In the first confrontation with the Xirong army, although Guo Qi's Yongjun army won the final victory, Guo Qi was still dissatisfied with the performance of the Ya military guard and the hussar guard; Especially the hussar guards, in Guo Qi's eyes, are simply a group of rabble, far from the real elite cavalry!

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Fifth son, have you counted the losses of our army in this battle?"

"Not yet, Brother Hu and Brother Tang are being counted."

"Order, all officers above the brigade commander level will come to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters."

"No! Commanded by humility. ”

A quarter of an hour after Guo Qi's military order was issued, all the brigade commanders and officers arrived.

"Humble (last general), see lord." The generals saluted Guo Qi.

"Rise up, everybody!" Guo Qi said with a heavy face: "It stands to reason that we defeated Xirong in this battle, and almost all the remnants of the ambush department were wiped out, so we should celebrate our achievements and reward the officers and soldiers of the three armies;

However, this king cannot raise this interest now, because of the mistakes of some people, our Yongzhou soldiers and civilians suffered heavy losses, and the loss of nearly 6,000 people, four times that of the enemy. ”

Guo Qi said and cast a sharp gaze on Hu Qiong.

Hu Qiong immediately stood up and said, "The last general will ask the lord to forgive the sin." ”

"Hu Qiong, as the general of Huangyang Pass, is not good for defending the city, resulting in heavy losses for the military and civilians of my Huangyang Pass; This king recites your past merits and the incomplete completion of Huangyang Pass, so as to avoid his capital crime; With immediate effect, he was dismissed from his post as a general of the personal guard, and demoted to the deputy general of Huangyang Pass, responsible for the construction and defense of Wangyang Pass;

From now on, the soldiers of the two provinces will be recruited among the young and strong soldiers of Huangyang Pass, commanded by Hu Qiong, and the officers at all levels required by the soldiers of the two provinces, as well as weapons and armor, will be transferred as soon as possible after the king returns to Yongcheng; In addition, the Guard, Sword and Shield Soldiers' Mansion and the Spearmen's Mansion of the Yaya Army temporarily stayed in Huangyang Pass to assist Hu Qiong in training the soldiers, guarding the city pass, and returning to the establishment after the soldiers formed combat strength. ”

"No! Bow down and thank the lord. Hu Qiong bowed.

Regarding Hu Qiong's punishment, Guo Qi can be said to be thunderous and rainy, although his official position has been demoted, but the power in his hands has not been reduced in the slightest, but there are more soldiers from the two governments; As for what Hu Qiong will do in the future, it depends on his own performance, if the performance makes Guo Qi more satisfied, maybe he may return to the position of the general of the guard, if the performance is not good, Guo Qi will transfer the sword and shield army mansion and the spearman mansion back to Jianjian, Hu Qiong will completely stay away from the core elite of the Yongjun army and become a local army. (Note 1)

"All the soldiers who were killed, disabled, and wounded in this battle shall be compensated according to the law;

The day after tomorrow, the army returned to the dynasty, the Wufu hussar guards and the Sanfu Ya military guards returned to Yongcheng with the king, and the Chencang soldiers led by Wu Dayong returned to Chencang. ”

"No! Obey the Lord's decree. ”

After the discussion, everyone else left, and Hu Qiong and Tang Bi stayed.

"My lord, are the soldiers of the two prefectures recruited by the humble position the same as the prefectures, and they are equipped with the corresponding tuntian soldiers?" Hu Qiong asked Guo Qi.

"The soldiers of the two prefectures of Huangyang Pass are not worthy of belonging to the Tuntian soldiers." Guo Qi said: "Not only the soldiers of the two provinces in Huangyang Pass, but also the soldiers of the other seven provinces are no longer worthy of the Tuntian soldiers; In the future, all the tuntian soldiers will be under the unified jurisdiction of the royal government. ”

Guo Qi did this for long-term consideration, now the number of Tuntian soldiers in Yongzhou is huge, but half of the place in Yongzhou is the land reclaimed by the Tuntian soldiers; The soldiers and tuntian soldiers were commanded by one person for a long time, and it was easy to cause the power of the leading generals to be excessive.

