Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 281

"With the prosperity of one generation, there must be rule of one generation. How can our Qing Dynasty make full use of the system of the old Ming Dynasty?"

Jiang Ning, Mr. Ma discussed matters with Governor Ma Guozhu and others.Liu Yingbin, Governor of Anhui, Chen Zhilong, Governor of Huaiyang, Chen Jin, Admiral of Caojiang, Zhang Tianlu, Admiral of Anhui, and other Han Chinese were present, as were Bashan and other Manchurian Meile Zhangjing.

At this time, General Tan Tai and his deputy He Luohui were still on the way.

Today Yan Wogong convened these people, and the thing he wanted to talk about was simple, that is, why Duoduo and Boluo went south at a rapid pace, and they were invincible. After leaving, these battalion soldiers with green flags quickly became incompetent?

"Chen Fuyuan, what do you think is the reason?"

The governor of Huaiyang is also called the governor of Fengyang, the governor of Fengyang, Huai'an, Xuzhou, Yangzhou and other places. Chen Zhilong's title is Youqiandu Yushi, a second-rank senior official, and has a lot of power, but Chen Zhilong is a little embarrassed and uneasy sitting here.

He is a native of Jiangxi. He was promoted in the Tianqi Dynasty. He went from the manager of Changde all the way to the Tongzhi of Xi'an. Chongzhen surrendered to Li Zicheng in 16 years and was awarded the Jiedu envoy of Ningxia. When Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, he served as the Jiedu envoy of Shaanxi and stayed behind in Xijing.It's just that the timing of Li Zicheng's surrender was not right. Less than a year after he surrendered, Li Zicheng was defeated in Shanhaiguan, and he was defeated for thousands of miles.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he simply surrendered to the Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the year.The Qing court transferred him to Huaiyang from Guanzhong, where he had been an official for a long time, and replaced Zhao Fuxing as the governor of Huaiyang.

Newcomer, without the slightest foundation, was obviously distrusted by the Qing court.

"The lower officials thought that most of the green battalions belonged to the Ming soldiers. Most of them just changed the flag, and the rest did not change. Therefore, many problems in the Ming Dynasty still exist now, such as various empty titles and deduction of military pay. Wait, the fighting power of the green battalion is not high." He didn't want to say much, but only asked some very common questions.

"Liu Futai, what do you think?"

Liu Yingbin is gray-haired and over 60 years old. He became an official when Chongzhen was the last official to be a doctor in the Ministry of officials. When Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, there were rumors that Chongzhen went south in disguise. Liu Yingbin said that the emperor's country could not be kept. How could a courtier only care about his own home?
So I didn't want to go home anymore, and chased south across the Yangtze River overnight.

However, his son Liu Gong gathered people to vote for Liu Zeqing. He himself participated in the establishment of King Fu and proclaimed himself emperor, and was awarded the title of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple. , was given the original title to governor Chi Taihui Ning and other places.

After he took office, he only focused on drinking and reciting poems and writing Fu all day long, which led to Huizhou and other prefectures and counties being attacked by Jin Sheng and others one after another.As a result, when Yan Wogong came, he said that the situation in Anhui has improved, and it is not appropriate to change the coach at this time, so he was still allowed to stay in office.

"Soldiers are good but not many, and they should be paid for. Instead of setting up tens of thousands of green battalions in a province, it is better to retain more than ten thousand elites and raise these more than ten thousand soldiers with the original tens of thousands of salaries. The soldiers will be generously paid, naturally. If we can establish military discipline, there will be no rebellion in the local area, and if the generals are treated favorably, there will be no embezzlement of soldiers' blood. In the final analysis, it is money and food."

"For example, in places like Anhui, if troops and horses are stationed in Anqing and Huizhou across the river, and then Taiping and Chizhou each set up a Xiezhen, with 5000 people in the total town and 6000 people in the Xiezhen, the total number will be no more than [-]. With the original tens of thousands of people's salary for the sixty thousand, if the soldiers can pay one or more taels of silver per month, it will be four or five taels."

