A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 185 Lu Xiangsheng Inspection
Wang Dou coughed, and said: "To tell you the truth, every time a lowly officer trains a sergeant, they will go out to suppress bandits. On the one hand, they will protect the environment and the people, and on the other hand, they will seize money and food, which can be used to support the soldiers and the people."

Lu Xiangsheng caressed his beard and said: "It's a good way to take the money and food from the bandits to support the army and the people. It's just a small Baoan Prefecture, and even the income from suppressing the bandits is a drop in the bucket. It seems that there are no more bandits under your rule. How can you continue to support them?"

Wang Dou said in a low voice: "Oh, by the way, the humble officer also let the sergeant go abroad."

"...By the way, take a walk outside the country?"

Lu Xiangsheng pointed at Wang Dou sharply, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak: "Wang Dou, you are so courageous to send troops out of the country without authorization. Do you have military discipline and national laws in your eyes?"

"Let's go, well said is easy!"

Wang Dou bowed his head and remained silent.

Seeing Wang Dou's disapproval, Lu Xiangsheng became even more angry.

At this time, only Lu Xiangsheng's confidant, Chen An, and his younger brothers were in the hall. They all looked at each other, and they all looked at Wang Dou.

Lu Xiangsheng stared at Wang Dou for a long time, then shook his head and sighed, "That's all."

He sighed: "Let's follow the power. The money and food you take is also for training soldiers, benefiting the people, and always having the heart of the country. Among the generals and officials of Xuanda, there are only a few who can do what you do."

Speaking of this, there is a sense of desolation in his words.

Wang Dou looked at him, probably because he was worried about being overworked. He was less than 40 years old, with gray hair on his temples, and Wang Dou seemed to be blocked by something in his heart. He said, "Minister, you... You are working too hard, take care of yourself..."

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Wang Dou in surprise, Wang Dou's tone was like a son to his father, and a younger brother to his elder brother, which made Lu Xiangsheng feel rather strange and warm.He smiled and shook his head: "As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, what is it if you have to work hard?"

He looked at Wang Dou, and said softly, "Wang Dou, it's really commendable that you managed Baoan Prefecture like this, but you just need to be loyal."

Wang Doudao: "Minister, you can learn from the sun and the sun with a humble heart of loyalty!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "I am very pleased that you can think like this."

He was smiling all over his face, apparently genuinely happy.

He went to a chair and sat down, then motioned for Wang Dou to sit beside him, and then he said: "Wang Dou, how do you train your troops in the field, tell me about it in detail."

……

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Wang Dou, are you saying that you have never paid the soldiers?"

Wang Doudao: "The lowly rank gives them fields and land, and also rents them cattle, water carts and other things. If they still ask for food from the lowly rank, it is too greedy, isn't it? Such an ungrateful person, never in the lowly rank army Keep."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly and shook his head, his confidant Chen An said beside him: "Isn't it just and right for a soldier to eat food and get paid?"

Wang Dou pondered: "Perhaps this is the case with the battalion soldiers, but the low-ranking officers are training the troops stationed in the guards. The low-ranking officers distribute fields to them, and then suppress the bandits to fight. They will be rewarded with the food and money they pay. Naturally, they are willing to fight to the death. The money and food are taken, and they are also rewarded. You can train your troops to strengthen your army, set up farms and cultivate land, and you can accomplish many things in one fell swoop.”

Chen An said: "Wang Caoshou raised his army with the income from suppressing the bandits. What if there are no bandits to suppress?"

Wang Dou said with a smile: "If there are no thieves in the world, the world will be peaceful. I will disarm and return to the fields and become a happy rich man."

Everyone laughed, and Lu Xiangsheng also shook his head with a smile. Wang Dou's method can solve part of the problem, and then...

Wang Doudao: "The governors are all battalion soldiers. I have a proposal from the humble position, which the governors can refer to."

Lu Xiangsheng was very interested, Wang Dou's various actions made him admire, he said: "If you have any suggestions, please tell Wang Dou carefully."

