"Enriching the place with officials is really the pen of the gods of Yongninghou, and it is in the middle of the good governance of our dynasty!"

A few days after Li Banghua and his entourage entered Xuanfu Town, a team of people and horses also galloped on the flat official road of Xuanfu Town, they were in a hurry all the way, and in the cold weather, even some horses were dripping with sweat, and only their nostrils spewed out thick white gas. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The leader of this group of men and horses is a dignified man about fifty years old, dressed in civilian clothes, with a dignified appearance, a thick beard, and a gleam in his eyes, which is the new governor of Shaanxi Province, Sun Chuanting.

On the day of the beginning of winter, Sun Chuanting recovered, and the emperor summoned the platform, and to this day, Sun Chuanting still clearly remembers the situation at that time.

After he met the emperor to ask about the government and said, "If you want to break the thieves, you must have 20,000 elite soldiers and one million in food", he could keenly feel the embarrassment in the emperor's heart.

"Millions of ...... in Food"

Sure enough, after a long time, the emperor sighed: "I can only give you 300,000." ”

Sun Chuanting had long been prepared for this, and retreated to the second, asking the emperor for permission to raise his own funds, organize and train a new army, "defend Qin land with Qin soldiers, and raise Qin soldiers with Qin land", implement various policies such as tuntian, recruiting troops and buying horses, and hoped that the imperial court would not interfere.

The emperor was silent for a long time, and finally said: "I am ready, Wangqing will exterminate the thieves as soon as possible and live up to my hopes." ”

On the same day, the emperor entertained in the apse, and was shocked by Sun Chuanting's grievances over the years, and asked him about the governance measures after he went to the place, Sun Chuanting answered one by one. quite in line with Emperor Chongzhen's wishes.

The two of them chatted a lot, and they were very excited, and the emperor also adopted many of Sun Chuanting's suggestions one by one, which made Sun Chuanting very excited. On the same day, the Ministry of War also reinstated Sun Chuanting's official position, and appointed him as the left attendant of the Ministry of War, serving as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi.

On the second day, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to reward Sun Chuanting with fine gold, silver, robes, cloth, and more than 1,000 silver medals. Urgently order all ministries to supervise the local food and salary needs in Shaanxi. and once again gave a feast to him.

At this time, everyone in the capital knew that Sun Chuanting Jian was in the emperor's heart, and all the officials invited him one after another.

There are also many people who come to take refuge and want to serve as staff members. and the cold phenomenon of the past. A stark contrast.

The military department was urging urgently. Sun Chuanting also had no intention of staying in Beijing for more.

At this time, he already knew that after the defeat of Wang Qiaonian, the former governor of the three sides, the thieves had tried to attack Tongguan. Fortunately, the governor Feng Shikong collected the defeated soldiers, guarded the pass, and the thieves were not allowed to enter, and the situation in Shaanxi eased slightly, but he was still urgently needed to go back to preside over the overall situation.

Worried about the situation in Shaanxi and Henan, Sun Chuanting couldn't stop in Beijing for a long time, and only went to visit his mentor Hong Chengchou when he was leaving.

After Hong Chengchou was awarded the title of Nan Anbo, he has been recuperating in Beijing, in fact, he is also an ambitious person, and he is just as happy when he learns that he will be the governor of Beijing, but he is quite deep in the city, but he can't see the slightest clue from his appearance.

Seeing that the teacher's face was clearer, his body was emaciated, it seemed that a gust of wind could blow him down, and from time to time he coughed painfully to the heart and lungs, Sun Chuanting felt sad.

This time he was able to recover, and his mentor contributed a lot, but he couldn't repay it.

In the past, although it was said that Hong Chengchou was his boss and his teacher, Sun Chuanting was arrogant, but he didn't take Hong Chengchou very seriously, but after several years of setbacks, standing in front of Hong Chengchou at this time, Sun Chuanting could only be grateful.

