"The battle of Turtle Mountain, we are defeated after all! 45,000 elite soldiers, so that the 80,000 people in the east fell in less than a day, the loss of 15,600, the loss of armor and baggage, and the number of enemies killed is only a few thousand, the lesson is profound! ”

In the valley of Wohu Mountain, in a watchtower mansion, Emperor Zhu, who was stationed here, knocked on a desk and said nonsense bitterly.

And those who listened to him were not only Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi, Huang Degong, Yan Yingyuan, Wang Zhou, Hao Shaoqi, Li Chengdong and others, but also Zhu Yihai who came from Qingzhou, Su Guansheng and Shen Tingyang who came from Dengzhou, and Gao Jie who came from Jinzhou in eastern Liaodong.

Almost all the leading figures of the Ming Dynasty on the ground in Shandong and Xuhai have arrived, and they are all ready to celebrate the New Year in Wohu Mountain, and Zhu Cihong, the emperor of Hongxing, will welcome the arrival of the first year of Hongxing.

However, Emperor Zhu didn't have the intention of celebrating the New Year at this time, he was very angry, very sad, and very disappointed!

The Battle of Guishan was fought too badly, and the 45,000 Ming army couldn't defeat the 80,000 Qing army, but why couldn't it last even a day?

In less than a day, he lost 16,000 catties, and he didn't know if there were 5,000 (the real number was 5,500), and he lost Qufu City later.

This is a big defeat!

The Shandong armies really disappointed Emperor Hongxing......

Zhu Cihong looked disappointed, while the generals of the towns below had a pained and remorseful expression.

Hehe, they don't have 16,000 people now, and the total number of troops on hand is only more than 40,000, and at least half of them are bare-handed.

With this little force, he couldn't defeat Dolgon, and he didn't have the ability to fight against Emperor Zhu, who had 30,000 or 40,000 heavy troops.

So I can only lower my eyebrows and be pleasing to the eyes, who would dare to scare Zhu Cihong, so send the Holy Father Kong Yinzhi to educate the barbarian ghosts, and there are still a lot of them here in Emperor Zhu!

However, Zhu Cihong is not really angry, don't look at his mouth to count the Shandong armies, but in fact, he is extremely satisfied with the performance of these armies.

It was too normal for Scofa to be defeated by Dolgon, the skills of the two men in fighting were too different, and Dolgon's soldiers were still 30,000...... At that time, Huang Taiji led 60,000 people to beat Hong Chengchou's 130,000 people to the point that there was not much left. Now after Scofa carried Dorgon's 80,000 men with 45,000 men, there were still 30,000 left.

What does this mean? It shows that the remaining 30,000 people are "high-quality assets"! They are soldiers who have fought a tough battle, and who can still withdraw from a great defeat, and they are undoubtedly elite.

So Zhu Cihong was ready to lower the price and acquire these high-quality assets...... All become the Central Army!

"Your Majesty!" As soon as Zhu Cihong's words were finished, Hao Shaoqi immediately got up and took over the conversation, "The minister thinks that the defeat of Guishan is mainly due to the chaotic military system of the armies of Shandong and Huaibei, with inconsistent orders and insufficient training...... If it is not greatly rectified and reorganized, it will certainly repeat the mistakes of the past in the future. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded: "The flag is reasonable, the armies of Shandong and Huaibei should indeed be reorganized and reorganized. ”

This is to annex our army!

Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi, Zhu Yihai, Huang Degong, Li Chengdong and others all had heart twitches.

And Zhu Cihong looked at Shi Kefa with a rather expectant look.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that the armies should be reorganized."

Shi Kefa knew that he couldn't carry it hard, although he was the "head of the six towns", but now he was the weakest of the six towns.

Because his old nest Qufu and the money bag Confucius Mansion are gone, and the military salary for the training of the army in Qufu in December has not been paid!

So he had no way to resist Zhu Cihong's annexation...... If you give in early, you can still get a little "shares", and then find an errand that can continue to defeat the war.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that the armies should be reorganized and the orders should be unified."

The next to express his softness was Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu. As a vassal king, where did he dare to compete with Zhu Cihong in terms of military power?

Besides, Zhu Cihong treats him well.

Zhu Cihong nodded, very satisfied.

Two of the six towns have arrived! Xu Hai's Gao Jie can be collected or not. Now there are Huang Degong, Gao Hongtu and Zuo Maodi left.

