lied to Kangxi

Chapter 985 Guard Mark

Zhang Tingyu is not only a capable minister, but also an upright official.He never took bribes, and he was extremely strict in his work.

Yuzhu was impatient to stay in the Nanxun Hall all the time, dealing with the rotten wheat of Chen Guzi in the imperial court, so he simply pushed it to Zhang Tingyu to deal with it.

Those things in the small peasant society, no matter how big they are, they will be like that.

At four o'clock in Shenshi, Yu Zhu went out of the palace as usual.

The headquarters of the new army is located at the end of Tongfu Road.

Yuzhu walked out from the main courtyard, walked through two heavily guarded small gates, and entered the headquarters directly.

Since it is an important place for the headquarters, the guards in Jinwei Town are fully responsible for the security tasks within two miles.

The number of Jinwei Town must be freshly released.However, the history of guard signs is relatively long.

The origin of the guard mark is actually the personal army of the new army.

The soldiers at that time were actually divided into two groups, one was the soldiers Goshha, and the other was the soldiers and cavalry.

In the early days, there were only a few dozen soldiers.

With the continuous expansion of the new army establishment, the pro-military team has also developed into a pro-barracks, and even today's guard standard.

Because the new army has now expanded to more than [-] people, in order to standardize and scientifically build the army, Yuzhu personally drew up the designations and code names of each army.

Designation numbers and code names are divided into peacetime and wartime.

For example, the usual code name of the security guard is Unit 109341.

For another example, the wartime designation of the first town is: 101st Division.

Today's 109341 troops are so well equipped that it is simply outrageous.

Every soldier in the guard mark has a cavalry gun, a standard flintlock pistol, a flintlock pistol, and a waist knife.

The riding gun is mainly inserted on the side of the saddle bridge, so that it is convenient to shoot when drawing the gun on the horse.

Usually on guard duty, they all carry long guns and pistols on their backs, and hang knives on their waists.

The lead bullets used by ordinary troops of the New Army are all round bullets.

However, the lead bullets used by the guards and soldiers are custom-made round bullets with bottom brackets.

After the shot was fired, the bottom bracket fell off the moment the bullet ejected from the chamber.

The advantage of the bottom bracket is that it increases the sealing of the barrel and increases the range of the round buckshot by about half.

In other words, the effective range of the guard standard rifle has increased from 60 meters to 90 meters.

Obviously, the increase in the effective range means that Yuzhu's safety is more secure.

Due to the huge cost problem, the current new army cannot be generally equipped with this kind of round bullet with bottom support.

Yuzhu walked into the New Army General Staff Headquarters, hey, the officers are busy.

Just when Yuzhu wanted to walk around, someone spotted him and shouted loudly: "Stand at attention!"

"Crack." The sound of the heels of military boots colliding resounded throughout the General Staff Headquarters.

Yuzhu felt a little disappointed, so he said lightly: "Everyone should be busy with their own work."

Today's Chief of Staff of the New Army is an out-and-out banner man named Ma Jia Zhang Sheng.

At the beginning, when the old emperor transferred Yu Zhu from the new army, no matter what others thought, Ma Jia Zhang Sheng always stood firmly on Yu Zhu's side and never wavered.

Yuzhu's employment of people has always been tolerant to all rivers, and tolerance is great.

As long as you are loyal and reliable, no matter which race you are, you will still be reused.

Don't talk about others, just talk about General Chen Geng.

According to the rigid view of class struggle, General Chen is not even qualified to participate in the struggle.

Because General Chen's grandfather was an accomplice of the feudal brick system-the general of the Hunan Army.

That's all, General Chen's grandfather snatched a lot of good things back then, and after returning to Xiangxiang, he bought land and properties extensively.

By the time Chen Geng started studying in a private school, their family was already one of the top landlords in Xiangxiang County, known as "Chen Bancheng".

To beat local tyrants and divide the land, those who are divided are Chen Bancheng's land, and those who are robbed are Chen Bancheng's life.

Who would have thought that the young master of Chen Bancheng's family would devote himself to the struggle without fear of death, which is really admirable!

However, Ma Jiazhangsheng is also a very smart person. He deliberately changed his name to Ma Zhangsheng.

This name is more gregarious in the new army where the Han people have an absolute advantage!

"Report to the head of the mountain, the 101st Division has taken control of Zhangjiakou's city defense quarter of an hour ago." Ma Zhangsheng reported the progress of each unit in detail.

Yuzhu glanced at Ma Zhangsheng, although this guy has no paper in his hand, he is completely clear in his heart.

Fang Shishi, Yuzhu actually got a little distracted, and couldn't help but think of a few classic plots.

"It's good that you're here, and you're one of my three chiefs of staff."

"We finally have a competent command."

"Please rest assured, the chief. We now have more than 1300 cannons, and dozens of tanks and armored vehicles. We promise to take that city within 30 hours."

Hmm, in Yuzhu's mind, Ma Zhangsheng is as powerful as the chief of staff.

Why do heroes need to ask about their origin, as long as they are loyal and brave!

Ma Zhangsheng is also very aware of Yuzhu's old habits, and while walking around with him, he reports on the military situation.

Yuzhu turned from desk to desk, and some staff officers were very nervous. When drawing, they actually drew wrong lines and hurriedly revised them.

After going around every corner of the staff headquarters, Yu Zhu sat in Ma Zhangsheng's signing room.

