Daming wolf ride

Dayong is very concerned about the replenishment and reorganization of soldiers, and basically spends every day in the barracks in Yuanshui City. The 14000 combat soldiers are the number reported by the surrendered generals, but it is actually 4000 armored soldiers, and the other is Dongjiang soldiers who are all armed with guns.Half of these people came from the new firearms army built by Sun Yuanhua with a lot of money, and the other half were from Dongjiang soldiers who responded to Kong Youde's rebellion. Among them, Mao Chenglu's subordinates were more.

The situation of the Dengzhou Navy is also worse than that reported by Chief Military Officer Qian Dagang. He reported 148 large and small warships, but in fact only 125 are usable, and half of them are used for sea transportation. Not warships, the three large warships that North Korea gave to Daming were also among them.There are 6000 naval officers and soldiers, but only more than 1500 can be called qualified naval soldiers, and most of the rest are forced fishermen along the coast of Denglai.Water-based boat maneuvering is okay, but it lacks experience and skills in sea combat. This is probably one of the reasons why Qian Dagang was willing to surrender instead of stubbornly resisting.

Dayong was completely handed over to Song Guanglan, Wang Hui and others to settle the fields, military households, and the elderly and weak. Strictly speaking, these matters are no less important than the expansion and reorganization of the Jinzhou Army, but there is really no need for Dayong Energy, can only let go.

Daming has more than 200 years of experience in how to farm the fields. As long as things are done according to the rules, things can be done to a good degree without much effort.Although the 200-year-old Weisuo military household system has long been a mess, Dayong believes that this is the result of various historical reasons due to the age.The method of single tuntian is still feasible for Dengzhou, which is already empty.

For the management of the [-] young and strong, Dayong still adopted the guard system to manage the young and strong disabled officers and soldiers who had retired from the former Songshan Department of the Jinzhou Army. In addition, Dayong also selected [-] officers and [-] veterans. The army is responsible for the task of managing the military settlements.Most of these officers and soldiers served as Qianhu, Baihu, and General Banner, and the candidates for the small banner were selected from young and strong. [

Song Guanglan and Wang Hui expressed concern about the sudden appointment of thousands of households, hundreds of households, and general banners, because Shi Dayong himself was only the deputy general of Jinzhou, how could he have the power to appoint these thousands of households and hundreds of households? Does this approach go beyond the boundaries and violate taboos?

To this, Dayong laughed it off, but it was just a title that was easy to manage, why bother with so many things, he himself called himself the Commander of the Dengzhou Weidu.Does Dengzhou Wei really exist?It's just for internal convenience. In fact, it is no different from the captain, village head, and township head of later generations, or even a disguised Baojia.The left and right will not let the court know that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. I am afraid that no one in the court will want to clean up the mess in Dengzhou.

Shi Dayong didn't care, Song Guanglan and the others had something to say, even though the people in the city were still in awe of them as before, and they were called by adults, but in fact they were not as good as these people.People are not afraid of losing their heads, but their heads are not very stable.

In addition to the task of organizing and supervising production, Dayong has another task for these thousands and hundreds of households who are regarded as direct descendants, that is, try to organize the young and strong under him to conduct some military training during the slack season, and do not expect them to be like the Jinzhou Army. At least have the power to protect themselves.Now there are bandits everywhere in the Northwest and the Central Plains, and Denglai has just experienced a great chaos. No one knows whether Denglai will suffer from military disasters in the days to come.Therefore, it is necessary to prepare in advance, and it can also provide a source of troops for the Jinzhou Army.For this reason, Dayong specially dispatched a batch of weapons to go down.

Dayong is a modern person who came from later generations. Of course, he will not have the rigidity and conservatism of officials in this era. While asking these young men to fulfill their obligations, he also gave them a lot of rights.For example, you can return to your hometown after the three-year period expires, or the Jinzhou Army can arrange to settle in Dengzhou, distribute the land, and exempt some taxes. In addition, some compensation will be given to those who are recruited into the army.Dayong also explored such preferential policies step by step, trying his best to do his best.After all, in the previous life, he was just a gambler with limited knowledge, but in this life, he just needs to cross the river by feeling the stones.No one is born a master of literary and military skills, and no one is born a genius.

The arrangements for the people in the city were also taken care of by Song Guanglan and other demoted officials. They were originally parents' officials, so this aspect was naturally their strong point.Dayong does not demand that they can do what he imagined, as long as they promise not to starve to death, restore the market, let the people have fields, houses to live in, sources of income, and markets to buy and sell.As for the tax issue mentioned by the demoted officials, Dayong waved his hand and said that it would be exempted.How many years will it be free?Dayong didn't know what to do. He didn't get the approval of the court for these things he did in Dengzhou, and he didn't know whether the new officials would support him, so he didn't dare to speak loudly, so he said that he would be exempted for three years.Dengzhou is now like this, if the court can't exempt the tax for three years, I'm afraid it will be embarrassing.As for what will happen in the future, we will talk about it in the future. A living person can still suffocate to death.

