The movement of the capital has not yet reached Xuanda, and Yu Dayou has already come to Shuozhou to take office.

Shuozhou Wei is not at the forefront of Datong Town's defense system, but it is actually very important.

At this time, the west of Datong Town, this west route is the defense line composed of Pingyuwei, Yulinwei, Yunchuanwei, Jingping Shouyu Qianhu and other walled forts and piers, and the main defense is the enemy soldiers coming from the direction of Hetao.

Due north, is the direct entrance to Datong. And in the direction of almost the south of Datong Town, it is Yingzhou, which already belongs to the southern hinterland.

Shuozhou Wei, in the southwest of Yingzhou, and Yingzhou in the middle of the two thousand households of Mayi and Shanyin, they are distributed along the Sanggan River.

Shuozhou, Mayi, Jingping, the three become horns.

In the hinterland, there are still a lot of troops, just because this is the upper reaches of the Sanggan River.

Both men and horses could not do without water, and if the Mongol cavalry attacked with a large army, one route was to break through Yanghekou from the tributary of the Sanggan River directly north of Datong. If you take this route, you will encounter the town of Datong on the southwest side of the riverside Baishan Mountain - this is a solid nail.

The other route is to kill the tiger's mouth from the west road, Koujingping and Shuozhou. If you gain a firm foothold here, then you will be able to push all the way to the entire Sanggan River basin area of Datong Town, and even bypass the frontal defense of Xuanfu Town along the Sanggan River to Juyong Pass. Or they don't fight Juyong Pass, but go south to Ulzhou, and then take one of the Eight Taihang Flying Fox to Laiyuan, and then they can pass through Puyin Pass to attack the relatively low difficulty of Bauhinia Pass or continue to attack the Maguan Pass in the south.

This kind of thing has happened once, and that is the change of the civil fort. At that time, after the Warat army defeated the main force of the Ming army, it attacked the Bauhinia Pass along the above route, so as to avoid the edge of Juyong Pass.

Datong Town is actually not easy to defend, because the mountains around Datong are relatively gentle, and the Great Wall defense line is not easy to use. Zhang Wenjin has always advocated the construction of Xuanning Five Forts, because the section of the Great Wall directly north of Datong is difficult to function.

The Ming Dynasty is also very aware of this situation, so in the south of the line of Shuozhou, Mayi, Shanyin, and Yingzhou, the section where Datong Town and Shanxi Town are connected extends to the northwest of Beijing, and there is an inner Great Wall.

From west to east, there are passes such as Biaotou Pass, Ningwu Pass, Yanmen Pass, Pingxing Pass, Reverse Horse Pass, Bauhinia Pass respectively.

You see, there are more northern passes such as Kill Tiger Pass, Yanghe Pass, etc., but the outer three passes are the partial head pass that guards the Yellow River Valley, the Ningwu Pass that guards the Luliang Mountain Road, and the Yanmen Pass that guards the Xinzhou Basin. The inner three passes are Juyong Pass, Bauhinia Pass, and Reverse Horse Pass - after them, it is the capital.

The outer three gates are the main gates, and the inner three gates are the bedroom gates. What about Datong Town and Xuanfu Town outside the outer three passes?

Yard. Although many people were sent to guard it, it was actually a vegetable garden with broken courtyard walls and vegetables that had been stolen by foreign enemies for many years.

Now, Yu Dayou looked at the "vegetable farmer leader" in front of him, and his bones were cold.

"Commander, this is the busiest time to do so! Anyway, we have to wait until the wheat harvest is finished in May! ”

Standing in front of him were the officials under the Shuozhou Guard who came to see him neatly.

From him below, there are two commanders of Shuozhou Wei, four commanders, two Wei Zhenfu, and five thousand households.

It was one of the thousand households who spoke, named Yu Shouke.

The answer was Yu Dayou's question about drills.

