Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 324 Planning
(There are many events after the year, and the update cannot be timely. I am very sorry! This book has entered the final stage, and there are still a few chapters to finish. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to the readers who have always supported Lao Niu.)
Of course, Huang Laifu is well aware of the financial difficulties and farming problems of Shanxi Town that Governor Yang Fanglue said.

Whether it is from the understanding of history or what I know in this era, the farmland in Shanxi Town has long existed in name only.

As early as the Xuande year in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, most of the fertile land in the town was occupied by the town guards and the Wei Haoheng official banners, and no food was reported.If there is a report, ten will only get one.

After the orthodox years, the military system became more and more relaxed, the law of the garrison was completely broken, the garrison troops fled, and the garrison food became less and less.Since Jiajing, powerful officials and powerful families have been asking for land and housing, buying more land, and land mergers have become more prevalent, and the system of military settlements has further entered a dead end.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the number of grain stored in Liaodong Town reached 70 shi, but now it is only 17 shi.In the early Ming Dynasty, the number of grain stored in Gansu towns was 60 shi, but today it is only 13 shi, and the remaining towns are even less.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the military settlement system was an important means to solve the food and wages of the Ming army. Now the towns have no hope of garrisoning their fields, so they have to rely on the central government.Hundreds of thousands of troops are asking for food and salary, which will become a heavy burden for the court in the next few decades, until the Ming Dynasty's finances went bankrupt.

Huang Laifu understood Emperor Wanli's gracious hope in appointing him as the governor of the two towns. If he was like those governors and general soldiers, asking for food and salary from the court, what would be the difference from the original officials?
Therefore, for the issue of food and payment in the two towns, I had to figure out a solution by myself, and make some achievements, so that Emperor Wanli and the officials of the Ming Dynasty could take a good look at it, and lived up to Emperor Wanli's entrustment to him.

Huang Laifu is also well aware of the issue of the generals and officers in the town eating empty salaries and drinking blood from soldiers.

The problem of embezzlement of military pay was already very serious in the armies of various parts of the Ming Dynasty as early as the Jiajing period.Every year, the military pay allocated by the Ministry of Households is cut off several layers, and when it falls into the hands of generals in various places, there is not much of it, but most of it is embezzled. When it is in the hands of soldiers, it is generally unable to support their families.

In addition to deducting the soldiers' pay, the generals everywhere also generally impersonated the soldiers and encouraged the soldiers to flee.After the soldiers fled, the generals not only failed to report in time, but also took their money and food for themselves, which is the so-called empty pay.

This phenomenon is very serious. In Shanxi Town alone, the amount of empty pay reaches nearly half of the number of troops.

In addition, the generals of various places have many corrupt behaviors, such as collecting idle money from the soldiers, exempting them from doing things, or using sergeants privately, etc...

In this way, how can the army still have combat effectiveness?

Although Huang Laifu used to be the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, in fact, most of the power was in the hands of the governor, so he had no choice but to stare at him. Now that he has become the governor, he naturally has to take good care of these bad habits.

Huang Laifu remained calm. After Governor Yang Fanglue finished his report, he looked at the ugly-faced civil servants and military generals in the hall, and didn't express his opinion, but asked Governor Yang to sit down.

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After Governor Yang talked about the big and small things in his town, the next step was for the soldiers in Shanxi Town to report to Huang Laifu and Governor Yang about the various things they had said.

According to the honor and inferiority etiquette of the Ming court, hundreds of officials were divided into superior and inferior according to their rank.Those who rank above the second and third ranks, the humble ones bow down, the honored ones sit and receive the ceremony, and they have to kneel down when they have something to do.All subordinate officials who are inferior to their superiors will kneel down when reporting matters.

In this hall, Huang Laifu has the highest rank and is the superior who controls everyone, so these soldiers need to kneel in front of him one by one to report internal affairs.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Liu Tangsheng, a soldier of Ningwu Dao, stepped forward to report the internal affairs to Huang Laifu and Governor Yang.He knelt in front of Huang Laifu, and Governor Yang sat aside to listen.

