Xinshun 1730

Chapter 185

Seeing that Li Jiusi seemed quite satisfied, Liu Yu wanted him to say a few good words after he went back, so he led him to watch tactical drills such as volley shooting, artillery firing, grenadiers and skirmishers attacking small forts. .

After watching it for seven or eight days in a row, there was not a single one that was the same. Li Jiusi watched it with gusto.

The day before I left, I looked at the soldiers paying their salaries again.

During the private banquet at night, Liu Yu tentatively asked, "Duke, did your Majesty say anything about the Jinghai Palace official school and the navy?"

Things about the navy are actually not complicated.

The complicated thing is the trade with Japan. Lin Yunwen quickly sold all his shares in the South.

But now this joint-stock maritime business group has not officially rectified its name, and Liu Yu is going to the capital to meet Emperor Chen on this matter.

He wanted an exchange: hand over the Qingzhou Army to the Emperor, and teach the Emperor the training system of the Qingzhou Army, who had no interest in the Army, in exchange for control of the Navy.

This is not difficult. At Liu Yu's level in the imperial court, he is the only one who understands the navy, and he is the only one who can trade and earn money without "competing with the people for profit".

Trust is something that needs to be maintained for a long time. The Qingzhou Army, especially the Qingzhou Army that played well in the fight against Junggar, is a bargaining chip that can maintain trust.

The difficulty for the Navy is that during the period when he was going to the Northwest, he had to come and not mess around.

Just build the ship and train step by step, just find someone to watch the scene.

The confidantes under his command are all far behind in level.

If you don't stick to one pattern and recruit talents, you must have a confidant under your command, but I'm afraid that the emperor will come here and fumble around without knowing anything.

Li Jiusi seemed to be drunk and hazy, but in fact he was very clear-headed.Hearing this question, he knew what Liu Yu was worried about.

But he didn't say anything, but said: "Shouchang, shouchang, this Qingzhou army is very good. You have to think about one thing clearly, do you want to use the army to become a marquis and become a general? Or do you want to use the navy to achieve success? "

Li Jiusi saw the Qingzhou Army's drills with his own eyes, and he knew exactly how powerful such an army was.He practiced the Beijing camp and knew very well that this army and the Beijing camp system were no longer on the same level.

Throughout the dynasties, if a general wants to succeed, he must have a strong army under his command.This achievement does not mean a rebellion, but a military exploit.

If it is like Qi Wuyi in the previous dynasty, if it is like the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.Although Li Jiusi had seen the uniqueness of the Qingzhou Army with his own eyes, he thought it would be difficult if he really wanted to achieve combat effectiveness after the general change.

With such a Qingzhou soldier in hand, there will be many places to fight in the future, and it is not difficult to be rewarded for meritorious service.

As for the navy, Li Jiusi didn't know Liu Yu's sincerity in thinking about Japan and Southeast Asia, so he thought that was all he said.

In his view, the navy is a thankless job.

The navy of the Westerners is very strong, and they were able to transport thousands of troops to Nanyang from tens of thousands of miles away, which shows their ability.

There are threats at sea, but if Dashun's navy is strong, there is nothing to do.

With a strong navy, Westerners dare not fight.

If you don't dare to fight, the navy looks meaningless.

There is no military merit.

From the perspective of an elder, he hoped that Liu Yu could think clearly.

Is it the navy?Or choose Qingzhou soldiers?

No matter how much the emperor trusted him, after Li Jiusi saw Qingzhou soldiers and warships firing in salvo, it was impossible to hand over both armies to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu didn't need to think about this issue, nor did he care about it.

The new army is formed, and he must be taken to the first battle.

It has to be played like it is called the destruction of Junggar, and it has to make Tsarist Russia frightened and shock the courtiers and generals of this dynasty, so that we can really absorb the strengths of Westerners.

Now he still has the qualifications to "know how to master Chinese and Western cultures in order to excel".

Another 30 to [-] years later, then we can only "learn skills from barbarians to control barbarians".

Talent is not a crop in the field, it can be harvested in autumn after planting in spring.

The lifeblood of Dashun's transformation lies along the southeast coast rather than the northwest.

The point is, how long will the Northwest fight?

"Duke, I'm just a military training envoy. I've given others the ability to train soldiers. The Qingzhou Army is not the Liu family's army, and even if you want to come, the Duke knows this. The matter of coastal defense is what I really care about. When I return to Beijing this time, Please also ask the Duke to tell me that I want to go back to the capital and report to His Majesty about the military training. Your Majesty... Your Majesty should appoint a deputy to come. When the matter in the northwest is certain, once the main force of Junggar is wiped out, I will still be in charge of the navy. thing."

Li Jiusi understood that Liu Yu wanted to hand over the military power, so he prepared in advance, and it was not because he was afraid that the court would panic if he had soldiers in his hands, but because he didn't want to stay in the northwest for too long.

