Zhang Jing once again rejected Zhu Ping'an's request on the grounds that the yamen had no surplus silver to withdraw.

The Yamen of the Ying Tianbing Department has a serious deficit and no treasury silver?!

No!

After Zhang Jing was reappointed as the secretary of the Yingtian Military Department, he was very concerned about the Japanese troubles, actively raised grain, grass and silver, recruited brave soldiers, and prepared for resisting and exterminating the Japanese invaders. Before Zhu Ping'an came, he specially learned that the Yamen of the Ministry of War had 27,000 taels of treasury silver before, and after Zhang Jing took office, he borrowed 20,000 taels of pasture silver from the Ministry of War, 10,000 taels of grain and grass silver from the Yingtianhu Department, and borrowed 50,000 taels of silver from Huai Salt and Silver, and more than 50,000 taels of silver from Suzhou Prefecture and Houhu Bank...... All in all, the treasury of the Ministry of War and the Yamen must have about 200,000 yuan. I took five thousand taels of silver myself, how could I not have it!

Yes, but if you don't pay for yourself, then there is a problem.

Zhu Ping'an squinted his eyes slightly, and carefully observed Zhang Jing without a trace, but found nothing. Also, Zhang Jing is not an idle person, Wen Tao is both martial and powerful, how can he be observed by himself.

"Lord Zhang, now that the Japanese plague is becoming more and more serious, and the people are deeply affected by it, Ping An urgently needs this salary and silver, so as to reorganize the army, raise the militia group, and do his part to resist the Japanese invaders." Zhu Ping'an arched his hand again and said earnestly.

"I don't know that the woes are serious." Zhang Jing replied, "It is precisely because of the serious situation that our department has spent a lot of money on deploying troops and recruiting brave soldiers, so our department has a serious deficit, and there is no surplus money to pay to Lord Zhu." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an finally understood, it was not that the Ministry of War had no treasury silver, Zhang Jing wanted to use the silver to transfer troops and recruit brave soldiers. Thinking about the questions that Zhang Jingfang asked himself, he probably felt that he had not dried up, had no experience in commanding troops, and planned to lead the militia again, where could the militia be comparable to the officers and soldiers of the guard post and the brave new army, so he felt that his side was unreliable and not worth the 5,000 silver; In his opinion, the role he can play in dispatching troops and recruiting brave soldiers is far more effective than his own mobilization of militias, which is more effective in this period of increasingly serious trouble.

Weigh the two.

Zhang Jing made a choice without hesitation, withheld his salary, and instead embezzled the deployment of troops and recruited brave soldiers.

"Mr. Zhang, today's officers and soldiers of the guard are not the same as in the past, the guard tuntian has been repeatedly encroached upon, and the official survey and statistics show that the actual control of the guard is less than 30% of the original tuntian, and the economic capacity has dropped significantly, resulting in the worse the allocation of the guard, and the deduction of food and salary arrears has become the norm; The soldiers of the guard were reduced to the domestic slaves of the powerful nobles, who could not be abused, and there were countless deserters. The average number of officers and men in each guard post has dropped from 5,000 to 1,700, and this number is still watery, and the soldiers who remain in the guard post are old, weak, sick and disabled account for a considerable proportion, and there is hardly much combat effectiveness to speak of. How much role can the officers and soldiers of such a guard post play when they are dispatched over?! ”

Zhu Ping'an arched his hand and said.

Zhang Jing didn't answer, nor did he stop Zhu Ping'an from speaking, but just looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes.

Seeing this, Zhu Ping'an continued, "As for the brave new army, it is indeed more effective than the officers and soldiers of the guard. However, the new army is a regular soldier formation, and its cost is much higher than that of the militia group. According to the calculation of the salary of 18 taels per soldier, 5,000 taels of silver for the brave new army is only enough for the annual salary of 277 people, but these 5,000 taels of silver is enough for Jiangsu and Zhejiang to have one more imperial force in addition to the guard and the new army - the militia group. ”

"If the guard is unusable, the militia will be usable?! Spending 5,000 taels of silver, what good is it for an unusable militia to be with the people of the country?! Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes and said slowly.

"My lord, the militia is the new army, the militia is useless, the key is tempering." Zhu Ping'an replied.

"Lord Zhu also said that the key to the militia is tempering, Lord Zhu is not weak, and he has no experience in commanding the army, how to temper a useful militia regiment?!" Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes and said unceremoniously.

"Lord Zhang, although the subordinate is not weak and has no experience in commanding troops, he has experience in commanding the people. Three months ago, Xiaguan Jingnan Zhixian took office, the head of the Japanese thieves Honda Heihachi led more than 3,000 Japanese to besiege Jingnan County, at that time the county soldiers were less than 100, the lower officials organized 2,000 young people to assist in defending the city, and the Japanese invaders fought fiercely for a day and a night, defended the county seat, and captured 795 Japanese heads, and the next day Xiaguan organized the people to pursue the Japanese who fled to Taiping County, killed 31 Japanese invaders, and restored the Taiping County occupied by the Japanese invaders; At the beginning of the month, Wang Zhi sent more than 6,000 Japanese pirates under Ye Zong's command to attack Jingnan at night, and the coastal outposts found traces of the Japanese in advance......"

Zhu Ping'an looked at Zhang Jing with a pair of eyes, and told his experience of organizing the people in Jingnan.

"I've also heard people talk about your experience, and whether there is water or not is there for the time being, defending the city is completely different from training and commanding troops."

Zhang Jing shook his head slightly, and did not change his decision because Zhu Ping'an cited his achievements in leading the people.

In Zhang Jing's view, Zhu Ping'an's achievements at that time must have been there, but there must also be moisture. Moreover, training troops to command troops is completely different from defending a city, and the difference between the two is very large, and defending a city may not necessarily be able to train troops to command good soldiers.

"My lord......" Zhu Ping'an spoke again.

Zhang Jing interrupted Zhu Ping'an's words, "What does Master Zhu think is the key to training a useful soldier?" ”

"The subordinate officers believe that the key to the training of the army lies in strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, strict training, and ideological education."

Zhu Ping'an replied.

"Military discipline is strict, rewards and punishments are clear, strict training, and ideological education ......" Zhang Jing heard this, and couldn't help but repeat it in a low voice, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhu Ping'an again, his gaze was not the same as at the beginning.

Zhang Wenwen is full of martial arts, and what Zhu Ping'an answers, he himself has a judgment. asked this question, but I didn't expect to find out that Zhu Ping'an was actually a soldier.

"Military discipline is strict, rewards and punishments are clear, and strict training, these three points are known to the officer, what are you talking about ideological education?!"

Zhang Jing asked with interest, and his tone was also a little more kind from the beginning of not disturbing people and rejecting people thousands of miles away.

"Back to my lord. At the beginning, the people were afraid of the Japanese outside the city, and had the intention of fleeing cowardly, and the lower officials mobilized and encouraged them to "behind us are our parents, wives and children, and we have no way to retreat", "defeat the Japanese and protect our parents, wives and children", etc., and the people and heroes were suddenly in high spirits, no longer afraid of the Japanese robbers, no longer afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, and had the courage to defend the city. Therefore, the lower officials realized that if they want to make the people fearless, they must let the people have faith! Let the people know who they are fighting for! Why fight! The subordinate officers thought that the same was true for training and commanding the troops, and it was necessary to let the soldiers have faith, let them know who they were fighting for and why, and improve the ideological consciousness and spirit of the officers and men. ”