To put it more broadly, it means building a new interest group that can unite as one. The interest groups of the warlords are their officers and soldiers.
If you understand these things, you will actually understand that whether it is Tianqi or Chongzhen, no matter how powerful they are, if they do not break out of the old thinking mode and are still wallowing in this circle, there will never be any change, no matter how many people Chongzhen kills
The Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief are also useless, because he will use those same people next.
He is always alone facing an entire class of people.
Zhu Yihai, on the other hand, set up his own business and gathered a group of people to face that group of people. With his military victory, his reforms became more and more smooth. Every time he actually occupied and controlled a place, he could carry out comprehensive reforms in that place.
Bring more supporters.
"Sir, the Shenwu Town Biao Camp is in place."
"According to the old rules, let the Biao Battalion be responsible for maintaining order. Starting from the auxiliary battalion, let's call the Shenwu Auxiliary Battalion to come over." Zhao Gui ordered.
Yan Keying, the chief military officer of Shenwu Town, came with the Biao battalion, the deputy general, the director and other officers.
The payment of wages is an important day, which can greatly improve morale, so everyone from top to bottom attaches great importance to it.
Every pay day is even a performance display, and all departments that receive pay must enter the venue as if they are being inspected and show off their spirit.
The 180-person Auxiliary Battalion, although they were auxiliary soldiers, stepped onto the scene with their heads held high and their chests high and energetic.
Wearing uniform red military uniforms, each person has a hat, some carry a spear, and some are equipped with a short knife.
After a brief queue display, the sentry team came forward to receive the reward.
A long row of tables was placed in the school grounds, and a group of civilian officials in charge of the military and finance were sitting there. Next to them were account books and money.
The names are called according to the roster, and someone is responsible for verifying the identity tag and appearance.
"The auxiliary battalion chief's daily salary is one cent. Now he is paid six cents for six months, a total of thirty days, and his salary is three taels. When he is away on an expedition, he will receive an additional two cents per day and six cents per month.
As usual, half of the money will be distributed this month first, and the remaining half will be distributed after depositing it. One, two, and eight coins will be distributed.
Another ration of six bushels per month will be temporarily recorded in the account until the squadron returns to camp and will be reissued later."
Yuan Yong made a routine loud announcement.
The captain's daily salary is one cent, and the daily rations are two cents. The commander in the auxiliary camp is one cent and two cents per day, the sentry commander is one cent and five cents per day, and the auxiliary battalion officer is three cents per day, and the grain subsidy is also the same per day.
Two points.
This month, each auxiliary soldier received one or two eight silver dollars, but the emperor specially commended everyone for their hard work and rewarded them with another two coins in cash.
Therefore, in fact, the ordinary captains of the two auxiliary camps can receive two dragon-patterned silver coins this time, plus one to two eight silver coins plus six measures of grain in their accounts.
The husbands were queuing up, but they seemed very calm.
This is not the first time that they have received wages once a month. They even received part of the arrears during the previous Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival.
Two silver coins were handed to him. Zhao Xiaolou smiled and signed his name first, and then took the silver dollar. It had a toothed edge, with a dragon relief pattern on one side and the words Shaotian Silver Yuan on the other.
He held it heavily in his hand and said, "Thank you!"
"Thank you, Long Live Lord!"
One after another, the auxiliary soldiers lined up to come forward to receive the money, and everyone was very satisfied.
There were at least two silver dollars, and their camp head was nine dollars a month plus six dollars for food, and a reward of two dollars, nine eight dollars. In fact, they got five three dollars, five dragon dollars and three large copper dollars.
The soldiers who had received their pay thanked them loudly and returned to their ranks. Soon the first battalion had received their pay, and then exited in an orderly manner, and the second battalion came in in order.
The captains of the first auxiliary battalion who left couldn't wait to go to the service club.
This is also established under the Logistics Office of Shenwu Town and provides many services to soldiers, such as writing and sending letters, saving and sending money, and even selling some daily necessities.
Elderly husbands who receive their salary basically choose to send the money home as soon as possible. Some orphans will also choose to save the money. At least they will exchange it for more portable exchange coupons, which are easy to carry and save for easy spending.
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Saving money earns interest, and sending money requires postage.
Zhao Xiaolou lined up, still planning to send all two silver coins back to his hometown in Yanzhou. His hometown was full of mountains and was actually quite poor. In the past, his family relied on burning charcoal to survive and renting some land. Life was very difficult, so he joined the army.
After that, even though he was not selected as a soldier, Fu Ying was very satisfied with being able to enter the imperial camp.
At the age of twenty, he can now get almost two silver dollars every month. With these two dollars sent back to his hometown, he can buy two acres of wasteland in the mountains. Although it is wasteland and has been cheap in recent years due to the impact of the war, after all, it is enough to buy it.
It's your own land.
Or if you save a little, two silver dollars can cover a lot of expenses for your family, and you can even pay for your nephews to go to school.
If he saves two yuan a month, he can save twenty-four yuan a year. He still has half salary and monthly rations. If he doesn't spend money randomly and saves all, and then gets some reward money and food subsidies, he can save four yuan a year.
Ten dollars.
He could sell forty acres of wasteland in the mountains, which would even be enough for his family to build a few new wooden houses, or buy ten acres of land to build three houses and then marry a wife. He wanted to work hard so that he could replenish his supplies and enter the war camp, and work hard.
In the year, he will be promoted to a first-class soldier, and he can even wait in line for a wife without having to pay for the marriage himself.
Holding two dragon-patterned silver coins in your hands, your hands are almost full of water.
There are many good things in the service club, including silk, cotton, and even tobacco, water and wine, as well as dried meat, betel nuts and other retail items. You can even buy some damaged leather helmets and other armors for money.
