The cavalrymen of the Fourth Division returned to Youzhou, and the soldiers of the revived rangers took more than 10 million to Huifengzhou. Even though Yang Dezheng promised them that they could take away 20% of the seized money, they did not divide the money on the spot. Instead, they waited until Yang Dezheng sent Peng Pai and his secret guards to cooperate with Chen Yao to register and take back the seized items one by one. They just carried the animal skin bags on their horses and approached Peng Pai and Chen Yao one by one.
After handing over a bag of gold, silver and jewelry and estimating the value, the soldiers of the Renaissance Rangers would only take away the portion that belonged to them and not take away the portion that did not belong to them. Even if they were given more, they would not want. What belongs to them, even if you give it less than one tael, they will argue with you.
They stubbornly believe in their minds that the boss's property belongs to the boss, and their property belongs to them, and they cannot encroach on each other or take advantage of each other. A high-level celebration banquet was postponed for a whole day just because of this incident. While the property was being collected, Yang Dezheng took Fan Long to the city gate building.
The three Yang brothers, plus Fan Long, held a small celebration banquet in the city gate building. The four of them chatted while eating and drinking. "Come and raise a glass to General Fan Long for his triumphant return." Glasses of wine mingled with each other.
Fan Long could clearly feel the respect Yang Gui and Yang Xin had for him. Yang Dezheng treated him more like a friend.
During the banquet. Yang Gui and Yang Xin have been asking Chang Yuan what he has experienced in the past few months in Liao Kingdom. Fan Long also briefly explained his experiences in the Liao Kingdom. Regarding Zhou Dayong and Fan Long's sneak attack on Dading in Zhongjing and then on Datong in Xijing, they all felt that the people in Tianjing New City were brave and talented people.
When I heard that the Han people of Liao in the Liao Kingdom, after being liberated by the Fourth Division of Tianjing New City, either fought with the Liao people with swords, or took them to Tianjing New City and transferred to Ryukyu.
The three of them clapped their hands and applauded. After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food. Yang Dezheng handed the empty wine jar to Wang Xing and asked him to get more wine. He asked by the way: "How is the damage to the Fuxing Rangers?" When mentioning the damage to the Fuxing Rangers, Fan Long looked like he was drinking. He also felt sad, lowered his head and said: "Nearly a thousand brothers died in the battle, and many of the brothers who followed me back are also more or less injured."
Yang Dezheng said with emotion: "They are all heroes. People in Fuxing Prefecture and Datong Prefecture will remember them. After this battle, give them a month off so that they can spend time with their families. Those who don't have family can do it. Take advantage of this opportunity to start a family as soon as possible." Fan Long saluted Yang Dezheng respectfully and said, "Thank you, general. They have followed me for almost three years and have never rested. Sometimes, I feel ashamed in my heart. ."
Yang Guile said cheerfully: "We can no longer call him General Yang Dezheng from now on. Yang Dezheng is now a Tiger Marquis conferred by the imperial court, and he is also the chief military officer of Daizhou, Fengzhou and Shengzhou." Fan Long was stunned. , staring at Yang Dezheng strangely, "Have you become a Marquis? Or are you the Chief of the Army and Horses?"
Yang Dezheng waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's just a false name." Fan Long clicked his lips and said thoughtfully: "I have made a great contribution this time, so you didn't get me any official position?" Fan Long himself He didn't care about the official position, but he felt a little unhappy when he heard that Yang De was getting higher and higher as a political official, but he didn't have an official position.
Yang Dezheng laughed out loud and said: "If you want an official, just give it to you." Yang Dezheng glanced around Fan Long, Yang Gui, and Yang Xin, and said: "Now that Fuxing Pass is held, we can I can also live a peaceful life. Kou Zhun and I have discussed the matter of dividing Fengzhou and establishing two prefectures before. Sun Zhan is already taking care of it.
