The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 294 Reorganization of Military Law
To be honest, Chen Wang didn't know much about civil affairs matters. Wang Yuankang was basically in charge.

Of course, in terms of finance, managing warehouses, settling accounts, and a series of other important positions, these are all people directly appointed by Chen Wang.

These are critical positions, and naturally it is impossible to leave them all to Wang Yuankang.

Many things need to be settled in the early stages. At the beginning, Chen Wang already had a framework and made arrangements.

Tang Shiping managed the military affairs, Wang Yuankang managed the civil affairs, and Hu Zhiyi managed the finances.

As for military power, it was firmly held by Chen Wang.

Chen Wang put down the book in his hand. Now that the development of Hanzhong Wei is on the right track, it is enough to maintain a balance between revenue and expenditure.

At the very beginning, Chen Wang thought about many ways to make money, such as boiling saltpeter, perfume, etc.

But in the end, these methods were not used except for boiling saltpeter.

Saltpeter is not only a commodity that can be traded, but also a strategic material. Naturally, the more the better, so the method of boiling saltpeter is to use it.

But the plan to make perfume and other products was ultimately shelved by Chen Wang.

Commodities are not equal to money. For commodities to turn into money, there must be a market that can digest the commodities.

The number of people in Hanzhong Mansion is limited, and many wealthy and powerful people have been killed by rogue bandits in the past few years, so the market is very small.

Hanzhong Prefecture is located at the junction of Sichuan, Huguang and Shaanxi provinces and is surrounded by mountains. Therefore, transportation is inconvenient and transportation costs are bound to be much higher.

Sichuan has gone through several turmoils and is no longer as prosperous as it was in Wanli. In addition, due to the high mountains and long distances, transportation costs have increased dramatically, so it is naturally not suitable for use as a market.

Although Huguang is considered wealthy, wars have been endless in recent years. Yunxiang and other places have been fighting everywhere in these years. Even in the year when the unrest was quelled, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai still set up checkpoints on the trade roads to collect heavy taxes. Naturally, It cannot be sold either.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Jiangnan area was extremely prosperous, and the market was indeed large enough. By transporting more goods by water, you might be able to earn a lot of money.

But to transport it from Hanzhong Prefecture to Jiangnan, it also needs to pass through Huguang, and Yunxiang still cannot be bypassed.

Moreover, the situation in Jiangnan is complicated, and there will probably be a lot of unexpected situations.

Not to mention Shaanxi, which has suffered from natural and man-made disasters for more than ten years. What they urgently need most is food, not commodities.

And later, Chen Wang became the deputy commander-in-chief of Hanzhong Town.

Chen Wangcai discovered that the most profitable business in the world is business without capital.

Now he can have so many mines and fields under his hands, relying on the authority in his hands and the steel knife to get them.

The mainland cannot do maritime trade, and the income from minerals, salt, and grain is the real bulk.

Now Chen Wang has taken over all the private salt sales in Hanzhong Mansion.

Those who sell illegal salt below will, without exception, pay a tax to Chen Wang.

Those caravans arriving from various provinces will naturally give Chen Wang a Cheng Yi. This Cheng Yi has been a long-standing unspoken rule.

"How much money is left in the treasury?"

After Chen Wang pondered for a moment, he asked Hu Zhiyi.

"There are 890 seven taels of gold in the treasury, and there are 350 six taels, seven cents and three cents of silver."

"The current monthly expenditure is around 5000 taels, which is mainly used for building cities and houses, hoarding military rations, purchasing livestock, building water conservancy projects, and making ordnance."

Hu Zhiyi took a ledger from the hands of the guards behind him and handed it to Chen Wang.

"The number of soldiers in Hanzhong Town has been increased, and the imperial court has issued military pay for 400 people. It is the same as our situation in Jiliao. The monthly payment is not enough, and there are 9000 taels."

In fact, during Qi Jiguang's era, all the generals and commanders knew that Qi Jun could fight. Even the Liaodong Army at that time had to admit that all the soldiers under his command could fight according to Qi Jiguang's training.

But except for Qi Jiguang who trained his troops like this, no one else trained his troops like this.

