The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 664

Xu Fuzuo, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, arrived in Jizhen in August, and was stationed in the Santun Camp on the east side of Zunhua County, together with the Zhongyi Zhongwei Office.

Santunying, with the qualifications of the Jizhen government office, governs the sea in the south, the border in the north, the mountains and seas in the east, and Juyong in the west. It is the military command center of "The First Pivot of Tiger Watching Yunliu" and "Nine Passes and Fish Keys Controlling Ambition".

After arriving here, Xu Fuzuo found that the location is really bad, because not far to the north is Xifeng Pass and Qingshan Pass.

This is the usual route for the Qing soldiers to enter the customs, the front line.

Fortunately, at this time, he was completely Ding Yi's man.

This time he brought three thousand soldiers and horses, all of which were elite soldiers given to him by Ding Yi. Three thousand elite soldiers were enough to equal thirty thousand ordinary Ming troops.

There are also [-] soldiers and horses left by Chen Guowei and Wu Guojun, the former generals of Ji Town.

There are so many soldiers and horses here. Chen Guowei and Wu Guojun led troops out many times and participated in several battles. There are still more than 3 soldiers and horses left, but Xu Fuzou found a battalion at random and saw that they were all rotten fish. Shrimp, old, weak, sick and disabled, only two of the [-] family members whose chief soldiers were beheaded can still fight.

During the Wanli period, there were 10 people registered in Jizhen, but You Jixian, the general soldier at that time, said that only [-] people could fight.

Among the 4000 people now, Xu Fuzuo Mao estimates that there are only about [-] people who can really be called young and strong.

At this time, there were also general Wu Shuifu and guerrilla He Daping who came with him.

These two are from the original Wang Weizhong's department, and they are also fierce fighters from Xu Dabao.

He Daping even lost three fingers of his left hand in the battle against Dorgon in Qingshuibo, and almost retired from serious injuries.

But this time I followed Xu Fuzao.

After discussing with the two, Xu Fuzuo decided to draw 3 soldiers from more than 6000 soldiers and horses to train again.

After training, they were disrupted, and the three thousand elite soldiers brought by Xu were divided into three, one thousand veterans led two thousand new recruits, and the nine thousand soldiers were divided into two battalions.

Xu Fuzuo personally led a battalion to garrison the Santun camp.

Wu Shuifu led a battalion to station in Leting County.

He Daping led a battalion to defend Yongping.

Among them, the east of Laoting County is the salt land, and the south is the sea.

In the future, Ding Yi's ship can transport grain and ordnance here, and at the same time occupy the local salt field of Qianhusuo in the east, killing two birds with one stone.

The 2 elite soldiers were paid and rationed by Ding Yi, and the other [-] people hoarded fields on the spot, boiled salt, and built the Great Wall such as Xifengkou.

This time the imperial court gave Jizhen 140 soldiers and [-] million salaries.

At this time, the payment was already being collected, but of course not so much was collected, but more people were forced to rebel.

Xu Fuzuo also estimated that he would not be able to get so much. Based on previous experience, if he could get one-tenth of the salary, 14 would be considered good.

In addition to the [-] elite soldiers raised by Ding Yi, the salaries issued by the imperial court will be used for hoarding fields, cooking salt and building the Great Wall.

As for how to use it, you have to think carefully about how to motivate them.

In this regard, Ding Yi's people are the most experienced and have the most methods.

At the beginning of August, Xu Fuzuo, Wu Shuixuan, and He Daping took turns running all over the Ming army.

Every time a battalion arrives, first surround the whole battalion with soldiers and horses, and then gather the local Ming army.

"The imperial court wants us to retrain the soldiers and horses of Jizhen, and we need to select elites from the battalions."

"Those who dare to fight Jiannu in the wild, bloody battle, stand up."

There was silence in the camp, and no one responded.

Many people's faces were indifferent and indifferent, as if the war had nothing to do with them, and some people were eager to try, but many people had blood feuds with Jiannu.

At this moment, the group performances that had been arranged in the camp earlier began to make noise.

"Is there any pay? If there is no pay, who is willing to work hard."

That's right, there was a commotion below, and many people spoke one after another.

Some people even said that you can't fight even if you are paid, and you will die if you fight Jiannu, they are invincible.

"Don't make any noise." Someone nearby stopped them loudly.

"This time the town will be restructured, and the battalions will be divided into three types."

"One is a soldier, an ordinary soldier, and one tael of silver is paid every month. The real money is not deducted, and all of them are obtained."

Wow, the crowd is slightly excited, but it's just Wei Wei, the money is really not much.

"Soldiers only train and don't work. They provide three meals a day. They often have fish and meat. They get real money every month. One or two silver. There is another reward when there is a battle."

The military camp provides food, so the salary is not bad.

Someone is tempted.

"How much is the captain?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"Four taels per month."

"What about the boss?"

"Two on the sixth day of the month."

"Is it really not deductible?"

