I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 100 My Zhao Zilong is doing well
Chapter 099

The minds of these Dongjiang soldiers are actually very simple. They are willing to be loyal to Cheng Shijie because Cheng Shijie can feed them well.

In fact, if you want to join Ning Haijun with the intention of eating enough, it is really not difficult, as long as you are taller than 1.6 meters [-], if you are not tall enough, you have enough stamina, and you have certain specialties, such as good at climbing and good eyesight , proficient in hunting and tracking, good at archery and horseback riding, the height limit can be relaxed appropriately.With good endurance and hard training, he can also successfully enter the Ning Navy.

However, the problem is that although Ning Haijun's food is rich, it is not easy to eat.

More and more soldiers of the Dongjiang Army came to Jinzhou. After they arrived, they immediately changed into new cotton jackets, cotton trousers, cotton coats and cotton shoes. It is sewn and filled with a full eight catties of cotton. If you cover it with your own coat, no matter how cold the weather is, you will not feel cold.

They were issued the standard equipment of the Ning Navy with dogleg knives, spears, waist knives, or shields. Those who are good at archery also prepared bows and arrows. Except for the firearms unit, their equipment has changed from the inside to the outside. A whole crop.

Every Dongjiang army that came to Jinzhou Weicheng was also chaotically grabbing equipment, cotton clothes, and shoes. When eating, they were also madly grabbing.

Cheng Shijie successively said to Mao Chenglu, Shang Keyi, Xiang Zuolin, Fan Hualong, Zhang Dalu, Li Weiluan, He Yongsheng, Du Jincai and other generals: "The military discipline of the Dongjiang Army is not good, it needs to be cleaned up, and new equipment also needs to be trained!"

Therefore, Huang Long led the eight generals of the Dongjiang Army, so he had to follow Cheng Shijie's idea and follow the example of Ning Haijun, with 12 people as a team, and four teams with 48 people, plus a post chief and a cook to form a post.

Four outposts plus five teams totaled 260 people as a division, with one hundred generals.

Two divisions and four posts directly under the division constitute a bureau, with one general and 770 people in each bureau.

The two bureaus, plus the Military Judicial Department, are one general, with one thousand generals and one thousand five hundred people each.

Every four generals set up the former capital division, the left capital division, and the right capital division of the Dongjiang Army, with a total of 4000 people.Cheng Shijie asked Huanglong to transfer another 2000 troops from the Dongjiang Army, equipped with [-] carts, as the transportation team of the Dongjiang Army, and Chen Guodong, the supervisor of the Ning Navy, will also follow the trend to establish the Dongjiang Army Supervision System. Supervising the army is called the military law inspection team.

Chen Guodong summoned more than [-] officers of the Dongjiang Army, and the corresponding supervisors, directors, and capital supervisors, including Mao Chenglu, Shang Keyi, Xiang Zuolin, Fan Hualong, Zhang Dalu, Li Weiluan, He Yongsheng, Du Jincai and other generals. Except for Huanglong, the chief soldier, they held a meeting that didn't look like a face.

In Ning Haijun's newly renovated supervisory meeting hall in Dengzhou Acropolis, a long table was placed in this hall, and pots of dumplings were placed on the table.

Dumplings are stuffed with meat and cabbage, mutton and cabbage, leeks and eggs, radish, and tofu. Anyway, what kind of stuffing you get depends on your character and luck.

While eating dumplings, Chen Guodong started ideological education with the supervisors, directors, and supervisors. Among them, the most characteristic propaganda words were: "Daddy and mother are not as good as Cheng Dashuai!", "The sky and the earth are not as big as Cheng Dashuai's" Great kindness!", "Thousands of kindness, not as good as Cheng Dashuai!", "The depth of the river and the depth of the sea are not as deep as Cheng Dashuai's love!"

While eating the dumplings, all the officers expressed their opinions that they must strengthen ideological education and training.

