Volume 2: The King's Way Chapter 129 Honor and Benefits
"Mr. Bai." Kong Rong, standing in the hall, bowed to Bai Tu in accordance with the standard etiquette for a guest.
However, Kong Rong also belongs to the category of people who do not address others as "Lord", but Bai Tu does not reduce his trust in him because of this. Considering the role that Kong Rong is going to play, it is more justified not to address him as "Lord"!
Otherwise, once the relationship between master and minister was established, Kong Rong's authority would be inherently weakened if he wanted to speak for Bai Tu.
"Wen Ju, I will show these two sentences to all the officers in Jiangdong in three days. I need them to be correct." Bai Tu said.
Kong Rong took the silk cloth from Bai Tu and looked at it. He was also surprised instinctively, but he said calmly afterwards: "Mr. Bai's actions are always correct in the Confucian community!"
The revised version of "Qieyun" has been finalized and sent to county schools at all levels. In addition to the publication of some essays and interpretations, Kong Rong's literary reputation is now becoming more and more important, and he is becoming more and more confident in this regard.
Not long after Kong Rong left, Lu Su returned with the preliminary investigation results in Yangxian County.
The good news is that Pan Zhang's lawlessness is more due to his own tyranny and arrogance. At present, there is no chain of interests. Only some dubo and shichang who are close to him are involved, and there is not much involvement.
The news is... the incident discovered by Bai Tu this time is not an isolated case, and it is not even the worst. Lu Su has already found out that in at least two other villages, Pan Zhang ordered his men to cause the deaths of farmers!
"The people who testified should be sent to Jinling to appease the people. In addition...please help me review the list of representatives from various garrisons who will arrive in Jinling in three days. These people must be there." Bai Tu said and handed Lu Su another form.
This was printed directly from Cheng Ji. Bai Tu still prefers to look at the table.
As for the content of the form, it is related to something that Bai Tu had been doing in the army a long time ago, just after Zhang Xun was defeated in Qu'a - the officer care program.
The basic family situation of the real officer was recorded in detail on his military record...
Although the investigation was mainly based on questioning and might not be entirely true, at least Bai Tu was well prepared!
This time, Bai Tu seemed reckless and wanted to deal with Pan Zhang in front of his "colleagues" in the army just out of passion, but in fact, Bai Tu had also thought about the issue of military morale.
Therefore, Bai Tu had to ensure that some of the grassroots officers who had suffered greatly from the rebellious army and harmed the people, and even lost their families, would come to see what happened to Pan Zhang.
No matter what others think at that time, these people will definitely support me.
"My lord, the Dubo and Shizhang who had been involved in the crimes with Pan Zhang have now been detained. However, villagers have confirmed that two of the officers, although they had committed crimes together with Pan Zhang , had secretly warned the villagers and even indirectly dissuaded them... There was even a Dubo who was dismissed from his post because of this, and he has now been found."
"Those who followed the bandits can be dealt with according to normal military discipline. Those who have good performance can be given a break and will not be held accountable for crimes that have not been reported." Bai Tu said .
Lu Su breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was really afraid that Bai Tu would slap his thigh and punish all those who knew about it.
Bai Tu was not unreasonable. According to the current military laws, reporting one's superiors was too risky and not that easy. Bai Tu just didn't want his troops to do evil. He didn't think that all his troops were saints.
Before Lu Su could leave, Lu Kang and Hua Xin also arrived.
Previously, Bai Tu had asked Lu Kang to draft a new welfare plan for officers. Fortunately, in this world, the most basic soldiers were all "Ji Zao", so they only needed to keep up with the nutrition and did not need additional military pay...
In fact, in terms of military pay, Jiangdong should be one of the few regions that can still pay Han-style military pay.
According to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, officers below the rank of Dubo, regardless of whether they were squad leaders or platoon leaders, were all paid 1,000 coins a month for "combat soldiers", 900 coins a month for "garrison soldiers", and 600 coins a month for "conscription soldiers", corresponding to the three types of troops: fighting outside, guarding the border, and garrisoning the local area.
If it could be paid in cash, the military pay would actually be considerable. For a normal farming family, with farming and silkworm raising, men tilling the fields and women weaving, the annual output would be worth about 3,000 coins in market value.
However, it can be seen from the military pay that the pay of "combat soldiers" is relatively low. Their risks and contributions are obviously much higher than those of the latter two, but this is not sufficiently reflected in the military pay... The reason is that it is assumed that combat soldiers have "gray income."
Bai Tu had not previously increased the pay of the Jiangdong Army. He had only given them cattle and wine during festivals, and also gave them rewards after several major victories. However, Bai Tu had been in Jiangdong for almost a year, and had not fought many tough battles.
However, Bai Tu dared to say that, apart from Jiangdong, only the prosperous and comfortable Yizhou and Liu Biao's direct troops in Nanjun of Jingzhou could be paid actual military salaries, while the others were mostly empty promises of future "conferring titles to wives and sons".
This has also encouraged unhealthy tendencies - if they want the army to dare to fight, the grassroots officers will not see the promises for the time being, so they will naturally acquiesce in the existence of looting!
In fact, during the Three Kingdoms period, the armies of Wei, Shu and Wu had almost no military pay, and they all "figured out ways" on their own.
However, Bai Tu had already been preparing for a new military pay system, but because the technology to make money had not yet been "developed", and the theme of Jiangdong in the past year had not been war, it had only been "prepared" and had not actually been implemented.
This time, Bai Tu plans to take this opportunity to open up some new benefits, so that it will be more justified when rectifying military discipline and it can also reduce resistance.
On the other hand, Bai Tu wanted to establish a new rule that from now on, all military officers with the rank of Du Bo and above must return to Nanjing for three months of training, which will include discipline and honor education, unless they are appointed on the battlefield in wartime.
Normally this should be the business of the "Privy Council" which is in charge of military affairs, but now there is a shortage of staff, so the Ministry of Revenue is temporarily drafting new regulations, and the Ministry of Rites is responsible for officer training.
However, the current level of the Ministry of Rites is indeed limited in this regard. Not only is it full of nonsense, but it still does not go deep enough to fight for the people. Bai Tu just deals with it for the time being, asking them to emphasize military discipline and gradually influence them through means such as the Protectorate Shrine.
In addition, the Humin Temple, which was under the charge of the Ministry of Rites, has now been completed. Bai Tu decided to put it into use ahead of schedule. The names of the names had been prepared before, and statistics would be kept after each battle.
The benefits and honor are all ready...
Bai Tu didn’t want to stand at the gate of the village under his rule for a second time, but he didn’t have the face to go in!
Old Lu looked a little worried. For the Ministry of Revenue, this was another move to increase expenditure. Bai Tu also mentioned the issue of "salt permits" again.
As a result, Old Lu immediately decided that the Lu family would take the lead in donating some money. After all, the Jiangdong army was also there to protect the country and the people, so Bai Tu didn't have to worry.
Bai Tu also kept the "salt permits" for the time being. Once the "ditch and beach salt drying method" was developed, they would naturally come to buy the "salt permits" on their own initiative.
Just when Bai Tu and these people were finalizing the temporary regulations, Lu Bu's voice came.
"Hard drive! I heard about that guy. He deserves to be killed! If anyone dares to object, let him ask his father's Fang Tian Hua Ji!"
Bai Tu felt guilty when he heard Lu Bu's voice, and then said to Lu Su and others: "Zijing, you guys go ahead and do your work. I have something to talk to my adoptive father alone..."
