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

Chapter 201

Chapter 200

In addition to the 9 soldiers in the 960 households of the fifteen guards, more than 30 people have been scattered and resettled according to the military households allocated by the Ning Navy.

The military households in the establishment enter the barracks of the Ninghai Navy to start training. The first thing for ordinary military households to enter the camp is to make a roster and then start receiving equipment.The equipment of ordinary sergeants is simple, two sets of brand-new mandarin duck battle jackets, two pairs of shoes, washbasin, lunch box, bedding mosquito net, a horizontal knife, and an engineering shovel.

As soon as ordinary military households received them, they couldn't wait to pull them out to see. The horizontal knives used by ordinary soldiers were also cold and cold, cutting iron like mud.The hilt, scabbard, and blade do not have any decorations. They are plain and unpretentious, but they have a terrifying and murderous aura that makes people's hearts chill.

As for officers with more than a thousand households, they are concentrated in the training camp of the Ninghai Navy's Operation Training Bureau, which is the Dongday Camp in Jinzhou, for training.

This is the basis for the training of officers and soldiers of the Ninghai Navy, but all officers of the Ninghai Navy, including officers and above, must undergo training here for more than three months.

As officers, their treatment must be much better than that of ordinary soldiers. The barracks of ordinary Ning Haijun is based on the team. Twelve soldiers form a room. There are only six bunk beds in this room, and three double long bunk beds. Table, and twelve cabinets, there is no toilet in the room, and there is no bathroom.

The washing and toileting of ordinary soldiers are all public toilets.But the officers are different. The officers are divided into three types, one is a four-person room.The room area is about the same as the barracks of ordinary soldiers, about twenty square meters, with four single beds, four tables, and four wardrobes. The wardrobes are divided into upper, middle, and lower floors. Shoes and clothes in between.

The biggest difference from ordinary soldiers is that such officers' barracks have independent toilets and bathrooms, and are separated from wet and dry.

Secondly, the double room and the single room have the same size and the same layout, but the occupants are different.

The ancestors of these guard generals must have been brave and good at fighting. Even if some officials' descendants were enshrined as hundreds or thousands of households, such official positions were actually concentrated in Jinyiwei.

Just like Huang Liji, the former great scholar of Jianji Palace, he was deeply favored by Emperor Tianqi, and he was secretly conferred the hereditary co-prefect of Jinyiwei. Shi Shisheng, the son of Shi Fenglai, Zhang Zhifu, the son of Zhang Ruitu, and others were all conferred the title of Jinyi Qianhu.

However, the hereditary thousand households, commanders, commanders, and commanders of ordinary guards, their ancestors can only be granted hereditary official positions if they rely on military exploits, and their merits are outstanding.

But the problem is, thanks to this extremely cheating guard system, military households have essentially become serfs, and hundreds and thousands of households have also become slave leaders.Of course, the life of the slave head is better than that of the slave, but no matter how good the slave head is, he is still a slave. The long time of more than 200 years has already polished off the last trace of bravery in their blood.

Cheng Shijie never expected them to be able to fight wars, and he would be thankful if they could farm the fields well.Of course, in Liaodong, Cheng Shijie adopted the policy of all the people as soldiers. These guard officers are also in command of the military households, but they should be able to deal with small groups of bandits or small groups of slaves. They should still be able to do it. Let Ning Haijun do all the shit, right?
Of course, Cheng Shijie also has another meaning. Although the soldiers in the guard are rotten, there are also many famous generals in the guard, just like Qi Jiguang, who is the hereditary Dengzhou guard who ordered him to do things, like Zhao Shijiao, who is the hereditary Jinglu Wei commanded everything.In addition, there is Mao Wenlong, they are all hereditary officers from the guard.

Even though most of the Daming Guards are rotten and unusable, the first problem is that the foundation is too big, no matter how bad it is, there may be a few outstanding talents.

