The Yang Wenguang in front of him is far from the image of the white-flour-lipped young general in the romance, although his face is not dark, he looks calm and experienced in the world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info has a big waist and a round waist, and at first glance he is a powerful person.

Xu Ping said: "Jiangmen Huzi is really not comparable to ordinary people. Come on, bring a chair for General Yang! ”

The Zhuang Ke next to him moved a chair and put it in his hand, Yang Wenguang thanked him and sat down.

Gao Daquan pointed to another person beside him: "This is Di Qing, when he was young, he was angry with people, beat people, and was stabbed and assigned to the army." Because of his excellent martial arts, he was selected into the forbidden army, and now he is by my side. ”

Hearing this name, Xu Ping couldn't help laughing. Gao Daquan is quite good at making friends with players, and he just finds two people out to drink, and they are all famous figures in later generations.

Di Qing was because his brother was fighting with others, and he served his sentence on behalf of his brother and was stabbed into the army. The tattoo is naturally charged to the prison camp of the Xiang army, and the tattoo on the face is the treatment of criminals, and the tattoo of the forbidden army will not be pierced there, generally in a position that does not obstruct the view such as the wrist and tiger's mouth. Moreover, the treatment of the forbidden army is relatively high, and they receive a salary until they are sixty years old, and they also receive half a salary after being discharged from service in sixty years, until they die of old age, and the ordinary petty officials are not as good as them. This kind of treatment, how can it be a crime to be filled in. Di Qing was selected by the forbidden army from the Xiang army, his body was qualified, and he tried the bow and horse equipment before he was transferred to the forbidden army.

Xu Ping has held several positions, basically in charge of the army's money and food distribution, and has deep feelings about the military expenditure in this era. When it comes to financial difficulties, we often talk about the "three redundancies": redundant officials and redundant soldiers, but in fact, the bulk is military spending. A forbidden army, in this era, to say that the local government raised a grain forbidden army, it needs the taxes of three households to provide grain and rice, not including the money that really raises the army, and the money comes from the three divisions and the inner treasury. In terms of money alone, a cavalryman of the forbidden army costs a little more than 100 yuan a year, and an infantry person costs 60 or 70 yuan a year. There was actually a shortage in the forbidden army, but the money and food distribution was always sufficient, and in fact, each person spent more money. In terms of treatment alone, the forbidden army is not something that can be done if you want to.

The other side of Chongwen and suppressing the military is the money to buy the warriors, at the same level, the military general's salary is much higher than that of the civilian official, the income of ordinary soldiers in the forbidden army is much higher than that of public officials, and the income of the Xiang army is not comparable to that of the errand soldiers. If the political status of the warrior is suppressed, he needs financial compensation, and the soldier is not stupid, how can he do it if there is no benefit?

The Song army couldn't fight, at least not because the money given was not enough, except for the troubled times like the Five Dynasties, the income of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty in peacetime was much higher than that of other dynasties. But combat effectiveness is something that will not increase with the increase in income.

Di Qing was selected into the forbidden army, and his life was not bad, if he was muddy for a lifetime, it would be over. Although he came from a humble background, he has ideals, and he can really fight. In this way, it is a little embarrassing in the Sanya Forbidden Army, the Forbidden Army is a place where people talk about connections and backgrounds, and there is no war in peacetime, and an outsider is more capable than others everywhere, and it is not pleasing to the eye in everyone's eyes. In the end, he was chosen by Gao Daquan to be by his side, and he can be regarded as a marquis.

Gao Daquan did not go well when he entered the forbidden army, although he had Xu Ping as a backer, and even the emperor himself tested it and praised him, but it was useless. The official promotion has been quite smooth, but he has never held real power for so many years, and he has always been a deputy. In this era, the official title with the word deputy is not necessarily the deputy position, in most cases it is actually the main position, and the real deputy position in the army is the marquis of Du Yu and the marquis of Yu. Yu Hou is often used as a title for the helpers of high-ranking military generals, which is already very revealing. The real power of the forbidden army is all held by the main position, even if it is the palace front, the horse army, and the infantry army of the three marquis of the eighth management army, they are also idle, and they have no real power in their hands, and they need other dispatches to take charge of the army.

