Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 117
"Mr. Gao, don't get me wrong. Liu Ting doesn't mean anything malicious. I just hope that I can exchange some war horses from Mr. Gao in the future."

When Liu Ting said this, Gao Wushi was obviously relieved, and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Brother Zishou, why are you so ridiculous? Although I haven't fully understood the inside story of Baili Gorge, as long as what brother Zishou said is true, I will definitely Do your best to meet the needs of respecting father and son's war horse."

Liu Ting was overjoyed, rubbing his hands together and said, "That would be great! To tell you the truth, Mr. Gao, there are two main sources of elites under my father's command, one is the one out of ten elites in the Sichuan guards, and the other is the surrender of Japanese pirates. Both of them are not familiar with cavalry warfare, so my father often talked about it, saying that if he can build a strong cavalry, he will have no regrets in this life."

Gao Wushi recalled what little Lolita said before, and tentatively asked: "Can Japanese soldiers understand Chinese?"

"Why not?" Liu Ting explained: "Master Gao, you may not know something. Although they are called Japanese pirates, most of them are brave and desperate people from the coastal provinces of our Ming Dynasty. These people were either convicted of crimes earlier. In the imperial court, either because of their livelihood, they joined the pirates one after another, hid in the islands, and plundered along the coast. After being defeated by our army, they joined the generals because of their bravery, exempted from previous crimes, and made meritorious service for the imperial court. , the best of both worlds."

Gao Wu said honestly: I'm afraid it's not possible to have the best of both worlds, at least the military discipline of the troops under Qi Jiguang's command is much better than that of the troops under your command later on.

After all, Gao Yushi is a civilized person born under the red flag. He is used to the fine style of the people's soldiers. He is very dissatisfied with the situation in this era where "bandits pass like a comb and soldiers pass like a grate". Hearing this, he deliberately put on a straight face and said: "Brother Zishou, you mentioned this, but I have something to say."

Seeing his face suddenly darken, Liu Ting asked in surprise, "What's the matter?"

"I heard that General Liu was impeached many times for indulging his subordinates in laundering people's property..." Gao Wushi stared at Liu Ting and asked seriously, "Is there such a thing?"

"Yes, it is true." Liu Ting did not shirk, but his face was quite helpless: "But Mr. Gao, whether you believe it or not, I have to say: there is no way."

Gao Wushi showed obvious dissatisfaction on his face: "Why, General Liu has led the army for many years, but he can't control his subordinates?"

Not only was Liu Chen not angry, but he sighed, shook his head and said, "Master Gao, you don't know something, sometimes you really don't dare to control it too much."

Gao Wushi's complexion became even worse, and he said in a deep voice: "He is also a famous general in the world. Brother Zishou said that your father sometimes dare not control him too much, so why did Qi Nantang dare to control it? I have never heard that his Qi family army also has the intention of looting people's property. Lift."

A trace of resentment suddenly appeared on Liu Ting's face, and he said: "Young Master Gao, Qi Yuanjing has Tan Lun on his head to protect him from the wind and rain, and his military pay and military equipment are indispensable. Zhang Taiyue, the famous Zhang Taiyue, made his eyes on him, and even the soldiers' pensions were paid by the court, so he has no worries! But what about my father? , Talking about burning and burying money, pension money, even ordinary military pay, and often more than half of it is deducted, how do you think my father compares with Qi Yuanjing?"

Gao Wushi was startled when he heard this, and before he could speak, Liu Ting continued: "Mr. Gao, if you don't believe me, you might as well take a look at Yu Zhifu (Yu Dayou). His situation is slightly better than that of my father. He is the commander-in-chief of Guangdong, the place is rich, and the money and food he can get is much more abundant than my father's, but even so, doesn't his army sometimes plunder the people's wealth?"

Gao Yushi was dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer for a while.

