Chapter 140: Troop Transfer
Yang Reform happily gave the credit for abolishing castration and forbidden palace punishment to Erxizi and Xiaoshunzi.
Erxizi, Xiao Shunzi listened to the emperor's words, and was so moved that such a great merit and merit came to him like this? This is going down in history! Whimpered and thanked him: "The slave and maid thank Your Majesty for the gift, the slave and maid can be so valued by the emperor, and they are willing to die." ”
Yang Gai smiled, what he wanted was this effect, how could he do it if he didn't have some means to win people over? These two little eunuchs are their own signatures! The signboard must be done well, and it must not be smashed. Burying the eunuch industry here will inevitably be mentioned in history in the future, so why will the eunuch be stopped? What about the suspension of the palace? The reason is that one day, the emperor summoned two little eunuchs, these two little eunuchs because of their ability, the emperor rewarded, the emperor asked their age, replied eighteen years old, so, the emperor said very sad, very sad, some feelings, on the abolition of the palace punishment of the holy decree, this count, this credit, can indeed be counted on the heads of their two little eunuchs, in the future in this history book, there will definitely be a sum of them, this can be much stronger than what reward point silver, promotion point official. [In history, Chongzhen did ban the palace punishment in this year, but he still couldn't help the huge team of eunuchs, compared to more and more bankrupt and hungry people, this palace punishment can still be endured. Is this palace punishment a good way to save people? Or is it a poison that destroys people? 】
The two little eunuchs kowtowed to the emperor with half tears and half laughter, they were really moved by the emperor, and they were able to become the cause of the abolition of the palace punishment in the world, and entered the emperor's living note, making a note in this history, what a great honor this is, what a high glory, this wants others to know, and others are not envious of death? Leave a name in history! At that moment, he hit the ground with his head, kept kowtowing, and whimpered.
"Hehe, okay, don't hit the ground again, if you hit it again, my Qianqing Palace will collapse."
The two little eunuchs wept happily, and then they stopped kowtowing.
"You two, as long as you do your errands seriously, I will not treat you badly, I see that you are still young, so let's do it, after you finish the Wei case, first go to Zhang De'an's inner study hall to study for a period of time, and learn all the courses I arranged, I want educated talents, not people who can come up just by patting on the back, as for what I will arrange for you in the future, it depends on what you are proficient in, at present, I will give you an idle position in this inner court, and I will not wronged you...... Companion, are there still those yamen in the palace who lack deputies? Yang Reform arranged for the two little eunuchs, preparing to make these two eunuchs into their own banners, a banner with a future to follow the emperor, as long as this flag does not fall, there will be an endless stream of people in the world to come to the emperor.
The purpose of this eunuch training class is very simple, after that, all eunuchs want to be promoted, they have to go through the inner study hall again, without the training of the inner study hall, return to the furnace, no one wants to be promoted, to form this rule, presumably, the learning atmosphere of the eunuchs in the inner study hall will be very strong, maybe there will be scientists growing up from this place after this day. As for the deputy, that is to give a rank and treatment, no need to go to work to manage things, go to study part-time first, and then arrange things after the academic success.
"Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is asking this young eunuch?" Wang Chengen asked.
"Well, what I'm asking is a deputy, arrange a position for them as a deputy, don't have to be on duty, concentrate on studying, the main thing is to give a treatment, well, it's a temporary post." Yang Gai didn't quite understand how the eunuchs in the inner court were graded, and only said that they were deputies. This temporary training, starting from these two people, must form a mechanism.
Wang Chengen thought for a moment before saying: "Back to Your Majesty, the key supervisor of this division and the eunuch of the Silver Bureau have all gone to their posts, and they are all taken over by their deputies, so it is possible to arrange a young eunuch." ”
"Well, very good, let's arrange a deputy seat for these two, and then go to the temporary job for further study, go to Zhang De'an's inner study hall to study hard, and when you graduate from the inner study hall, I will assign you errands according to your grades." Yang Gai quickly arranged the way for these two people, "Slave and maid, thank Your Majesty for your grace." "The two little eunuchs are quite happy to enter the inner study hall to study, doesn't this mean that in the future, they may enter the celebrant eunuch? Thinking of this, the hearts of the two little eunuchs jumped thumping. However, this is a bit of a pity that there is no deacon's position as a young eunuch, this is not a real job, just a false position.
"Companion, from now on, all internal officials who are promoted and transferred need to go to the inner study hall for a period of study, and those who can graduate from the inner study hall can be promoted, and those who can't graduate can be replaced by others to form a rule, understand?"
