Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 100 Military Pay (for Subscription)

In April of the second year of Taichang, the emperor heard that the monks were lawless, and ordered Cheng Cheng, the capital governor of the capital, to investigate thoroughly. Cheng showed the evidence of his crime to the emperor, who was furious and ordered to suppress Buddhist affairs.

Metropolitan Governor Cheng was ordered to close down the monastery, and all the money and food obtained were sent to the state treasury without taking a cent.

People at that time heard about it and praised it: "Cheng's integrity is unprecedented in ancient and modern times." '

Gao Cheng put down the manuscript very satisfied, and encouraged the recording room to join the army Zhang Shiqi said:
"In the future, we must also follow the record in this way."

Zhang Shiqi should claim to be.

The lord said that we must follow the facts, so no one would really do that, would he?

The last person who was serious was wiped out by the Nine Clans.

In fact, even if Zhang Shiqi recorded the truth, Gao Cheng would not kill him. The Guoshi case was just an excuse for Tuoba Tao to kill Cui Hao.

But the errand of recording words and deeds will definitely change.

It is not shameful to pay attention to the reputation behind oneself. People like Tang Taizong, Erfeng's brother, are not exempt, let alone Xiao Gaowang.

In the future, my descendants will strive to continue the dynasty for three to four hundred years, and later generations will go to history. After three to four hundred years, they will know what happened, and they still have to rely on Zhang Shiqi's first-hand information.

As for the notes and diaries of the contemporaries, they are all unofficial history, and they are all slandered by Xiao Gaowang's political enemies.

Gao Cheng likes to carefully dress up the little girl of history, doting on his daughter, I understand.

Not long after, another servant came to report that according to Gao Cheng's request, the newly-built Dushi Division had selected a monk to go to Tianzhu to obtain the Mahayana scriptures.

Gao Cheng ordered someone to summon the monk. This monk was only 24 or [-] years old. According to Gao Cheng's classification, he belonged to the category of returning to the vulgar. He was far from sixty.

But the journey from Luoyang to Tianzhu is so far away that it is impossible for a 60-year-old monk to trek across mountains and rivers, so he can only make an exception and search for monks who were originally forced to return to secular life.

Gao Cheng gave such an opportunity to continue serving the Buddha, but there were very few people who accepted it, and no one was willing to embark on the journey of knowing the dangers.

But there are scum in Buddhism, and there are also innocent children who are determined to Buddha.

"Dare to ask this master's Dharma name?"

Gao Cheng hates Buddhist scum, but this kind of monk who does not avoid danger for the sake of faith deserves his admiration.

"Little monk Huiguang has seen Gao Tanyue."

Monk Huiguang clasped his hands together.

Gao Cheng saw that the monk was very pleasing to the eye, and specially reminded him:
"To go to Tianzhu, the journey is no less than [-] li, not to mention that there are many bandits and bandits, and there is also a desert barrier. Master Huiguang must think carefully."

Monk Huiguang had anticipated the difficulty of this trip, he thanked Gao Cheng for his kindness, and insisted:

"The sage monks from Tianzhu traveled thousands of miles to China to preach, and the young monks are also willing to follow the aspirations of their predecessors to seek Mahayana scriptures for China and revive Buddhism."

Gao Cheng stopped persuading him, and turned to Huiguang:
"It's a long journey, I will give you a white horse to travel, and then I will issue three certificates for you, allowing you to bring three disciples with you."

Huiguang thanked him and withdrew. What Gao Cheng didn't know was that this devout monk was the founder of the Nandao School of Dilun Shilun in history, known as Guangtong Lawyer.

According to Buddhist legends, he persecuted Bodhidharma together with Liuzhi Sanzang, another great master, and poisoned him six times.

Who can tell the real from the fake? Just like Xiao Gao Wang knew that Bodhidharma was living in Songshan outside Luoyang City at this time, and he was over 140 years old. See if it's true or not.

Even if it is true, sending the light of wisdom far away can also make Bodhidharma live in peace in his later years.

Among the Thirteen Monks and Nuns Temple in Luoyang, there is a temple located on Songshan Mountain outside the city, which is dedicated to the meditation of Zen monks.

A few days ago, Gao Cheng deliberately surrounded the Songshan Temple with soldiers, because he was worried that Bodhidharma would come down the mountain and expose his lies. Others don't know Mahayana Buddhism, so how could Bodhidharma, who came all the way from Tianzhu, not know.

Gao Cheng set up the scripture learning team and didn't care about it anymore. He had been waiting for news from Gao Huan. The money and food statistics had been sent out early, but Gao Huan didn't see the amount of military pay for a long time.

In anxiety, Gao Cheng waited until May [-]th, when a Jinyang messenger rode three horses and galloped into Luoyang.

After Gao Cheng received the letter and memorial, he hurriedly recruited his core staff in Luoyang, Cui Jishu, Zhao Yanshen, and Cui Xian.

The uncle and nephew of the Cui family walked into the wing room, and they didn't see the familiar screen for a while, they were not used to it, and they felt a little regretful.

