Two days later, each ministry sent a summary of the aftermath of the battle.
"Your Majesty, a total of 670,000 taels of silver will be needed to rebuild Hanerzhuang City, Longjingguan City and other cities, official roads, tombs and memorial towers."
"Your Majesty, in this battle, the Jiannu abducted 39,600 soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, 2,100 of whom were the sergeants responsible for escorting them, and more than 600 people died. Maybe some people are still hiding in the mountains and have not come out.
As many as 7,300 houses were lost in each city, and 17,600 acres of crops were trampled, resulting in losses of 183,000 taels. "
"Your Majesty, according to the number of enemies killed in this battle, the reward for killing Jiannu is twenty taels of silver, totaling 1.3 million taels. Adding in some generals' extraordinary achievements, etc., the total will cost about two million taels.
The reward for killing and surrendering the Ming army was five taels per person. The rewards for this battle totaled one hundred and thirty-nine taels of silver.
In addition, the war death pension was... four million taels, totaling 5,390,000 taels. "
After Hou Yu finished his report, he hesitated: "Your Majesty, is this pension too high? This..."
"Is it high?"
All the ministers nodded in unison.
High? It's not that it's high, it's that it's so high that it's so high that it's unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty.
"No, I don't think it's high. If I have the ability, I will give it higher.
Perhaps in your eyes, human life is the least valuable motivation. The sergeant can replenish it at any time.
But in my eyes, that is a human life, a soldier fighting for the Ming Dynasty and our Zhu family. "
"Your Majesty is kind, but I am worried. Once this precedent is set, we will not be able to stop it.
The Jiannu have not yet been overthrown, the Mongolian tribes have not yet been subdued, the Nanyang and Japanese pirates have not yet been feared, and the barbarians in the southwest and west have not surrendered.
If we follow this standard, even if we sell all the land in Daming, we still won’t be able to support it! What to do then?
Not worrying about scarcity but worrying about inequality, this..."
"I understand what you said, and I also have countermeasures!"
Chongzhen took a sip of tea and said slowly: "First, support war with war. According to reliable information, there is a large silver mine on the Japanese pirate island, which can dig out tens of millions of taels. This is enough;
Second, train strong and elite soldiers, not to mention reaching the level of a warrior camp, at least to be able to face Jiannu and others one-on-one.
Third, develop firearms and cover them with firepower, so that naturally fewer of our soldiers will die in battle.
Do you think the three paths are feasible? "
have to!
You have already planned it, so what’s the use of our opposition?
But everyone accurately grasped an important piece of information from the emperor's words. The emperor said that according to reliable information, the emperor also controlled another intelligence network, which shocked everyone.
In fact, Chongzhen still had something in his heart that he did not say to the ministers: Otherwise, why did Jinyiwei's statistics of the atonement silver of the wealthy businessmen in the capital amount to more than eight million taels? Instead of three million to five million taels?
…
Each department took turns to report, and Chongzhen also slowly looked through the details sent by each department, and then directly wrote an accurate word.
Anyway, I got more than eight million taels from the wealthy businessman, so there was no shortage of money.
"Your Majesty, the money escorted from Beijing has arrived outside the city."
Just after reviewing the reports from various departments, Li Ruolian entered the lobby.
As soon as Chongzhen heard this, he stood up immediately and led the ministers to the city gate tower. Countless sergeants lifted boxes one by one from more than a hundred four-wheeled carts.
After half an hour of moving, most of the open space outside Hanerzhuang City was filled with boxes.
"Unboxing!"
After receiving the order, all the sergeants opened the box in unison. Under the sunlight, wisps of bright light flashed in the box.
The entire city of Hanerzhuang became a sea of silver.
Even the ministers had seen the counting scene of tens of millions of taels of silver sent back by the Prince of Qin's Mansion, but that was counting and sealing boxes one by one.
How can there be such a spectacle of boxes of boxes being laid out and ingots of twelve weights of silver connected together?
When the ministers were like this, the soldiers were even more confused. The hands holding the spears were shaking, but their eyes were full of excitement and joy.
"Fellow soldiers, here are three million taels of silver. This is a reward for you soldiers. Each army will receive it according to the head statistics and records!
Collect the rewards for the Forbidden Army, the White Guards, the Warrior Camp, and the Beijing Camp in the capital, lest you have to take them back. "
"Long live your Majesty!"
"The Ming Dynasty is mighty!"
…
As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, the surrounding sergeants cheered.
But some of the sergeants still looked a little disappointed, and Chongzhen naturally saw it.
"Soldiers, some soldiers traveled hundreds of miles but did not participate in the fight. They may not be rewarded with military merit and feel unbalanced.
But what I want to say is that this is fair. We lost more than 100,000 soldiers in the war. If you join the war, if you are unlucky, you may be one of the dead.
Everyone is dead, what else do you need money for? If those soldiers who died in battle gave you a hundred taels of silver in exchange for your lives, would you be willing?
Remember my words, as long as you live there will be countless possibilities.
In the future, we will continue to promote slave-building. There will be many opportunities to make contributions, earn money, and achieve military success.
But in the Ming Dynasty, there were eleven towns on the nine sides, hundreds of guard posts, and one to two million sergeants. If you want to go to the battlefield, you must have real ability.
Only when you work hard, your small banners, general banners, and hundreds of households work hard to stand out in your army, will you have the opportunity to go to the battlefield.
As long as you are strong enough, it is not a problem to earn ten thousand taels of silver in one battle, and it is even possible to become a lord and a general!
Work hard to train yourself, there are countless possibilities in the future, I am waiting for you, waiting for you to defeat Jiannu with me! "
As long as you live, the future has infinite possibilities...
This sentence echoed in the ears of tens of thousands of soldiers. At this moment, all the soldiers suddenly felt that it was good to be alive.
Seeing that morale was gradually recovering, Chongzhen smiled and said: "Let me tell you another piece of good news, first of all, all sergeants who participated in the war will be rewarded with three months' military pay.
Second, all soldiers who died in battle will be given three years of military pay, plus five taels of silver for funeral expenses.
In addition, from the moment of death in battle, he will receive five measures of food from the local government every month.
Military attachés, starting from Xiaoqi, increase by 10% at each level. "
Although the cabinet and the six ministries had already discussed this matter with the emperor, they still couldn't help but shake their heads when they stopped.
quiet!
The entire square in front of Hanerzhuang was extremely quiet. Every sergeant's eyes were slowly shocked, and they were stunned by the emperor's words.
You must know that before this, when soldiers died in battle, their pensions were only three taels.
Although there is still a pension system, such as if the father dies and the son inherits, only funeral expenses will be paid. If there is no son to inherit, three years of military pay will be given...
It looks good, but in fact it is just a piece of paper. Not to mention pensions, military pay cannot be paid out.
Now the emperor has given them too much.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
"The Ming Dynasty will last forever for generations to come!"
"Your Majesty is wise, I am willing to follow your Majesty, build slaves on horseback, and overthrow the Mongolian tribes!"
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Amidst cheers, the generals of the army began to lead people to move the boxes. Ingots of silver were tossed up and down in the hands of the soldiers. Everyone's face was full of smiles.
Seeing some soldiers holding a dozen silver ingots, a new idea suddenly came to Chongzhen's heart.