Now, the four of us get together to talk about the future military issues in the two provinces. I am going to separate the revival infantry and revival rangers separately.
The Fuxing Infantry, officially renamed the Fuxing Army, is divided into infantry regiment, cavalry regiment, shield regiment, spear regiment, crossbow regiment, etc. The number of permanent personnel is 50,000, with Yang Gui as the commander-in-chief. The main responsibility of the Fuxing Army is to guard Fuxing Pass.
The revived Rangers, renamed the Rangers, were equipped with two war horses, a scimitar, a horizontal sword, a short spear, two crossbows, and a set of leather armor. The number of permanent personnel is 30,000, with Fan Long as the commander-in-chief.
The responsibility of the Rangers is to patrol the border between Fuxing Prefecture and Datong Prefecture. Make sure that no thieves are allowed to cause trouble in the two mansions, and at the same time, you must prevent small groups of enemy troops from infiltrating. Including the elimination of some bandits and bandits in the two prefectures.
I will build three military cities at the three corners of the land of the two mansions to serve as garrison sites for the rangers. In addition, there is the Datong Army, whose specific divisions are the same as those of the Fuxing Army. The number of permanent personnel is also 50,000, with Wang Gui as the commander-in-chief.
The Datong Army will also become my first field army. Responsible for external operations. " Fan Long didn't understand much about this, and he had no intention of fighting for power. As long as he could lead troops to fight, he would be satisfied. Yang Gui was a little dissatisfied with Yang Dezheng's division, "What about the Jin army? "
The Jin army made great efforts in this battle at Fuxingguan. Yang Dezheng revoked the designation of the Jin army, but he would not agree. Yang Dezheng seemed to have expected that someone would ask this question. He said with a smile: "The Jin army will become a reserve force. When there is a war, government soldiers and county soldiers will be drawn from the two governments and the county offices under the two governments." Soldiers, rural soldiers, determined soldiers and horses honed by the Agricultural Reclamation Corps, and other strong men willing to protect their homes and country will form the Jin army.
Once there is a war, I will be the commander-in-chief. On weekdays, these people are grain farmers, vegetable farmers, merchants, soldiers guarding the city, and government service soldiers at all levels of government offices. Seeing that Yang Gui was still frowning, Yang Dezheng continued to explain helplessly: "The combined population of the two prefectures is only about 1.6 million." With the tax revenue from the two governments, it is already the limit to support 130,000 soldiers and horses. No matter how much, then I can only search for people's fat and people's anointing.
Furthermore, this is still recruiting troops on a one-out-of-ten basis. If more people are recruited, I'm afraid there won't be any men in fine clothes among the people. "The two issues mentioned by Yang Dezheng are very realistic. Although Yang Gui is dissatisfied that Yang Dezheng has insulted the name of the Jin army, he is not willing to see Yang Dezheng plundering the people's wealth.
Comparatively speaking, humiliating the Jin army's reputation is considered light. Yang Gui could only grit his teeth and agreed with Yang Dezheng's statement. In fact, can Yang Dezheng really not be able to raise more troops? No, as long as Yang Dezheng is willing, Yang Dezheng has many ways to make money, and he can support more troops.
The reason why there is no large-scale conscription is to rapidly develop the population. At the same time, it is also to hide the strength. When Yang Xin heard this, he quit and shouted: "What about me?" Yang Xin rubbed his eyebrows and smiled bitterly: "Yang Xin, the heavy armor cavalry on your side is the most important thing. Heavy armor I have already determined the number of the cavalry.
In the days to come, all resources will be opened up to supply heavy armored cavalry. But the premise is that you must train qualified heavy armored cavalry as soon as possible. "Yang Xinyan said, his face turned red, and he muttered: "I want it too! But your demands are too high. Yang Dezheng sighed and said: "I will send Peng Pai over to help you later, and I will also tell my mother to help you select people." I think it shouldn't be too difficult to select 6,000 heavy armored cavalry candidates in the Song Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, Tianjing New City, Dangxiang, and the four kingdoms.