For the first step in the training of the Dongjiang Army, it is actually not a parallel, but the "Ning Navy General Code". The foundation has been established, but there are hundreds of articles, not to mention reading, most of the soldiers are illiterate, just let them listen, and let them stick out their tongues, too strict!
They are not allowed to fight in crowds, drink alcohol without authorization in the barracks, smoke (there are already cigarettes), engage in any form of commercial activities in the barracks, gather crowds to gamble, gather crowds for promiscuity, leave the barracks without permission, and are not allowed to bring their families with them When entering the barracks, you are not allowed to accept any gifts from outsiders at will. Buying and selling must be fair, and credit is not allowed...

To put it simply, after entering this military camp, they are cut off from eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, smoking, cheating, cheating, abduction, cheating, and robbery. Practicing!?"

The soldiers of the Dongjiang Army were very dissatisfied and yelled at the military judge: "Why can Jiannu rob strong women, women and silver women without restraint? I can't?"

The military judge has long been familiar with this situation, "The dog still eats shit, do you want to eat shit like a dog? Are Jiannu people? Obviously they are not, they are beasts, beasts, do you also learn from Jiannu? , as long as the Jiannu woman looks like, can you do it with your hands, or can you do it with your mouth?"

All the Dongjiang soldiers were speechless.

As veterans, what they are best at is actually not to contradict the superiors, but to find loopholes in the system and take advantage of loopholes. These veterans studied the generals and defenders of Ning Haijun, and finally came to the conclusion that as long as we abide by discipline, No one will touch a single hair of us!

It can be seen from this that following Dashuai Cheng is still a very cost-effective thing. Not only will he not be punished for no reason, but he will also get good treatment. Qiantu is optimistic.

It's just that these Dongjiang Army soldiers stopped laughing soon. Ning Haijun is a professional army. They only do two things, fight or prepare for war.Therefore, when the Ning Navy is not fighting, it is training.

A few days after the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army recovered in Jinzhouwei, they began to conduct daily training. Of course, considering the poor physical fitness of the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, the training was carried out slowly.

Cheng Shijie served as an instructor and was responsible for training the generals of the Dongjiang Army and the Ning Navy. These generals included Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu, Liu Qingsong, and Zhou Ning, as well as Zhao Wencai, Yuan Shiliang, Li Zhixiang, Chen Shi, and Huanglong's generals. .

Although Cheng Shijie's military command experience is seriously lacking, but he has a lot of theoretical knowledge. A random search on the Internet reveals a lot of military theories, such as blitzkrieg warfare, mobile warfare, sparrow warfare, guerrilla warfare, deep combat theory, and so on.

"As a soldier, there is only one goal, and that is to kill the enemy. No matter who our enemy is, bandits, rebels, robbers, slaves, Mongol Tartars, or Westerners, we strictly obey the military orders. , you can fight whoever you want. Before you hit someone, you must learn to make weapons. Of course, making weapons is not for you to make swords, or guns and cannons!"

"report!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Shen Mingyu and said, "Speak!"

Shen Mingyu said: "Then how do we make weapons?"

"On the battlefield, you have to take advantage of all available advantages, such as a river, a mountain, a fire, a gust of wind or a heavy rain. Don't underestimate these seemingly ordinary things On the battlefield, those who are good at using these things will be invincible..."

When Cheng Shijie said this, he glanced at Zhao Wencai intentionally or unintentionally and said: "Take the battle of Jiehe in Denglai, Shandong a while ago. If it was normal, we would definitely not be able to catch up with Kong Youde's cavalry. At that time, the weather was not good. It’s too cold, and this gives us a chance!”

Shen Mingyu raised his hand and said, "Is it because of the boundary river?"

"The Boundary River is only part of it, and there are weather reasons. Although the water level of the Boundary River is not deep, it is cold. If the horses go down into the river, they will freeze soon. So in that case, we, Ning Haijun, don't have to worry about Kong Youde's cavalry behind us. Can't get back behind us..."