"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen agreed.
Yang reform before the promotion of further study, training into a rule, this, for the cultivation of eunuchs to the emperor is very good, some of the eunuchs outside the town, all the year round, loyalty to the emperor, year by year, the decline of the year, after a few years to throw them into the inner study hall to recuperate, let them know that competition is pressure, corruption needs to be cautious, work hard. It is also good for cultivating the ability of the eunuchs, which can constantly recharge them. Once this plan is implemented, then, this eunuch will form a trend of learning, and if you want to climb up, you can't just rely on being afraid of sycophants, and if you don't graduate from the inner study hall, do you still want to be promoted? There are no doors.
…… Yang Reform asked about the Wei case for a while, and the two little eunuchs hurriedly replied, everything went well, and in the end, the two little eunuchs went out happily.
At night, he dreamed of returning to Baidu, preparing to recruit the world's elites into Beijing. You have to Baidu to see what cattle there are at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Early the next morning, Yang Gai got up, sat at the table in a daze, and wrote and painted from time to time. There are many names recorded on it.
Qin Liangyu.
Hong Chengchou.
Lu Xiangsheng.
Sun Chuanting.
Yang Sichang.
Zu Dashou.
Zu Dabi.
Zhao led the teaching.
He Renlong.
…… A long slip of names filled the entire table. These are the results of Yang's hard work overnight in reforming Baidu.
These are all military figures who I don't know, or don't know very well, or, I haven't come into contact with, and I am a relatively powerful military figure in the late Ming Dynasty.
The first one is Qin Liangyu, Yang Gai went back to search for Qin Liangyu's information, and found that this person should be this woman, a mess of cattle, who has commanded wars for more than 40 years, which is also rare in the entire feudal history. Serious leading troops to fight! And the record is much more powerful than the male compatriots of the same period, and he is extremely loyal to Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also diligent to the king. This is the number one object that needs to be appeased!
Yang Gai looked at Qin Liangyu's name and was in a daze for most of the hour. This female general should be in her fifties by now. Yang reformed through calculations and quickly arrived at this age. He is 54 years old...... Looks like he's very old! This, why is it that the people you value are so old?
Looking at Hong Chengchou again, Lu Shengxiang is not very good, and he lost to a woman.
This Hong Chengchou also surrendered. This is even more powerful!
And those who are more familiar with him are not among them, such as Sun Chengzong, who is now training a new army for himself, such as Wu Sangui, this guy is still serving in his new army, and Man Gui, who is also a cow, has a lot to do with Yuan Chonghuan's death in history, how can he forget?
Writing and drawing, most of the morning. Yang decided to recruit those people into Beijing. After thinking about it, I felt that I should still follow Sun Chengzong's advice, not to discuss this matter in the court, but also to discuss it in the staff department, and to communicate with the courtiers. Otherwise, the ministers should make a fuss again. Anyway, it is already a foregone conclusion to recruit these people into Beijing by themselves.
"Companion, immediately inform the people from the staff department to discuss matters in the Wenhua Palace." When he thought of it, he did it, and instructed Wang Chengen to inform the ministers to hold a meeting.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen went out.
Yang Reform cleaned up the table alone, and even Wang Chengen didn't see the things on the table, Wang Chengen only saw the emperor get up early in the morning and write and draw on the table, but he didn't know what the emperor was doing.
Mandarin Palace.
The ministers have finally arrived. Many ministers were out of breath because they were in a hurry. Seeing that the emperor had not yet arrived, he was relieved.
Yang Reform has been waiting for a long time in the warm pavilion, and this boss is definitely going to be the last to appear. A lot of time is wasted for no reason. Yang Gengai only hated that the Ming Dynasty did not have a telephone, otherwise, with a phone call, the speed at which these people came could be more than doubled.
"We knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live." The people of the staff kowtowed together.
"Get up." Chongzhen Yang said very calmly. Go straight to the big sand table.
"Some time ago, I speculated that after the capture of the East Jin detour into Beijing, I think everyone also knows, according to Master Sun's speculation, at the latest next autumn and winter, the East capture Houjin will enter the customs, at that time, the defense of the Beijing division is a big problem, I have already thought about it, and I am ready to mobilize a group of elites to enter Beijing in advance, Gong Wei Jingshi, do you have any opinions?" Yang Reform did not talk nonsense, and went directly to the core of the problem and transferred troops into Beijing.