Under the eyes of everyone, Liu Tangsheng's face was a little hot. This is a typical literati submitting to a warrior.In the past, Liu Mingan, the former commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, had knelt down to him. Unexpectedly, in the 30th year of Hedong and 30th year of Hexi, he would also kneel down to Huang Laifu as a high-ranking scholar.

The expressions of everyone in the hall are also different, the faces of the civil servants are not good-looking, and the faces of the generals are also wonderful.

Next, Yang Shenghong, the Daoist of Kelan, and Guo Guocao, the Daoist of Jining, knelt down to Huang Laifu and reported their work.With the precedents of Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei, the two looked more natural when they knelt down.

In the end, Huang Zongliang, the soldier of Yanping Road in Shanxi Town, stepped forward to report to Huang Laifu.I saw that he stepped forward and just bowed his hands to Huang Laifu, and said proudly: "My officer, Yanping Daoist Huang Zongliang, has met the governor!"

Then he gave Huang Laifu a challenging look, stood like this, took out the file in his hand and prepared to report.

Seeing that he didn't kneel down, but still looked arrogant, Huang Laifu glanced at him calmly.Governor Yang, Liu Bingbei and others were stunned.Seeing Huang Zongliang like this, all the officials in the rest hall immediately regained their spirits.

Only the people in Wuzhaibao turned gloomy, just looking at Huang Laifu's face.

Huang Zongliang opened the file in his hand and began to report. Governor Yang coughed and was about to speak.

At this time Huang Laifu said coldly: "Huang Bingbei, what are you doing?"

Huang Zongliang said proudly: "Your Excellency, the next official is about to report to you, can't you see it?"

He looked proud, spoke bluntly, and looked at Huang Laifu with disdain in his eyes.

Although all the civil servants and generals in the hall bowed to Huang Laifu and bowed down to Huang Laifu as a literati, he did not have the slightest integrity.But for Huang Zongliang, he would never do this.

Although doing so, there is a danger of being suppressed by Huang Laifu in the future.However, Huang Zongliang didn't mind. Compared to the fact that he could win the hearts of the civil servants of the two towns and gain the reputation of not fearing power, this danger was nothing.

Besides, as a high-ranking civil servant, with the backing of Chen Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Huang Laifu really dares to do something to him?
Even if Huang Laifu wants to give himself small shoes in the future, he is a warrior after all. The town affairs have always been controlled by literati. I can't promote it in my own way.

He made up his mind, and stood upright, just looking at Huang Laifu proudly, and secretly gauging the reactions of the people around him.

Seeing Huang Zongliang like this, Huang Laifu's face was gloomy, but a smile flashed in his eyes. He just took office as the governor of the two towns, and he was looking for a heavyweight person to scare others and establish his prestige. Huang Zongliang jumped out Yes, it's a good time.

He said indifferently: "Report to me? You still know that you want to report to me? I think Mr. Huang has forgotten the most basic etiquette in the officialdom, so you think you don't know that you have to report to me? "

Huang Zongliang said proudly: "The lower officials don't understand what the governor said."

Huang Laifu suddenly said sharply: "Huang Bingbei, let me ask you, when you are a military officer of the fourth rank, what should you do when you report to me, the governor, and where do you put the official etiquette?"

As soon as Huang Laifu drank, the atmosphere in the hall immediately became tense.

Huang Zongliang's expression remained unchanged, and he still said indifferently to Huang Laifu: "This official still doesn't understand what the Governor-General said, and this official admits that there is no official disrespect! If the Governor-General thinks that this official needs to bow down to the Governor-General..."

He snorted and said: "For a hundred years, there has never been a literati who bowed to a warrior. If the governor thinks it is necessary, I am sorry that the official can't obey!"

Everyone in the hall had different expressions. Governor Yang coughed and said, "Huang Bingbei, don't be presumptuous. According to my Ming Dynasty's respect and etiquette, subordinate officials need to kneel down when reporting matters to their superiors, regardless of martial arts. Your own If you have violated the etiquette, quickly admit your mistake to the governor! The governor is generous and benevolent, and will definitely avoid your fault."

