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

Chapter 41

Chapter 040

Cheng Shijie's words happened to hit Sun Yuanhua's heart.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, because of the turbulent border affairs and the tight finances of the imperial court, the Liao rate was increased from nine per cent to one cent and two per mu, which was an increase of three per mu.

One tael of silver is equal to ten qian, and one hundred percent of silver is equal to one thousand centimeters, and one centimeter is equal to one penny.

In all fairness, three pennies is not much for the common people, because three pennies can buy at most three or four taels of pork, or half a catty of fish and shrimp, or two taels of salt.

However, the problem is that the imperial court allowed an increase of three cents per mu, and the government dared to increase it by three cents, and it even dared to increase it to three or four cents in the counties.In this way, there are not a few people who have been forced to ruin their families.

Since July, people who have abandoned their fields and become refugees have flooded into various prefectures and counties. Now Shandong is like a pile of dry firewood. If there is any spark, it will become a prairie fire.

This kind of situation is something that Sun Yuanhua does not want to see. Only by controlling the stability of Shandong can he consider doing something about reforming the old and reforming the old.Even if there is a saying that there are three fires for a new official to take office, it is just killing chickens and scaring monkeys, making small troubles, easily harming the interests of most people, and will encounter strong backlash, which is really not for the wise;
What's more, Sun Yuanhua will not forget that he still has a large group of Jiang Ning people waiting for him to make mistakes.

But Cheng Shijie talked about his itching.

Cheng Shijie said: "The lower officials know a little about how to train soldiers, and now they have recruited more than [-] young men from Zuoqianhu. In time, they will definitely become the pillars of Shandong... It's just a pity that the lower officials lack food, grass and armor ..."

Before Cheng Shijie finished speaking, Sun Yuanhua said: "Let's not talk about these, let's talk about your training method first!"

Although most of the literati in the Ming Dynasty were powerless, most of them liked to talk on paper.Although Sun Yuanhua is not a Jinshi, he also likes to talk on paper.His most proud achievement is that he united the soldiers in the predicament of being isolated inside and outside the customs. Facing the siege of the slave army, he used Western cannons to keep the eight cities and 24 forts he garrisoned standing still.

It is because of these political achievements that Sun Yuanhua was able to break through the rules and become the governor of Denglai with his academic qualifications. He is also famous all over the world for being good at training soldiers and casting guns.

Cheng Shijie is an old institution, and he is very experienced in dealing with technical bureaucrats like Sun Yuanhua. He smiled and said: "The Seven Books of the Martial Arts" is a masterpiece of military accomplishments by sages. "I have a deep understanding of the method of forming an army. Since the emperor Taizu Hongwu, we have established a guard, however, the establishment of the guard is somewhat..."

Cheng Shijie explained the shortcomings of the guard system from the aspects of organization, soldier quality, and equipment, and then explained to Sun Yuanhua his methods of governing the army, training, equipment, and orders.

Just like an officer of a thousand households commanding ten hundreds of households, this is actually inappropriate. In an era without information technology, flat management methods are the most unscientific. A battalion-level officer with a thousand households can manage three to five It is the most scientific for each subordinate to manage 300 to [-] people.

Cheng Shijie had actually fantasized about the squad formation of future generations, but the problem was that it was the best formation for using automatic weapons of later generations, and it was found out after countless actual battles.

In fact, the establishment of the cold weapon period in ancient China has always been the Shiwu system, but the name is different in the past dynasties. Taking the Qin army as an example, five people are in the army, and one is the leader of the army; One person; for five villages, set up one village leader; for two villages, one hundred generals; for 500 people, one person for five hundred masters;Among them, the "two or five hundred masters" are also called "thousand people", and they are already middle-ranking officers.

The establishment of the Han army also inherited the establishment of the Qin army. Five people make up a team, two teams make up a team, five teams make up a team, set up a team, and two teams of 100 people make up a village. Sima.

It's just that the names are different, but the headcount is actually the same.The same is true for the establishment of the Tang army, but the names are different. There are 50 people in a team, and the two teams are a brigade, and the brigade rate is set.The two brigades or the third brigades form a regiment, with school captains, four regiments, five regiments, and six regiments, namely Shangzhechong Duwei, Zhongzhechong Duwei, and Zhechong Duwei.

In the Song Dynasty, it was the capital.One capital is 100 people, five capitals are one battalion, and the battalion has a commander.Only in the Ming Dynasty, ten hundred households were one thousand households.

Sun Yuanhua thought that Cheng Shijie was a general who was proficient in command and training at the strategic level, but he did not expect that what Cheng Shijie was really proficient in was the management and training of small-scale battalions. What is lacking is also the knowledge blind spot of Sun Yuanhua and all literati who talk on paper.

Sun Yuanhua only knew that the guards were vulnerable to a single battle, but he didn't know that the root was in the establishment. One thousand 120 people was a full-staffed thousand households, but the problem was that one thousand households couldn't command ten hundred households as well.Of course, if it is in the information age, let alone a thousand households commanding ten hundred households, it is like a platoon leader, directly commanding thirty or fifty soldiers without the squad leader, there is no problem.

"Shijie, even if you train an elite army, how can you protect one side comprehensively?"