A minister came out and played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is too early to adjust at this time!" It's only April now, and to October next year, there is at least a year and a half to mobilize the world's elite into Beijing so early. I hope Your Majesty will think twice. ”
If it is purely to deal with wild boar skin, it is indeed early to mobilize troops and horses at this time, in fact, it is not too late to adjust it next year, which does save a lot of food and salary, and the cost of pulling out. However, Yang's reform is not just to deal with wild boar skin, this is obvious, the uprising in Shaanxi is estimated to start this year, if you don't prepare now, when will you prepare? Also, he is ready to mobilize the world's elite soldiers and defend the Beijing Division, and there is also an important purpose, that is, to cut salt merchants, when the time comes, the world's elite soldiers are in their own hands, who dares not to listen to themselves? Yang Reform is also afraid that those bureaucratic classes will be forced to rush and jump over the wall in a hurry! Therefore, the world's elite soldiers are in their own hands, so they are safe enough.
"Hmph, it's better if the East Captives don't enter the customs, I can't wait to scare them, this Qing family has ever thought about it, how long does it take for me to go from south to north? If it is a transfer of troops, how long will it take to get from the south to the Beijing division? It's not half a year, I'm afraid I won't be able to go. It has been another month or two since the proclamation of the Holy Decree passed, and this opening still had to be prepared, and the time it took was even longer, so how could it not be advanced? Furthermore, it is speculated that in the autumn and winter of next year, what if the gold is advanced after the East Captivity? What should I do? Before the reinforcements arrived, do you want me to recruit in person or do you want me to watch the Eastern Captives slaughter my people? ”
If the wild boar skin does not enter the customs, Yang Reform would like to, but that is impossible, if the wild boar skin does not enter the customs, they themselves will starve to death, and they will fall apart, and they will not have to fight in the Ming Dynasty. So, it will definitely enter the customs, no matter how difficult it is.
Yang reformed the chaos and added a lesson, which made the minister ashamed and dizzy.
This Ming Dynasty is really too big, from the southernmost to the northernmost side, even if there is no distance of 10,000 miles, there are still 7 or 8000 miles of road, walking 50 or 60 miles a day is already the performance of the ancient elite troops, but also to walk more than 100 days, four months, I am afraid that it will not be able to arrive.
"What Your Majesty says is very true, what Your Majesty says is very true." The minister who had just spoken out immediately embarrassed, he didn't expect the emperor to understand so clearly, he was not a fool, and he was ready to fool him, but he didn't fool him.
Another minister came out and played: "Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask Your Majesty, Your Majesty intends to transfer troops from the southernmost side?" Could it be Mrs. Command, the Governor of the Governor, the Chief Military Officer Qin Liangyu, and the Old Lady Qin? [Qin Liangyu's husband's surname is Ma, and he should be called Mrs. Ma, but in order to call it cordial and intuitive, he is still called Mrs. Qin. 】
"Exactly, I plan to transfer Old Lady Qin to Beijing and defend the Beijing Division." Yang Gai replied very happily, I didn't expect that this Qin Liangyu was also famous in this Ming court! I just mentioned the transfer of troops from the south, and some people naturally thought of her, it seems that this prestige is far and wide, which is to describe this kind of person.
"Your Majesty Shengming, Old Madam Qin is a famous general of our dynasty, a woman who does not let her eyebrows, is proficient in battle formations, has been on the battlefield for a long time, and has outstanding combat records, she is a rare heroine!" This person, it seems, has a lot of respect for Qin Liangyu! It seems that the image of Qin Liangyu being able to fight has been deeply imprinted in the psychology of the Ming Dynasty court, and Qin Liangyu did not prejudice her at all because she was a woman.
In fact, everyone knows that this is going to be the opening of the film with the East Captive Houjin, according to the previous records, it is natural to need a general who can fight, otherwise, when you encounter the royal driver's personal expedition, plus the kind of scene that is about to collapse at the touch of a button, it will be a tragedy, another change in the civil fort! The Ming Dynasty can't afford to lose that person, so it is natural to respect this person who can fight.
"Well, then since all the Qing families have no objections, then summon Old Madam Qin to lead the troops, enter Beijing immediately, and defend the Beijing Division, the number, I think, just six thousand." Yang Gengai saw that in the imperial court, he was very impressed by Qin Liangyu's ability to fight, and no one raised objections, so he passed the resolution to summon Qin Liangyu to Beijing.
