After the two armies of Zhenguo and Baoyi invasion, the Prime Minister's Office mobilized more than 70 battalions of Yi soldiers from Zuojin Prefectures and County, with a total of more than 30,000 troops. These Yi soldiers gathered in a hurry. In addition to occasionally rewarding wine and food, even the military supplies were directly supplied by Zuojin Prefectures and County, with different scatteredness and frugality, and the Ministry of War was not very easy to command. When Chen Dong heard the complaints of the prefectures and counties repeatedly, he felt that the morale of the military was in danger, so he personally led the clerks of the Prime Minister's Office to the money treasury and ordered the clerks of the Ezhou Prefectures to bring the booklets, and there were still money and silk.

More than 1.3 million guan. Chen Dong ordered people to take out half of the soldiers who were rewarded to the prefectures and counties who guarded the city, and the other half were preparing to recruit warriors and reward reinforcements in Jiangzhou. Since Chen Dong was elected as prime minister, he spoke and acted more and more prestige. After he ordered, the clerks did not dare to question it, so he immediately notified the Ministry of War to send people to transport money and silk. In order to prevent the deduction of corruption in the middle and affect the morale of the army, Chen Dong personally took charge of the money treasury and supervised the rewards. After a rough calculation, each battalion could give 10,000 guan.

The clerks were rushing to make books and divide the money into piles. Cao Liangshi, the Minister of War, came and saw Chen Dong and said, "Shaoyang, you must not!"

"Why?" Chen Dong stood up and asked, "Now that money and silk are not rewarded to the soldiers, can we still leave it to Cao Di?"

"How can the morale of the army be maintained with money and silk," Cao Liangshi said with a serious expression. "If this reward is delivered, it is afraid that it will not only not motivate the soldiers, but it will not be clear about the rewards, which will in vainly disrupt the morale of the people." He pointed to the mountain of money and silk and said, "The soldiers in the village are in no way good, and they are still working hard to fight. Now they are soft and delicate, so they have more concerns. What's more, the market in the city is now in a downturn, what is the use of military soldiers to ask for money and silk? Those who govern are not worried about the lack of worries and unevenness, but the most taboo thing to reward the army is to over-reward. The Tang Dynasty's previous lessons are not far away! Once a arrogant general is developed, not only can't fight, but they will coerce the court to reward each time they fight. This example must not be made. As the Minister of War, I will never agree!"

The more Cao Liangshi spoke, he became louder and louder, and his mouth flew everywhere, almost spraying on the prime minister's face. The clerks around him looked at each other, and Kuding also put down the money and silk in his hand, waiting for the two officials to discuss and come up with a result.

Chen Dong frowned, and after Cao Liangshi finished speaking, he asked, "What should the Ministry of War do with the meaning of it?"

"Don't you hear that if you kill one person and the three armies are shocked, kill them; if you reward one person and ten thousand people say it, reward them." Cao Liangshi immediately replied, "No matter how much money you have in the city, you can't buy food and meat. If you want to reward the soldiers, it is better to buy more food, meat and vegetables and reward the soldiers in the city. For those warriors who have made meritorious, the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of War, you will be rewarded with more money and silk to the soldiers who have made meritorious, and you will also have to give them double the rewards, so that other soldiers will be envious of rewarding them."

While listening, Chen Dong nodded and sighed, "If it weren't for a good historical, I would have made a big mistake." He turned to the clerks and said, "The rewards to the soldiers will be taken care of by Lord Cao of the Ministry of War." He turned around and bowed to him, "Ezhou City Defense, the world's fortunes will rise and fall, please ask Lord Cao!" Chen Dong and Cao Liangshi and even make friends rarely have such serious matters. Cao Liangshi was slightly stunned and did not avoid it. After receiving this gift from Chen Dong, he returned the court and said, "Don't worry, the good historical should do his best." Chen Dong nodded, and stopped staying in the treasury and left with his subordinates from the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The Prime Minister's Office handed over the full power of mobilizing money and rewarding the three armies to the Ministry of War for handling. Cao Liangshi ordered the clerk to distribute the money and silk that had been divided into three grades of high-level, middle-level and low-level rewards according to the merits reported by the army guarding the city. Those who made the best merits were rewarded with a hundred stalemates, which was equivalent to the military salary of the imperial guards for two years, and those who were middle-level rewards were fifty stalemates, which was equivalent to the military salary of the imperial guards for one year, and those who were lower were twenty stalemates, which was originally planned to reward all the soldiers guarding the city. Because the number of soldiers who had made merits was small, the money consumed far less than that of Chen Dong.

Historian Cao Liang also notified the Ministry of Revenue that each household in the city would send 30 coins to each household in order to calm the hearts of the people so that the people would not be willing to look to Xiangyang. There were about 120,000 households in the city, and this amount was nearly 400,000 coins. Thirty coins were nothing for a household, but the court issued storm to the people was an unprecedented move. Historian Cao Liang believed that the people's hearts were much easier to buy than the soldiers, and the support of the people would also subtly affect the loyalty of the villagers. It would be much better to calculate than to directly send money to the soldiers.

Not long after, Wu Zilong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hurried over and saw Cao Liangshi, and bowed: "Wu thanked Brother Cao on behalf of the people in the city."

