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Yang Sichang's coming to Shaanxi was undoubtedly the imperial court's encouragement and affirmation of Shaanxi's abolition of the guard army.

Yang Sichang is a practicalist. After arriving in Shaanxi, he immediately went to Ningxia and Yulin to conduct inspections, and then went to Hanzhong Prefecture, Yan'an Prefecture and other places to check the abolition of the troops in the guards. He also focused on Fort Anning and Jingbian. Experienced the hustle and bustle of the mutual market.

Back in Xianyang, Yang Sichang was quite shocked in his heart.

Officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty have a bad habit of exaggerating the facts. When reporting what they have done or the disasters they have encountered, they either blow the credit to the sky or exaggerate the disasters they encountered In short, the reported situation does not match the facts. The reason why Yang Sichang did not listen to the report when he arrived in Shaanxi was to avoid being reported to fools.

But this time, what he saw was much better than what he understood.

Especially the mutual market between Fort Anning and Jingbian left a deep impression on him.

At the beginning, Yang Sichang didn't pay much attention to the mutual market, but later he learned from Xu Eryi's memorial that the mutual market was actually a preparation for the abolition of the guard army. Everyone knows that the army needs money, and Shaanxi has abolished the frontier army. And the army of the guard will have many official fields.If it is distributed to the common people for farming, the income will naturally decrease.Even if the imperial court allocates military salaries, it is negligible. Each sergeant allocates a maximum of ten taels of silver per year, and the rest depends on farming to obtain income.

Shaanxi has abolished an army of 30 people and formed a border army of 3 people. The annual expenditure needs to be at least 60 taels, and the military salary that the imperial court can allocate will not exceed 30 taels.The remaining part was borne by the local government. Without money, it would be impossible to build a good army, but the mutual market solved this problem to the greatest extent.

After the abolition of the guard army, Shaanxi still has more than [-] soldiers, of which Jiangning Battalion has more than [-] soldiers.This is still a huge expense, but through the mutual market, such a problem can be completely solved.

It can be seen that in order to abolish the army of the guards and stabilize Shaanxi, Su Tiancheng took a step by step and considered many problems.Not recklessly.

The construction of prefectural and county inspection departments is also the focus of Yang Sichang's attention.

According to Su Tiancheng and Zhu Shenxuan, the main responsibility of the prefectural and county inspection department is to maintain local law and order, some of the responsibilities of the former prefectural and county yamen.It will be transferred to the inspection department, so that the prefectural and county yamen will have to clean up a large number of yamen servants.In fact, yamen servants have always been a headache for all places. Without salary, life is difficult. The local income is higher, or there are more rich people.

The action of Su Tiancheng and Zhu Shenxuan largely solved the burden on the yamen.

The abolition of the guard army can be said to mobilize the whole body.

The responsibilities of the Inspection Department have changed. The focus is on maintaining local law and order, instead of guarding the city and preventing raids and bandits. This also puts forward higher requirements for the reorganized army.

However, there is no such problem in Shaanxi anymore. With the entry of the Jiangning Camp, the rogues escaped from Shaanxi in desperation and did not dare to return to Shaanxi. When I went to my hometown, I lived my life honestly. You must know that Liu Tiehan, the commander of the scout battalion of the Jiangning Battalion, was born as a bandit and knew the habits of the bandits. Hidden everywhere, had to surrender or break up.

As a result, the local law and order was maintained to the greatest extent, and the common people began to farm with peace of mind, without worrying about any accidents. <During the production period, Zhu Shenxuan killed more than 100 soldiers in the guards, including some officers, during the process of abolishing the army of the guards, which had a huge impact. Positive energy was formed, and the people began to believe in relying on the government and officials.

Besides, the appearance of the guard officers concentrated in the Jiangning Camp in Xianyang has undergone tremendous changes. In just two months, Yang Sichang saw these officers and couldn't believe his eyes. When they met, they loudly reported their own name and the guard army they were in before, but they did not report their official position. When they asked why, they always said that they were soldiers who were undergoing training and were waiting for the assessment.

One can feel the spiritual outlook of a person. Yang Sichang felt at that time that these officers had undergone a radical change.

It can be said that Shaanxi abolished the army of the guard this time, and this move went very well.

Governor Yamen.

Yang Sichang, who had been inspecting below for more than half a month, sat in the lobby.

Su Tiancheng, Zhu Shenxuan, Zhu Yousong, Hong Chengchou, Pu Kaiqiang, Zuo Xiaohu, Tan Zongliang and others were all in the governor's yamen.

Xu Eryi sat next to Yang Sichang.