I will help you find the manpower as soon as possible. You must also improve your military literacy.
It will be easier to teach them then. "Yang Xin blushed and nodded. In the Four Kingdoms, selecting candidates for six thousand heavy armored cavalry is more stringent than the selection of soldiers by the Song Dynasty court. The selected people will also be stronger. It can be said that according to Yang Dezheng's description , the heavy armored cavalry he selected were as valuable as the Jinshi of the Song Dynasty.
The three people in the city gate building all saw that Yang Dezheng had high hopes for the heavy armored cavalry. The four of them chatted in the city gate building for a whole day and night, and finally summarized the deployment of all the troops in Fuxing Mansion and Datong Mansion, as well as the locations, numbers, and priorities of the three armies.
The next day, early in the morning. The four of them were very drunk and fell asleep in the city gate building. Holding an account book, Peng Pai quietly appeared in the city gate building and woke up Yang Dezheng. "Master, we have finished counting. This time General Fan Long has robbed property, mostly gold and silver. If converted into silver, it should be more than 20 million taels."
"Hiss~" Yang Dezheng rubbed his hungover and painful head and sucked in a breath of air. "So many?" It should be more than sixty million taels. Chen Dayong, the fourth division of Tianjing New City, took away more than 40 million taels. Peng Pai said excitedly: "We still have to dig out what's left after the rewards given to the soldiers."
Yang Dezheng pushed away the wine jar that had fallen on him, sat up, and said thoughtfully: "You mean, I have nearly 20,000 more upstarts under my command?"
Peng Pai nodded quickly. "Haha~" Yang Dezheng grinned and said, "Go and tell them to add one more month to the original one-month holiday."
Peng Pai asked at a loss, "Why is this?" Yang Dezheng said with a thief smile: "We must give the soldiers a little more time to spend all their money. We must also let the merchants of the Song Dynasty see this. Our two governments have money.”
Peng Pai frowned and exclaimed: "Doesn't that mean that all the money has been taken away by them?" Yang Dezheng smiled mysteriously: "You don't understand, you don't understand. Only by letting these businessmen see that we have money, Only then will they rush in."
"Then what?" "Then money begets money, endlessly." "How to make money?" Yang Dezheng glared at Peng Pai and cursed: "Why are you asking so many questions? Are you ready to go into business? "Peng Pai also realized that he had made a mistake and smiled dryly. Yang Dezheng stretched his waist. He was lying on the floor last night. It was inevitable that his bones were a little uncomfortable, so he needed to move.
While he was moving, he continued to give instructions to Peng Pai, saying: "When you get the money, you have to spend it, and then let the money make money. You go organize a group of craftsmen and start building more houses in Daizhou City and Shengzhou City. A general like Fan Long, who works hard and has great achievements, should have his own house. Otherwise, when he gets old, he will not even have a place to belong to, how pitiful it would be.
From now on, officials above the battalion level will be given a corresponding house. Relieve their worries. Peng Pai's pupils shrank and he whispered: "Isn't it too generous?" Yang Dezheng rolled his eyes and said, "If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it." "
Then, Yang Dezheng continued: "Send another 10 million taels to Sun Yu and order him to quickly speed up the construction of the two governments. At the same time, after the busy farming season is over, let him recruit civilian husbands and give them money. Let the civilian husbands, The bridges and roads in the two provinces were built and widened.
Schools in all prefectures, counties, towns and villages also had to be built quickly. At the same time, money can also be used to recruit talents from the Song Dynasty in large quantities to serve in the two governments. Talents are not limited to scholars, craftsmen and other people with special skills can also be recruited. In our two prefectures, there is no hierarchy among scholars, farmers, industry and merchants.
