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Chapter 596
At this ceremony of offering captives, there were hundreds of royal guards who "challenged" the emperor. Some were happy while others were sad. With an expression of watching a play, he watched with relish the "bargaining" between this little Jinyiwei Baihu and the emperor.

Yang Reform was absolutely "serious" "bargaining" with the hundreds of Jinyiwei households.

"Well, what the Qing family said is true. I really shouldn't treat the heroes and heroes of the Ming Dynasty like this. It will only chill the hearts of the heroes and heroes of the Ming Dynasty." After that Lin Huaiyuan finished talking about his experience, Yang Reform With an exclamation, Lin Huaiyuan was directly pushed to the height of a great Ming hero and hero.

Cao Yubian's dry face was covered with sweat. He already knew that the emperor must have an ulterior purpose. Although he didn't know the specific purpose of this purpose, he might be acting on such an important occasion today. Could it be a trifle?Look at the generals around you, nobles, they are all man-eating monsters!
"...Is the Ministry of War here?" Yang Reform suddenly asked.

"...the minister is here." After the ministers in one place looked around for a while, Sun Chengzong had to stand up and make a guest appearance as the Minister of the Ministry of War. His Minister of the Ministry of War is just a title, and he does not actually manage the Ministry of War.However, Liu Tingyuan was eliminated, and the new minister of the Ministry of War has not yet been decided, so he can only make a cameo appearance. Anyway, he has already done the more absurd things yesterday, so it is nothing to add one more today.

Under the strange eyes of people all over the place, Sun Chengzong stood up.

"... I remember that our court also has relevant rules and regulations for soldiers who are injured and have military exploits. Lin Qing's family complained to me, saying that once his subordinates leave my protection, they must live miserable lives. I think May I ask, is the treatment I treat heroes really so low?" Yang Reform asked with a look that I didn't understand.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the post-war disability benefits and other issues have to start with the military households of our dynasty. The Taizu founded the country and established the Weisuo system. The officers and soldiers are all military households, and they are all hereditary. The land is usually cultivated, and martial arts is performed in leisure time. When the court needs it, it will be dispatched to fight. , the guards are unusable, and there is a recruitment system, and the officers and soldiers are all recruited, the more famous ones are Qi Jiguang's Qi Family Army..." Sun Chengzong began to explain the issue of pensions for the disabled in the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Sun, please be brief. I just want to know if my heroes and heroes of Ming Dynasty will live a miserable life after being injured and disabled, and will pensions allow them to live a good life?" Yang Reform asked.

"...Returning to Your Majesty, it depends on what kind of soldier it is. Take ordinary guard soldiers as an example. After the death in battle, there is probably only two taels of silver for burning and burying. To die, is to disarm and return to the fields, go home to farm, and receive basically no pension. If you have a child at home, you can still get by; Yes, they are better than guard soldiers. They are paid on weekdays, and if they win a battle, they will also be rewarded with silver, and they can even be allocated the fields promised in advance. These are much better than guard soldiers, but , I have never been very rich in Taicang, and there are not many officers and soldiers who can get rewards. I have been in the dynasty for more than 200 years. If I say that I can live a good life on military pay and rewards, that is, the Qi Shuai family back then, now... , As for the promised land, it mostly refers to Liaodong outside the pass, and there is almost no extra land in the pass... Now that the Liaodong Donglu has not settled down, even the promised fields have been cultivated for a few years and abandoned for a few years. Well, the harvest of the year has returned to Donglu. The so-called land is just a thought. Donglu is not fair. As an official, however, there are always more soldiers and fewer generals, alas..." Sun Chengzong continued.

Yang Reform nodded and listened carefully.

