Because the Nanyang Army has the financial support of the Prince Nanyang Mansion, the court's document stirred barely a ripple. However, the other stationed troops across various regions, upon receiving the documents one after another, were thrown into chaos.
Thirty percent cut in military funding is no small number. Each year, when the military funds are allocated by the Ministry of War, twenty percent was automatically reduced. This was considered a customary cut by the Ministry of War. The remaining eighty percent would reach the military camps, with the stationed commanders keeping twenty percent, and the remaining military generals splitting another twenty percent. Ultimately, the soldiers' salaries amount to about forty percent.
Now, the court suddenly reduced military funding by thirty percent, everyone up and down the ranks would receive less silver. Who is willing to let go of the meat in their mouths?
