The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 396

Ordinary soldiers are easily infected. The former Ningyuan garrison found that since they changed the eunuchs, chief soldiers and soldiers, they have received full monthly pay, and the standard of food has also been greatly improved. Fish and meat that were basically invisible before , Poultry eggs are also often available.

At the end of February, all the soldiers took turns to support the spring farming of the villagers. After the busy season, every soldier received a brand new mandarin duck battle jacket. According to the veterans of the "Red Banner Army", this is the spring and autumn combat uniform, and there will be summer clothes and summer clothes in the future. The winter jacket is sent out.

Now the original Ningyuan garrison is confused. They never thought that being a soldier would be so energetic, because they eat well and dress warmly every day, and they can get food and pay every month. There is even a town governor who takes the initiative to call illiterate soldiers. Learning, tirelessly teaching everyone how to write.

There seems to be no waves in Liaodong in the spring. It is possible that Jiannu is also busy with spring plowing. After all, there are not many soldiers in the Houjin Army who can be fully productive.

The "Red Banner Army" expanded rapidly and needed a period of adjustment. Therefore, Huang Han did not take the initiative to provoke Jiannu, but chose to develop silently.

Today's history has begun to go wrong. When Huang Han, who has been dormant for a year and a half, reappears, his combat effectiveness should be the first in Ming Dynasty.

Because the "Red Banner Army" will have more than 9000 regular soldiers, and the reserve guard army will have about [-] people in eight thousand households. This does not include the more than [-] professional guard troops.

There are three or four thousand student soldiers who have not yet reached service age, not including the two thousand artillery cadets and sailors who are studying.

In the "Red Banner Army", there were 500 troops affiliated to Huang Yizhou, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan. It is the barracks.

The equipment and treatment of the two battalions were no different from those of the "Red Banner Army". Even the banners were the same, so outsiders couldn't tell the difference.

At the end of March, the Supervisory Army Chengquan and the Bingbei Dao Gao Youmou respectively published their memorials. Chongzhen learned that Ningyuan's actual strength of more than 4000 troops and two battalions were not enough to garrison, so he asked the "Red Banner Army" to deploy [-] troops from the Qibing Battalion. Lieutenant General Yang Da In the future, Lang will garrison Ningyuan.

Ningyuan's point inspection of people and horses was very effective, and the emperor was very happy.

After clearing out the 1 empty shadow soldiers, more than 8000 old and weak were eliminated on the basis of the actual number of more than 10,000. Now the imperial court only needs to pay the two battalions with less than [-] troops, saving Liao's salary of [-]+ two.

Huang Yizhou and Huang Han were rewarded with imperial armor and swords again. This time Ningyuan dispatched troops was very effective, and the advanced deeds were reported in the imperial court.

Chongzhen vigorously publicized the first successful case of inspecting soldiers and horses. The purpose was to set an example for the generals on the nine sides to follow, and he also wanted to rectify the officers and troops in the interior.

Unexpectedly, things backfired, this move not only failed to achieve the desired effect, but also caused a lot of trouble.

It is an indisputable fact that Huang Han engulfed Ningyuan's troops. He restricted the personal freedom of generals who were not his direct descendants as soon as he made a move. The dozens of generals who were transferred away are well known.

It was rumored in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty that Huang Han arranged a number of gunmen to aim at the guards of Ningyuan, and anyone who dared to disobey would be killed in front of the gate of the General Military Mansion.

Huang Han was so domineering and was criticized by most civil officials and generals, and a round of verbal and pen criticism came. Every day, the emperor received memorials impeaching Huang Han for his domineering, authoritarian, exclusion of dissidents, nepotism and other evil deeds.

The reason why the civil and military reaction of the Manchu Dynasty was fierce this time was because Huang Han's practice of paying the salary according to the actual situation and sending the salary to every soldier violated the interests of the entire bureaucratic group and touched the cake of most people.

If all the soldiers and horses in the world are doing this, how can civil servants and military generals live?
Although Ning Yuan's point test has become a fact, and it is impossible to turn the tables, even so, civil officials and military generals will not give up, because it is difficult to dispel the anger in civil and military hearts if Huang Han's behavior is not severely criticized, and the spread of this unhealthy trend is bound to be inevitable. "Officials don't make a living".

The emperor is also planning to make persistent efforts to promote Ningyuan's successful inspection of soldiers and horses in the Nine Frontiers. Unexpectedly, many generals and generals have resigned under the hint of important court officials.

There are also more funny things. Hundreds of guerrilla and senior generals with real positions took the initiative to sign up to study in Jinzhou, asking the court to send generals, preferably Dongpinghou, to take over the troops.

More than [-]% of civil servants and military generals let go of their picks, and Chongzhen, who was always planning, was dumbfounded. Military generals did not lead troops, and civilian officials were passive and sabotaged.

It's a pity that Chongzhen is not Zhu Yuanzhang, nor Zhu Di. He has neither the wisdom nor the courage to govern. If Zhu Yuanzhang's methods are used, the officials will have to carry out their official duties under the shackles, and those civil servants and generals will stop immediately.

In the society of the Han people, the most indispensable thing is people who want to be officials. Threatening the court by not being an official or doing something is simply asking for humiliation. If the methods are harsher, all problems will be solved easily.

However, Emperor Chongzhen had always bullied the weak and feared the strong, and when he was in a dilemma, a more difficult problem came to him.

Several general officers who suppressed bandits in Shanshan and Shanxi voluntarily asked to enter the study class. Even Cao Wenzhao humbly stated that he would learn the new way of leading troops from the "Red Banner Army". .

Zu Dabi and Zu Kuan, who had already entered Shandong to suppress the rebellion, stopped marching to Denglai, and the generals of Guan Ning stationed near Wuqiao and did not leave.

At this time, Laizhou was surrounded by the rebel regiments of Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde.

Ten days after the rebels captured Dengzhou, they broke through Huang County and robbed a large amount of money, food, gold and silver treasures. The rebels who had tasted the sweetness had high morale, and Li Jiuzheng's prestige reached its peak.

At the end of the first month, the rebel army, which had grown to nearly [-], fought against the Tongzhou soldiers led by General Yang Yufan and the Tianjin soldiers led by Wang Hong in Xincheng Town, eighty miles away from Ye County, and won a complete victory.

Thousands of Ming troops collapsed, and many joined the rebels. General Yang Yufan fled into Laizhou City with only [-] family members, and Laizhou was besieged by the rebels.

Denglai was corrupt and Shandong was unstable, and one after another pleaded for rescue, the emperor felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Knowing that the generals from all walks of life are blatant threats, Chongzhen can only show his attitude. This is also Chongzhen's character, desperate for face, and likes to find scapegoats.

The emperor decreed that the Jinzhou study class was started by Huang Han without authorization, and it is now banned.

Because Huang Han indeed forced dozens of generals from Ningyuan to transfer away, and had the behavior of excluding dissidents, he was punished by demotion and deprived of his title of Marquis of Dongping, Prince Taibao, Wu Jinglue, Zuo Dudu and other honors, and kept Ping Liao generals in Jizhen The post of commander-in-chief is reserved for crimes to see the effect.

Threats and coercions succeeded, inspections of soldiers and horses failed again, civilian and military generals won a complete victory in the struggle to challenge the imperial power, and the broken ship of Ming Dynasty lost a chance to make up for it on a large scale.

(End of this chapter)