Seeing that the disciple was very courteous and deep and restrained, Hong Chengchou nodded slightly, satisfied in his heart, he kindly asked Sun Chuanting to sit down, and said: "Bai Gu, the meaning of the contemplation of the saints, you have high hopes for the situation in Shaanxi, you need to be cautious, don't let the emperor's favor down." ”

Sun Chuanting said respectfully: "The student understands. ”

Hong Chengchou asked what he had heard: "When you heard that the platform was summoned, you said, 'Defend Qin land with Qin soldiers, and raise Qin soldiers with Qin land'?" ”

Sun Chuanting raised his head suddenly: "The imperial court has no food and salary, and the only way to do it is in the local tuntian." ”

Hong Chengchou thought thoughtfully: "This is to imitate the Jingbian Army." ”

Seeing Sun Chuanting nodding, Hong Chengchou sighed: "It's a good thing to train the new army, and all places are also following the example of Yongning Hou, I'm afraid that the tiger will not become an anti-dog." ”

He looked at Sun Chuanting, his eyes were full of wisdom: "Do you know what is the core of Yongning Hou?" ”

Sun Chuanting looked at his mentor and said in a deep voice: "Staff system, training system, logistics system!" ”

Hong Chengchou looked at his student for a long time, laughed with relief, and then a heart-rending cough, he waved his hand to stop Sun Chuanting's action of stepping forward to support, and said with a smile: "It is worthy of Sun Baigu, my most proud student is to touch the key point!" ”

He walked in the hall with his back hand, and his emaciated figure looked in Sun Chuanting's eyes, but it was as majestic as a green pine.

I only heard Hong Chengchou say slowly: "The world says that the reason why Yongning Hou is successful is because of the good family and the six characters of the field, but how can things in the world be so simple?" ”

He said: "If this is the case, we can only train new troops like Cao and Wang...... Of course, if the amount is sufficient, it will be enough to have this new army, but it will never reach the height of the Jingbian army! ”

His face was dark: "I have lived in Beijing for a long time, and I am also thinking about the Yongning Hou in my spare time, and I am thinking about the Jingbian Army." I also thought of it one by one when the Marquis of Yongning made a fortune in Jingbian Fort, and found that as early as then, Wang Dou had great ambitions! ”

He said: "As early as that time, Wang Dou subdivided the logistics, handled the troops separately from the training, and implemented the official language to make the sergeants literate and ......."

He turned his head sharply and looked at Sun Chuanting: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Sun Chuanting said in a deep voice: "This is a drill army!" ”

He said: "Subdivide logistics, soldiers have enough food and clothing, so they can concentrate on fighting the war without worries." With the separation of the command of the army and the training of the soldiers, the soldiers and soldiers are regarded as the same during the training, there is no bad habit of the family, and everyone can fight, which is the truth of Qi Shuai's dignified array. ”

"There are other people in charge of the soldiers, and the soldiers are not used for the generals, and the authority will be in the hands of the commander, without worrying about the disaster of private soldiers! It is the capital of the leader, this army has no He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu and other rats, there is no worry about the defeat of the enemy, and it is enough to be invincible! ”

He said: "Let the sergeants be literate, implement the military language, the army is full of heroes, understand the principle of loyalty and righteousness for the country, and dare to fight if you are thirsty for war!" It can also remember military discipline. Strict military discipline, skilled battle drills, so that the former dies, the latter continues, the army is extremely tough, and Anke is invincible? ”

He said: "There are occasional small defeats, and there is also a steady stream of soldiers and horses coming out on the training side, which is enough to make up for the source of soldiers, and then use veterans to lead new soldiers to strengthen the army." This is also the student's view of Yongninghou's soldiers and horses, and the more they fight. The more you fight, the stronger you get. ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Sun Chuanting in surprise: "You said it very clearly, some teachers didn't expect it, but you said it!" ”

He muttered: "However, during the Great Song Dynasty, there were no soldiers to be used......

Sun Chuanting said disdainfully: "Those who talk on paper." With its command. Encore undefeated? ”

He said, "So. That's where the staff system comes in! ”

He said: "Take the strategists who are familiar with the military system as the praise painting, take the night as the eyes and ears, and then use the atlas sand table as the plan." To condense the battlefield situation, if I look at the situation in my hand, if I look at the pattern in my palm, is it just talking on paper in the past? Therefore, the soldiers are not used for generals, and the sergeants can fight wars, and the staff system is indispensable. ”

Hong Chengchou nodded heavily, he looked at Sun Chuanting: "After you arrive in Shaanxi, you will do this?" ”

Sun Chuanting said: "It's easy to say, but if you want to form an army based on this, it's hard to ......."

He shook his head: "There is a way to be a late step, a late step...... Tuntian, need to be honest and promising, and the army of a province needs to be tuned to enough food, I don't know how long it will take. There are many people who praise paintings, they are full of boasts, they are familiar with the military system, and there are few people who tear and kill on the battlefield, so it is not easy to build a staff department. The sand table, the map, need to draw detailed battle maps everywhere, and it is not simple...... It will take a long time for the sergeant to be literate and memorize military discipline, and time will not wait......"

