please make me king

Chapter 904 Chaos
Liang Tingdong, the new governor of the three sides, managed to complete the transfer of [-] mobile troops, and he still had time to catch his breath.

Immediately, a soldier came to report: "Report! Military gate, the imperial court's payment has arrived!"

"Ah? How many are there?" Liang Tingdong asked in surprise and joy.

Since the Apocalypse, there have been many internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty and constant external troubles.The imperial court used troops repeatedly, and all military salaries, pensions and military rations were seriously in arrears.

Except for the four towns of Xuanda and Jiliao facing Houjin, because they are on the front line of the battlefield, the military salary is guaranteed first, and everything can still be encouraged.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Bi Zisu, the governor of Liaodong at the time, was so indignant that the Guanning mutiny was caused by lack of payment, so he died of a hunger strike.

And like the land of three sides and four towns in Shaanxi, although it belongs to the nine sides, but the priority is not as good as the other seven towns, so it has to be owed first.

Some lands even owed wages for more than a year, so that soldiers sold their sons and daughters, almost like beggars and refugees.

Therefore, in the Yansui area where the disaster was the most serious, there were "Hengtian Yizi Wang" Wang Ziyong, "Zijinliang" Wang Jiayin, "Chuangjiang" Li Zicheng, "Eight Great Kings" Zhang Xianzhong, "Living Cao Cao" Luo Rucai and other volunteers. And out, set off a vigorous upsurge of uprising.

Although these people were dubbed the rebel army of the peasant uprising by later generations, in fact, almost all of their leaders and backbones were low-level officers or soldiers of the Yansui Border Town Guards.

Most of these people had to rebel to survive because they had no way of making a living because of the imperial court's delay in payment.

This is why some rebels became the main force to encircle and suppress the peasant army after they had nowhere to turn to the officers and soldiers.

Because the rebel army from Shaanxi and the officers and soldiers from the three frontiers in Shaanxi were originally the two sides of the Ming Frontier Army, coming from the same source.

If today's imperial court is really rich and food-rich, and the food and salaries are distributed in a timely and truthful manner, how can there be such a situation where bandits are everywhere?
As the saying goes: It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so after every governor took office in the late Ming Dynasty, the first important thing was to ask for salary.

This time, Liang Tingdong, the new governor of the three sides, has already prepared the payment slips, and plans to send people to the capital sooner or later to cry poorly to the emperor and the cabinet.

However, he never expected that the imperial court would take the initiative to allocate part of the military salary before the payment request was submitted.

This is simply the sun coming out from the west, which is the first rare thing in ancient and modern times.

"Nowadays, the holy emperor has sent [-] taels of money to help suppress the salary, which was lost to Shaanxi, and he also kept [-] taels of silver from the province to fund the military." The soldier hurriedly reported in accordance with the imperial order.

"One hundred thousand taels of gold from Taipu Temple was transported to Kaifeng, Henan Province; two hundred thousand taels of salt were stored in Huaiyang to be used by Zhu Dadian, governor of water transport and governor of Fengyang; Wait for the soldiers."

"This? This is the court's big use of troops!" Liang Tingdong couldn't help but sighed in surprise.

Seven hundred and ninety thousand taels of silver were distributed in one breath before and after, and the sound of water must have been heard.

At the same time, Shanxi governor Wu Wei, Huguang governor Xiong Wencan, water transport governor and Fengyang governor Zhu Dadian and others all received corresponding salaries and imperial edicts to recruit soldiers.

The governor of Shanxi, Wu Sheng, was fine, most of the troops were drawn from the three towns of Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi.

However, Xiong Wencan, governor of Huguang, and Zhu Dadian, governor of Water Transport and governor of Fengyang, were in trouble.

These two places are not like the land of nine borders. Many border residents and township braves have mastered basic military skills. As long as the imperial court is willing to spend money to recruit them, they will soon be able to form combat effectiveness.

