As a result, he happened to visit the soldier's hometown and sent someone to ask how the soldier was doing. What he didn't expect was that he got the news that the soldier had passed away.
He didn't believe it, thinking that an optimistic and cheerful soldier, who was just missing an arm and had a very strong physique, would not stay with him if he didn't.
It had only been half a year since the last battle when the soldier's arm was broken. The strong young man was gone, and he just didn't want to believe it.
So he asked people to investigate. It would have been fine if they hadn't investigated, but when they did, he was shocked.
When the soldier returned home after being discharged from the army, he was not welcomed by his family. Instead, they all despised him for being incompetent and unable to even save an arm. They asked him what was the point of staying in the army? It would be better for him to die on the battlefield so that his family could receive more pension.
Faced with the ridicule from his family, the soldier said nothing. However, the smiling soldier's eyes dimmed and he accepted the sarcasm from his family.
Under such circumstances, the soldier silently endured his family's dislike for him. Even though he took out 10 taels of silver, he didn't get a smile from his family. Instead, they felt that he should not die alive because the money the court would give him after his death was more than that of a living person.
In fact, what the soldier's family didn't know was that even if the soldier died on the battlefield, the pension he would receive would only be 20 taels, which was only 10 taels more than if he were alive.
However, these soldiers did not tell their families. As the days passed, the soldiers gradually lost the confidence to live under the cold words of their families. One night, they ran to the river of the village and jumped in without hesitation.
The next day, the villagers found Xiaobing's body. Xiaobing's family did not shed tears. Instead, they felt that once Xiaobing died, he would no longer be a burden to them.
He also said privately that it would be a good thing to die, as he could save two meals a day.
When she heard from Xie Ruiyuan that Xiaobing's family treated Xiaobing so coldly and selfishly, she had the urge to kill Xiaobing's family.
She knew that the soldier Xie Ruiyuan was talking about was just one of the thousands of veterans, and in places they couldn't see, there were even more veterans living a life without dignity.
From Xie Ruiyuan's words, she could guess what Xie Ruiyuan did.
She was also confused as to why Xie Ruiyuan cared about the affairs of retired veterans.
But she felt that Xie Ruiyuan was thinking too simply. As a big country, Da Zhou had more than tens of thousands of veterans retiring every year. If you add those who retired in previous years, it would definitely be a huge number.
Sure enough, when Xie Ruiyuan started doing this, he had already discovered that there was no way to shoot the arrow. No matter how difficult it was, he would continue to do it.
The consequence of doing this was that the treasury of Prince Chen's Mansion was gradually emptied, and all the income from Xie Ruiyuan's industries was also invested in it.
Li Mengyue was also worried. Xie Ruiyuan already had an army of 300,000 soldiers, so how could he afford to support 500,000 veterans? It would be fine for one or two years, but five years would be a bit stretched.
If this continues, no matter how much money Xie Ruiyuan has, it will not be enough.
She felt so distressed when she thought about the money that went out like water every year.
You have to know that Xie Ruiyuan is the man she has chosen. She and Xie Ruiyuan are one, and the money she spends on Xie Ruiyuan is equivalent to the money she spends on her.
She wasn't that generous enough to let five hundred thousand people give her money and support them willingly. This was absolutely something she couldn't tolerate.
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