After years of development, Wang Dou has the current results, Sun Chuanting wants to start from scratch and build a new army, it is not an easy task, only to feel a thousand things, welling up in his heart.

Hong Chengchou sighed: "Indeed, difficult! ”

He muttered: "The key to governing the army is nothing more than having enough food and drink, daring to fight and wanting to fight!" It's just easier said than done, it's just four words......"

He kept shaking his head, and he could imagine the difficulties when Sun Chuanting arrived.

In the past, when Sun Chuanting was the governor of Shaanxi, he also rectified the accumulation of defects in the tuntian reclamation and abundant military salaries, and at that time, there were many powerful officials and gentry who occupied the tuntian and instigated the soldiers to make trouble, and they were suppressed by Sun Chuanting.

But at that time, it was still a small matter, and he also had his own care, and now Sun Chuanting is the governor, and he wants to train the new army on a large scale, which will touch the interests of more people, and he will be embattled on all sides and attack it en masse, which will be a typical portrayal of his future.

Sun Chuanting was also silent, indeed, it was not easy to rectify the affairs after going back.

And why is the Ming Dynasty not good at soldiers? The biggest reason is also the lack of food.

Without food, the sergeants could not even complete basic training, and if they wanted to train elite soldiers, they needed to have a lot of meat, otherwise forced training or rectification would only cause mutiny.

Why did the armies appear in their families? It is not because of the lack of food and wages, so that some people are not allowed to be fed and clothed, and the rest are starving. This part of the people became the elite of the family, and they played a great role at the beginning, but now, they have become the source of the private army, and the court is helpless.

In the past, the premise of rectification must also be put down with enough food and salary, otherwise we will wait for the previous achievements to be wasted.

More importantly, there needs to be an army that is completely obedient to you.

Hong Chengchou also thought of this, and he muttered: "I regret that the general soldier Zuo Guang died in battle, and the elite of the Qin army was destroyed in one fell swoop, and now you have no soldiers to bring back to Shaanxi...... Now Shaanxi is proud of the soldiers, and the generals everywhere are difficult to control, and you are alone......"

He also heard a little wind, looked at Sun Chuanting, and said something: "If there is something to do, you should try to appease the ......."

Sun Chuanting was silent, only a sharp cold light flashed in his eyes.

And in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he and Hong Chengchou entered the guard, and afterwards he was imprisoned and demoted to a civilian, Hong Chengchou was transferred to Liaodong, Zuo Guangxian and other Qin army backbones followed, Songshan battle, Zuo Guangxian died in battle, and the rest suffered heavy casualties, but there were no soldiers and horses to bring back to Shaanxi.

Sun Chuanting felt that it was no less difficult for his mentor to rectify the Beijing camp than himself, and it was better to stay in Gyeonggi for some remaining soldiers and horses, so that his mentor could have some close soldiers and horses that could be mobilized, and he could find a way to solve the matter in Shaanxi.

Looking at Sun Chuanting's appearance, he obviously didn't listen to his words, Hong Chengchou sighed in his heart, although Sun Chuanting has been a lot more introverted over the years, he is still stubborn and proud in his bones, I hope everything will go well after he goes back.

The two talked a lot, these years of thieves, let Hong Chengchou experience the deepest, is that "the people are in turmoil from hunger and cold", if there is food in hand, exterminate a thief, then settle a place, the thief will not be repeatedly destroyed and revived, he said solemnly: "I don't know what good strategy Baigu has?" ”

Sun Chuanting said, Hong Chengchou was shocked. He said in a trembling voice: "This is against the way of my Holy Gate's mercy, and it must not be ...... Bai Gu, if you are like this, you will be ruined and ruined, think of the same impeacher like a cloud, you ......"

He was anxious to speak, but he felt a fishy, hot thing rush up his throat, and he tried to swallow it. His body staggered. Tremblingly pointed at Sun Chuanting, and finally spoke again: "...... Never! ”

"Why not?"

Sun Chuanting raised his head suddenly, he roared, and stared straight at Hong Chengchou. There was a cold look in his eyes. Sen Han's voice was more like a word. Squeezed out of his chest: "Why can't these thieves?" ”

There was a faint glint in his eyes, and there was something deepest in his words: "There is a way for me not to go to hell." Who goes to hell! For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, my Sun Chuanting is ruined and ruined, and the corpse is in the wilderness, so what is there to fear? ”

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After coming out of the Beijing Division, the staff who followed Sun Chuanting at this time, except for some guards, were the staff recruited over the years. Like Sun Chuanting, they are all very concerned about the current situation, often pointing out the country and inspiring words, and all of them are people with great ambitions.

