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With his use of his own force in Shengyi Army, although all the soldiers of Shengyi Army will not obey him, but with this start, it will not be considered a problem for him to fully control the military power of Shengyi Army in the future. It's difficult. Google search reading

The rest will take time to adjust to.

On this day, after confirming the number of Shengyi Army and selecting generals, Bai Gui quickly began to train troops and horses vigorously in Jingnan Mansion.

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Zhang Zai, the great scholar who founded Guan School, once made statistics on the military expenditures of the Song Dynasty. "The cost of raising troops ranks seventh or eighth out of ten in the world." Chen Xiang during the Shenzong period of the Song Dynasty also reported: "In the second year of Zhiping's reign, the world's fiscal expenditures were used In Tarsus, there are more than 60 million yuan of min money, and the cost of raising troops is about 50 million yuan, which is 60% of the wealth, and the soldiers account for 50%."

To what extent did the Song Dynasty drink soldiers' blood and eat empty wages?

It is mentioned in the history of the Song Dynasty that there were only a few dozen cavalrymen left under the command of the Forbidden Army's horse army, and there were only two to three hundred people under the command of the infantry army. You must know that the first battalion of the horse army is reorganized to 400 people, and the first battalion of the infantry is reorganized to 500 people. The number of vacant soldiers can account for between half and two-thirds.

"During the emperor's reign, the cavalry army was composed of four hundred people and the infantry army was composed of five hundred people per battalion. After a long period of peace, there was a shortage of soldiers. One battalion of horses or only dozens of cavalry, and one battalion of soldiers was less than one or two hundred... And If the generals and commanders are too many, they will be given ten times as many soldiers as they can afford, and if they are moved back and forth, they will suffer no loss at all." - "History of the Song Dynasty"

The prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty was only for Bianjing.

The Song Dynasty's redundant troops, redundant officials, and redundant expenses had reached a level that was difficult to recover from.

The Song Dynasty was not rich, but extremely poor and weak. Although it rules a lot of territory, its actual strength is no different from the slightly larger separatist forces in the past. Because the grassroots organizations have insufficient mobilization capabilities, the national power is empty and thus depleted.

The imperial court did not allocate much food and salary to Bai Gui's Shengyi army. It may also be due to the corrupt tradition of plucking the feathers of the geese. The food and salary given to Shengyi's army was only 2,000 soldiers, and only 300 horse troops were given to the horse army. Food and wages.

The salary of the cavalry army is different from that of the infantry army. Generally speaking, the salary of the cavalry army is much higher than that of the infantry army.

The transport envoy in charge of this matter said directly, "Shengyi's army only has 300 horse troops, and the rest is a mule army. This is not a horse army. Please go back, General Bai."

This sentence left Bai Gui speechless.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was no mule army as an army. If they were all horse troops, the money given by the court would be too much. If they were included as infantry troops, the monthly expenses of Shengyi Army would not be affordable.

However, Bai Gui directly asked Liu Qi, the magistrate of Jingnan Prefecture. Liu Qi still had some reputation in the court. He said a few words in the memorial, maybe the court also had a good impression of Bai Gui. With a stroke of a pen, the three hundred horse army was changed to The original amount of 500 horse troops will be allocated to some stipends every month, and this matter is considered over.

Although there are still a lot of vacancies, Bai Gui is not without recruitment.

He discussed with the local Xiang army generals and asked the local Xiang army generals to reduce their layoffs more harshly. When the troops and horses were reviewed, the officers and soldiers of Shengyi army could be replenished.

Allocate part of the money from empty pay to Sheng Yijun.

In other words, Shengyi's army received the food and wages of local Xiang army soldiers. I received not one copy, but several copies.

Everyone is a colleague, and Bai Gui's connections are as high as the sky. In addition, Liu Qi, the prefect of the state, is Bai Gui's uncle. When the generals of the Xiang army in these places heard about it, they simply gave a lot of profits to Bai Gui.

This is not because the Xiang troops in these places are so bold, but it has long been common for soldiers from other armies to pretend to be their nationality to receive pay. At this moment, Bai Gui is "devolved" to Jingnan Mansion. Logically speaking, these generals should give Bai Gui this The powerful faction gets a share of the pie.

After piecing together everything, Bai Gui finally managed to get enough food and salary for Sheng Yi's army.

Enough food and enough pay.

Sheng Yijun began to transform.

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Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Bai Gui walked on the streets of Jingzhou City and came to a wine shop. He ordered a plate of braised mutton and a glass of rice wine. He casually sat on the wine table facing the street and listened to the diners' talk.

"I heard that Jin Wushu was old. I heard from people who went to Beijing to do business that Jin Wushu slept cold during the day and asked his servants to use charcoal fires to keep warm every day and night."

"It's very cold in Liaodong, so it's reasonable to keep warm."