"It seems that my government's treatment of disability pensions is a bit low. I really need to add some pensions and burn money. It is not in vain for the soldiers to be disabled, lonely and desolate because of my life and death. , I can't do this kind of thing, so let's do it, since there is a precedent of Qi Shuai, and the soldiers can live well on salary and reward money, then I will learn from Qi Shuai, and burn the money and pensions. Add one more, so that no one will say that I am mean and ungrateful..." Yang Reform listened for a while, and immediately stated that he wanted to follow Qi Jiguang's example of raising the salary of soldiers.Plus treatment, this matter, Yang Reform has been talking about it for a long time, more than once mentioned this matter in front of generals, but always mentioned it in private, always dare not bring it to the court, dare not let this matter It has become a rule and a rule. Today, when we encountered the Sanchahe victory, it is time to show this rule.

"Your Majesty, this doesn't seem right. Qi Shuai is a soldier. He is usually only a few thousand, and at most twenty or thirty thousand. Does the imperial court have so much money to support such a high cost? Your Majesty, I am Ming, but I have more than two million. Official army!" Sun Chengzong reminded immediately.

"This... is indeed a problem!..." Yang Reform was quite involved in acting.Originally, he planned to increase the wages of the soldiers carelessly, but once he heard Sun Chengzong said that there were 200 million officers and troops, he immediately shrank again.

The ministers in one place watched the emperor's "performance" and didn't know what the emperor was going to do. But seeing the emperor's appearance of being too shrinking when he heard the 200 million officers and troops, he couldn't help but secretly laughed.

"Hey, Master Sun, although I say I have money, the 200 million officers and soldiers are really hard for me.... Sigh,... You all know that I am not a duplicity person, and what I promised , I will definitely do it, but this is really embarrassing for me... Even if I want to, I don't have the strength!..." Yang Reform sighed.

Seeing the emperor's frowning look, the ministers from all over the place secretly laughed again.

Yang Reform looked in a dilemma. Sitting on the throne, he was in a dilemma. He was in a dilemma.

"Everyone, please tell me, what should we do? You can't let the soldiers bleed during the war and cry after the war, my lord, who treats heroes like this? I still can't bear this harsh reputation... ...All of you are here today, talking about it, and giving me an idea..." Yang Reform looked helpless, and asked everyone to give an idea.

Ministers from all over the place, everyone looks at me, and I look at you.

"Your Majesty! The imperial court has its own laws and regulations. Whether it is pensions or burning and burying silver, there are rules and regulations that cannot be changed lightly, let alone abolished lightly. How can such a bargain with the imperial court be tolerated? Your Majesty, this is simply nonsense. !" Cao Yubian immediately stood up and sternly denounced today's incident.

"Your Majesty, this is simply unreasonable. I advise you to immediately fork this person out..."

"Your Majesty, this person does not know the heights of heaven and earth, and dares to threaten the court. I think that this person should be stripped of his official clothes immediately and handed over to the judicial office..."

Immediately, a group of civil servants stood up to support Cao Yubian. Everyone can see today's incident. It is the emperor who is going to make trouble. Naturally, it is impossible for the emperor to easily do what he wants.

Seeing that these people were arguing fiercely, Yang Reform suppressed them with his hands.

"Your gentlemen are right.... Hehehe... the court's law, I just heard from Master Sun that one of the soldiers in the guards died, and only two taels of silver were given. You think, this is The law of the imperial court? Two taels! Feel your conscience, a human life is worth two taels? You have always taught me to love the people and be sympathetic to the people, so they are not my people? Is it so sympathetic? Feeling that your family has no sons Children and grandchildren go to the battlefield, so you don’t need to cherish the lives of these people, right? If you think that two taels of silver is worth a life, I would like to send your sons and grandchildren to the battlefield, and give them two taels of silver when they die. How do you feel?" Yang Reform said a little angrily.

When the emperor said this, Cao Yubian and his group were immediately dumbfounded. Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and scholars have been in the forefront. Military households are not even as good as merchants. When will the lives of military households compare with the lives of scholars?But this is what they talk about and play by themselves. In the eyes of the emperor, they are all subjects without exception.When the emperor talked about letting their own sons and grandsons go to the battlefield, these individuals were already speechless.Even Cao Yubian hesitated. He thought it was his duty to fight the emperor, but he thought that he was over 70, his grandson had grown up, and he even had a great-grandson. If he was really sent to the battlefield ... Well, the emperor is a master of what he says and does what he says. If his sons and grandsons are really put on the battlefield,... At that time, the white-haired man will send the black-haired man... Cao Yubian also hesitated stand up……

"What, I have nothing to say? Now I'm not going to talk about the court's laws, but to arrange for my heroes of the Ming Dynasty..." Yang Reform said.