Governor Xiong Wencan of Huguang called You Zhaiwen, Xu Chengming and other generals for questioning, never thought that Xu Chengming couldn't help laughing and said: "The army doesn't know something, I am the general who is guarding Huguang Town."

"Situ Miao, chief of the five villages under his jurisdiction, is brave and good at fighting, and does not suppress the 'hair gourd' by half."

"If the military sect wants to recruit soldiers, it should be led by the Zhendun soldiers, followed by the rest!"

"Oh?" Xiong Wencan was taken aback when he heard the words, and suddenly had many thoughts.

Xu Chengming's idea was simple. If Xiong Wencan recruited all the Zhendang soldiers, not to mention how good they were, but only let the Zhendang soldiers take the lead, it would not be an acceptable result for him.

Fortunately, Xu Chengming's mention of the "hair gourd" also reminded Xiong Wencan that there are many mountain people near Yunyang, and they originally belonged to the "hair gourd", and many of them could be recruited to act as a force to suppress bandits.

In addition, Xiong Wencan, governor of Huguang, served in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi successively, and has a lot of experience in Western warfare and Western artillery. He couldn't help but said: "Thieves are ignorant, how can I know how powerful my Hongyi cannon is!"

"I should send someone to invite Western instructors to train a battalion of troops for me; then call back the old troops and make some Hongyi cannons. No matter how brave the thieves are, they will be invincible!"

Xiong Wencan, the governor of Huguang, had already made a plan, so he ordered: "General Xu Chengming listens to the order, and you go to Zhendun to recruit another [-] soldiers. After training, hurry up and respond to the order."

"The last general takes orders!" Xu Chengming was taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly accepted orders honestly.

He originally thought that Xiong Wencan, governor of Huguang, wanted him to recruit more than [-] soldiers, but he never expected that there were only [-] soldiers, so how much money was lost all of a sudden!
It's just that Xu Chengming didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction with the fact that the official was crushing someone to death, so he had to accept the order and leave.

After Xu Chengming left, Xiong Wencan asked again: "Who is the governor of Yunyang now? Can he take up his post?"

"Reporting to the army, after the former governor of Yunyang, Lu Xiangsheng, fell into the hands of the thieves, the imperial court appointed Song Zushun, the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, to take up this position, and he has already taken up the post." The staff around Xiong Wencan responded quickly after hearing the words.

"Oh? How about this person's resume?" Hearing this, Xiong Wencan took a sip of the tea cup and asked.

He has worked in Fujian for a long time, and he especially likes to drink the Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao. This time, he also brought a lot of Huguang with him, so he brewed a pot from time to time and tasted it.

"He can be regarded as a soldier. I heard that he knows a lot about the art of war, and he has been guarding the border in Shaanxi and Shanxi for many years. He should have some skills." The staff responded methodically.

"Okay!" Xiong Wencan praised after hearing the words, "In that case, I will treat it as a letter."

"In the past when Lu Xiang was promoted to the post, it was very difficult for him to get access. He still relied on the relief from Tang Hui, the former Governor of Huguang. Now that Song Zusun is in the post, I am afraid that there is also a shortage."

"I want to help him [-] yuan, and ask him to help me select and train the first battalion of 'Mao Gourd', and keep the rest for my own use. I wonder if it's okay?" Xiong Wencan said with a smile.

"The military sect has a good idea, now you can get six thousand elite soldiers for nothing!" the staff applauded.

"What's worth it?" Xiong Wencan said confidently, "The court gave me [-] taels of silver, and only asked me to recruit more than [-] people, but I underestimated Xiong!"

"I want to use the remaining silver to cast eighty-eight Hongyi cannons, two thousand bird guns, two thousand spears, buy more than a thousand horses, and recruit six thousand men. Don't train a battalion. It is called a "firearms battalion" as a This Superintendent Biaoying will definitely be able to wipe out all the "Shun Bandits" in Henan in one fell swoop!"

(End of this chapter)