"report!"

"speak!"

Cheng Shijie naturally wanted to give Zhao Wencai, one of the victims, a chance to express his rebuttal.

Zhao Wencai said: "That's because General Kong...Kong Youde's sworn brother died at the hands of the Commander, and he was eager for revenge..."

"This is the advantage that can be used. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" preached in the eighth chapter of "Nine Changes": Therefore, there will be five dangers: if you must die, you can be killed; if you must live, you can be captured; if you are angry, you can be insulted; It can be humiliating; loving the people can be irritating. All of these five things will be punished by the general, and the disaster of the use of troops. Overthrowing the army and killing the general will cause five dangers, and must be investigated.”

Zhao Wencai scratched his head: "The humble job doesn't understand!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the generals and said, "Who can explain to Zhao Wencai?"

Following Shen Mingyu's example, Huang Long raised his hand and said, "Report!"

"Shuai Huang, please tell me!"

Huang Shuai coughed and continued: "The meaning of this passage is that generals have five weaknesses. They must die. It means that they are not afraid of death. If they dare to die and fight recklessly, they must live. It can be understood as being greedy for life and afraid of death. Integrity refers to self-care and love for the people, that is, not really loving the people, but cherishing feathers, cherishing one's reputation, and this kind of weakness will be exploited..."

"report!"

This time it was Mao Chenglu who raised his hand, and he asked a little puzzled: "Is it wrong to dare to die and fight recklessly if you are not afraid of death?"

"It's not a mistake not to be afraid of death and fight recklessly, it's just that such a general will fail, especially when there is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, or the enemy is pretending to retreat. "

Cheng Shijie looked at the generals and said: "If Jiannu invades Liaonan on a large scale, even if there are many Jiannu people, even if the enemy is outnumbered, this commander will fight to the end without retreating a single step. In this case, a specific condition is required. For example, there are tens of thousands of people behind us. Even if we wipe out all of us, we can't let it go, because if we retreat, the people of Li will be slaughtered by Jiannu. If we are attacking, In other words, the people behind us have all retreated, so we have to be flexible and retreat temporarily, because if we are alive, there is still hope, and if we die, there will be nothing left!"

The generals began to reflect.

Cheng Shijie continued: "You must be born but you can be captured. This sentence means that generals should not be greedy for life and fear death. Everyone should have heard of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In the Battle of Hefei, Zhang Liao led eight hundred soldiers to attack Sun Quan's one hundred thousand army at night. In the military camp, Sun Quan's subordinate Xu Sheng fled first, causing the entire army to be defeated. Although Sun Quan was not captured, many of Sun Wu's army were captured!"

Speaking of this, Cheng Shijie looked at Zhao Wencai and said: "At the beginning, my commander ordered Liu Qingsong to lead [-] soldiers to raid Lou Jian's headquarters in Crouching Tiger Village. The original intention was to lure Lou Jian to pursue him. My commander had already prepared an ambush, but there was an accident. Lou Jian was killed, Kong Youde was eager for revenge, and lost his mind. This is a losing situation. After Guan Yu died, Liu Bei was eager for revenge and rushed to start the battle of Yiling. The Shu Han army was defeated. Think about it, my commander Knowing that Lou Jian and Kong Youde have a close personal relationship, and that Lou Jian is dead, can I not guard against Kong Youde's revenge?"

"cannot!"

Huang Long said subconsciously.

"Yes!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "Since I know that Kong Youde is going to take revenge, I will naturally use all available terrain, and the boundary river is the most ideal terrain nearby!"

"report!"

"Isn't Zhaoyuan County the best place to defend?"

"If you, Kong Youde, knew that there was a fortified city and you only had cavalry, would you still attack?"

"This……"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "People's anger will slowly dissipate, and time will dilute everything. At the beginning, Kong Youde will be eager for revenge and lose his mind. He is not stupid, and his mind will slowly come back. At that time, this commander can only A small victory, but unable to seriously injure him!"

