Chapter 337: The Wind Rises

In July of the first year of Chongzhen, in the northwest of Chengcheng County, Shaanxi, a team of more than 1,000 people was marching neatly, this team, there were more than 30 side vans, in addition to these partial vans, there were nearly 400 cavalry, the whole team, are silently advancing, serious and serious, from time to time there are cavalry galloping quickly, and then rushing out.

In Shaanxi in July, it has not rained for a long time, and the dust on the road is flying, and the dust that the soldiers step on seems to have been evaporated by the sun and slowly rising.

This team is the new army sent to Shaanxi by Yang Reform. Wang Er of Baishui, Shaanxi Province killed Wang Douyao of Zhixian County to rebel, but he was afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the officials and troops, so he hid in Luoshui, north of Baishui County, and played hide and seek with the officials and soldiers in the mountains north of Luoshui.

Yang Reform set the goal of the new army on Wang Er, not because Wang Er killed a magistrate and wanted to avenge this magistrate, nor because the Shaanxi governor intercepted the news of the rebellion and killed the governor to cause much movement, the key is that, according to historical data, this Wang Er only has a few hundred people, that is, there may be no more than 200 young and strong, that is to say, this is a standard "peasant army", there is no strict organization, no efficient lethal weapons, no combat skills, according to Yang Reform, can be sent to their opponentsYang Gai deliberately let the new army practice and practice, and did not hesitate to remotely command the governor of Shaanxi to use a rushing infantry battalion and a cavalry battalion, a total of more than 1,200 people to encircle and suppress the team, in order to train his hands. [The configuration of the car battalion is 100 people with four vehicles, the car battalion is a big name, the car battalion includes two large arms of infantry sub-battalion and cavalry sub-battalion, and artillery is included in the infantry battalion. Moreover, when reinforcing Shaanxi in the past, it was said that there were 5,000 people, which should be more than 6,000 people in a car battalion, otherwise it would be difficult to configure. 】

According to the emperor's instructions, northern Shaanxi suffered a serious disaster and may be a re-outbreak area of rebellion, so the new army drove directly to Suide, the place where the peasant rebellion first broke out in the future. Wu Sangui took this new army and went straight to Shaanxi Baishui Wang Er, in order to complete His Majesty the Emperor's explanation, so that the new army would take the lead in practicing hands here in Shaanxi Baishui Wang Er. Therefore, even if the intelligence shows that this Wang Er only has a few hundred people, and the young man may be two hundred, Wu Sangui still implements the combat discipline in accordance with the strictest regulations of the new army, and the sentinel is released from afar, listening to the news, the whole team is serious and serious, ready to fight at all times, and does not relax because the opponent is some "rookie", although the scale and intensity of this battle are not large, but it is the first battle of the new army. Eat well, dress well, train strictly, pay the highest salary, never discount, if you can't fight, I'm afraid there is no need to exist, such a high salary, such a good treatment, I'm afraid it's not worth it, so, everyone's expression is solemn, focused, not complaining because of eating ashes, just according to the pace of training, keep up.

Wu Sangui rode a high-headed horse, followed the team, ran to the higher ground from time to time, took a telescope to observe the mountains in front of him, observed the movements in the mountains, and observed carefully and seriously, although the opponent was only a few hundred peasants who could not eat enough, but Wu Sangui did not dare to take it lightly, the emperor poured much effort into the new army, he knew the emperor's high hopes for the new army, and he also knew the emperor's expectations for him, he also understood, he, the boss of the new army, if in the first battle of the new army, Out of the business pool, afraid of any future, the emperor's favor, all of them are going to be in the soup, so, despite the hot weather in July, Wu Sangui is still dressed in military uniform, rigorous and serious, he does not dare to relax at all, only a complete victory, he is qualified to relax, now, it is definitely not the time to relax.

The chief officer did not relax at all, was strict, set an example, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to say anything, so the whole team was serious and rigorous, and no one laughed and complained.