In fact, this resolution does not need to be passed at all, Yang Reform is not passed, it must be called, and it must be called even more if it is passed, which is against the wild boar skin and suppresses the peasant uprising, but it is all up to them, Yang Reform does not want to go to a dead end after he is said, let alone cut his wife and children by himself and hang himself on the coal mountain.
A minister came out and played: "Your Majesty, is this six thousand too much?" This old lady Qin is far away in Sichuan, and the journey to Beijing is too far away, and I am afraid that the cost of this military fee will ......."
This person is from the household department, and Yang Reform can guess by feeling, and after discussing the matter, he said that the silver must be from the household department. Yang Reform is actually very entangled in this number, the more people, the more obviously this food and salary will be consumed, but if it is less, the repression will not be effective. This minister can be regarded as saying the words to Yang Reform's heart.
Sun Chengzong came out and played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the number of six thousand is not much, I think that back then, in the battlefield of Liaodong, the 'white pole soldiers' of the Qin general officers and soldiers, fought bloody battles in the east, and increased the troops one by one, and accumulated to more than eight thousand, in order to hold on to the east, now, Your Majesty wants to guard against the entry of the easterners, and must not be as good as the previous time, and the number of troops has become a trend of adding oil, so the ministers think that the number of six thousand is appropriate. ”
Sun Chengzong deserves to be a veteran, and this move out of this previous example persuaded Yang Reform and other ministers.
"Then six thousand, as for the cost ......, I know that there is no silver in the household, so let it come out of my inner pocket." Yang Gengai gritted his teeth and decided to still six thousand, since Sun Chengzong said that six thousand is okay, then six thousand, when it comes to the cost, he saw that the official of the household department was ready to come out and "have something to say", so he had to come out first to block his mouth, so as not to talk nonsense.
The official of the household department was relieved to see that the emperor had taken the cost of sending troops, and he was startled when he saw that the emperor was "gritting his teeth" to himself, and suddenly felt that he was really bad at this household department. Frightened into a cold sweat, he hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
"How much does it cost?" Yang Gengai asked again. The cost of sending troops in ancient times, Yang Reform really didn't have any knowledge in this area. But when I think about it, I know that I asked the wrong person, and I saw someone pouting and ready to speak, so I remembered that this "drifting" feature in the late Ming Dynasty, how could I forget it so quickly? He hurriedly said: "Then give 100,000 taels first, let Old Madam Qin feed the soldiers to their heart's content, and I will directly send someone to send the silver money to Old Madam Qin, so that Old Madam Qin can open as soon as possible." Yang Reform hurriedly spit out the number of 100,000 taels, an average of 16 taels per person, it takes about four or five months to walk to the capital, and each person consumes 4 taels of silver every month, which is not much. After all, this is an elite soldier, or a long journey, and the consumption is more.
Seeing that the emperor asked how much the cost of sending troops, he pouted, and was happy in his heart, this question should be answered by himself, if the emperor gave money, the cost of the army would be plucked by himself, and it would be no problem to get a "three-percent drift", and he was ready to report one hundred or two hundred thousand taels of silver, and was about to speak, but when he saw that the emperor said 100,000 taels, and he wanted to send the money directly to Qin Liangyu, he was annoyed in his heart, and felt that this emperor was too good. Thinking about it again, I don't blame the emperor, there are still people who say to the emperor in the court that "drifting" is generally "three percent". No wonder the emperor doesn't trust us. I was very annoyed, but I had already walked out, and it was not good to go back, so I had to say something casually: "Your Majesty, I think that there are more than 100,000 taels, and Mrs. Qin's 'white pole soldiers' can eat in the states and counties, and they can rely on the supply of the states and counties along the way, or as much as 100,000 taels." The military department Shangshu secretly said in his heart: Yes, I can't get any points, and I can't let others get it.
Relying on the supply of states and counties along the way, this Yang Reform knows a little, however, Yang Reform thinks that he has money in his hands, and he is not panicked, and he always relies on the supply of local states and counties. This seems to have happened many times in later history! Especially when summoning the world's soldiers and horses, it was a mess, and I had to pay attention to this sign, and I couldn't believe too much in the local ability.
At the moment, he said: "Well, eat places along the way, local states and counties supply, these 100,000 taels are the opening fee, let Mrs. Qin put the clothes that fit the soldiers and buy a pair of shoes that fit, the elite of the world should also dress decently!" ”
The military department Shangshu rolled his eyes, yes, the 100,000 taels still belonged to someone else, and he didn't even smell a fishy smell. Now he retreated again.
(To be continued)