Yan Keying sat there, watching the battalions of people coming over, queuing up, taking roll calls, and receiving pay. She watched the boxes and bundles of silver coins being opened and sent out, and felt a little painful in her heart.
He is not someone who has never seen money. After all, he has been in the Southeast Sea for many years and has commanded a fleet. Not only does he get a lot of the maritime flag fee every year, but he also uses his own ships to go to Luzon, Annan, Japan, etc.
You can still make a lot of money by doing local trade.
But to be honest, a long-term husband can earn more than three taels of silver and six measures of grain in a month, which is a bit too rich. He has many ships and brothers from all over the world, including red and black.
There are ghosts, little Japanese, etc., but they have never received such generous treatment.
Not to mention the war barracks are more generous.
A superior soldier, still a soldier, could actually get five taels a month.
As for the battalion officer of a war camp, his monthly salary is fifty taels, and he also gives the minister an additional one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and ten famous grains, which is another dozens of taels.
This treatment, this money was given to me.
"Mr. Yan, it's your turn!"
Yan Keying, as the commander-in-chief of the imperial infantry, commanded a town with 16 battalions of 8,000 soldiers, plus nearly 3,000 auxiliary soldiers, and nearly 11,000 auxiliary soldiers. In addition to his salary from the imperial court.
The imperial camp also receives pay.
Zhu Yihai personally set the rules. The monthly salary for battalion officers is fifty taels. This is the basic salary. In other words, for a guerrilla with two battalions of one thousand people, the monthly basic salary is one hundred taels, and he is responsible for two targets.
The assistant general is two hundred taels.
The basic salary of the general military officer of the imperial camp who commands a town is 500 taels per month.
In addition, he can also receive sixty famous grains, three hundred taels.
Not counting minister's silver and so on.
The basic salary plus salary alone is 800 taels a month.
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward!
Zhu Yihai was never stingy with his soldiers. Many officials even reported to the emperor over and over again that the officers and soldiers were treated too well, but Zhu Yihai remained unmoved. The brothers were fighting for the country with their heads high, and each soldier earned four to five taels of silver a month.
how?
The reason why battalion officers, general soldiers, etc. have more money is because they are the chief officers. They have to take the lead and make decisions for the entire army. If these generals are treated too low, they will inevitably embezzle, embezzle or even rob.
Zhu Yihai would rather spend his money on bright things.
Are you still afraid that officers and soldiers will make a fortune by receiving military pay?
As an earl and the father of the emperor's concubine, Yan Boying, these 800 taels of silver are not worth mentioning to him, but after one year, this is still 9,600 taels, not to mention the minister's silver, job money, personal salary, etc.
Wait.
How many general soldiers are there in the imperial camp alone?
Yan Keying came to his senses and went up to sign and receive his share. The eight hundred silver dollars were about the size of a small bag and weighed dozens of kilograms. The Chinese guerrillas helped him carry it.
"Tomorrow, go buy some pigs, sheep, wine and food to share with the brothers in Biaoying!"
Zhao Gui carefully presided over the pay distribution work. It was not until all battalions were finally paid that all the pay was distributed to each department. The Finance Department of the General Logistics was the last to pay.
Zhao Gui was the last to receive the money.
He asked Mr. Zhang from the General Logistics Department to send it to him.
He now earns fifty taels of silver a month, plus an additional one hundred taels of silver to maintain integrity. This treatment is very generous, and was specially set by the emperor for the chief officers of the army's logistics and finance.
The monthly salary is based on the standard of a camp official, and the salary for raising a good person is based on the standard of the Zhongxian County Magistrate.
One hundred and fifty silver dollars, and another one hundred and fifty dollars in ministerial silver.
Theoretically, this minister's money is for office expenses, including the expenses of hired clerks and attendants, etc. If there is any surplus, it is also his.
But Zhao Gui did not receive the money. Instead, he transferred it directly to the financial account of the General Logistics Department. In the past, he would keep any surplus in the account and would not use a penny of the money for personal use.
One hundred and fifty silver dollars was already a very generous amount of money for him.
Compared with him, his cousin Zhao Fu is not treated so well. Zhao Fu only gets nine taels of silver per month, plus one tael of subsidy, and there is no extra silver to support integrity. The minister's silver is not high enough, so he only gets ten taels of silver.
January.
However, the military is responsible for food, accommodation and clothing expenses, and there are no additional expenses. In a year, it is one hundred and twenty taels.
Zhao Gui received half of his one hundred and fifty yuan, which was seventy-five yuan, and sent fifty yuan directly back to his family, leaving twenty-five yuan for himself to use for some daily expenses and even assistance.
