Cutting 1719

Chapter 374 Can You Still Call The Eight Banners New Army?
Hearing Ning Yu's question, Cui Wancai had a wry smile on his face, "Now the imperial court's other expenditures can be reduced as much as possible, and the inner court has not taken away from the national treasury. There is nothing left to save except Military spending accounts for more than half of the total expenditure."

It sounds like Ningchu has now become a militaristic country. In fact, this is not surprising, because almost all countries in this era are so militaristic, and even more scary. The annual income of silver, but military expenses alone cost at least 3000 million taels a year.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the Jingzhi soldiers of the Qing Dynasty consisted of the Eight Banners and the Green Camp. The Eight Banners were divided into the Manchurian Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Army Eight Banners, with a total of about 20 people, while the Green Camp had between 60 and [-] people. Other than salary, it is not much, but in order to boost morale during wartime, double salary and double salary are basically used.

In addition, in the previous wars, there were also rewards for officers and soldiers during the battle, which is not a small amount, because in order to encourage soldiers to work hard, the Qing government often chose to double the rewards regardless of the huge military expenditures. Silver is used to boost morale. For example, during the Battle of San Francisco, Kangxi repeatedly doubled the reward of silver, resulting in doubled silver consumption.

In addition to human factors, such as military rations and equipment are also an important expenditure.According to the regulations, a stop of one hundred miles is used as a stop inside and outside the mouth, and the transportation fee for each car within a hundred miles within the mouth is one yuan and five cents, and outside the mouth is four yuan. It is like running water.

Therefore, with so much expenditure, the normal taxation of the Qing government is not enough for military expenditures, and other means are often used to search for civilians to make up for military expenditures.

Of course, it is now Ning Yu's turn to have a headache. There are only more than 500 troops at the moment, but it is an extremely huge expense to support them. According to the account book given by the Privy Council, if it is only the current scale , the daily military salary expenditure is 600 million taels a year, as for ordnance, food and other expenses, it is about 100 million taels, a total of 2000 million taels, and according to the data given by the Ministry of Finance, Ningchu's annual income this year is only [-] taels The level of about [-] taels.

"At present, the military expenditure must not be reduced further, otherwise it will affect the future plan of the Northern Expedition."

Ning Yu pursed his lips, feeling a little helpless on his face. Judging from the current size, more than 20 people alone are definitely not enough. If you want the Northern Expedition, you must expand the army to at least 30 to [-] people. This means at least doubling military spending.

Don't talk about why the Qing government can support 2000 troops with 80 million taels, while Ningchu can only support 20 troops. It is only two taels, but the pay of ordinary soldiers in the Fuhan Army is two taels, and the salaries of officers and non-commissioned officers will be higher. In addition, in terms of food, military uniforms and other aspects, the standards of the Fuhan Army are also much higher than those of the green camp.Of course, these are also the source of the combat effectiveness of the Fuhan Army.

Dong Lin, Minister of the Ministry of Finance, had a thoughtful face, "Your Majesty, it should be enough if we can put the military expansion in the next year. Because according to the forecast of the Ministry of Finance, next year's industrial and commercial tax will be greatly increased, reaching 1000 million taels. And the implementation of dividing the land into acres will also increase the land tax, so the annual income next year will be between 600 million taels and 3000 million taels."

It has to be said that Ning Chu, as a new regime, coupled with the blessing of a series of new policies, has performed much better than the Qing court in this respect. Just relying on the southern provinces can raise the annual revenue to the level of the entire Qing court in the past. This fully shows that the Qing court's excavation of finance and taxation still has a lot of deficiencies.

"If there are 600 million taels next year, it is equivalent to a 3000% increase on this year's basis. If there are [-] million taels, it will be an increase of [-]%. Military expenditures can also be increased accordingly."

The brows on Ning Zhongjing's face relaxed a little, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Judging from the current scale, it should not be difficult to expand five to eight divisions next year."

"If that's the case, then wait until next year, when the Privy Council will give a new annual military expenditure plan. At the same time, by next year, the corresponding financial reforms will also start."