He continued with a smile: "Commander, the lowly position and you are the family, the big guy is not good to tell you, then the lowly position will tell the command." When you came to Shuozhou, you were here to help Datong Town prepare military rations. Jingping in the northwest and Mayi in the northeast, that is the elite soldiers arranged here by the chief soldiers. They are guarding thousands of households, and we are all preparing for thousands of households, prepared, prepared. ”

Yu Dayou knows this.

There are five under the ordinary one bathroom, and they are all called thousands of households. Although the number of troops guarding the Thousand Households is about the same as that of the Thousand Households, and the generals are the same, they are directly subordinate to the capital and have their own independent garrison areas.

At present, Jingping guards the Qianhu Office and Jingping Road General Liu Kai is stationed, and the Mayi Qianhu Office also has the guerrilla general Li Jian.

But the Shuozhou guards are really farmers, and the generals are all supervisors?

"Commander, you are the martial champion appointed by His Majesty, and the high level of the award is unheard of, and the lowly rank and others know that you want to train and make meritorious service to the emperor." Ai Xingzhi, one of the commanders of Shuozhou Wei, said with a flattering smile, "Rest assured, although the military food is heavy, Shuozhou Wei still has a good army." This can't be helped, the fullbacks are usually three-point guards and seven-point guards. But the border army has fled seriously, and we still have an elite soldier in Shuozhouwei, which is already extremely rare. Commanding martial arts is unparalleled, Tao is unique, there are this elite soldiers, commanding and then recruiting and training soldiers, Datong has no shortage of opportunities to win and make contributions! ”

He said it as a matter of course, and Yu Dayou nodded lightly: The border army not only has a serious escape, but also has a lot of vacancies. So Shuozhou Wei really has a thousand elite soldiers as he said?

Seeing that he nodded, more people spoke.

"The news that the commander is coming to Shuozhou Wei, the lowly officials have already posted notices inside and outside the city. The commander only brought a royal guard and a military division to Shuozhou, and now brave people inside and outside Shuozhou and even Shanxi and Shaanxi are coming one after another. Don't hide the command, the lowly positions have received many people's service posts, and they are all good hands with one as ten! If the commander does not believe it, he will call them to him. ”

"Shuozhou village sages, gentry, and big households are also looking forward to the commander being able to take the time to meet with them. I'm afraid the conductor will be tired all the way, and I want to ask the conductor about the arrangements first......"

"I heard that the commander has not yet married, Shuozhou, Yingzhou, Taiyuan, Fenyang...... There are fryers everywhere. When they heard about it, they all laughed, and they didn't pee and take pictures. Commanding the gods of Tiangang to descend to earth, there are rich businessmen who don't know how many catties and taels they have. What kind of identity, do you also want to ask someone to kiss? ”

“……”

Seeing that Yu Dayou's expression had not changed, the generals sitting in the main hall gradually began to be bold.

They spoke very directly, as if they were so straightforward and cheerful in the army.

They also praised Yu Dayou, with a look of admiration, and seemed to be deeply proud of serving under Wu Zhuangyuan.

They also said very directly that Yu Dayou grew up in Fujian since he was a child, and he still needs someone to take care of him when he comes to Shuozhou. Servants, housekeepers, food, housing and living objects, everyone has to give the "boss" a congratulatory gift.

Yu Dayou has been listening quietly, and even the corners of his mouth gradually showed a smile, and it seemed that the atmosphere was becoming more and more harmonious.

Then he nodded, "I understand." There are soldiers, and there is only one. The heavy task of defending against the enemy is not in Shuozhou. Is the wheat here harvested in May? ”

"yes!" Yu Shouke replied, "Last year, the Tartars hit this side, and a lot of wheat seedlings were damaged. Fortunately, it snowed and the rest of the wheat was growing well. Now, it's time for the potatoes to start growing. This potato is a good thing, and before Zhu returned to Beijing, he asked someone to get a lot of seeds from Shanxi and Shaanxi......"