"My lord Su, His Royal Highness King Jin, my lords, my lords, I went down to have a look, and the situation is indeed gratifying. I can say with certainty that the abolition of the troops in the guard station in Shaanxi has achieved great success, and the sergeants have received The arrangement is very good, the officers are being trained, and the appearance has completely changed. I don’t want to summarize the rest of the matter. Master Xu has written a memorial. The emperor and the cabinet have already known it. I just don’t understand. These more than 4000 officers, How did you train, how did such a big change happen, please let Master Su and His Royal Highness King Jin reveal some tricks."

Su Tiancheng looked at Zhu Shenxuan, which meant that Zhu Shenxuan was here to answer this question.

Zhu Shenxuan was not polite. This time he was in charge of abolishing the guards in Shaanxi. He established a high personal prestige and greatly improved his self-confidence.

"My lord, there is actually not much trick to this. The key is to unify everyone's understanding, let them understand their responsibilities, and tell them that Shaanxi has abolished the hereditary system of officers. I also want to tell them that soldiers take it as their duty to defend their homes and the country, they are loyal to the emperor at the top, and they must become the protectors of the people at the bottom, and the honor of soldiers is paramount..."

Yang Sichang listened very carefully, although these words were also included in the memorial, but he heard them with his own ears, combined with the facts he saw with his own eyes, the feeling is still different.

"I understand the meaning of His Royal Highness King Jin. It seems that the most important thing is to build an army, that is, the unified thinking mentioned by Mr. Xu in the memorial. I think that if this is achieved, the construction of the army, It can get twice the result with half the effort.”

Having said that, Yang Sichang finally got to the point.

"The main purpose of the emperor's envoys coming to Shaanxi is to summarize the experience of dismantling the guards in Shaanxi, and then promote it in our Ming Dynasty. After seeing the situation in Shaanxi, I feel that the emperor's will is feasible. I don't know Mr. Su, What kind of suggestions does His Royal Highness Prince Jin, the young prince and the other adults have?"

Su Tiancheng's expression became serious.

"Your Excellency, I believe that it is not yet possible to completely abolish the army of the guards in the territory of our Ming Dynasty."

"Oh, why did Master Su say that? You know, the imperial court is overwhelmed with the allocation of military salaries every year, and the emperor is also deeply worried about this. If the guard army can be abolished and the army reorganized, it can save expenses on the one hand, and on the other hand. To improve the combat effectiveness of the army, how can such a good thing not be promoted."

"Abolishing the army of the guards and mobilizing the whole body must take into account all aspects. It cannot be abolished simply for the sake of abolishment. Doing so will inevitably cause turmoil in my Ming Dynasty. Now my Ming Dynasty is not at ease. There are bandits inside, and they have not been completely wiped out. There are Houjin and Mongols who are watching, and they may launch an invasion at any time, which will damage the interests of our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the biggest task of our Ming Dynasty is still the issue of people's livelihood. In fact, the most important thing for Shaanxi to abolish the army is to improve people's livelihood. .”

Yang Sichang nodded. He had some understanding of this aspect, but he really didn't understand that the most important thing was the construction of people's livelihood.

"My lord, the army of the Shaanxi Guard occupies a large amount of official land. These official lands are heavily taxed, but they are not used for people's livelihood. The common people do not get any benefits from it. Because of the harassment of the rogues, a large number of official lands have been abandoned. , a large number of sergeants fled and even joined the ranks of rogues. When Shaanxi abolished the guard army, the first consideration was to distribute all the official land to the farmers, so that the farmers could have their land, so that the farmers could be stabilized to the greatest extent. It also stabilized the abolished sergeants. The next construction of the inspection department in prefectures and counties was also considered from the aspect of reducing the burden. It is not allowed to extort money from the common people, which forms a system so that the common people will not be harassed, so that they can farm the land and pay taxes with peace of mind."

"In Shaanxi, the common people are extremely poor. By adopting such an approach, they can quickly gain their support. It is also wishful for the gentry and wealthy households to be able to stabilize because they were harassed by bandits. Under this atmosphere, the abolition of the guard The affairs of the army can be implemented and promoted.”

"However, in many other places, the situation is not like this. If the troops of the guards cannot be abolished step by step according to the actual situation in each place, it will definitely cause turmoil."

Yang Sichang nodded frequently, seeing the situation in Shaanxi, it was easy for him to understand Su Tiancheng's principles.

"Master Su thinks when is the right time to abolish the army of the guard."

"The lower officials think that after the extermination of the bandits, the common people live and work in peace and contentment, and the internal stability of our Ming Dynasty, we can gradually start to dismantle the guard army and form a new army."

"The new army, well, it makes sense. I will suggest it to the emperor. In my opinion, the army reorganized in Shaanxi is called the new army." (To be continued. Welcome to the starting point to vote for recommendation Monthly ticket, your support is my biggest motivation...)