The rise of the poor

Chapter 1372 Trade-offs and comparisons
Zhang Jing once again rejected Zhu Ping'an's request on the grounds that the Yamen had a deficit and had no money to withdraw.

Ying Tianbing's yamen has a serious deficit and no treasury bank? !

No!

After Zhang Jing was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War of Yingtian, he was very concerned about the Japanese invasion, actively raised food, grass and silver, recruited brave men, and prepared to resist and exterminate the Japanese pirates.Before Zhu Ping’an’s arrival, he learned that there were 7000 taels of treasury silver in the yamen of the Ministry of War. 2. More than 1 taels of silver were fined for Huchaoguan shipping materials and Houhu stolen goods in Suzhou Fu. Adding up all these things, there are about 5 silver in the Yamen treasury of the Ministry of War.I just drew 20 taels of silver, how could I not have it!

If you have, but don't pay yourself, then there is a problem.

Zhu Pingan narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully observed Zhang Jing without any trace, but found nothing.That's right, Zhang Jing is not an idle person, and he is both literary and military, so how can he be observed by himself.

"Master Zhang, the Japanese plague is becoming more and more serious, and the common people are suffering from it. Ping'an urgently needs this money so that it can organize its troops, lead the militia, and do its part to resist the Japanese pirates." Zhu Pingan cupped his hands again, sincerely Said.

"The Japanese plague is serious, and I don't know it." Zhang Jing replied, "It is precisely because of the serious Japanese plague that our ministry spent a lot of money on dispatching troops and recruiting brave men, so our ministry has a serious deficit, and there is no money left to pay Master Zhu. gone."

Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an finally understood that it wasn't that the Ministry of War had no money to spare, Zhang Jing wanted to use the money to dispatch troops and recruit heroes.Rethinking the questions that Zhang Jing asked himself just now, it is probably because he feels that he is a baby, has no experience in commanding troops, and plans to command the militia. He is unreliable and not worth the five thousand salary; in his opinion, the role he can play in dispatching troops and recruiting brave men is far more effective than leading the militia himself. many.

Two-phase trade-off.

Zhang Jing made a choice without hesitation, withholding his salary, and instead embezzling troops to dispatch generals and recruit brave soldiers.

"My lord Zhang, the officers and soldiers of the guards today are not the same as they used to be. The farmlands of the guards have been repeatedly invaded. According to the investigation and statistics of the lower officials, the actual control of the guards is no longer 5000% of the original, and the economic capacity has dropped sharply, which has led to the poorer configuration of the guards. Deductions in arrears of food and salaries have become the norm; soldiers in the guards were reduced to slaves of powerful nobles, unbearably abused, and there were countless deserters. The lower officials counted the situation of the guards in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the average number of officers and soldiers in each guard dropped from 700 to [-] People, this number is still watery, and the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers who stayed in the guard station accounted for a considerable proportion, and they had little combat effectiveness. How much can such guard officers and soldiers play when they are dispatched? role?!"

Zhu Pingan cupped his hands and said.

Zhang Jing didn't answer the conversation, nor did he stop Zhu Pingan from speaking, but just looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes.

Seeing this, Zhu Pingan continued, "As for the brave new army, it is indeed more effective than the officers and soldiers of the guard. However, the new army is composed of regular soldiers, and its cost far exceeds that of the militia. According to the calculation of the military salary of each soldier at 18 taels, 5000 taels of silver Yu Xiaoyong's new army is only enough to pay 277 people for a year, but this 5000 taels of silver is enough for Jiangsu and Zhejiang to have an additional force to resist the Japanese—the militia, besides the guards and the new army."

"The guards are unusable, but the militia is useless?! It costs 5000 taels of silver, and what good is an extra unusable militia to the people of Jiangshan?!" Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes, and said slowly.

"My lord, the militia is the new army, the militia is useless, the key is tempering." Zhu Pingan replied.

"Master Zhu also said that the key to the militia is tempering. Master Zhu is still young and has no experience in commanding troops. How to temper a usable militia?!" Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes, and said bluntly.

"My lord Zhang, although I am not a weak official and have no experience in commanding troops, but I have experience in commanding the people. Three months ago, I was appointed as the magistrate of Jingnan County. The leader of the Japanese pirates, Honda Heihachi, led more than 790 Japanese pirates to besiege Jingnan County. At that time, there were less than 31 soldiers in the county town, and the subordinate officials organized two thousand young men to assist in the defense of the city. They fought fiercely with the Japanese pirates for a day and a night, defended the county, and captured the heads of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates killed [-] Japanese pirates and restored Taiping County, which was captured by Japanese pirates. At the beginning of the month, Wang Zhi sent more than [-] Japanese pirates from Ye Zongman's tribe to attack Jingnan at night. The pirates were afraid and changed their course."

Zhu Pingan looked at Zhang Jing with a pair of eyes, and clasped his hands and told about his experience of organizing Minzhuang in Jingnan.

"I've also heard people talk about your experience. Let's not talk about whether there is water in it. Defending the city is completely different from training and commanding troops."

Zhang Jing shook his head slightly, and did not change his decision because Zhu Pingan cited his achievements in leading Minzhuang.

In Zhang Jing's view, Zhu Ping'an's achievements at that time must have been, but there must also be water.Moreover, training and commanding troops is completely different from defending a city. There is a big difference between the two.

"My lord." Zhu Pingan spoke again.

Zhang Jing interrupted Zhu Ping'an's words, "What does Master Zhu think is the key to training a useful soldier?"

"The lower officials believe that the key to commanding and training troops lies in strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, strict training, and ideological education."

Zhu Pingan cupped his hands and replied.

"Strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, strict training, and ideological education" Zhang Jing couldn't help repeating in a low voice, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhu Pingan again, his eyes were different from the beginning.

Zhang Jingwen has all kinds of military strategies, and Zhu Ping'an's answer, he has his own judgment.When I asked this question, I didn't expect to find that Zhu Ping'an was actually a soldier.

"Military discipline is strict, rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and training is strict. I know these three points. What do you mean by ideological education?!"

Zhang Jing asked with great interest, and his tone became a bit more kind from the beginning of not disturbing strangers and rejecting people thousands of miles away.

"Return to my lord. This is the experience I gained from organizing Minzhuang to defend the city. At the beginning, Minzhuang was afraid of the Japanese pirates outside the city and had the intention of fleeing cowardly. The subordinate said, 'Behind us are our parents, wives and children. We have no With mobilization and encouragement such as "Lu Ke retreated" and "Down with Japanese pirates, protect parents, wives and children", the people's spirits rose immediately, and they were no longer afraid of Japanese pirates, bloodshed and sacrifice, and bravely defended the city. Thus, the lower officials understood , to make the people fearless, we must let the people have faith! Let the people know who they are fighting for! Why are they fighting! The officials think that the same is true for training and commanding troops. Let the soldiers have faith and let them know who they are fighting for , Why fight, improve the ideological awareness and spirit of officers and soldiers, a soldier with faith and discipline will not become a straggler and a mob!"

(End of this chapter)