Chapter 1063: Consolidation
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" As Qin Feng walked into the hall, the room was in an uproar and fell to his knees, Yang Zhi took a step sideways, he was now standing beside Qin Feng, he couldn't stand this ceremony. flashed to the side, but he saw the people in the room clearly, He Weiping, Chen Shaowei, Ke Zhen, and a few generals with helmets and armor didn't know each other, thinking that they were all generals in this tiger prison army. However, the one kneeling at the front looked very familiar, and his mind turned, and then he remembered that this was Liu Xingwen, the squire of the Ministry of War, the son and daughter of His Majesty the Emperor, who came all the way here from Yuejing City, of course, also for the reorganization of the Tiger Prison Army. This is also an expert in the army, he has personally led the soldiers, and he has been immersed in the military department for several years, and the door is very clear!
"Get up!" Qin Feng waved his hand, walked straight to the middle of the lobby, and sat down. Today is a matter in the army, so let's follow the rules of the army, don't forget, I am a small soldier in the army to get up step by step!"
There was laughter in the room, especially the generals who had just returned to the Tiger Prison City today, and their hearts were even more relaxed, and their trembling thoughts were stretched a lot.
Yes, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty also came out of a small soldier step by step, and he can be said to know everything about them.
"Sit down, sit down!" Qin Feng smiled and pointed left and right.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone thanked them together, and then sat down on the left and right in turn.
"This is General Yang Zhiyang, General He and others are all acquainted, this time General Yang went to hunt down the fugitive Deng Shu and his party, and returned to the Tiger Prison today, and the generals who returned to the Tiger Prison later do not know each other, introduce each other, and they will all be colleagues in the future!" Qin Feng smiled and groaned.
There are several meanings in these words, one is to explain the number of people who fled Deng Shu, look at the emperor's face, it is natural that there is no way to run, and the other is that this colleague is not only a colleague in a broad sense, the matter discussed today is the matter of the tiger prison army, the emperor's intention, I am afraid that this general Yang Zhi will go to the new army of the tiger prison in the future.
The emperor wants to mix sand into the new army of the Tiger Prison, according to his cronies, this is expected, but sending Yang Zhi over still makes He Weiping's heart feel a pang, this person has an extraordinary background. The grandson of Yang Yihe, the former prime minister of the Chu State, was born in a famous family, and his martial arts cultivation was extraordinary, and he was the most valued disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
The Tiger Prison army is now led by him, and he stands up as he pleases.
"General Yang, let me introduce you." He Weiping pointed to a general on the right, "Su Xingyi, the general of the tiger prison stationed in Wanxian County."
"General Yang." Su Xingyi stood up and clasped his hands into fists and saluted.
"There are many stars, good spirit, good name." Yang Zhi smiled and praised it, and returned the salute with a fist.
"This is Liu Zhiyong, the general of the Tiger Prison stationed in Jingxian County."
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With He Weiping's introduction one by one, one by one the generals stood up and greeted Yang Zhi, listening to He Weiping's introduction, Yang Zhi was quite surprised, the generals of the garrison outside the Tiger Prison actually returned to the Tiger Prison without pulling all of them, and did not lead the army to run away or confront the Ming army, you know, at this time the Ming army did not have much energy to take care of them, and was still trying to restore the order of the Tiger Prison Pass. Under the order of the Tiger Prison, all of these generals stationed abroad returned to the Tiger Prison to surrender to the new master, which shows that the Qin State at this time has indeed deviated from morality, and not many people have any loyalty to him.
As if knowing what Yang Zhi was thinking, He Weiping said: "The imperial court went against the grain, conspired with Dai Shulun and others to assassinate the general, the sky was angry and the people were resentful, and the general's subordinates were all angry, and they were all willing to defect to the Ming Dynasty, the rebel army, and there was no way."
Hearing this, Yang Zhi suddenly realized in his heart that it would be a waste not to splash this basin of dirty water on the Emperor of Qin. Like Su Xingyi and Liu Zhiyong, these people are more trusted by Xiao Qiang than He Weiping, so they were transferred to Wanxian, Jingxian and other places to guard against the imperial court military horses, Xiao Qiang was assassinated, and all the people died, leaving only one Xiao Xin, who was also seriously injured, these Xiao Qiang's henchmen, if they are not extremely angry, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, what good can people like them get in the Qin State? Naturally, I voted for a new owner, and I can fight for a good future.
"Okay, now that we all know each other, let's talk about the adaptation of the Tiger Prison Army." Qin Feng said with a smile.
The reorganization of the armed forces is a matter involving the vital interests of everyone here, and they must not be unconcerned. Either ascend to the sky in one step, or sink from it. For generals in the army, having an army in their hands naturally has strength.
