Ming politicians

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While Qin Liangyu issued the military order to reorganize the army of the guard, Ma Xianglin began to reorganize the white-armed soldiers.

Su Tiancheng also focused on the reorganization of the Baigan soldiers. The Jiangning battalion needs to be expanded. There are currently more than 7 soldiers, and more than 10 soldiers have entered Sichuan. The goal is to expand to about [-] people. get ready.

The reputation of the Jiangning Camp has become great, and there are still quite a few people entering the Jiangning Camp. It is precisely because of the great fame that the requirements for recruiting sergeants in the Jiangning Camp have become stricter, which can be regarded as harsh. When I was the governor of Shaanxi Su Tiancheng originally thought that he could recruit some sergeants among the frontier army. After all, sergeants who have experienced the baptism of blood and fire are still different from ordinary people, but this goal was not achieved.

When he entered Sichuan, Su Tiancheng was still thinking about this problem. There was not much time left for the Jiangning camp to breathe. After the extermination of the bandits, he would definitely go directly to Liaodong, and he didn't even have time to rest. What happened to the pole soldiers aroused Su Tiancheng's great attention.

The rogues actually had Franco cannons, tiger squatting cannons, and arquebus guns. The white soldiers suffered heavy losses in front of the firearms, almost only being beaten. This was far beyond Su Tiancheng's expectations.

After grasping the situation, Su Tiancheng immediately asked Qu Qingze to conduct an in-depth investigation to find out what was going on. Song Sijun would never dare to directly conduct arms deals with rogues.

The answer came out quickly, Song Sijun did not make any deals with the rogues.

When doing the arms trade, Su Tiancheng prevented possible problems in the future. In order to be able to grasp the whereabouts of each batch of arms, all the guns and artillery traded out through the hands of Song Sijun.They all have numbers, and this number is engraved on the back of the barrel. Bi Maokang has detailed records of these numbers, and Song Sijun will also record them after the transaction is made.The records need to be checked again to clarify the direction of the arms.

When Hong Chengchou led the Jiangning battalion soldiers to drive away the rogues, he seized a small number of matchlock guns. The serial numbers of these matchlock guns were quickly copied out, and a series of verification work began.

According to the records of Song Sijun and Bi Maokang, this batch of matchlock guns was traded to Hou Jin.

But Song Sijun never made an artillery deal with Hou Jin.This shows that the artillery in the hands of the rogues was probably provided by Hou Jin separately.

This information made Su Tiancheng feel the seriousness of the situation.

If there is collusion between Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji, Su Tiancheng would not believe this information if he killed him. In this regard, Li Zicheng has clear grievances and grievances.He will never hook up with Hou Jin directly, but this cannot be ruled out.Hou Jin secretly provided arms to the rogues through other channels. The purpose of doing so was too clear. He hoped that the rogues would grow stronger and harass all over Ming Dynasty.Let the emperor and the court be exhausted, let the national power of Ming Dynasty decline, and Houjin devote himself to construction, and what will happen next.Needless to say.

Su Tiancheng once again felt that Huang Taiji was indeed not simple.

The goal of Houjin was achieved.

The white pole soldiers suffered such a heavy blow, and firearms played a vital role.

Not to mention the white-armed soldiers, the Manchurian Eight Banners soldiers led by Azig also suffered a great loss in front of firearms when they were guarding the capital.

Su Tiancheng was not worried that the rogues had firearms in their hands. After all, the matchlock guns were completely eliminated by the Jiangning camp. The shells of the Fran cannon and the tiger squat gun were controlled by the Jiangning camp. The power of these forces does not constitute much of a threat to the Jiangning Camp.

The danger still comes from Hou Jin and Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji gave money and firearms, let the bandits plunder, and fought against Daming's army to death, which fulfilled the saying that when cranes and clams fight, the fisherman wins.

This is where the danger lies.

If the time to exterminate the bandits is too long, Hou Jin will make full use of this opportunity. On the one hand, he will support the bandits with firearms, and on the other hand, he will develop and strengthen his own strength. the capital.

The purpose of Hou Jin is to need the existence of bandits, and to prevent the great Ming from becoming stronger.

It has to be said that Huang Taiji does have an unusual vision.

Su Tiancheng specifically reported this situation in the secret book, but he concealed the source of the firearm, and only mentioned that Hou Jin might be helping the bandits, and the prince Zhu Cihong also knew about this news.

After seeing this memorial, Zhu Youjian was furious, and replied in a rare and severe tone, demanding that the Jiangning camp must completely wipe out the bandits, without the slightest hesitation, and once again granting Su Tiancheng the right to act arbitrarily.

The development of the situation prompted Su Tiancheng to start paying attention to the recruitment of sergeants in the Jiangning Battalion.

