Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 323 Discussion, many questions
The two secretly discussed how to deal with Huang Laifu's matter. In fact, the courage of the two is not to be said, because at their level, they naturally have backers.In particular, Huang Zongliang was prepared for the Taoist army in Zhenyanping, Shanxi, and his backer was Chen Yu, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, who was highly regarded by him.

It was because of Chen Yu's care that Huang Zongliang was able to serve as a relatively wealthy Yanping Taoist military officer in Shanxi Town, managing Daizhou, Fanzhi, Wutai, Guxian and other relatively wealthy counties and castles.

It is because of Huang Zongliang's firm attitude and the background behind him that he can become the vanguard of the Chinese officials in the two towns to deal with Huang Laifu.

However, the final statistics show that the situation is not optimistic.Regarding the fight against Huang Laifu, the governors of the two towns did not take it seriously. Among the four towns in Shanxi Town, Yang Shenghong, the Daoist of Kelan, and Liu Tangsheng, the Daoist of Ningwu, faintly sided with Huang Laifu because of their interests.

Even if he didn't stand on Huang Laifu's side, he remained neutral.

Guo Guocao, Ji Ning Dao Bing Bei, is also an old cunning man. Before the situation became clear, he still didn't express his attitude, but just kept waiting and watching.

Perhaps only a few soldiers in Datong Town were opposed to Huang Laifu, but they were not willing to let them stand out openly, and they were only willing to do some acts of obsequiousness and ulterior motives behind the scenes.

Even Lin Daoji, although he was the vanguard against Huang Laifu among the civil servants in Datong Town, he was a little scared when he jumped out in front of him.

So now Huang Zongliang has become the leader of everyone, not only is he going to fight against Huang Laifu in the future.Just a few days later, Huang Zongliang was going to embarrass Huang Laifu face to face when Huang Laifu summoned them to discuss matters.

Huang Zongliang didn't believe it anymore. As Huang Laifu, a military man, he dared to do something to him, a high-ranking civil servant. Chen Yu, Minister of the Ministry, supported him.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, they quickly entered into the specific details of how to deal with Huang Laifu.

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The civil servants of the two towns were walking through the streets, and the generals of the two towns were also full of excitement and curiosity when they arrived at Wuzhai Fort. Many things in front of them made them amazed.

Although Huang Laifu has no time to summon them now, these days, many generals from the two towns took turns to visit many places in Wuzhai Fort under the leadership of Huang Laifu's relatives Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu.Such as barracks, castle levels, and military factories.

There are four battalions in Huang Laifu's direct army, and the participating generals of Zhenlu Camp and Ningwu Camp also came to Wuzhai Fort this time, but the ones currently stationed in Wuzhai Fort are Laifu Camp and Wuzhai Camp, Huang Laifu's most combative forces.

The military commanders are most interested in these two battalions of soldiers and horses. Many people have heard their names for a long time, and they have long wanted to see how the two battalions of soldiers and horses are.

However, Huang Laifu is strict in governing the army, and the army's secrecy measures are extremely in place. No one is allowed to spy on the gate of the barracks, and the logistics system in the army is also self-contained. Generals are no exception.

Now that Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu took them to visit with their own eyes, naturally everyone was elated and cheered up.After going through a series of strict procedures and cross-examination, everyone was able to enter the barracks for a visit.

Right now, there are two military camps inside and outside the fort in Wuzhaibao.No matter inside or outside the city, the scale of the barracks is huge, especially outside the city, the barracks stretch for several miles.

Moreover, the two camps are equipped with superior and complete facilities, well-equipped barracks, rich meals in the big dining hall, and a huge practice field. Any soldier from Wuzhai Fort who stood up at random, all of them had rosy faces, were tall and strong, and had excellent armor and weapons. , The military generals everywhere are jealous.

Compared with the Wuzhaibao army, the food and shelter of our own army can be said to be like beggars.

Not to mention the superior treatment, what is shocking is the murderous intent of the sergeants in the two camps.Especially those generals from Datong Town, with them, except for the servants under the command of the general, the rest of the soldiers, it is considered good if they can practice once or twice a month.

In the Wuzhai Fort army, apart from going to war, regardless of the wind, frost, rain and snow, they practice non-stop every day. Seeing these Wuzhai Fort soldiers, after collective drills in the morning, they are all literate or free to practice martial arts in the afternoon.

The banners in the camp were fluttering, the murderous aura was rising, and the atmosphere was so hot that everyone was stunned.This kind of situation is something that many generals and generals of Datong Town have never seen before, so everyone can't help sighing.