Wu Sangui rode on the horse with a little anxiety, put away the binoculars, just now, he has been observing the movement on the mountain, and did not find anything abnormal, which is a lot more relieved, what ambush on both sides of the mountain road, a cannon sounded, people and horses killed from the mountain, after his observation, it is impossible, and the sentinel did not find anything abnormal, saying that he could enter the mountain. Although this was good news, he was still very anxious. ,

Since he approached Shaanxi, he has found that this land is getting drier and drier, even the fields on both sides of the official road are mostly arid, and there are many cracks in the ground, and you can put your feet into them. The extent of the drought in Shaanxi was far beyond his imagination, and he now understood why the emperor used 10 million taels of silver to relieve the disaster with unprecedented strength, why he wanted to emigrate instead of relieving them on the spot, and why the emperor sent them to Shaanxi. This level of drought is said to be more than ten years ...... drought, and he doesn't dare to think about it, because the people here have no other way but to rebel.

But fortunately, there is also the emperor's immigration, fortunately, there is no endless road, out of a saint who comes out once in 500 years, with a scale of 10 million taels of silver to immigrate a million people, to give the people of Shaanxi a way to live.

Disaster relief, immigration is a good thing, but Wu Sangui also knows that things are not as simple as imagined, Wu Sangui also understands what they are doing here, this level of drought, rebellion, don't think about it, it must be where the drought is, where the rebellion is, even if there are millions of immigrants, but the rebellion is still inevitable, Wu Sangui understands that his task is to nip those who dare to rebel in the bud, this world is very cruel, it is hell, although there is still a way to heaven, But if you don't take the road to heaven, then you can only ask you to go to the eighteenth layer of hell, Wu Sangui thought fiercely.

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Forbidden city.

Yang Reform looked at the latest news, it was about Shaanxi, Wu Sangui had arrived in Chengcheng, Shaanxi, and after a few days of repair, he would march to the place where Baishui Wang Er was entrenched to carry out encirclement and suppression, and the first battle of the new army was about to start.

It is now mid-to-late July, and news has come from all parts of Shaanxi that the drought is getting worse and worse, and there is no sign of rainfall, and this year's harvest is a foregone conclusion; even if there is a plan to resettle one million, it is still impossible to completely eliminate such a thing as a rebellion and suppress the peasant uprising, which has become a "fact" in front of us.

Yang Reform began to pay attention to the news of Shaanxi all day long, and there were more and more days to come to the platform, and the weather was hot as soon as possible, but Yang Reform was still persistent.

"Master Sun, the latest news, Wu Sangui has arrived in Chengcheng, and after repairing for a maximum of three days, he will march to the place where Wang Er is entrenched and encircle and suppress, Master Sun will take a look." Yang Reform handed this latest military information to Sun Chengzong, and now, Yang Reform no longer dares to put Sun Chengzong in Xishan to train the new army, but summons Sun Chengzong back to serve as a military staff officer for himself, and the peasant rebellion in Shaanxi has become a "fact". The drought was far worse than the officials had reported, and although he had a plan of tens of millions of silver for disaster relief, he was afraid that it would only affect the intensity of the peasant rebellion, and Yang had already prepared for the worst.

Sun Chengzong took the information handed over by the emperor and read it, frowning. After half a sound, he said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the situation in Shaanxi is much more serious than expected, when Your Majesty's 10 million taels of silver disaster relief, although the minister knew that the disaster in Shaanxi was serious, he still felt that 10 million silver was too much,...... I didn't expect the matter to be so serious, alas, it's really difficult...... "Sun Chengzong said not that it was difficult to suppress the peasant rebellion, but that the disaster in Shaanxi was far beyond his expectations, and like many bureaucrats, he was far away from the kind of life without three meals, and after a long time in the court, he became more and more unfamiliar with the suffering of the people, and after reading Wu Sangui's military situation in Shaanxi, he read a realistic "on-site report", only to know that the matter was far more serious than expected, and 10 million taels of silver for disaster relief was not enough.

