For an army, pay is very critical. Just as the so-called military horses did not move the grain and grass first, this is the truth. Daming encountered this problem in the later stage, and the military salary itself could not be collected, and some were also embezzled, so daming encountered great problems in the combat effectiveness of the army in the later period.
The peasant army that could fight against the Ming army was quite moist, and it was invincible all the way, and the Ming army collapsed into an army. This is a slogan, since it is a slogan, it is not false, otherwise over time, people will definitely see the truth clearly. Besides, king Chuang had no base, and he was very different from the Zhu Yuanzhang uprising in those years.
But since the king did not pay for the grain, where did the peasant army's military salary come from?
This is indeed a big problem, like Zhu Yuanzhang, although there is no such slogan, but Zhu Yuanzhang also has this problem, grain and salary will have problems, but Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the strategy of "building walls high, accumulating grain in large quantities, and slowly becoming king" put forward by the strategist Zhu Sheng.
But Li Zicheng, the king of the intruders, did not have such a base, and it was obvious that eating and drinking were problems all the way to the uncertain days. The meaning of this is not that it is necessary to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang, the key issue is that the importance of military salaries to an army is self-evident.
In fact, Li Zicheng is not stupid, he can't make his army lose combat effectiveness because of a very open slogan. In fact, Li Zicheng adopted the suggestions of the strategist Li Yan and put forward the slogans of "free grain in all fields," "flat buying and selling flat," and "cutting the rich to help the poor." This was done in line with the wishes of the common people, and gained the hearts and minds of the people, and naturally the peasant uprising became huge.
But money is the key, and no one can go without taking money. Therefore, Li Zicheng adopted the method of "losing money to help the sound", since the common people no longer collect money, then the landlords and powerful people and the officials cannot let go, and besides, their money is still more.
To tell the truth, by the late Ming Dynasty, many officials of the Ming Dynasty were corrupt and bribe-taking, so Li Zicheng targeted them, and the military salary naturally did not have to worry about anything.
You know, the Ming Dynasty also had kings from all over the world, although they had no power, but they ate and drank without worry, so they were also one of the biggest targets.
For officials of the Ming Dynasty, the amount of assistance will also be determined according to the level of their positions. In this way, there was no problem with the salaries of the peasant army.
Therefore, on the surface, the army of the king is a mobile operation, but the impact on military salaries is not large.