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Chapter 79 Dabie Mountain Base
"Happy! In such a world where treachery and evil are in power, it is really rare for us to be promoted by killing the enemy to serve the country and making meritorious service in an upright manner."

"This dangerous and secluded place in Huangzhou is a hundred times cleaner than the prosperous places like Liangjing and Suzhou! Drink! If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return!"

On the night of receiving the promotion letter, Shen Shuren had to drink and celebrate with Zhang Huangyan and Gu Yanwu in the yamen of the prefect of Huangzhou.

Zhang and Gu, who have long been quite dissatisfied with the world, spit out some cynical complaints while drinking, and the more they say, the bigger the scale.

Thinking that the promotion of civil servants in the outside world now depends on bribing the officials and spending money to buy officials to clear the joints, they actually regard Huangzhou, a war-torn place, as a paradise for saving the country and the people with real skills.

At least killing the thieves is based on real skills!It's useless to flatter Shangguansai again!Incompetent sycophants will die here!
Shen Shuren seemed to be much calmer than Zhang and Gu. He was always drinking and thinking about things in silence, and he didn't follow suit.

Zhang Huangyan found it strange, and after drinking another pot of good wine, he asked concerned: "What? Is there something on your mind? Today is such a happy day, and I don't want to brag about it."

Shen Shuren smiled politely, and held up the cup: "I may go to Nanjing in a few days, and I have some things to deal with. Of course, I will also go back to Suzhou for the new year, and come back before the spring plowing in February.

The remote and dangerous road here will be blocked by snow anyway in winter. We have the advantage of a navy, and we are not afraid of He Jin and Lin Chengcheng taking risks.Therefore, during the slack season in winter, all you need to do is to do some water conservancy repairs, new land rectification, and soldier drills step by step.

At that time, there will be Lao'Zhang Tongpan' who has been acting as my agent for a month and a half.Anyway, water conservancy corvee is the responsibility of the general judge. "

Zhang Huangyan was immediately unhappy when he heard the words, and complained without hesitation: "Well, you, the new magistrate, just took office and left the job to me. Thank you for your kindness! You are not afraid of the court's accountability!"

Shen Shuren smiled confidently: "The court's regulations, when a new official takes office, there is a three-month deadline for taking office and handing over. Although I hand over to myself, it only takes one and a half months, so it's not too much."

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and officials would be given a deadline when they went to other places, and it was normal to arrive within three months.

If the former magistrate is eager to leave his post, as long as the money and grain and the accounts of all parties are clearly handed over, Tongzhi and Tongju are willing to take over the trusteeship, as long as it does not exceed three months, it is absolutely fine.

Shen Shuren took advantage of legal loopholes this time, and even took a big vacation when he handed over to himself.

Fortunately, the two parties are cousins, so it is also necessary to help with part-time jobs.After Zhang Huangyan complained, he became serious: "Is there any joint that needs to be dredged when going to Nanjing?"

Shen Shuren nodded: "You also saw it this afternoon, not only the court's decree has arrived, but also my father's family letter. Things in the family letter are even more troublesome.

I didn't even know that I was originally impeached by Zuo Liangyu by leapfrogging the ranks, and Governor Fang Kongxue Fang was in the middle to protect me, but it ended up being so complicated.

When my father was in the capital, he heard about Zuo Liangyu's memorial. In order to find out the news and help cover it up, he told His Majesty about the "Lijin" that I casually talked to him in the previous family letter. .

Unexpectedly, His Majesty is interested in 'Lijin', probably due to lack of money.But to implement this method, there are many obstacles.

Even if the obstacles can be removed and forced to continue, it will inevitably be criticized by vested interests in the future, "those who made such a bad plan ignored the ancestral separation of powers, with sinister intentions, and will inevitably lead to separatism in the future."

I believe that with His Majesty's temper, as long as someone speaks convincingly, he will definitely "severely punish the officials who made the idea at the beginning, but half-pushed and half-preserved the new law that can make money" and try to calm things down.

If I don't prepare in advance, even if Lijin is successfully implemented in the future, my father may be killed as a scapegoat and pushed out as a scapegoat.Therefore, I have to go to Nanjing to make some arrangements and make some connections, so that I can really promote Lijin next year. "

Shen Shuren is very aware of Chongzhen's ways. Chongzhen is essentially willing to use those reforms that can give him practical benefits, but will damage the laws of his ancestors and the principles of the court.

But after using it, if the officer points out these points of breaking the principle, he will push out the person who suggested the reform and cut it off, to show that "the breaking of the principle is not from the emperor's original intention, but there are treacherous officials", and then The emperor only takes benefits, but does not take the blame for breaking principles.

To use the most well-known analogy, in history, before Li Zicheng came to Beijing, Chongzhen actually tried many times to get the elders to give up Beijing and move the capital to the south.

But abandoning Beijing is obviously contrary to the ancestral principle of "the Son of Heaven guards the gate of the country".

Someone must say that he can pretend to be deceived for a while, and wait until the real raw rice is cooked and matured to arrive in Nanjing, then pretend to "wake up" and kill the treacherous officials who persuaded him to give up Beijing-and those who can live to that day The ministers also know him too well, so they gritted their teeth and refused to blame him.