These people were still the result of his acquaintance when he was in danger and low tide, and Sun Chuanting carefully selected them, and they were trustworthy in character, not those who were newly attached to the flames in the Jingshi, and Sun Chuanting also regarded them as his own shogunate shelf.

Sun Chuanting turned back to Shaanxi, of course, he would not sit on the bridge, nor did he play a guard of honor, but rode his horse all the way, and sometimes even dozed off on the horse, he wanted to run back to Shaanxi as soon as possible, and only left some personal attendants in Beijing to follow up.

All the staff members finally waited for Sun Gong to recover, and they could show what they had learned in their chests, and they were all very excited, regardless of fatigue, and ran all the way with Sun Chuanting's saddle horse, and no one felt tired.

When entering Xuanfu Town, of course, they had to check their documents, but Sun Chuanting had been in Xuanzhen for a long time and had long been accustomed to it, and he also appreciated this system very much, believing that this was the foundation of Xuanzhen's strict discipline and upward and downward effect.

Even when entering the checkpoint, he made a few jokes with the officers guarding the pass.

The news of his recovery spread quickly, and at this time, the officer who guarded the card had already known, and because Sun Chuanting often went out and entered the customs, the two had already known each other, and the officer also congratulated him a few words, but when Sun Chuanting smiled and wanted to give a reward, he smiled and refused.

Because he suffered greatly in his early years, Wang Dou was pained by the disadvantages of the concierge checkpoint, so when selecting these people, he paid great attention to selecting those who had new ideas, good prospects, and high status.

In the Jingbian Army, these people have a relatively high status and a rich net worth, and coupled with a strict supervision and punishment system, their ability to resist temptation has naturally been greatly enhanced.

This is very understandable, people who have a good future and are worth millions or tens of millions of dollars will naturally disdain ten or one hundred yuan in bribes, let alone ruin their own future. On the contrary, with a salary of 500 yuan or 1,000 yuan a month, many people are thrilled in the face of a bribe of a pack of cigarettes.

Sun Chuanting also appreciated this system very much, and thought that after he arrived in Shaanxi, he would also handle it in the same way. And before he went to Beijing, he had already applied for a pass, and it had not expired at this time, so in a short period of time, he passed through the pass with all the staff.

Of course, they also saw the things reported by the Xuanfu Times, and everyone either agreed or disagreed, arguing all the way, especially at night when they were resting at the post station.

Regarding the staff's statement that Xuanfu Town may develop in the direction of redundant government and redundant officials, Sun Chuanting categorically denied it and praised this government.

He said: "The imperial power does not go to the countryside, this is the root of the lack of financial resources of the country!" ”

He said: "The local control is weak, and they have to rely on the gentry to contract taxes, and this generation colludes with the officials inside and outside to pass on the burden, and even conceals the household registration, the less the government taxes, the heavier the burden on the small people." At the beginning of the country, the tax revenue was nearly 40 million stones, especially rice and wheat. All of them were deposed by the Lijia system, and the fish scale atlas and the yellow album were reduced to empty talk! ”

"Although the country is big, it is weak and weak, so if a patient with paralysis of the hands and feet, coupled with the control of the clan, the powerful and powerful sit big, and the government is getting weaker and weaker. On the other hand, in Xuanfu Town, the armor protection system is tight, such as the arm and the finger, Ren is an officer and gentry, no one can escape taxes, this is small but solid, and the local officials are powerful! ”

Sun Chuanting dimly realized that rural autonomy is the source of all the evils in front of him, and that the local power is large, and the government's power will inevitably shrink, which will cause the fiscal and taxation machinery to regress, and the less tax and grain should be paid, which is really a fatal thing in this era.

Therefore, it is better to be too strict than too lenient in local matters!

This is also the result of his investigation in Xuanfu Town for several years, and he has integrated Xuanfu Town. There is also a powerful tax machine, which he is very envious.

And he also realized that the lack of a financial center to coordinate the overall situation is also one of the reasons for the current financial chaos of the Ming Dynasty. I didn't even have a place to check.

On the other hand, Xuanfu Town. An independent financial secretary has a holistic approach so that every tael of silver can be used where it should be. Avoid meaningless consumption.