"Emperor," Li Chengdong frowned, "The brothers under the ministers have all divided the land of Tai'an Prefecture and Feicheng, and they are the ...... of granting land to serve as soldiers."

"Tian Zhaona," Zhu Cihong said, "are all considered meritorious fields, and I will be given another military salary, and the treatment will be the same as that of other soldiers of the New Army." He paused, "The Beizhen armies have resisted captivity for several years, and there is no merit and hard work, and I will give them meritorious fields in Shandong." ”

It's really an annexation...... Complete annexation!

The warlords' hearts are like knives, but they still have to accompany the smiling faces.

"Okay," Li Chengdong sighed, "There's nothing more to say......

Zhu Cihong turned his gaze to Gao Hongtu, and Gao Hongtu said: "Your Majesty, the old minister's Shandong regimental training relies on the help of the Shandong gentry, and the soldiers used are not recruited, and it is not easy for the minister to call the shots. ”

Zuo Maodi also said: "Your Majesty, the minister's regimental training also relied on the support of the gentry of a province to get up. ”

It's the same name for group training, but the nature is different. Shi Kefa's Qufu regimental training was actually a military recruitment, and he was a mercenary supported by the silver of the Confucian Mansion, so naturally whoever gave the silver went with whom. Zhu Yihai's army was similar, supported by the silver of the Lu Mansion and the taxes of the Qingzhou Mansion.

Li Chengdong had no money, but he got two very fat lands in Tai'an Prefecture and Feicheng, so he distributed land to his subordinates and let them become feudal soldiers.

And Gao Hongtu and Zuo Maodi are complicated. They are the leaders of the large group training and coaxing the leaders of the small group, and there are not many strengths that really belong to them.

Zhu Cihong smiled: "Gao Qing, Zuo Qing, if you two can't call the shots, just find those who can call the shots, and I will talk to them personally."

In addition to talking about the incorporation of the regiment, I also wanted to talk to them about Qingtian, Shandong. ”

In the account books left over during the Wanli period, Shandong Province has nearly 61.75 million mu of land, and the rated field endowment is about 2.85 million stone flour.

61.75 million acres of land, 2.85 million stone flour, still a little less! On average, one mu is only a little more than four liters and six liters, and there is no half a bucket.

Zhu Cihong plans to raise the field endowment to one mu and eight liters of noodles (Shandong is not lower than Jiangnan, Huguang, Sichuan, and Guangdong, and the tax per mu of eight liters is not low), looking at twice as much as the one mu and four liters that Dolgon levied in the north, but Zhu Cihong will implement the apportionment of the mu and the conscription into the mu, and there is no household adjustment (cloth), and the cost of the tax will be deducted from the eight liters.

In other words, here in Shandong, one acre of land is eight liters of noodles!

Zuo Maodi swallowed, "Your Majesty, Shandong has been in turmoil in recent years, and a lot ......of land and field books have been lost."

He is a loyal minister, and the Zuo family also has many loyal martyrs, but their family is also a large landowner in Shandong Province!

"The chaotic government naturally does not collect land taxes," Zhu Cihong said, "and the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou are exempt from taxation for five years from the first year of Hongxing."

Moreover, I will no longer investigate the loss of official and military fields in Shandong...... Re-registration, who occupies the land, who gets the deed, who is responsible for paying taxes! Except for Xuntian and Wangtian, the officials and gentry pay grain in one piece, which should not be exempted.

In addition, Shandong's commercial tax and salt tax will also be strictly levied from the first year of Hongxing! ”

Shandong is located on the front line, and many territories are still controlled by the Qing army, so "losing money" is certain, but this does not mean that Zhu Cihong can not control Shandong's losses...... The collapse of the Ming Dynasty began with finances, and Zhu Cihong's rescue operation also began with financial restructuring and sorting.

So he cares a lot about the "profit and loss" of the territory...... Losing too much territory, he would rather not directly control it, or even not occupy it for the time being.

It's not because I don't talk about politics, but I really can't afford to lose...... He is now using the profits of the southeast, Huguang, Fujian and Guangdong to fill the deficits elsewhere, and he does not have a money printing machine, and it is difficult for him to borrow money to raise money.

Once there is a shortfall, it can only be filled by arrears of military salaries...... Therefore, Zhu Cihong did not dare to expand blindly, and every time he expanded, he had to consider digestion.