Chapter 153: Reorganizing the Army
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xuanfu Town had been corrupted to the extreme, and the soldiers had no combat power and no will have the will to fight. If the reasons for the death of the Ming Dynasty are summarized, the surrender of Datong Town and Xuanfu Town without a fight is a reason that cannot be ignored, and it is the surrender of these two towns without a fight that led to Li Zicheng having the opportunity to enter the Beijing Division.
"I was ordered by Huang Futai and Admiral Chen to reorganize the garrison of Geyubao. A month ago, the imperial court had already issued an official document to the forts, and I believe everyone had already read it, but I found that now there are rumors in Geyubao, and I will read it to you again this time, and then immediately implement the official document. Lai Xiucai held the microphone and said loudly.
Lai Xiucai carefully read out the official document again, and after reading it, he asked again: "Can everyone ask any questions?" ”
"My lord, if you don't want to be a soldier, will you pay twenty taels of silver dollars exactly as the official document says?" Someone immediately asked.
"Of course, cash in right away. Come, bring up the silver dollar. Lai Xiucai said. Xuanfu Town originally belonged to Beizhi, and an imperial bank had been established in Xuanfu Town last year, and this time in order to reorganize the army of Xuanfu, Zhu Youxiao had already prepared a large number of silver dollars in the imperial bank of Xuanfu.
Seeing the silver dollars of the white flowers, the military spirit of the Xuanfu stabilized a little, and the previous rumors were self-defeating, and Lai Xiucai continued: "The number of silver dollars is limited, the largest grade will be divided first, and the lowest official position will be divided first, if it is not enough, a slightly lighter grade will be allocated twenty acres of land per person." ”
"My lord, this land is the former tuntian, and here in Xuanfu, an acre of land is worth less than one or two pieces of silver." Someone stood up against it. The army was reorganized, and the land divided was all the former tuntian, and the location was on the nine sides, and the land naturally became worthless after many years of war.
"Your Majesty led 50,000 Longteng troops to defeat Lin Dan Khan in Datong, and now all the Mongolian tribes are terrified. On the other day, we pushed the defense line beyond the Great Wall, and the Tuntian on the nine sides was worth more than one or two pieces of silver. Lai Xiucai said.
"My lord said that this is a matter for the future, and my lord should give out silver dollars, and we don't want fields." The man continued to heckle.
"Yes, we don't want fields." Several people around him followed suit.
"Who are you?" Lai Xiucai realized that this person might be here to make trouble.
"Back to the adult, the villain is just the head of a hundred households in Little Baiyang Castle." The man replied with a respectful appearance.
"May I ask your name?" Lai Xiucai said coldly.
The soft-spoken Lai Xiucai suddenly revealed his murderous aura, so that the head of the hundred households couldn't help but take a step back, and then said: "Back to the adult, the villain's surname is Yin Mingchao." ”
"Yin Chao......" Lai Xiucai read Yin Chao's name coldly, then picked up an account from the side and began to look it up, and said after a while, "Come on, take Yin Chao down for me." ”
Lai Xiucai gave an order, and Yin Chao was directly captured by the people he brought, of course, Yin Chao didn't dare to resist, in this case, resistance would die faster, and even implicate his family.
"My lord, what crime did the villain commit?" Yin Chao shouted loudly.
Yin Chao didn't expect that Lai Xiucai would really do it, you must know that since Datong began to reorganize the army, he has always paid attention to harmony, which made Xuanfu think that the imperial court wanted to use a very peaceful means to solve this matter, but when it came to Chen Si's side, he didn't expect that the problem of Xuanfu would be so difficult to solve, so he would suggest the use of troops many times, and it was the reason why Chen Si believed in force that made the people below try to solve the problem by force if they encountered problems that could not be solved.
"Not only are you greedy for military salaries, but you also wantonly deduct the salaries of the soldiers below, and you should be punished according to the law." Lai Xiucai said coldly.
"The official document said that the past is not to blame, and I am afraid it will not be so easy if you want to kill me." Although Yin Chao broke out in a cold sweat, his mouth was still very tough.
"Hehe......" Lai Xiucai sneered, "It is true that the official document said that the past is not to blame, but those who refuse to change after repeated teachings will be dealt with strictly." ”
"Why can't the villain be taught repeatedly? I also hope that the adults will give the villain an explanation, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public. Yin asked loudly.
"Chop." Lai Xiucai didn't bother to explain to him, if someone jumped out, he didn't mind killing chickens and monkeys.
Yin Chao was still arguing loudly at first, but it soon turned into a loud begging for mercy, but it was useless to say anything, and Lai Xiucai had already decided to use him to sacrifice the flag.
After beheading Yin Chao, the 20,000 people quickly quieted down, and when Lai Xiucai saw this, he said with a smile: "All the officials of Xiaoqi and the chief and above are here to report, those over thirty years old go to my left to go through the retirement procedures, those under the age of thirty go to my right to go through the procedures for transferring to the Tiger Leaping Army, and if there are those who are unqualified, go to the left to go through the retirement procedures." ”
This regulation was set by Xiong Tingbi, and this is also to streamline the procedure, he first drew an age line. Although this regulation is not necessarily scientific, it can simplify the time for the reorganization of the troops, after all, most of the reorganized armies are focused on the nine sides, and the shorter the time, the better.
In the Ming Dynasty, the army and the soldiers coexisted, which was a unique military system of the Ming Dynasty. The army belongs to the guard, and the soldiers belong to the battalion, which is the battalion. Armies are hereditary, that is, military households, and soldiers are generally recruited, with the exception of those who have been transferred from the army to the army. The difference between the two is also very big, even the names of officials, military salaries, subordinates, and so on.
"My lord, the villain is only thirty years old this year, I hope the adult can let the villain continue to serve in the army." At this time, someone came up and said. It is true that some people have been in the army for a long time, and they really don't know anything except fighting, and when they leave the barracks, they feel confused.
"For this matter, the imperial court has already made arrangements, if you still want to stay in the barracks, you can go to Handan, someone in Handan recruits volunteers to go to the Wa country, the minimum Yu Lu also has two taels of silver per month, I heard that those who are willing to go, as long as they get war merits in the Wa country, they can also reward a beautiful woman." Lai Xiucai said.
Xu Xinsu only recruited 23,000 qualified volunteers in Datong, and there were still 27,000 shortfalls from the minimum target of 50,000, so Xu Xinsu had to consider Hebei to continue recruiting volunteers.
"My lord, do you mean that after I receive the severance pay for the twenty taels of silver dollars or twenty acres of land here, I can also go to Handan to join the Volunteer Army?" The man continued.
"Of course, the Volunteer Army does not belong to the Ming military system, and naturally has nothing to do with severance pay." Lai Xiucai said.
"Master Xie." The man said happily.
"Your Majesty Shengming, you have already thought of all kinds of belongings for you, if you want to live up to Your Majesty, it is really intolerable." Lai Xiucai clenched his fists and said in the direction of Jingshi.