"How heavy is my Shuozhou Weitun grain mission? How many Tuntian are there now? Yu Dayou seemed to have some unclear circumstances, "Doesn't Datong still have a lot of money every year?" How much can I get in Shuozhouwei? Why should the grain be supported in Datong Town, and my Shuozhou Wei still has another salary? ”

Yu Shou said with a smile: "Ai Tongzhi knows this best." Naturally, there must be silver, and now it is all converted silver. But the silver can't be eaten, and this grain is arranged by Datong, but even if it is only for the border army, there are so many people and horses in Datong, but it is far from enough. ”

Ai Xingzhi told him a number: Shuozhou Wei now has a total of 1,938 hectares of tuntian, but the land in Datong is barren, and only more than 20 stones are harvested from one hectare a year. According to the system, a portion of the land received by a military family is 50 mu, and the guards provide agricultural tools and seeds, and the guards also collect tax grain, called tuntian grains. Nowadays, the rule is to pay every three years, one bucket and two liters per mu, and fifty acres is six stones.

A field of 50 acres of land, a total of six stones in three years, each mu of land is four buckets of grain per year, it seems that the burden is not heavy.

Yu Dayou nodded: "In other words, my Shuozhou Wei averages almost 8,000 stone of grain per year. ”

"Exactly!" Ai Xingzhi sighed, "Now, the border army has a small family, and the monthly food is eight buckets; The homeless, six buckets. My Shuozhou Wei is not a dun sentinel army, and there is no food. The whole guard should be paid more than 40,000 stones a year. How to eat 8,000 Shituntian grains every year? Nearly 2,000 hectares of tuntian, and more than 10,000 taels of silver, this is my Shuozhou Wei's family background. The gift of the jacket and shoes can only depend on luck. ”

"I see. I heard that the silver of last year's salary and the reward silver of Shuozhou's great victory have already been distributed? ”

"Exactly. Although my Shuozhou Wei did not have great merit, he also received a reward of 1,493 taels and 6 yuan of silver from the officers and soldiers. Commander, please see, the soldiers receive silver and paintings, and the account books are all here. ”

Yu Dayou took the thing in his hand and slowly flipped through it.

In the room, some others drank tea, some looked at each other, and waited for Yu Dayou to speak.

After a long time, Yu Dayou closed the booklet, looked at them and said: "Since I have come to Shuozhou with the emperor's grace, I still have to straighten out the affairs first. In this way, that elite soldier, this commander will take a look at it tomorrow. Under the guard of Tuntian, the soldiers are small, and the commander must also visit one or two firsts to understand the situation of the guard. For many miscellaneous matters such as the city wall and the preparation of the palace, Mr. Zhao of the command committee will patrol the defense first, and ask Ai Tongzhi to arrange it. ”

"Command, rest assured."

Yu Dayou was silent for a moment and then said: "This commander has just arrived, and this commander will receive your wishes first." The local elders, big families, and the prefect of Shuozhou have already written here, so it is better to meet them together. ”

Seeing that Yu Dayou opened his mouth to receive their hearts, he was happy for a while.

Yu Dayou then just smiled and asked them about Shuozhou and Datong, as well as the past of the border towns over the years.

When he returned to the backyard after the meeting first, he saw Zhao Benxue deflating his face at the dummy.

Even when he came to the border town, he now also practiced two-handed swordsmanship with his disciples.

"Zhengchuan hasn't come back yet?"

Zhao Benxue shook his head, put away the wooden sword, walked to the stone pier in the courtyard and sat down: "What can you see with his raw face?" I'm afraid that I don't know how many people are staring at him. ”

Yu Dayou smiled: "It's good to stare at him." If you keep an eye on him, you can't keep an eye on anyone else. ”

"You don't have to wait for them to come all the way to vote for you." Zhao Benxue finished drinking the water and looked at him, "That elite soldier must be their servant." They take a share of their salary, and they listen only to them. If you want to train your troops, there's nothing new. If you want to train soldiers, you must be paid, and if you want to recruit servants and private soldiers like them, you will not be clean. ”

Along the way, Zhao Benxue's words gradually became more.

When people have no real hope, they can only study it as a knowledge.

If you really have an opportunity, then you will suffer from gains and losses, and it will be difficult to cultivate your qi freely.

