Chapter 125 Grants
In summary.
The actions of Wang Jian and Meng Ao are actually very reasonable.
But... Mo Jun still faintly feels that something is wrong.
Because Mr. Mo just made 400,000 gold coins not long ago, the Su Nei Shi Mansion is not particularly short of money now. With the identities of Wang Jian and Meng Ao, if the two of them normally allocate marching rations, the other officials of the Su Nei Shi Mansion will not be short of money. You shouldn't have the guts to refuse.
"How much food do they want?"
After thinking for a while, Mo Jun suddenly asked such a sentence.
When they heard Mo Jun's question, Meng Ao and Wang Jian, who were still calm just now, froze for a second.
As for the officers on duty in front, they first carefully glanced at Wang Jian and Meng Ao behind Mo Jun, and then they flinched and said, "General Meng asked for 1.5 million shi of grain and 100,000 gold coins."
"General Wang...General Wang asked for one million stones of grain and fifty thousand gold coins."
Hearing the number reported by the official on duty, Mo Jun's eyelids twitched suddenly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
Good guy.
These two veterans who don't know how to inquire are really clear enough!
The two of them added up, no more, no less, and just wiped out the 400,000 gold coins he got some time ago.
No wonder these two guys have been arguing for such a long time, and the officials who ruled Awanai Shifu did not dare to give food!
If this is given.
The Zhi Su Nai Shifu directly became an empty shell.
Mr. Mo took a deep breath and told himself secretly: 'Don't get angry, don't get angry. If they couldn't hold back and beat them up, these two veterans would definitely lie on the ground on the spot, extorting the food in their hands, which was not worth it. '
For a while.
After Mo Jun's mood gradually calmed down, he slowly said: "First allocate one million stone grains, fifty thousand gold coins to General Meng, and another fifteen thousand stone salt by the way."
Hearing Mo Jun speak, Meng Ao behind him also closed his mouth.
After all, he opened his mouth before the lion, but it was just for the convenience of bargaining later.
Now that Mo Jun gave such a generous grant, it is naturally impossible for Meng Ao to say anything more at this time. What if the kid regrets it later?
Normally.
War funds will not be allocated at one time. In most cases, funds will be allocated in batches according to the war time limit of three months, half a year, or one year, and according to the length of the end of the war.
Firstly, the large-scale military rations are placed on the front line, which is not safe enough. Whether it is transportation or when the army advances and retreats, it is inconvenient.
Secondly, it was because the former Qin State was too poor. If the one-time allocation for the front line was in place, then the pressure on the Qin State in the rear would be too great.
Originally this time Meng Ao led an army of 200,000 to go out, the normal situation is to allocate funds according to half a year, but now the food funds allocated by Mo Jun are almost close to the one-year funds.
Meng Ao naturally had nothing to say.
Of course.
These are just funds for military rations and armaments.
The speed of war burns money far beyond ordinary people's imagination, except for food and armaments. The wages for conscripting corvee, the post-war rewards...these are currently not available to the Qin State at all.
But it's not a big problem.
The existence of the military merit system is to solve these problems.
As long as the battle can be won at that time, these can be seized from the enemy's territory. And if you lose the battle, you will naturally have nothing.
Hearing Mo Jun's generous allocation of funds, the officials in front of him were stunned for a moment, but considering that Mo Jun is the boss here, they didn't say much.
Until he heard the last appropriation of '15,000 rock salt', the official in charge finally couldn't help reminding him in a low voice.
"My lord, the allocation of salt funds does not seem to be under our management."
"We will take care of it from now on."
Jun Mo said casually.
Official on duty: "?????"
"As for General Wang..."
After allocating the military funds that Meng Ao needed, Mo Jun looked at Wang Jian again, and saw Wang Jian at this time, with an old face full of flattery, smiling like a withered old chrysanthemum.
Seeing this, Mo Jun had no choice but to wave his hands helplessly, and said, "Also allocate five hundred thousand shi of grain and eight thousand shi of salt to him!"
When Wang Jian heard the first half of the sentence, the smile on his old face suddenly deepened.
But suddenly, Mo Jun's words stopped abruptly, Wang Jian was stunned, and subconsciously said: "That's it? Gone?"
Mr. Mo glanced at him and said, "Why, too much?"
Wang Jian quickly shook his head and said, "No, no... I mean, where is my money?"
Mo Jun said lightly: "I said General Wang, you are guarding the border now, and you don't have any battles to fight. Why do you need so much money? Besides, it's not that you don't know the situation in Daqin. It's good to have salt and food."
"If you feel dissatisfied, you can return the appropriation for the administration of Awanaishifu."
"impossible!"
As soon as Jun Mo finished speaking, Wang Jian said decisively: "The military rations that have entered my old king's hands have never been spit out. If there is no money, there is no money. As long as there is salt and food, the rest will be taken by myself."