One of the deepest reasons for this is that the military pay in most camps and towns is not guaranteed to be sufficient.

Qi Jiguang was able to receive sufficient military pay because Zhang Juzheng stood behind him and supported him many times.

"These 9000 taels are still taken care of by people above. Other camps and towns get less than us."

Chen Wang took the account book, glanced at it, and put it down.

"The 730 million taels collected from the training salary were deducted layer by layer from the capital. If we can get half of it, it means that the officials have some conscience."

Before Yang Sichang went south this time, he offered advice to Chongzhen.

It is believed that although there are many soldiers in each town, they are too scattered among the cities. The guerrillas, garrison officers, and generals each lead a battalion of soldiers and horses. This is fine in normal times, but in the event of a battle, it is difficult to cooperate.

Therefore, Yang Sichang asked for "training pay" on the grounds of training the border troops and training elite soldiers.

In June of the 12th year of Chongzhen, the imperial court officially ordered to increase training rates.

The so-called salary training and calligraphy training are due to the use of salary money to train frontier soldiers and additionally train militiamen.

An additional land tax of one cent per mu was levied, totaling 730 million taels across the country.

Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi, Yansui, Ningxia and other towns each selected elite troops from the army to train, and the training was directly led by the general, governor, and governor.

According to the government order, a total of 73 soldiers will be trained in each town and 73 elite soldiers will be trained.

Chen Wang knows very well what the situation will be like at the end of the training period.

"The total number of trained soldiers is more than 73. It is amazing to be able to train more than 7 elite soldiers."

If you can really train 73 elite soldiers, let alone build slaves and bandits, you can defeat half of the earth.

The idea is good, but how can such a decree be implemented?

Each town just falsely reported a training number, reorganized the troops at will, and solved the problem.

With the help of the name of training, the local government can search harder.

The amount collected into the national treasury is 730 million taels, and the amount collected locally may be more than 400 million taels, while the amount distributed to the towns may only be [-] to [-] million taels.

After arriving in each town, the generals and schools at all levels were interrogating each other. I am afraid that they would have been divided up before they were distributed to the soldiers.

That's what happened with Liao's pay. Those millions of Liao's pay that went into the hands of ordinary soldiers were barely enough to support their families.

Everyone is already accustomed to it, and these things are well known to everyone in the officialdom.

"The monthly increase is about 9000 taels. According to the previous specifications, it can just cover the military salary of the general's main barracks."

During the period of staying behind, Hu Zhiyi has been in charge of finance and military affairs in Hanzhong, and his skills such as arithmetic have naturally improved a lot.

Originally, the standard for individual military pay was three liang per month for cavalry and one liang and a half per month for infantry. Of course, the army was also subdivided into assessment levels, and the military pay received was different depending on the assessment level.

After the restructuring, the rating is still fourth class. The infantry is [-] taels per month for the upper class, [-] tael and a half for the standard, and [-] tael for the lower class. Those who fail to pass will be dismissed from the army three times. The cavalry is also divided into four classes, and military pay is increased or decreased according to the infantry regulations. .

The imperial court now assigns five thousand troops to Chen Wangzheng's barracks.

In view of the actual situation, Chen Wang did not plan to recruit more cavalry. He still only retained one cavalry unit and recruited infantry for the remaining four units.

One unit of cavalry and four units of infantry. The monthly military salary expenditure is exactly 9000 taels of silver.

"Has the general decided how to distribute the military pay to the remaining battalions?"

Hu Zhiyi frowned slightly and asked in a solemn voice.

"Is it full or..."

Hanzhong Town provided 400 troops.

Huang Long and Zhang Er were the newly appointed guerrillas of the imperial court, and each had a troop strength of 400. After deducting these [-], there were still [-] left.

The quota of the main barracks directly under Chen Wang is 700, and the quota of the reinforcement battalions of the generals is 400. The two reinforcement battalions are [-].

Chen Wang knocked on the table gently and asked.

"If I remember correctly, the original military pay allocated by Hanzhong Town was only about [-] taels per month."

"The general remembers it well."

Hu Zhiyi nodded and replied.

