please make me king

Chapter 501
Cao Bianjiao saw Zhang Shunyi coming and going, but he couldn't get in the way. He thought: "I am a martial artist, but I still want to lead the army to fight. If I were a scholar, wouldn't it make my old man laugh!"

So Cao Bianjiao stood up quickly and said: "Don't worry, general, I only need five hundred elite soldiers, and I will definitely defend this place like gold!"

Zhang Shun couldn't help being overjoyed to see Cao Bianjiao stand up. He originally planned to let this person go to war, so he accepted the nomination certificate.

If not, this person will find Cao Wenzhao back to the camp later, and he will have no choice but to do nothing!

Zhang Shun smiled and said: "Little General Cao is really brave, but now the soldiers in the city have their own arrangements, so we can't give you so many troops."

"I want to release the two hundred family members who were originally captured and continue to lead with you. In addition, I will allocate another five hundred 'hair gourds' for you to lead together. You and I will go to Song County and try to attack the county seat of Song County. "

"If you really can occupy Song County, you will maintain order in the city and wait for me to send generals to garrison. If Song County cannot be taken, then retreat to Yique and set up a camp in Yique. Defense Shangluo in the west and Ru and Ying in the east, lest the officers and soldiers take advantage of it. Let's attack!"

Cao Bianjiao was a little surprised and a little disappointed when he heard the words.What was pleasantly surprised was that most of the servants he brought out would return to his subordinates; what was disappointing was that, apart from these two hundred servants, Zhang Shun was so stingy that he only gave him five hundred 'hair gourds'!
Cao Bianjiao couldn't help complaining unhappily: "King Shun can release my servants, Cao is very grateful. It's just that the emperor is not hungry and sends troops, and King Shun doesn't pay him. Why doesn't he provide military food?"

"Just give me five hundred hairy gourds. We are all big-bellied men, and we can only finish one meal. What can we be?"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, and couldn't help laughing, even Lu Weiqi choked on his own saliva.

Cao Bianjiao was baffled, if it was said that everyone was mocking him, it didn't seem to be the case, and everyone didn't seem to have any malicious intentions.

If everyone didn't laugh at him, Cao Bianjiao was not that stupid.He couldn't help asking a little angrily: "What are you laughing at? It's not good to bully me!"

Zhang Shenyan explained: "General Cao misunderstood. The 'hair gourd' my lord mentioned was the 'hair gourd' soldiers from western Henan. It was called 'hair gourd' only because the quiver used by that generation looked like a hair gourd." .”

"Under our lord's command, I dare not say anything else, at least there is still enough food. Before, because the rebels were short of money, they didn't have much military pay. Before, they had a little more money, and the soldiers were rewarded, which can almost be used as military pay."

"What's more, after the previous battle of Mengjin, rewards and military salaries were distributed. Ordinary soldiers were paid one tael of silver a month, and weapons and armor were uniformly distributed."

Cao Wenzhao's servants all lived on double wages, and even a few highly skilled martial artists who were especially close could eat three wages.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the "monthly ration" of the frontier army ranged from one tael to two taels, depending on the elite level of soldiers and the combat distance.In addition, when they were just recruited, they had to pay the An family more than ten taels of silver.

From a rough look, it seems that the treatment of soldiers under Zhang Shun's command is much lower than that of officers and soldiers, but it is not.

Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the government's finances were beyond its means, and the arrears of food and salaries were serious. Most border towns were in arrears of food and salaries for more than one year, and even more than two years.

However, Zhang Shun's food and salary rewards are all distributed in full, and the military food is uniformly supplied by the rebel army. Although the nominal income is slightly lower, the actual treatment is better than that of the soldiers in the border town.

After all, a person is a body of flesh and blood, and only when he has enough food can he have strength.Although the border town of Daming is elite, firstly, the number of soldiers is insufficient, and the military generals drink blood seriously;
Like Cao Bianjiao's uncle Cao Wenzhao, the reason why he claims to dare to fight is because he drinks less blood from soldiers and spends most of the rewards from his military exploits to support his elite family members, so his strength is stronger than that of other border town generals.

Cao Bianjiao was quite satisfied after hearing Zhang Shenyan's narration.Although he also wanted his servants to continue to receive double or even three salaries, but now that he was a defeated general, he dared not speak bravely, so how could he dare to make any demands?
He heard that Zhang Shun had allocated five hundred "hair gourds" to him, and he was quite satisfied, so he took orders and went to deal with the matters of taking over his servants and "hair gourds".

When Cao Bianjiao had just left, Zhang Shun said: "Since ancient times, the practice of drinking soldiers' blood has been repeatedly prohibited. The imperial court spent money for nothing, but it still seriously affected the soldiers' fighting power. Red lady, you are in charge of wealth, what do you think?"

The red lady was stunned for a moment, and said in her heart: Since I took charge of the money, everything has followed the old rules.Now that the head of the family asks me, he must have other ideas.

She thought about it for a moment, and tentatively said: "I have always drank the blood of soldiers, but the money and finances have passed through the hands of the chief officer. If you want to put an end to this matter, it is easy, just distribute it to the soldiers alone. It is convenient for the chief officer to control the soldiers and horses."

Hearing this, Zhang Shun glanced at Hong Niangzi unexpectedly, he only knew the research results he had learned from later generations, others did not know.

Unexpectedly, Hong Niangzi only took a moment to think clearly, so she smiled and said: "At this time, Yi Er, I have three strategies, which can not only ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but also ensure the full payment of food and salaries."

"The first is: logistics, in charge of food and pay for soldiers. The second is: military academy, which specializes in teaching chiefs, chiefs and staff officers for the army; the third is: staff, in charge of military staff matters."

"The chief general is in charge of training and combat, and is in charge of all the powers of life and death. Leaving aside the question during wartime, the supervisor only issues 'payment tickets' to the soldiers on weekdays, and the soldiers go to the logistics office to exchange for military pay. What do you think?"

Hong Niangzi didn't know that Zhang Shun had made a plan when she heard the words, she quickly laughed and said: "The head of the family is right, but who is in charge of these many things?"

Zhang Shun said: "Nowadays the rebels are short of manpower, and the lady is also in charge of the logistics. When there is a suitable candidate later, it will not be too late to appoint another."

"In the past, Zhang Sanbai, Xiao Qinhu and Ma Yingniang were often involved in military training. Now Zhang Sanbai and Xiao Qinhu are in charge of soldiers and horses, so it is inconvenient to get away. I mean Ma Yingniang. I don't know what the lady thinks?"

The red lady couldn't help being taken aback when she heard the words, and said in her heart: You are lying in ambush here, what a plan to kill two birds with one stone!
However, she was not in a hurry to express her opinion, she just laughed and said, "Let's discuss this matter together later, but what about the matter of counseling?"

"In the past, Xu Quan and Sun Chengzong from Nasong County took refuge with me. They were all scholars, so I put them by my side as my staff, and now I know a lot about staff. This time Cao Bianjiao is going to fight, I want to send this person as a Staff, try it out, what do you guys think?"

Only then did everyone understand that Zhang Shun said he was a staff officer, but in fact he sent a supervisor.Everyone thought about it, if Cao Bianjiao's new descendants were not supervised by the army, they shouldn't have.So, they all nodded their heads.

(End of this chapter)