Only then did the generals suddenly realize.

"As a general, if you want to control your temper, you must consider everything when making any choices and decisions, because one of your decisions will be borne by countless soldiers with blood!"

Cheng Shijie said: "If you face a favorable opportunity, you need to attack decisively. Just like in the Tang Dynasty, the Turks were powerful and sturdy. Turkic cavalry galloped across the northern prairie. Countless tribes surrendered. The once powerful Xianbei tribe, Completely disappeared, and the mighty Turks even mobilized 20 cavalry to reach the city of Chang'an, forcing Tang Taizong Li Shimin to evacuate the Tang treasury. In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a great famine in Guanzhong, and starvation was everywhere. Datang was the weakest time. The soldiers of the whole country were no more than 20, and the cavalry did not exceed 2. However, in the winter of the third year of Zhenguan, a rare snow disaster occurred on the grassland, and more than half of the East Turkic cattle and sheep were lost. , the Turkic tribe, which has the ability to mobilize hundreds of thousands of cavalry, will be completely wiped out."

Cheng Shijie looked at the generals and asked: "Do you know why Li Weigong could easily destroy the Eastern Turks and capture Jieli Khan of the Eastern Turks?"

Liu Qingsong raised his hands excitedly and said, "I know!"

"speak!"

This is Liu Qingsong's analysis of the battle after listening to Song Xiance. The Eastern Turks were hit by snowstorms. Jieli Khan led an army of tens of thousands to the south to escape the cold. From Jieli Khan onwards, almost all the Eastern Turks despised the Great Tang, thinking that the Great Tang would not dare to attack The Eastern Turks, the Eastern Turks' defenses were very lax, followed by the Weishui Alliance. For the proud Tang people, this was a great shame, and the seeds of revenge were planted in the hearts of every Tang people.

While Cheng Shijie was training General Ning and the Dongjiang Army, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army also started training. Their training was relatively simple, such as standing in a military posture and turning around in three steps.

In order to let the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army distinguish between the left and right feet, socks are not allowed on the left foot. In such a cold weather, the ankle is exposed to the air, and the taste is very sour.

In particular, Ning Haijun's instructors are simply a group of beasts.Just after dawn, I rushed into the dormitory with a pointer and drove them out, and then went on a five-kilometer cross-country in full armor. If I ran too slowly, I would not even have food when I came back.

The generals of the Dongjiang Army were a little dissatisfied. The leader of the army said that military expenses were tight, but if they came back three posts late, they could only eat one less meal, and they would not die if they missed a meal.

At this time, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army realized that it was not easy for them to eat Cheng Shijie's food.

However, think about how difficult it is to find a place to eat now. Although Ning Haijun's instructors are so hard-working and inhuman, the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army gritted their teeth and insisted. die.

Compared with the five-kilometer cross-country, the formation training made the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army hate it even more. They hated the instructors of the Ning Navy to death.

"To the left!"

"turn right!"

"turn back!"

"Turn left and back!"

"Stay where you are!"

"Look to the right!"

These passwords made them dizzy, and they almost couldn't tell east, west, north, south.Or they were standing in a military posture, and some nasty guys deliberately brought them to the wind.

The cold wind is like a knife, even if they are wearing cotton clothes and standing still for half an hour, their bodies will still be numb from the cold...

In the Forbidden City of Beijing, since the fiasco of the Daling River, Emperor Chongzhen has not had a peaceful night's sleep. He fought hard for more than three months and lost 10 troops.

The crux of the problem is that Chongzhen, the young emperor, has nothing to do. The current Daming is like a dilapidated house with air leaks everywhere. Like a gourd in a water tank, if one end is pressed, the other end will rise again.