At the beginning, Hanzhong was regarded as a key area and a newly built camp and town, so the military pay issued was quite sufficient, and there was not much deduction.

"8000 taels..." Chen Wang lowered his head and looked at the documents showing income and expenditure on the desktop. Although his current monthly income is positive, his monthly surplus is only about a thousand taels.

If it is paid in full, then the expenditure must exceed the income.

There are only more than 1 taels of silver left in the treasury, which cannot be distributed for long.

"If the remaining silver money is only distributed to two reinforcement battalions, it will only need to fill the gap of about 600 taels per month."

The reinforcement battalion under Chen Gong must have sufficient military pay. Even if all three troops train infantry, the monthly military pay expenditure will be more than 4000 taels. Adding the personal guard cavalry and necessary reconnaissance cavalry, it will still cost 5000 taels a month.

Zhou Yumao's army has also been reorganized and has not been expanded for the time being. There are still only more than 500 people, mostly infantry, with only a few reconnaissance cavalry, plus some servant cavalry. A month's military pay is about [-] taels. about.

The two reinforcement battalions already have more than 8000 taels.

"The two ranger battalions have a large number of cavalry. If full military pay is paid..."

Hu Zhiyi didn't finish what he said, but the meaning was already very clear.

The guerrilla battalions under the command of Qian Gongji Zhang Er and Yi Dou Gu Huanglong totaled more than 4000 people, which exceeded the number of soldiers by a lot.

However, even if they were distributed according to the troop quota, a full battalion would have to receive at least more than 4000 taels, because they had quite a lot of cavalry under their command.

To be honest, Hu Zhiyi looked down on Zhang Er and Huang Long.

It's not because Zhang Er and Huang Long betrayed Gao Yingxiang and the seller wanted glory.

It was because the soldiers under Zhang Er and Huang Long were of poor quality and weak in combat power.

Zhang Er and Huang Long were both former bandits themselves, and the soldiers they led were all former bandits.

It is said that each has thousands of cavalry, but in fact only a few hundred can be considered cavalry, and the rest can be regarded as mounted infantry at best.

Hu Zhiyi really felt a little unfair when all of them were given full military pay according to the specifications of the cavalry.

"The two reinforcement battalions were all paid in full, and the ranger battalions of Zhang Er and Huang Longling were also paid in full."

Hu Zhiyi looked confused, hesitant, and wanted to make a comment, but Chen Wang had already made his decision.

"I know what you want to say."

Chen Wang raised his hand to stop Hu Zhiyi who wanted to speak.

"Distributing in full means naturally not just how many people they apply for."

"I have told Zhang Er and Huang Long to send people over to help with the reorganization, and they have agreed to come down."

"All unqualified cavalry will be converted into infantry, unqualified infantry will be directly eliminated, and qualified ones will be given military pay."

"The two reinforcement battalions were originally scheduled to have 500 troops. They will be paid according to the military pay of [-] people. The full amount of infantry and cavalry after reorganization will be paid."

This time Zhang Er and Huang Long happened to be placed under his command, so Chen Wang naturally planned to make the best use of them to do some dirty work.

Reorganization is to gather the team, strengthen combat power, and improve control.

Providing sufficient military pay will naturally win people's hearts.

Since ancient times, we have been concerned not with scarcity but with inequality.

Zhang Er and Huang Long were ostracized gangsters and have always been treated poorly.

Equal treatment can make them feel respected.

Just like before, Chen Wang only showed a little kindness to him, and the two of them were flattered.

The guerrilla camp led by Zhang Er and Huang Long had two sharp blades chosen by Chen Wang. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call them executioners.

"Follow the order."

Chen Wang's words were very clear, so Hu Zhiyi naturally did not refute.

But besides military pay, there are other things to deal with.

"How to arrange the reorganization of the army, or should it follow the regulations during the previous army expansion?"

Chen Wang thought for a moment, then nodded.

"There are currently 300 veterans in total, and they will be handled in accordance with the original regulations..."

Hu Zhiyi got the answer and reported it after calculation.

