Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 200 Three War Zones
In the 17th year of Chongzhen, on the tenth day of November, Xiangyang officially held a grand ceremony to officially announce the canonization of King Yu to the world.

At the same time, all the generals under his command were rewarded.

Zhu Meng, Li Jizu, Li Jingwu, You Shiwei, Bai Wang, Wang Guangen, Xin Wencheng, Liu Tingjie, Hui Dengxiang, Yan Guochao, Qin Yiming and others were all named general soldiers.

The deputy generals are all generals.

And generals like Sichuan, such as Zeng Ying, have pledged their allegiance in advance, and commanded [-] troops, stationed at Dasan Pass, and listed as the general army.

But Yang Zhan, Cao Xun, and Wang Xiang, with a command of [-] troops, can only be ranked as deputy commanders.

Chen Dong, who manages the military camp for Zhu Yixi, is also the deputy commander.

If you add Chen Yongfu and Zhao Guangyuan, who have long been the chief soldiers, the total number of general soldiers under his command will exceed 14 people.

This is a good statistic for soldiers and horses.

Xin Wencheng in Xianrenguan and Zeng Ying in Dashanguan both have 5000 people.

Zhao Guangyuan and Qin Yiming were in Sichuan, and each had [-] soldiers.

The remaining ten general soldiers have an average of [-] soldiers and horses, which is [-].

Plus [-] soldiers from the pro-barracks, [-] from the firearms battalion, and nearly [-] soldiers from the three Sichuan generals.

The ranks of the generals are distinguished according to the number of soldiers and horses under their command: eight thousand, five thousand, three thousand.

Under Yu Wang's command, the number of soldiers alone exceeded 200,000. If tens of thousands of local defenders were added, it would not be too much to call for [-] soldiers.

At the end of the canonization ceremony, the king of Yu issued a large reward, and all soldiers and generals received three times the monthly salary.

Now, nearly 400,000 silver dollars were withdrawn from the treasury.

All of a sudden, the crowd was full of enthusiasm and gratitude, and their love and admiration for His Royal Highness Prince Yu was heart-pounding.

"His Royal Highness actually took out all the silver coins minted in the past half a month."

Zhao Shu frowned, feeling quite uncomfortable with this aggressive way of spending money.

"Military and political department, put the army first, and the commander has to get used to it."

Yan Chongxin looked at the noisy King Yu who was surrounded by generals, and he couldn't help but said: "Relying on such rewards, and marching and fighting, the military and political department may not be able to bear it!"

"Who said no!"

Zhao Shu sighed, and said in a low voice: "One hundred thousand soldiers, plus guards, salary plus daily food, the monthly consumption is more than two hundred thousand taels."

"Fortunately, the folks accept silver coins quickly, saving a little, otherwise they would have to eat silver coins."

From official salary to military salary, merchants accept silver coins very quickly, and they are happy with this kind of silver coin that saves worry and effort, and the key is that they can pay taxes.

Once merchants accept it, it will naturally circulate among the people.

Xiangyang Mansion is filled with silver coins and silver cents, and the profit from minting coins has already exceeded 100,000 yuan.

"The transshipment department received feedback that merchants are happy with silver coins, but at the same time they are also complaining that silver coins are worth two cents, and they are too big to be found."

Yan Chongxin said with a low laugh, the meaning in the words was obvious.

Zhao Shu is not an idiot either, he immediately understood the meaning: "Casting copper coins?"

"In Nanjing, I'm afraid it's hard to explain."

The circulation of copper coins is too large, which determines his profit, which is beyond imagination.

However, copper coins are a symbol of the imperial court, and the political taboo is too deep.

"The copper coin has a circle on the outside and a square on the inside. Let's imitate the silver coin and make a copper coin."

Yan Chongxin laughed softly: "A solid copper coin has no holes and only has a square shape. How can it be called a copper coin?"

These words moved Zhao Shu's heart.

Seeing this, Yan Chongxin stepped up his efforts: "Privately minted copper coins are brittle and thin, Chongzhen Tongbao has Xiaoping, and they are two, five, and ten coins. It can be described as chaotic."

"It's very inconvenient for ordinary people, and I wait for the transshipment department to collect taxes, and it's easy to be fooled."

Historically, casting copper coins is a loss-making business, so the market is flooded with a lot of former currencies, as well as a lot of counterfeit and bad coins.