Just like the emperor asked him to account for Liu Yu, it was obvious that Liu Yu was too contemptuous of Junggar.

"Is that why you look down on Junggar so much?"

Liu Yu spread his hands and said: "It's not that I don't like it. The matter of Junggar is not about how many soldiers the court has to fight, but whether the court has the heart to manage the Western Regions again. As long as there is a heart, it can be done. Are Junggar's troops strong? Not at all, Junggar’s problem is the long distance, and logistics is the big problem. As long as you have money, as long as you have a heart, Junggar is not a problem.”

"But the navy is a big problem. We are already 60 warships behind the Westerners, and we are already short of 3000 million taels of silver. Training, because the sails and ropes on Westerners’ boats, I have to learn for several months before I can figure out what they are for, and local sailors can’t use them directly.”

"But in the northwest, it is the first battle of the Qingzhou soldiers, and I have to go. So I asked the Duke to convey it on my behalf, and I will also explain this in a memorial. The memorial is not clear, so I want to go to Beijing to face the saint."

Li Jiusi was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and he also had his own thoughts in his heart.

He saw with his own eyes the speed at which Qingzhou soldiers changed formations, and experts knew that this was a soldier that could fight.Now that Liu Yu is thinking about getting out so early, whoever will be the first lieutenant will have a bright future.

Since Liu Yu wants to retire, it is impossible for the lieutenant general to choose from these people trained by Liu Yu anyway.Although Li Jiusi had selfish intentions, he also knew that the emperor had the final say on such matters, and even if he was the chief general of the Northern Army, he could not appoint him.

The model of Qingzhou soldiers is available. Once the emperor intends to reform the army, whoever gets familiar with it first will have an advantage.

If Liu Yu wanted to retire, then this deputy general would be the key figure who would control a new army of more than [-] in the court after Liu Yu. I don't know who the emperor would entrust such a good thing to.

Training soldiers has been extremely difficult since ancient times, and it was the first time Li Jiusi saw that after training soldiers, he tried every means to hand over military power as soon as possible.Could it be that the gap between the navy has really reached such a precarious point?

"I will discuss this matter with His Majesty Chen Zou. Since Shouchang has made up his mind, I will not say more. It is a good thing that you chose the Navy and the Qingzhou soldiers took a step back. But in any case, the First World War in the Northwest is of great importance. Let the Qingzhou soldiers be pushed out of the navy's business."

"Don't worry, duke, I'll save it. I want to train a well-regulated army, which can be used by changing generals. It's just that the generals must at least know the formation of the new army. It will take time."

"Well, it's good to know. Then this matter will be settled first. I will set off tomorrow, and I will go to various states and counties."

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As soon as Li Jiusi left, Liu Yu began to formulate a plan for the development of the navy in the future. Every year, investing money, saving wood, building ships, and recruiting sailors must be written into a plan.

The Northwest War, who knows how long it will take.

Judging from the military expenditure of nearly ten million taels a year, it shouldn't be long, or it won't last long.

But even if we are afraid of underestimating the enemy and rushing forward, the elite soldiers will be damaged, and we will delay with the quasi-department, and build the fort slowly, this is really uncertain.

Originally, Qingzhou soldiers were raised as stepmothers, but the stepmother's raising was related to whether their own mothers would have milk in the future, so they could only endure the distress, and invested another 8 to [-] taels of silver in Qingzhou soldiers.

Some cotton coats, cotton gloves, leggings, leather hats, a four-wheeled carriage with a steering mechanism, and [-] draft horses for pulling the four-wheeled carriage were customized.

Fortunately, the thirteen trade letter cards from Japan plus the rice smuggling money, I can share a lot, although it hurts, I can only invest in it.

In the future, this Qingzhou army may have nothing to do with him, and the money spent is really sad.

Some of them can be produced by order, and the other part is better to place an order directly in Songjiang and other places, where the textile industry is developed and it is easy to make.

Hand over the list to be purchased to Kang Bushao, and ask him to withdraw money to prepare.

"By the way, Zhongxian, how is Wen Deng doing with regard to the Green Crop Law?"

"Very good. Although some lending landlords were dissatisfied, they did not dare to come to Young Master's small camp to make trouble. Some of the brave ones hired a few troublemakers, and I took some people to beat them up. Be honest. Of course, Bai Yunhang would not speak to them."

Kang Buxie held a long list and looked at the amount of silver taels on it, and he was not surprised when he was used to it.In the past few years, the silver in his hands has also reached 10,000+, and he has already organized his own staff team to manage it. This amount of silver is nothing.

Liu Yu will not hide from him about next year's Northern Expedition, Kang is not lazy to go to see the scene of the sun setting over the long river, and imitate the demeanor of the frontier poets in the Tang Dynasty, but it is a pity that he also knows that there are too many things on Liu Yu's side. As soon as Yu left, he had to preside over many things, even though he thought about it in his heart, he didn't mention a word.

"Young Master, the money is a waste of money. It is not a good thing to have to pay for the state affairs."

