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Chapter 249 8.25 Arrangements for Raising Soldiers at Their Own Expenses
Chapter 8

8.25 Arrangements for raising troops at one's own expense and quelling chaos

On September 14th of the [-]th year of Yongzheng, at the Weixu camp outside Jinling City, almost the court angels who had been struggling all the way hurriedly rushed, and finally arrived on time and conveyed the will.

Perhaps to express importance, the angels sent this time were two people, one was Han Chu, the left servant of the Ministry of War, who was appointed on behalf of the imperial court; the other was Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the Daming Palace, who came in person to represent Emperor Yongzheng.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Zha Jinling Guard Commander Wei Xu, the public is loyal to the country. Special Jin is the admiral of the south of the Yangtze River, in charge of all the military forces in the south of the Yangtze River, and put down the chaotic army as soon as possible—lead the order, thank you!"

"Chen Weixu—thank you, Lord Long En!" After finally finishing the procedure, he can breathe a sigh of relief, and it went smoother than expected. His original plan was to wait until the civil unrest was quelled, and then he would be promoted based on merit.

"General Wei, the official business is over, and I'm leaving now!" The relationship between the civil and military parties is too antagonistic, and it's not suitable for a Beijing official to befriend a general abroad. Han Chu really has no interest in staying longer. After the imperial edict was delivered, he cupped his hands and prepared to leave people!

"Master Han has worked hard all the way, and it happens that my brother still has some souvenirs here, so I will send someone to offer them!" No matter what, he came here to give a promotion, so the benefits that should be given cannot be saved.

"Thank you General Wei!" Han Chu nodded and turned to leave.

"General Wei, it's really young and promising to be able to have this position of the third rank in a weak crown!" Dai Quan said with a dead eunuch's voice, with a smile that didn't smile.

"The old man's words are serious, but His Majesty has something to convey? The last general takes orders!" Wei Xu didn't bother to argue with him, and went straight to the point. Anyway, his "position" in Emperor Yongzheng's heart is very clear, there is no need to waste it with a slave time.

There is a common saying that "the butt determines the head", which means that the level of speech can be spoken wherever one sits. When Wei Xu was in the capital, he was cautious because of his strength and status.

In feudal society, the imperial power was paramount, but it was far from as high as many people imagined. When it was really necessary, they had to give way. The simplest thing was that the ministers at all levels of the court, even the emperor, had to give some face.

In addition to the "I am Qing Dynasty" in history, all the famous officials and generals knelt down to pay their respects, saying "slave" on the left and "old slave" on the right.

Then again, was the imperial power in the "My Great Qing" period really so high?It may be okay from the middle and late Kangxi period to the middle period of Qianlong period. For other aspects, you can refer to the famous "Southeast Mutual Protection".

Wei Xu has just been awarded the title of Admiral of Jiangnan from the third rank, an iron-clad official of the border, and he also specifically explained that he "leads the military forces in the south of the Yangtze River". He even assigned the guards that the admirals could not intervene in the past. The core personnel ranked among the top [-] generals.

Such an identity is to meet the emperor, and it is nothing more than a procedural salute and greeting, and then what to do, not to mention that he literally "misses you to death" with the emperor, there is no need to play so many moths, let alone Don't talk about facing a slave.

"Your Majesty has no request, but there is a letter that Uncle Niu asked me to bring. You can understand after reading it." Although he was quite dissatisfied with Wei Xu's attitude, Dai Quan was already incapable of doing anything. In this way, the more acquainted you are.

"Oh?" Wei Xu's heart moved. Niu Jizong dared to let the eunuch who delivered the decree bring a letter. It would be pure fart to say that the emperor didn't know. I'm afraid it's not a good thing.

After accepting the letter and sending Dai Quan away with a generous gift, Wei Xu took the six-page long letter back to the big tent, opened it and scanned it, and he knew why Niu Jizong had to say these things.

"Young master, this—" Baozhu beside him felt that his three views had collapsed, "Even the common people know that the emperor can't send hungry soldiers, so what is this? You have to pay for his own soldiers to fight for him?"

"No wonder the last letter, Uncle Niu said so vaguely, let me understand the rules of the scene, and know how to let go when I get benefits, the root of it is here.

Okay, anyway, that's what we've been doing all along. It's nothing more than that we can do it publicly. If it goes according to plan, we have to sort it out slowly. Once it's exposed, it won't look good.

It's convenient now, as long as you hide the problem of arranging your own people in private, and then give each mountain a name of "recruitment", the rest can be made public, and the speed can be greatly improved.

The only problem is that we can't go too fast. Our administrative talent training has just started, and it will take the beginning of next year to use it. Coupled with the time they need, this battle will have to be delayed until the middle of next year anyway.

In this case, it can only cause some troubles, such as the White Lotus Sect's small elite troops infiltrating or lurking in Jinling City, assassinating the court officials and so on. " Wei Xu said with a sneer.

