Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 83 Opening the Numen, Coating the New Army【For further update】

Chapter 82, Open the Numen, Coat the New Army

"I have also seen the Ming army's military training method. It is nothing more than strict discipline, orders and prohibitions, and strict formation. There is nothing unusual about this set."

Qianlong said.

It's really not surprising.

Because since time immemorial.

To have a strong army, to train a strong soldier. ,

It's nothing more than these routines.

However, Fukang'an shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "This is just the surface, and it doesn't fully explain the reason for the strong fighting power of Ni Ming."

"Any other reason?"

Fukang'an thought for a moment and said: "The first is a generous salary, the second is that everything is public, and the third is that there is a ladder to climb to heaven."

Qianlong heard the words, pondered for a moment,

"What is high salary, what is all things are fair, what is climbing the ladder?"

Hearing this, Fukang'an took a deep breath.

"The so-called high salary means generous treatment. Zhu Ni returned from Europa. It is said that Daohua Trading Company is one of the largest trading firms in Europa. He is also a wealthy businessman himself, so the recruitment of soldiers and horses is very generous! It is said that he has With the policy of land instead of salary, you will be given ten acres of farmland upon entering the army, and another thirty acres after ten years of service, and you will be rewarded for meritorious service. If you serve in the army for ten years, you will get at least forty acres of paddy fields!"

Qianlong gasped when he heard the words.

"Where did Zhu Ni get so many fields?"

Fukang'an looked at Qianlong, lowered his head and said, "In Guangdong, the main reason is that the property of the Eight Banners was confiscated."

Qianlong's face froze.

"Ni Ming gathered troops with generous salaries, so it is no wonder that tens of thousands of elite soldiers can be obtained in a short period of time."

Qianlong said.

"Everything is fair, so what is the way?"

"My lord, if you say that the military pay is generous, the green battalion soldiers are actually not bad, but as far as I know, most of the green battalion soldiers receive military pay in their hands, which is actually only a fraction of the book value."

"Corruption of ink, empty credits, and military salary arrears by military officers at all levels have become the norm."

Qianlong nodded, but didn't respond much.

Because this is the normal state of the Qing Dynasty.

The salaries of local officials in the Qing Dynasty were very small.

If not greedy.

I'm afraid I can't even survive.

So the officials from top to bottom of the Qing Dynasty.

All have to be greedy.

The system of the Qing Dynasty was a system in which the nobles of the Eight Banners and the Han bureaucrats squeezed oil and water from tens of millions of Han people.

If not.

How could the Qing Dynasty get the support of the Han scholar-bureaucrats?
The Eight Banners shared the interests of the entire country with the Han scholar-bureaucrats.

Only in this way can the Qing regime be stabilized.

Only then can the great Qing Dynasty be as solid as a rock.

Even if there is a civil uprising.

The local Han people can be suppressed by practicing bravery.

"Could it be that there is no such thing as Ni Ming?"

Qianlong asked.

"Niming's military pay at all levels is extremely generous, and when the pay is paid, an announcement must be posted to inform the entire army. The officers are not responsible for the payment of the military pay, but the logistics department in the against Ming army remits money to every bank through Daohua Bank. In the account of a sergeant."

"In this way, we can put an end to the problem of eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood."

Qianlong said with a serious face.

"What about climbing the ladder?"

Qianlong asked.

He naturally knows what climbing the ladder is.

In the morning he was Tian Shelang, and in the evening he ascended to the Hall of the Son of Heaven.

This is a ladder to the sky.

Fukang'an let out a long sigh.

"This is the biggest difference between us and Niming. Whether it is the Green Camp or the Eight Banners, most of the imperial courts are hereditary military officers, and they can only be promoted internally. The Green Camp can only be a Green Camp officer. It is difficult for soldiers at the bottom to have a chance to advance, and they can only rely on plunder or rewards to boost morale when fighting, which is naturally worse than against the Ming."

"In the Ming Dynasty, there was an Army and Naval Academy. Soldiers who received rewards for their meritorious service could be recruited exceptionally and become reserve officers. They were rewarded with titles and land for their meritorious service. The channel for promotion was very smooth."

"It's natural that everyone is fighting to be the first, and the morale is high."

"In contrast to the Eight Banners and the Green Camp"

Fukang'an did not continue.

But Qianlong understood what he meant.

The military officers of the Green Camp and the Eight Banners are mainly hereditary.

There are intermarriages with each other, and the relationship is intricate.

Basically monopolized almost all positions.

The people below will come forward.

It's harder than climbing to the sky.

Especially the Green Camp side.

Many children of the Eight Banners could not find employment in the Eight Banners, so they would let the elders of the family do activities and arrange them to be officials in the Green Camp.

Thus.

The bottom soldiers of the green battalion want to stand out.

The difficulty has increased.

If you want to be rewarded for your meritorious service, climb up the ranks.

That is basically unless there is luck against the sky.

otherwise
But Qianlong had nothing to do about it.

Because this problem began to appear from the time of Kangxi.

When the San Francisco was leveled, the Eight Banners could not be fought.

At that time, we relied on the green battalion and a little bit of luck.

Wu Sangui's sudden and violent death reversed the situation.

Otherwise, if Wu Sangui lived a few more years.

I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty would have to retreat to Liaodong to live a hard life at that time.

"Your Majesty, this Zhu Daohua is the greatest enemy that the country has had for more than 100 years. It is impossible to destroy it with the current Green Camp and Eight Banners alone. A new army must be formed!"