"In the final analysis, there is no soldier who doesn't know how to be strict with military discipline." Liu Ting sighed, and said in a daze: "But no matter how strict military discipline is, if the soldiers under your command follow you to fight thousands of miles, and put their heads on their belts every day You are working for you, but in the end you can’t even get the military salary, and you don’t get enough. How dare you let them not share the spoils privately, and not plunder the people’s wealth? Mutiny is really a big trouble! These field troops are no better than those guards who have been unable to fight for a long time. Once these people really make a mutiny, not to mention looting people's property, I am afraid they will dare to fight even Nanjing City! "

Gao Wushi was silent for a while, and he could see that Liu Ting's words were indeed not intended to shirk responsibility. From a historical point of view, Liu Xian and his son had never had any support in the court, and due to various reasons in Ming Dynasty, the military salary quota was originally low. After layers of geese plucking, the amount that can finally reach the commander's hand is much less, and because the commander wants to concentrate some of them to support the most powerful servants, the ordinary soldiers can get even more unbearable.As for other ordnance and materials, it is conceivable that the same is the case.

"Young Master Gao." Little Lolita suddenly said, "If you can persuade Mr. Gao Ge to take care of my father, get paid in full, and provide compensation in full, our Liu Family Army can naturally clean up military discipline like Qi Family Army and Ma Family Army. I just don’t know if Mr. Gao has the confidence to let Gao Ge open this golden mouth.”

The two brothers and sisters looked at the high and pragmatic at the same time, their eyes were piercing, and the look of expectation was beyond words.

Gao Wushi pondered for a while, and asked, "My father and my subordinates, are the military registrations still in Sichuan, or have they been transferred to Nanjing?"

Liu Ting immediately understood the meaning of Gao Pragmatism, but he sighed: "This matter is very complicated. In terms of military status, my father's department is still in Sichuan, and the military salary allocation must first be allocated by the Beijing Ministry of War to the governor of Sichuan, and the governor of Sichuan will come. The specific arrangements. However, since my father is stationed in Tongzhou, Yingtian, and Tongzhou has a grain manager, in this way, the military salary needs to be distributed by the grain manager.”

When he said this, he sighed again: "This is just the regular salary. Since I have been fighting in the coastal provinces as a guest army for a long time, my father's troops naturally have other rations. These rations should be distributed by the Nanjing Military Department as a rule. However, due to the obstruction of some people here in Nanjing, they often use various reasons to deduct rations, delay payment, or say that the drift is not serious. In short, what we can get in the end is less than [-]% most of the time. I am surprised Strange, from Nanjing to Tongzhou, it only takes a day or two to travel the Yangtze River, how can this damn thing float [-]%? I think the consciences of these people in Nanjing are all fed to dogs!"

Gao Wushi frowned and said nothing, but his face was already very ugly.

Liu Ting gritted his teeth, took a step back suddenly, bowed deeply to Gao Yushi, and said: "Young Master Gao, if you can explain the whole story to Elder Gao Ge, and urge Elder Gao Ge to put pressure on all parties, to guarantee the military salary of my father's troops. , pension, then my father will definitely be able to clean up the military discipline, and in the future, there will be orders from the elders of the high pavilions, no matter whether they attack or defend, my father and son will do their best and dare not shirk!"

Gao Wushi said expressionlessly: "Brother Zishou's words, can you represent your father's meaning?"

Liu Ting looked delighted, first glanced at Little Lolita, saw her nod, and hurriedly said: "Of course, last night we... I made it up for my father to discuss."

"Okay." Gao Wushi nodded: "After I return to Beijing, I will persuade my third uncle face to face. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Liu Ting was overjoyed, and gave another deep salute: "On behalf of my father, Liu Ting thanked Mr. Gao for his righteousness. From now on, as long as it does not violate the holy will, my Liu family's army will be the leader of Gao Ge's old horse!"

Gao Wushi breathed a sigh of relief: Well, since Liu Ting and his son have voted for my Gao family this time, there is hope for victory in the Ming-Myanmar war in the future. The three major Wanli campaigns?I want to turn it into the four major signs of Wanli!
(End of this chapter)