"Not to mention that it can save tens of thousands of people's equipment, food, horse mules and other expenses."

My father Yan nodded frequently, appreciating his opinion very much.

"Admiral Chen, you are the admiral Cao Jiang, in charge of Jiang defense. Now both Chongming and Jingjiang are occupied by the navy of the Ming army, and they have repeatedly invaded the coast. What's your opinion?"

Chen Jin was originally the capital of the Daling River in Liaodong of the Ming Army. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty during Huang Taiji and entered the flag very early. Now he has earned half of his career as a Niu Lu Zhang Jing. He served as the governor of Denglai last year, so he knows a little about the navy. .

He has just come to Jiangning to serve as the admiral of Caojiang, in charge of Jiangfang, but after he came, although there are quite a few ships under his command, they are all ordinary cargo ships, even fishing boats, or some very old-fashioned warships, similar to those in Chongming. Compared with the warships of the Ming army navy, they are basically unbeatable.

He sent a boat to scout before, but when he encountered a bird boat gunboat from the Ming army, a row of cannons came close to the side and smashed the boat directly, leaving all the soldiers on board.

So now the Caojiang navy dare not cross Zhenjiang at all.

"Jinglue, the Caojiang navy has no real name. Now the soldiers are dissatisfied, and the generals are not professional, especially the lack of ships and guns. They are said to be navy, but most of them were originally infantry battalions. Many people fainted when they got on the boat, let alone It is said that there is a battle in the wind and waves. If the navy is to have combat effectiveness, it must be reorganized. The current soldiers cannot be used, and soldiers who are skilled in water must be recruited. In the end, fishermen and boatmen will be the main ones."

"Then to build new warships, at least they can't lose to the warships of the navy of the Ming army, and they must be equipped with artillery, which must be of the level of the Red General's Cannon and the Weiyuan General's Cannon, and there are many more. "

After the Qing Dynasty occupied Nanjing, there was no admiral of Caojiang at first, but now it is newly established, which is also imitating the original Caojiang of the Ming army. As far as Zhenjiang and so on, water camps, water divisions and fleets are stationed in these important areas of river defense.

It's just that now that Chen Jin is in office, he finds out that the so-called Twelve Battalions of Caojiang have no name. There are Twelve Battalions, but they are only on the books. Two, not to mention that most of these soldiers are land battalions at all, not navy troops at all.

When the navy of the Ming Dynasty was defeated, most of them fled along the river, and not many surrendered.

A naval force has neither ships nor sailors, so what kind of navy is that.

Compared with the three naval divisions of the Ming army at the mouth of the Yangtze River, there is a difference between heaven and earth, and even Wu Yi, the governor of the Ming water transport in Taihu Lake, can't compare with the water mark.

If he wanted the navy to be able to stand up, he asked Yan Wogong to grant him more authority, to be able to re-recruit people who are good at water to form a new [-]th battalion, build new warships, install artillery, bows and arrows, etc., and even need enough Food and pay.

Anyway, at the end of the day, just don’t expect me to fight the Chongming Ming army. We can’t fight the ones in Taihu Lake, and the navy is incompetent. You can’t blame me, because when I came, they were like this. They couldn’t be used at all. I had to reorganize Caixing, you have to support me.

At the end, he still didn't forget to add a sentence, "The generals of the Twelfth Battalion of Caojiang made many reports, saying that since May and June, they have not received any payment for three or four months. If they don't pay, everyone will live." If you don’t go down, there is a possibility of mutiny at any time.”

"The soldiers on the upper river had a lot of opinions on the governor of Anhui, and the soldiers on the lower river had even more opinions on the governor of Jiangning. They thought that they could only hide in Zhenjiang and dare not leave the camp at all."

When there was no admiral of Caojiang before, in fact, the admirals of Huiningchi, Tai'anqing and other places were in charge of military affairs and food and pay. Chen Jin's words were suing Liu Yingbin. They did not pay, nor were they able to reorganize and train these water battalions.