Now, on the contrary, Yu Dayou is more calm.

"Didn't you know these situations before you came?"

"How are you going to break the game?" Zhao Benxue looked at his proud disciple.

"I'm in a hurry." Yu Dayou sighed, "Wait for Lu Bing and the ten of them to come over from the same department of Jinyiwei, and wait for Tang Shunzhi to come over." ”

"You want him to help?"

"This town is intertwined, and they are staring at me so closely, it is better to understand the truth with the snake first." Yu Dayou looked very open, "What's more, after all, it is Lord Futai, he is not only in charge of food and salary, but also praises military affairs, and has the right to inspect the constitution and ask questions." Datong's game is not something that can be broken by one person. If you want to harvest winter wheat, you should harvest it first, and after all, it is also grain. ”

"Shisuke." Zhao Benxue stared at him, "This is a dye vat, you have to keep your heart!" ”

"I know that Your Majesty wants Mr. to be by my side, so that I may be arrogant and irritable." Yu Dayou smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir, I understand His Majesty's intention to ask me to go to Shuozhou." The biggest problem in the border towns has always been money and food. ”

……

Tang Shunzhi had just passed Datong and was marching in the suburbs of Huairen County, south of Datong.

"This is Zhenzihai?" He looked at the smoke not far away.

"Futai, this is Zhenzihai. Huairen Zhenzi sea carp is a great one. ”

The governor has no official subordinate officials, and now that he is in Datong, in addition to the pacesetter generals who travel with him, Tang Shunzhi only has two more staff members around him.

One is an old friend from the past, and the other is a local who Yang Yiqing introduced to him and has lived in Datong for a long time. Both of them are just lifting people.

"The farmland around the lake seems to be quite fertile." Tang Shunzhi immediately pointed over there, "I heard that the town is forty or fifty miles away?" ”

"Not anymore." Hou Anyong, who was born in Datong Lingqiu, said, "Up to now, the Zhenzihai has a circumference of more than thirty miles at most. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"Tuntian, live in." Hou Anyong pointed to the mountains in the distance, "The border town is forbidden to harvest wood, but it is not forbidden to open up mountains and fields." There are more and more tuntian fields in Datong, but there are fewer and fewer grains. I heard in Lingqiu that there were ten disasters reported in the fifth year of Datong. During the Yongle period, there were more than 130,000 defenders in Datong. Today, about 80,000. Counting military households, if one household is counted as four, three or four hundred thousand. Futai can be seen, how many actual military tuns are there in Datong? ”

"Yan Ran has an account in his heart?"

Hou Anyong said angrily: "Forty thousand hectares, it will only be more, not less!" One acre of 100 acres, and the grains of Tuntian are also 200 stones a year. 40,000 hectares is 8 million stones! Ten million stones are not yet known! This is not to mention the exploitation of generals, and the military families actually handed over more grains in the fields. General He, you were still the commander of Shuozhou Wei last year, don't you say? ”

He Xun was silent for a moment, and then said: "I was recommended by General Counselor Yang, and when I arrived in Shuozhou Weicai for three months, I was selected to go to the capital Dabi. Shuozhou Wei, it's hard for me to intervene at all, I can only train my family soldiers. As soon as I left Datong, the commander and acquaintance Zheng Minghui took over as the conductor. After the victory in Shuozhou, he officially took over, and I am now the general of the Xuanda Governor's Pacesetter Battalion, and I really dare not say whether Mr. Hou's words are right or wrong. ”

"Your Majesty gave you the flag! What don't you dare to say? Hou Anyong was a little angry.

Tang Shunzhi also looked at He Xun, and then smiled.

Along the way, he listened to Tang Shunzhi and a few people talking about the situation in Datong, and his head was as big as numbness, and his uneasiness was obvious.

What's more, now Hou Anyong is talking about the fundamental problem of the border town?

"Futai, Datong only has about 80,000 generals! The imperial court is still worried about the food and salary of the border towns every year, and tens of millions of stones a year can't feed Datong! In the long run, how can we talk about the side trouble? "Hou Anyong output fiercely.