Wang Doudao: "It is said that killing thieves requires soldiers, and employing soldiers requires salaries. However, the officers and soldiers of each battalion have always been hypocritical. They receive 1 salaries, but there are only [-] soldiers, and they are old and weak. Most of the camps set the quota. Soldiers, the original rate of payment, the governor can practice practically and use it, but it is not a lie to ask for soldiers, one soldier will receive one rate, such a streamlined training can greatly save money and food, if the soldiers do not practice, even the salary will be useless. "

"One hundred thousand false soldiers is not as good as five thousand elite soldiers."

Wang Dou finally came to a conclusion.

Chen An and the others next to him looked at Wang Dou in amazement. He is a mere integrity officer who has a clear understanding of the evils of the Daming Army, and he can still put forward his own opinions and solutions. This young man is not simple.

Chen An said: "If the soldiers are laid off, how should we deal with them?"

Wang Doudao: "You can turn them into troops, garrison fields and farms, and save grain and rice."

Lu Xiangsheng stared at Wang Dou for a long time, then nodded slowly: "Nuclear soldiers are fully paid, Wang Dou, you are right, it's just..."

He sighed for a long time, wanting to stop the bad habit of the generals and officers eating empty salaries, it is difficult, he must have great courage and determination.

He pondered for a long time, and suddenly said to Wang Dou: "In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the slave soldiers invaded the bandits, and the 280-level head on Xuanzhen East Road was all captured by you, right?"

Everyone around looked at Lu Xiangsheng in astonishment, and then at Wang Dou. Was he the one who won level 280?Last year Wang Dou was just a defense officer of a small fort. When everyone heard that Wang Dou was beheaded at the [-]th level, they already felt that he was very brave. Could it be that his credit is not only that, but most of them were falsely claimed by others?

Wang Dou smiled wryly: "Indeed, those 280 first-level heads were all obtained by humble officials."

Chen An shouted: "Master Wang, your credit has been robbed by others, why don't you say it?"

Wang Dou smiled wryly: "I was just a defense officer of a small fort back then, and the superiors can leave eighty heads for the humble rank, which is already very good."

Everyone in the arena thought it was incredible, and felt aggrieved that Wang Dou's achievements were robbed by others.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Wang Dou, how did you get these heads, tell me in detail."

Wang Dou described the situation at that time, and when he heard that Wang Dou went out to fight in the city, and personally led the army and horses in pursuit, and recaptured thousands of looted soldiers and civilians, Lu Xiangsheng was moved, and he said: "Wang Dou, how many soldiers and horses did you have that day? How many soldiers and horses does the slave have?"

Wang Doudao: "At that time, there were about 700 low-ranking sergeants and about 1000 slaves including slaves. However, two Niu Lu suffered heavy losses under Shunbao Castle. After this battle, Lian Shunbao battle statistics A total of 280 first-level slave soldiers and follower heads were captured by the humble officer. Coincidentally, it was the Jiala slave army that escorted the captives in Huailai."

Chen An couldn't believe it: "The slave thief of Jiala, seeing you chasing him, didn't dare to fight, so he ran away like that?"

Wang Dou said with a smile: "Slave bandits are stern, they don't lose their nature as bandits, and it's just like that when they meet my dare-to-war sergeant."

Lu Xiangsheng let out a long sigh, got up and paced in the hall.

Wang Dou tentatively said: "Minister, the matter of the leader is over, and I don't want to bring up the lowly position again, lest there will be gossip."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "If you don't want to mention it again, it's fine."

It is common for officials in the Ming Dynasty to rob their subordinates of their military merits. If this matter is pursued, it will involve a wide range of issues, and it will not benefit Wang Dou in the future. Lu Xiangsheng and others just feel that it is unfair to Wang Dou.

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a long time, and said: "Wang Dou, with your merits, even if you are a general, guerrilla warfare is nothing... Let's do this, Baoanzhou City is an important place for farming, and I only give it to you with integrity. I'm afraid that urgency will not help. The governor asked the Ministry of War to set it up as a garrison, and this garrison will be done by you, and you will train another two thousand soldiers for this governor."

He looked at Wang Dou, and called himself the name he had chosen for him: "Guoqin, wait for you to stay a little longer, and the governor will invite you to be sent by a guerrilla general."