As the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, Ma Jin naturally has the responsibility to drill the soldiers and horses of the town. In the past few decades, the military affairs of Datong Town have long been neglected, and the soldiers of each fort only concentrate on drills in the town once a year.

In addition to this annual assessment, the soldiers and horses in the other forts are usually slack, and they have not known the army for a long time. Even the Datong Town Governor Wei Yunzhen took office a few years ago to rectify it, but it has not changed the situation of how many soldiers and horses in Datong Town are deserted.

In Ma Jin's view, such daily drills as the Wuzhaibao army is inconceivable.

Feeling this fiery heat, some of the generals in the two towns were afraid, while others were excited.

Ma Chengxun is Ma Jin's nephew, and as the general in command of Ma Jinbiao's family camp, he feels even more deeply that this is the real army.

While visiting the barracks, everyone was also fortunate to see the martial arts practice of the soldiers of Wuzhai Fort. Not to mention that all of these soldiers are skilled in martial arts, with excellent marksmanship and saber skills. When shooting crossbows and arrows, most of them It can be said that he is good at shooting, which is already very incredible.

What's more, when they were practicing shooting tunnel-fired guns, they actually used a kind of sub-drug called paper shell cartridges, which greatly increased the shooting speed of tunnel-fired guns, which shocked everyone even more.

Originally, Wuzhaibao's blunderbuss could be called excellent, and it was a sharp weapon that many frontier soldiers longed for. After the tunnel-fired blunderbuss was invented in the Wuzhaibao Military Factory, many frontier officers felt that there was no need for such a weapon. With the matchlock and the blunderbuss, isn't the Wuzhaibao army even more powerful?
Now that this kind of paper shell cartridge is available, the shooting speed of this kind of bird gun that does not need a match has more than doubled, which is even more...

Looking at the Wuzhai Fort gunners on the training ground practicing shooting without money, and the shooting speed is several times faster than the bird gunners under his command, Ma Jin and the others are jealous, and at the same time, their hearts are hot .

Now that the new Governor-General has become the boss of his own town, he must have some of these sharp weapons in the future.

In particular, everyone has heard the hints from the governor's confidants, Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu, that under the governor's administration, the generals and soldiers of the two towns will gradually receive the same treatment as the Wuzhaibao army, with food and salaries. will be sufficient.

The armies will gradually possess sharp weapons like the Wuzhai Fort's tunnel fire guns, and eventually they will become elite soldiers like the Wuzhai Fort army. Thinking of this wonderful prospect, how can we not let everyone look forward to it?
Finally, under the leadership of Yang Xiaolu, everyone visited the Wuzhaibao military factory. Everyone has heard about this military factory for a long time, because the high-quality firecrackers produced by this military factory over the years made it famous in Ming Dynasty.Especially now the emergence of self-generated firecrackers has attracted widespread attention.

After the generals and officers entered the military factory, the fiery atmosphere in the factory, as well as the strict system, and the large number of high-quality weapons produced every day made everyone feel deeply.

Especially Ma Jin, although there are weapons workshops outside Datong Town, and Datong Town has been licensed to produce car camps in recent years, but the production atmosphere and quality in their weapons workshops, as well as the daily output, how can they compare with Wuzhai? Compared with Fort Arms Factory?
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September 27th, [-]th year of Wanli.

A few days after the civil and military generals from all over the country arrived at Wuzhai Fort, on this day, Huang Laifu formally called everyone together to discuss affairs in the governor's office.

Early in the morning, the governor's office was already heavily guarded, with one post at three steps and one sentry at five steps. The guards were all the servants in Huang Laifu's pacesetter battalion, watching everyone with vigilant eyes.

In the spacious Sansi hall, it was already full of civil servants and generals from different places in the two towns, with accents from all over the place.The military generals under the various soldiers stood respectfully beside their superiors.In such a scene, the generals dare not make any changes.

As for the civil servants, they whispered in groups of three or four, just talking about what kind of things they would discuss with them when Governor Huang Laifu arrived, and what new officials would be appointed three times in the future.

These days in Wuzhai Fort, everyone is trying their best to understand Huang Laifu's governance philosophy, but Huang Laifu's tone is extremely harsh. Until now, people everywhere don't know what Huang Laifu will do, and how they will respond when the time comes.

Lin Daoji and Huang Zongliang stood behind their governor separately, making eye contact.Yang Fanglue, governor of Shanxi Town, and Wei Yunzhen, governor of Datong Town, were also talking, each with their own concerns.