Liu Yu was already in pain, but at this time he was helpless, and said with a wry smile: "There is no way. Everyone thinks, why should they pay for the war in the Northwest? They won't get half of the benefits if Junggar is captured. Besides, the land tax can't be paid any more. Plus, it’s all added to the tenants. The court has no money. I have to pretend to raise such an army capable of fighting to save money, so that I can convince everyone in the court to prepare for the future military reform.”

"In that ghostly place in the northwest, Cen Shen has a poem saying: The north wind blows the ground and the white grass breaks, and Hu Tian blows snow in August. Suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom. Beauty is beauty, and soldiers are suffering. I don’t know why I’m fighting, and if I’m not even prepared for the logistics, it’s even worse.”

"This money, you have to spend what you should. Money is a bastard, let's make money if it's gone."

Kang Bulan smiled and said, "Young Master, you can think about it. People save as much as they can, and deduct as much as they can. Just for the monthly consumption of gunpowder training, this money will make many people greedy. I don't know if it will change in the future. , can you guarantee such training?"

Liu Yu spit on the ground and scolded: "Needless to say? But after this battle, just put up a shelf. I don't think I'm the only good general in the world. , but the little money given by the imperial court, for daily training? For hammers. Who can afford this money later? Come on, don’t bother with these tens of thousands of taels of silver, go do it.”

If we can reform the military and put up a shelf, it will actually be enough.

Prussia is known as the strongest army in Europe, but the actual situation is [the company commander gave 70 of the 60 local soldiers a leave of absence, and because the soldiers on leave did not receive pay, the money went into the company commander’s pocket]

[The gunpowder in the artillery ammunition of the battalion was resold, and the place where the gunpowder was originally loaded was stuffed with sand and iron filings]

[In the barracks, the officers make the soldiers work for profit.Soldiers can do everything, even fine manual work such as spinning]

Eat empty pay, sell military supplies, and serve as slave labor for officers, everything is available.

However, if the airs of the military reform can be put up and the new tactical system is completely replaced, if there is a big event, it should not be a big problem if you pay enough money for a few months of training.

Whether the military reform can be achieved or not depends on the one-shot deal in the Northwest War.

In a short period of time, it is impossible for Dashun to be hurt or awakened by external forces.Then we can only rely on the battle in the northwest as an introduction.

The pressure in his heart was huge, and he could only think about spending more money to buy a big victory that shocked the world.

Not long after, news came from the capital that Liu Yu was able to enter the capital to meet Sheng Chen.

After arranging all the affairs here, Liu Yu took out the ledger and calculated the dividends due to the shareholder "Long Aotian" this year, a total of 13 taels of silver.

A team of cavalry was selected to accompany the escort to do this thing of taking off their pants and farting.Braving the first heavy snow this year, he brought a few followers and galloped all the way to the capital.

After entering the capital where he had been away for several years, Liu Yu didn't go home first, but went directly to meet the emperor.

It is the rule to put public affairs before private affairs.

He also didn't directly talk about the silver dividend.

In the warm pavilion of the palace, the emperor seemed to be in a good mood, probably after listening to Li Jiusi's report, he believed that Liu Yu had successfully trained soldiers.

I don't know what Li Jiusi and the emperor said.

As usual, after scolding his mother and kowtow in his heart, he got up, and the emperor asked Liu Yu to sit down.

"Aiqing's hard work in training soldiers, E Guogong praised the Qingzhou Army after watching it, thinking that the Qingzhou Army can be used. But whether it is a gold and jade that is defeated in it depends on the ability on the battlefield. What Qi Guogong saw and heard in the Luocha Kingdom is also a reflection of the Western Army. The formation was greatly shocked. Rakshasa state affairs, as you expected, are in chaos."

"Qi Guogong once said that the Raksha Kingdom moved its capital back to Moscow from Petersburg. It was the story of Zhao Kuangyin who wanted to move the capital to Luoyang and Zhu Di who moved the capital to the capital. I thought that the old party of the Raksha Kingdom had gained power and had no intention of making progress. But I didn't want that woman now After taking office, she also intended to move back to Petersburg. The Duke of Qi witnessed the coup, and that woman was a good means."

"The threat of Rakshasa must be guarded against. The Junggar matter must be seized. If you don't hurry up, you will have long nights and dreams in the future. I have thought about the matter of choosing a deputy general as you said, and I think I might as well listen to your opinion. You just say it's okay, then Are there any talents that can be used in the Qingzhou army? Since you are familiar with the new army, you can use them in an eclectic manner."

It sounded like these words were full of trust, but Liu Yu said without thinking, "Your Majesty, please don't choose a lieutenant general from among the officers of the Qingzhou Army."

"Either choose Xungui's son Xunwei, or choose Longjin to serve. The minister said that day that he wants to build a well-organized army, even if the general doesn't know how to fight, he must do what he says."

(End of this chapter)