Chapter 208 Reorganizing the Frontier Army
Zhao Zi's ulterior motives immediately seemed to throw a torch into dry firewood. The soldiers and their families, who had been indignant for a long time, suddenly burst into shouts: "The official forces are forcing the army to change, and they are rebelling." All the soldiers and their families picked up sticks and stones together, and glared at Yang He.
Zhao Xing took a step back: "Li's experience, remember that Yang He forced the border army to mutiny and immediately sent 800 miles to report to the capital."
Yang He knelt down without saying a word: "The imperial envoy misunderstood, wronged, spare your life."
At this time, he had to kneel down, nor could he not kneel down. If he did not kneel down, he would lose his head and cause harm to his family. This was not a fabrication by Zhao Xing, but a real crime and there was no way to argue.
Facing Yang He who was kneeling down, Zhao Xing sneered: "Just for your unrealistic bullshit theory of qi cultivation, I will not talk about both kindness and power, and let the soldiers be hungry and unable to fight, and let the bandits be powerful to the northwest. Are you still embarrassed to stop me from paying the soldiers here? You keep saying that you are a country, but you have already harmed this country. Are you still embarrassed to face these soldiers here? I feel ashamed and angry for you. Go back and reflect on it. Don't do things to the point of being imprisoned and punished."
Yang He knelt on the ground in a daze, kowtowed for a long time, then got up speechlessly, walked back to the sedan chair in loneliness and loss. He tried hard several times and couldn't even cross the railing of the sedan chair. He still barely entered with the help of He Nianguang, and then a group of people left in disgrace.
Looking at his back, Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "From this point, he is still a conscientious official."
Zhao Zi despised: "I'm old, I'm unconsciously wanting to be safe, but does this Ming Dynasty need a safe official? What we need is an enterprising official."
Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Forget it, let's do what's happening right now. Time is too urgent. We really don't have the opportunity to change anything in a short period of time. So, let's try to rectify the border troops during this period. Don't invade the slaves in front of the northwest. Behind us, the border troops mutiny and then be invaded by the Tartars, making it difficult for us to take care of each other."
Zhao Zi nodded and said yes.
Zhao Xing came to He Guang: "Look behind you, I have brought you the military pay you have been looking forward to for a long time."
He Guang had long seen the box in the team that was almost invisible at a glance and nodded trustfully.
"I will give you all the deposits and owes, which are what those who are dead and alive deserve. Not only will I solve the problems in front of me, I will also solve the problems in the future for you. I have already arranged the arrangements and will not owe you military pay in the future. I will re-program your posts and pay them according to the standard of one or two cents of silver for a month."
This is the standard for the Jingying and Wang Jinzhong's army. As soon as such a standard was released, He Guang immediately knelt down on his knees with gratitude: "Sir, you are the savior of our border army. Why can't we die for you?"
What Zhao Xing wants is this effect, and what he wants is that the soldiers of the border army understand whose family’s food they eat and whose family’s money they spend - I, Zhao Xing.
"Now I announce that you have pointed out the actual posts in the first year of the Apocalypse on this roster. I will immediately distribute the deposit to them or their families. At the same time, I ask you to select brothers in your current team, who are under 15 years old and over 40 years old, who are physically disabled and unable to fight. I will give them an additional five taels of silver each as a settlement, so that they can return to the common people and settle in the border areas. Then I order you to recruit refugees who meet the conditions for joining the army in the fastest time to supplement your posts."
He Guang immediately stood up excitedly: "The order of the Lord General."
Zhao Xing asked again solemnly, I don’t need to be perfunctory, because my military expenditure is limited. You really tell me that with your fortress, how many real soldiers are needed to block the attack of the Tartars. At least, can you hold on to the reinforcements of the surrounding brothers’ troops?"
Zhao Xing asked this question, the purpose was to take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen the military and simplify the government, and then use the limited money and grain on the blade, rather than being consumed by bloated and useless soldiers.
He Guang looked at his fortress, and after silence in his heart, he reported with confidence: "At 800, I can block the enemy alone, and 500, I can hold on for a month, waiting for reinforcements from my friends and brothers around me."
Zhao Xing thought for a while with his hands behind his back, and then said decisively: "Then it's five hundred. But I will draw the test at any time afterwards. If there is a free amount, I will rectify the Dharma on the spot."
He Guang knelt on one knee excitedly: "Brothers with enough soldiers and enough wages, small groups of enemies invade, I will make him never come back, and large groups of enemies attack, this is a wall of iron."
Zhao Xing pulled him up: "In this way, I will feel at ease and I can raise enough money and food for you. The safety of this section of the Great Wall and the safety of countless Han people behind you will be handed over to you." Then he took a step back and bowed deeply to the end.
Zhao Xing personally handed over the real money and silver of each incision to the soldiers. Even the soldiers who died in battle, or those who died of illness or starved to death, as long as he did indeed exist in this team, Zhao Xing handed over the military pay to their surviving relatives. Such actions immediately made these soldiers of the border army and their families grateful to Zhao Xing.
At the same time, the old and weak were eliminated, and they were given five taels of silver to severance, which made them happy. They had no complaints about the court and the country. With the eight-year silver he had made up, He Guang's first thing was to go to that town for the first time and redeem his daughter. The family could finally raise their heads and behave like a human being again.
A brother of Tiqi was left behind, supervising He Guang to recruit new soldiers, and hurried to the next border army's garrison with a large group of troops. The next reorganization was carried out.
After a whole month of running, when the three-sided defense lines once again became energetic, energetic, and combat power, Zhao Xing returned to his headquarters exhaustedly. Then he picked up his pen and reported his action process to Chongzhen.
"All the accumulated debts were issued, and the calls for the emperor's grace of the three sides continued day and night. In the end, I eliminated the old and weak, and reorganized 240,000 soldiers who could fight. There was no more danger in the front line of the Great Wall."
At the end of the memorial, I still did not forget to criticize Yang He's policy, deeply analyzed the disadvantages of this policy, greatly praised Hong Chengchou's ability, affirmed the methods used by Hong Chengchou, who had changed his mind, recommended the policy of relocation and rent reduction and interest reduction in reality, and then asked the emperor to verdict everything. This step must be taken, otherwise it is a transgression, good intentions, and may lose your head. This is the evil feudal society.
At the same time, while bringing a letter to my mother's home, she also asked him not to lose his life while asking him to blow the wind in his ears.
After receiving the letter from his son-in-law, the British Duke just smiled indifferently: "How can you understand the difficulties in the game if you are not in the game? Fortunately, I still won one million for the seven million taels of silver you have obtained. Although it is not much, it can save your brother's life. In the future, it depends on the things you two brothers do. As for whether you are foolish or loyal in the end, I will ignore it." After sealing this letter and sending it to the northwest, Zhang Weixian breathed a sigh of relief and began to face the fate of the future calmly.
At the end of October, Wang Jinzhong's border army led by Zhao Xing was formed. According to Zhao Xing's policy of pursuing and suppressing bandits, Wang Jinzhong's army crossed the Yellow River and entered Shanxi to suppress bandits.
Geng Ruqi repeatedly criticized Wang Jinzhong for crossing the line, but Zhao Xing said, "Since you can't do it, then I will do it. This is my imperial envoy dispatched and has nothing to do with you." This left Shanxi officials speechless.
Chapter completed!