With Wanquan Dusi entering the farm, the Zhuwei Banner Army was getting used to Chen Mu's training manual little by little, and in Chen Mu's opinion, the most intuitive feeling was that the Banner Army was punished less and less times for violating discipline.

From tens of thousands of punishments in a month to thousands a month now, this is a welcome improvement.

Under Chen Mu's strict order, this year's farming is not related to the main army, and it is all dependent on the rest of the army's work, because the number of flag troops in the Wanquan Division has increased. In the past few months, the commanders of the guards have been busy hooking the army, scrambling to show their magic to hook the army.

The "Flag Army Drill Manual" formulates strict quantitative assessment standards for the flag army in various positions, but there is no assessment of the commander, Chen Mu's assessment of the commander this year is - to see who has more flag troops under his command, every month, the greatest progress is rewarded and meritorious, and the least improved is punished and gives the rewarded commander.

He was punished three times in a row, and the commander was changed.

There are too many commanders in the Xuanfu, there are no less than ten commanders waiting for each guard to sit in this position, Chen Mu does not produce commanders, he is just a porter of commanders.

There are more flag troops, there are more military surpluses, and the military field is still so large, which means that this year, the Xuanfu Wanquan Division will pay less taxes to the Xuanfu local and imperial courts, and Chen Mu has already played the handbook on this matter, and the governor Wang Chonggu has nothing to say, so he directly approved Chen Mu.

I have never seen a chief military officer who can bring his own military expenses to take office, Chen Mu This is the only one, originally in the spring needed the Ministry of Officials to give Xuanfu Jingyun 30,000 taels of silver, because Chen Mu took office, there was no need.

The Xuanfu had just given the 30,000 battalion soldiers the March military salary owed last year, Wang Chonggu was so worried that his brain was big, and after thinking about it, he thought that Chen Mu had just made a fortune from briquettes, so he sent a letter to ask Chen Mu if Xuanfu could provide ten months of military salary in the future, and General Chen would pay it for two months from the coal money.

When the letter was delivered, General Chen had already handed out the military salary for the first two months of this year to the battalion soldiers, 60,000 taels of silver, and he would send it as he said it, without any excuse. He also reported that in the future, the local battalions of Xuanfu will be under the control of Xuanfu for eight months, and the Wanquan Division will spend on January, December, June and July every year.

In addition, the number of soldiers in the Xuanfu Ming Dynasty was reduced by 20,000, from 130,000 to 110,000, eliminating empty salaries and reducing the pressure on the imperial court.

This incident made Wang Chonggu's kindness to Chen Musheng turn cautious in a blink of an eye, this is a rocket, you can never imagine where he will fly and where he will blow up.

The imperial court has two capitals and thirteen provinces, where is there no empty salary? It's everywhere. Who doesn't know about empty pay? Everybody knows.

But who dares to manage it, and who can manage it?

This is a collateral problem, and it is not something that can be clearly explained by the corruption of a single general, but it is of a chain nature -- the household department does not pay enough money, the soldiers cannot make up for the shortfall in battle, the military department is unwilling to clear the army, and the local government is even more unwilling to take a small salary, and then there is an empty salary.

If it were just one corruption, this matter would have been solved long ago!

The key reason is that there are 130,000 registered soldiers in the Xuanfu, when will the household really pay 130,000 yuan? He will always send 50,000 or 60,000 yuan in a famine year and 80,000 or 90,000 in a good year, and the two will be one against each other, but in fact, it is not to try to prevent the soldiers who threw their heads and spilled blood from starving and colding?

But Wang Chonggu knew that any governor knew that using this kind of way of solving the problem with policies and countermeasures was nothing more than drinking water to quench his thirst.

One day, when the finances of the imperial court are more difficult, I find that you can get by with 130,000 soldiers and 70,000 salaries, so can I send 30,000? Then if I don't send it to you this year, will I be able to get through it?

Well, I'll use the silver for more important purposes first.

If this happens, who can give the court a cover?

No one.

But who is to blame for this? Strange generals, strange governors, strange household departments? This thing is really not to blame the household, the court just has no money, there is a lot of tax revenue every year, but it is spent more, every time a statistic is a deficit, and the household does not make money, it is a place to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, everyone has no money can find the household to reach out and ask for money, but who is the household to go?

Even if he killed the head of the household, he had no money.

Zhang Han is the epitome of the Ming Dynasty officials in Chen Mu's eyes, everyone can feel the crisis, the feudal officials have personal southern and northern captives, the important ministers of the national capital have a bad financial crisis, the Mongolian barbarians in the north often invade, the southern rebellion is frequent, and the Yellow River has repeatedly broken down.

Why don't you use the hundred-year plan, just staring at some small profits for three years and five years?

Because the entire Ming Dynasty is being maintained tremblingly from the monarch to the ministers, who dares to think about a hundred years later?

Now for three and five years, I can't go on!

But is it good to be like Chen Mu?

In his letter to General Zhenshuo, Zhang Juzheng pointed out the inappropriateness of Chen Mu's actions, which would increase local power and affect the stability of the center.

It's nothing more than that this private door is not Zhao Qian, Sun Li, but his Chen family.

Although Chen Mu hangs the general's seal, he is not a famous general in the hearts of the ministers, and this young descendant who has never been admitted to the reputation of Wenzhi is to be divided into the scope of 'capable ministers' in the eyes of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

What is a celebrity? It was like Qi Jiguang and Ma Fang, the imperial court gave orders and resources, and he trained his soldiers so well that no one dared to come to fight the place he guarded, and used political force to solve military problems.

Chen Mu: Is it?

He didn't, if it weren't for the general environment of peace, Chen Mu would be a good general at most, and the place he was guarding would be the most serious point of contention between the two sides, and he would be able to win if he relied on the guns.

But a hundred battles are won, and the good ones who are not good are also.

That's a big bastard who wastes money and money.

Chen Mu did not fight in the place where he arrived, he was responsible for solving the problem, and in March after taking office, he reduced the number of Xuanfu soldiers by 20,000, leaving 100,000 taels of silver for the imperial court, and he did a good job of training the soldiers and the imperial court - this is a capable minister.

It's just that the method is not mainstream, so the cabinet ministers are confused, if you continue to fool around like this, will it be chaotic? Do you want to stabilize first?

Chen Mu said in his reply to Zhang Juzheng: I know that this is not the solution, but at this time, the great talent of innovation is still constrained and cannot take off, and before the six things of the old Chen are completed, he will work hard in vain and survive for a while with this expedient measure.

Perhaps only when writing letters to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Chen Mu's sense of crisis in this land can be slightly revealed, because they have enough talent and talent, and they are also in the corresponding place, and they can see the tip of the iceberg of the crisis.

"General, what is this?"

When Chen Mu took his dog crawling manuscript and handed it to Zhao Shizhen and asked him to transcribe a copy and send it to Jingshi, Zhao Shizhen pointed to the large ink stains at the end of the letter that had been crossed out and covered.

Chen Mu smiled and said: "There are always some words in my heart, which are not enough for outsiders, it's okay, you go and transcribe it, just leave it there." ”

Watching Zhao Shizhen nodding his head and blowing the letter and sitting in the main seat of the study to transcribe, Chen Mu opened the window and let the cold spring breeze pave the way, and the flowers in the yard bloomed.

There are some things that he can hold back from saying, but he can't help but write them down and enjoy them in his heart.

Under the ink stains crossed out of the letter, Chen Mu once wrote.

"You and the emperor, drink more milk and take less aphrodisiacs."

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