtly influenced it through means such as temples to protect the people.
Influence.
In addition, the Shrine for Protecting the People under the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites has now been built, and Bai Tu decided to put it into use in advance. The list has been drawn up before, and statistics will be compiled after each battle.
Benefits and honor are all ready...
Bai Tu didn't want to stand at the gate of the village under his rule for the second time, but he didn't have the nerve to go in!
Lao Liu looked a little sad. This was another move to increase expenditures for the Ministry of Revenue. For this reason, Bai Tu also mentioned the "salt introduction" thing.
As a result, Lao Lu immediately decided that the Lu family would take the lead in making a donation. After all, Jiangdong's army was also to protect the country and the people, so Bai Tu didn't have to worry.
In this regard, they also kept the white pictures for now, "Yan Yin" and so on. When the "Gutter Beach Salt Drying Method" comes out, they will naturally take the initiative to buy "Salt Yin".
Just when Bai Tu and these others were finalizing the interim regulations, Lu Bu's voice came over.
"Hard drive! I heard about that guy. This kind of person...should be killed! Who dares to object then, let him ask his father Fang Tian Huaji!"
Bai Tu felt guilty when he heard Lu Bu's voice, and then said to Lu Su and others: "Zijing, you go and do your work first. I have something to talk to my adoptive father alone..."