Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 49
Soon all the people came and kowtowed to Yang Chao. Yang Chao called them up and asked them one by one.

There are more than 400 soldiers under the general military attache in name, but there are only fifteen soldiers in the barracks now, and these are all the soldiers of Yang Chaoba's corps.

Among them are two officers, two general banners, one has seven subordinates, the other has eight subordinates, and each of them has a captain. According to the regulations, the captain should have twelve subordinates, but in fact the two captains They are all polished commanders, and everything is decided by the two flags.

Because these two flags are always not only officers, but also parents.

These dozens of people are all relatives of the two, brothers and nephews.

The relationship between the two flag officials didn't seem to be very good. When Yang Chao asked questions, they rushed to answer and stared at each other from time to time.

There are seven subordinates who are the chief banner officer named Chen Kuan. He is a man in his 50s, but he is still strong. He has been a soldier for more than 30 years. He is a native of Nanjing.

There are eight subordinates called Li Fu, who are also locals. They live outside Jubaomen and are military households of the right guard of the navy.

When Yang Chao asked why the barracks were so big, Li Fu replied that this was originally the barracks of Zuo Sen. At that time, there were 3000 people in the barracks. Now it is only the barracks of the corps, so it is so big and empty.

When asked why the barracks were so dilapidated, Chen Kuan said that the barracks were built in the Hongwu and Yongli dynasties, and they were renovated once when the Japanese pirates were in trouble. After the Japanese pirates were suppressed, no one repaired them. It hasn't been renovated in years.

When asked how to practice, the two chief banner officers laughed, saying that the Japanese pirates later stipulated that "the north and south chief sentries will be posted in a moderate place every five days, and the generals will be posted on the river every two months. After that, it will not work." .In Chongzhen, the Xunchen served as Cao Jiang, stealing and laziness became a habit, and being sentry and patrolling is all a false name, not real."

In short, after the trouble of the Japanese pirates, the Jiangfang drills became more than a formality. Emperor Chongzhen simply made Xun the admiral of Jiangfang. Basically, the form was gone, and no one practiced at all.

Yang Chao secretly sighed in his heart, even his own boss was bought from the master Gu Zhaoji, so he has no right to criticize others.

Yang Chao asked why vegetables were grown in the camp.

Li Fu immediately replied that the army had not been paid for many years, and everyone had to make a living, and it was not easy to support his family.

They also reported that Chen Kuan was raising pigs.

Then the two chief banner officers quarreled. Li Fu said that pigs should not be raised in the barracks, because it stinks everywhere. Chen Kuan said that vegetables should not be grown in the barracks, and there were bugs everywhere. The two couldn't settle down.

Yang Chao had just seen it when he entered the barracks. He couldn't help being dumbfounded at the time. To be honest, he didn't have any hope for the army of the Ming Dynasty. So imaginative.

After chatting with the two of them, I learned about the situation of Daying.

One of the two general banner officers led people to grow vegetables in the barracks for a living, and the other led people to raise pigs for business. Not only were they in the barracks themselves, but their families were here, and all their food, clothing, housing and transportation were settled in the barracks. .

And the soldiers under both of them are also their nephews.

If it is said that they are sincere soldiers, it is better to say that they have taken a fancy to the dozens of acres of land here and those barracks.

Yang Chao was right, the two had a deep conflict, because Li Fu's vegetables were often eaten by Chen Kuan's pigs, and the vegetable fields were smashed, and Chen Kuan's pig manure was often secretly used by Li Fu to fertilize the fields.

Therefore, not only did the two have a bad relationship, but they even led people to fight.

As for the former commander-in-chief, because he had a broken boat, he took a dozen soldiers with him to help the merchants in Jiangkou to transport goods to the other side. Who knew that he was killed by the Jiang bandits, and no one in the boat came back.

This incident has been going on for a while. Because of this incident, no one has been appointed to the post. It is considered unlucky, and no one wants to be the general manager.

Yang Chao also understood that during the time of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the camp was indeed relatively strong, sometimes there were tens of thousands of people in the military camp, and at least tens of thousands of people.

After the Japanese pirates subsided, there were fewer garrisons, but there were still 5000 people, divided into three parts, one part was the Nanjing local soldiers drawn from the military households of the guards such as the left and right guards of the navy, and there were two squadrons from other places for rotation.

But now the squadron has long been unable to rotate, and there are only these local military households in Nanjing left.

In the past, because the Zuo Division had a broken boat, the predecessor used the boat to do business and needed manpower, so he was willing to support people. Therefore, there were more than 30 people in the original team.

As for the ships in the navy, they are listed on the list of warships, but they are not actually in the battalions.

There are still [-] boats on the roster of water ships, but most of them are directly leased to water merchants by officials at all levels.

The task of escorting the grain in the water army was also handed over to the grain merchants, and some sailors simply worked for the grain merchants under the leadership of the officers.

It stands to reason that the ships of the navy are all manufactured by the Longjiang Shipyard behind the barracks. When Yang Chao just passed by, he saw that the shipyard was still booming, and the large and small docks were full of ships under construction.

In fact, they are all made for businessmen. The craftsmen and supervisors of these shipyards privately use the equipment and materials of the shipyard to make money for themselves.

According to Li Fu and Chen Kuan's words, that's called relying on mountains to eat mountains, borrowing chickens to lay eggs, just like they grow vegetables and raise pigs.

After the questioning, Yang Chao didn't say anything, but the two general banner officials did. They said that they would pay Yang Chao a sum of money every month according to the rules. Yang Chao's income from raising pigs and growing vegetables was part of Yang Chao's income. About one to three taels of silver per month.

Yang Chao didn't say he was satisfied or dissatisfied. After asking, he dismissed the two chief banner officers.