If you are willing, you can sit down at the counter, order a bowl of wine and a plate of broad beans, or have some fun with fried fish or something.
But in the end, Zhao Xiaolou couldn't bear it. There were many people in his family, and his life was still poor.
Although being an auxiliary soldier and civilian husband was not as dangerous as fighting in the military camp, he earned his life as a soldier fighting in a foreign country. When he was sitting on the boat crossing the blue sea, he even became seasick and vomited, and almost thought he would die in the wind and waves of the sea.
"Send the money to Zhao Da'an, Zhaojia Village, Yongping Town, Chun'an County, Yanzhou Prefecture." It was finally his turn, and he reluctantly put the two silver dollars he had just received on the counter.
"Have you sent them all? Don't you want to keep some? You can send one yuan, or five or six yuan, and leave some money to spend. We have got a lot of good things recently, including the new Xin'anjiang cigarettes from the Ningbo Cigarette Factory, and some from the Zhoushan Factory.
Big Red Eagle, Xin'anjiang is the river from your hometown in Yanzhou Prefecture. If you don't want to buy two packs, it tastes pretty good." The teller behind the counter introduced with a smile.
Zhao Xiaolou was a little excited. He had smoked cigarettes handed to him by other captains in the camp. He felt strong when he first smoked them, but the aftertaste was quite good, especially when he was on duty at night or after a tiring transport.
, it is indeed very comfortable.
But cigarettes are not cheap.
It is said that this kind of tobacco from Luzon called Tamba wild rice is processed into shredded tobacco and made into cigarettes. There are ten boxes in a box and fifty cigarettes in a box. Some of them can be sold for several taels of silver, and the average ones can be sold for four to five hundred coins.
, the ordinary ones cost 20 cents a box.
Smoking one is just like eating a steamed bun.
"Try it." The counter directly smoked a bottle of Xin'anjiang and handed it to Zhao Xiaolou, and lit it for him.
Tobacco was explicitly prohibited during the Chongzhen period. It was not allowed to be grown, sold or bought.
Tobacco was introduced to the Ming Dynasty from Luzon around the Jiajing period. At first, it was introduced as a medicinal herb. Later, in some places, it was gradually smoked by both men, women and children, so much so that the imperial court regarded it as a demonic herb and issued a strict ban.
When the Manchu Qing Dynasty was outside the customs, they had also begun to ban smoking. Huang Taiji once issued an edict that no one was allowed to plant or eat or sell. If anyone was caught, he would be punished as a thief and yoked for eight days.
They will also be fined nine taels of silver and rewarded to the person who catches him.
Regarding the sale of tobacco, anyone who violates the ban will be beheaded if the amount is more than a pound, and if the amount is less than a pound, he will be imprisoned in Uiju and given a severe punishment.
But tobacco spread rapidly in the late Ming Dynasty. In the final analysis, it was still extremely profitable. Even the herders on the Mongolian grasslands were conquered by tobacco and would rather trade a horse for a pound of tobacco.
Those cut tobacco workshops are extremely profitable.
Even tobacco leaves and shredded tobacco were not only sold from Luzon and other places for processing, but tobacco was also grown in many places in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yihai tried the smoke at this time and felt that the smell was stronger, not much different from the raw cigarettes grown by his grandfather when he was a child. For a long-time smoker, the smell of this stuff is indeed very familiar.
Some ministers proposed to Zhu Yihai to ban smoking, but after Zhu Yihai did some research, he believed that tobacco sales were very strong at this time, and there were even many people smoking, so a simple ban would be difficult to achieve.
So in the end, Zhu Yihai issued an order to bring the cultivation and sale of tobacco under the exclusive jurisdiction. Just like salt, special authorization was required to grow tobacco, and the tobacco leaves could only be sold to imperial officials for collection.
The imperial court monopolized the cultivation, processing, and sale of tobacco, imposed heavy taxes on tobacco, and prohibited women and children from smoking.
It is better to unblock than to block. If it cannot be restrained, then unblock it.
Monopoly control, heavy taxation, and exclusive sales will all have some anti-smoking effect, and they can also obtain considerable profits and taxes, which can be used to improve finances.
It is much better than a simple ban, which ultimately turns the whole industry into smuggling.
Because of this, cigarettes are also sold in military service cooperatives now. There are many varieties, ranging from high, medium and low prices. The tax on this product is high and the profit is high. Soldiers also like it, so the ones sold in service cooperatives are good.
I like to sell.
Zhao Xiaolou did not refuse, so he took it, took a sip and found that it was indeed good.
"How many per box?"
"The quantity of this special edition is limited. It costs fifteen cents per box. It's newly arrived. It's just in stock. If you like, buy a few more boxes. I don't know when the stock will be replenished next time."
Compared with other products that cost forty, fifty or even hundreds of cents per box, these fifty sticks cost only fifteen cents per box. Ten sticks cost three cents, which is indeed not expensive. Although the three cents refer to Shaotian Tongbao, not those
Bad old money.
"Then I'll take three boxes." Zhao Xiaolou hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to buy three boxes first. He liked the cigarettes very much, they were not too strong, and the cigarette box made of bamboo tubes also had a Xin'an River painted on it.
Jiang in his hometown looked as if he had returned to his hometown again.
"In this case, for fifty coins, I'll give you a box."
Zhao Xiaolou smiled and thanked him. In the end, he bought four boxes of cigarettes for fifty cents, and almost all the change he had on him was spent. But in the end, he sent all the two newly issued silver dollars back to his hometown. He took the money receipt and a
Holding four boxes of Xinanjiang in his arms, with half a burning cigarette in his mouth, he smiled brightly and contentedly.