At the same time, Governor Yang felt a little uncomfortable. Huang Zongliang's behavior made him look like a person who was not afraid of power, while he himself was like a villain who flattered warriors and had no integrity. This made him have a good impression of Huang Zongliang linear decrease.

At this time, Huang Laifu suddenly slapped the desk next to him, and there was a loud noise, which shocked everyone in the hall.

Huang Laifu yelled: "Bold, you, a military officer, dare to be so presumptuous in front of the governors of our two towns?"

He shouted repeatedly: "Come here, give me thirty sticks to punish this arrogant man who despised the superior and disrespected the law!"

Immediately, several servants in the hall came out angrily.

Seeing Huang Laifu like this, everyone in the hall was taken aback. They didn't expect Huang Laifu to be so generous. At this time, whether it was Governor Yang, Liu Tangsheng and other military equipment, or the civil servants of Datong Town, even if they responded to Huang Zongliang's previous actions Feeling uncomfortable, I had to come out to intercede at this time, and asked Huang Laifu to spare Huang Zongliang.

Even Huang Zongliang looked at Huang Laifu in disbelief, how dare this Huang Laifu be so merciless, openly criticizing himself as a literati in front of everyone, wouldn't he even look down on Lord Chen Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs?
Unexpectedly, Huang Laifu would dare to go so far, so arrogant and domineering. As a fourth-rank literati and high-ranking official, he would fight if he said he would fight.For a moment, Huang Zongliang regretted a little, and at the same time, there was a sense of fear in his heart. Is it really appropriate for him to jump out today?

Only the military generals in the hall looked at all this in shock, and at the same time, they felt a little excited in their hearts. To punish a literati official in public, this governor is really a big hand.
Huang Laifu ignored the intercession of governor Yang and others. He waved his hand and said, "There is no need to say too much. If such an arrogant person who despises the superior officer is not punished, what is the prestige of the officer? How will we handle the military and political affairs of the two towns in the future?"

He repeatedly ordered the servants to do something, and immediately a few thick servants stepped forward, overturned Huang Zongliang's military equipment, and pressed him to the ground. The thick wooden staff beat him down without hesitation, causing Huang Zongliang to scream call the day.

After the thirty rods were struck, Huang Zongliang's skin was torn apart, dripping with blood, and he could only breathe a sigh of relief, his eyes were as sad and resentful as a ghost.

But it's not over yet, Huang Laifu ordered Huang Zongliang to be kicked out of the hall, and he was suspended pending participation. He will write to the court to play his crime of contempt for the superior and disrespect for etiquette.

In this way, not to mention whether Huang Zongliang will be able to keep his official position in the future, even if Chen Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, keeps him, he will suffer under Huang Laifu in the future, unless he does not serve as an official in Shanxi Town and Datong Town.

Huang Laifu's generosity shocked everyone in the hall and reminded them of what kind of person Huang Laifu was before. His status as a civil servant was not worth mentioning in Huang Laifu's eyes.And he has the backing of Emperor Wanli, if he wants to work under him, it's better to be respectful.

At the same time, the military generals in the hall also admired Huang Laifu. What a Governor Huang, even a fourth-rank military equipment is ready to fight, which is the first time in a century. Convinced?

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The next thing went smoothly, not to mention that all the civil servants and generals in Shanxi Town bowed respectfully to report to Huang Laifu, even the civil servants and military generals in Datong Town were equally respectful.

Wei Yunzhen, governor of Datong Town, also reported to Huang Laifu some of the situation in Datong Town. The basic situation was similar to that of Shanxi Town. It was also the lack of money and food in the town, the failure of farming, lack of pay, blood of soldiers, and poor military strength.

Compared with Shanxi Town, Datong Town is one of the largest towns in the Nine Borders. There are more than 13 horse-riding officers and soldiers stationed in Datong Town, and there are more than 5 large animals such as horses, mules, and donkeys.