Ning Yu sighed helplessly. He missed Ernst more and more, and hoped that the other party would come back quickly. At least in this respect, he, Ning, was indeed not very good at it.

After relevant financial reforms, Ningchu will be able to initially integrate the resources in the south at that time, and it will take another year to expand the army to about 20, and then it will be able to start preparing for the Northern Expedition. In the first half of the year, you can move your army northward and set the country firmly.

However, according to the news from the inside of the Qing court, the [-] new troops that Yongzheng placed high hopes on may not be able to fight against the Han army after another two years of effort. The main reason is that the fake doctor Yongzheng prescribed the medicine The taste is wrong.
In the capital, the current camp of the Eight Banners New Army is set up in Xishan, so the people in the capital are also called Xishan Camp, and the sound of soldiers' drills and gunshots can be heard every day inside, which is quite lively.

"Clap clap-"

Teams of Eight Banners new soldiers held muskets and lit the matchlocks under the command of the officer. As the gunshots sounded, a puff of thick white smoke covered everyone.

They were dressed in gray cloth shorts. Although they looked not as energetic as the Fuhan army, they were not as colorful as the Eight Banners in the past. They gave people a very down-to-earth feeling, even a little simple and honest.

These so-called Eight Banners new troops are not all real Eight Banners soldiers, a large part of them are Han Chinese in Zhili, and then some Mongols and Hui people were added, and they were disrupted and organized together to form a team The so-called Eight Banners New Army.

In the planning of the Qing government, the new army of the Eight Banners will have around 10 people. A large part of the annual income will also collapse, and it is already the limit to bear [-] new troops. This is also the life-saving prescription prescribed by Yongzheng.

Of course, the 10 people did not happen overnight. According to Pingjun King Narsu’s plan, the 10 people will be trained in three years and form combat effectiveness. It will also be improved, and only in this way can we successfully program and practice in a short time.

The training time stipulated by Narsu is only one exercise every three days, which is completely incomparable with the daily training of the Fuhan Army. However, in terms of training, it has been resisted by many soldiers, especially Those real Eight Banners disciples hated him even more.

Because they have lived a good life for too long, and they are no longer used to such hardships.This also has a lot to do with their past experience, or it could be said that the family law of their ancestors was never practiced like this at that time.

The Qing court claimed to rule the world with martial arts, so it attached great importance to the military training of the Eight Banners. "Horse riding and shooting" is the foundation of the Qing court, and it is also the training content that every Eight Banners must complete.

However, even for such a subject that is so important, it is not a daily exercise. For example, the drill regulations of the Shangsanqi stipulate that "Two times of riding and shooting in monthly installments, and four times of walking and shooting", so-called training six times a month, On average, train every five days.However, in addition to these trainings, that is, Chunyue will do two exercises and one joint exercise, and Qiuyue will do all the camp exercises once.

Such a frequency of training has not been persisted until now. Most of the drills have become in name only. For example, the monthly practice of foot and horseback riding as stipulated in the Eight Banners Regulations, and the annual joint exercises and assessments are mostly perfunctory. , so the combat power is becoming more and more slack.

Therefore, for these Eight Banners uncles, they couldn't even persist in exercising once every five days in the past, but now they have to exercise every three days. People who replaced them emerged one after another and intensified. On the contrary, it was the new Han Chinese who could stick to the rules and practice every three days.

It's not that Narsu doesn't know about these situations, but the point is that he has nothing to do if he knows. After all, there are only so many people in the Eight Banners right now, and most of them have died in the south. Strong, basically the last flesh and blood of the Eight Banners, and if the Eight Banners were to be conquered, even children would have to go to the battlefield.

For these people, Narsu had no better way, so he had to emphasize the military orders every day and arrange for the generals to execute the military orders separately, but the final execution results gradually disappeared.

Of course, some Eight Banners disciples were indeed training well, but compared to the Han or even the Mongols, they did not have any advantage in numbers, which made Narsu somewhat alert.Counting on such an army to protect the Qing Dynasty in the future, I am afraid that it is a bit hanging.