Song Guanglan and the others mentioned one thing, that is, the Jinzhou Army rescued many women who were snatched by the rebels along the way. There may be more than 1 people before and after. Zhuang's reorganization of the family is a reward for the young and strong, which will surely leave a considerable number of young and strong to continue to take root in Dengzhou after the three-year period expires.

A place can prosper only if there are people there, but if there are no people, no matter how big the place is, it’s useless.Song Guanglan and the others are not natives of Dengzhou, and now they are only thinking about doing the things that Dayong confessed to save their lives, and they have no long-term plans for the future of Dengzhou.The people who proposed this method were a few small officials of the Dengzhou government office. These people watched their hometown turn into ruins and saw so many deaths of the same surname, and it was impossible not to feel sad in their hearts.Waking up from grief, they naturally have to think about their hometown. They heard that the Jinzhou Army stipulated that those young and strong in the village can return to their hometown after three years. They were anxious. If everyone left, with the current population of Dengzhou, When can we regain stability and prosperity.

The best way to keep men is to let them have women. With women, they will have children, and with the land given by the government, they will not naturally become Dengzhou people. How can they want to go back to the home where they don’t know where they are? .After thinking about it, the petty officials felt that it was a good thing to keep people, so they reported the idea.Song Guanglan and the others also said that it is a good thing to think about it, and it is also a relief for the military households in the village to digest the burden of these women on them, so why not do it.

This is a good idea, Song Guanglan and the others don't talk about it, Dayong almost forgot that he still has thousands of women in his hands, and also thought that he took in these women not only to keep them alive, but to marry his subordinates.

Dayong felt very sad when he thought of those subordinates who had fought with him and died in foreign lands. For the dead, he could only bring their bones back to his hometown, but for the living, he could do better.

Thanks to the deep-rooted thought that culture is noble and military is inferior, although it is not a peaceful time, the idea of ​​"a good man should not be a soldier" is still the mainstream thought of the common people, so the vast majority of common people will not marry their daughters. For soldiers, this led to Ming soldiers either marrying in the same military household in the guard, or they could only marry women who were disabled or had other problems, basically no one else wanted them as wives.

Right now, apart from dozens of married wives from guard households in the Jinzhou Army, no one else has a wife, not even Dayong.Sometimes in the middle of the night, all the figures in Dayong's mind are women.

At a young age, I have to carry my head up to follow me on the battlefield to kill the enemy, and I may not be able to grow up at any time. I have never tasted the taste of a woman when I was dying, and I can’t feel the warmth of a family, and I have no blood relationship left. Thinking of these Dayong is not only sad but also heartbroken.As their general, he couldn't let these young people die like this. He wanted to compensate them, and he wanted to marry them and start a family.

Dayong did what he said, and immediately told Cao Bianjiao, Jiang Wanli, and Li Dashan about his idea of ​​marrying his subordinates. To his surprise, these subordinates did not approve of Dayong's doing so.They told Dayong that if they married wives and started families for the soldiers, it would probably cause them not to dare to work hard after they went to the battlefield, because they all wanted to go back alive.

This concern has to be right, but it can't be all right.Dayong repeatedly thought about the possibility of this good thing turning into a bad thing, and finally made up his mind. He ordered all the generals to go back and pass on their orders. All officers and soldiers who are willing to marry wives should sign up with Guo Yi, and the Jinzhou Army will match them according to their conditions. wife.Those who don't want to start a family temporarily can sign up after a period of time. In a word, as long as there are people who want to start a family, Dayong will satisfy them, and his subordinates will not allow them to stop them.

Dayong insisted on this, Cao Bianjiao and the others had nothing to say, so they had to go back and execute it.On that day, more than 400 officers and soldiers from the Jinzhou Headquarters signed up to marry, and many others were waiting and watching.

After hearing the news, the surrendered generals also rushed to Dayong to ask for wives for their subordinates, but Dayong refused their request and told them that at present, they can only marry wives for the soldiers of the Jinzhou army. Wait for the next call.Moreover, not everyone can marry a wife. They must meet the conditions. This condition is that they have served in the Jinzhou Army for three years, escaped or beheaded to the fifth level.

