Today is the twenty-third day of Zhu Pingan’s appointment, this day the sun is bright, the sky is clear, the sun is beautiful and windy, Zhu Pingan in accordance with the usual practice, still go to the臬台大人 office room to cultivate a tacit understanding of ……
In the past, when Zhu Pingan showed up, the provincial governor would say the word “no” before Zhu Pingan opened his mouth.
However, unfortunately, the tacit understanding that Zhu Pingan had cultivated with the TST for twenty-three days was broken by the TST today.
Today, as soon as Zhu Pingan showed up at the door of the Tuan Tai’s office room, he saw the Tuan Tai elder looking at him with a smile on his face, warmly beckoning to him, and warmly saying, “Zi Hou has come over, quickly come in.”
(⊙o⊙)… Zhu Pingan was first taken aback for a moment, followed by a heartfelt smile on his face. If the provincial governor broke the tacit agreement, it meant that things had changed, and wouldn’t that mean that the food and wages were in good hands.
“Greetings to the provincial governor, my humble servant has come to trouble you again.”Zhu Pingan stepped into the room and smiled as he bowed his hand in salute.
“Where, Zihou is overstating it, you are responsible for your duties, this official is too happy to be in trouble, why trouble. If everyone in the Yamen was as responsible for their duties as you are, this official would be able to laugh out loud in his dreams at night.”
The magistrate waved his hand and with a gentle smile on his face, he praised Zhu Pingan properly.
“The seniors of the Yamen are all serious and responsible people, my humble servant is also learning from the seniors.”Zhu Pingan humbly said.
“Zi Hou, don’t speak for them, what kind of people they are, I have long felt them clearly over the years.”The tier shook his head and laughed, then waved his hand again, “Forget it, don’t discuss short and long after people, you’ll understand in the future.”
Zhu Pingan wanted to continue to salvage respect for Chu Xiong and the others, but Tuan Tai didn’t give Zhu Pingan a chance, Tuan Tai then said, “I’ll tell you a good news, you can’t forget about the army’s food and rations, the imperial court has already approved it.”
Sure enough!
Even though he had already guessed the answer, he could not help but be excited after hearing that the army reserves had been approved.
“The army rations have been approved? Thank you for taking the trouble, so that the army rations could be approved so quickly.”Zhu Pingan had an excited expression on his face as he repeatedly arched his hand and thanked Lord Tuan Tai.
“Hehe, in fact, I only know how to write a few applications, besides, assisting Zi Hou in reorganising the military reserves is also within the scope of this official’s duties, so there is no need for Zi Hou to thank me.”Lord Tuan Tai smiled and waved his hand.
“Naturally, I have to thank Lord Tuan Tai, if it were not for the fact that your lordship took on the responsibility of repeatedly applying to the court without being tired of it or afraid of the court’s disapproval, this military reserve rations would not have been approved so quickly.”
Zhu Pingan insisted on thanking Lord Tuan Tai.
“Hehe, Zihou, you are worshipping the wrong temple this time. The reason why the court approved it so quickly this time is thanks to the blessing of Pavilion Master Xu, this official does not dare to take credit for it. I heard that Xu pavilion elder in the court discussion of the Japanese, mentioned that the militia is the guards, the new army is a useful supplement, especially in the Japanese serious Jiangnan, to pay attention to the role of the militia to play. It is also because of Pavilion Master Xu’s emphasis on militia groups that the Ministry of War approved our application for military provisions so quickly.”Elder Xu said with a smile.
The corner of Zhu Pingan’s mouth pulled up slightly at his words. It is true that there are people in the court who are good at being an official ah, counting the time, he submitted a letter to the seat master Xu step only after a dozen or so days, leaving aside the time the letter is in transit, the letter arrives at the hands of the seat master Xu step only for about ten days only. Then remove the Ministry of the relevant departments of the decision-making time as well as the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of war instructions letter arrived at the time of the Division of time, it is estimated that the letter sent to the seat of the Division of the hands of Xu order, the seat of the Division of Xu order the same day or the next day without a trace to help themselves to solve the problem of the soldiers’ food and pay.
Such a speedy, worthy of the seat teacher Xu step.
Moreover, the way to deal with the seat teacher Xu order is also very artistic, very political skill. If the seat teacher Xu step directly to the Ministry of the army to exert influence, make the Ministry of the army to take care of themselves, as soon as possible to approve the application of the army reserve rations, then perhaps it will be counterproductive. Because, Yan Song’s influence on the Ministry of War is much deeper than Xu Shi. He was offended by the Yan party, which in the capital is a well-known thing, the Ministry of war of the Yan party henchmen do not give themselves trips are considered good, how will let their own army reserve food and pay God smooth it.
Seat division Xu step is well aware of this, so he did not use this counterproductive way, but in the court meeting, in front of the saint pointed out the role of the militia group in the role of the special point under the Japanese serious Jiangnan to pay extra attention to the role of the militia group to play. The courtier sent word, the saint also acquiesced, six ministries and other departments of course to raise the importance of and to implement, the Ministry of War naturally will not be an exception. Then, the Ministry of War noticed the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Tijinzhu Zhiqi Division submitted an application for military provisions, did not think much about it, and approved it by hand. In such a way, fully reflects the political wisdom of the seat division Xu Shi.
Xu Shi is not bad, Zhu Pingan admired.
“This is the official document of approval issued by the court, Zi Hou take it and go to Yingtian Ministry of Military Affairs to list the food and wages and it will be fine.”
The Tuan Tai handed the official document approved by the court to Zhu Pingan.
Zhu Pingan received the approval document with both hands, scanned it, and found that for the 10,000 taels of grain and rations applied for, the court only approved 5,000 taels.
Ten thousand taels were the result of his own fear of the court’s disapproval, compressed and compressed, five thousand taels was also too stretched.
“The court’s finances are tight, it’s already good to be able to approve five thousand taels. The budget that is usually requested, it is considered good to have half of it approved.”Seeing the expression on Zhu Pingan’s face, the tutor reached out and patted Zhu Pingan’s shoulder, then said, “Zi Hou, you must know the truth that greed is not good enough. Initially inexperienced in leading troops, the number of militia groups should not be too large, with a limit of a thousand people, these 5,000 taels of grain and rations are also enough to support for a period of time.”
“Your Honour’s insight is correct.”Zhu Pingan slightly pulled the corner of his mouth.
A thousand people? This amount of grain and rations would not be enough for a thousand men. Taking the Qi Jia Army’s military pay as an example, a soldier in the Qi Jia Army’s military pay for a year was about eighteen taels of silver. These 5,000 taels of silver would only be enough to pay 277 people for a year.
This is only the salary, not counting the soldier’s weapons and armour, as well as daily food, clothing and housing.
All in all, this 5,000 taels of silver, it is estimated that only enough for one hundred soldiers a year of spending, but also have to be frugal to do so.
A hundred soldiers for a militia group?
For fun?
What’s a hundred men enough for? In this period of increasing Japanese invasion, a hundred men can’t even turn over a flower.
Of course, Zhu Pingan had already anticipated this situation, Zhu Pingan was waiting for the court to approve the rations, but did not put all his trust in this approval. The court’s approval of the rations is only the general righteousness, with the court’s approval, with the court’s payment of rations, it shows that this militia is the court’s militia, not my Zhu Pingan’s private soldiers, this general righteousness will stand. The lack of food and pay, they think of other ways is, such as pulling sponsorship ah, war to feed the war ah, and so on, there are many ways.
