Today is the twenty-third day of Zhu Ping'an's appointment, this day is sunny, the sky is clear, the sun is beautiful, Zhu Ping'an still goes to the office room of the Tai adults to cultivate a tacit understanding according to the custom......

Usually, as soon as Zhu Ping'an appeared, Lord Zhentai would say the word "no" before Zhu Ping'an spoke.

But it's a pity that Zhu Ping'an and Zhentai cultivated a tacit understanding for twenty-three days, which was broken by Lord Zhentai today.

Today, as soon as Zhu Ping'an walked to the door of the office room, he saw Lord Zhentai looking at him with a smile on his face, beckoning to him enthusiastically, and said warmly, "Zihou is here, come in quickly." ”

(⊙o⊙)… Zhu Ping'an was surprised at first, and then a heartfelt smile appeared on his face. Lord Zhentai broke the tacit understanding, which means that things have changed, doesn't that mean that the food and salary have been settled.

"Meet Lord Zhentai, the lower officials are here to trouble you again." Zhu Ping'an walked into the room, smiled and bowed.

"Where, Zi is serious, you are responsible for your duties, it is too late for the official to be happy, why bother. If everyone in the yamen is as responsible for their duties as you are, this official can laugh out loud in his dreams at night. ”

Zhentai waved his hand, smiled gently, and praised Zhu Ping'an.

"The predecessors of the yamen are all serious and responsible people, and the lower officials are also learning from their predecessors." Zhu Ping'an said modestly.

"Zihou, don't speak for them, what they look like, I know it all these years." Zhentai shook his head and smiled, then waved his hand again, "Forget it, don't talk about the short and long after the person, you will understand in the future." ”

Zhu Ping'an wanted to continue to save the respect of Chu Xiong and them, but Zhentai didn't give Zhu Ping'an a chance, and Zhentai continued, "I have good news for you, the military rations and salaries that you have been thinking about have been approved by the imperial court." ”

And so it was!

Although he had already guessed the answer, he couldn't help but be excited when he heard Lord Zhentai say that the military rations had been approved.

"The military rations have been approved?! Thank you Lord Zhentai for your trouble, and the military rations and salaries can be approved so quickly. Zhu Ping'an showed an excited expression on his face, and thanked Lord Zhentai again and again.

"Hehe, in fact, I will just write a few applications, besides, assisting Zihou in reorganizing the army is also within the official's duty, Zihou doesn't need to thank me." Lord Tsudai smiled and waved his hand.

"Naturally, I would like to thank Lord Zhentai, if it weren't for the fact that the Lord took the responsibility and repeatedly applied to the court without tirelessness and not being afraid of the court's surprise, this military ration and salary would not have been approved so quickly."

Zhu Ping'an insisted on thanking Lord Zhentai.

"Hehe, Zihou, you worshiped the wrong temple this time. The reason why the imperial court approved it so quickly this time was because of the blessing of Xu Gelao, and the official did not dare to take credit. I heard that when Elder Xu Ge was discussing the troubles of the people, he mentioned that the militia is a useful supplement to the guard and the new army, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, where the plague is serious, and it is necessary to attach importance to the role of the militia. It was precisely because of Xu Gelao's attention to the militia that the Ministry of War approved our application for military rations so quickly. Lord Tsudai said with a smile.

When Zhu Ping'an heard this, the corners of his mouth pulled up slightly. If there is really someone in the imperial court who is good at being an official, calculating the time, it has only been more than ten days since he submitted the letter to the seat master Xu Jie, and it has only been about ten days since the letter arrived in the hands of the seat master Xu Jie. Excluding the decision-making time of the relevant departments of the Ministry of War and the time when the letter of approval of the Ministry of War arrived at the Criminal Division, it is estimated that after the letter was delivered to Xu Jie, Xu Jie, the master, helped him solve the problem of military rations and salaries without a trace on the same day or the next day.

is so fast, it is worthy of being a master.

Moreover, the way Xu Jie's handling is also very artistic and political. If Xu Jie, the master, directly exerted influence on the military department, and ordered the military department to take care of himself and approve the application for military rations as soon as possible, it might be counterproductive. Because, Yan Song's party has a much deeper influence on the Ministry of War than Xu Jie. I offended the Yan Party at the beginning, this is a well-known thing in the capital, and the Yan Party henchmen of the Ministry of War don't stumble on themselves, so how can they make their military rations look smooth.

Master Xu Jie was well aware of this, so he did not adopt this counterproductive method, but pointed out the role of the militia in front of the saint during the court discussion, especially pointed out that Jiangnan, which is seriously troubled, should pay extra attention to the role of the militia. The elder of the cabinet has spoken, and the saint has also acquiesced, and of course the six departments and other divisions must pay more attention to it and implement it, and the military department will naturally not be an exception. Then, the Ministry of War noticed the application for military rations and salaries submitted by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Procuratorial Departments, and did not think much about it, so it was approved. In this way, it fully embodies the political wisdom of the master Xu Jie.

Xu Shi is not a Xu Shi, Zhu Ping'an admires it.

"This is an official document issued by the imperial court, Zihou can take it and go to the Yingtian Soldiers Department to pay the food and salary."

Zhentai handed the official document of the imperial court's instructions to Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an took the approval document with both hands, glanced at it, and found that the court only approved 5,000 taels of the 10,000 taels of food and salary requested.

10,000 taels is the result of being worried that the court will not approve it, and it has been compressed and compressed, and 5,000 taels is too stretched.

"The imperial court's finances are tight, and it's good to be able to approve five thousand taels. In general, half of the budget requested can be approved, which is considered good. Seeing Zhu Ping'an's expression, Zhentai reached out and patted Zhu Ping'an's shoulder, and then said, "Zihou, you must know the truth that you can't chew too much." In the early stage, the experience of leading troops was insufficient, and the number of militia groups should not be too large, limited to 1,000 people, and the 5,000 taels of food and salary were enough to support a period of time. ”

"Adults see what they teach." Zhu Ping'an tugged at the corners of his mouth slightly.

Thousands?! That's not enough for a thousand. Taking the military salary of the Qi family army as an example, the military salary of a soldier in the Qi family army is about eighteen taels of silver a year. The 5,000 taels of silver were only enough for the annual salary of 277 people.

This is only the military salary, not counting the soldiers' weapons and armor, as well as daily food, clothing, and housing.

All of them are counted, and these five thousand taels of silver are estimated to be only enough for the expenses of a hundred soldiers for a year, and they have to be frugal.

The militia trained 100 soldiers?!

What about playing?!

What is 100 people for?! In this period of increasing trouble, a hundred people could not even turn over a flower.

Of course, Zhu Ping'an had expected this situation for a long time, Zhu Ping'an was waiting for the imperial court to approve the food and salary, but he did not pin everything on this instruction. With the instructions of the imperial court and the payment of salaries from the imperial court, it shows that this militia is the militia of the imperial court, not my Zhu Ping'an's private soldiers, and this righteousness stands. For the insufficient part of the salary, I can just think of other ways, such as soliciting sponsorship, feeding the war with war, etc., there are many ways.