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Chapter 723: Eat the marrow and know the taste

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    The next morning.

    Chongren Hall, Dongnuan Pavilion.

    Early in the morning, Jia Cong summoned the Minister of War, Zuo Shilang, the Military Selection Department, the Zifang Department, the Chariot and Driving Department, the Arsenal Department and the supervisors who would serve as supervisors to inquire about the government.

    When the Military Machine Pavilion existed, the Ministry of War had almost no sense of existence.

    Just like a little daughter-in-law, even the Minister of the Ministry of War is not as powerful as a junior official in the Military Machinery Pavilion.

    In fact, the Minister of War is a civil servant.

    The main job is equivalent to that of the logistics minister in later generations, but it is far inferior in terms of authority.

    Nowadays, the Military Machinery Pavilion has basically fallen apart. Before it can be reestablished, major military power matters will be decided by King Wu.

    After the Annan expedition is over, Jia Cong will reorganize the military aircraft pavilion to show kindness to the emperor and regain the morale of the army.

    But Jia Cong still decided to reassert the authority of the Ministry of War.

    Even if it is turned into a logistics department, we must be an excellent logistics department.

    But Jia Cong was very dissatisfied with You Long, Minister of the Ministry of War: "You don't know how many soldiers there are in the army? How many millions? What is the number of millions? Is the total number of soldiers one million? Then this one million army  , How much food, salary, and military resources are consumed in a year? How much salary does a soldier receive in a month? How much grass does a horse eat in a day?"

    Hearing this, You Long, the Minister of the Ministry of War, looked grave. Under Jia Cong's gaze, he slowly said: "Your Highness, this kind of secular affairs is not the responsibility of the Ministry of War."

    "Second affairs?"

    Jia Cong narrowed his eyes, looked at You Long and said, "You are a minister of the Ministry of War. You don't even know how many soldiers and horses there are in Da Qian. You told me that this is a secular matter?"

    Maybe it was because Jia Cong was really angry that You Long stopped explaining anything, but his clear conscience really made Jia Cong angry.

    He looked at the Minister of War and others and asked: "Who can answer Gu's question? How many soldiers are there in the army and how much food and grass are consumed?"

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????The best choice for the lower-ranking official is to unify their minds and admit that they don't know anything about it.

    "Otherwise, you know more than Shangguan. Looking back, you will doubt your life if you can wear small shoes."

    But now anyone with a discerning eye can see that You Long, the Minister of War, will not last long. If he doesn¡¯t take the opportunity now, how long will it take?

    He Zhengbang, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was about to feel sad at the moment. As long as he had snacks on weekdays, he would not let this opportunity go to waste.

    If he can step forward at this time, the Ministry of War will be just one step away from him.

    He didn't know, and most of the other people didn't know either, but in the end, the Chief of Staff slowly came out and said: "Go back to Your Highness, the Military Department has registered a total of 1,094,322 soldiers.  Among them, the nine-border frontier army totaled 837,600 people"

    Jia Cong asked curiously: "Aren't there millions of troops on the nine sides?"

    The official of the Zhifang Division said in a deep voice: "In the 25th year of Zhenyuan, there were indeed millions of troops on the nine frontiers. However, in the 14th year of Chongkang, the court was worried that the border troops were too strong and the branches were weak, so they used various excuses to weaken the army.  By January of the 14th year of Chongkang, the Nine-Border Frontier Army had less than 840,000 soldiers left. This does not include the large number of officers who reported empty pay and drank the soldiers' blood. If calculated based on actual conditions, the actual number of soldiers was probably around  Around half a million."

    When Jia Cong heard this, he was a little confused: "How much did you say?"

    He Zhengbang, the Minister of War, warned: "Yin Yanyuan, don't talk nonsense without conclusive evidence."

    Yin Yanyuan, the division chief of the staff department, glanced at He Zhengbang indifferently and said to Jia Cong: "I also have some acquaintances in Jiubian. Even if there is a deviation in this number, it will not be deviated by 50,000. Your Highness, the military expenditure of Jiubian is so high.  It was extremely shocking. In wartime, an infantryman was paid one, two, and four cents of silver per month, while a cavalryman was paid one, two, and six cents of silver. Nine-sided war horses were specially prepared to charge and kill, so they all had a large amount of food. One day was equivalent to fifteen kilograms of grass.  A bundle of beans, three liters of beans, is converted into three cents, sometimes four cents. Calculated in one year, a war horse costs at least eleven taels, and horses are prolific in Xuanda or Hexi, usually fifteen taels. An ordinary soldier has one tael.  A suit of armor costs about three taels, or eleven taels if it is made by the Ministry of War! In addition to other items such as clothing for winter and summer, money for recruiting soldiers to settle down, and money for pensions for those who die in battle Jiubian consumes more than half of the treasury's revenue every year.  "

    Hearing this, Jia Cong took a look at Yin Yanyuan and asked the officer of the Arsenal Department: "Why does a set of armor cost about three taels when bought outside, but it costs eleven taels here?"

    Hearing this, Zhao Yu, the commander of the Arsenal Department, felt sweat on his forehead and stammered: "Thisthisyour highnessthe armor on the outside of thisisdifferent from the armor of the Ministry of War."

    "What's the difference?"

    Seeing that his words were awkward, Jia Cong didn't press too hard and spoke in a slower tone.He glanced at her indifferently and said nothing sarcastically.

    Seeing him like this, Ye Qing couldn't help but laugh, put his right hand on the table, looked at Jia Cong sideways, and said with a smile: "I would say you are an upright person, but you have really accepted a lot of women in this room.  Taken together, your sisters and sisters, as well as those considerate girls, the Ninth Uncle and the late Emperor combined are not as many as you. But if you say that you are a lustful person, it is not that, with my beauty, you  I can actually ignore it"

    Jia Cong reminded: "Loving beauty and being stupid because of it are two different things."

    Ye Qing clicked his tongue and shook his head and sighed: "You are really heartless"

    Jia Cong sneered and said: "Am I still ruthless? Doing that kind of thing once or twice is a pleasure, but after doing it three or four times, it's just hard work. Count yourself, how many times did you ask for it last night?"

    A blush appeared on the neck behind Ye Qing's ears. He looked at Jia Cong with an unkind look and said, "Working hard? Did I ask you to work hard in vain? When you shamelessly fucked me, I didn't let you succeed in ruining me?"

    Hearing this, Jia Cong looked at Ye Qing, took a deep breath and said, "Do it again?"

    Ye Qing laughed, spat again, and cursed: "What a nasty seed!"

    Jia Cong¡¯s face turned cold, he stepped forward and picked him up, turned around and went into the inner room. After a while, he started sobbing

    It is when young people are greedy for sex that they eat the marrow and know the taste.

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