Chapter 956: Empty Salary Theory
Many people hate empty salaries. For ordinary people, empty salaries are something that cannot be avoided when talking about military corruption.
However, it is absolutely unrealistic to explain that a corruption has existed for many years, and no matter how dynasties change or emperors rotate, its existence has not been shaken. The so-called existence is reasonable, and empty salaries also have their meaning of existence.
On the battlefield, people roar and horses neigh, swords fly, and arrows rain down. Even if it is not a melee, but just an encounter, there will be more or less casualties, that is, casualties.
The battlefield situation is complicated and varied. In addition to casualties in direct combat, there are also casualties due to illness, getting lost on the road, or even escaping halfway when it is dark, or defecting to the enemy, etc.
The existence of these two situations of desertion and defection to the enemy made the major dynasties only calculate the casualties of soldiers whose names can be recorded when providing pensions after the war.
For other cases where the identity of the deceased cannot be determined, such as being trampled into minced meat by war horses or shot into hedgehogs by thousands of arrows, they are generally not counted and are all considered missing.
The word "missing" is worth pondering. Who knows if you are really dead or have rebelled and escaped. It would be better if your family members were not punished. It is simply wishful thinking to want compensation.
The defects of the post-war compensation system are mainly due to the extremely backward assessment methods, which cannot fully identify those who died in battle and those who rebelled and escaped. Under the extremely limited financial situation, they can only be abandoned.
Yes, the last sentence is the key point. The financial situation is extremely limited.
War is the continuation of politics. Putting aside the so-called reasons for punishing the people and punishing the criminals, they are all for land and population, or money and grain. If the money and grain are not obtained, the dynasty will bear a large amount of post-war compensation first. No dynasty would do such a stupid thing.
Therefore, the rise and fall of the dynasty is not a good thing for ordinary people, which is the so-called: prosperity, people suffer, and decline, people suffer.
Back to the previous topic, the existence of empty salaries, to some extent, is actually a continuation of the pension system. When the generals receive the empty salaries, they will be sent to the families of those who died in battle but did not receive pensions through transfer payments.
Without the money from this transfer payment, many families have lost their sons, husbands, and fathers, and have no young and strong laborers. Most of the women in the family have fallen into prostitution. This is common in major dynasties and is simply a tragedy.
Generally speaking, those generals are willing to make this transfer payment to perform their duties for the country, win people's hearts, and enhance the combat effectiveness of their subordinates.
However, whether the empty salary can be seen in the light or not depends on the generals' thoughts. It is a moral requirement, not a legal requirement. If the generals do not make this transfer payment, no one can blame him, because it is not his duty.
Some emperors with strong control desires are worried that their generals will become powerful, and even deliberately prevent this transfer payment. It goes without saying who will suffer in the end.
Here, I am not trying to whitewash the empty salary. As one of the means of corruption, and it is a bad military corruption, it endangers the survival of the country and everyone should despise and spit on it.
The government is throwing away the burden and does not want to provide pensions to the soldiers who died in the war. The existence of empty salary has its rationality, but it cannot continue forever. With the change of the way of war and the improvement of assessment methods, empty salary will also be thrown into the garbage bag of history.
After receiving the military order, Wu Yi returned to the house where his grandfather worked hard in the county seat of Chenliu County and took a rest. The military order was like a mountain and the military was like fire. Wu Yi was only given a few days before he had to rush to the front line.
After taking back the token containing the power of the deity, Wu Yi once again felt the long-lost power. Before, he had no power in his body. Wu Yi faced the imperial envoy Xu, just like a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger.
Now that he has the power, Wu Yi looks at the imperial envoy Xu who is temporarily living in the county government. He feels that he is like the scorching sun, and the great dynasty's luck is gathered in one body. Not to mention walking in front of him, even looking at him from a distance makes Wu Yi dazed.
When Wu Yi stared at the county government, Xu Qinchai in the county government frowned slightly, feeling that someone was peeping outside, and snorted coldly. The Daji Dynasty was a humane dynasty, but there were also many ghosts and strange people. Xu Qinchai had reached this position, so he naturally knew a lot. He had a righteous spirit, so why should he fear evil demons.
This dissatisfaction, borrowing the dynasty's luck, backfired. Wu Yi groaned, his blood surged, his face flushed, and for a moment, he couldn't even stand steadily, and he didn't dare to peek at Xu Qinchai again.
After not sensing the peeping feeling, Xu Qinchai went to bed as usual. With the protection of the luck of the dynasty, he didn't need anyone to guard him.
What's more, at this moment, he was carrying the imperial edict and was an imperial envoy. The pressure was even greater, and it was impossible for ordinary people to resist it. It was Wu Yi who had the fixed luck star plate and the title of centurion to offset some of the pressure, otherwise the cave would be broken and his soul would be scattered.
Is it terrible? The Six Departments Hall Master is equivalent to a god in the world, that is, the Taichu Immortal in the immortal way. He has the Holy Edict on him, which means he has the oral instructions of the Supreme Taiyi Immortal.
Many cultivators underestimate the power of humanity, especially this first-class human dynasty.
At night, the moon is dark and the wind is high. A wisp of gloomy wind blows. After many days, Shen Congyue visits Wu Yi again.
And Wu Yi also expected Shen Congyue to come to visit, and waited for him tonight.
When Shen Congyue first met, he thanked him with great courtesy. If Wu Yi had not gone to Yangmin Mansion and caused a commotion, leading the government and the public to sympathize with the change in Chenliu County, Chenliu County would never have been dealt with so well, and a wave of people would have to be killed and injured.
Wu Yi did not refuse, and accepted this gift as a matter of course.
"What are you going to do next?" Wu Yi asked. Shen Congyue's priesthood is to punish corrupt officials. With the way the Daji Dynasty dealt with Chenliu County, the turbulent people's hearts here have been stabilized.
This is not a good thing for Shen Congyue. No one will worship her, and she will gradually die.
Shen Congyue bowed to Wu Yi and surrendered very straightforwardly: "I will obey the orders of the real person!"
Wu Yi smiled lightly. This is not what he meant! But there is no need to explain at this moment. It is not important anyway.
"There are many corruptions in the army. If you follow me in the army, you will have a lot to do!" Wu Yi said.
"Well!"
"These few days, you should spend some time to turn all the hundreds of people under my command into your believers! If there is a chance in the future, I will also help you expand your faith in the army!" The former is a visible benefit, and the latter is a future benefit. It is nothing to Wu Yi, but for Shen Congyue, it is the foundation of his survival.
After chatting for a few more words, Shen Congyue left and prepared to go.