"Yes, it hasn't rained in Shaanxi for two months, and the cracks in the ground can already put your feet in,...... Forget it, Master Sun, let's talk about Wu Sangui's affairs here, Shaanxi's relief, I have done my best, if there is still a rebellion, I have no choice but to suppress it with all my might, I put most of the new army in northern Shaanxi, that is, to prevent this, the disaster in northern Shaanxi is the heaviest......" Yang Reform said helplessly, although he knew in advance that there would be a big drought in Shaanxi, and even made a lot of preparations, but the facts are often unexpected, the degree of drought in Shaanxi, according to the future "brick family" said, It's definitely a once-in-a-millennium level.

Sun Chengzong was silent for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, in this matter, there is a cavalry sub-battalion, a cavalry sub-battalion, more than 1,200 people, all of whom are the best in the new army, it should be enough, regardless of weapons and equipment, training, and elite level, Your Majesty's side has an absolute advantage, not to mention, there are also surrounding states and counties to respond and block the way to escape, so, Your Majesty's new army encirclement and suppression of Wang Er should be handled lightly, the only thing is that Wu Sangui should not make too big a mistake." "Sun Chengzong was opposed to the emperor using so many men to encircle and suppress that little bit of traitors. However, he couldn't stand the emperor's rhetoric, and finally agreed to encircle and suppress those little rebels with such heavy troops, so there was no doubt about the success of the encirclement and suppression, as long as Wu Sangui was not a pig, this kind of thing would be successful. ,

"Hehe, Master Sun said so, I am relieved, presumably, the results of the battle will be delivered in a few days, and we will know when the time comes." Yang Reform also knows that he is far superior to Wang Er's opponent in terms of troops, weapons, training, and so on, counting, no matter what, it is also his own side to win, but Yang Reform is still worried about accidents, this is the first battle of the new army, Yang Reform is an otaku, and he doesn't know much about how to fight, but he has played countless games, and he knows that when he fights the boss, he generally fights a little easier first, and then slowly upgrades, so the otaku takes the game as an example, I picked a boss that couldn't be simpler for the new army, that is, Wang Er, a small boss with a total number of people below 1,000 and a few hundred young and strong.

Not for anything else, for the cultivation of the new army, the army is a thing, we must use confidence, honor, and victory to constantly feed, otherwise, it will degenerate, as the first bite of the new army, Yang Reform tried to choose a relatively easy to eat.

"Your Majesty, the minister is not worried that His Majesty's new army can win, what the minister is worried about is the cost of the new army, far beyond the ordinary officers and soldiers, the cost of weapons, training, and military salaries, at home and abroad, there is no one who can control it, Your Majesty, when you don't fight, the expenses are already huge, if it is a war, Your Majesty, can you be prepared?" Sun Chengzong frowned and said, although he believed that the emperor was not short of money, however, he was the actual manager of the new army, and he couldn't be clearer about the expenses of the new army, when he was not fighting, the expenses were terrifying, and now he went to war, the expenses were even more terrifying, Sun Chengzong was worried about whether the emperor's money bag could afford to support these terrifying new troops in time.

Speaking of money, Yang Reform is innocent, his own name of "Emperor Salary", I am afraid that he will never be able to throw it away, he just withdrew two million from the bank, and in the blink of an eye there is not much left, and he has to find a way to make money, Yang Reform has recently been admonishing himself to save, don't be too scattered, to break a penny into two flowers, as a result, as soon as something happens, the problem of being lavish and big, still recurs, not to mention anything else, just to give Sun Yuanhua that amount of silver, it is enough to make Yang Reform feel distressed afterwards.

"Master Sun, don't worry about this, I have my own arrangements, the matter of silver, it has always been silver looking for me, and I am not short of silver to spend." Although Yang Reform smiled on his face, he was crying in his heart, he shouldn't be too ruthless, and he couldn't change this bad problem for a while, and now, he had to find a way to make money again.

"Since Your Majesty said so, the minister is not worried. Judging from the information sent by Shaanxi at present, there is no need to worry, although many rebels in various places are ready to move, but as long as His Majesty provides disaster relief and suppresses it in time, presumably, Shaanxi will not be completely erosive......" Sun Chengzong gave a definite sentence.