Naturally, you can't brag about this kind of thing, but if the screen is accidentally bumped into by others, it has nothing to do with you.

Zhao Yanshen knew it well, no matter how many screens there were, Gao Cheng's painstaking gesture of kindness still moved him.

Gao Cheng told the guards to guard the surroundings, especially not to allow the servants to disturb him.

After everyone was seated, Gao Cheng handed the letter to the three of them for circulation.

The first thing in Gao Huan's letter was to order Gao Cheng to transfer the money and grain to Jinyang, and the money and grain that Little Gao Wang had scoured so hard for was taken away before it was warmed up.

For this, Gao Cheng had already prepared in his heart. If Gao Huan could give him the power to pay the troops of the Kwantung Army, then he would become suspicious instead.

The salaries of the other armies did not go through Gao Cheng's hands, but Gao Huan still gave him the military salaries of the Gyeonggi Army's 3 people.

This was enough to satisfy Gao Cheng. Ten birds in the forest are worse than one bird in hand. The command and money of the [-] soldiers in the capital are in his hands. This also means that Gao Huan has recognized Gao Cheng's absolute control over the soldiers in the capital.

The second thing mentioned in the letter is the amount of military pay.

Gao Huan set up the Overlord Mansion in Jinyang, with the Prime Minister's Mansion controlling the personnel power, and the Chinese and foreign military mansions controlling the military power. He re-divided the Chinese and foreign armies.

Control the Jinyang Hu soldiers to 20, and Gao Cheng's 23 Gyeonggi soldiers, a total of [-] soldiers, that is, the Central Army.

The nano-grain of Wuding is the military salary of a middle-level soldier, who can get rice grain and ten stones. 20 middle-level soldiers do not include officers, and need 110 million dongkou to support.

Gao Huan also streamlined the state and county soldiers, making them, together with the private soldiers of Hou Jing, He Basheng and others, add up to 30 foreign soldiers, that is, the local army.

The nano-grain of Sanding is the soldier's salary of a foreign soldier, who can get six shi of rice grain, not including officers, and needs 90 Dingkou to support.

The total military pay of 53 Chinese and foreign soldiers requires [-] million Dingkou taxes.

Is this a lot?There are indeed many, one Ding is one household, and a family of five is counted as one household, fully accounting for half of the 2000 million registered population in Kanto.

But after thinking about it again, Gao Cheng exterminated the Buddha, and there were no less than a million monks who were forced to return to secular life. Register the households, start paying taxes, and get hundreds of thousands of households.

Buddhism raised 53 soldiers for the Gao family and his son almost by itself.

Xiao Gao Wang said: It's true, I cried to death.

After Cui Jishu, Zhao Yanshen, and Cui Xian had finished reading, Gao Cheng calmly said to Cui Xian:
"Ji Lun will preside over the transportation of money and food. You only need to leave the rice and grain needed by the Gyeonggi Army this year, and the rest will be shipped to Jinyang."

Gao Cheng would not play tricks on Gao Huan in this kind of matter, anyway, the future is his.

Cui Xian replied:

"I obey."

Gao Cheng asked Cui Jishu again about the allocation of acres. Cui Jishu had experience in dividing the land in Qingqi, so Gao Cheng handed over the matter to him.

Everything has to be done by Xiao Gaowang himself, and he also supports a group of staff and civil servants in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

After receiving all the well-organized answers from Cui Jishu, Gao Cheng was relieved that Xiao Cui could still be trusted as long as he didn't meet an assassin.

Gao Cheng told Zhao Yanshen again:
"Yan Shen, you need to be careful at all times, don't let people take the opportunity to link up with the monks and cause riots."

"My son, please rest assured, I have already made arrangements."

Zhao Yanshen said solemnly.

Gao Cheng glanced at him with satisfaction, Zhao Yanshen is a cautious person, if Gao Cheng hadn't cut him halfway, Gao Huan would still have a comment about him, "Yan Shen is careful, respectful, and peerless." '

The three staff members each had their own affairs to attend to, but Gao Cheng was not in a hurry to let them go, and discussed with them about the marriage of a monk who had returned to lay life.

Forcing them to return to secular life is not just a matter of allocating acres of land. Even if monks and nuns can digest it themselves, since there are few monks and nuns, it is destined that there will be nearly a million more bachelors.

Gao Cheng wasn't the only one involved in this matter, the three staff members were helpless too, they couldn't conjure millions of women out of thin air.

There seems to be only one way to solve this problem: plunder the population.

After sending the three staff members out of the mansion, Gao Cheng looked northeast, stroked his chin, and thought to himself:
'Monks who have returned to the secular world, even if they are not in the Buddhist sect, they can keep the rules and precepts in their hearts, and endure for a few years, and I will definitely let you get married. '

The next day, a memorial to Gao Huan was submitted by Gao Cheng on his behalf, which immediately stirred up a thousand waves.

It is the proposal on the issue of military pay.

Gao Huan asked Jinyang to distribute the military salary. The Manchao Gongqing knew his purpose well, but he had no choice but to set up the military salary. Whoever opposed the establishment of the military salary would be against the Kwantung army and aroused the anger of the big soldiers Not a wise move.

