Sun Chuanting is a talent, who can pull out more than 100,000 Qin troops in the broken pass.

Now that Gao Yihuan occupies the southern part of Yuzhou, most of Hubei, and a province, why is it so difficult to pull out 100,000 horses?

Although Gao Yihuan used the method of giving military land to offset most of the silver money needed for recruitment, rewards and pensions, the military salary and materials still needed to be solved with silver.

The annual salary of the 100,000 army is nearly two million taels of silver, which makes it difficult for Gao Yihuan to bear.

Although Gao Yihuan's territory is much larger now, the land is mainly based on agriculture, and the business is not developed enough, so the tax is naturally limited.

At this time, he relied on copying Sun Kewang's mansion to obtain more than one million, plus blackmailing He Tengjiao of 500,000 taels, in order to realize the reorganization of people and horses, but how to maintain it in the future will have to think of more ways.

Now Gao Yihuan can think that the best way to make money is to mint money, and even establish a set of monetary and financial systems.

This form of exploitation is much more subtle and more prestigious than direct taxation.

Direct taxation is visible and tangible to the people, and it is a large amount of money at a time, which is naturally disgusted and complaining. The minting of money and the issuance of money are unconsciously, in all aspects such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, a little bit of exploitation, like a boiled frog in warm water, which is difficult to detect.

Originally, there was only so much money in the market, Gao Yihuan collected some good money, as well as good silver, mixed something with him, two cents dissolved and minted into three wen, two taels of silver minted into three taels of silver, and then put it on the market, bought and sold materials, and continued to collect silver and copper coins in the market to maintain the war.

If you can, you can also use leverage to issue silver bills, but in this way, the increase in money in the market is an exploitation for the people.

It's just that this kind of exploitation is relatively invisible, not as intuitive as direct taxation, and most people are usually unaware that they are being exploited.

Of course, this matter is not as simple as just minting money, but it is necessary to exercise a little restraint internally, mint a batch of money in good condition, establish credibility, and prohibit the money of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the money of the Ming Dynasty from circulating in the territory and purchasing materials in the territory.

If the money from abroad wants to come in, it must first be exchanged for Gao Yihuan's money, and externally, a large number of inferior Manchu money, as well as Ming Dynasty money, will go to their area to buy materials, and the emergence of a large number of inferior money will inevitably hit the economy of the two sides and destroy the people's confidence in the Manchu copper coins and the Ming Dynasty copper coins.

Of course, to do this, a set of financial ideas and a complete system are needed, and Gao Yihuan is only thinking about it now.

Lu Yifang nodded, "After returning to Runing, I immediately found a few craftsmen and gave them to the marshal." ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "This matter should be as fast as possible." In addition, now that Ben Shuai controls Jingzhou, Runing is beyond the reach of the whip. Ben Shuai is going to set up the Jieshuai Mansion in Nanyang or Xiangyang, and some workshops in Runing will be moved over. ”

"I'll arrange it when I go back!" Lu Yifang arched his hand.

Gao Yihuan smiled, "Mr. Nalu continues to count at the dock, and Ben Shuai will go to the barracks to take a look!" ”

After speaking, Gao Yihuan pulled his horse and left the dock, Lu Yifang and the others gave them off, watching him lead a group of people away.

After reaching an agreement with He Tengjiao, Gao Yihuan began to reorganize the people of Yunyang and the soldiers, and selected 50,000 young and strong people to be organized into a new army.

Previously, Gao Yihuan had ten battalions of elite soldiers, totaling more than 33,000 people.

Although after many major battles, the losses were not small, but after each battle, there were additional battalions of the D species and new attached battalions to replenish the entry, so this number has been maintained.

In the battle of Ruzhou, the largest loss was still in the new attached battalion, and now there are only more than 15,000 people left.

Now these people and horses combined, the total is close to 100,000 troops.

At this time, what Gao Yihuan wanted to see was a selection of 50,000 recruits. Now that Gao Yihuan's territory has expanded, the pressure on defense has also increased.

Therefore, in order to allow the recruits to take on the heavy responsibility as soon as possible, Gao Yihuan personally went up with the generals to train the recruits for three months, and after forming a certain combat strength, he was sent to garrison everywhere, while undertaking defense and continuing training.