Soon, when a soldier chanted for the arrival of the Governor, the hall fell silent, and everyone hurriedly divided into two township officials to stand up. Soon, Huang Laifu, accompanied by a group of staff, boldly entered the hall.

Everyone in the hall looked and saw Governor Huang Laifu walking in front, his eyes were like lightning, and his expression was calm, while the staff behind him were full of vigor, with uncontrollable joy in their expressions.

Seeing Huang Laifu at such a young age and holding high positions in the two townships as the Governor, this made many people who had never met Huang Laifu feel emotional, especially the civil servants and generals in the hall who were nearly sixty years old.

There are also many people who are curious about Huang Laifu. Over the years, Huang Laifu has become very famous, and various legends have made many people eager to see him.The governor of Datong Town, Wei Yunzhen, also had his eyes fixed on Huang Laifu.

After Huang Laifu appeared, the civil servants and generals of the two towns in the hall stood up and saluted Huang Laifu: "Your Excellency!"

Huang Laifu scanned the crowd slowly, so many high-ranking officials and military generals were summoned by him, gathered in Wuzhaibao today, a mass of people bowed down, all the best of the two towns.

He sat down in the middle of the hall, while his staff stood on both sides, all in high spirits.

Huang Laifu received a salute from everyone, and after everyone got up, he slowly said: "Since the appointment of the emperor, this governor has been thinking about the military and civil affairs of the two towns of Datong, Shanxi, for fear that he will be hired by the emperor by mistake! During the day, I called all my colleagues to come to Wuzhaibao to discuss with you the affairs of these two towns!"

After hearing Huang Laifu's words, the governor of Shanxi Town, Yang Fanglue, cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency is dedicated to his duties and loyalty, and I admire you!"

After Yang Fanglue's flattery, Liu Tangsheng, a soldier of Ningwu Dao, stepped forward to flatter him.

The two of them were determined to join Huang Laifu, so they naturally didn't care what the rest of the officials thought.Of course, although he was determined, Governor Yang Fanglue's face was still a little hot under the attention of everyone. He knew that from this day on, his reputation of being a sycophant of warriors would no longer be able to run away.

After hearing what the two said, everyone in the hall had a strange look on their faces.Unexpectedly, Governor Yang Fanglue and Liu Tangsheng's military equipment would be so respectful to a warrior like Huang Laifu.

Lin Daoji, a soldier in North Hebei Province in Datong Township, and Huang Zongliang, a soldier in Yanping County in Shanxi Province, looked at each other with a look of contempt flashing in their eyes.Huang Zongliang couldn't help feeling hot when he thought of what he was going to do in front of everyone later.

And the officials in my own town are all like this, and all the generals in Shanxi Town are scrambling to be the first, especially Liu Quanli, the general of Ningwuguan who is close to Huang Laifu, Chen Jianxiong, the general of Biantouguan, Huang Laifu's brother-in-law, and Tian Dafu, a guerrilla in Shenchibao. Waiting for others, it was full of flattery.Such a situation naturally made the staff standing beside Huang Laifu, as well as Huang Laifu's confidantes, look at Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu with pride.

Only Beiloukou Counselor Sun Ruijun and Daizhou Counselor Li Maoxiong, who belonged to Huang Zongliang's jurisdiction, took a look at their superior Huang Zongliang. Seeing that he just sneered and said nothing, they hesitated to say anything.

This is the civil and military generals of Shanxi Town, but the scene will be a little lighter in the early stage with the civil and military generals of Datong Town. It is the move of Jibei Dao soldiers to prepare Lin Daoji.And the rest of the generals looked at their superiors' faces, but they didn't dare to speak out.

No matter how Huang Laifu will improve the treatment and status of the generals in the future, but the soldiers on his head right now will beat them to death immediately.

Regarding Governor Yang Fanglue's actions, Wei Yunzhen, the governor of Datong Town, also had a flash of astonishment in his eyes. Although he didn't mind Huang Laifu as his immediate superior, he still had a sense of superiority as a civil servant, and he was unwilling to speak up. Flattery, just bow hands.

Only Ma Jin, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, and his subordinate general Ma Chengxun flattered them, which aroused all kinds of strange eyes from the officials in the town. Sharp as a hawk of prey.