"Emperor Wanyan Dan of the Jin Kingdom has become more and more stupid. I heard people from the Jin Kingdom say that this Emperor of the Jin Kingdom deliberately drank alcohol, and then killed his queen Pei Manshi, his imperial brother, and some concubines while drunk... …”

"Isn't Wanyan Dan a wise king? His Tianjuan New Deal has been done well."

"..."

diners commented.

Jingzhou City is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, next to the waterway, with people coming and going, and merchants are densely populated, especially now that only half of the Southern Song Dynasty is left. After the Shaoxing peace negotiation, the commercial exchanges between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty became more and more prosperous.

This is the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although it is "not allowed to talk about state affairs" in wine shops, state affairs are often the concern of most people, and the Jin State cannot control the discussions of businessmen in the Southern Song Dynasty, so most of these businessmen talk about the internal affairs of the Jin State.

"Jin Xizong Wanyan is mediocre..."

"In 1150, which was the 20th year of Shaoxing, and three years later, he was assassinated to death by Hailing King Wanyan Liang, and was subsequently deposed as King Donghun."

"And the famous Jin Wushu will also die of illness next year, that is, in the 18th year of Shaoxing."

"The government is in civil strife and famous generals are declining. This is a good time to plot."

Bai Gui listened to the diners' comments and thought silently.

He didn't know how the history of this world would change from what was recorded in the history books, so what he heard was false and what he saw was true. From the mouth of the diner just now, he could probably judge the current moment based on just this scaly claw and historical data. Internal affairs of the Kingdom of Jin.

"But if you want to attack the Jin Dynasty, it is impossible to rely on Zhao Song alone."

"It is impossible for Zhao Gou to carry out the Northern Expedition again..."

Bai Gui thought to himself.

The peace talks in Shaoxing were promoted by Jin Wushu. Now that Jin Wushu is alive, it is impossible for the Jin Kingdom to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.

"If we were in the Tang Dynasty, there would be no such scandalous things. We would fight them as soon as we asked."

He sighed.

He casually took out a handout from his arms, placed it on the dining table, and then left.

The streets are busy with traffic.

Jingzhou City was an important town in the world at this time, with dense shops on both sides of the streets.

"Eh? Official Bai?"

"Master Bai!"

Suddenly, shouts came from behind Bai Gui.

The sound is like an oriole.

The moment I stopped, it was a young woman.

Bai Gui guessed who it was. He turned around and saw a woman in a white shirt in the street among the confusion of the crowd. She wore a white curtain hat and was completely white.

Accompanying the woman in white is a maid in blue.

The three of them approached and went shopping.

"Little white lady."

"Unexpectedly... I met you in Jiangling City. Isn't your home in Gusu City?"

Bai Gui asked curiously.

Jingzhou City, also known as Jiangling City.

"After the slave family returned to Gusu, they have been worried about Mr. Bai Daguan. Later, after asking around, they found out that Mr. Bai Daguan was going to Jiangling City to take up his post..."

Bai Suzhen said with a smile.

In his words, he expressed his admiration for Bai Gui.

No embarrassment at all.

"But I don't know why you sigh when you see Mr. Bai."

Bai Suzhen asked again.

"There's nothing to say..."

"Now that the world is at peace, the officials have no intention of the Northern Expedition."

Bai Gui sighed, "In the age of peace, martial arts are of no use! I heard the merchants traveling to and from the Kingdom of Jin said that Jin Wushu is old and will die soon. It's a pity that there will be no chance of fighting him in this life."

If ordinary people heard what he said, they would think he was lying. Who is Jin Wushu? He is a famous general in the world, but he is just a fledgling junior.

However, although this sentence is arrogant, it can also be seen as heroic.

Bai Suzhen had seen Bai Gui's bravery and did not think Bai Gui was making empty words. She thought for a while and chuckled: "The imperial court has no intention of a northern expedition, but the Jin Kingdom has the appearance of a southern expedition..." Bai Daguan One just needs to wait for the opportunity, and there will always be one available.”

"Little Miss Bai is nothing more than a woman and a child, so how can she make decisions about state affairs?"

Bai Gui shook his head, with a look of disbelief.

"You rude warrior. My sister kindly persuaded you, but you don't thank me. Instead, you talk about my sister's faults."

Xiao Qing had an angry look on her face and said, "I'm sorry."

"Xiao Qing!"

Bai Suzhen scolded.

Although Xiao Qingming's official status is just that of a maid, Xiao Qing is only Bai Suzhen's maid, not Bai Gui's, so people who know a little bit about etiquette will not reprimand her personally.

Bai Suzhen's reprimand was able to resolve the matter.

"Master Bai, how about we make a bet?"

"Bet on whether the Kingdom of Jin will send troops south to attack the Song Dynasty within these three months."

"If I win the bet, you have to promise me to do something. This thing will not be difficult for you, and it will also be good for you. If I lose the bet, what will you do with me?"

Xiaoqing licked her tongue secretly and said.

After all, it is a business that is sure to make money without losing money.

"It's just a small bet."

"So what if I promised."

Bai Gui shook his head and whispered.