There are a total of more than 100 officers in the fifteen guards and eight thousand households. They did not directly train them at first, but let them familiarize themselves with the military discipline of the Ning Navy. These military disciplines are not a problem for officers at the level of Qianhu.Because these military officers at the level of a thousand households need to deal with official documents, literacy is the most basic basic skill.

After ten days of study, these officers are all able to memorize the military discipline of Ning Haijun, especially the meals of the officers, which are also equivalent to self-service. The next is still good.

At least when they used to be in charge of the yamen in all provinces, they never ate the meals invited by their superiors. Although the meals Cheng Shijie gave them may not necessarily have meat in every meal, they could have fish every meal. You can drink milk and egg soup.

They didn't dare to think of living like this before, and they could only spend a little extravagance occasionally. Don't look at their slave leaders, but the problem is that the weather in the customs is too bad, and the military's harvest is also low. Do it up and down, otherwise, their hereditary position will not be stable.

After ten days, their hard days finally came. The first thing they do when they wake up every day is five kilometers in full armor. For ordinary soldiers, five kilometers is really not a big deal. After all, they have to work hard every day I am also used to working hard.But for the officers of the Eight Thousand Households of the Fifteen Guards, this is old life. The officers of the Eight Thousand Households of the Fifteen Guards, three of them are over 55 years old, 50 are over 11 years old, 45 are over 43 years old, and 40 are over 58 years old. Over 25 years old. There are only nine people under the age of 30, and only 33 people under the age of [-].

Therefore, the physical fitness of these guard officers is too poor. For these officers, the daily training is simply fatal.

After two days of continuous training, Li Zhongwu, the 55-year-old former commander of the Chenzhou Guard, couldn't hold on any longer. In desperation, he wrote a letter of application to Cheng Shijie, asking for his appointment, and let his second son, now 29-year-old Li Guoan, be the hereditary commander.

Cheng Shijie summoned Li Zhongwu.

"The last general pays his respects to the commander-in-chief!"

"General Li is exempt!"

The commanding envoys of the guards are all generals with titles. They were first awarded General Zhaoyong, promoted to General Zhaoyi, and then General Zhaowu.

Li Zhongwu said with a smile: "I heard that the commander-in-chief bravely won the three armies, which made Jiannu terrified. This is the strong bow passed down from the last general's family. The bow is so strong that ordinary people can't draw it at all. It is just right to give it to the commander-in-chief!"

"Need not!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "You are my commander's soldier, and this commander will give you your military salary, which is what you should get. You don't need to thank me, let alone give me a gift!"

Cheng Shijie's eyes are not blind, what kind of ancestral strong bow, this is clearly a bow made of gold, well, it's very heavy, at least sixteen or seventeen catties.It is equivalent to two 3000 taels of silver.

This price is actually the market price that the commanders in the past wanted hereditary, but the problem is that Cheng Shijie didn't accept it, which made Li Zhongwu a little uncomfortable.Not accepting his gift means that it will be difficult for Li Zhongwu's son Li Guoan to inherit the commander.

Could it be that Cheng Shijie took a fancy to the position of commander and wanted to install his own people?
Although it is explained that most of the guard commanders in the dynasty are hereditary, the hereditary official positions are not static. If the hereditary officers of the guard have made meritorious service, they can be released as officials or promoted.This mainly depends on the relationship between the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials. Generally speaking, if the children of hereditary officials want to truly perform their official duties, their superiors must issue an investigation report.

If Cheng Shijie disagreed, the trial period would be extended, canceled, or even downgraded.Don't think military officers are worthless, it depends on who they are.Just like the village officials of later generations, capable people really look down on them, but village officials also have certain powers and can make money.

Cheng Shijie looked at Li Zhongwu and said with a smile: "General Li, don't be nervous. This commander also knows that it's a miserable life. We are guarded in the guard. We don't have enough to eat, we don't have enough clothes, and no one thinks highly of us..."