After sending the money back at once, I sometimes need soldiers who are short of money.
He now spends some money every month to help the refugees outside Dengzhou.
The tea shop at home has already been opened. Because the Zhao Gui brothers sent money back, several of his in-laws are now in charge of running it. It is doing well, collecting a lot of tea leaves for processing, and making a pot of gold.
Now they have started to renovate and expand the tea house, and bought several new tea mountains, preparing to make it bigger and stronger next year. For example, Zhao Gui sent back a lot of money, and the family even bought a nice rural yard with a paddy field, and renovated it.
You can live very comfortably and don't have to worry about leaks in the thatched house.
Zhao Gui's children have also begun to study. Because of his salary, the family is even doing well now. His wife even wrote a letter saying that she was going to buy a mulberry garden, build some looms, and recruit some women to raise silk.
Weave.
Zhao Gui admired his wife's vision very much and supported her in what she did.
He also needs to buy some grain fields, but he believes that Jiangnan will definitely be very stable in the future, and the emperor is determined to open up sea trade, so the development of tea and silk weaving in the future will definitely have better long-term benefits.
After the pay is paid, each battalion will take turns taking a day off as usual.
Let everyone relax a little.
For Shenwu Camp who stayed in Dengzhou, it was actually relatively easy for them. It was safe and lively, there was no shortage of all kinds of supplies, and there was no danger.
The commander-in-chief Yan Keying also summoned the officers from the battalion level and above in Shenwu Town to have a dinner together to celebrate that day. He paid for the host and prepared some seafood, pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, and set up quite a sumptuous table.
Yan Keying's status has indeed improved a lot since she followed Zheng Zhilong to the north and was appreciated by the emperor, who took her daughter as a concubine, was awarded the title of earl, and was promoted to the chief military officer of the imperial camp.
But in terms of actual power, it is not as big as he imagined.
He, the Shenwu Commander-in-Chief, is said to command more than 10,000 troops in the town, but the military command office, supervisory office, staff office, logistics office, and equipment office are each responsible for a large part of the direct business, and there are also censors who supervise the army.
The eunuchs who supervise the army, the deputy commander-in-chief, and a group of deputies transferred from above.
Even among the battalion officers below, few are his old brothers from Fujian.
He was still very dissatisfied at first, but now he has gradually got used to it. This is how Yuying is. People from all over the world, even people with different backgrounds, many of them are from ordinary backgrounds. Origin is not important here, what is important is ability.
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In a Shenwu town, there were several soldiers who followed the emperor, and more than a dozen of them had served as personal soldiers for the emperor. Therefore, although he was the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he commanded a fleet with him in Fujian.
, which is equivalent to the situation of the princes in the Zheng Group, which is completely different.
Basically, he has no direct involvement in food, wages, and equipment. He also has no direct say in personnel and supervision. He even has dedicated personnel responsible for commanding troops, training, and commanding operations.
It is said that he is in charge of the overall situation, but in fact you will find that his commander-in-chief is actually tightly restrained.
At first, Yan Keying thought that the emperor was specifically targeting him, but later he discovered that the imperial camp had such a structure, so he took it lightly, which was good.
Shenwu Town grew from 3,000 to 5,000 and then to 8,000. Now the army is strong and the horses are strong. He can often go to Laizhou to meet the emperor.
He basically has no burden now. He patrols the camp every day and holds meetings with the officers. There are dedicated people responsible for specific matters. The most important thing is that he does not have to worry about military pay and food. The money and food are basically not in his hands. The court has always been very good.
Provide food and salary.
Training and garrisoning are also managed by the Military Order Office and the Staff Office. In the area of military discipline, there are also people from the Supervision Office. Patrols, intelligence gathering, counter-intelligence, etc. are all managed by people.
Specifically, in the Xiebiao camp below, there are chief officers at all levels responsible for overall control.
To be honest, now he even feels that he is dispensable. He usually just signs and reads reports and doesn't fight. It's very relaxing.
While stationed in Dengzhou, each battalion took turns to go out for actual combat drills, go into the mountains to suppress bandits, and go to the countryside to form rural regiments. Everyone was very busy, but he was very free.
Most of his time now is to go to the teaching camp in Shenwu Town to listen to the lectures, and listen to the officers analyzing tactics, such as drawing maps, infantry and artillery coordination, infantry and cavalry coordination, hollow battle formations of muskets, etc. Not to mention, these lectures
What I heard was very inspiring and teaching.
They are all talented people.
The outstanding commanders in the entire army take turns to receive training and instruction, so that these frontline non-commissioned officers, who are the most aggressive and daring to fight, can have stronger command capabilities and reserve them as junior officers.
