"Your Majesty, I am guilty of death! Please give me a chance to make meritorious service!"
The commander of Guard 21 pressed his forehead tightly to the ground.
They were able to get into the ranks of third-grade commanders, so their minds were certainly not bad. The emperor asked them this because he didn't want to kill them.
"I originally wanted to kill you, but considering that you have worked hard all these years without any merit, I won't kill you for the time being. But there are conditions for not killing you. If you don't meet the conditions, I will still kill you!"
"First, all guards' salaries will be suspended for half a year. You can handle the salary yourself!"
"If the rectification in the second and third months fails to meet my requirements, the old and new accounts will be settled together!"
"Third, during the reorganization period, soldiers must have enough food and meat to eat every day!"
"Fourth, register your property with Jin Yiwei yourself, and use this as a certificate. If Jin Yiwei finds property that is not on the certificate and has an unknown source in the future, it will be regarded as corruption!"
"Do you have any opinions on the above four points?"
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for His grace!"
The kneeling commanders of the 21st Guards felt relieved and thanked them all.
Compared with a small life, these are nothing.
Listening to the sounds of relief from everyone, Chongzhen and Li Banghua looked at each other and laughed. After they settled their accounts, they would sometimes cry.
The current average number of guards in each guard is about 4,200, and the salary for half a year is nearly 38,000 taels.
4,200 people have to eat meat every day. Calculated at half a catty per person, it is 2,100 catties. The current price of meat is 30 copper coins per catty, which is equivalent to 66 taels per day. The difference is more than 6,000 taels in three months.
The two together would have wiped out more than half of the money they had saved after embezzlement. This was what Li Banghua proposed after calculation.
"We'll see you again in three months. Let's go get busy!"
The commander of the 21st Guards thanked him and left, and Chongzhen also left after saying a few words.
Only Li Banghua, Fang Zhenghua, Huang Degong, Cao Wenzhao and others were left at the scene.
Looking at the departing commander of the 21st Guards and Chongzhen's Luan Jia, Cao Bianjiao suddenly patted the equipment next to him and said bitterly: "Why didn't your Majesty just kill them and let them go like this? It was too easy for them." !”
"Your Majesty has your Majesty's difficulties!"
Huang Degong explained in a low voice: "It is really impossible to kill. The first guard has 1 commander, 2 commanders, 3 commanders, 5 people from a thousand households, 50 people from a hundred households, and 100 people from the general banner, a total of 161 There are a total of 3381 high, middle and low generals in the 21st Guards.
Anyone who pretends to receive military pay must be greedy from top to bottom. After dealing with the commander, should we deal with the thousands or hundreds of households below? If you kill this one but not that one, it will be difficult to convince the public.
After dealing with so much, what to do with the vacancies? This is not a matter of just a few people.
Now that I have been punished, I have also been given assessment standards. I have escaped from death. I will be more diligent in the future. If I really don’t change, it will not be too late to cut him off. "
"Chanjiao, blind killing will not solve the problem! At least for now, your Majesty's approach is the best way."
After a while, Cao Bianjiao said in a low mood: "Uncle, is this problem unsolvable? We work so hard and serve the country, are we being dragged down by this group of shameless villains?"
"Become a dragon and adjust your mentality."
Cao Wenzhao patted Cao Bianjiao's shoulder, looked at the emperor's Luan Jia who was gradually going away, and sighed.
"It's not that this problem cannot be solved. Only when we are stronger and have enough ability to cope with any changes, His Majesty will be able to carry out drastic reforms."
"As soon as His Majesty ascended the throne, he killed and eliminated eunuchs, took control of part of the military power, and decided never to increase taxes. Now the people's will is,
His Majesty's words "I have a dream" are by no means empty talk. He really has that ambition, and we are his team to realize his ambition. Therefore, only if we are stronger, he will not be afraid of any changes. "
After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao's eyes widened and he turned away without even saying hello.
"Chanjiao, where are you going?"
"I will train them to death..."
Cao Bianjiao responded without even saying anything. Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji burst out laughing at this scene.
"Brother Wenzhao, he has become brave and brave, and now he has this kind of stimulation. It is a good thing for him, but you have to watch it carefully and don't ruin the warrior camp."
Cao Wenzhao nodded and looked at the training equipment on the field: "We all came back from the frontier, so our experience of this kind of training is not very direct. How about each of our four guards pick a hundred households to train and train for half a month?" For the deadline, see the specific effects,
During this period, how about we summarize the specific issues for later promotion throughout the army? "
"Okay, let's practice by ourselves in the morning to find out the feeling, then train Xiaoqi in the afternoon, and start trying new methods tomorrow."
"Okay, let's get started..."
Everyone rushed to the training equipment.
The commanders of the 21st Guards who returned to their respective camps from the Four Tengxiang Guards quickly summoned the generals above the general banner in the guard post.
Jinwu Vanguard Commander Jia Lei said: "I was scolded by Your Majesty at the Fourth Guards of Tengxiang. If we fail to meet His Majesty's requirements after three months, our Jinwu Vanguard will be cancelled. You all can go back."
Starting from today, I will train to death and have enough food. Each person will have half a catty of meat every day! "
Di Gang, commander of the Huben Right Guards: "Your Majesty said today that if our Huben Right Guards fail to meet the requirements in the assessment in three months, we will receive twenty for the sergeant's staff, thirty for the flag staff, and forty for each hundred households... I will be punished... Behead,
Starting from the beginning, as long as he is not dead, he will train to death. He will tell the fire soldiers that there will no longer be any food restrictions and he will buy five pigs every day and stew them.
Remember, for the next three months, five heads a day! "
Yanshan Vanguard Commander Gao Qi: "Brothers, in the next three months, I have only one request, and that is to practice to death as long as you can't die.
If you have enough food and meat, the top ten every day will be rewarded with a jar of fine wine. The tenth place will be awarded one tael of silver... The first place will be awarded ten silver! "
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The commander of the 21st Guards resorted to various means in order to keep his official position and prevent his family from being confiscated and exterminated in three months.
Food, meat, reward money, wine, fields, intimidation, etc., as long as it can promote training, all kinds of methods are available.
Under this pressure, the training enthusiasm of the 21st Guards sergeants was quickly mobilized.
Before dawn the next day, the people around the camp heard the chants of one-two-one in the camp.
The training in each camp was in full swing, and every sergeant worked hard. Although a little tired, the feeling of letting go and eating meat was still very satisfying.
The training of the 21st Guards is in full swing, and Li Banghua is not slow at all.
With the emperor's support, the Ming Dynasty's Military Discipline Inspection Department was established extremely quickly. All personnel were in place within three days, and then quickly stationed in the 21st Guards.
Under pressure, stimulation and supervision, Guard 21 takes on a new look every day.
Chongzhen was very pleased and looking forward to the changes in the 21st Guards.
But the letter sent back by Yuan Keli, who was far away in Shaanxi, made him feel relieved in an instant, and he only had murderous intentions in his heart.