"Cheng Shuai is absolutely right!"

Li Zhongwu said earnestly: "Cheng Shuai is a man of great ability. You have made Ning Haijun's military households live a life of food and clothing. Now the imperial court has transferred our fifteen guards to Ning Hai. Everyone hopes that Cheng Shuai will show mercy. It will also let everyone have enough food for a few days, and everyone does not want to live that kind of life that is not as good as a beggar!"

Cheng Shijie pretended to be embarrassed and said: "You all know that the military households of Ning Haijun have lived a good life, but you don't know how much effort and hardship they have put in to live a good life now!"

"We are also willing to suffer!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "The guards have long been corrupted. It is too difficult for you to go to war with Jiannu. We Han people are the smartest, hardest-working, and hardest-working people in the world. We have the largest population and the most Brilliant culture, occupying the most fertile land in the world, we are born to live a good life with plenty of food and clothing, let those nations who hate us hide in barren and cold places, eat sand and drool! Hunger and poverty should be insulated from us This is what I think, see if it works, Haizhou Wei (Chenzhou Wei transferred to Haizhou Wei) only cares about farming, I will provide you with land, seeds, and technical support. Just farming, how about it?"

"Thank you Cheng Shuai for your kindness!"

"Let's talk about my ugly words first!"

Cheng Shijie said with a serious face: "I know that your hands and feet were not clean before, and I don't blame you, because I know how poor Wei is. If you don't get some benefits, it's no surprise that your family will starve to death." However, I hope that this kind of behavior will stop here. At least during my term of office, I don’t want to see people bullying military households and enriching their own pockets. I think the annual salary of 200 taels, plus A lot of bonuses are enough for you to live a decent life, if you are not satisfied, I don't mind teaching you how to be a man with a horizontal knife."

Li Zhongwu had already given up, but when he heard Cheng Shijie say that he would be given an annual salary of 200 taels of silver, as well as a bonus, he was immediately overjoyed.

Ning Haijun's annual salary is 100 taels, and there are some miscellaneous subsidies and dividends. The actual income is as much as 150 taels a year, which is well known.The total is 150 taels of silver, plus bonuses, excluding gains and military exploits, their income is around 280 taels.

As for the general level, the annual salary is actually 200 taels of silver, plus bonuses and rewards, it will be around 350 taels of silver.This is their gain.

Of course, the income and dividends of Ning Navy officers are actually the gains from the capture on the battlefield, as well as the income from suppressing bandits or other income in peacetime.

Li Zhongwu said: "Marshal, you will have an annual salary of 200 taels of silver in the end. If you continue to embezzle, you will be really inhuman!"

"From now on, military households and soldiers will be completely separated. Military households will no longer undertake combat tasks, but will only be responsible for the security of the area under their jurisdiction. Therefore, you can no longer support family members. The family members you usurped must be incorporated into the Ning Navy The army will become soldiers, and they will be responsible for fighting in the future!"

Li Zhongwu was a little embarrassed, servants were the biggest capital of Ming army generals, they were their private soldiers, without servants, they would be nothing!
However, Li Zhongwu also understands now that Cheng Shijie asked them to participate in military training, which was to punish them to death. He was old and weak and couldn't hold on any longer. In principle, find Cheng Shijie to be open and honest.

If he agrees to this condition, he must agree to it, and if he does not agree, he must agree to it.

If he dared not agree, Cheng Shijie would train him to death.

Li Zhongwu agreed to Cheng Shijie's three conditions, and the last condition was not to embezzle military land, which he also had no choice.

Li Zhongwu gave Cheng Shijie the 150 five family soldiers he raised in captivity, including their equipment and 56 war horses.

Li Zhongwu was the first to leave from Jinzhou Dongdaying. At the same time, there were two commanders from Haizhou Wei, four commanders, and a total of nine people.