"New army? How to form a new army?"

Qianlong frowned when he heard that a new army was to be formed.

Fukang'an revealed all the methods he had thought of along the way.

"First, expand the Eight Banners!"

"Expand the Eight Banners?"

Qianlong frowned even tighter.

"If there are too many Eight Banners, how can the country afford them?"

Qianlong shook his head again and again.

These Eight Banners children all have hardcore crops.

In the Qianlong Dynasty.

The hard-core crops of the Eight Banners have already eaten up a lot of the Qing Dynasty's finances.

To relieve stress.

The Qianlong Dynasty has guessed the Han Eight Banners several times and reduced the number of Han Eight Banners.

And in order to delay the population increase inside the Eight Banners.

The Qing Dynasty carried out many policies to suppress births.

First of all, Manchu and Han cannot intermarry.

A bannerman can only marry a bannerman.

Thus.

It is difficult for many lower-level banner people to find wives-because it is not monogamous now, the young women in the Eight Banners must first keep up with the upper-level nobles, from the emperor to the iron hat king to many Baylor Beizi and so on, after the selection, it will be the turn of the lower-level bannermen.

Thus.

Many low-level banner people can't get a wife, and some even get a wife.

The age is generally more than 20.

It belongs to the policy of delaying marriage and childbearing.

The second is the garrison policy of the Eight Banners. The strong men of the Eight Banners have to be transferred and rotated, leaving them little time to make small Eight Banners at home.

Some are unlucky, transferred from Beijing to Guangzhou, stationed for a few years before returning home, then the daughter-in-law must not dare to have children during this period.

Otherwise, how can I say it clearly.

So over 100 years.

The population of the Eight Banners of Manchuria has only increased to more than 100 million.

In the past 100 years, the population of Han people has doubled or tripled.

But even if there are more than 100 million Manchurian Eight Banners.

The Qing court was almost unable to support it.

Now it is time to expand the Eight Banners.

How could the Great Qing Dynasty be able to bear it?

"You can invite heroes from the northern green battalion to enter the Eight Banners to make coatings, starting from the coating."

"Do coating?"

"That's right! Let's set up a coating army, recruit strong men from the north to join the Eight Banners, and make coatings. Once the coating is done, and you have made a contribution, you can carry it into the Eight Banners."

Fukang'an snapped his fingers and said.

"Baoyi, Eight Banners armor, vests, assistant leaders at all levels, generals, and co-leaders. This is a ladder to the sky, which will definitely greatly boost the morale of the battle in the coat."

"This is a way!"

Qianlong felt that what Fukang'an said made sense.

Be a steamed bun slave first, so you don't have to be treated according to the Eight Banners' treatment, and there is still the hope of being a good slave and raising the flag to be your master.

Don't think the name coating is ugly.

In fact, in this Qing Dynasty.

You want to do the coating.

They don't even have the qualifications yet.

Coating is a servant of the Eight Banners at all levels.

For example, He Shen was born in Qianlong's coat.

Being a servant of the nobles of the Eight Banners was definitely an opportunity that many people dreamed of in the Qing Dynasty.

Now we need to expand the Eight Banners.

Widely recruit coating.

The slave door is wide open.

After doing meritorious service, he can turn over from the coat and become the master.

Just think about it.

They're all a little hot.

Qianlong knew that Fukang'an's method could of course motivate the coating operation.

But expanding the Eight Banners and recruiting coatings is not as easy as talking about it from the upper lip to the lower lip.

First thing is.
Where does the money come from?
"Expand the Eight Banners and recruit Baoyi? This is a good way."

"The Battle of Guangdong showed that the green battalion is useless, and the Eight Banners are the pillars of the country. They cannot be used casually to fight against Ming Ming. This is a good way to build a new army."

Qianlong also thought Fukang'an's idea was very good.

So Qianlong recruited Heshen, Sun Shiyi and others to discuss and discuss together.

What kind of charter is this "coated new army"?

First of all, how will this money come from?
"Your Majesty, this servant has just done the calculations. If we count the newly built 50 coated new army, the newly built 250 army must be equipped with flintlock guns, and also imitate the blooming bullets of the Ming Dynasty. The manufacturing cost of the flintlock guns Counting 600 taels of silver, 60 guns are worth [-] million taels of silver. Inverse Ming’s mortar is actually a kind of mortar, and it is easy to prevent. Just thicken the barrel and build a gun cart. Mortars can be carried on the shoulders, but they can be used by pushing a cart. In this case, the cost of a vehicle-mounted mortar will be [-] taels of silver, and if a thousand guns are needed, it will cost [-] taels of silver."

When He Shen counted here.

Qianlong already frowned.

He Shen looked at Qianlong's face, bit the bullet and continued to count.

"There is also the howitzer of the Ming Dynasty. The shells use wooden supports and intubation leads. We can also imitate similar cannons. That is, the cannons are much heavier, but they can still be used. The cost of such a cannon 3000 taels of silver, and 30 taels of silver are needed to build one hundred gates."

"Calculated in this way, the 340 newly-coated army will cost [-] million taels of silver for the ordnance alone."

"Counting other expenses, I'm afraid it will start with 400 million taels of silver."

400 taels of silver.

This does not account for the cost of subsequent expansion.

Just 400 coated new troops cost [-] million.

Fifty thousand new troops are obviously not enough. If they want to expand to 20 or [-] in the future.

Wouldn't that cost double and go up?

(End of this chapter)