The point is, the defeat of the Guan Ning army made the young emperor very worried. What if Huang Taiji's head became hot, and he led an army of [-] to [-] troops to kill the capital. Weapons, if it happens again, Huang Taiji will definitely carry cannons, not to mention capturing the city of Beijing, as long as a Jian slave appears under the city, where will the face of this young emperor be placed?
The young Emperor Chongzhen wanted to fight and build slaves, not to mention the generals of the Ming army fearing the enemy like a tiger, what is more important is the empty treasury and the increasingly depleted tax sources...

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and ordinary people have to pay off their accounts before the year. He, the big boss of the Ming Dynasty, also has to pay officials salaries.
What hair?

The fiscal expenditure composition of the feudal dynasty is also relatively simple, nothing more than the royal family, administration, military expenditure, river work, and relief. Among them, the royal family, administration, and military expenditure are the three major heads, that is, supporting the royal family, raising bureaucrats, and raising the army.

The thought of paying salaries to those officials gave Emperor Chongzhen a terrible headache. After being emperor for more than four years, he has already seen that these officials are not good enough for what they do, they don't have enough food, they are a bunch of idiots.

There are so many important affairs in the country, and there is nothing that can make him worry. Since he took the throne, he has never had a chance to catch his breath. Natural disasters, slavery, and bandits are getting closer and closer. The cracking sound of Daming's decayed tree slowly falling down was not loud, but it made him shiver.

Daming can't hold it anymore...

After thinking about it, Daming hasn't fallen yet, he's not dead yet, so he still has to do things and worry about this rotten country.The battle of the Daling River is over, it's useless to think about it, let's think about it like a new year.

He braced himself, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and listened to the opinions of the courtiers.

Regarding how to solve the financial problem, the ministers of the imperial court are still repeating the same old tune. There are nothing more than two methods, increasing income or reducing expenditure.

But the problem is that since his grandfather, Emperor Wanli, he has been in arrears with the clan's salary, and now he has to take out 190 million shi of grain from the finances every year to distribute to the feudal king and the clan. This number is very huge, almost accounting for A little less than one-third and a little more than a quarter of the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty is also a heavy burden.

Black Ming trolls on the Internet have been trolling the Ming Dynasty, but the problem is that the annual expenditure for raising the Eight Banners in the Manchu Dynasty is between more than 300 taels of silver and 600 million taels of silver, which is larger than that of the clan of the Ming Dynasty three or four times.But the problem is that the Manchu Qing expropriated the gentry class, and they could collect money.Especially the Daxing Literary Prison, the Kangxi large-scale thirteen, the Yongzheng seventeen, and the Qianlong 130. Those who were killed were all the gentry class, that is, the wealthy class.

Lao Cheng did not find out the exact number of this number, but in just one Ming History case, 70 people were killed, 18 people were killed in Lingchi, and more than 3000 people were implicated. Almost all of these people's homes were ransacked.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the Jiangnan gentry who escaped Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were slaughtered on a large scale and their homes were ransacked. The Qing Dynasty obtained a large amount of silver and money, most of which went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But the emperor can’t do it, he doesn’t have the executive power. The second way for the civil servants is to increase taxes, that is, open source. The Chongzhen emperor forced millions of farmers to rebel because of the four-year tax increase in Chongzhen. He saw the result, Knowing that the tax can no longer be raised, if it goes on, Daming will be gone.

When it was time to eat in the evening, facing a bowl of millet porridge worth 30 taels of silver, Emperor Chongzhen only drank more than half of the bowl. What he didn't know was that such millet porridge with clear soup and little water only cost two pennies outside. , even the thicker millet porridge can be sold for seven or eight yuan at most.Even if it costs ten pennies, it is three thousand times what it is on the outside market.

"My lord, get up high and sneak up to see me!"

"pass!"

In fact, Chongzhen had forgotten the news of Cheng Shijie's army in southern Liaoning, because his brain was stunned by these talkative ministers.

Seeing Gao Qiqian again, Emperor Chongzhen was very surprised. Gao Qiqian's face was blown blue and white by the north wind, his lips were frozen and cracked.