This idea is very good. Anyway, the Zheng family did not use this method in the past. The Zheng family usually recruited some good talents to serve as servants, then generals, and then sent them to the bottom to become small bosses, and slowly became captains.
From small captain to medium captain, finally to big captain, and then to fleet commander, they are promoted one level at a time.
Basically, they all come from the servant team. They have their own children, and there are also good talents in the team. They have to be brought by their side first, which not only enhances the emotional relationship, but also teaches more skills, and even builds relationships.
, they will also adopt these good young servants as adopted sons and so on.
But the Imperial Camp has a different training system. Each battalion has a teaching team, and the military town also has a teaching camp. The Emperor of the Imperial Camp also has a non-commissioned officer training camp, an officer corps, a martial arts lecture hall, etc. For non-commissioned officers,
Training for officers at low, middle and high levels.
And after each training, most of them will still adjust it.
The training in the military towns was a matter of coordination between one battalion and another, while the training at the imperial camp headquarters was a matter of mobilization between military towns. This kind of mobility undoubtedly increased the emperor's control.
In particular, some outstanding young non-commissioned officers are often transferred to the emperor's palace to serve as bodyguards after training, and then they are promoted and appointed in March and May.
The imperial camp was filled with the emperor's attendants and disciples, and the officers in the imperial camp were extremely loyal to the emperor. Now even some of the old brothers he brought from Fujian are now very loyal to the emperor.
When facing his close servants, Yan Keying had to sigh, "When it comes to making money, Zheng is no worse than today's man, but when it comes to his ability to use money, even though today's man spends a lot of money.
, but it is really used on the edge. Look, every time when pay is paid, everyone keeps shouting "Long Live Xie"?
Do you think the soldiers are more loyal to the emperor every time they are paid?"
The family general sighed, "Today's favor to soldiers is indeed unprecedented in the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. This kind of courage is unparalleled."
Yan Keying shook his head, "The most important thing is that if you see how long live you can keep sprinkling money like this, this is your real skill. A battalion officer can not only get fifty taels of silver per month, but also one hundred and fifty taels of ministerial silver."
, the standard is 250 taels, the alliance is 350 taels, the guard general has 500 taels of silver for one month, and the officers at all levels also have the quota of famous rations.
From the top soldiers to officers at all levels, such generous pay can still be implemented. There is no shortage of pay or food, and even reward for meritorious service. Do you think such an army is scary?"
The general nodded, "There are many people in Husband's camp who want to squeeze in. The elders in Husband's camp all day long dream about entering the war camp to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service. Their biggest dream is to become a camp officer.
The annual salary and rations plus ministerial silver are no less than three thousand taels. If you become a camp officer, you will make a fortune!"
"If you are killed in battle, you will receive fifty taels of silver as a pension. If you are first-class injured, you will get fifteen taels of silver. If you are second-class, you will receive fifteen taels of silver. If you are injured in the third class, you will receive fifty taels of silver. If you are disabled, you will get another thirty taels of silver. If you do this, who is afraid of death?"
"It's terrible that the imperial camp is doing this. No matter they are officials or soldiers, they are not afraid of death, and they are willing to obey military orders. They even look forward to fighting and begging to fight. Who in the world can rival this kind of army?"
The general nodded, "The treatment of the Tatars is nothing more than this, but how many people do the Tatars have? How many times can they fight? If we continue to fight like this, I dare say the Tatars won't be able to survive for a few years."
After all, Yan Keying had been living on the coast of Fujian before. He was a pirate and was not an insider of the system. "Why do you think no one thought of using this method when there were so many emperors in the Ming Dynasty for more than 280 years?"
The general smiled and said, "Sir, I think there must be smart people, and there are many of them. But, just because there are so many smart people, they always have their own thoughts and calculations, just like in this world.
The gentry are not willing to pay even a little business tax, do you think they would be willing to have the court impose massive taxes and then give a lot of money to these Qiu Bawufu?"
"Sea trade is of great benefit to the court, but what do those gentry and bureaucrats do? They firmly oppose the sea ban, but in private they are more active than anyone else in smuggling trade. Damn these guys, they make money and don't pay taxes.
, let them take all the good things,
So, it’s not that there are no smart people in the court, it’s that there are too many smart people, and they all only care about their own interests.”
Yan Keying slapped her thigh and said, "You summed it up well. It's indeed like this. Damn it. Put it this way, I feel more and more courageous as the emperor's son-in-law. He is the only emperor through the ages!"
"Don't say anything. From now on, we will serve His Majesty well. Maybe we will be able to leave a name in history in the future, and we will become a prince who will rebuild the Ming Dynasty forever!"