These army horses need a huge amount of food and fodder. The annual grain storage alone requires more than 16 shi, more than 176 bundles of hay, [-] million bundles of autumn grass, and more than [-] shi of rice, wheat, beans, etc. , more than [-] quotations of salt.

In addition, there are nearly 40 taels of Beijing annual routine silver from the central government.

These supplies are a heavy burden on the central and local governments. In the early Ming Dynasty, the farmland in the town could meet part of the army's needs, but now that the farmland has been defeated, more than [-]% of the army's food and wages in Datong Town now need the court. supply.

But at present, the North Korean and Chinese treasuries are scarce, so how can they have the ability to fully cover all the expenses of the Nine Frontier Armies?This has resulted in numerous arrears of food and salaries for the frontier army. The root cause of the Ningxia Rebellion a few years ago was actually the frontier army's arrears of payment.

Although Huang Laifu asked for a large amount of compensation from Japan this year, it could not solve the fundamental problem. Daming's finances were still difficult.

Looking at the eyes in the hall looking at him with different expressions, Huang Laifu knew that he had to solve the money and food problems of the two towns, so as to subdue the hearts of these old officials and veteran generals, so that they would be convinced and willing to be driven by him.

Although I can blame that soldier Huang Zongliang in the name of not respecting etiquette, but now that I am the governor of the two towns, it is natural for my subordinates to ask me for food and salary, and this is also a responsibility I cannot escape.

It's impossible for his subordinates to ask him for food and pay, and he should also be responsible for them, right?In the imperial court, the reason why Emperor Wanli placed himself in this high position was also to allow him to help him solve this problem.

If he is like the former governor of the army, it is obvious that Emperor Wanli will be disappointed, and the civil servants will have the opportunity to impeach and attack him wantonly.

The indemnity I brought back from Japan at the beginning of the year has been divided up by various ministries of the Ming Dynasty, and there are still many holes that have not been filled in. I don't need to count on how much money the Ministry of Households will allocate.

Not to mention that I blamed Huang Zongliang and Chen Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, for sure they were full of malice against themselves and punished by many parties. Most of the food and salaries of the two towns should be figured out by themselves.

However, Huang Laifu was confident that he would be able to solve this problem. Thinking of this, Huang Laifu looked around the hall, and his steady voice sounded slowly.

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The discussions on the government affairs of the two towns continued in the Governor's Mansion for several days, and the scale of the affairs involved was huge, which made everyone in the meeting excited.

Huang Laifu announced that he would implement a large-scale new policy in the two towns, called the "Five-Year Plan" for Shanxi Town and Datong Town. It is clear what to do every year and what goals to achieve.

Over the past ten years, according to Wuzhaibao's experience, Huang Laifu has acquired a large number of relevant talents, from farming to business affairs, to government affairs management, everything that one expects to find. Although their personal level is not very high, but with relevant systems, they can inspire their greatest utility.

In this way, the implementation of various specific things no longer requires Huang Laifu to worry about it, nor does it need to turn to civil officials from all over the place, which also breaks the monopoly of civil officials on administrative talents.It broke another lifeline for them to control the generals.

The five-year plan is eloquent, and the top priority of the plan is farming and farming. According to Huang Laifu's experience in Wuzhai Fort, and also according to ancient society, the development of agriculture is the first government affairs.

If there is enough food, the common people will live with peace of mind. Only when agriculture develops can it provide abundant raw materials and markets for commerce, and commerce will have the opportunity to develop. A business like a castle in the air.

So going back to the past, developing agriculture first is the most fundamental thing, and prioritizing the development of commerce is putting the cart before the horse, and there is no market. Such commerce is also a castle built on sand, vulnerable to a single blow.

In agricultural planning, the development of military settlements and the construction of large-scale water conservancy projects are the key points. Huang Laifu plans to build at least [-] in the next five years in the basins of the Fenhe River and Tuohe River in Shanxi Township and the Sanggan River and Yuhe River in Datong Township. Twenty large-scale water conservancy projects, ten large-scale canals, etc., can at least reclaim and irrigate a million acres of land.

