Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong did not count the military households of the Thousand Households Office under his command in the Runing Mansion in his own troops. Regardless of the reason why the military households of the Thousand Households Office were low in combat effectiveness, the main reason was that, According to the principle of relative size in the Ming Dynasty, it is best that Wu Shigong, the garrison, should not have any contact with the Qianhu of the Qianhu Office in normal times.Only during wartime, the thousand households of the Qianhu Office were temporarily under the command of Wu Shigong.

In addition, it is the construction of military buildings.In addition to the construction of the Runing camp and the reinforcement of Li Yaozi's cottage, Wu Shigong also planned to buy some land in key places and build some Zhuangzi.

Because Wu Shigong is the garrison of Runing Mansion after all, and he wants to control the entire Guide Mansion area, at least the western area of ​​Guide Mansion, so the combat scope of Wu Shigong's army is not limited to the fortress triangle.Therefore, Wu Shigong's purpose in building these Zhuangzi was to store grain and grass in these Zhuangzi, which would serve as footholds for Wu Shigong's army when they marched.

In the future, when Wu Shigong's army marched in Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion, they could rely on the grain and grass stored in these Zhuangzi to supply the army, and they could also rely on these existing Zhuangzi as their camp.In this way, when Wu Shigong was fighting in Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion, he could greatly speed up the marching speed of the army and reduce the time it took for the army to build camps.

However, the specific construction sites of these Zhuangzi will not be determined until Wu Shigong returns.To be honest, the current Wu Shigong, even the location of the big camp of Runing Camp has not been determined yet.

However, although Deng Qifan helped Wu Shigong, he made a plan for the development of the army.But at the end, he still persuaded Wu Shigong: "Master, it is very wasteful for you to expand the army and build a large number of buildings. You have to think twice!"

After that, Deng Qifan settled an account for Wu Shigong.According to Wu Shigong's military expansion plan, the annual military salary will consume about 8 taels of silver.But now Wu Shigong's property in Henan, plus income from "bodyguards" and salt sales, can only earn about 3 taels of silver at most every year.In addition to the military pay of the 500 soldiers this time, in the worst case, the imperial court will pay 4% of the military pay, and the annual military pay is only about [-] taels.In this way, Wu Shigong has a gap of more than [-] taels of silver every year.

According to Wu Shigong's plan, 5 taels of silver must be prepared for the construction of the Runing camp and the reinforcement of Li Yaozi's cottage, 5 taels of silver must be prepared for the purchase of land and the construction of Zhuangzi, and [-] taels of silver must be kept by Wu Shigong's side for emergencies. .

But now Wu Shigong's side, plus the silver in the fortress of Qianhusuo, the total is only a little over 23 taels of silver.In this way, Wu Shigong was able to subsidize his army's military salary for about three years.You know, this does not include the horses, weapons, guns, and clothing that need to be purchased for military expansion.With these things added, the time Wu Shigong can subsidize will be even shorter.

Wu Shigong really has no reason to refute Deng Qifan's question, and he can't say: "My soul comes from later generations. I know that Li Zicheng will overthrow the Ming Dynasty, and the Tartars will live in the Central Plains." My brain is sick.

So Wu Shigong had no choice but to pretend to be a magic stick and said: "Sir, you don't know something, and the world will be in chaos within three years. I did this to protect myself!"

Wu Shigong's words made Deng Qifan even more strange: "Where did your lord know that the world has been in chaos for three years?"

Wu Shigong was speechless.But Wu Shigong's silence made Deng Qifan mistakenly believe that Wu Shigong might have gotten inside information from the upper echelons of the court from his father-in-law and father.Although Deng Qifan still felt that Wu Shigong's actions were unbelievable, Deng Qifan finally helped Wu Shigong find a reason.

In fact, Wu Shigong is not sure whether the world will be in chaos within three years.He just calculated that since Emperor Chongzhen was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he would be the emperor for at most ten years. Now it is the third year of Chongzhen, and three years later it will be the sixth year of Chongzhen. The chaos should show itself.