Cao Liangshi sighed, "Brother Wu is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. What he thinks is that the people of the world are the people in the world. How can he be confined to a small Ezhou? The money and grain in the treasury are all the people's wealth and paste. Now, taking out the people of Ezhou to suppress the shock, it is just a temporary solution." He ordered his clerk to hand over the books with the Ministry of Revenue, shook his head, approached Wu Zilong, and lowered his voice, "The treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous treacherous in the great righteousness, only to win the hearts of the people."

"Brother Cao taught me a lesson." Wu Zilong bowed and said to himself: I originally thought that except for Chen Shaoyang, Zhao Yuanzhi had the talent of the prime minister. Now it seems that I have underestimated the heroes of the world. He felt ashamed, calmed his mind and focused on counting money and silk distribution. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War each performed their duties and moved out more than half of the treasury money and silk. The clerks of the Ministry of Revenue and the State Department beat drums and drums that day, and those who were from the streets and yards sent shocked money, and then the Lizhengtuan head distributed it to the household.

"Bang--"

"Bang bang bang bang bang--"

The sound of gongs rang through the neighbors, and many honest people were so scared that their faces were pale, and they all guessed what had happened.

"The child's father, isn't the government going to recruit Ding Zhuang to the city?"

"Who knows?" Li Aqi looked carefully through the crack in the door. What he was most worried about was the chaos. Nowadays, whether it was the barbarians, official troops or bandits, the chaos was the most terrifying. Even the Khitans always had a little bit of royal law, and the chaos was a beast.

"Listen to the neighbors, young and old, the soldiers are in the forefront, and the government is merciful. The people in the city receive thirty cents of shock money each household receive. Come out and get the money!" Li Aqi recognized that the person who beat the gong was Uncle He Wu. His son He Saner shook his heavy cloth bag in his hand, as if he was full of copper coins. "Can't that be true?" Li Aqi stared at He Tuantou's face, as if he was full of doubts. He Saner followed behind him with a look of inconsistency. The bag of money was shaking in He Saner's hand, which was very tempting.

Uncle He Wu knocked on the street for a while. Seeing that no one answered, he shook his head helplessly, turned around and planned to ask He Saner to knock on the door and pay the money. At this time, a household opened a crack in the door with a "creak" and a half-old Xu girl with a lazy bun leaned against the door and said softly: "He Tuantou said it really, thirty cents, it can't be teased by me like this." After that, he walked over twisted and twisted.

"A bitch who is indifferent to the common people." Uncle He Wu cursed inwardly, but his face was as heavy as water. He coldly ordered San'er, "Just count thirty words to her."

"Okay!" He Saner agreed to be so happy. He took out a string of copper coins from the cloth bag, counted thirty cents and handed them to the prostitute who was half-closed. The prostitute was also surprised. He took the copper coins and blessed him with a blessing. He smiled and said, "I thanked you. The third brother came to the door when I have time." Then he twisted and left again. He Saner was inexplicably frowned. Uncle He Wu frowned again, and said at the top of his voice: "The government is mercy, and each household is shocked by thirty cents. Come out and get the money!"

This scene was seen by countless eyes hiding behind the cracks in the door. Thirty cents were only one-third of Li Aqi's gain in a day, and it was only enough to maintain the most shabby meal. However, for Li Aqi, who wanted to break it into two, he would regret it if he didn't take it for a lifetime. Without thinking, he pulled out the door bolt and said respectfully: "Uncle He Wu, is there any money I have to worry about?" Several families took the lead in collecting the money. At this moment, neighbors flocked out, surrounding Uncle He Wu and his son.

"Yes, yes." Seeing this, He Tuantou couldn't help but pick up the airs and said with a cold face, "Don't worry, come one by one, this is the shocking money given by the government. Each household must be short. However, I have to count it clearly. If there is a deficit, it will be difficult to be a human being." He didn't say it, but the more he said the neighbors became more and more chaotic, and countless hands reached towards He Saner at the same time, for fear that he would have less of his deserved share.

Li Aqi returned home with thirty cents in his arms, closed the door and bolted it, and took out the money. He looked at it one by one, muttering, "It's strange, it's really strange, there's no drought or flood, and the government actually gave money and grain to provide relief. It's really strange." He said it several times, with an incredible look on his face, and was extremely happy in his heart, as if it was not thirty cents, but thirty cents. Li Aqi carefully placed the thirty cents in his home to hide the softness of the softness of the house. "Master Qingtian, it's better to be longer." Li Aqi was only worried about the chaos of soldiers washing the city, but at this moment, he even shared a little thought and prayed for the men in Ezhou.

In the evening of that day, taking advantage of the slowdown of the offensive of the Xiangyang army, the Ministry of War rewarded the meritorious soldiers. One hundred, fifty, and twenty coins were placed heavily on a wooden plate. At the same time, it was promoted to more than fifty officers who had made contributions to fighting during the day. The general officer Fan Changheng was the first to be rewarded with one hundred coins, but also obtained the real head of the capital. He was accused of becoming an eighth-rank Bingyilang and became an official from a clerk. After the reward, there was a thunderous cheer on the city and the morale of the army was boosted. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the return of the army, Cao Liangshi announced his crime in public and killed three people who escaped in the battle. All the troops were alert.

Not long after the reward and punishment of the Ezhou Grand Prix, night fell, but the Xiangyang army lit hundreds of bonfires outside the city, posing as an attack overnight, not giving the army and civilians in the city a chance to breathe.
Chapter completed!