At present, the farmland in the two towns has been divided up by the officials and powerful people from all over the country. There are not many actual military camps left, and most of them are barren land.However, due to the small glacier disaster that has been raging all over Ming Dynasty for decades, it is obvious that the intensive cultivation and family farming method in ancient times cannot resist the harm of natural disasters. Farming in the north is already a loss-making business.

Not to mention many small farmers, but also many large farmers, because the gains outweigh the losses, they all abandon their fields on a large scale. Therefore, only in Shanxi Town, there are a lot of abandoned fields everywhere.

This phenomenon is actually very common in various parts of Ming Dynasty at this time.During the reign of Chongzhen in the later generations, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs reported that there were millions of acres of abandoned wasteland in the area from Tianjin to Liaodong alone.

Huang Laifu's plan is that the new military settlements will be reclaimed from these abandoned wastelands. As long as the water conservancy and irrigation can keep up, these new military settlements can completely become good fields.Even if the yield per mu is one stone, a million mu of military land can completely meet the needs of the troops of the two towns.

And those military fields that have been occupied by officials and generals, I don't care about them for the time being. This also avoids the original intertwined interest entanglements and wins time and energy for myself.

Of course, in order to prevent these newly added military settlements from being swallowed up by local civil servants, military generals and powerful people, Huang Laifu will send his staff as inspectors to supervise the local farming situation in each farmland.

Huang Laifu will give these inspectors great power, and they can check the garrison documents in various places at any time. At the same time, Huang Laifu also stipulates that an annual assessment will be carried out on the military equipment and management officers in the garrison territory.

Those who complete the grain storage task every year will be rewarded generously, and I will not be stingy in encouraging them whether it is in terms of personal material or political achievements.If there are those who default on the grain, and those who embezzle the army...

Huang Laifu spoke harshly, as long as he was in power for a day, these officials would not have a good life, and the days of demotion and salary reduction would follow them like a shadow.They don't even have to think about getting promoted and getting rich.

Huang Laifu's approach naturally aroused criticism from many officials of the two towns, especially Huang Laifu's plan to send inspectors made many people dissatisfied.

As civil servants, they have always had their own sense of superiority, thinking that they are the embodiment of morality. You, Huang Laifu, a warrior, sent some low-level officials, and you want to supervise us?
Isn't this treating us like thieves? This is distrusting us!Not to mention your staff, most of them are of no rank, why would they want to share the power of us high-ranking officials of the imperial court?

As soldiers in various towns and provinces, most of them are in charge of military food and salaries in the province, and also manage farming affairs. Huang Laifu's approach is clearly to guard against them.However, Huang Laifu's toughness suppressed their dissatisfaction.

Of course, in order to develop the military village, the civilian villages in the two towns also need to be developed. However, in the five-year plan, the military village has occupied most of the energy and money, so it is impossible to invest too much in the civilian village.

Huang Laifu only intends to follow the example of Zhenning Martial Arts in Shanxi in the two towns and various roads, and set up an assessment department to promote some teaching materials such as "Easy Talk on Sericulture", "Textbook of Cotton Planting", and "Textbook of Shepherd" compiled by Ningwu Daoist himself, and also set up some Tuntian institutes, agricultural mulberry factories, cotton industry experiment factories, model livestock farms and other demonstration bases, and then try to build some public water conservancy to lay the foundation for future large-scale development.

Of course, according to Wuzhaibao's experience, Huang Laifu's ideal agriculture also includes forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, and aquaculture, which can be carried out by both the army and private households.

This is the most important agriculture in the five-year plan. Based on the existing resources of the two towns, the mining industry will also be vigorously developed. Shanxi Province is very rich in resources such as coal and iron, and there are huge profits in it.

Although a few years ago, Emperor Wanli ordered the mining of mines to collect taxes, and sent tax inspectors to mines to collect taxes, but obviously, the situation that most of the mining resources in the provinces are occupied by powerful officials in various places has not fundamentally changed.

