The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 38 Wine

Tang Qing'an realized a very profound truth in the two lives.

There are people in the DPRK who are good officials.

Talent in the officialdom is secondary, and the background is the key. Even the campus cannot escape this truth.

So even if I have the vision of future generations, even if I know the future well, I still don't think that I can get rid of this truth.

People have to learn to take advantage of the trend.

Bai Yangcui understood this truth very well, so he devoted seventy percent of his energy to staying in the Shandong Provincial Inspection Division and running forward.

The chief secretary of Shandong, Bai Yangcui, also ran frequently.

After receiving Chen Ce's request, he quickly found Tang Qing'an's resume, and the files were in the capital-Shandong chief department-Liaodong capital department.

According to the process, there was nothing strange about it, but after being an official for many years, he felt something was wrong because it was too smooth.

Continue to check, it really has a big relationship.

Unfortunately, only a hundred households.

Bai Yangcui personally explained the matters that Tang Qing'an should pay attention to in the martial arts exam, and let him go with a smile on his face.

Tang Qing'an said his farewell respectfully, and when he came out, he met Ma Xuan and the others, and they had already signed up.

"Brothers, if you don't dislike it, let me do something for you, let's go for a drink together."

After hearing the words, several people readily agreed and were willing to make friends with this person. Seeing this, Ma Xuan had no choice but to go with him. A group of people went out to patrol the road and found a wine shop.

Tang Qing'an ordered meat and ordered wine.Then pour wine for everyone one by one. He is the youngest, but no one despises him.

Everyone was a military officer, they drank a glass of wine, and quickly let go. Of course, they were talking about military affairs. Now the enemy is a barbarian, and they are also talking about barbarians, and they are talking about commonplace.

There is no shortage of horses or cavalry in the army. The barbarians ride on horseback like the wind, and they can be divided and wiped out.

For example, the barbarians lived on hunting and hunting. Everyone was a sharpshooter and could ride horses since childhood, while the Ming army was all military households and had not been trained for a long time.

There is also a lot of loss of food and pay, and there is no fixed number. No one knows how much will be deducted next month, and they are often in arrears.

Tang Qing'an also gradually started to interject, speaking with something to say, Ma Xuan put away his contempt.

"Depletion is an old rule, and we can't expect to eliminate it. Everyone is used to it, but if there are rules above, it is determined how much to deduct every month, even if each person deducts one point, it is not unacceptable."

Hearing Tang Qing'an's words, everyone nodded their heads again and again, and their impressions changed to enthusiasm.

"The most fearful thing is the unknown. If there are too many deductions this month, and few will be deducted next month, everyone is worried."

Ma Xuan also agreed and sighed.

Then they asked about the details of the army, and everyone answered them one by one. Tang Qing'an and Qi Jiguang's two military books were compared and compared, and they understood the barracks more and more.

Just like the matter of attrition, Qi Jiguang's book of war solved it in this way.

Agree on the amount of loss recognized by the upper and lower levels, and then locate the constant, and then print out the amount of food per person.

Based on this as a rule, the master will come to the scene, gather all the sergeants, and collect the money by roll call, and distribute it on the spot within two days.

Although the bad habits have not been resolved, the impact of the bad habits has been eliminated to the greatest extent.

In the past, food and salaries were paid every month, because there was no agreed tacit agreement, from the fixed amount at the beginning to the payment of money to the soldiers at the end, the dissatisfaction caused by the need to appease and suppress may not be able to subside until next month.

The troubles of last month have not been dealt with, and the payment of food and salaries will start again this month, and new troubles have arisen again.

Repeatedly, the morale of the entire military camp was completely abolished only by the matter of money and food.

Why do you say that a good fighter has no great achievements?

There are also famous generals who were at the same time as Qi Jiguang in history, but in the end they were not as good as him.

Because Qi Jiguang was able to adapt to local conditions, he found a way out suitable for sergeants from the Ming Dynasty's ethos of emphasizing culture over military affairs, and then led the sergeants to victory.

They were also deprived of money and food, and were also suppressed by civil officials. Other generals either lost their morale, or indulged soldiers to plunder the people to boost morale.

And Qi Jiguang can not only do no harm to the people, but also keep the morale of the army high. This is the reason why good fighters have no great achievements.

After drinking in the morning until the afternoon, Tang Qing'an bid farewell to everyone contentedly.

Back at Chen Ce's home, Wu Jinxiao was chatting and joking with Chen Ce, and when he saw Tang Qing'an smelling of alcohol, Wu Jinxiao felt dissatisfied.

This was still at Chen Ce's house. Although the two families were family friends, Tang Qing'an was extremely undisciplined when he came back from drinking outside.

"After going to Bingxun Road, I met some friends in the army."

Tang Qing'an took the initiative to explain without waiting for the two to ask questions.

"The battalion soldiers are different from the guards, so I invited these friends in the army to drink and inquired about things in the army camp, and gained a lot."

It turned out so, Wu Jinxiao looked at Chen Ce, and Chen Ce smiled.

"It's right to have this heart. Although you are young, your uncle and I are very relieved of you, knowing that you will not mess around like other youngsters."

Tang Qing'an was very moved by Chen Ce's trust. Thinking of the future, he couldn't help but remind him.

"Although I have only been in Liaodong for a few months, I have already traveled half of Liaodong. With what I have heard and seen in the army, I am very worried about whether Shenyang will be able to survive."

After speaking, he looked at Chen Ce, wondering if he could accept his point of view.

"Just do your best. After all, there are [-] soldiers. It is not so easy for the barbarians to attack Shenyang."

Chen Ce thought to himself, if you can't win a field battle, you can't defend the city.

This year's situation is different from last year's. In the past, due to the defeat of Sarhu, there was a shortage of soldiers and morale everywhere, and the people fled to the empty city.

Now it has made up the number of [-], plus the arrangement of the Liaodong capital, Shenyang, Fengji, and Hupi echo each other as the foundation, and there are countless small forts along the way, and the defense line is as solid as gold.

After hearing Chen Ce's words, Tang Qing'an could only sigh secretly.

As the second brother said, being on the defensive is not dangerous!
Everywhere, even the military pay has not yet been clarified, how can there be a military spirit.

After all, people are soft-spoken, and if they talk too much, they will leave a bad impression.I stopped mentioning this matter, and turned to tentatively asking if there was any news of the imperial court opening a border market with the Tatars here.

Chen Ce had never heard this statement before, so he asked Tang Qing'an if he had heard any news from Jia's mansion.

"No."

Tang Qing'an explained his guess about the current situation to Chen Ce.

After hearing Tang Qing'an's train of thought, Chen Ce was amazed again and again.

It was unbelievable for a small hundred households to predict the current situation of the imperial court and Liaodong.

"What you said is very reasonable. If we can really trade with Tatar, not to mention citing the strength of the other party, at least a peace can be reached, so that Liaodong can reduce the pressure on defense."

Chen CE thought of this and couldn't sit still.

"Qing'an, you can write to Jia's mansion to ask if there is any news about this matter from the Ming court. I'm going out now to remind Mr. Jinglue."

Tang Qing'an nodded, knowing Chen Ce's intentions.

"If we can open a border market, I have some contacts in Jinling, maybe I can get in touch with a salesperson, then..."

Chen Ce glanced at Tang Qing'an, this kid has a lot of appetite.

Even if the border market really opened, he would not be able to intervene if the matter was so important, but he put his mind on it.

"You can check it out first, but be careful. This matter is no small matter. I can't protect you if something goes wrong."

(End of this chapter)