"The 100,000 army of the Tiger Prison, well, there are probably 80,000 or 90,000 now!" Qin Feng said: "This is a big army, to be honest, we can't afford to raise it. You may not know much about the specific situation of my Ming army, Liu Shilang, you can introduce it to everyone!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Xingwen stood up and looked at the generals present, "Generals, my Ming army implements a graded salary system, which is more complicated, and it is difficult to explain it to everyone for a while, so I will talk about the treatment of a newly enlisted soldier, and then everyone can estimate it. A newly enlisted soldier, aside from his full body equipment, not to mention his usual provisions, his monthly salary is ten taels of silver. As far as I know, there are a number of sentry commanders in our army, and they cannot be promoted for various reasons, but because of their special skills, the army cannot do without them, so their current salary is comparable to that of a general."
As soon as Liu Xingwen said this, a gasping sound immediately sounded in the house, a recruit who has just enlisted in the army can get ten taels of silver a month, this salary is indeed too terrifying. In the Tiger Prison Army, ordinary soldiers can get a maximum of two taels of silver.
"So my Ming army has only more than 100,000 people so far, but these more than 100,000 people are all one by one." Liu Xingwen said proudly: "Every time others see our Ming army on the battlefield, I win a lot, but I don't see how much we have invested in this army, to be honest, my Ming army is piled up with silver, their salaries, their equipment, are the best."
The regular army of the entire Ming Dynasty only has more than 100,000 troops, and the Tiger Prison army will naturally be greatly reduced, after listening to Liu Xingwen's introduction, everyone knows that this is something that cannot be changed.
"The Tiger Prison Army will also become a member of the Ming Army in the future, so their treatment will naturally be on par with other Ming armies, and they will not suffer from being outnumbered but suffering from unevenness, if they are treated separately, it will be chaotic." Liu Xingwen said: "This time Liu came and carefully calculated with the Zhang Bing Department that the Tiger Prison can only keep 30,000 people. That's the limit of what I can offer at the moment."
With a knife, two-thirds of it was cut, and the generals in the room couldn't help but feel distressed, but thinking about the treatment of the Ming army, although only 30,000 people were retained, the imperial court's investment in this army increased several times, which also made the generals present have nothing to say.
"Your Majesty, there is no difference between retaining 30,000 soldiers and ministers, but how should the tens of thousands of people who have been laid off be settled? Many of them joined the army because they didn't have enough to eat, and now that they are dismissed, it is tantamount to ruining their jobs, and it is also very easy to cause chaos!" He Weiping said cautiously.
"Regarding this matter, the imperial court has also come up with a rough plan." Qin Feng nodded: "The first step, these soldiers who have been laid off will have a severance pay to take, and second, many counties and counties in Daming are short of people, and they have all expressed their willingness to accept it when they heard that a large number of soldiers will be cut off in the Tiger Prison, and now the officials of these counties and counties are only afraid that they are rushing to the Tiger Prison as soon as possible, General He, when the time comes, I am afraid that these officials will set up a stall in this Tiger Prison City, hype up the benefits of their place, and recruit these men in the army to settle there!"
Liu Xingwen knows the inside story, listening to Qin Feng say this, he is also smiling, for many people this problem is the most difficult to solve, for Daming, it is the easiest thing to solve, like Fuyuan County, Yiyang, Wuling, Taoyuan and other places, until now there are still few people, which greatly retards the development of the local economy, and the soldiers in the tiger prison are all fierce men, as long as they go to those places, they are hard laborers. Naturally, they were red-eyed and about to come up and grab it.
"I don't know exactly what kind of tricks the officials in these places will play, but at least one thing is the same, that is, as long as they are willing to settle down, they will give them houses, land, livestock, etc." Qin Feng said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, when you see it then, it must be full of tricks, just these tens of thousands of people, it's not enough for them to get a share!" Liu Xingwen said. Even the old man Ma Xiangnan will come to join in the fun."
Qin Feng laughed: "There is this guy there. Ah, General He, of course the way out of the personnel will be arranged by the imperial court, and now I still need you to mobilize the soldiers after you go down, you must have left your homeland, and you are always a little hesitant and scared."
"If that's the case, that's fine." Su Xingyi said loudly: "Your Majesty, my Daqin's boy is a soldier, to put it bluntly, it's all because he can't survive anymore, as a soldier, at least he has a bite to eat, and now that he has such good conditions, I'm afraid that those guys will rush to go!" Now I'm worried about whether we can keep 30,000 people!"
Everyone in the room laughed.
"30,000 people, organized into the Tiger Prison New Army, with He Weiping as the commander of the army, Yang Zhi as the deputy general, under the six battalions, each battalion of 5,000 soldiers, He Weiping, Yang Zhi each led a battalion, and the other battalion generals, then General He and General Yang discussed it! After you have discussed it, you can go up to the next fold." Qin Feng said with a smile. The reorganization matter is led by Liu Shilang, supplemented by General He and General Yang, and I hope that the reorganization will be completed as soon as possible and combat effectiveness will be formed."