Borrow the day to change the day

"Your Majesty, although there are not many spoils in this war in Liaodong, there is actually a huge treasure house that can be used." Zhong Jinwei played to Emperor Chongzhen.

The reason for this is that the wealth accumulated by Jianlu over the years was looted by Zhong Jinwei during the last Shenyang raid.

Therefore, compared with the rich spoils last time, this time it is much less.

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he looked at Zhong Jinwei and said, "Treasure house, what treasure house?"

"Manpower, land, and the wealth under the land." Zhong Jinwei answered with a smile, and then explained in detail, "Manpower, of course, is the population of Liaodong. Your Majesty, this is what I think about the manpower arrangement of Liaodong."

"First, the Jurchens, the young men among them, that is, the prisoners of war, were all assigned to build large-scale supply points. This number of as many as 5 to [-] people is enough to build the large-scale supply points planned by the imperial court."

"Okay, I discussed this with Wen Qing, and it's what I mean." Emperor Chongzhen interjected after hearing this.

"Secondly, women and children among the Jurchens are slaves, and they are rewarded to meritorious soldiers. But there can be a time limit, after how many years after the atonement is completed, they will be given the status of ordinary people and given them hope. Correspondingly, those who build large-scale supplies Some prisoners of war can also do the same, giving them hope. Only in this way can they be motivated to do things seriously.”

When Zhong Jinwei said this, he explained with a smile: "In this way, the rewards for the soldiers can be reduced in cash."

Emperor Chongzhen understood that this was a way to use Jurchen slaves to replace the few silver taels in the imperial treasury.

"You can have this, but we want to publicize that although these are the old and weak, women and children, they also bullied my Liaodong Han people and did a lot of bad things." Wen Tiren added on the side.

This is based on the height of morality, and it is a mature and prudent opinion not to give others or future generations an excuse.Zhong Jinwei nodded and smiled at Wen Tiren.

Then he continued: "Here, I have not thought about one thing, that is, what should I do with those Han people who shaved their hair and changed clothes easily? Among these people, there must be some who are willing and unwilling, and there must be some lackeys who work for Jianlu and bully our Han people." , but these are not easy to distinguish.”

Emperor Chongzhen frowned and thought for a while, then said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, don't worry about this, you can continue."

The boss spoke, and Zhong Jinwei obeyed: "Thirdly, all the land in Liaodong can be nationalized, and then distributed to the meritorious soldiers as part of the reward. The amount of land will be obtained according to the size of the credit. In this way, part of the state treasury can be spent less. Cash."

In the current situation, this is indeed a good method.It can not only satisfy the soldiers who conquered Liao Dynasty, but also save the treasury expenditure.It is also equivalent to rewarding soldiers with the spoils of this war, which is one of the war dividends.

"Duke Xingguo, Liaodong is so big, according to the general practice of land rewards, there will probably be a lot of land left in Liaodong." Wen Tiren reminded Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei smiled, and Zhizhu said while holding the tunnel: "This leads to an important point I want to talk about, the innovation of the northern army of the Ming Dynasty."

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard Zhong Jinwei say such an important matter, he immediately became serious and listened carefully.

Zhong Jinwei turned to Emperor Chongzhen and explained: "The meaning of the minister is to take advantage of the power of the victory in this war, and while there is no force in Liaodong to intervene, implement it at a speed, and the resistance will be the least."

"Master Zhong, please tell me in detail." Emperor Chongzhen nodded.

"Your Majesty, apart from the Beijing camp, there are only supervisors in the other frontier armies, and there is no Jinyiwei political commissar. Take advantage of this opportunity to fully implement the Jinyiwei political commissar system. In addition, taking advantage of the lack of strong opponents in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, Reorganize the frontier army, divide it into two types, field army and local ordinary army, and carry out a large-scale streamlining of the existing number. Because the soldiers are expensive and the elite are not expensive, it can also effectively reduce the burden on the court and improve the treatment of the frontier army.”

Both Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren listened quietly, without interrupting Zhong Jinwei's speech.

"The specific approach can be like this. The first step is to implement the Jinyiwei political commissar system in the current Liaodong army. Because the Jingying has lived with them for a while, they are familiar with the Jinyiwei political commissar system, and they have just experienced a big victory. The whole army has There should be no problem accepting the reward."

"The second step is to rectify the existing roadside troops and various military households in the north. Elite soldiers with combat effectiveness are selected and reorganized into field army groups. They are given priority to firearms and receive the highest treatment; the inferior sergeants form local legions, responsible for For local public security and disaster relief, when necessary, they will be transformed into field troops, and the treatment will be second. Other soldiers will be eliminated and resettled to Liaodong to serve the people, and they can be given a certain amount of land to settle down."

Zhong Jinwei's plan actually referred to the military classification of later generations, which made Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren hear everything new.Especially the local legion, it is clear that its functions are local security and disaster relief.

"Master Zhong, isn't the local government's yamen servants and arresters responsible for the security of this place?" Emperor Chongzhen asked him with some doubts.

Zhong Jinwei has future generations as a reference, so he can naturally answer quickly: "Your Majesty, the number of yamen servants and arresters is too small, and most of them are to maintain law and order in the town. But there are some situations where it is not appropriate, such as thieves, bandits, etc. Of course Yes, the most important thing is the function of disaster relief.”

"The so-called specialization in the art industry is divided according to the function, and it is trained in normal times. The field army is good at fighting, and the local army is good at disaster relief and suppression of bandits. This is also the practice of my hometown."

When Zhong Jinwei said this, Wen Tiren interrupted and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Duke Xing Guo said before that this so-called Little Ice Age will last for more than ten years, and the disasters will continue. Even if it is not the Little Ice Age, the disasters will not stop. But if the army with disciplined military discipline is used to rescue the disaster, the effect will be good."

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Wen Tiren agreed with it, and it was the practice of later generations. It sounded good, so he nodded in agreement and said, "I also think this is a good idea. By the way, Master Zhong, the army that was eliminated from the Beijing camp last time was formed into Xiu Lu team, also think this way?"

"Your Majesty is so powerful, I have forgotten about this matter, this is what I said just now." Zhong Jinwei smiled and flattered Emperor Chongzhen.

Wen Tiren went through Zhong Jinwei's suggestion in his mind, thought for a while, and confirmed: "The field army and local army that were split off from the army here should also implement the Jinyiwei political commissar system?"

"Hehe, Mr. Wen is really strict. It is necessary to implement the Jinyiwei political commissar system. This is a necessary means to maintain the imperial court's control over the local army. I just missed it." Zhong Jinwei replied Wen Tiren with a smile.