Walking around in the barracks, I found that the vacant land has been cultivated for vegetable fields, and many barracks have been converted into pig pens.

I heard that the entire Xinjiangkou naval camp is like this.

There used to be an army of tens of thousands of people, but now there are fewer than 1000, and there is no drill at all. Many recruits have never seen weapons after serving as soldiers for several years.

Yang Chao went home before noon.

The situation of the navy camp was beyond Yang Chao's imagination, especially since there were not even a decent soldier, so it was still called a military camp.

Yang Chao knew that the imperial court was not unable to recruit soldiers, but could not afford to support them.

If you want to recruit soldiers, those soldiers have to be supported by officers, so no officers ask to fill the vacancies above.

Moreover, many local soldiers do not usually go to the barracks, but live at home all the year round and do other work to support their families. The officers not only did not stop them, but even secretly encouraged such registered soldiers to flee, because for every soldier missing, he would get an extra salary.

Yang Chao was still full of enthusiasm, but a scoop of cold water hit him, which made him extremely disappointed.

I thought that I would strictly restrain my subordinates, train hard, and train an elite soldier.

But it turned out that there were no soldiers for him to train at all. If he really wanted to recruit soldiers, he had to raise them himself.

Family dinner at night.

Father Yang Yong was the last to know the news that Yang Chao became an official, he couldn't believe it at all.

Finally, at the request of his mother and the instigation of his younger sister, Yang Chao simply put on the seventh-rank official uniform again.

Seeing his son in official uniform, Yang Yongcai had no choice but to believe it.

"Damn, really, really become an official!"

Yang Yong opened his eyes and muttered.

Then suddenly he became bewildered, turned left and right, couldn't stop, and kept chanting 'I'm an official'.

Yang Chao was startled by this, and he was also happy to be an official, but his family members were happier, and his father was even happier.

Yang Chao couldn't help worrying. After reading "Fan Jinzhongju", he knew that a scholar in the Ming Dynasty could make a scholar go crazy with joy. If he became an official, his father wouldn't be too happy.

"Father, are you okay!"

Yang Chao had already picked up the jug, intending to spray his father's face with wine to calm him down.

Father waved his hand, but the muscles on his face trembled uncontrollably, and he kept giggling.

He squeezed out a few words: "It's okay, dad is happy, dad is happy!"

Tears came out as he spoke.

It has been delayed for more than half an hour before my father was able to eat at the table, and his face would twitch from time to time, making two hey heys.

In order to divert attention, Yang Chao chatted with him.

Later, my father casually mentioned that he met the housekeeper of Xu's family today, and the housekeeper treated him very well, and said that if the family had difficulties, the debt would be easy to talk about, so don't worry.

My father thought this was a happy event. It seemed that my family had changed their fortunes. Not only did my son become an official, but even the Xu family became more polite to me. The so-called step by step, maybe the Yang family will prosper immediately.

Hearing this news, Yang Chao felt more at ease, he invited Xu Zhongxiao to Ruan's house for a purpose.

Among the officials, besides Yang Wencong, the civil servant, Xu Zhongxiao, the Jinyiwei Baihu, was also invited.

At that time, the number of places was limited, and if one more scribe could be invited, it would give him more influence. Xu Zhongxiao wasted a place and hired for no other reason than to frighten him and keep him quiet for a while.

After this period of time, it's time for Yang Chao to get rid of him, so he doesn't need to live in the shadow of Jin Yiwei's power.

Yang Chao's purpose is clear, it is to frighten Xu Zhongxiao, let Xu Zhongxiao see that he is related to many important figures, and let him suspend or give up his plan to bully the Yang family.

But Yang Chao didn't intend to let it go. Xu Zhongxiao almost beat his father to death, and later he dared to ask his younger sister to work as a servant in her house. This revenge must be avenged.

More importantly, Yang Chao knew that he was still bluffing. He did know those big shots, but he was not at all sure that those big shots would stand up for him. Once something happened, let alone Zhang Pu and Zhou Yanru, it would be Ruan Dacheng. I don't care about myself anymore.

These people are currently only on their own network, and when they find the right opportunity, they will become an extremely powerful help.

But Yang Chao's own identity is not very reliable on this network. To put it bluntly, he is just a name, so that people know that there is a number one person like him in the circle. other people.

Therefore, Yang Chao could only scare Xu Zhongxiao into being cautious for a while, and dare not force the Yang family to go too far, because Yang Chao knew that he had no real power, but Xu Zhongxiao didn't know, he would definitely be concerned about whether there was any powerful force behind Yang Chao, as long as Xu Zhongxiao didn't Knowing the details of Yang Chao completely, Yang Chao is a bow that can't be drawn, so Xu Zhongxiao must be on guard.

But if Yang Chao can't use this net to increase his strength as soon as possible, climb to a higher position in the circle as soon as possible, and instead of advancing, he will probably fade out of this net soon. At that time, Xu Zhongxiao sees through his own reality and starts to act like a wolf. Time to hook up again.

Therefore, Yang Chao had to completely knock down Xu Zhongxiao, and he had to be beaten as soon as possible in order to relieve his threat to his family.

Otherwise, when Xu Zhongxiao realized that Yang Chao had only one skin, Yang Chao would be the one who died.

This time, I not only frightened Xu Zhongxiao once, but also cheated Xu Zhongxiao with 1 taels of silver, and I have already made a big enmity with the Xu family.

With Xu Zhongxiao's character and disposition, he will not give up until he pays back a hundred times and a thousand times.

But Yang Chao still had to wait, the time was not yet, at least he had to receive the news that Zhou Yanru had become the chief assistant before he could act.

Because only at that time, Yang Chao can take advantage of Zhou Yanru's limelight to climb a certain distance on this web.

In order to master more powerful power.

(End of this chapter)