As soon as Liu Yingbin was old, he had calmed down a long time ago, especially after his son died in battle under Liu Zeqing's command, he didn't even bother to care about those shit.

"Accordingly, the upper section of the river is not peaceful. Ningtaichi on the south bank has Ming governor Huang Daozhou and admiral Zheng Zunqian, etc., and local gentry such as Jin Sheng are making trouble, while Anqing and other places on the north bank have Ming Shanxi, Henan, Hebei and other places. Governor Zhang Jinyan led Qihuang 48 villages to cause rebellion. After the two kings of Ying and Henan led their troops back to the north, Admiral Zhang Tianlu and I relied on the little green camp under his command. There was a shortage of food, wages, and equipment. Hong Anfu urged us to wait Invasion, but without any support, what can we do, we can only do our best to maintain it."

"Now that Mr. Yan is managing the south of the Yangtze River, please pay the money and food first, otherwise there is a real danger of mutiny."

Yan Wogong stroked his beard and sighed in front of Bashan and other Manchurian generals, "Oh, Liu Futai and Admiral Zhang are really not easy."

"They haven't been paid for several months, and they can still work for the court. They are really loyal. Hong Anfu has been here for several months, but they haven't raised any money?"

"The south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous, where does the money and food go?"

Naturally, the money and food were taken away by Duduo, Azig, and Boluo, the princes and princes of the Qing Dynasty, Baylor, and tens of thousands of Manchurian soldiers went south. Who didn't make a fortune?
Ask knowingly.

"I won't talk about the past, but now the problem still needs to be solved. Although the regent has sent elites to the south, our local green battalion must also play a role. Isn't it necessary for the imperial court to raise troops for a thousand days? "

"Liu Futai, Zhao Futai, you are responsible for raising money and food for the army to pay. You have to pay the arrears of the green camp, and you must immediately raise a batch to supply the upcoming General Tan Tai's troops."

Liu Yingbin is also very single, "Accordingly, the government treasuries in various places are now empty, with nothing left, and the officials have not paid their salaries for several months."

"What you said is true, but if there are problems to be solved, if the treasury has no money and food, then it will be expropriated. I heard that Lu Jianguo and a corner of eastern Zhejiang can still support the tenth army of the imperial battalion. Where did they get the money and food? ? I heard that they are cleaning up their debts, they can, can't we?"

"If it doesn't work, then start collecting next year's tax in advance, and if it's not enough next year, start collecting the next year's tax."

"Now that the military supplies are not enough, the outstanding payment has to be pursued. Whoever fails to collect the payment will be dismissed on the spot and will be severely punished."

Liu Yingbin said that the ineffectiveness of local collection and payment is also an old problem that began in the previous dynasty.

"I don't care, it's the Qing Dynasty now, don't use the old Ming Dynasty to deal with the court, the gentry in those places are powerful, whoever dares to find excuses to find a reason to default, then send troops to search the house, do they think it's still Zhu Ming now? "

"Accordingly, doing so will definitely spark a civil uprising."

"Civil uprising? Is the uprising scary? Now those who gather crowds to protest are not mostly the powerful gentry from all over the place? So don't indulge them too much. Whoever dares to rebel will raid their homes and take their fields."

"All localities collect money and food within a time limit, and if they fail to collect, they will bear the consequences."

"Admiral Chen, Admiral Zhang, your task is to inspect the battalions, review troops and horses, and drill troops. You must ensure that the rosters match. There must be no vacancies. Those who are old and weak will be dismissed as they should be, and those who are vacant will be filled. "

"As soon as General Tan Tai arrives, the green battalions from all over the country must follow and go south, and go straight to the enemy's nest in Shaoxing, and the battle will be successful!"

Ba Shan waited for a few full-fledged generals and sat on the side, feeling that this Yan Jinglue was quite courageous, and his words were full of pressure.

When you go back and report to the regent, you must tell these things well. This kind of slave should raise the flag, and it is not an exaggeration to reward him with a world job.

With such a loyal slave, why worry about the dying!

(End of this chapter)