Chapter 082 The court does not pay pensions, I will pay

Of course, life is priceless. For Xu Xingxia, who has traveled through time in later generations, it is indeed too cruel to buy a life of fifty taels of silver. Fifty taels of silver exchanged into food is just a mere 50,000 kilograms of coarse grain. However, for people in this era, fifty taels of silver is enough to comfort their pain of losing their loved ones. In a chaotic era, life is like a mustard of grass!

In the past, military households in Ningxia Town were killed, but they didn’t even have a penny of pension, so they could only say that they were unlucky. Well, to be precise, they didn’t have a penny of pension. According to the relevant laws and regulations of the Ministry of War, military households who died in battle had pensions, usually about 300,000 yuan in treasure money, and eight stones of food. This standard was formulated during the Hongwu period and has not changed since then.

Since there is a pension standard, why don’t you have a penny? There are two main reasons. First, Baochao is a waste, and it is better not to have it. Baochao is a freak, it is issued randomly, and it has been inflation dozens of times in the year of its issuance. By the Yongle period, it was completely useless. Not to mention the late Wanli period two hundred years later. Even if it is issued to you, it is used to wipe your butt and cannot be circulated at all.

The second reason is that this pension is distributed with the money and grain of military households, so it is inevitable that it will be owed. The food of eight stones is not too much or too little, and there are more than 1,000 kilograms. The court is not enough for the daily money and grain of military households, so where can there be money and grain to pay the pension? Therefore, in order to save money and grain expenditure, the standards for receiving pensions are becoming increasingly harsh and perverted.

At the beginning, you can get it by death as long as you die in a battle. Later, you must die in an organized battle before you can get it. Later, you must die in a battle under the order of your superiors to be qualified to get it. In the end, you must be killed head-on before you can get it. If these conditions are not met, you cannot get it.

Specifically, the Tartars are coming, and there is no order to fight. If you fight with the Tartars, I'm sorry, if you die, you will die in vain. Don't dream of the pension. Who issued this combat order? General Manager! In other words, if General Manager Manager does not give orders, you will die in vain. Similarly, if you are shot in the back or a knife in the back, I'm sorry, the pension will not be your share.

Over time, there are almost no military households who can meet this standard of collection, and in everyone's mind, they will lose a penny. Anyway, they can't get it. Even if the pension standard you set is 10,000 taels of gold and 100,000 s of grain, what's the use? It's just to increase the disgust and anger of the military households towards their superiors.

Even if the people died in battle were like this, let alone the injured. Xu Xingxia's father was shot by the Tartars and did not pay a pension on his head, so that all the meager savings of the Xu family were spent on medical expenses. There are many military households like the Xu family who encountered it. If it weren't for this, the military households in Ningxia Town would not be so afraid of war. If they contributed their efforts to others, they would only die in vain, and only fools would do it!

Why do many military households prefer to serve as private servants for senior officials? Whether there is any pension after casualties is also an important reason. As private servants of senior officials, if they are unfortunately killed in battle, they will have some silver as comfort. If they are bosses and some subordinates die in battle, they cannot give a penny without paying a penny. This silver may not be much, but it may be only a few taels. But compared to not having a single copper coin, it is much better.

"The court will not issue pensions, I will issue them!" Xu Xingxia murmured to himself silently.

When Xu Xingxia returned to Niujiaoduan, Zhang Quanfu, Gao Meng and others also returned after cleaning the battlefield. The results of the battle have been basically counted. There were a total of 61 Tartars' corpses and 61 Tartars' war horses. There were more than 130 taels of broken silver in the property retrieved from the Tartars. Xu Xingxia gathered the broken silver together and divided it into three portions, about 45 taels of each portion, and prepared to hand it over to the families of the dead. As for the other fifty taels of silver, it would take until the military achievements were fulfilled before payment could be paid.

Since three people died in battle, the military households in Weizhen Fort all seemed quiet, and no one made a noise. Everyone watched Xu Xingxia and the others come back silently. The three people who were unfortunately killed in battle were still alive yesterday, and today they went to another world. Such a scene is indeed sad. However, this is also a matter of no way. How can one not die in war? If you are afraid of death, there is no need to take the assessment yesterday.