This kind of life of being excluded is not easy, when Xu Ping was by his side, although he did not manage the regular army, in the end he was a person who could really call the shots. After arriving at the forbidden army, the officials became bigger and bigger, but there were always so few people in charge. The dignified military-level deputy has five or six thousand people in the first army, and he can only take Di Qing with such an entourage when he comes out. You must know that the senior officers of Sanya, who are about the same status as him, are not hugging each other when they go out, and many of their entourage are silk and satin.

Gao Daquan has a calm personality, no matter how big the difficulties are, he silently bears them, Xu Ping is already kind to him, and he has never mentioned these trivial things in life. In fact, it's useless to talk to Xu Ping, let alone Xu Ping's status, even when he is the prime minister, he can't control the three yali. Unless he is like Lu Yijian, who is intertwined and can take the opportunity of nominating the general in charge of the army to exchange interests with the real power figures in the army, he can only watch.

At this time, Di Qing was just a small officer, and there was nothing special about it, Xu Ping remembered his name in his heart, and ordered Zhuang Ke to move the chair and sit under Yang Wenguang.

Seeing that Li Di and Chen Yaozuo were a little unhappy, Xu Ping said: "When I was in Yongzhou, a few miles out of the city, it was all barbarian villages. Yongzhou is thousands of miles wide, but the number of households and people that the imperial court can manage is less than 1,000 households, and there are only two or three counties. In a few years, it was possible to encompass the soil into Ding, build a cane sugar business, and finally break through Jiaozhi, all of which depended on the concerted efforts of the army and the people. So when I saw the soldiers, I looked very kind, and the two of them were tolerant. ”

Li Di said: "This is the Zhuangzi of Longtu, we naturally follow the host, we don't have to mind." ”

Gao Daquan could see that the two ministers were a little unhappy that a few middle- and lower-level generals were sitting with them, so he bowed his hand to Xu Ping and said: "The officials have something to talk about here, and it is inconvenient for a few of us to disturb, so we will go and talk to Tan Hu." ”

Xu Ping nodded: "Okay, you haven't seen each other for a few days, and it's good to talk about brotherhood." ”

Yang Wenguang and Di Qing got up and said goodbye with Gao Daquan.

Watching the three of them leave, Xu Ping said to Li Di and Chen Yaozuo: "This Gao Daquan, with my achievements in Yongzhou, I returned to the capital and joined the forbidden army, although the promotion was still rapid, but it was a little unsatisfactory. ”

Li Di said: "With his current status, he has a lot of money and food, and he can be regarded as rich, what else is unsatisfactory?" ”

"People who have been in battle to kill the enemy and have made military achievements are different from ordinary martial artists in the Taiping world, and they always have some thoughts in their hearts. Although this was a chance encounter, I guess he didn't mean to wait for me in his heart. What is Sanya like, the two ministers must know it in their hearts, and they are afraid that they will not be happy. Now that the northwest is in turmoil, I see the meaning of Gao Daquan, but I am afraid that I want to leave the capital and go to the border to fight for military merits, so as to save some idleness. ”

Chen Yaozuo said: "It's a good thing to have this idea, if we have the opportunity after returning to Beijing, we might as well let them go to the northwest." With their current status, they are not up or down in the capital, and it is difficult to have a chance to get ahead. When you go to the borderlands, at least you can manage the soldiers and horses of one state and one county, and you really have the talent of a general, and you can only stand out in that kind of place. ”

Xu Ping nodded and didn't talk any more. When talking about these things with the two people who were going to be prime ministers, they didn't have the heart and were a little disrespectful. As long as they give them an impression, there is a shortage of people in the frontier positions, and they will be sent over when they think about it.