"Your Majesty, it is difficult for a minister to agree with this statement, and the court's laws and regulations must not be dismissed lightly. Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen have their own divisions. Scholars have their own duties. Soldiers, military households, and soldiers should also have their own duties... ..." Cao Yubian still came out to disrupt the situation.

There are even people holding back their faces, ready to respond to the emperor's words, ready to send their own children and grandchildren to the battlefield, so as to block the emperor's words, but thinking of their own sons going to the battlefield... This is too cruel, and it needs such cruel treatment Are your sons and grandchildren?He hesitated again.

"I heard what the Qing family meant. It means that soldiers deserve to be unlucky, right? If they die, they deserve to die. They deserve only two taels of buried silver, right?" Yang Reform asked.

"...Your Majesty, the imperial court has its own laws..." Cao Yubian still insisted. The reason why Cao Yubian insisted so much was that he knew that the emperor would make trouble today, but he didn't know what the emperor was going to do. He is very concerned about every move, so try to oppose it if you can, and it's best not to change anything.

"Cao Qing's family, I understand what you mean. According to what you mean, soldiers are born to be cheaper than others, right? They deserve it right if they die in battle, right? Others use their lives to fight in the front. It doesn't count if you die. , can’t eat, can’t put on clothes, you deserve it, don’t you? If you die, you deserve to be rolled up in a mat, right?” Yang Reform asked.

"..." Cao Yubian still wanted to talk, but he didn't know that the emperor continued.

"...British Duke, your ancestors were also from the army. What do you think of this statement?" Yang Reform did not wait for Cao Yubian to speak, so he asked the British Duke Zhang Weixian who was standing at the front of the team.

"Your Majesty! If it is said that soldiers are naturally inferior to others, then the old minister will be the first to refuse! My ancestors were born in the war with the Taizu, and they also started as soldiers. If the soldier's life is cheap, wouldn't that be scolding?" After I wait for these nobles to be sluts? Your Majesty, the old minister didn't play with him..." Zhang Weixian said angrily, gnashing his teeth and stomping his feet as he spoke, looking humiliated.

"Your Majesty, whoever said that the life of a soldier is cheap, I didn't play with him..."

"Your Majesty, I didn't play with him..."

More nobles also stood up, furiously supporting Zhang Weixian, and turned their angry eyes on Cao Yubian and others. They all started from small soldiers, and they said that the life of soldiers is cheap, so naturally they blamed their ancestors. It doesn't matter if they talk about it behind their backs, but to say it so blatantly can only be said to have caused public outrage.

The situation on the field changed suddenly. Originally, court councilors were basically literati, but now there are more nobles and generals. The comparison of power is suddenly out of proportion.

The nobles were arguing, and some even cursed angrily. This award ceremony immediately felt like a vegetable market.Yang Reform also smiled secretly when he saw it, and took Cao Yubian into the gutter with him. These guys are also used to being arrogant and have no scruples in speaking and doing things, so they have almost no defense against this aspect.

"Your Majesty, I have never..." Cao Yubian was ready to argue amid the anger of the nobles, but he never said that the life of a soldier is cheap, that's what the emperor said.But now everyone thinks that he said it, and he can hardly argue.

Yang Reform suppressed his hand, and the nobles stopped, and Cao Yubian couldn't continue talking.