If Huang Laifu wants to develop the mining industry, he will naturally first take back these resources from the illegal miners in the two towns. Behind this, a huge interest group is involved. Obviously, if he does this, it will cause a continuous bloody storm .But Huang Laifu is determined and will never back down.

Unsurprisingly, Huang Laifu's planning proposal aroused opposition from many officials on the spot. Many people spoke fiercely.

Even Wei Yunzhen, the governor of Datong Town, was very appreciative of Huang Laifu's grand approach to agricultural planning, and was deeply impressed by Huang Laifu's courage.Huang Laifu's agricultural plan can quickly enrich the army and avoid complicated interest disputes. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, this kind of planning and construction required an astronomical amount of money and food, and it was placed in various places in Ming Dynasty. No official had the ability to do so. Of course, Wei Yunzhen did not need to consider this, it was Huang Laifu's business.

However, he strongly opposed Huang Laifu's desire to develop the mining industry.

The first reason is to compete with the people for profit, and then all the miners are young and strong, easy to gather crowds to cause trouble, and the third is easy to lure people's hearts.Compared with agriculture, it is easier to make profits in commerce and mining, but when there is a trend of profit-seeking, the people tend to value profits and despise righteousness, which will make people's hearts worse.

Wei Yunzhen is actually a supporter of the small-scale peasant economy and a small country with few people. Like Hai Rui back then, he admired the simplicity of the people's customs during the early Ming Taizu Emperor Gao's time, and believed that the current deterioration of people's hearts was due to the development of commerce and mining. , it is best to go back to the way it was before.

Huang Laifu believes that Wei Yunzhen's nature is not bad, and being an official is considered clean. He opposes mining by himself. I didn't care, just pressed down hard.

As for Wei Yunzhen, he debated with him patiently. Naturally, Wei Yunzhen was not someone who was easily persuaded. In the end, he reserved his opinion, but he would still follow Huang Laifu's decree.

The third place in the five-year plan is road construction. If you want to get rich, build roads first. This is the truth of later generations.After the development of agriculture and mining, the problem of circulation is faced. How to transport the grain and livestock produced in various places, as well as a large amount of ore, etc. to all directions, naturally requires very smooth roads.

In Huang Laifu's plan, he planned to build a concrete road from Wuzhaibao to Taiyuan City, a cement road from Wuzhaibao to Datong City, and a cement road from Wuzhaibao to Guihua City outside the Great Wall in the five-year plan. road.

If possible, he also plans to build concrete roads between each road city in the two towns.This is a huge expense. According to the standard of rural cement roads in later generations, it will cost 3 taels of silver to build a [-]-mile cement road.

With so many roads built, plus the early mining construction, agricultural construction, and the military expenses of the two towns, etc., the total may reach several million taels of silver!Where does this money come from?

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In Huang Laifu's plan, the military construction of the two towns was naturally at the top of the list.

Huang Laifu has promised to all the generals in the two towns that they will be given a full amount of food and salary every month on the day of food distribution every month, and provide them with excellent military equipment, clothing and weapons, so that they can slowly live the same life as the Wuzhaibao army. It's a good day, and they don't have to worry about that.

However, he will also severely picket all kinds of malpractices in the army.

The first is to address the problem of eating empty pay and drinking blood in the various armies.Right now, whether it is Shanxi Town or Datong Town, the vacancies for sergeants and horses in each army have reached about half, and most of the remaining army horses are old and weak.

These people are weakly trained and vulnerable, but when they receive their salary, they still get paid according to the full list of soldiers, and the income goes to those generals who are not paid. This is absolutely intolerable to Huang Laifu.

At present, Ming’s Nine Frontier Army has a total of 86 troops. Due to the increasing expenses, it is very difficult for the household department to spend. There was a mutiny.

Emperor Wanli was very worried that the situation would be difficult to deal with. As early as the first month of last year, he ordered the household and military departments to verify the number of troops on the nine sides, so as to stop the generals from paying under false names and stabilize the people's hearts.However, after the edict was issued, the disadvantages remained the same, and it had no effect, because there was a huge interest demand behind it, and there was an intricate network of relationships.