The Ming army had eliminated more than 60 Tartars, and only three of them died. This ratio was absolutely amazing. Ningxia Town had never been before. I guess the entire Ming Dynasty had never been before. From this perspective, the military households in Weizhen Fort were already proud. They personally set a brilliant precedent that they had never seen before.

"Child..." Mr. Xu caressed his son with concern. Since the Xu family had enough medical expenses, the doctor invited to do his best and the medicinal materials used were relatively good. Mr. Xu's injuries recovered faster. Now he can already move his body slowly with two crutches.

"Dad, I'm fine." Xu Xingxia said with a reluctant smile. Three people died in battle, which made Xu Xingxia feel a little heavy. Although he knew that casualties were inevitable in battle. As a commander, he had done a good job and had no need to blame himself at all, but, after all, it was a person who died and he needed some time to adapt to such an experience.

"It's fine, it's fine. Don't blame yourself too much. You've done a good job. Really, you've done a good job. I believe they won't blame you either." Xu Fuqing tried hard to comfort his son. He saw that his son had no problem with killing enemies, but in his heart, he had not fully adapted to all this in Weizhenbao. He was still a little too immature.

"Dad, please send someone to help me call all the families of the three of them. I'll wait for them at the glutinous yard." Xu Xingxia took a light breath and said slowly.

"Okay, okay, okay." Xu Fuqing agreed to go.

Xu Xingxia came to the side of the glutinous rice field, where many military households had gathered. They all looked at Xu Xingxia silently without saying a word. Their eyes did not look too sad, on the contrary, there was more of a silent expectation. They were all waiting, waiting for Xu Xingxia to appease the families of the dead.

Soon, the families of the three dead people arrived one after another. The parents of the three dead people were still alive. Their son unfortunately died in battle, so the parents were naturally very sad. However, they basically had no tears. Dead people, in Weizhen Fort, are really nothing, and everyone's tears are almost flowing.

"Your children are brave..."

Xu Xingxia slowly said to the family of the dead.

The families of the three dead people looked a little numb, as if they heard it, but they didn't seem to hear it. Or they heard it, but they didn't take it seriously at all. In fact, they didn't think what Xu Xingxia said was not important. The most important thing is that they hope to get some comfort, preferably material comfort. Specifically, it is silver or food.

"This is the pension I gave them. Each of them is forty-five taels of broken silver. In addition, there are fifty taels of silver. It will not be distributed until the superior exchanges the military achievements."

Xu Xingxia finally said quietly. He soon realized that no matter what he said, it was of little use. The key was how to compensate the families of the dead of war materially. Therefore, while speaking, he gave three cloth bags to the parents of the dead of war. Each cloth bag was filled with heavy silver.

Sure enough, Xu Xingxia's last words attracted the shock of the families of the dead. After taking the cloth bag containing the broken silver, they seemed even more shocked. After receiving the cloth bag, they hurriedly opened the cloth bag in disbelief and checked the white broken silver inside. Someone even took out the broken silver and bit it with his teeth to determine the authenticity of the broken silver.

When they confirmed that it was real silver, their sad expressions could hardly be seen. Xu Xingxia obviously saw a hint of excitement and a hint of satisfaction on their faces. Obviously, they did not expect that their children would receive nearly 100 taels of silver pension after they died in battle.

Nearly a hundred taels of silver is definitely not a small amount. Although their children died and lost their relatives, their inner grief was reduced by a lot of money to receive nearly a hundred taels of silver. It is also worth it to exchange a person's life for the improvement of the entire family.

Perhaps, such a reaction will make some people feel very cold. However, reality is so cold. The military households in Weizhen Fort live in danger, and no one can guarantee that they will not die under the butcher knife of the Tartars. Usually, death is really in vain. Only by fighting with Xu Xingxia can you get a pension.

"Thank you, Lord Baihu."

Some family members suppressed their grief and said with sobs.

"Don't be sad, bury your relatives well."

Xu Xingxia nodded with a serious expression and handed over the body of the dead to them.
Chapter completed!