"Shanchang, the old fourteenth has the support of Khalkha Mongolia, and the mobility of his troops has been significantly enhanced. Instead of going deep into the desert and seeking a decisive battle with him, it is better to gather near Zhangjiakou and wipe them out." Ma Zhangsheng thought carefully After that, Xiang Yuzhu made his proposal.

Yu Zhu nodded and said, "Our army has concentrated the main forces of the four towns and deployed defenses on the front line of Zhangjiakou, just to let the old fourteen take the initiative to bump into him. After all, we are backed by the Grand Canal and have the convenience of sea transportation, so we are not afraid of delays."

"Yes, although the Mongols have cattle and sheep, the Mongols simply cannot support the 10,000+ army of the Fourteenth. The logistics alone is enough to wear down the Fourteenth." Ma Zhangsheng saw it clearly.

The old Shisi Xingxing moved eastward, and he definitely hoped for a quick battle, but he was afraid that the confrontation would last too long, the food and grass would be insufficient, and the morale of the army would be weakened.

In addition to logistical problems, Old Fourteen had a fatal injury.

The elite Eight Banners soldiers under Old Fourteen and their family members are all held in Yu Zhu's hands.

If Yuzhu murdered all these people's family members, especially their sons, on the charge of treason, it would be heart-wrenching!
Since ancient times, there have been three types of unfilial piety, and having no descendants is the greatest!

Even if these people finally won the battle and slaughtered Yuzhu, all the family members were dead!

With Ma Zhangsheng sitting in the headquarters, Yuzhu left very relieved.

After passing through two small doors, Yu Zhu went straight to the big kitchen in the outer courtyard, and ordered the stewards under the kitchen to ensure that the soldiers outside were well fed.

Anyone who dares to steal, rape and play tricks will be killed with a stick and sent to the princess grave to feed the wild dogs.

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Yu Zhu only got 500 million taels of silver, which is far from enough!

The princes and nobles of Manchuria gathered outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning, making a lot of noise. How could it be possible that Yu Zhu, who has good eyes and ears, doesn’t know about it?

In the small-scale peasant society, there are basically three methods for lack of money in wars: one is the Hanwu Emperor’s sue order, which bankrupted all the rich people in the country, and equalized the rich and the poor in a disguised form of 10 rooms and 9 empties; Increase the land tax; the last and most effective way is to set up a card to collect lijin.

In the beginning, after the Changmao incident, from the first year of Xianfeng to the third year of Xianfeng, the Qing court had spent 9603 million taels of salary, and the deposit of the household department was only more than 22 taels of silver.

There is no money to suppress long hair, what should I do?

The imperial court could only be forced to allow the Hunan Army to generally collect lijin within their respective defense zones.

Lijin can be divided into four categories according to the different taxable varieties: department store levy, salt levy, foreign medicine levy, and local medicine levy.Among them, the department store was the earliest and had the largest scale, so the so-called lijin mainly refers to the department store.The taxable objects of department stores are mostly daily necessities, and all daily necessities are included in the levy.

Yuzhu is not short of money, but he has to pretend to be short of money.

Otherwise, after the autumn Fu is collected, how can Yuzhu ask the Ministry of Households for military expenses?
Of course, the collection point of likin must not be the capital city, the negative impact is too bad!
Hey, after a few days, after Xuzhou fell into the hands of the new army, it was close to the canal, collecting lijin from ship to ship. Not only was there a wealth of money, but also the taxpayers couldn't get away if they wanted to.

In the final analysis, the commercial tax of the Qing Dynasty was really outrageously low.

In this era, as long as the grain is not taxed and the common people have something to eat, the lijin system will not have too much impact on the grassroots.

Zeng Shaved his head and collected lijin in the south of the Yangtze River for more than ten years, which not only fed 10,000+ Hunan troops, but also had a surplus.

This proves from the side that the business tax is too low.

After Yuzhu returned to the main courtyard, Xiuyun stood eagerly by the door and waited for him.

"Grandpa, please have some tea."

"Grandpa, please have some snacks."

"Grandpa, wipe your hands."

Xiuyun waited on the man attentively, she clearly wanted to ask how Xiao Xuanyu was doing, but she refused to ask directly.

How can Yuzhu not know what is on his own woman's mind?

After drinking tea and snacks, Yuzhu smiled and told Xiuyun about Xiaoxuanyu's recent situation in detail.

Xiuyun listened for a while, and suddenly said, "I'm too tanned, will it make others dislike me in the future?"

Yuzhu understood immediately, that the other person Xiuyun was talking about must be Xuanyu's wife, her daughter-in-law.

Alas, when Emperor Daxing was still alive, he once married the concubine's daughter of the second eldest Yinfeng, and made Xuanyu his official wife.

However, good fortune is really playing tricks on people, not only did Hongxi fail to ascend the throne, but her whereabouts are still unknown.

Naturally, this marriage is definitely not going to happen.

It was not Yuzhu's intention to be in-laws with the second child.The marriage was done early, but Yuzhu was relieved instead.

To save the future, I still need to find an excuse to divorce my wife!

To be honest, Yu Zhu only sent troops to surround the palaces of the fourth, eighth and fourteenth princes, but did not search their homes and arrest anyone, which is quite interesting.

However, Nian Gengyao was not so cheap.

The entire Nian family, including Nian Gengyao's cousins, was not only ransacked, but all men, women and children were thrown into prison.

Rebellion is a heinous crime, the fate of Nian's family is really worrying!
(End of this chapter)