Fourteen years ago, Zhang Zhongyu, the son of Zhang Yi, the general who conquered the west, suggested to the Queen Mother that military officers should be prohibited from being converted into civilian officials. This behavior angered the Luoyang Imperial Army.

Immediately, the imperial army rioted and rushed into Zhang Yi's house and set fire to it. Zhang Zhongyu and his elder brother Zhang Shijun who caused the trouble escaped.

His father, Zhang Yi, was caught, dragged and beaten to death. Zhang Shijun turned around alone to save his father.

Lu Xizhi called him an expert.

Gao Huan, who was on a business trip in Luoyang as a messenger at the time, happened to witness the riots of the Forbidden Army, and the fact that the court did not dare to pursue him further made him understand that the world would be in chaos, so he squandered Lou Zhaojun's dowry and made connections.

Cutting off a person's fortune is the same as cutting off a person's future. Whoever dares to speak out against it, the Gyeonggi soldiers stationed in Luoyang, and the Forbidden Army who also have military pay but are paid from the treasury will immediately follow the example of their predecessors.

Everyone could only comfort themselves, that's right, at least Gao Huan saved some face for the emperor, and didn't take the imperial army away.

It would be embarrassing if the three thousand forbidden soldiers, who were the emperor's own army, were paid by the Gao family and his son.

The content of this memorial spread quickly, and the armies of the Kwantung were cheering. Needless to say, the Jinyang Hu Bing and the Gyeonggi Bing, who were listed as the middle soldiers, each had an annual salary of ten stones.

The state and county soldiers were also rejoicing, and the middle soldiers got more because most of them were either troops from the Gao family or the Qihu people who were brave and good at fighting.

And they themselves, including Hou Jing and others, although the private soldiers are not as good as the Chinese soldiers, they can each get six stones. Although there is a saying that they don’t suffer from widowhood, but they suffer from unevenness, but widowhood and nothingness are two different things. These people came from scratch. How can I complain, but I will look forward to being included in the army.

Among the Chinese and foreign soldiers, the group with the highest morale is the 9000 Henan soldiers among the Gyeonggi soldiers.

These people are the lucky ones, because they were selected into the Gyeonggi Army, and they also enjoyed the establishment of the Chinese Army.

On May [-]th, [-] soldiers of the Gyeonggi Army were summoned to attend training at Yongning Temple.

Gao Cheng stepped onto the temporary high platform with a calm expression.

Having delivered countless speeches, the word stage fright has long since left him.

He looked at the excited faces under the stage, smiled and shouted:

"You all know that the King Father designated the Gyeonggi Army as a middle soldier, and the Emperor Shangzuo will distribute the military salary for you."

As soon as the voice fell, the guards sent a message for him, and the voice spread, and the 5000 people in the entire school could hear it.

"understood!"

"Thank you, King Gao Enyi!"

"Thank you, Dudu Ende!"

Their voices stopped, Gao Cheng remained silent, but Duan Shao asked loudly:

"Who distributes the military pay for you?"

The crowd shouted in unison:
"It's King Gao! It's the governor!"

Duan Shao asked again:
"Whose orders are you waiting for?"

"Die for King Gao! Die for the governor!"

Twenty-five thousand people shouted in unison, breaking the sky.

Gao Cheng could feel their reverence for him.

After Mie Buddha received a reward, he not only married them, but now also pays them military salaries.

When morale was high, Gao Cheng poured a basin of cold water on him and said loudly:
"However, some foreign soldiers think that many of you are not worthy of the military salary. Think about your performance in the Battle of Xiangyang, and whether you are worthy of the ten stone military salary!"

Many prefectural and county soldiers who robbed supplies at the beginning, and even some Xianbei soldiers under Duan Shao's command, blushed with shame.

Duan Shao, Murong Shaozong, and even Hu Luguang and Yaoxiong, who were not present at the time, replied in unison:
"Reporting to the governor, the last general swears, if anyone disobeys orders and loots privately, the whole army will kill them together!"

Gyeonggi soldiers responded:
"Anyone who disobeys orders will be killed by the whole army!"

Gao Cheng is still not satisfied:
"Is it true that obeying orders can be regarded as a middle soldier? Those who dare to fight and are good at fighting can't be included in this list! You remember, you can't sit back and relax if you enter the Gyeonggi Army. County soldier, no! Don’t be a state soldier, go home and plow the fields, pay taxes for me, and support real warriors!”

Led by the generals, the whole army shouted loudly:

"I will be brave and serve the son's kindness!"

After the lecture, the military salaries of all ministries in Gyeonggi Province were paid in full, and even the 5000 people under Gao Aocao's command were distributed to his family members for safekeeping.

On this day, not to mention the dignitaries who lived around Yongning Temple, even the palace city not far away could hear the loyalty of the Gyeonggi soldiers to the Gao family.

And Cui Xian also recruited a large number of civilian husbands early, and sent the rest of the money and food to Jinyang.

(End of this chapter)