After hearing this condition, the generals could only shake their heads and disperse. They also came with the idea of ​​joining in the fun, but they didn't have the idea of ​​marrying their former subordinates.Now the conditions set by Shi Dayong are obviously a threshold and a touchstone to test their loyalty.The surrendered generals knew that none of their subordinates could meet this requirement, so it was better not to join in the fun.Anyway, Shi Dayong didn't close the door to death. Isn't there still three years left? It seems that it is not difficult to behead five ranks. During the rebellion, which one has not beheaded tenth ranks and eighth ranks. [

The deadline for registration was three days. In the end, 820 four people signed up to marry wives. Among them, more than 60 were born in Songshan, and more than 400 were children of Changping who joined the army. rebels.They don't care what kind of wife they marry, and everything is left to the arrangement of the above.

Dayong didn't take this month-old errand into his own hands, but gave it to Song Guanglan and the others again, with a deadline of ten days.Within ten days, each of these officers and soldiers must have a wife and a residence in the city.

This stumped Song Guanglan and the others. They really couldn't bear to do this matchmaking job, and finally it fell on the little officials who suggested it.Since you brought this matter up, you should handle the aftermath.

Those small officials are capable, they are all local snakes in Dengzhou, and whichever family survived has a daughter who can marry. A woman taken captive by the rebels.

For a while, all the clerks in the Dengzhou Yamen became matchmakers, and Shi Dayong’s gift was not bad, except that there were houses in Dengzhou City (nine rooms in the city are empty, and the owner’s house should not be too many). Mu of land, another 100 taels of silver for settlement, and every year you can enjoy dividends from the harvest of the fields in Tuntian.The parents of the bride can also receive a gift of wealth worth 50 taels of silver, and enjoy the right not to worship officials.

The original big households in the city were robbed and killed by the rebels long ago, and there were not many daughters who were able to marry, barely a few dozen.This number is obviously far from the requirement of more than 800 wives in the Jinzhou Army, so the petty officials turned their attention to those families who moved from the surrounding prefectures and counties. How could the people who saved their lives disagree.

Although it is not safe to marry a daughter to a soldier, and it is looked down upon by others, it is a good way out compared to living a hard life with oneself, and isn't it a scholar who refuses to worship an official?Even those who don't know a lot of Chinese characters can be like scholars now, this is the high incense of their ancestors.

As soon as the ten-day deadline came, more than 800 brides were finally assembled, and Dayong ordered that there was no need to go door-to-door. It would take too much time, and he didn't have much time to stay in Dengzhou.Simply hold a collective wedding on the line.

The host of the wedding was Song Guanglan, Wang Hui and other demoted officials were also forced to participate in it under Dayong's order. convenient.Finally, when Dayong slapped the table, the Governor's Yamen of Dengzhou was still empty, and it was not damaged. The place is quite large, so why is it empty?It is most suitable for holding a wedding banquet.

The choice of this location frightened Song Guanglan and the others, it was Denglai governor's yamen!Although the two governors have been loyal to the country, and the court has not appointed a new governor, but after all, this yamen is the office of the great officials of the Ming Dynasty, so how can it be used to hold a wedding banquet? , If the court knows how to get it!

Dayong is still a so-called faction, he doesn't care about the face of officials at all, under his dominance, what else can Song Guanglan and others do, just make arrangements honestly.Although they really have no experience with this group wedding, they have also participated in the wedding banquet of a large family, and it is not uncommon to have dozens or even hundreds of tables. This group wedding wants to set up more tables, and the newcomers pay homage to Shi Dayong in several groups. That is, for other worshipers to pay respects to their parents, just leave it to yourselves to go home and pay a symbolic knock.

More than 800 couples get married, including the generals of the Jinzhou Army, plus the presiding Dengzhou officials, the woman's relatives and friends, at least [-] tables.No matter how big the governor's yamen was, it was impossible for it to hold so many tables. In the end, Dayong made up his mind. There were officers in the yamen, and soldiers outside the yamen. Anyway, the front of the yamen was very wide.

On the day of the wedding, the military officers in charge of purchasing were really busy and dizzy. In order to complete the required beef, mutton and items for the wedding, Jiang Wanli in Laizhou not only bought up the market in Laizhou, but also sent people to the surrounding prefectures and counties. Purchasing made people in those places very curious: Which big family is hosting this great event.

After accepting the last batch of newcomers to salute himself, Dayong took Cao Bianjiao, Li Dashan and the others to hide in the back hall of the yamen and have a good drink.That night, Dayong was so drunk that he passed out.Fortunately, there were Jiang Wanli, Song Qing, Guo Cheng, and Wang Tiande who rushed back from Laizhou outside to maintain it, but nothing happened.