He believes that as long as the announcement is made, there will be countless people entering the Jiangning camp, but he will not do so. What the Jiangning camp needs are iron-blooded soldiers. After entering the army, they can fight directly. The cost of training investment is too high In the past, the training of top sergeants in the Jiangning Battalion was able to build a brave and capable army. Now there is not so much time.

So the white soldiers came into his sight.

The fighting power of the white soldiers is very good. After entering the Jiangning camp, they will definitely be able to go directly to the battlefield without too much training. As for the possibility of the white soldiers entering the Jiangning camp, Su Tiancheng has sufficient confidence.

His continuous improvement of Qin Liangyu's prestige is actually laying the groundwork. Qin Liangyu is nominally the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, but in fact he does not have such power. To a certain extent, this commander-in-chief is a false job. , is to let the commander-in-chief sit down. In the next step, Qin Liangyu also needs to serve as the commander of the Sichuan Metropolitan Commander Division, so that he can really play a role. As for the arrangement of the guard after the reform of the army, it will take some time.

Su Tiancheng was quite dissenting about the existence of chieftains. Such an approach, on the surface, showed respect for ethnic minorities, but in fact it did not play such a role. Chieftains can decide matters within their jurisdiction and have the power of life and death. It is inappropriate in itself, and the chieftain also has an independent army and concurrently serves as the commander of the capital, and is relatively independent in the military. This is not conducive to the unified command of the imperial court.

Another situation is that chieftains have been discriminated against for a long time. Officials at all levels have no respect for chieftains. The contempt of the ethnic minorities led to the chieftain's rebellion, so in Su Tiancheng's view, the chieftain system needs to be abolished.

The Qing Dynasty once carried out reforming the land and returning it to the local people, which basically solved the problem of the existence of chieftains.

Su Tiancheng's idea is to reform the guard army and change the formation method of the army, and take back the power of the chieftain step by step. The chieftain, like court officials, also needs to enter the court as an official. After a period of time, the chieftain will also take the imperial examination. The status is slowly becoming that of the patriarch.

Of course, such a change will take time.

Based on this purpose and consideration, the white pole soldiers need to enter the Jiangning camp.

After all, Ma Xianglin is a scholar, and he has also seen the momentum and bravery of the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion, so in the process of preparing to reorganize the white soldiers, he often asked Su Tiancheng for instructions, and Su Tiancheng was not polite, asking the total number of white soldiers to be controlled within one. Within 5000 people, this can reduce the burden on the common people.

The white pole soldiers are all composed of people from ethnic minorities. The lives of the people of ethnic minorities are very difficult. This is basically the case in places controlled by chieftains. Some places even lead a primitive life. Most of the chieftains lack economic construction. Capable, keen to build an army, keen to have a strong army, including Qin Liangyu, is no exception in this regard.

In other words, the military salaries allocated by the imperial court are pitifully small, and most of the supply for the white soldiers still needs the support of the local people, and the white soldiers themselves have to participate in labor, otherwise it will be impossible to maintain. It made the local people even more poor, and they couldn't eat enough to feed themselves, and they had to feed the army.

It is not very difficult to form 5000 white soldiers. There are still nearly 5000 sergeants left in the white soldiers, and the recruitment of [-] people will not have a great impact.

In the following battles, the white soldiers would still suffer losses. From Su Tiancheng's consideration, it would be considered pretty good if [-] white soldiers could enter the Jiangning camp.

The Jiangning camp provided Ma Xianglin with a lot of silver and grain to help the white soldiers reorganize.

Su Tiancheng's request is also very clear. The reorganized white soldiers will become a professional army and will basically not participate in agricultural production. The military salary will be fixed so that the sergeants can support their families. A white soldier can basically support a family people.

Ma Xianglin has no such mental preparation at all. If the white soldiers do not participate in labor, then their tribe will be unsustainable. The young and strong men have joined the white soldiers, and the rest of the family are basically old and weak. It was impossible to maintain, but the Jiangning Battalion provided a large amount of silver and food, which made the work of recruiting sergeants for the white-armed soldiers extremely hot. Once you become a white-armed sergeant, you can support your family. Such conditions, no matter where you are, They are all able to attract a large number of people to join the army.

In less than a month, [-] white soldiers were formed.

A brand new white soldier was born.

The biggest difference is that the reorganized white pole soldiers did not stay in Zhongxian, but directly followed the Jiangning battalion, and were under the direct command of Hong Chengchou, the commander of the Jiangning battalion.

Both Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin knew what this meant, but neither of them had any objections. Not only them, but also the sergeants of the white-armed soldiers were also very happy. They couldn't wish more for being able to join the Jiangning battalion.

Su Tiancheng was very happy that the two major things were done very well. He saw hope. It should be said that with such a good foundation, it was only a matter of time before the bandits were wiped out. (To be continued..)