Yang Reform also sighed, the current situation in Shaanxi, there is only this for the time being, and the rest is to make a little more money and prepare to fight in Shaanxi.

"Master Sun said so, and I was relieved."

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and Sun Chengzong studied the military situation in Shaanxi, and Yang Reform began to think about the matter of silver.

Now, after many aspects of advocacy, the matter of military tickets has had a certain effect, and merchants and ordinary people no longer talk about this kind of paper tickets, and some people even buy some military tickets to practice what "peerless martial arts". Yang Reform not only advocated the military tickets through folk artists, but also vigorously advocated the military tickets in the Di newspaper, saying that the military tickets were good, what paper was good, the printing was good, the waterproof, and so on, and the military tickets were blown into a flower.

Today's military tickets, even in the capital's merchants, especially the business circles that supply the new army, have a certain reputation, and are no longer as at the beginning, the military tickets in the hands of the front foot, and the back foot will be exchanged into silver coins in the bank, never overnight, so that Yang Reform is very depressed, it was originally expected to issue two million military tickets, with one million taels of silver as a deposit, as a result, when the actual operation, the military tickets and silver are almost to a one-to-one ratio, that is to say, the military tickets did not play the effect of "amplifier", but only handed from their left hand to their right hand, passing through the hands of those merchants.

Yang Gengai plans to once again carry out an advocacy or performance of military tickets and silver coins, so as to enhance the credibility of military tickets, and to make the effect of the "amplifier" of military tickets, one million and twenty thousand silver, to make two million taels of flowers, otherwise, his own silver will be spent too quickly. ,

In the Qianqing Palace.

Yang Reform thought for a while and asked, "Big Companion, have Xiao Shunzi and Li Ruolian arrived?" Yang Reform plans to hold a "performance" to enhance the credibility of the military ticket, and the actual operators are Xiaoshunzi of the Baoyuan Bureau and Li Ruolian of the bank.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have already arrived, and I am waiting for Your Majesty's summons." Wang Chengen replied.

"Okay, let's summon you when you arrive." In the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, now, it is not the warm pavilion, but the cool pavilion, and Yang Reform put more than N ice cubes to escape the heat.

Xiao Shunzi is now, in the capital, is also a famous figure, known as Shun Gonggong, is the emperor's confidant, in his hand to hold the errand of minting silver coins, is a rare fat difference in the world, the silver in his hand, in millions, more than the silver in the household treasury.

Li Ruolian is the same, he is also a well-known figure, from a worthless martial artist at the beginning, he fell into the eyes of the emperor in one fell swoop, became the emperor's confidant, and in a blink of an eye, he became a person in charge of millions of taels of silver for the emperor.

These two people are in the capital, but they are so red and purple.

Now, both of them are respectfully kowtowing in front of the emperor.

"Slave and maid Xiaoshunzi knock to see Your Majesty. Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Minister Li Ruolian knocks to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"Okay, let's all get up, let's eat a piece of watermelon first, it's chilled, it's delicious." For these two of his subordinates, Yang Gai used some small tricks to invest emotionally, such as sending a watermelon or something.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." The two of them are not very pretentious, after thanking them, they each took a piece of watermelon and ate it carefully, in their opinion, the emperor invited them to eat watermelon, which is a sign of their still favor, so there is no need to behave too restrained.

Yang Gengai saw that they had eaten almost the watermelon, so he said: "Today, I summoned the two of you to have an important thing for the two of you to do. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty says, even if the slave and maid die, there is no other word." Because of Xiao Shunzi's different identity, when he speaks, he is different from the minister.

"Back to Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty commands, the minister will not give up." Li Ruolian also replied.

Yang Gai nodded with satisfaction, his two henchmen really didn't disappoint themselves, didn't play sloppy with themselves, didn't shirk it, if that was the case, he would be a failure as the emperor, and he had to be reviewed.

"That's right, I'm going to do something about the credibility of the military ticket, and I need the cooperation of the two of you, can you be sure?" Yang asked Gengai.