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That night, Lu Xiangsheng rested in the ethics mansion, which made Li Zhenyu, the magistrate, jealous.That night when the rooster crowed and washed the brush, Lu Xiangsheng still couldn't sleep. He put on his clothes and stood in front of the window for a long time. Finally, he rushed to the desk and started to write the memorial.

He wrote down the words "Please set up security guards in the old city" on the paper, and after concentrating on it for a while, he wrote vigorously: "I would like to press..."

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After Lu Xiangsheng's memorial arrived in the capital, it caused some controversy in the Ministry of War, and finally brought it to the cabinet, and Baoanzhou City set up a garrison. No one has much objection to this.

In the Wanli year, there was a garrison in Baoanzhou City, but it was abolished later. Lu Xiangsheng said that the Tuntian Daxing over there was an important place for the government, and it would be okay to set up a garrison. Disputed.

Although Wang Dou has meritorious service, he has been promoted year after year. Last year, he was only awarded two levels. Is he going to be promoted again this year?Wang Dou is now the acquaintance of the security guard commander. If he wants to serve as the garrison officer of the old security city, he must at least be promoted to the security guard commander.It's probably not a good thing for a young man in his twenties to rise so fast.

Therefore, some people claimed that the Governor-General was suspected of indiscriminately assigning guards, and in the end the matter became so turbulent that the matter could not be decided for a long time.

……

Regardless of what the outside world is saying, after Lu Xiangsheng left, Wang Dou still specialized in training his soldiers and horses. With Lu Xiangsheng's guarantee, at least his original six-headed sergeant would not have to be too secretive, and he would soon be on the military list again. legal officers and soldiers.

When Wang Dou selected the young and strong, he also picked out all the qualified officers and soldiers registered in the various forts in Baoan Prefecture, and incorporated them into the newly trained new army. Now Tian Changguo, the governor of the state city, Yang Zhichang, the defense officer of the five forts, and Shi Min, the defense officer of Zhangjiabao. Their subordinates, apart from their own servants, are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled.

Moreover, these old, weak, sick and disabled, because they reclaimed wasteland before autumn sowing, they didn't have the mood to stay in the barracks anymore, and went home to farm. They were still anxious and emotionally unstable, and many people wanted to enter the new military camp in Shunxiangbao to have a good future in the future.In the past, Wen Fangliang and Sun Sanjie's servants in Shun Township were the role models ahead.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around them, the three of them couldn't help but have some ideas in their hearts. However, the governor Lu Xiangsheng had just left. I heard that he inspected Baoanzhou City this time and praised Wang Dou greatly. With the support of the governor, even if Wang Dou does whatever he wants, so what can everyone do?Wang Dou really didn't have time to pay attention to the three people's thoughts. He would not stop. If these people couldn't keep up with his pace, he would be excluded from his circle and be marginalized in the end.

Yang Zhichang and Shi Min were still hesitating, Qianzong Tian Changguo was the first to make a choice. He led a large army in Zhoucheng, including hundreds of family members, led by his own general Tian Zhijue, who was also a member of his clan. His nephew and confidant have the official title of security guard Qianhu.

Tian Changguo asked Tian Zhijue to lead his family members to Shunxiang Fort. Whether these soldiers will be dispersed or reorganized in the future will be decided by Wang Dou. Look at Sun Sanjie and Wen Fangliang of Shunxiang Fort before. Military strength, don't you also live a very nourishing life?

Tian Changguo was originally an officer in the prefectural camp, but now that the soldiers and horses have dispersed, he is even more quiet. He pondered, seeing his attitude, he must be treated differently by adults.As expected, Wang Dou appreciated Tian Changguo's attitude very much, and praised Tian Changguo well. Wang Dou promised him that if Tian Zhijue made military achievements in the future, he would definitely promote him vigorously.In the future, part of Tian Zhijue's military achievements will be attributed to Tian Changguo.

At the beginning of November in the tenth year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou went to Baoanwei City. He planned to ask the new guard Xu Zucheng for a man. The young man named Zhao Xuan was said to be from Baoding Cheying, and he was good at chariots and artillery. Deep understanding.

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Old White Bull:
The Forgotten Watermelon Book Friend: After my research, the theory that Hai Rui forced his daughter to death is pure fiction, just like Shen Wansan's rumors.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the atmosphere was open, and it seemed that it would not lose to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

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