"Whoever embezzles is a grandson, behead his mother."

"Damn it, I fought with Tartar." A big man stood up and looked at his clothes, he seemed to be the boss.

"I did it too." Someone stood up again.

Then more and more people stood up.

Pull the people who stand up to the side. Some people look like old soldiers, and there is a potbellied, oily and pink-faced person. At first glance, they don’t look like they can fight. They are all pulled to the other side first. Besides.

After the first batch of soldiers were separated, Xu Fuzuo called out again: "Soldiers are not what you want to be. If you fail the assessment or training, you will be sent back."

The scene was booed.

Then go on.

Another choice is to hoard soldiers, farm and cook salt, and eat for free. The same is five coins per person per month, but the output of hoarding land and boiling salt belongs to the imperial court (actually Ding Yi).

Cattle and seed tools were all provided by the imperial court.

During the slack season and when the salt is not boiled, training is required. (That is, train them for a few months every year.)
Immediately someone asked again, what if the harvest is not good due to natural disasters and there is no production?
Xu Dao: "The same amount of money will be issued, how much you plant, and how much you pay."

"How much is the total?" Someone asked again.

"Hoarding soldiers is all five coins, regardless of rank."

"Is there any fish or meat?"

"There is less fish and meat, so it is not as good as a warrior."

So many people went to stockpile soldiers, but they didn't want to fight. Some people who had gone to war soldiers also wanted to stockpile soldiers.

The officers didn't want to go, they were exactly the same as ordinary soldiers.

Then again, choose another auxiliary soldier.

They specialize in building cities, forts, houses, digging pits, transporting goods, and providing food. They pay five dollars a month and do not participate in training.

This is also, fish and meat are not as good as warriors.

Some hoarders listened and felt that they still needed to eat more fish, so they went back to the routine of soldiers.

In this way, Xu Fuzuo re-selected more than 3 soldiers from Jizhen. First, more than 6000 soldiers were selected, and then more than 1 hoarded soldiers were selected, and nearly 1 were selected as auxiliary soldiers.

During the period, because auxiliary soldiers and hoarding soldiers had the same salaries regardless of rank, only a small number of managers were held by Ding Yi's men and horses. Many officers were not resettled, and they were unwilling to serve as soldiers. There were many riots, all of which were directly beheaded by Xu Fuzuo , and then took advantage of the excuse of training to clean up a group of veterans.

By the end of that year, Ji Town had newly formed three battalions and [-] soldiers and horses, which were divided into three camps, Yongping, and Lexiang County.

There are also more than 1 hoarded soldiers. According to Dengzhou's experience, a fort is built for every 100 people, and a total of 20 mu of land is hoarded around the fort.

The fields here used to belong to Ji Town, but none of the soldiers in Ji Town had done a good job in farming. Now that it is in the hands of Ding Yi, it will definitely increase a lot of production.

Only rice, wheat and soybeans are grown here, not sweet potatoes and potatoes, but every year Ding Yi will bring cooked potatoes and finished dried sweet potatoes and cakes for them to eat.

In addition, the scale of the salt field here is not as large as that of Lushun. In addition to being enough for their own use, it can supply a small amount to the other nine important towns next door.

Only after the reorganization of Jizhen, Ding Yi gained six thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers.

Ji Town's income and expenditure are also relatively large.

Although the imperial court collects salaries, it has never been paid as required.

Calculated from previous days' experience, one-tenth of the money you get in the end, 14 silver is considered a success.

And the food is all stored by oneself, because Yang Sichang's strategy is to let the nine border towns store their own fields and be self-sufficient.

Assume that the imperial court finally gave 14 silver.

And Ding Yi's expenditure in the next year will be more than 5000 people's wages and food, totaling nearly 70 million taels.

The imperial court will provide some cattle, seeds, and tools, but it is definitely not enough. Ding Yi will spend at least 5 taels in this regard.

In addition to the material cost of building the fort and the salt factory, and the military equipment, horses, vehicles and other costs of adding 40 soldiers and horses, it will add up to about [-] taels.

Then in the next year, Ding Yi will invest at least 100 million yuan, which is similar to the government's salary. (Also because of Ding Yi's low cost)
It will be better next year. If there is a bumper harvest, at least 40 stone grains can be obtained.

And military equipment is a fixed investment, which will be much less next year, so that next year Ding Yi can invest a maximum of 30 to 40 yuan to support it.

It is not too much to spend 40 to 3 a year to support more than [-] people.

Ding Yi planned that the land would not be divided for the first three years. He would raise and stockpile the auxiliary soldiers himself, and all the food he planted would belong to himself. After three years, depending on the situation, he could divide the land like Dengzhou Lushun, and start collecting land taxes.

In this way, the initial investment is huge, and the income after three years will be relatively small, but the expenditure will also be small.

But income and expenditure are still trivial matters. The key is to train [-] elite soldiers, which is almost equivalent to controlling the most important territory west of Shanhaiguan.