Originally, Chen Wang had trained six troops with a total of 300 soldiers and horses. Chen Wang took more than 3000 people away, and the remaining people remained in Hanzhong Mansion. These soldiers were auxiliary soldiers who did not account for the number of troops.

"The main barracks will be filled with 2000 men, the reinforcement camp led by Chen Gong will be filled with 300 men, and the remaining troops will be filled with new soldiers."

Chen Wang's current main camp does not have 5000 people.

During King Qin's Northern Expedition, the First Cavalry Qian Headquarters suffered the greatest losses. There were 370 seven people killed in the battle, 23 people died of serious injuries, and the remaining 48 seriously injured people were the only ones who were able to return to the military camp after recovering from their injuries. 21 people.

Afterwards, many of the lightly wounded people died due to various problems such as wound deterioration, and many died of illness.

The Thousand Headquarters of the First Cavalry originally had a total of 56 people when they followed Chen Wang northward. They worked hard all the way until after the battle of Qingshan Pass, there were still more than 600 people left.

Now there are only 530 seven people left.

The Second and Third Infantry Thousand Headquarters, after several battles, had a total attrition of 400 people, leaving only about [-] people.

After making up 2000 people, the number of veterans will be 500. We only need to make up 500 new soldiers, and the combat strength will not drop too much.

The reinforcement battalion led by Chen Gong has 700 troops and [-] veterans. The ratio to recruits is almost one to one. It only takes a few battles to quickly form combat strength.

"There is a shortage of cavalry at the First Cavalry Headquarters of Thousands. We need to select a group from the reconnaissance cavalry, and then select another one from the veterans who are good at riding. I have done statistics before, and it is impossible to restore the scale to a thousand people. question……"

"You can make your own decisions about these side issues."

Chen Wang raised his hand again and stopped Hu Zhiyi's report.

Hu Zhiyi is mature and stable, capable in handling matters, and always has careful planning. He is completely different from Chen Gong.

Therefore, Chen Wang is also willing to give Hu Zhiyi more autonomy.

"The most important thing in this reorganization is the Military Justice Department."

Chen Wang turned to look at Hu Zhili, who was standing next to Hu Zhiyi.

The supervision office originally established in Mian County has now begun to be standardized.

After repeated consideration, Chen Wang changed the name of the Supervision Office to the Military Law Office when he was King Qin.

As the status rises and the authority increases, it will inevitably attract a lot of attention. The Supervision Office was renamed as the Military Law Office, which can make people look at it with inertial thinking, thereby alleviating a lot of unnecessary suspicion.

"Zhili, your personality is not suitable for leading an army in battle, so I will completely hand over the general and law department to you this time."

Hu Zhili has a rather withdrawn personality, is not very understanding of people, and acts in a rigid manner. He always follows the regulations on the battlefield and does not have enough flexibility in the face of battle.

This is okay as a mid-level officer, but naturally not as the commander of a battalion.

Taking charge of military law, supervision and other matters is the most suitable thing for Hu Zhili.

"This time, the military judges are directly assigned to the flags. Each flag has one flag military judge, each bureau has one bureau military judge, each division has one division military judge, and so on."

"There are department military judges under the command, and battalion military judges under the battalions. In our Hanzhong Army, the chief officers of each military judge's team enjoy the same level of treatment."

"All military judges first receive literacy education, and then after they are sent to the camp, in addition to being in charge of propaganda and military law, they are also responsible for teaching literacy to ordinary soldiers."

"The military judges of the division set up a literacy hall within the department to teach the soldiers how to read uniformly. The military judges of the flag and bureau are responsible for daily teaching and explanation."

Previously, due to limited conditions, the Supervision Office's presence had not been strong and its effect was insignificant.

Now with the expansion of the army and the development of power, the Supervision Office must play its due role.

Chen Wang has already charted a development path for the current Military Law Department.

"Zhili, you serve as the chief military judge in the guerrilla position of the Chinese Army and are in charge of all matters of the Military Justice Department."

"Under the Military Law Department, we will also set up an inspection station. All the soldiers you selected before will be transferred to the inspection station."

In addition to being in charge of military law and preaching it, another responsibility of the Military Law Office is similar to that of the Jin Yiwei...

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