Chapter 1063: Reorganization Matters
"Please greet Your Majesty!" As Qin Feng walked into the hall, he knelt down on the ground after hearing it. Yang Zhi took a step forward. He was standing next to Qin Feng. He couldn't stand the ceremony. He flashed to the side, but he saw clearly the people in the room, He Weiping, Chen Shaowei, Ke Zhen, and several generals with armor, but he didn't know them. He thought they were all generals in the Hulao Army. However, the one who was kneeling in the front looked familiar. After a flash of mind, he remembered that this was Liu Xingwen, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, the sons and relatives of His Majesty the Emperor. This person came here all the way from Yuejing City, of course, for the reorganization of the Hulao Army. This person is also an expert in the army. He personally led the troops and was immersed in the Ministry of War for several years. He was very clear!
"All get up!" Qin Feng waved his hand, walked straight to the middle of the lobby, and sat down. "Today is a discussion on the military affairs, so follow the rules of the military. Don't forget that I got up step by step from a soldier in the army!"
There was a laughter in the room, especially the generals who had just returned to Hulao City today, and their hearts were even more relaxed. The originally trembling thoughts stretched a lot.
Yes, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was also accomplished by a small soldier step by step, and he knew them well.
"Sit down, sit down!" Qin Feng smiled and pointed at his left and right.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone thanked each other and then sat down one by one.
"This is General Yang Zhi and General He and others know each other. During this period, General Yang went to hunt down Deng Shu and his group of people who fled. Today, they returned to Huzhu. Later, they didn't know the generals who returned to Huzhu. Let's introduce each other and they will be colleagues from now on!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
There are several meanings in this sentence. One is to explain how many people who fled Deng Shu went. Judging from the emperor's expression, he naturally had no choice but to run away. The second is that this colleague is not just a colleague in a broad sense. The matter today is about Hulao's army reorganization. The emperor's intention is that General Yang Zhi will be in the new army in Hulao in the future.
The emperor wanted to mix sand into the new army of Hulao. According to his confidants, this was expected. However, sending Yang Zhi over still made He Weiping feel shocked. This is a grandson of Yang Yihe, a former prime minister of Chu, was from a famous family and had extraordinary martial arts cultivation. He was the disciple of the Wanjian Sect most.
The Hulao army is now headed by him, so he stood up unswervingly.
"General Yang, I'll introduce you." He Weiping pointed to a general with a tiger back and a bear waist on the right head, "Su Xingyi, the general stationed in Wan County, Huzhuo."
"General Yang." Su Xingyi stood up and bowed with fists with both hands.
"There are many stars, good spirits, good names." Yang Zhi smiled and praised, clasped his fists and returned the greeting.
"This is Liu Zhiyong, the general stationed in Jing County, Hulao."
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With He Weiping's introduction one by one, the generals stood up to greet Yang Zhi. Listening to He Weiping's introduction, Yang Zhi was quite surprised. All the garrison generals outside Hulao returned to Hulao without leading the army or confronting the Ming army. You must know that the Ming army did not have much energy to take care of them at this time, and they were still trying their best to restore the order of Hulao Pass. With the order from Hulao, all of these foreign generals returned to Hulao and surrendered to the new master. This shows that Qin was indeed disloyal at this time, and not many people were still loyal to him.
As if he knew what Yang Zhi was thinking, He Weiping said: "The court took a rebellious act and conspired with Dai Shulun and others to assassinate the general. The heavens and the people resented them. All the generals were angry and were willing to join the Ming Dynasty, the uprising army, and attack Wudao."
After hearing this, Yang Zhi suddenly realized that it would be a waste not to pour this basin of dirty water on the Qin emperor. People like Su Xingyi and Liu Zhiyong were more trusted by Xiao Qiang than He Weiping, so he transferred them to Wanxian, Jingxian and other places to guard against the imperial army and horses. Xiao Qiang was assassinated and the whole family was killed. Only one Xiao Xin was left seriously injured. If these Xiao Qiang's confidant generals were not angry, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, what would a person like them get in Qin? Of course, he would have a new master and could have a good future.
"Okay, since we know each other, let's talk about the adaptation of the Hulao Army." Qin Feng said with a smile.
The adaptation of the army involves the vital interests of everyone here, and they cannot help but care. They either reach the sky in one step or sink into the fall. For generals in the army, only with the army in their hands can they naturally have strength.