But Ma Jin listened to his younger brother Ma Gui's persuasion, and decided to stick to Huang Laifu's side, so naturally he ignored these gazes.Seeing that his commander-in-chief was like this, the generals in Datong Town immediately became more enthusiastic. Several generals had already made up their minds to join Huang Laifu. At this time, regardless of the ugly faces of the soldiers above them, they began to flatter them one after another. .

This made a group of soldiers from various towns in Datong secretly hate, these Qiuba, let's see how we deal with them when we go back.

After the subordinates met with the Shangguan and exchanged pleasantries, the next step was for the officials in the two towns to report to Huang Laifu their work status, and to submit a series of government affairs documents to Huang Laifu for the governor's office to consult and archive.

After Huang Laifu became governor, since he was in charge of the military rations and salaries of the two towns, there were a lot of related affairs. There are 31 warehouses, public offices, etc., and now the military affairs of the two towns are also under the management of Huang Laifu, so the affairs are even more complicated.

The first person to come out to report was Governor Yang Fanglue of Shanxi Town. After Huang Laifu became the governor of the two towns, he was regarded as Huang Laifu's subordinate official. After Huang Laifu walked for two weeks, he stood up and reported to Huang Laifu.

When he did this kind of behavior, everyone looked at him helplessly, the majestic governor of a town paid two salutes to a warrior, how can this be investigated.Governor Yang Fanglue sighed inwardly, but then he cheered up and reported to Huang Laifu carefully without thinking about anything.

Governor Yang Fanglue, as the head of the town, manages the military rations and salaries in Shanxi Town. The castles, military horses, money and food, storage, farmland and other things in the town are all under his management. Naturally, there are many affairs.

At this time, Huang Laifu was already holding a copy of Shanxi Town's affairs brochure excerpted by Governor Yang Fanglue. He read it carefully while listening to Governor Yang Fanglue's report.

Governor Yang Fanglue mentioned all the big and small things in the town, and then boasted about his own achievements, especially the changes in Ningwu Dao in recent years. There are also many problems in the town.

Generally speaking, the problem raised by Governor Yang Fanglue is that there is insufficient food and wages in the town, and the output of the fields in various places is scarce, especially in the forts, the phenomenon of eating empty wages and drinking blood from soldiers is serious. For example, Shanxi Town has counted in the early years of Wanli.

There were originally more than [-] sergeants in the town's military register, but after a count, it was found that there were only more than [-] officers and soldiers.There were more than [-] horses in the original army book, but there were only more than [-] horses and donkeys, which is a huge difference.

This is already a phenomenon in the early years of Wanli, and the situation may be even more serious now.There are not enough soldiers and horses in the town, and the combat power is weak, but there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the army book, which requires a large amount of food and salaries allocated by the court and the town every year.

After he uttered these words, many generals in Shanxi Town looked ugly, even some soldiers had ugly faces.Empty pay already involves a huge network of interests.

According to Governor Yang Fanglue, among the tens of thousands of generals and horses in Shanxi Town, the cost of food, ordnance, clothing, fodder, etc. is huge. These untrained soldiers and horses need to be transported from the court to Beijing in a year. The annual case silver is more than 32 taels.In addition, there are tens of thousands of stones of fodder supplied by the local province, tun grain rice beans, more than [-] taels of silver, and more than [-] taels of salt silver.

Perhaps Governor Yang Fanglue felt that the annual silver of more than 50 taels shipped from the DPRK was nothing to him, but Shanxi Province and Shanxi Town had to supply nearly [-] taels of military food and pay, but he felt that the burden of the local people It's too heavy.

Moreover, the disasters in Jin have continued in recent years, and the people can no longer bear the heavy military expenses, and the food and salaries that can be supplied are getting less and less.In addition, although the annual routine silver shipped from Beijing is said to be 20 taels, it is often in arrears.

Especially in the past few years, there has been a shortage year after year.As for the lack of money, it is more common. Sometimes, 10 cases of silver can be shipped in a year, which is considered very good. Of course, this cannot meet the needs of the local army.

The problem of food and payment has become a major issue that troubles the whole town of Shanxi. At the beginning of the Kingdom of China, there was still a lot of income from grain storage, which could well solve the problem of the local army.For example, in the early Ming Dynasty, there were more than [-] hectares of farmland in Shanxi Town, and more than [-] million mu of combined farmland. The expropriated grain grains could well solve the problem of local army expenses.

Right now, there are farmlands all over the town, alas, let’s not talk about it!

Governor Yang Fanglue spoke point by point, Huang Laifu just nodded and did not express his opinion in advance.

(End of this chapter)