But no one saw it.
Not long after Wang Jian and Meng Ao walked out of Zhisu Neishi's Mansion, the 'angry' expression on Wang Jian's face disappeared instantly, replaced by a fox-like smile.
"How is it? Old man Meng, I'm right! This kid is definitely a talent, and his ability to make money is much better than that trash of the previous Zhi Au Neishi."
"Indeed, the old man has never fought such a battle for wealth since he entered Qin Dynasty."
Meng Ao stroked his beard, and there was a rare smile on his face.
If outsiders see the relationship between Meng Ao and Wang Jian at this moment, they will probably be shocked.
After all, the whole of Xianyang now knows that the relationship between the Meng family and the Wang family is not in harmony. Unless there is official business, Meng Ao and Wang Jian will hardly appear in the same place.
However, judging from the conversation between Meng Ao and Wang Jian at this time, the two people don't seem to have a bad relationship.
Actually.
The Meng family and the Wang family were indeed rivals in court.
But if this led to a disagreement between the two parties, it would be too underestimating the courage of the Wang and Meng clans.
The reason why there are scandals in Xianyang that the relationship between the Meng family and the Wang family is not in harmony is actually the reason why these two families are behind the scenes.
the reason is simple.
This is also a kind of "way of being an official".
Since the fall of Lu Buwei, the two families with the most military power in Qin State are the Meng family and the Wang family.
If the relationship between these two families with amazing prestige in the Qin army is too good, what would you think if you were King Qin?
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the other side.
Govern Su Nei Shifu.
When Wang Jian and Meng Ao left, the officer in charge also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Mo Jun tentatively, "My lord, isn't the money allocated to the two generals today a bit too much?"
"It doesn't matter, the 'new grain' will mature soon, and there will be a new tax payment from the national treasury. It doesn't hurt to allocate a little more food now."
Meng Ao and Wang Jian acted together in front of him, it was impossible for Mo Jun not to see it completely, but he didn't care.
At the end of the day.
The real object of this grain allocation is not Meng Ao and Wang Jian, but the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty.
Mo Jun has also been in the army, so he has a certain understanding of the Qin army's logistics. It's fine if he didn't have the ability before, but now that he has the ability, he can't continue to watch hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers go hungry. battlefield.
Again.
As the "new grain" gradually matures, and the subsequent "salt business" begins, Qin's treasury will gradually fill up, and the pressure in this regard will naturally decrease a lot in the future.
After settling Meng Ao and Wang Jian's military ration appropriation, Mo Jun dealt with some affairs accumulated during this period of time in Zhisu Neishi Mansion, and then left here.
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The second day.
An edict from Xianyang Palace entered Changwenjun's mansion.
No one knows the specific content of this edict, but according to some gossip, after receiving this edict that day, Chang Wenjun smashed half of the study room overnight.
And not long after, someone discovered that the 'salt rights' that originally belonged to the 'Shaofu' had gradually been transferred to the Zhisu Neishifu.
Such a change instantly caused the entire Xianyang to be shaken.
Everyone knows.
Affiliated to the 'Shaofu', one of the Nine Ministers, there are only two of the greatest rights.
One is the right to assist in the resolution of palace affairs.
This right seems to be similar to that of a servant, but in fact it is a good opportunity to get close to the King of Qin. Throughout the ages, all the officials in the "Shaofu" are one of the most trusted people of the king.
The second is the right to 'salt iron (bronze)'.
As the official right to 'salt and iron (bronze)', it is an aboveboard monopoly business in Qin State. This kind of business, even if a little oil flows out from the fingers, is enough to fill the stomachs of ordinary people.
However, Lord Changwen's "right to resolve palace affairs" had already been deprived by King Qin Yingzheng after the end of the Nanjun incident.
Now even the 'salt right' has been taken away.
In this way.
The "Power of the Shaofu" controlled by Chang Wenjun is basically half empty.
Originally, after Nanjun was massacred by Mo Jun in one fell swoop of twenty-seven noble families, Chang Ping Jun and Chang Wen Jun's money bags had already leaked a big hole.
Now the right to salt is lost again.
This money bag is no longer just a problem of leaking a big hole, but has been cut in half.
It is conceivable what a huge blow this will cause to Lord Changping and Lord Changwen. It is no wonder that on the night of receiving the imperial edict, Lord Chang Wen smashed half of the study in one fell swoop.
And the more critical point is that the King of Qin is suppressing Chang Wenjun's rights so much. Does this mean that he has long been dissatisfied with Chang Wenjun... and even the "Chu foreign relatives"?
Compare the losses of Chang Wenjun and Changping Jun themselves.
This point is more worthy of the attention of other officials of the Qin Dynasty.
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(end of this chapter)