Sun Chuanting also said to all the staff: "Take it from the people." Use it for the people. Although there are many officials in Xuanzhen, there are endless sources of taxes, especially in various places. The annual tax source is more than enough to pay for the recruitment of public officials. ”

A staff member who knows the local situation also said: "Indeed, in addition to the economic officials, there are actually many non-economic officials in various parts of the country, although they do not occupy the national dynasty to pay taxes, but they want the local government to pay, and the total number of people in each prefecture and county is not much less than that of the local officials in Xuanfu Town." ”

Everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, although there are very few officials in the establishment, but at present, due to the large number of affairs, which yamen has not recruited a large number of helpers and clerks, and white servants to help errands? These people are of the same nature as the temporary workers of later generations, and they do not want to be supported by the state, but by the local government.

In order to support these temporary workers, the local governments had to greatly increase their retention, and the less tax grain they handed over to the state treasury.

Moreover, most of these people are local green-skinned wanderers, and their character is even worse, many economic officials, and the official officials of the three gangs are embarrassed to do things, but they are unscrupulous, and they can do any evil and bad things, and the local people suffer more from these people.

It's better to recruit some regular officials, at least there is a unified assessment.

The group pointed out the country and talked about what they would do in the future, Sun Chuanting was full of passion, and all the staff members were also hot, and they wanted to follow Sun Chuanting to do something big.

On this day, everyone arrived at Huailaiwei, rested for one night in the Chenzi Warm Shop, and continued to hurry the next day.

At this time, the sky was just slightly bright, but Sun Chuanting was energetic and packed up and prepared to set off. Last night, he had been talking with his staff late at night, and after they retired, he sorted out his notes again, and he didn't sleep long, but Sun Chuanting didn't feel tired at all.

He went out of the room, all the staff were all dressed up, waiting for him, and the loyal long-term follower Ma Weizhong, wearing a long sword, was also vigilant, although the town of Xuanfu was peaceful, he had not relaxed the safety protection of the lord.

Sun Chuanting stretched his waist and smiled at everyone: "Catch up with one more day today, and you can reach Zhencheng tomorrow at the latest." ”

All the curtain members laughed, and when they approached the curtain crew, they whispered: "Sun Gong, do you really want to go to the town to ask Yongning Hou for help?" This matter ......"

Sun Chuanting waved his hand: "I know what you want to say, it's just that Shaanxi is a grassy creation, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be raised, without the support of Yongning Hou, the new army will take the right path, I don't know how much time it will take." ”

He sighed with emotion: "Time is not waiting for me, for the sake of Daming, what is the mere face?" ”

He looked back, Woniu Mountain was faintly in sight, the mountains were stacked and green, hidden in the clouds and mist, and there were many frosts and shallow snow on the road in front of him, and the surroundings were quiet and silent.

The elder followed Ma Weizhong to lead his horse and let out a familiar neighing at him, as if complaining that he was not considerate of himself and was in a hurry all day.

Sun Chuanting smiled, stroked the horse's head, and he said, "Get on the horse!" ”

He took the lead and galloped up to the official road, and all the people in his entourage also mounted their horses to catch up.

The sound of long neighing came and went, and the sound of Xiao Xiao and the horse spread far away.

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After coming back from Baoanzhou, Li Banghua no longer had the interest of a private visit to Weifu, from the Baoan Acropolis to the town town, about dozens of miles, Ma Guoxi sent it to Jimingyi, and the rest of the way, Li Banghua had to go by himself.

After saying goodbye to Ma Guoxi, the group continued to hurry, because they sat on the official bridge, they traveled slowly, and they traveled until the evening that day, and rested at a post station.

When I got up early the next morning, it snowed, because it was not far from the town, and the flag guard of honor also had to be cleaned up, but when the acropolis was in place, the attachés did not ask for the ceremonial gold, and it was very cold when the snow melted.

After many days of complaining, everyone complained, especially the eunuchs who accompanied them, and they even shouted and scolded, they had extorted money from Xu Zucheng, the guard of the security acropolis, but Xu Zucheng sternly refused, and afterwards they couldn't even go out of the Jinyi guard, and they were almost beaten by Xu Zucheng's family.

This is the Jinyi guard, who once stomped his feet casually, and the ground of Daming had to shake three times, but now he can't even deal with a big garrison in the border town, which makes everyone feel that the phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and there is sadness in anger.

In addition, at this time, he shrank his hands and stomped his feet, and walked on the right side of the road, no matter how you look at it, the honor guard of this line does not have the majesty of the minister.

Looking outside, Li Banghua sighed softly, and continued to close his eyes and recuperate, only thinking in his heart, when he arrived at Xuanfu Town and saw Wang Dou, what should he do.

The only thing that comforted him was that when he got the news that the Qin mission was coming, Wang Dou, the Marquis of Yongning, had already led the civil and military officials of the town and city to meet him ten miles out of the city. (To be continued.) )