"Young Master, are you talking about Governor Zhao and Chief Envoy Wang?" Baozhu couldn't help laughing, "They thought they were hiding themselves, but they forgot that Jinling City was the foundation of martial arts, and how many martial arts were there in the governor's office. We can't even explain the nails." "Don't worry, now that we are new officials, we have to burn a few fires no matter what, otherwise we will not be able to explain it to the superiors and the subordinates. As for those unsightly things , let them have one more Spring Festival.

It's just that Jinling City will be our territory in the future, and it's not good to have too many nails, whether it's civil servants or military officials, it's not good. "Wei Xu was also taken aback when he received the letter from Niu Jixun. He didn't expect their nails to be so deep.

"Young Master, Sister Xie Zi has had enough hard work these days, and it is really difficult to deal with all kinds of information. If there is more, it will be difficult to handle?" Bao Zhu said distressedly.

"There is no way. Intelligence work is related to the victory of the battle. You are surrounded by other people's nails. Even if you are an ally now, who will dare to say it in the future? If someone plays tricks, we don't care. The people below will be in danger.

But there is no rush for this matter, there is still about a year left and right, just take your time, if you can't solve it now, you can arrange it later, but you must make preparations early. "Wei Xu was also very helpless about this, as he said, the only people around him who can be independent are the girls.

Today, the thousands of households and military battalions that have been sorted out in the south of the Yangtze River have a combined strength of nearly 14 troops. It is up to him to lead Lin Daiyu to resist, but here he has to lead troops to fight. Most of the time, he is a [-]-year-old boy. The girl takes the lead.

The same is true in Jiangbei. Dongfang Bai and Shi Xiangyun are currently working hard to sort out. Due to the shortage of troops, most places can only arrange half of the trained mountain soldiers, and the other half will be recruited on the spot.

This kind of "sorting out" will not be of much use even if it is finished within half a year, but now the capital is already in a hurry. After all, the chaos of the people in the south of the Yangtze River has dragged on until now, and it is no longer a simple military issue, but related to the Dashun Dynasty. It's settled.

"My lord, if this is the case, we will 'recover' at least one county seat again." Baozhu said with a smile.

"There is no way, now we have suffered a heavy loss of troops, and the total number is less than 3000, so it can only be me, the admiral, who went to the front line, personally took Mao Shishi, and led the troops to conquer a county.

But because the enemy saw that our army was short of soldiers, each of them resisted desperately, resulting in very heavy losses. It was impossible to make any moves in a short period of time, and they had to replenish their troops. "Wei Xu said seriously.

"Pfft—" Baozhu couldn't help laughing out loud, threw herself into Wei Xu's arms and hammered it twice, "Did you choose your target, sir?"

"Since there is chaos everywhere, let's slowly bloom from the inside to the outside." After he finished speaking, he suddenly felt unlucky, and remembered the phrase "Bring a brother", "The next goal will be in Danyang alright."

"Danyang was originally a big city, and it was one of the first to fall when the civil unrest broke out, so it's hard to say now." Baozhu frowned, "It's hard to say even 1 people will attack the city if we integrate the forces around it. "

"It's okay, let's create some 'vision from the sky' when the time comes, just try with this group of rebellious soldiers outside Jinling City, they are a bit too much, aren't there enough fire talismans now?" Wei Xu had already prepared .

"Last time I wanted a hundred, but Sister Lin doubled it for me regardless of the consumption. Now there are hundreds of treasure bags, and I can keep them for about half a month." Baozhu replied immediately.

"You will work hard tonight and let the group of rebels warm up. I will adjust the deployment and prepare four thousand households. I will go to Danyang the day after tomorrow. After I leave, I will leave it to you." Wei Xu said lightly. .

"My lord!" Baozhu's eyes lit up, and she curled up in Wei Xu's arms with emotion, her eyes could drip out, "Do you need servants to serve you?"

At the same time, the imperial palace in the capital, the bedroom in the apse of the Dragon Head Palace.

"Cough——" The Supreme Emperor, who was already seriously overstretched, held his chest and couldn't stop coughing, and he raised his head after a while, "Admiral Jiangnan? It seems that this civil disturbance has really put Yuan'er under a lot of pressure, and he has lost his sense of proportion."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has nothing to do. Now that the court is struggling, it really can't come up with enough military pay. If you want the Wei family to pay the money, you will inevitably give some benefits." Xia Shouzhong said respectfully.

"Yes, but how could the soldiers he raised with money be from the imperial court?" The Supreme Emperor shook his head, "Forget it, it's over, it's too late to say anything, you try to arrange as many people as possible to go there.

Now that the war is tense, just keep an eye on it. Once the war is over, it’s fine if the kid is sensible. "

"Slave understands!" Xia Shouzhong nodded fiercely.

(End of this chapter)