Chapter 57: Pensions for soldiers from other countries?
Obviously, the conversation just now was made by the six most powerful old men in the court.
They usually like to talk like this, but now it seems so jarring in Xia Yan's ears.
"Two thousand people are gone like this, and these people are still saying it's great. Who are they?!"
There is no intelligence agency like Jinyiwei in Daxia, so Xu Jing, the Minister of War, is the first to know almost all the information.
There is no doubt that he must have already known the Zhuguo's battle report and informed everyone outside the palace.
But what Xia Yan didn't expect was that everyone would be so relaxed after learning the news.
It doesn't matter if you lose on the battlefield, it doesn't matter if everyone is captured, but Xing Daorong said that two thousand people were wiped out, and this group of people can still laugh?!
Xia Yan was furious in his heart and looked at the group of people entering the hall with vicious eyes, as if he wanted to kill them.
A group of old men were stunned when they saw Xing Daorong kneeling in the hall and Xia Yan with fierce eyes.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
"I didn't see it, shouldn't I be happy?"
"Why is General Xing still kneeling? Is this what people who have made great achievements are like this?"
Several people were talking quietly, but no one dared to speak loudly looking at the appearance of the two of them.
Xia Yan, on the other hand, had bloodshot eyes as he looked at several people roaring angrily.
"Human life is so worthless in your eyes, right?"
"Thousands of lives were lost just like that. Shouldn't we feel sorry for them?"
After hearing this, several people were stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and then they all started to make eye contact.
[I understand, His Majesty must have felt that General Xing’s methods were too cruel. After all, thousands of people in the Zhu Kingdom did die this time]
[It makes sense and makes sense. Not only did thousands of people die in the Zhu Kingdom, but nearly 10,000 people were injured, but weren’t our soldiers already working desperately to treat them?]
[You can’t laugh so happily, after all, thousands of people are gone]
[That makes sense, just burn them to death without leaving any corpses. It’s really not funny]
A group of people figured this out and began to look sad.
"It's true, it's true, it's thousands of lives."
"Yeah, it's said that he didn't even leave his body behind when he died. It's so miserable."
"War is ruthless..."
Listening to what these people said, Xia Yanfei almost exploded with anger.
I thought to myself, you damn girls still know that others are miserable. You knew they were miserable and yet you just laughed?
"Hurry up and compile the list and give their families the most preferential pensions."
Several people were stunned when they heard this.
What is this? Pensions to the families of soldiers who died in occupied countries?
This is really the first time I heard this.
Your Majesty's mind is unusual.
But isn’t this a bit late?
At that time, there were more than 20,000 people in Yu State, and you didn't even see you giving them pensions.
But the power of heaven is unpredictable, so Yuan Liyang asked tremblingly.
"Your Majesty... At that time in the Yu Kingdom, many people were killed in battle..."
Hearing this, Xia Yan frowned slightly.
This seems to be true. When the war started with Yu State, many Daxia soldiers died in the battle.
The battle report at that time stated that the Yu State suffered more than 20,000 casualties, but it did not say how many of its own troops were killed.
Now that I think about it, if we want the enemy to suffer such casualties, then our own casualties will certainly not be small.
I was negligent!
"Well, it was indeed my negligence last time. You should hurry up and make sure to comfort their families."
At this point, Xia Yan seemed to have thought of something, and continued: "If the same situation happens in the future, remember to do this, so as not to let the deceased suffer injustice."
Hearing this, Yuan Liyang also took a breath of cold air.
Good guy, this is a lot of money.
According to normal procedures, the family of a fallen soldier can receive a pension of five to ten taels of silver depending on his position.
If calculated based on the 20,000 people in the Yu Kingdom and the 5,000 people in the Zhu Kingdom, then at least 150,000 taels of silver would need to be paid.
There is no doubt that this is a huge expenditure.
Moreover, unlike investing in armaments, this money has almost no return.
In the past, Yuan Liyang would have been extremely resistant.
But today is different from the past. The first reason is that after occupying Xi State, he also inherited Xi State's extremely huge treasury.
After checking the treasury assets, many people took a breath of cold air.
A full one million taels of silver!
It is directly more than twice that of Yu State and Daxia.
But think about it, only such a huge finance can support the expenses of hundreds of warships.
Of course, having more assets means more expenses.
Not to mention other things, just rebuilding the docks and rebuilding the warships will require a lot of manpower and material resources, and these all require money.
But in general, even if I spend 150,000 yuan, it won't break my bones.
But Xia Yan is definitely the first person in history who is willing to take money for soldiers in occupied areas.
If such a person is not an emperor for eternity, who should be?!
Thinking of this, Yuan Liyang's eyes turned red.
"Okay, okay, Your Majesty, I'll get ready right now."
Seeing Yuan Liyang's statement like this, Xia Yan felt a little more comfortable.
"Well, you can just do everything."
Hearing this, Yuan Liyang felt warm in his heart. His Majesty still trusted him.
So he patted his chest and said excitedly: "I understand, in the future I will do this every time I win a battle and occupy every place!"
"Um."
Xia Yan just responded, but suddenly felt that something was wrong.
What does it mean to occupy every place? This old man has a fever and his brain is in a state of confusion?
"Yuan Shangshu, what did you just say?"
Yuan Liyang was stunned, "It's all done like this."
"I said what I said before."
"We won the battle and occupied every area."
Moreover, Yuan Liyang seemed to be afraid that Xia Yan did not hear clearly, so he continued to speak.
"That's what you just said, to provide pensions to those soldiers of the original Yu Kingdom and the original Zhu Kingdom who have died, and to occupy a city and give pensions to the deceased of the original forces. Your Majesty, you are definitely the first person in the history."
Xia Yan:???
Xing Daorong:??????
After hearing this, Xing Daorong and Xia Yan above them both widened their eyes.
An idea quickly appeared in Xia Yan's mind, but he didn't want to believe it no matter what.
Xing Daorong is here. He told me that the entire army of 2,000 people was wiped out. Could there be something wrong?
No way, no way?!
It must be an illusion. This old man has a fever and is confused. He needs to be sent to the fever clinic quickly. Well, it must be like this!
And when Xia Yan was hypnotizing himself in his mind, a voice slowly appeared in his mind, directly shattering all his illusions.
[Dududu, the task of occupying the Candle Kingdom has been completed, the details will be displayed later]
Completed?
This TM system tells itself that the task has been completed?
Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?
At this moment, Xia Yan just felt a rush of hot blood rushing to his head, and then he closed his eyes and kicked his legs.
Plop——
"Fuck! Your Majesty fainted again!"
"Hurry up and declare the imperial physician!!"
"The doctor is here!!" This chapter has been completed!