They took Haizhouwei, the original five thousand households of Chenzhouwei, with a total of [-] military households, and moved the town to Shenjiaying by the Taizi River. Shenjiaying was officially renamed Haizhouwei, the original Haizhouwei City It is Haizhou.

Although the names differ by one word, the distance is nearly two hundred miles apart.

On the night when Li Zhongwu received the order to prepare to move forward, the Eight Thousand Households of the Fifteen Guards gathered directly and asked how Li Zhongwu did it, and Li Zhongwu reminded everyone.

Everyone came to understand. Faced with Cheng Shijie's kindness and power, they realized that everyone had different ideas, and some wanted to insist. They wrote letters to the backstage of the imperial court, hoping that the backstage could put pressure on Cheng Shijie.

It's just that they are doomed to be useless, because Cheng Shijie won't buy it.

The fifteen guards who want to fight to the end, no, there are only thirteen guards left now, and Zhuang Huizhen, the commander of the left guard in Texas, can't hold it anymore. He was practicing the four-way turn method, and his toes were swollen by the instructor. , I can't bear it anymore.

Zhuang Huizhen also wanted to imitate Li Zhongwu and pass on the position of commander to his 16-year-old son. Even if his son could persevere, this was not his consideration.

But the problem was, Cheng Shijie didn't agree at all and continued training.

"To the left!"

"turn right!"

"turn back!"

"Stand still—go!"

"Remember the key to military posture: keep your belly in, chest out, put your fingers together on the outside of your thighs, keep your eyes straight, don't look like a hunchbacked old woman, show some soldierly energy!"

Ning Haijun's evil queue training is actually not the most uncomfortable. The most uncomfortable thing is to stand in the military posture. One stand lasts for four quarters or even half an hour. Without orders, you can't move a little finger. Take them to the grass to stand in a military posture. Mosquitoes and gadflies land on their faces and necks, greedily sucking their blood, and they are so itchy that they cannot move. That bitter melon face, a look of pride in the success of the plot.

"Whose quilt is this, why isn't it folded?"

After being severely dealt with, Zhuang Huizhen realized the reality, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and a hero would not suffer from immediate losses.

With the compromise of Zhuang Huizhen of the Texas Left Guard, fewer and fewer officers stayed in the East Day Camp. Although there were fewer officers, the training intensity did not decrease.

Get up early in the morning and run ten kilometers just to wake up and sleep.
Running with a sandbag weighing forty to fifty catties on your back is because you have too much physical strength, do you need to vent?

After eating breakfast, the two-hour training is only for the exercise of muscles and bones?

Is it okay to run another five kilometers as an appetizer before dinner in the afternoon?
After dinner, do 150 push-ups because the instructor cares about your body?
Sometimes in the middle of the night, people are kicked into the carriage and pulled ten miles away to let them walk back in the dark because they are afraid that the long night will make everyone too boring. Is it possible to have some fun for everyone?

One by one, the officers compromised with Cheng Shijie and accepted Cheng Shijie's alliance under the city.

There is no way, if you don't accept it, you can only continue to torture.

In fact, Cheng Shijie really didn't torture them. If they went to Ning Haijun's training camp, they would find that Ning Haijun's training camp had the same training subjects as these officers.

And it was much more severe, which was the result of Cheng Shijie's intentional release of water.

After these officers compromised, a large number of officers were ushered in at Dongdaying. These officers were all officers from Ning Haijun who came to train in batches, and their training intensity remained undiminished.

During this time, Ning Haijun's six-year land reclamation work in Chongzhen has progressed very rapidly, with a total of more than [-] million mu of land reclamation, which is equivalent to more than [-] acres of land reclamation per capita.

This means that the population of Liaodong has officially exceeded 300 million.

Whether it is industry or agriculture, gratifying results have been achieved, which makes Cheng Shijie very happy, but the problem is that some people are not happy, for example, Huang Taiji.

The current Huang Taiji feels like Shenyang is a bit tasteless.

(End of this chapter)