"Stop! Roll call in each battalion! Check out those who violated the order and escape from the camp! Check out the impostors!"

When the training of the Eight Banners New Army was in full swing, Narsu's face was a little gloomy. Following his order, many guards took the roster and went to each battalion to check one by one. The people present were frightened into panic!

"Deyin!"

"To!"

"Chub!"

"To!"

"Zheng Yuan!"

"To!"

The winter sun was getting warmer and warmer, but at this time, some soldiers of the Eight Banners New Army were constantly sweating. They felt more and more guilty when they heard the roster read out by the guards.

"My lord, please forgive me, my lord!"

"My lord, we are innocent! If we hadn't been paid to hire us, we wouldn't have come here"

From time to time, people were dragged away from the camp by the guards. They were basically farmers near Zhili, and they chose to replace themselves as Eight Banners soldiers. Thirty big copper coins, this is a good deal.

Seeing more and more soldiers being dragged away from the camp, Narsu's face became more and more gloomy, his fingernails were firmly pinching his palm, and the anger in his eyes became more intense.

The Qing Dynasty has come to this time, and they are still choosing to steal and play tricks!If it is really destroyed, is it worthy of the ancestors?
When more and more soldiers were dragged away, the Eight Banners generals present bowed their heads in shame. There were so many impostors, which showed what it was like in daily life. However, due to various reasons, they did not None of the generals chose to strictly investigate and punish.

After all, it's almost enough. If it really gets too big, everyone's faces will be ugly!

However, when this matter was really exposed, Narsu didn't feel ugly, he felt more hopeless. With such soldiers to fight against the Fuhan army, can they win?Even if such soldiers are trained, can they really be used?

Of course, it was Yongzheng who actually dealt with this matter. He carefully read the paperwork presented by Narsu, but when he saw the back, he was furious. He was dizzy and almost fell down.

Seeing Yongzheng's appearance, the eunuchs were frightened out of their wits. After a while, they rushed to invite the imperial physician, but in this way, all the ministers of the General Aircraft Department were frightened.

When Yongzheng felt a little better, his face became extremely pale, as if he didn't have the vitality of a living person, and he was still muttering.

"If these bastards are gone, will the Qing Dynasty be gone immediately?"

How sad!Yongzheng thought in his heart that the Qing Dynasty has reached this point now, and he is still fighting with the internal evils of the Qing court, starting to fight from all aspects, maybe this is like an old house, It is much more troublesome to maintain than stepping on a foot, it is simply a matter of affecting the whole body.

The ministers of the Military Aircraft Department who were kneeling on the ground looked like they were mourning their concubines, fearing that the Emperor Yongzheng would just give it away, and that would really be the end. Fortunately, Yongzheng did not have any major problems, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, what should I do this time?"

Minister of the Ministry of War, Torai, also had an ugly expression on his face. If these things were put in the past, it would be fine, but at the critical moment of life and death, making such a move is simply a joke.

Yongzheng heaved a long sigh, and said in a low voice: "The discipline in the army must never be abolished, and everything will be handled according to the discipline in the army."

The so-called discipline in the army, that is, 54 cuts in the Seventeen Forbidden Laws, according to these disciplines, all those involved in impostors are afraid that they will die, and it will even be more serious, which makes Tolai shudder.

"Is your majesty a bit too heavy? When it comes to impostors, almost all of them are children of the Eight Banners. If they are strictly dealt with according to military regulations, it may cause instability in people's hearts." Tolai thought for a while, determined to make it clear, after all, this If he killed him in a muddleheaded manner, he might be the one to blame himself in the future.

An abnormal blush appeared on Yongzheng's face, as if he was extremely angry, he slapped the palm of his hand on the table hard, and made a 'bang' sound, which shocked everyone.

"When is it all? If we don't deal with it seriously, our Eight Banners New Army can still be called Eight Banners New Army?!"

(End of this chapter)