Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 600 Select sharp soldiers, the military system gradually becomes
The discussions in the Wuchang Government Yamen came to an end. After the officials listened to Wang Yan's proposal on preparing for war, Du Yinxi and others reported their plans on Huguang's civil affairs and business.

Wang Yan is now the governor of the five provinces. Although the Xingyuan has not yet been built, he has the power to control the military administration of the provinces in name.

After the discussion was over, the officials dispersed, and He Tengjiao stayed with Wang Yan for dinner. He was originally the governor of Huguang, the top leader of Chu, with arbitrariness in power, but now he feels that power is being left behind.

If it was someone else, He Tengjiao might have started to stumble, use black hands, and use various moves at the same time, but his boss is his son-in-law Wang Yan.

Although He Tengjiao had already decided to help Wang Yan, but suddenly his rights were divided, and his mentality still couldn't be adjusted for a while.

Weng and his son-in-law ate for a while, when He Tengjiao suddenly put down his chopsticks, "Shi Heng said in the morning that he wanted Wu Jinxi and Yan Qiheng to join the cabinet, but their qualifications are far from Zuo Maodi, Su Guansheng, Chen Zizhuang and others. Even if you enter the cabinet, you don't have much right to speak. Just now, in the meeting hall, Shi Heng handled many things in Huguang with ease, but the old man just sat idle. So it is better for the old man to join the cabinet and entrust all the things in Huguang to you. It will be convenient for Shi Heng to integrate Huguang Second, I have enough qualifications to speak for Shi Heng in the cabinet, you and I, Weng and my son-in-law, one for the inside and the other for the outside, working together, wouldn't it be beautiful."

Seeing that He Tengjiao put down his chopsticks, Wang Yan immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks. After hearing what he said, he shook his head, "It's not impossible if Mount Tai enters the cabinet, but it's not the time yet, at least there is still some time to wait."

Wang Yan really needs a civil servant who can speak well in the court. The cooperative relationship between him and Su Guansheng and others under the common goal of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty is not very reliable. There was a big conflict last time. If He Tengjiao enters the court North Korea is indeed a good choice.

"Why?" After all, He Tengjiao is a person who longs for power. Since he can no longer fight for power with his son-in-law in Huguang, and he is not used to being controlled by others, he thought of entering the center. With his seniority and the support of his son-in-law, left Maodi also had to make way for him. It would be a matter of time before he became the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Wang Yan explained: "If Mount Tai enters the court, the imperial court will definitely let Dufutai take over the position of Governor of Chu. Although I have a good relationship with Dufutai, he is not mine after all. And I will return to Guangzhou soon. A trip to the south, the land of Chu still wants Mount Tai to preside over it for a while."

Wang Yan's current shortcoming is that he doesn't have many senior civil servants to turn to. In the five provinces, except for the father-in-law He Tengjiao and himself, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan, not to mention the governors, even the governors are mostly not his people.

Of course, this is still related to the fact that Wang Yan entered the officialdom too late. He was less than [-] years old and had been an official for less than four years. Those old fritters may regard him as a political ally, but it is difficult to rely on him.

He Tiaojiao listened, nodded, and recognized his words.

After dinner, Wang Yan left Wuchang City under the escort of the cavalry, and then boarded a large ship of [-] materials from Wuchang Wharf. Yang Fan sailed northward in the Jiangtao, entered Wuhu Lake, and soon reached the north shore.

There are hundreds of big ships moored in Wuhu Lake on the north bank, the flags on the ships are flying, and the decks are full of shirtless and barefoot soldiers, and the generals walk in front of them, shouting loudly from time to time.

There were also boats shuttled on the lake. More than a dozen large boats were clearly divided into two teams and were undergoing drills. From time to time, the boats followed the command flag and changed their formation.

Two warships approached on the lake, and immediately flew hooks like shuttles, hooked the strings of the boats, and put on wooden boards. The soldiers wielded wooden knives, and a boarding battle started.

Wang Yan's boat avoided the sailors who were practicing, and slowly docked at the pier. He stood on the side of the boat and looked out. On the vast wilderness around Wuhu Lake, there was a long camp, and a big flag fluttered in the wind above the camp. .

Because Huguang has always been on the defensive, it adopted the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the field when facing the Qing army's attack. The Ming army guarded the fortified city, so that the Qing army could not get supplies to the north of the Han River, lengthened the Qing army's grain transportation route, and increased the Ming army. odds.

In the northeast of Hubei, a large amount of land has been abandoned, and the rice fields are covered with weeds, making this large area a good place for horse herding.

War horses cannot be raised in pens. There must be enough space to gallop in order to ensure the ability of war horses to fight.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi reformed the law, reformed the horse administration, and gave money to let the common people move home to raise them. As a result, all the war horses were abolished, and they could only pull stone mills and transport goods, and they could not go to the battlefield at all.

This time Wang Yan captured more than 3 war horses from Wu Sangui. Although the harvest was extremely rich, how to raise the horses was still a big problem.

Although these horses are hard-working Mongolian horses, it still costs a lot to raise them. Fortunately, there is such a large area to gallop at this time, and the weeds everywhere save him a lot of horse feed.

In addition to putting his war horses here, Wang Yan also camped here for most of the Ming armies.

This place is far away from Wuchang, and the surrounding area is desolate. On the one hand, it reduces disturbance to the people;

In the military system designed by Wang Yan, it actually combines the characteristics of the Tang system and the Qin system. The government soldiers come from the Tang system, and the third level comes from the Qin system.

The government soldiers are soldiers, and the local towns and battalions are garrison soldiers, while the divisions of the Five Loyalist Army are sharp soldiers. A soldier starts from the government soldiers and finally becomes a member of the Five Loyalist Army.

During this period, after layer-by-layer screening, those who can enter the Five Loyalty Army are the elites of various ministries, and most of these elites will be promoted to officers, and then sent to the lower two levels to control the local people and gradually form a large interest group.

In this way, the Five Loyalty Army actually replaced the Forbidden Army and the Sixth Division of the Son of Heaven. Wang Yan's control of the Five Loyalty Army was equivalent to controlling Daming's army.

This is the control of middle and lower-level officers and soldiers. Wang Yan also has some thoughts about the control of generals. In the future, he will rebuild the Dudu Mansion, recruit generals into it, and take turns to lead the army outside. The local generals will also be replaced every few years. Make swaps to avoid leading a large army for a long time and turning the army into a private soldier.

Although this will reduce the combat effectiveness of the army, it is imperative to avoid warlords and the separatism of feudal towns.

Of course, Wang Yan will not implement it yet, and the strong enemy has not been eliminated, and his strength is not enough to overwhelm the overall situation.

For this army expansion, Wang Yan mainly organized the five armies of He Tengjiao's Shence, and the Five Zhongjun will choose troops from local people such as Shence and Wuwei.

At this moment, the big ship swayed and finally docked at the pier. Wang Yan quickly stepped off the big ship. Not long after, more than a hundred cavalry came galloping like lightning. Dai Zhifan, Wang Shixiu and all the generals from Huguang came to greet him.

In the camp, shouts filled the sky, and it was very lively. Countless soldiers marched in the wilderness, following the beat of the drums, changing formations, and the ground trembled with their neat footsteps.

(Thank you for the reward for coming to give me a smile)

(End of this chapter)