"Okay, gentlemen, I have never said that the life of a soldier is cheap, and I have always treated them equally. They are all my subjects. I have no reason to treat one person more favorably than another. Since the life of a soldier is not cheap, it is natural to think about it." A way to properly arrange these heroes..." Yang Reform said, bringing out the most critical purpose of today.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this matter is extremely simple! If it weren't for someone's obstruction, this matter would never have happened. What do you want Lin Baihu to do with his great achievements in the war? Your Majesty! It's not the old minister who slandered the court. Some people, this matter, the imperial court did not behave authentically, thinking that Lin Baihu and the others had so much credit for burning to death and killing and injuring more than ten thousand people. People, on one person's head, at least fifty heads can be distributed, can't fifty heads be exchanged for an official of a hundred households? Your Majesty, according to the old minister, Lin Baihu and others, His Majesty should give Everyone is an official of a hundred households, regardless of whether they are injured or not, as long as they want, they can take the officials of a hundred households to return to their hometowns for the elderly, and they are not assigned any errands, and they are not assigned a job. Why not just take officials from hundreds of households back to the hometown to provide for the elderly? Why not just treat these heroes with money from the court? It also saves some people from always worrying about the fate of being a soldier, saying Why do soldiers deserve to be unlucky all their lives, don't take our soldiers' lives seriously... let the world see His Majesty's mind, and let the world see that Your Majesty is not a mean person, but a benevolent person The master of enlightenment is a virtuous king..." Zhang Weixian immediately took the lead, and immediately emptied this rhetoric.

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of booing from the nobles.After hearing this, Yang Reform felt at ease. He has never found a suitable person to speak out about this matter. After much deliberation, only No. 1 is honored. Zhang Weixian is the most suitable for this job. He is qualified enough. Old, people are old enough, and they are not afraid of being tough. They are honorable heads, and they started with martial arts... Compared with others, only Zhang Weixian came out to say this. Of course, for this matter, Yang The reform did not use less brains, and did not give Zhang Weixian his favorite "stocks".

"Your Majesty, I also think that what the Duke said is reasonable. Some people must have obstructed this matter. Otherwise, where would such a thing happen? The military exploits that he worked so hard in the Sancha River were just lost by those people." No more, more than 1 heads, how many officials have been given? Your Majesty, this is enough for each of them to have a hundred households..."

"...That's right, Your Majesty, the court is doing things unfairly, and someone has deceived Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to investigate thoroughly..."

"...That's right, Your Majesty, some people in the court did things unfairly, and that's the credit of other people's lives in exchange for it! Why did you just dismiss it like this? If it's a minister, I'll fight for it..."

"...Your Majesty, I also agree with what the Duke said, so I don't need to think of a way to settle it! Just give it to an official, and then let them go home to recuperate or provide for the elderly. Isn't it just an extra set of official clothes for the court? ? Give more salary? With their contribution, worth it!..."

"Your Majesty, the minister also praised the Duke of the State and said that the imperial court should not treat those heroes like this. This matter must have been retaliated by some people who were born as soldiers..."

During this grand ceremony, people from all over the place, especially the nobles, quarreled and clamored that the Duke's method was good, that the court was unfair, that the meritorious officials were treated badly, and that some people wiped out their merits.Some military generals saw that the more they talked, the more lively they became, and they also joined in. This grand ceremony is even more lively.

At this point in time, Yang Reform began to laugh. After waiting for a long time, he finally reached this step.

Cao Yubian and other civil servants watched in horror as the nobles made a fuss, and then looked at the emperor in horror. When the meritorious service was determined, the emperor also participated in it at the beginning, but that's not how it was calculated!The emperor also said at the time that the profit should be distributed to other people, otherwise, hot air balloons alone would not be able to burn so many Tartars to death.Has it become unfair to the court?
The nobles are more and more happy, making you civil servants look down on soldiers. Our ancestors were all born in the army. Although I don’t know what happened, but I saw someone taking the lead, especially those prestigious nobles. If you take the lead, it is naturally a vigorous noise. I am afraid that things will not be a big deal. It has been a long time since I have scolded civil servants so readily.

It is also rare for military generals to have someone come out to say something fair to themselves, waiting for those nobles to scold civil servants, some generals couldn't help it, and joined the nobles to scold them.

(End of this chapter)