"The army of 100,000,000, right now, there are probably 10,000!" Qin Feng said: "This is a large army. To be honest, we can't afford it from the Ming Dynasty. You may not know the specific situation of our Ming army. Mr. Liu, please introduce it to you!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Xingwen stood up and looked at the generals present, "Dear generals, our Ming army implements a hierarchical salary system. This is quite complicated and it is difficult to explain it to everyone for a while. I will talk about the treatment of a newly enlisted soldier, and then everyone can estimate it. A newly enlisted soldier, putting aside his full-body equipment, his usual support, will pay ten taels of silver every month. The soldiers are divided into grades based on their years in the army. The longer they stay in the army, the higher their salary. As far as I know, there are a group of whistle commanders in our army, who cannot be promoted for various reasons, but because of their special skills, the army cannot do without them, so their current salary is enough to match the income of a general."
As soon as Liu Xingwen said this, a sound of gasping in the room immediately sounded in the room. A newly enlisted recruit could get ten taels of silver in a month. This salary was indeed a bit terrifying. In the Hulao army, an ordinary soldier could get at most two taels of silver.
"So my Ming army has only more than 100,000 people so far, but these more than 100,000 people are all one to stand up." Liu Xingwen said proudly: "Every time others see our Ming army, I win less on the battlefield, but I don't see how much we invested in this army. To be honest, my Ming army is piled up with silver, and their salary and equipment are the best."
The entire Ming Dynasty had only more than 100,000 regular troops, so the Hulao army would naturally have to be significantly abolished. After listening to Liu Xingwen's introduction, everyone knew that this was impossible to change.
"The Hulao army will also become a member of the Ming army in the future, so their treatment will naturally be in line with other Ming armies, and they will not worry about being weak but uneven. If they are treated separately, there will be chaos." Liu Xingwen said: "This time, Liu came and carefully calculated with Zhang's Ministry of War that Hulao can only retain 30,000 people. This is the limit that I can support in the Ming Dynasty at present."
With one knife, two-thirds of the generals in the room couldn't help but feel distressed. However, when they thought about the treatment of the Ming army, although only 30,000 people were retained, the imperial court's investment in this army increased several times, which made the generals present have nothing to say.
"Your Majesty, you have no different opinions on retaining 30,000 soldiers. But how should you resettle the tens of thousands of people who have been lifted out? Many of them joined the army because they were not full. Now that they are sacking them is equivalent to destroying their jobs, and it is also very easy to cause trouble!" He Weiping said carefully.
"The court has already made a general plan for this matter." Qin Feng nodded: "The first step is that the soldiers who were laid off will have a severance fee. Secondly, many counties and counties in the Ming Dynasty were short of people. When they heard that Hulao Generals had a large number of soldiers, they all expressed their willingness to accept it. Now the officials of these counties are rushing to Hulao with great speed. General He, then, I am afraid that these officials will set up stalls in this Hulao City, publicize the benefits of their location, and recruit these military men to settle there!"
Liu Xingwen knew the inside story, and when Qin Feng said this, he also smiled. This problem that many people are the most difficult to solve is the easiest thing for the Ming Dynasty. For example, Fuyuan County, Yiyang, Wuling, Taoyuan and other places are still sparsely populated, which greatly delays the development of the local economy. The soldiers in Hulao are all fierce men. As long as they go to those places, they will be hard laborers. Naturally, they are red-eyed and want to come up to grab it.
"I don't know what tricks the officials in these places will play, but at least one thing is that they are the same, that is, as long as they are willing to settle down, they will be given houses, land, livestock, etc.," Qin Feng said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, when you see it, you will definitely have a lot of tricks. Only tens of thousands of people are not enough for them to share!" Liu Xingwen said. "Even the old man Ma Xiangnan would come to join in the fun."
Qin Feng laughed: "There are all this guys there. Ah, General He, the court will of course arrange the way out for the personnel. Now you still need to go down and mobilize the soldiers. After all, they are leaving their hometowns. They are always hesitant, worried and afraid."
"If this is true, then it will be easy." Su Xingyi shouted: "Your Majesty, my man in Daqin joins the army. To put it bluntly, it is because he can't survive anymore. He has at least a bite of food to eat. Now that he has such good conditions, I'm afraid those guys will rush to go! Now I'm worried, can we leave 30,000 people!"
Everyone in the room laughed.
Chapter completed!