However, Huang Laifu intends to come to the real world and use iron and blood to promote his own governance. He doesn't mind some unscrupulous officials and military generals instigating some mutiny. With nearly [-] strong direct line troops, he doesn't believe that there are any rebellious troops in the two towns that he can't suppress!
Therefore, when discussing government affairs in the Governor's Mansion, Huang Laifu had already made it clear to the officials and generals from all over the meeting that at the end of this year, whether it is Shanxi Town or Datong Town, the soldiers and officers of every fort and battalion will be rewarded for decades. The first full amount of food and salary, related winter clothes and armaments, etc. will also be made up.

However, correspondingly, the Governor's Mansion will also send all the guards, governors, and grain clerks to distribute food and salaries, and roll names to disperse.This time, they are not distributed according to the roster, but according to the actual number of people.

Those who are on empty pay, it is best to go back and make up the number of people as soon as possible, and there is still a certain proportion of the old and the weak, otherwise, after returning to make a list and return to the order, the future payment will be based on the number of people approved this time, and they want to eat empty pay in the future , there are no doors.

Not only that, Huang Laifu also decided to select all the soldiers and horses in the two towns and divide them into grades, dividing them into three grades: first-class army, second-class army, and third-class army.The first-class army equipment received the best treatment. In the future, they would not need to stockpile crops, but would specialize in training, which would be used for autumn and winter defense in the two towns, or for foreign wars.

The second-class army requires a certain amount of work, but it also has several months of training.As for the C-class army, it is already considered a professional field soldier, and only needs a small amount of training time every year.Neither treatment can be compared with that of a first-class sergeant.

At present, there are more than 13 soldiers and horses in the military register of Shanxi Town, and 4 soldiers and horses in the military register of Datong Town. Of course, the actual number of soldiers is too different.Huang Laifu prepared two towns and townships to go up and down, regardless of horse gait, and selected [-] strong sergeants to become the first-class army. They were given the best treatment and equipment, trained diligently every month, and were ready to fight at any time.

Of course, in this way, becoming a sergeant and general of the first-class army is a very enviable thing, but things are not absolute. Huang Laifu decided to implement an elimination system. Every year, the sergeants will be assessed. Outstanding sergeants in the first-class army can be selected into the first-class army.And those eliminated in the first-class army will also be defeated in the second- and third-tier armies.

After Huang Laifu announced the various picketing matters of the army, it naturally made all the officials and generals feel happy and worried. Governor Huang promised that the army will be paid in full in the future, which naturally cheered up the spirits of the people in the meeting, but the subsequent matters, It also made them feel all kinds of crises in their hearts, and the past days of peace and prosperity are over.

In any case, what Huang Laifu decided was already a certainty, and everyone could only follow Huang Laifu's wishes.

After the government affairs meeting, Huang Laifu also invited civil officials and generals from all over the country to participate in the military and horse drills held by Laifu Camp and Wuzhai Camp.During the drill, everyone was shocked by the military might of the soldiers of the two battalions.

The equipment of the soldiers of the Wuzhai Fort army, their formidable combat power, and the power of the flintlock, everyone is yearning for and envious of them.The use of binoculars and bayonets also caused everyone to discuss for a while.

Especially Ma Jin and others, who have experienced battles, feel even more strongly.They realized that compared with Huang Laifu's army, the army under their own hands was vastly different in every aspect.

Huang Laifu said that in the subsequent assessment and selection of sergeants, if they can be selected into the first-class army, they will soon be able to have the same treatment and equipment as the Wuzhai Battalion, which made some generals excited.

Finally, with all sorts of complicated emotions, all the civil servants and generals of Yuhui went back. In the past few days in Wuzhai Fort, everyone felt as if they had passed away. Many people sensitively hinted that Shanxi Town With Datong Town, great changes are about to take place.

(End of this chapter)