This is the supreme glory of being crowned king, saying that Wang Yan doesn't want to, it is obviously impossible, and he has also thought about this matter carefully in his heart.

Indeed, what He Tengjiao said was right, if Jin Shenghuan, a rebel general who came over anyway, was crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and his subordinates were still marquises, there would inevitably be complaints in his heart.

He is indeed blocking the path of his subordinates now, if it weren't for his control of the army's financial power and high prestige, maybe someone would really pull him off the horse.

As the leader of a force, sometimes you can stop if you don't want to stop, and the people behind you will keep pushing him forward, only if he goes further, the people behind him can go further, and there is no way back.

Wang Yan looked at He Tengjiao and found that the old man could not deal with the Qing soldiers, but he was indeed quite sophisticated in the political struggle within the Ming Dynasty, and many problems could be seen through at a glance.

At that moment, Wang Yan did not hide it, "I have also thought about the matter of sealing the king, but I am afraid that I will be pushed too quickly, so that Your Majesty will completely break with me and affect the overall situation of resisting the Qing Dynasty." ”

He Tengjiao shook his head, he is now really planning for Wang Yan, there was originally a He Wenrui here, what he wanted was to use Wang Yan to strengthen the power of the He family and let He Wenrui take over.

Now the situation is different, He Wenrui is gone, Jiangxi is rising again, he is more than half a hundred years old, not long to live, if Wang Yan falls, then the He family will inevitably decline, only Wang Yan continues to control the government for more than ten years, during which he helped him cultivate two concubines of Changsheng and Desheng, and can support the He family business in the future.

"Tired work is not rewarded, it hurts morale, you still have to fight for this county king, offend the emperor, it is better than your subordinates." He Tengjiao is colorful.

Wang Yan listened and was silent for a while, he recalled that before he sent troops to Sichuan and Shu, the emperor had already begun to obviously suppress him and encroach on his interests.

After a while, Wang Yan smiled slightly, and his heart was relieved, he wanted to limit the imperial power, which was originally opposed to the emperor, and he wanted to offend the emperor anyway.

"Taishan is right about this, I will plan immediately."

He Tengjiao listened and nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, the staff of the Governor's Mansion came to the outside of the hall and reported: "Xianggong, Governor, they have arrived at the Futai." ”

He Tengjiao listened and stood up, "Shiheng will wait for me for a while, I'll go change into an official robe, and then go to the meeting together." ”

In the lobby of the Governor's Palace, the officials who came to participate in the deliberations, in addition to Du Yinxi, there were also civil officials and military generals near Wuchang City, a total of more than 20 people.

Everyone came to the lobby to vacate the main seat and the left head, and filled the seats on both sides. As they whispered to each other in the council hall and talked about the current situation, the guards outside the hall shouted: "Wang Xiang, He Du has arrived!" ”

The hall suddenly quieted down, everyone got up one after another, He Tengjiao was in front of the officials, he didn't put on the face of the old man, he stood on the left with a lot of face, and Wang Yan walked quickly to the middle hall and sat down in the main seat.

Wang Yan smiled and waved his hand to invite everyone to sit down.

Wang Yan smiled slightly: "The two major battles this summer ended in a big victory for our dynasty, and the situation is in my favor, and the time to recover Jiangnan is becoming more and more mature. Huguang, as a key place, the upper reaches of Jinling, is the cornerstone of the attack on the south of the Yangtze River, and it is necessary to prepare for a big war. Summoning you over today is to discuss, how can Huguang prepare for the war? ”

After speaking, Wang Yan glanced at everyone, and then continued: "The land of the five provinces of the current governor of this prime minister, and it is the responsibility of the governor of the city to pass through Huguang, so I will first state to you the plan of preparing for war against Huguang. If you have any doubts or suggestions, you can put them forward later. ”

Although Chen Bangyan is Wang Yan's staff, he also has a meritorious reputation, and he participates in politics under the name of Guangdong Buzheng Envoy Siyou, and can sit with all officials.

After Wang Yan finished speaking, Chen Bangyan stood up, saluted everyone, and then unfolded it with a fold, and said unhurriedly: "He Du, Block Fu, colleagues, if I want to attack Jiangnan, strong soldiers and strong horses are the key." In this regard, the Shogunate formulated three points. Let me start with the first point, the expansion of the army and the selection of troops. At present, Huguang has assembled a total of 150,000 regular troops, and will expand to 250,000 in the near future, of which the naval division will be expanded to 30,000, and the source of troops will be recruited from the Qihuang Righteous Army and the training of the township brave regiments in various places. In addition, Huguang has comprehensively implemented government soldiers and cultivated reserve soldiers. ”

Everyone in the hall listened, and after a while, You Youlun, the governor of Wuchang, asked: "Huguang has limited financial resources, and it has just experienced a big war, can you specifically explain the reason for the expansion of the army?" And why do you want to implement government soldiers? ”

Chen Bangyan nodded after hearing this, and explained: "Let's talk about the reason for the expansion of the army first, this time the Manchu Qing lost a large number of men and horses in Sichuan, Shu, Chu and Jiangxi at the same time, and they could not recover in a short time, but there were still 130,000 Qing soldiers in Jiangnan. If you want to attack Jiangnan, Huguang must send at least 200,000 troops, and you also need to leave people and horses to watch over the family, and expand the army by 100,000, which has been reduced again and again. ”

Everyone talked about it for a while, this problem is too much pressure on Huguang, there are more than 100,000 horses, and the salary of the army alone will be 1.5 million taels more every year, where can I bear it.

Du Yinxi stood up and said: "Wang Xiang, it costs money to expand the army, and the tax on the implementation of the government soldiers in Huguang will be reduced, so it will definitely not be possible to be close to Huguang, and since the army has been expanded, why do you still want to implement the government soldiers?" ”

This time, Wang Yan personally explained: "The expansion of the army can be reduced, but the government soldiers must be implemented. In this Chu-Jiangxi battle, the loss of Wuchang Xiangyang was close to 40,000, and the next attack on Jiangnan will only be greater. These are elite soldiers, and they can't be trained in two or three years. If the war drags on, sooner or later the elite soldiers will be exhausted. The implementation of government soldiers by the prime minister is a long-term plan, which can quickly replenish elite soldiers for the imperial court. In the future, the government soldiers will be called tun soldiers, and after three years, they will be recruited into the army called soldiers, and after two years, the good fighters will be selected as sharp soldiers, and the treatment of the three levels will be different. Even if the recruits suffer heavy losses, they can quickly obtain the reinforcement of the government soldiers who have been trained for many years, and the combat strength of our army will be far superior to that of the Qing soldiers. ”

Wang Yan's method is really good in the long run, collect less land endowment, and be able to hide a large army among the people, which is much more cost-effective than supporting a recruited army in the imperial court, but unfortunately the effect is too slow.

"After the commercial tax reform, Huguang's annual tax revenue is about three million taels, if the government soldiers are implemented, the tax will be reduced by at least 300,000 taels, leaving 2.7 million taels, even if it is not handed over to the imperial court and other arrangements are not made, it will not be able to raise 200,000 soldiers." ”

Wang Yan knew that what Plug Yinxi said was the truth, "Don't worry about blocking Futai, resisting the Qing Dynasty is a matter for the entire Ming Dynasty, and the provinces should support it, how can Huguang be left alone." The matter of silver money, this minister will find a way to solve it. ”

Wang Yan said that, but in fact, he was so poor that he still owed many businesses in Guangnan, and the millions of dollars were missing.

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