The 50,000 recruits were not all in Jingzhou, but on both sides of the Yangtze River. In order to avoid chaos, Gao Yihuan did not disrupt the establishment, but first carried out basic training, and then carried out another reorganization after the situation stabilized for three months.

The camp of the new army where Gao Yihuan went was in the west of Jingzhou City, near the Yangtze River, and was a large camp covering an area of 1,000 acres, with hundreds of military tents and 5,000 new soldiers.

Gao Yihuan hit a horse and came to the outside of the camp, Jin Shenghuan led a few people to hurriedly come out to greet him, "Handsome! ”

Gao Yihuan nodded on the horse, then turned over and dismounted, handed the horse whip to the guards, and walked towards the camp surrounded by everyone.

As soon as they entered the camp, they saw many new soldiers, lined up in a long line, received robes, shoes, weapons and a roll of mats, and entered the camp under the leadership of the team.

Three years ago, Gao Yihua co-founded many handicraft workshops with businessmen in Luyi and other places, which were used to produce various military materials.

Among these workshops, except for a few important workshops such as weapons, gunpowder, and cannon casting, they are managed by the government, and most of the remaining military materials such as shoes, military blankets, and tents are handed over to these merchants.

Last year, Gao Yihuan said that he wanted to expand the number of people, and these workshops began to speed up production, so they saved a batch of materials for Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan looked at the situation in the camp, and asked as he walked, "Have you sent all the equipment of the soldiers?" ”

"Dashuai, the things that have been shipped have basically been distributed!"

Gao Yihuan nodded, "That's not a big gap!" ”

Jin Shenghuan said: "It's okay to say that the other materials are a little less, but the armor is a little less, and the soldiers can only issue black robes and turbans, and there is no armor to defend themselves." ”

"Armor is a hassle. Now the old battalion soldiers are just one person and one armor. The newly made armor, the commander is still going to hand over to the old battalion, get a double battalion or a triple battalion, the new pawn in addition to the officer, the non-commissioned soldier will not be issued armor first. Gao Yihuan thought for a while and said.

In the battle, Gao Yihuan found that an elite army was more effective and decisive than thousands of ordinary people.

In the Qing army, it was very difficult to deal with the Tartars who were in double armor, and this time Gao Yihuan went south, and there were also a small number of soldiers in the battle, who approved the double armor. Their swords were difficult to hurt, and they were not afraid of death, which gave the Ming army a great shock and played a deterrent role.

Jin Shenghuan nodded after hearing this, and didn't mention the matter of armor, but asked: "Marshal, if Nanjing appeases us, will our military system be changed?" ”

Gao Yihuan shook his head: "Change and change, the soldiers are easy to be confused, and internally, we still keep our own establishment, there is no need to change." ”

Gao Yihuan didn't want to integrate into the system of the Ming army, and Nanjing would not give him 100,000 soldiers, he stood and pondered for a moment, and suddenly continued: "Huchen, now that our number of men and horses has expanded to 100,000, we must add another level to the battalion, and the commander is ready to set up the front and rear left and right middle five armies." Huchen, you give Ben Shuai a plan as soon as possible! ”

The establishment of the five armies is a very important criterion, and it is the same as Li Zicheng's five battalions and the Ming Dynasty's five armies governor's office. When Jin Shenghuan heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I will give Dashuai a plan within three days!" ”

Gao Yihuan took another step in the camp and asked, "How are Huchen going to train these new soldiers?" ”

"It's still the old way of being handsome, that is, the old brings the new. A group of students from the old camp were transferred, and some students from the martial arts hall were used as officers, and the new soldiers were brought up first. ”

Speaking of this, Jin Shenghuan couldn't help but admire, "Now that I think about it, the marshal is really far-sighted, not only set up a martial arts hall, but also stipulates that officers at all levels must train a deputy to replace him, and if the deputy is qualified, the officer will be promoted to one level." Now as long as the deputy is transferred, tens of thousands of troops can be pulled! ”

Gao Yihuan showed a hint of self-satisfaction on his face, how can the wisdom of this handsome be compared to others? Ben Shuai can tell you that this kind of method is ~~~~

He was about to say a few words, but at this time, Gao Chengxun hurried over, "Shuai, the news sent by He Duxian." ”

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