Sun Yuanhua pointed to the map and asked: "The area under the jurisdiction of Zuoqianhu is 260 miles from the sea in the east, 75 miles from Fushan County in the west, 240 miles from Laiyang in the south, and 330 miles from Qingquan in the north (equivalent to [-] miles from east to west, and [-] miles from north to south). ), how can such a large area be fully protected?"

"Your officer is ready to use mobile defense!"

Cheng Shijie said: "For military training, you must first exercise your ability to travel long distances. You dare not lie to Mr. Futai. After training for more than a month, you can march eighty miles a day in full armor!"

"Eighty miles?"

Sun Yuanhua was very surprised when he heard this.The marching speed of the Guards Army in the Ming Dynasty was thirty miles per day.It was less than the daily training distance of Cheng Shijie's servants.

Sun Tzu's art of war is so rolling and trending, he does not stay day and night, doubles the way, and fights for profit for a hundred miles, then captures three generals. General, half of the method is perfect; if you fight for profit within thirty miles, you will reach two-thirds.

Speed ​​is everything.

And Cheng Shijie continued: "Xiaguan originally planned to use horse-drawn carriages to assist the troops in marching. During the march, soldiers can go forward in carts, and with two horses driving a carriage, they can travel hundreds of miles a day. Once there are bandits in various places, Xiaguan can lead the troops to march." Department, within two days, reach the coast of the sea, and at most three days can reach Laiyang."

Cheng Shijie entrusted his plan to Sun Yuanhua together.

On land, horse-drawn carriages are used to assist in marching, and along rivers and coasts, boats and boats are used to march. In Cheng Shijie's eyes, this family soldier can fight at sea by boat or on foot on land.

Due to the small number of people and the lack of supplies needed, the four hundred elites can take about fifty carriages and pull them away, and some carriages can also transport food, grass and ammunition.As for the sea part, four [-] gunboats can carry [-] elites and patrol along the more than [-] miles of Ninghai Prefecture's sea area.

Sun Yuanhua and Cheng Shijie talked for more than two hours without knowing it. Seeing that it was getting dark, Sun Yuanhua also ended the meeting.

"The matter of recruiting soldiers should be done slowly, but you will be a bit of a loser if you serve as Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu again!"

Sun Yuanhua got up and looked at Cheng Shijie and said: "Many things need to be figured out slowly. You have a lot of talent, and you are dedicated to serving the court. Don't worry about your future. Isn't this constitution also born as a son!"

Cheng Shijie hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you Futai for your promotion!"

Sun Yuanhua has now decided to separate the Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households Office from Dengzhou Weili, and prepares to go to the imperial court to demote Ninghai Prefecture to the Ning Navy.

Both the army and the state are actually administrative units, but the army is slightly lower than the state.The Zhizhou of the Ming Dynasty was the fifth rank, and the magistrate was the fourth rank. Once the Ning Navy was established, it was like a small military region.

Cheng Shijie was originally a thousand households in the Weisuo, he was a fifth-rank military officer, and he knew the Ninghai military.

It is political correctness for civilian officials to suppress military officials.

Sun Yuanhua left Cheng Shijie to live in the governor's yamen.

When the servant brought Cheng Shijie to the guest room to stay, he notified Cheng Shi, Cheng Hu and the servants to go to the house in Shiqiao Lane to rest.

Sun Yuanhua did not let Cheng Shijie go, which means it is good news.

Cheng Shijie decided to use his eloquence and knowledge to get something good from the governor Sun Yuanhua.

Sun Yuanhua is a master of cannon casting, and has more than 100 Western military officers under his command, and has cast dozens of new cannons. These cannons are all cheaper than Huang Taiji in the end.

It's better to take some of it yourself first.

Dengzhou Weizuo Thousand Households Institute, set up another artillery department with more than a dozen artillery pieces, shouldn't that be too much?
Cheng Shijie thought about wanting a carriage, a war horse, and a gun, and fell asleep happily in his heart.

The news that Cheng Shijie stayed in the Governor's Yamen could not be hidden from other people.

……

It also belongs to Dengzhou City, where the Commander of Dengzhou Guards envoys Si Yamenli.

Jin Yousheng couldn't sleep either, because his staff had reported to him that the governor's yamen had started to investigate the truth about the annihilation of the bandit Qin Wu.

This matter was originally a fake. Cheng Shijie's military exploits belonged to someone else. Once the governor investigates, it will definitely not be able to hide it.

"Zu Xin!"

Jin Yousheng looked at Huang Zuxin with a wry smile and said, "We're in serious trouble!"

Huang Zuxin sighed and said: "There is no rush now, the only way is for Cheng Shijie to remember that we are all warriors..."

As long as Cheng Shijie, the person involved, doesn't change his mind, the fake is also true.

"But we..."

Jin Yousheng suddenly remembered that his daughter had been sent to Zuoqianhu House and lived in Zuoqianhu House.

However, Jin Yousheng didn't know that Cheng Shijie hadn't been in Qianhu House during this period of time, nor had he touched his daughter.

Jin Yousheng didn't know it, he hurriedly got someone to prepare a generous dowry, and took his servants and dowry to Cheng Shijie's house in Dengzhou City.

(End of this chapter)