The most obvious is that after the folks smelt the official copper coins, they are mixed with tin, lead, etc. For example, copper coins with a copper content of [-]% can be mixed with more lead to become [-]% copper.

The remaining half is purely earned.

Currency confusion naturally causes tax and financial inconvenience.

"I see!"

Zhao Shu nodded, and said softly: "This matter has to be discussed in a long-term way, and His Highness must nod."

"Of course." Yan Chongxin's face was full of joy, that's for sure.

And His Royal Highness King Yu, who was in the center of the crowd, exchanged greetings with the generals.

"Shiwei, this battle was not bad, and it showed the prestige of our Qin army."

Facing King Yu's praise, You Shiwei was not as unruly as a frontier general, with a shy expression: "Thanks to the blessing of Your Highness, the last general will show his skills!"

The faces of the rest of the generals are ugly, and you are the only one who deserves the credit?

Of course Zhu Yixi paid attention to this, but he didn't take it seriously. He patted You Shiwei on the shoulder and said:

"Keep it up."

As he spoke, he asked the generals to sit down, pretending to be leisurely and said: "Now that Huguang and Sichuan have been captured, the number of generals has increased a lot, and it will be inconvenient to dispatch troops as in the past, and it is easy to delay the opportunity of battle. "

As soon as these words came out, all the generals immediately held their breath and stared intently at King Yu's unparalleled handsome face, with anticipation in their eyes.

They are overcooked.

Isn't this what the whole army means?

Sanguan once, Xiangyang once, and now it's coming again.

They are all general soldiers, who doesn't want to go one step further?
Zhu Yixi was condescending, seeing the expressions of everyone, there were greed, expectation, shock, and calmness inside.

Chen Yongfu, Zhao Guangyuan, and You Shiwei, who were alone, forcibly suppressed their emotions.

"I would like to divide the three major regions, namely Hanzhong, Nanyang, and Jiujiang."

"The chief of the war zone is to control, to govern the army at the top, and to rule the people at the bottom."

Controlling, I am too familiar with it.

You Shiwei was overjoyed. Didn't I take the role in the fight against Jiujiang before?
Chen Yongfu is also excited. He is in Nanyang, so why not appease the people?
"President Hui Deng, Bai Wang."

"The end is here!"

Hui Deng couldn't help being overjoyed, the feather fan in his hand fell instantly, and he hurriedly picked it up.

Bai Wang couldn't help himself.

"Prime Minister Huideng is in charge and stationed in Jiujiang, and Bai Wang is the deputy in charge, stationed in Huangmei, commanding the people and training the navy."

Zhu Yixi ordered decisively.

"The last general will live up to His Highness' trust."

Prime Minister Whedon yelled, and the scars on his face seemed to dance.

Bai Wang took a deep breath. Although he was below Hui Dengxiang, he had crossed a level after all.

You Shiwei was disappointed.

This is also inevitable.

After all, Jiujiang is different. You Shiwei is a general beside him, and he is still loyal to the Ming court. Even if he is loyal to him now, he has to guard against it.

Hui Dengxiang and Bai Wang are traditional thieves, so it is easier to rest assured.

Zhu Yixi continued: "The ruler of Hanzhong is Zeng Ying, and the deputy governor is Xin Wencheng. Now the thieves are restless, you should be careful."

"The last general takes orders!" The two took orders.

This is expected, and no one wants to snatch it.

"As for Nanyang!"

Zhu Yixi looked at the tense Chen Yongfu, and couldn't help laughing: "Chen Yongfu is the commander, stationed in Nanyang, and You Shiwei is the deputy commander, guarding Wuguan."

"The last general obeys!" The two looked at each other and agreed in unison.

Just when the generals thought it was over, King Yu didn't want to rest, and said again:

"In addition to the three major theaters, there are also three major military regions, which are the defense regions."

"Lead the guards, drill the army, and wipe out the thieves."

Now, the meaning is clear, isn't it the defender of the place?
It's a pity that everyone's interest is not high, guarding the territory, where there is no joy in fighting and making military exploits.

Zhu Yixi glanced at it, and said to himself: "The defense areas are Sichuan, Dongting Hubei, and Dongting Hunan."

"The governor of Sichuan is Zhao Guangyuan, and the deputy commander is Qin Yiming."

Zhao Guangyuan is not capable enough, and Qin Yiming has obvious character flaws, it is best to stay in Sichuan.

Both of them agreed happily.

(End of this chapter)