Autumn goes to winter, and in a blink of an eye, the time is at the end of the Jiashen year, and the New Year is coming.

Since the Qing army retreated one after another, the war between Ming and Shun in the north ended temporarily.

After the Qing army gained a foothold in Henan and northern Shaanxi, it temporarily ceased and waited for the opportunity to continue its westward expedition.

Although the south is approaching the New Year, but the war is endless, Huguang Ming army took advantage of the opportunity of Zhang Xianzhong's main force into Sichuan, is eager to capture Jingzhou, Mu Guogong is also gathering people and horses, and Tusi Shadingzhou battle.

In southern Henan, at the end of the year, the displaced people gathered in Yuncheng were finally evacuated.

The homeless people were arranged to work as tenants in the families of the squires and military families in each county as tenants, helping the proprietor to work in exchange for food relief.

Because of the suddenness of the incident, the lack of preparation beforehand, and the melancholy of the gentry and the common people about the future situation, the entire resettlement process lasted more than three months before it was finally completed.

Gao Yihuan said that everyone should have food, but thousands of people still starved to death during this period.

In the troubled times, the people in the city rushed to buy grain, and the price of grain in southern Henan also soared from three taels to six taels per stone.

At this time, the New Year is coming, and the city gradually has some New Year's flavor, but because of the worries about the situation in the world and the worries about future life, the atmosphere of this year is obviously not as good as when the last year was in full swing.

The people in the city are a little worried about whether they can continue to live a peaceful life. In order to cope with the unknown changes, the residents invariably chose to celebrate the New Year frugally, and did not spend as much as last year.

Last year, every household in the city had already slaughtered pigs and sheep, posted door symbols, and purchased New Year's goods, but this year there were only sporadic firecrackers in the city, and the atmosphere was relatively deserted.

If it weren't for Gao Yihuan's great victory, also known as Wei Hou, and the wanton reward and deployment, which stabilized the hearts of the people, the atmosphere in the city would be like the end of the world.

In Wei Hou's mansion, as soon as the sky was dawning, Gao Yihuan had already put on a black python robe, with a leather belt around his waist and a seven-beam crown on his head.

Zhao Dajuan had already brought two maids to wait for hot water to wash her face and tea for rinsing.

Gao Yihuan rinsed his mouth first, then washed his face, and immediately said to Zhao Dajuan: "Juanzi, it will be the New Year in two days, and I will hand over the matter of sending money to the servants in the house."

Da Juanzi nodded slightly and gave a salute, but it was not a barbaric standard, "Don't worry, the general knows." ”

Gao Yihuan didn't take a wife yet, but finally accepted a concubine first.

He is a big man, and it is inevitable that there will be lonely times, and it is inevitable that he will make mistakes.

However, he was not extravagant in taking concubines, and after doing it a few times, everything fell into place, and it can be regarded as a long-term love.

After having some breakfast in the mansion, Gao Yihuan rode on the black horse, left the Hou Mansion under the escort of the guards, and went to the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy.

Today is the 28th day of December in the year of Jiashen, and the New Year will be celebrated in two days, Gao Yihuan is ready to hold a meeting with his subordinate officials before the year to discuss next year's affairs, and then give everyone a few days off, so that everyone can take advantage of the New Year to rest for a few days.

The war horse stopped in front of the yamen, and the officials who came to the meeting had already arrived, in addition to the officials of Liucao, there were also staff members of his shogunate, a total of more than 20 people.

Because of the Nanjing Xingshun case, Gao Yihuan took the opportunity to recruit many officials, so that his subordinates gathered many civil servants and enriched his administrative team.

In a hall, everyone was talking in twos and threes, and they were talking about nothing more than two points, one was the problems they faced when dealing with government affairs, and the other was talking about the current situation.

At this time, in the hall, a soldier suddenly shouted, "The festival commander has arrived!" ”

The lobby suddenly fell silent, and everyone stood up to greet them, and saw Gao Yihuan walking out from behind the screen and sitting down in the middle of the lobby.