So in the 12th year of Chongzhen, Xu Fuzuo and Ding Yi's people built the city, boiled salt, and trained soldiers in Jizhen. Reinforce, then dig holes, build bunkers.

After Xu Fuzuo managed the place well, it would be difficult for the Qing soldiers to come and go in and out in the future.

When Xu Fuzuo was working here, Wang Weizhong was doing the same in Linqing. He recruited the local battalion to work, paid a small amount of money, and found a place to stock up on the land, otherwise the expenditure would be too large.

The same was true after Shen Shikui arrived in Tianjin. The three commanders hoarded fields and trained troops in their own territories.

At this time, the imperial court had just finished a meeting and asked the general soldiers from all walks of life to cooperate with the local governors in training and collecting salaries. However, only these three general soldiers of Ding Yi really did this in the entire Ming Dynasty.

They worked hard to help Ding Yi occupy territory, train troops, stockpile grain fields, and accumulate strength.

In September, Ding Yi took a boat by sea, first to Tianjin, and then to Leting County (then from Leting to Jizhen), and delivered 12 [-]-pound cannons to each of the two towns, and then inspected and paid him. soldiers and horses.

At this time, he was also very relieved of the general soldiers outside. After all, all the elite soldiers were trained by his people, and almost all the middle and high-level officers were his people.

Even Xu Fuzuo now has no servants, only a hundred soldiers.

After seeing Tianjin and Jizhen, Ding Yi couldn't even imagine that the Ming Dynasty would fail like this.

There are at least hundreds of thousands of acres of land that can be stored in the two places, and the sum of each thousand households alone is at least 50 million.

However, a large number of local military households fled, thousands of households survived in name only, and countless fields in the guards were left unattended, and because the Qing soldiers entered the pass from here many times, the common people also fled one after another, and the common people's fields were left unattended. Money, soldiers have no pay, no fighting spirit, and they will be defeated in one battle.

In the final analysis, no one farms well.

Officials don't want to farm, soldiers don't have the strength or desire to farm, and everyone doesn't farm. The court can't collect taxes, can't collect taxes, can't pay food, and soldiers can't fight wars, thus forming a vicious circle.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were only two people who did well in this area. One was Lu Xiangsheng. He devoted himself to hoarding fields at the time of Governor Xuanfu and Datong. Just stored more than 20 stones, and even trained tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xuanda Mountain. This ability to hoard fields made Ding Yi feel ashamed.

Chongzhen praised him well back then and asked Jiu Bian to learn from him.

However, in the end, he was sold to the Qing soldiers by Chongzhen, and the elite soldiers trained were almost completely damaged.

Another one who did well was Sun Chuanting. When Sun Chuanting was in Shaanxi, he trained soldiers and hoarded fields, trained more than 1 Qin soldiers, and defeated Gao Yingxiang. This year he resigned because of deafness. Close is three years.

The two most skilled soldiers in Ming Dynasty were killed by Chongzhen.

The other generals have no intention of hoarding fields, what kind of fields are they hoarding?There will be someone from above to distribute the salary. When the salary arrives, we will eat and eat and then collect the benefits. It will be tens of thousands to 10 taels a year. Why spend so much effort on hoarding the land?

So after passing through Tianjin and Ji Town, Ding Yi was overjoyed to see so many grain fields in the area deserted.

"Hoard the fields well, and there will be a bumper harvest in a year." He said happily to Xu Fuzuo and others.

All the generals nodded.

But hoarding the land is easy and not easy. The preparation of cattle, tools, and canal repairs in the early stage all require a lot of investment.

Fortunately, this time the imperial court issued an order to get the local governor to cooperate. Many things were provided by the imperial court and supported by Ding Yi, and the efficiency gradually increased.

Ding Yi took some time to go around Zhuanji Town and summoned all the officers of the [-] troops here.

Then go to Tianjin.

Ji Town is a big town, Tianjin does not have so many soldiers. When Ma Yan was the general soldier of Tianjin, he had more than 4000 soldiers and horses, and the imperial court had [-] soldiers and horses. He was half paid, but his predecessor was like this. It has nothing to do with him, and at this time the court is also dissatisfied with paying so much.

In order to give up the position to Shen Shikui, Ma Yuan was moved to Gansu, and went to Gansu two years earlier than the original history.

When he left, he took his servants and two thousand strong men with him, and left about two thousand old and weak for Shen Shikui.

Shen Shikui brought more than 3000 elites to Tianjin, accompanied by Liu Zonghe, He Guoqing, and other Dongjiang generals.

Tianjin was relatively lightly affected by the disaster, and there were still a small number of people. Shen Shikui gathered the people, plus two thousand old and weak, and began to hoard land.

So his soldiers and horses are not as many as Xu Fu's, but still more than 3000.

After Ding Yi had seen Tianjin, he set a target for him. Next year, soldiers and horses should be trained to [-], and farmland should reach [-] mu.

Shandong will support everything needed.

Shen Shikui readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)