The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 639 An uproar

In the winter season, the effect of paying money and food for conscription is even better, and the number of young and middle-aged people who voluntarily signed up in the Gyeonggi region exceeded 30.

The town governor and propagandists took the young musketeers to register and make a list, and still adopted the method of accepting more than two males in the family as much as possible to select a good and strong family.

In the end, 6000 people were accepted, and the admission ratio was close to one out of ten. This shows how good the overall quality of these good families who took the initiative to join the army should be.

These people getting food and pay means that the lives of more than [-] households will be directly improved, which is more conducive to the long-term stability of the capital.

In the past, the "Red Banner Army" adopted the method of emigrating young and middle-aged men to join the army and serve as handymen in the army. Now that the regulations have been changed, the recruits recruited in Gyeonggi no longer encourage immigration.

But the preferential treatment of the military family is indispensable. Doing so will make too many ordinary people in the capital feel the superiority of following the "Red Banner Army".

Because the common people basically don’t have lofty pursuits, and they pretend to be firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea in their hearts. When they see a neighbor’s son become a "red flag army".

Not only can they get food and pay every month, the family can also use the food to buy cheap food, low-priced canned sea fish, best-selling wine, and get a decent job in the "Sifang Bank"...

After a year and a half, the common people in the entire Gyeonggi area will become more and more eager to become family members of the "Red Banner Army". Huang Han's sphere of influence should cover the entire Gyeonggi area.

There is no need to hide it. In the future, when there is no imminent practical problem of military families in conscription areas being harmed by bandits, there is no need to let them leave their hometowns for immigration, unless they voluntarily sign up for a new environment.

It is more beneficial for Huang Han to have families of the "Red Banner Army" all over the world. Next year, he will try to go to Nanzhili to publicize, and strive to leave seeds in Yangzhou Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture...

Huang Han, who took office, did not go directly to Shanhaiguan. Instead, he led more than a dozen guards and more than [-] young musketeers, and selected [-] guards from the night city who were among the best in military strength, and turned them into regular soldiers and went straight to Tianjin Wei.

At the same time, the generals of Dongjiang Town, Ji Town, Liao Town, and Denglai all rushed to Tianjin Wei to gather and wait for the next step of the General Zhenglu.

After he was released from prison, Yang Yipeng learned from his eldest son Yang Changchao that his survival was entirely the result of Dongping Hou's tricks, and now he was recommended by Dongping Hou to become Tianjin Bingbeidao.

Yang Yipeng was so excited that he was able to spare his useful body to devote himself to the five-year pacification plan of the Liao Dynasty. He secretly vowed to do his best to prepare the logistics for the "Red Banner Army" to win the battle.

Yang Fan, whose name is Chang Chao, is the eldest son of Yang Yipeng. After a sudden change in his family, he feels the coldness of the world. He is grateful to Huang Han, and he plans to bring four servants to join the army to discuss with his father.

When Yang Yipeng learned that his son was going to follow General Zhenglu as a pawn, he didn't think he was degrading, but encouraged his son to join the "Red Banner Army" and strive to make military exploits.

The "Red Banner Army" not only recruits ordinary people, but also welcomes scholars from the Ming Dynasty to join the army. Yang Fan got the civil post of chief secretary of the army, and there are already many officials like him in the army.

After Zheng Xiu'e paid money and food to organize a large number of manpower repairs and erected cement and reinforced concrete bridges, the official road from the capital to Tianjin Wei may have the best road conditions in Ming Dynasty.

Huang Han's troops did not march in a hurry, so they did not arrive overnight, and entered the Acropolis in the evening of the second day.

He Shishou, the governor of Tianjin, Yang Yipeng, the military officer of Tianjin, Chao Pichang, the general officer of Tianjin, Huang Long, the chief officer of Dongjiang Town, Sun Chuanting, the military officer of Denglai, Mao Chenglu, deputy general of Shenmi Island, and Shang Keyi, deputy general of Guanglu Island.

General Huang Yong of the Longwu Navy, General Song Pengfei of Jizhen, Deputy General Yang Danian, General Shanhaiguan Hanzi, Deputy General Ningyuan Yang Hanwei, etc. have been waiting for a long time.

With the power of life and death, with manpower, material resources, financial resources and unparalleled force, it is time to fundamentally solve the imminent problem of the lack of fighting spirit of the Ming soldiers, and resolutely eradicate the evil that led to the warlordization of the army-the family system.

The next day, General Zhenglu, who carried the Tianzi Sword, held the first meeting. After Zheng Zhihui, the eunuch who supervised the army, read out the imperial decree, the Duke of Liao, General Zhenglu, and Liaodong Wenwu Jinglue accepted the civil and military generals to bow down.

Court etiquette is still used for this kind of grand ceremony, which is not easily done in the "Red Banner Army". This time, it was Yang Yipeng, Zheng Zhihui, He Shishou, and Sun Chuanting who discussed it so grandly.

In the eyes of too many literati and bureaucrats, they believe that etiquette cannot be discarded. For the first time, General Zhenglu convened civilian and military generals to discuss and make strategic deployments, and he always left everyone with unforgettable memories for life.

After the ceremony, Huang Han gave a speech similar to his inaugural speech, emphasizing that sharpening knives should not be mistaken for woodcutters, and that he will start counting and checking the records of all the horses in the jurisdiction according to the actual number of troops.

In the future, the implementation of the "Red Banner Army" by the whole army has formed a standardized discipline. All soldiers will receive their colors at the nearest "Sifang Bank" according to their grades and official documents instructed by their superiors, and receive their true colors at the "Red Flag Food Bank".

Jizhen, Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan, and Southern Liaonan had already implemented this without objection. Huanglong, Mao Chenglu, Shang Keyi, etc. in Dongjiang Town were relatively calm, and the generals of Denglai and Tianjin Wei were in an uproar.

Huang Han was determined to turn all the troops under his command into the "Red Banner Army". This time he was merciless, and he didn't care about the indignation of Denglai and Tianjin Wei's generals.

He immediately announced the abolition of the old system of paying generals and servants, stating that all soldiers have only one payment standard.

The servants of the generals will be dispersed and classified into each battalion after re-evaluation. Those who have the ability and combat skills will be given the positions of corps leader and small banner. position.

This move was tantamount to killing many generals, even Huang Long, Mao Chenglu, Shen Shikui, Shang Keyi, Shang Kejin and other generals of Dongjiang Town could not accept it, let alone the generals of Tianjin Wei.

Chao Pichang, the military officer in Tianjin, considered himself a tycoon. He had more than 2000 servants in his hands and more than [-] horses under his command.

He said loudly: "General, it's not easy for me to train hundreds of servants who dare to fight, how can I hand over to others? I can't serve under your command, so I ask you to hold your hand high, and I request to be transferred away."

A lesson learned from the past, I think that when Ningyuan organized the reorganization, none of the opponents were made things difficult by Huang Han, and they all left Ningyuan with their families and private property.

Now Chao Pichang is still thinking about such a good thing as being able to afford to hide. He believes that with the more than 300 armored servants in his hands and the 10,000+ family pawns he has accumulated in his hands, he can make a living wherever he goes.

(End of this chapter)