Although Gao Yihuan is Wei Hou of the Dashun Dynasty, and he wants to hook up with the Ming Dynasty in private, in fact, many people know in their hearts that Gao Yihuan is actually an independent force, and the place he controls is like an independent vassal state, Gao Yihuan is the lord of the country, and he is not really subservient to any force.

"See the marshal!" The crowd saluted.

Gao Yihuan smiled and waved his hand, "Everyone sit, don't be polite." ”

At this time, after everyone sat down and the guards served refreshments, Gao Yihuan continued: "If the situation is changeable today, and Zhongzhou is the place of four wars, Ben Shuai and you are both in the whirlpool. In order to be able to cope with the changes in the situation next year, Ben Shuai summoned everyone to come and discuss the preparations to be made next year. ”

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he looked at everyone, and then said with a smile: "Chen Jushu, you lead the soldier Cao, then let's talk about the plan of the soldier Cao Ming." ”

After having enough civilian officials, Gao Yihuan no longer let the generals participate in political affairs, and the generals only trained the troops to fight and formulated various plans, which were completed by Gao Yihuan's staff and Liucao officials.

Of course, Gao Yihuan will definitely listen to the opinions of the generals when he makes a plan.

Originally, Bing Cao was led by Gao Yihuan, but after having enough manpower, the six Cao officials were ready, and Gao Yihuan was not in charge of Bing Cao's affairs.

At this time, Chen Mingxia stood up, saluted Gao Yihuan, and then bowed his hand to everyone in the hall and said: "The world is turbulent this year, and it will definitely not be peaceful next year." In order to cope with the changing situation, Bing Cao thought that under the command of the commander, there must be at least 50,000 elite soldiers, and another 50,000 militia regiments are needed to deal with the crisis. ”

The land of Sanfu raised an army of 100,000 people, and everyone took a breath of cool air and talked about it below.

Gao Yihuan looked at everyone and asked, "Do you have any opinions?" ”

Lu Yifang said: "I don't know how to expand these 100,000 soldiers, if they are all paid, Hu Cao will definitely not be able to afford it." ”

"The commander originally had 30,000 elite soldiers, and Bingcao was ready to select 20,000 from the new attached camp and more than 100,000 rebel prisoners for training. The 20,000 men were paid according to the treatment of the Ding battalion, and the 50,000 militia were selected from the remaining prisoners and the young and strong men of the counties, and they were not paid in peacetime, but only in the soldiers, and only in wartime. ”

After listening to this, Gao Yihuan looked at Lu Yifang, "Bing Cao's plan, can Hu Cao have money and food to support it." ”

"Dashuai, a lot was seized from Shouzhou last year, but it has already cost seventy-seven eighty-eight to resettle the displaced people. Now there is still money in the storehouse, but there is not much food. If the newly harvested men and horses were given food according to the army's standards, there would not be enough food to eat. Lu Yifang replied.

To settle the people, they will be given two meals of thick porridge a day, and they will be given something to dry when the farm is busy, but if it is according to the standards of the army, it will be dry almost every meal, and the food consumed will be at least doubled.

Gao Yihuan's face sank, "How much food is missing?" ”

"At least 30,000 stones!" Lu Yifang saluted.

Gao Yihuan is not a crop, and he can't make food, so he can't help but feel a little troubled.

At this time, Chen Mingxia saluted and said: "Marshal, in the last battle of Meishan, the army captured more than 8,000 war horses, it is better to select a group of old horses, take the relationship between Ma Shiying, and exchange the horses for some food." War horses are in urgent need of the Ming Dynasty, and Ma Shiying should not refuse. ”

When Gao Yihuan heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he frowned and thought about it.

War horses are his beloved things, and they are also big food eaters, raising a horse can raise a few soldiers.

It takes too much time for the cavalry to be trained, and the infantry army can be trained for three months, and the pole can be used on the battlefield, relatively speaking, the current situation, it is better to recruit more infantry troops~

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