It's a little funny that Wu Shigong's current mentality is that if the world is in chaos within three years, he will feel uncomfortable; but if the world is not in chaos within three years, he will still be uncomfortable.Anyway, there is no possibility of comfort.

On the contrary, because of Wu Shigong's pathological collection of food, Wu Shigong's food is not very short.If Tang Liu sent all the food to Henan.Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan did some calculations, and even if there was no grain harvest in the fields, Wu Shigong's grain could still guarantee his army and slaves to eat for three years.

In the final analysis, it was the army, the gold-swallowing beast, who ate too much silver.Don't talk about ordinary families, even honorable families like Wu Mansion and Xue Mansion, there are not many families who can earn more than 3 taels of silver in a year.But now Wu Shigong still has a big hole in his back.

Later, in discussions with military officers such as Zhou Xun, He Fei, and Yu Ji, Wu Shigong determined several principles for the army.The biggest change is the distribution of loot.

Wu Shigong stipulated that in future battles, all captured soldiers of the army must still be handed over to the public.There will be no more distribution of loot after you can.It's just that the soldiers of the combat troops get double pay during the combat time.

In this way, Wu Shigong can effectively control the expenditure of military pay.Among the seized items, Wu Shigong will use part of it as a pension and sickness fund for soldiers, so that soldiers can use it when they are old and sick.

The purpose of Wu Shigong's approach is not to establish any welfare society, but his main purpose is to bind soldiers by his side and increase their loyalty through these long-term benefits.

However, Wu Shigong came from these two modern welfare systems, and after being announced to the soldiers, he was greatly welcomed by the soldiers.In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the two matters of old age and illness were like a sword hanging over the heads of every common people, which would fall at any time, often making those families into abject poverty.Therefore, with the guarantee of these two benefits, those soldiers don't have to worry about anything in the days to come.

Another principle of Wu Shigong is to establish a hierarchy in the army.This hierarchy is not like the hierarchy of the modern army, but through a series of assessments, as well as the difference in military pay between auxiliary soldiers, second-line soldiers and elite soldiers, so that soldiers can train hard and make more achievements. power.

In fact, in the past, Wu Shigong's level setting for the army had already taken shape, and now it is nothing more than perfecting this system.

What Wu Shigong didn't know was that in the current Houjin, they also formed a hierarchy among the Houjin soldiers through "Qiancheng".And this system is nothing more than the military merit system formulated by Qin State Shang Yang during the Warring States Period.Needless to say, a system that can last for thousands of years is a good system.

Wu Shigong also established the military rotation training system.Wu Shigong stipulated that every two months, the army of the Qianhu Fortress, the army of the Shanzhai, the militia and the army of Yu Ji would draw a [-]-man team to the Runing Camp for rotation training.

Wu Shigong did this for three purposes:

First of all, through Wu Shigong's supervision, the training quality of those troops who are not with Wu Shigong will not decline;

The second is, through the promotion and mobilization of well-assessed soldiers during the rotation training, the troops who are not with Wu Shigong will not form small hills, and Wu Shigong's control over the army will be strengthened;

Finally, those centurions, in the process of training for the march, will receive training in marching, camping, and defending against enemy attacks, improving the level of the army in this regard.

What Wu Shigong finally determined was the officer system.Wu Shigong's definition of an officer is at least the vice-captain of the Centuries.As for the squad leader and squad deputy of the ten-man team, their roles in Wu Shigong's army are like modern non-commissioned officers.Of course, the salaries of the squad leader and squad deputy of the ten-man team are also much higher than ordinary soldiers.

Wu Shigong stipulated that in the future, for the promotion of officers, he must pass the training of the personal army team and be qualified to be the captain of the ten-man team.Wu Shigong wanted to pass this strict condition to truly establish his own officer corps.

Of course, the treatment of these officers is very high.In addition to the high military salary, Wu Shigong also promised to those officers: in the future, under certain conditions, Wu Shigong will issue certain duty fields to these officers.

After making all the plans, Wu Shigong was going back to Henan to discuss with Yuan Xingshan and Zheng Zhen, who were in charge of business, how to develop more financial resources.