Tang Shunzhi was silent for a moment, and then laughed: "General Staff Yang said that you call yourself Yanran, often cherish the wish of Leshi, and have the generosity of Zhao Di, and it is true." ”

Then he sighed: "In the register, Datong only has 17,582 hectares of tuntian. Depending on the year, the grain is about 100 and 500,000 stones. 80,000 generals will be paid more than 3 million stone a year, plus the monthly rations. The grain was insufficient, and the imperial court allocated silver to Datong, with an average of 500,000 taels per year. According to the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver should buy three or four stones of grain. When I arrived in Datong, I could only buy more than two stones for one tael of silver. ”

He looked at Hou Anyong: "If Datong has so much grain in a year, where does the grain go?" ”

"The Li Fuda who Guo Zongbing interceded with, why did he have a lot of money? Taiyuan Zuowei Fenhe rich land, good tuntian. Hou Anyong stared at Tang Shunzhi, "Futai, I admire your talent and ambition." With all due respect, now this Datong, this town, is a dead knot. Eighty percent of the soldiers who can fight are generals and private soldiers. Without these soldiers, it would be much more than nothing. To support these soldiers, the generals must have money and food. Where does the money and food come from? Cut off the benefits of this tuning of grain, empty salary, false claims for wages, and private accounts, the elite soldiers in the border towns collapsed, and the northern captives drove straight in! ”

With that, he snorted and looked at He Xun again.

After a pause, he continued: "It's not just one person, it's most of the border towns, it's been like this for nearly a hundred years!" ”

Tang Shunzhi nodded: "I know this, General Staff Yang and Wang Shangshu are clear, and Your Majesty is also clear." Shuozhou won a victory, and there was no reason to move the border towns lightly. ”

"In the long run, how can you resist the enemy? How to drive out the Tartars? I call myself Yan Ran, but I just admire the martial arts of the Han Dynasty, lament the current hard defense, and talk about masturbation. ”

The newcomers are all understanding the actual situation of Datong, in their own ways.

Tang Shunzhi comforted him: "Don't worry, Yan Ran, don't worry." ”

"Hey." Hou Anyong sighed, and then asked, "Wang supervises the stability of the border town of Taiqi, and does not want to meddle in food and salary affairs. Now Futai is going to Shuozhou, but he is talking about food and salary, what is this? ”

Tang Shun replied solemnly: "I have no dispute with Dutai!" ”

Both staff members looked at him.

"Yes, General Ho?"

He Xun's scalp was numb: "Futai, don't dare to lie under the mark." ”

One was the governor of Xuanda, and the other was the twenty-year-old Jingbian Bo and the governor of Xuanda, and He Xun was very puzzled why the emperor's new appointment to him was Tang Shunzhi's pacesetter battalion general.

Tang Shunzhi held the reins and trembled: "There is no dispute!" The superintendent is in charge of the distribution of food and wages, and the Fu is in charge of the raising of food and wages. Yan Ran said that there was actually so much grain in Datong Town, so he had to find out the grain. General He, how about going to Shuozhouwei, which you are familiar with, first? ”

“…… Why should Futai ask for the mark? ”

"I don't know what happened to Yu Dayou when he arrived in Shuozhou?" Tang Shunzhi smiled with great interest, "The two of us who jointly signed the civil and military champions of the war are going to gather in Shuozhou again, and there is also General He, the former commander of the Shuozhou Guard, which is very lively." ”

Hou Anyong's eyes flashed: "Futai, raise food?" How to break the situation in Shuozhou? In the next follow-up Futai, you must always say and say, and refer to the details. ”

"Let's go and see first, let's see." Tang Shunzhi glanced at the town sea again, "Since it is a great one, can there be a carp in the town sea in the front post station?" ”

“…… Naturally, there is. Futai, what are you doing here in Datong with the respect of Jingbian Bo, tell me. ”

"You have to go through the experience, taste the flavor of the border town first!" Tang Shunzhi slammed his mouth, "I have a great appetite!" ”

(End of chapter)