"Gao Banban, what's wrong with you?"

"Your Majesty, my servant has an important military situation to present, so I rode a fast horse through the wind and snow, and rushed all the way back to the capital from Dengzhou. I suffered a lot along the way, but the matter is so important that I can't take care of it!"

Gao Qiqian is also an expert in deceiving the emperor. He sat in the car all the way, especially when he saw Sun Yuanhua's four-wheeled carriage, and wanted to ask for it, but Sun Yuanhua didn't dare not give it to him, so the ride he took was actually given to Sun Yuanhua by Cheng Shijie. This carriage is full of technology.

No matter how rough the road is, sitting on the carriage, feeling a slight shaking, just like sitting on a rocking cart, makes people drowsy.Gao Qiqian walked slowly for 23 days, with an average of tens of miles a day, walking, eating, and accepting tribute from officials along the way, and arrived in Beijing happily.

Of course, in order to pretend to be pitiful in front of Emperor Chongzhen, he wore unlined clothes and was frozen outside the capital in the middle of the night, which is why he looked embarrassed.If the cavalry is on the road overnight, whether the high potential can survive is a problem.

The crux of the problem is that Chongzhen has been kept in captivity in the palace. He doesn't even understand many basic life knowledge. Looking at Gao Qiqian's embarrassed image, Emperor Chongzhen was so moved that his eyes turned red: "The military situation is of course important, but you You can't be too desperate, if you have something good or bad, who will do things for me?"

Gao Qiqian screamed very abruptly: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"

Gao Qiqian's voice almost sent Emperor Chongzhen away.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen came to his senses: "Gao Banban was joking, where does the joy come from?"

"Liaonan!"

Gao Qiqian reached into his arms, and placed three good news in front of Emperor Chongzhen. These three good news were reported by Cheng Shijie, the commander of the Ning Navy and the governor of the left, one was reported by Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and the other was naturally It's Gao Qiqian's report!

Acting is naturally a complete set.

Cheng Shijie did not report victory to Emperor Chongzhen. From Gao Qiqian's point of view, Cheng Shijie knew how to be a man. Gao Qiqian's dissatisfied memorial could never appear in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

In this case, he directly wrote a simple number of gains to Sun Yuanhua, and did not do anything else, leaving the decision to Gao Qiqian himself.

It is precisely because of Cheng Shijie's sense of humor that Gao Qiqian did not embarrass Cheng Shijie, but praised him without hesitation.

Gao Qi subconsciously said: "Since the defeat of the Daling River, Jiannu's arrogance has become more and more arrogant, rumors have become louder, and the army and the people are terrified. General Cheng Shijie resolutely led the [-] Ning Navy, and [-] elite civilians, without hesitation, Attacked south of Liaoning, fought bloody battles with Jiannu, until the bones filled the field. Ning Haijun devoted himself to serving the country, marched forward bravely, and died without hesitation..."

"The results of it!"

Emperor Chongzhen was very excited at this time, and hurried forward to grab Gao Qiqian's hand and asked, "What's the result?"

Emperor Chongzhen was also a fan of the authorities. He only needed to take a look at the three memorials in his hand, and he would know the result naturally.

Gao Qiqian said: "General Cheng restores Jinzhou Acropolis and Gaizhou Acropolis, restores the two prefectures, God bless Ming Dynasty, congratulations to the emperor, you have won a good general!"

Excited, Emperor Chongzhen involuntarily exerted some strength in his hand, pinching Gao Qiqian's hand cleanly, but he didn't dare to move or make a sound.

"Okay, okay, okay, my Changshan Zhao Zilong really did not disappoint me!"

Cheng Shijie didn't know that Sun Yuanhua had found him a father, but Emperor Chongzhen even changed his surname.

PS: I really didn't hold back last night, it depends on the situation at night.It's a bit special now, and there aren't many updates, so I hope everyone will bear with me.

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