Ming Empire

Chapter 164
He has already squandered most of the Cao family's property. To raise an army by himself is almost like throwing money into a bottomless pit. No matter how rich the family property is, it will be wiped out one day, unless it is an investment to gain income from it.

However, after Cao Yue became the commander-in-chief in Datong, he was immediately attacked by bandits and slaves, and he had no chance to make more plans.

However, when he came to Nanjing, he could use his brains in this area.

The Cao family's current industries include silk, grain, steel, porcelain, brothels (pornography) and other industries, but the scale is not very large, and the scale of the industry can only be regarded as the middle and lower level in Jiangnan.

Training the new army requires military uniforms, bedding, food, and weapons, and the quantity is very large. Cao Yue can let his family participate and let the Cao family get a share of the training of the new army and gain benefits.And Cao Yue can use the money earned by the family to expand the army.If this can be done, then the money will be circulated in the hands of the army and the Cao family, and more and more will be transferred, and everyone will be happy.

Of course, these things must be done aboveboard, and people cannot be left with the opportunity to attack.

He successfully obtained some money from Gao Hongtu, and received donations from many officials and dignitaries. Cao Yue already had a lot of money for recruiting soldiers, and he could start operations.

Just five days after arriving in Nanjing, Cao Yue, as the admiral of Nanjing, issued an order to recruit recruits. Any young man between the ages of 40 and [-] can join the army.Those who join the army are given a monthly salary of one or two taels of silver, which is settled in the month and will never be owed. The family also has tax relief, and there is a lot of pension for injuries or deaths caused by war.

The initial recruitment of soldiers and horses is expected to be between 7 and [-] people. After the training is completed, the recruits will replace the original guarding soldiers and horses of Nanjing.The original Nanjing soldiers and horses will also be reorganized, leaving the strong and eliminating the weak.

Cao Yue's recruitment order issued by Cao Yue as the admiral of Nanjing caused a huge commotion when he posted it.

The relatively generous salary, the promise of never being in debt, and the testimony of the soldiers of the Musketeer Battalion brought from Datong made many people who had no means or poor families feel excited.Cao Yue's heroic deeds also inspired many young people who wanted to serve the country to enlist in the army. For a while, the conscription registration points in Nanjing and the prefectures and counties near Nanjing were crowded with people, and there was an endless stream of applicants, which was very lively.

This situation was within Cao Yue's expectations. Today's big Han people have not completely lost their blood, at least most of them still know the idea of ​​defending their homes and the country against foreign captives.

However, Cao Yue's actions caused dissatisfaction among the former generals of the Nanjing town army.

Cao Yue's move is almost ready to disband the original Nanjing army and replace them with newly recruited troops.The original town army in Nanjing only had [-] soldiers, and the actual number was at most [-]. The other [-] were used for air pay, but the [-] soldiers were not a small number. As their own capital, they rely on their soldiers and horses, and they also regard these soldiers and horses as the source of their own interests.Now that Cao Yue did this, he almost broke their roots. Of course, they were very dissatisfied.

After Cao Yue issued the recruitment order, the original leading generals in the Nanjing town army expressed strong dissatisfaction. Many generals united to protest to Cao Yue, and some even wanted to use force to confront.But Cao Yue, who had thought about this long ago and had a plan, immediately responded.The Musketeer Battalion brought over from Datong, and the undisclosed special training team renamed the Special Guard Battalion are Cao Yue's biggest capital for daring to act like this. Just when these generals are preparing to make trouble and want to use force to deal with Cao Yue, Cao Yue acted first.

The soldiers of the First Musketeer Battalion, the special training team and Constantine's mercenaries were all dispatched, and they took control of all the barracks in Nanjing with almost no effort.Cao Yue has already inquired about the situation of the Nanjing town army. These troops are even worse than the Beijing Jingying. It is different from the sheep entering the tiger's mouth. Facing the powerful force threat from the well-trained musketeer battalion and special guard battalion, these people have no choice but to put down their weapons and surrender.

The special guard battalion took down most of the leading generals in the first place. How could the Nanjing town army, which had no combat effectiveness, be able to stop the suppression brought by Cao Yue to the musketeer battalion?Soon, without any major commotion, Cao Yue subdued all the Nanjing town army, detained all the main generals, and controlled all the horses in the barracks.

Cao Yue then rectified the Nanjing Town Army. Sergeants with good physique and no bad records can stay in the new army if they want to, but they don't force it.Those sergeants with poor physique and conduct can only be discharged from the Nanjing town army after being given five taels of silver as a settling allowance.

With a good settling fee, the sergeants who were cleared didn't have too many complaints, and the officers or sergeants who had complaints had learned a lesson, and they didn't dare to cause any trouble again.

After the clearance work was completed, only 8000 of the original 8000 Nanjing town troops remained.Cao Yue mixed these [-] people with the soldiers of the Musketeer Battalion to form the first, second, and third battalions of the Nanjing New Army. While starting training, he was also responsible for the daily defense of Nanjing.

Surprisingly, there was no fierce opposition from the official circles in Nanjing to such a big move by Cao Yue. The officials either acquiesced, or supported it explicitly or implicitly.This is all because Cao Yue has grasped too many shady things about the officials and used them as a threat. Those officials whose weaknesses have been grasped by Cao Yue are unwilling to stand up unless their own interests are greatly damaged. Against Cao Yue.

After all, Cao Yue took care of their pain points, and he was training soldiers under the emperor's order, so he could do things cheaply.More importantly, Cao Yue still has the Shangfang sword bestowed by the emperor in his hand, which can be cut first and played later.The deputy general surnamed Wu in Datong was beheaded by Cao Yue, and in the end Cao Yue had nothing to do.Although they are different from the general surnamed Wu, who knows if Cao Yue, who is so proud of his favor, will do something unimaginable?

Shi Kefa never dreamed of this situation.

He did not expect that Cao Yue would start to perform his duties in this way, and he also did not expect that Gao Hongtu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, would generously provide Cao Yue with the little money and food he had saved, and the dignitaries and officials in Nanjing voluntarily donated money and food. For Cao Yue to train soldiers.He also didn't expect that Cao Yue would be so tough, even threatened by force, to disband the original Nanjing town army and replace all the Nanjing town army with his own troops.

Shi Kefa's views on Cao Yue changed almost every day, and he had to marvel at him. This is a person who cannot be imagined with common sense. guy.There are many officials who have the same idea as Shi Kefa, and almost all Nanjing officials look at Cao Yue, the new Nanjing admiral, with admiration!
(End of this chapter)