Today's lijin policy can make money, but it also has the hidden danger of causing local centrifugal and inconvenient control.In terms of behavior pattern, it is exactly the same as the persuasion two years later in history.If you don't reserve some support first, even if you succeed in persuasion, you will be killed by Chongzhen.

Zhang Huangyan had never met the emperor, so he was still a little bit dissatisfied with saying the emperor to his cousin.

But his family has dirty work to do, so he can only help with the daily work first, and don't ask about other things that he shouldn't know.

"Forget it, I don't care what you do when you go to Nanjing. Just help you for a month and a half. Remember to bring some thank you gifts when you come back! Tell me, when will you leave?"

Shen Shuren: "Let's go back to Suzhou for the New Year in another four or five days. Anyway, there is no one in the Nanjing Yamen during the Chinese New Year. We can only trust the relationship after the Lantern Festival."

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After the plan for returning to the hometown is set, the remaining few days are more precious. Shen Shuren has to hurry up and plan the civil affairs and training work that will be arranged during the winter slack.

The crops that should be planted in winter have already been secured, so there is nothing to do in terms of persuading farmers.The main concern is the reorganization and training of recruits, as well as the building of armaments.

Early the next morning, Shen Shuren summoned Zuo Zixiong and other military officers to re-approve the future troop establishment.

After yesterday's promotion, Shen Shuren's army establishment has also been raised.

In addition to the guard station in Huangzhou, Yang Sichang also allocated to him the guard station of Suizhou Prefecture, which is still mostly in the occupied area. In fact, Shen Shuren has only recovered one Xiaogan County in Suizhou area so far, so The Suizhou Wei garrison is temporarily placed in Xiaogan.

The imperial court did not appoint the officers of the Suizhou Guard, but in fact gave Shen Shuren great discretion.

The establishment of a guard is 500 people.

Before, Shen Shuren had [-] regular troops, [-] servants, and [-] to [-] troops recruited from Liu Xiyao.

Now for reorganization, we will select those with relatively reliable physical strength and discipline and character, pull out about 3000 people, combine them with the original old department, and then remove the previous battle damage and disability for permanent retirement, and organize and train a force of 7000 people.

The [-] guards who were originally compiled separately are now also mixed into the two guards, so as to ensure the loyalty of the troops and not be half-hearted because of too many capricious veterans.

Most of the officers and soldiers at all levels in the new Suizhou Guard were also moved from Huangzhou Guard, officers and soldiers who had performed well in the past.Only a very small number of ex-rogue officers who had performed meritorious service when they surrendered anyway will be retained.

After the reorganization, Huangzhou Wei was commanded by Zuo Zixiong, and Suizhou Wei was commanded by Zhang Huangyan.

Under Zuo Zixiong's command, there are Lu Datou, Liu Sandao and several others, as well as some old lineages he brought out at the beginning.

Zhang Huangyan has Shen Fu, Shen Lian and several others under Zhang Huangyan's command.There is no need to mention the rest of the grassroots officers at the general level.

After the organization is done, the remaining difficulty is the ordnance and arms.

When Shen Shuren first came, it was a grass-roots team, all weapons were obtained by spending money, and they did not build their own military production.

The firearms that were purchased out front and back were only about [-], and there were no cannons yet.After Liu Xiyao was eliminated, two or three hundred firearms were seized, but the quality was much worse than those bought by Shen Shuren. There were only bird guns and old-fashioned fire guns, and even Lumi guns were rare, and there was not even a single turtledove gun. .

After inspection, there were dozens of old-fashioned firecrackers that were confirmed to be unreliable. The walls of the chambers were worn down and thinned, and the chambers might explode at any time.

After some selection, the whole army collected a total of [-] firearms.

Compared with the 7000-strong troop establishment, the number of igniters can only guarantee [-]% of the musketeer formation, and ordnance building must be put on the agenda.

"This time when I go back to Nanjing and Suzhou, I will take the opportunity to recruit a group of skilled blacksmiths. I will start by making imitation Lumi and Turtledove guns. As for the old-fashioned bird guns and fire guns, our army will not make them in the future.

In order to avoid too many firearm configurations and models, it is inconvenient to supply ammunition.In the future, for the elite troops of our army, the proportion of firearms should be increased to one-third, or even fifty percent.

However, in the two months of winter, before the firearms craftsmen are recruited, let the local blacksmiths make some weapons such as knives and guns that can be used with existing firearms. These are relatively easy, and ordinary blacksmiths can do it. "

After Shen Shuren determined the size of the establishment of each branch, he first had a thorough investigation with his cousin, so that he could have a clear direction for his efforts in the past two months, so as not to waste time.

Zhang Huangyan was very curious. Based on his traditional military thinking, he felt that Qi Jiguang and Qi Shao's combination of firearms and melee weapons had already been perfected. What special melee weapons should ordinary musketeers be equipped with?Isn't it good to use ready-made ones?

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PS: If there are no accidents, this book should be on the shelves on August 8st... I hope you will keep up with the updates in the last few days, and give me a first order after it is on the shelves.I also know that the current situation is not good, so I won't say anything else.

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