After all, the soldiers are fighting, and although the soldiers are mainly engaged in agricultural production, they can also supplement the losses of the soldiers; In this way, it is equivalent to a government captain 'on the horse to manage the army, dismount to manage the people', all the food, soldiers, and even weapons needed by the soldiers can be replenished by themselves, and in the long run, it is easy to cause the captains of each province to support the army and respect themselves.

In the past, Guo Qi implemented the combination of soldiers and tuntian soldiers, because of the lack of officials in his hands, and now after several wars, there are many retired sergeants who need to be resettled, Guo Qi plans to arrange these wounded sergeants to serve as officials among the tuntian soldiers in various prefectures, and completely separate the soldiers from the tuntian soldiers.

In this way, it prevents the captains of various provinces from having too much power in their hands, and allows them to concentrate on military training; With the unified command of the royal government, the soldiers of the various prefectures can be more effectively engaged in agricultural production and unified training, and increase the reserve strength of the Yongjun army, which can be described as a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

"Hu Qiong, we must learn the lesson of this time; Tomorrow will begin to rebuild the Huangyang Pass, and strive to complete the project as soon as possible. Guo Qi patted Hu Qiong's shoulder and said.

"No! The humble job is better than doing his best to live up to the expectations of the prince. ”

"Of the more than 2,000 war horses captured this time, this king left 600 for you to form a scout army and go to the west of Huangyuan City every day to inspect ......"

"No!"

"The rest of the horses were handed over to Tang Bi's hussar guards and brought back to Yongbei Horse Farm."

"No! The last general commanded. Tang Bi happily received the order.

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A day later, Guo Qi led nearly 10,000 Yongcheng troops back to Yongcheng, the people of Yongcheng welcomed them, and the whole Yongcheng became a sea of joy. At the same time, all the soldiers who died in this battle were also invited into the martyrs' shrine and enjoyed the incense offerings of posterity forever.

After returning to the palace, not long after Guo Qi returned to the palace, Song Yiming and Ling Jing came together.

"Meet my lord." Song Yiming and Ling Jing saluted Guo Qi at the same time.

"Get up and sit down! What's wrong, let the two of you find it together? ”

"Lord, there is a more serious matter, there is no money in the Yongzhou treasury." Ling Jing glanced at Guo Qi and said.

"Out of money?" Guo Qi exclaimed: "Millions of taels have been spent, you kid is too good at building!" ”

"It's not the lord, you misunderstood, it's not that the silver is spent, it's the money that is spent, it's the copper coin." Ling Jing hurriedly explained; "Nowadays, the circulation of the imperial court is still copper coins, although gold and silver can also buy things, but gold and silver can only be regarded as precious metals;

And now for our workshop, there are more and more people assembling ordnance, and there is not much money to pay at one time, it is too troublesome to pay with silver, and it is necessary to cut and weigh the silver, so the copper coins that have been used to pay, and all the 400,000 copper coins we have accumulated before are used for this;

And after these people get the money, most of them praise it at home and don't take it out to spend, so it leads to the fact that there are fewer and fewer copper coins in the treasury now, and now there are only 130,000 yuan left in the treasury, and it is estimated that it will not last for a few days if it continues like this. ”

"Yes! Lord, now the small projects that are about to start in various parts of Yongzhou, the lowly position also intends to use money to pay, not merit value, once these projects start, I am afraid that the copper money will be consumed even more, which will cause a shortage of money......"

Guo Qi pondered for a while and asked, "Since copper can make money, so can gold and silver!" Don't we have gold and silver! Then use the gold and silver to mint money. ”

"Lord, it is a capital crime to mint money privately." Song Yiming reminded Guo Qi with a frightened face.

"Then what we cast with gold and silver is not called money, it is not finished, it is called gold and silver coins, and it is not like copper coins with round square holes, but they look different; Moreover, this gold and silver coin cannot be pure gold and silver, and it can be mixed with some other things to control the proportion;

It's best to have a pattern on this, how to do it yourself, you can make a batch of samples first, do a few more to take a look, let's discuss it; Leave this matter to Yiming! The missing craftsmen were drawn from Ling Jing's ......"