The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

The pirate brigade retreated, went down the river in a boat, and returned to the sea, and they couldn't chase after them.

Yan Song's large team killed more than 50 Jinyiwei, 12 horses, and more than 260 real and fake Japanese pirates as a result of the battle.But this is not something to be happy about, because 10 villages were burned and more than 2000 people died.

Just when Yan Song was about to go back to sleep and sleep in the cage, a piece of news almost made Yan Song very angry.

"My lord, there are armed soldiers who are beheading the Japanese pirates. They want to take credit for it, and wounded many of us, and the guns were shot." Lu Quan angrily reported to Yan Song.

Everyone fought all night and was exhausted, but they didn't expect to be bullied by their own people.

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Chapter 127 The Corrupted Army [4]

Chapter 1

Yan Song took a group of Jinyi Weidong factory and spent a night sweeping away those Japanese pirates. As a result, the huddled army came "bravely" to grab the head and take the credit, and arrogantly took Jinyi Weidong. The factory called.

Yan Song was so angry that his nose turned crooked.

"Has this army rotted into this?"

When it comes to the army of the Ming Dynasty, one has to talk about Zhu Yuanzhang.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once proudly declared that I raise millions of soldiers without consuming a grain of rice from the country.

How did Zhu Yuanzhang achieve this?It is because the Ming Empire has 0.89 million mu of arable land, which is specially used to ensure military expenditure.This income did not go through the national taxation system, but was directly used in the military system.

0.89 million mu of arable land, what kind of concept is this?It means that the imperial court is the largest landlord. According to the tax and land rent at that time, an average of 2.5 dou per mu of land can be collected, and 2255 million shimi can be collected a year, which is equivalent to more than 2000 million taels of silver.

With such a large amount of assets, it is definitely not a problem to raise 100 million soldiers.

As long as a person is a soldier, the imperial court will give him [-] acres of arable land, and there are two or three members of the soldier's family, who can be exempted from other imperial court duties as Yu Ding.This is the origin of military households, so the empire has a special interest group called military households.

In a general sense, being a military household does not lose money.

However, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the status of military households had declined.Because the bureaucratic group wanted to make money, the 0.8-9 million arable land was simply a big mouthful of fat, and the civil servants ruled Ming Dynasty, and the status of military officials was low, so the relevant resources were naturally eroded by the bureaucratic group through various means.

Against this background, the benefits originally promised to the military households by the imperial court were naturally greatly discounted when they were fulfilled.

If there is a cause, there will be an effect. Since the court treats the military households so badly, it is impossible for the military households to provide the court with strong men. Just send an idler to the army to do the job; and when paying the relevant fees, they will naturally Discount, if you can default, you will default.In this regard, the court can only turn a blind eye.Because, first of all, it is the imperial court that is wronged.

Under this model, Ming's army is getting worse and worse.

So a good policy may be good at the beginning, but it will become worse under the operation of different people. From this we can see that the so-called "ancestral law must not be violated" is simply nonsense, such as the sea ban, and the tax in kind .

Yan Song always knew that Daming's army was poor, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

When the Japanese pirates came, they hid and ignored the burning, killing and looting of the Japanese pirates outside.

When the Japanese pirates left, they ran out and began to scrape off people's fat and people's anointing.

This time, he even dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head to take credit for Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

Yan Song was amused.

"Go! Go and see who is so arrogant~.!"

Yan Song got on his horse and rushed over with a group of Jinyi guards. Soon after arriving at a neighboring village, he saw a group of soldiers knocking down Jinyi guards one by one, and then harvested a lot of heads of Japanese pirates, put them on the carriage, and prepared to evacuate.

"Haha, this wave of business is good. More than 40 Japanese pirates plus the heads of ordinary people can be exchanged for 800 taels of silver, and they can also be promoted."

"Lu Zongqi is wise, and you can easily get your hands on it after just wandering around."

"By the way, Lu Zongqi, where are these people who suddenly appeared? How come we came to Suzhou?"

"They said it was Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Pooh, treat me like a three-year-old."

At this time, a Jin Yiwei who was beaten all over his body cursed angrily: "You are dead, if you dare to take the credit of our Jin Yiwei, we will definitely not let you go..."

As a result, before he could finish speaking, he was savagely hit by the soldier with a piece of wood on his head, the solid wooden stick was directly discounted, and the Jin Yiwei was also beaten unconscious on the spot.

"Lu Zongqi, do you want to charge them as a thief, kill them, strip them all, and throw them into Taihu Lake?"

Lu Zongqi pondered for a while, and his eyes flashed fiercely: "These people may be private soldiers raised by some powerful people, and keeping them is a disaster. Okay, let's do it like this!"

Yan Song heard all this clearly, and his heart was already full of anger.This group of people is really insane. Not only did they snatch the heads of the Japanese pirates, but they even took the heads of the common people as Japanese pirates to receive rewards. Now they have to kill Jin Yiwei and throw their bodies to destroy the evidence.

These people should be killed!

Moreover, what makes Yan Song even more chilling is that the army in the south of the Yangtze River has been corrupted to such a state.

Nothing to hesitate.

Yan Song beckoned: "'‖ Kill me, leave no one behind!"

"Yes!" Behind Yan Song, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang couldn't bear it long ago, and their eyes were already filled with flames of anger and hatred.

They Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and the emperor's army were actually treated like this by these little bastards. Speaking of it made them Jinyiwei and Dongchang embarrassing in front of the world!

"kill!!"

They were full of anger, their bodies seemed to be full of strength again, they forgot the fatigue of the night's battle, and went straight to those soldiers.

"Who are you? We are from Fengqiao General Banner. Do you want to rebel?"