Anyone who can contribute to the construction of our two governments will be treated equally. Peng Pai stared and said in astonishment: "Young master, by doing this, you are provoking Confucianism, and you will be hostile to Confucian people." Yang Dezheng smiled sarcastically and said, "Bah, what kind of Confucianism are they? Do those people deserve to be called Confucianists?" It was simply a smear on the face of the Holy Master. Under the guise of carelessness, they take advantage of everything, and they have the nerve to call it Confucianism.
Others treat them as treasures, but in my eyes, they are worse than shit. "Peng Pai felt a cold sweat for Yang Qi in his heart. Provoking the entire Confucian school is more terrifying than provoking the entire Song Dynasty. He doesn't know who gave Yang Qi the courage.
Yang Dezheng seemed to see what Peng Pai was thinking. He smiled happily and said: "I will not do anything to depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism. In the future, wherever I govern, I will definitely let a hundred schools of thought contend. Let's talk about Tianjing New City. That’s what they do, they still have a prime minister, I don’t have one here yet, huh!”
Peng Pai was also a scholar before. He felt that Yang Dezheng's heart-wrenching remarks made him tremble in his heart. It's really scary. It's more terrifying than leading troops into war. Seeing Peng Pai's fearful look, Yang Dezheng waved his hand and let him go down.
Yang Gui woke up early, but after hearing Yang Dezheng's heroic words, he quickly pretended to be asleep. I spent ten million taels in one go without blinking an eye. Yang Gui has never seen such a person before. Even if Emperor Zhao Heng of the Song Dynasty spent ten million taels, he would still be in pain for a long time.
Yang Gui didn't understand Yang Dezheng's method of making money from money. But Yang Guizheng really saw Yang Dezheng's appearance of not caring about money. After Yang Dezheng washed up, Yang Gui also woke up, and Yang Xin and Fan Long also woke up. The Renaissance Rangers' financial calculations have been completed, and it's time to officially hold a celebration banquet.
When Yang Dezheng brought Yang Gui and three others to Guancheng. Chen Yao had already prepared a celebration banquet. Yang Dezheng held a wine glass, explained some heroic speeches to the 40,000 troops, and then announced the start of the celebration banquet.
In an instant, Fuxingguan turned into a sea of fine wine and delicious food. The Revival Rangers are heroic. They not only drank and ate meat, but also sang and danced. Yang Dezheng also joined in and had fun with everyone.
A magnificent celebration banquet lasted for three full days. After three days and three nights of partying.
Fuxingguan returned to peace again. Everyone began to get involved in a new round of busyness. After Yang Gui learned that Yang Dezheng wanted to spend a large amount of money, he immediately applied for a sum of money from Yang Dezheng. He planned to build a section of city wall on the mountains on the north and south sides based on Fuxingguan.
As long as this section of the city wall is formed, they will not have to worry about Liao troops sneak attacks from both wings if the Liao invades again in the future. In fact, Yang Dezheng did not agree with continuing to build the city wall. The role of city walls became somewhat subtle after the advent of gunpowder. However, Yang Gui told Yang Dezheng that building the city wall would not cost the people.
It is a process of training and honing the soldiers' willpower and sense of accomplishment. Yang Dezheng was convinced and happily gave Yang a large sum of money. Fan Long also received a sum of money, which he deserved.
It was also Yang Dezheng's reward to Fan Long, without any additional conditions. However, Fan Long was not idle either. After disbanding the troops with the new name of Rangers, he left alone with his money.
It is said that he has not returned to the mountain for many years and wants to go back and have a look. After Yang Xin received Yang Dezheng's support, he began to take Peng Pai around the world to recruit people.
Yang Dezheng was not idle either. After the celebration banquet, he escorted the remaining wealth and returned to Daizhou. Currently, Yang Dezheng's power in the northwest is the most complete in Daizhou. At the same time, Daizhou is also the closest place to the Song Dynasty.
It is convenient for Yang Dezheng to recruit talents here. The most important thing is that there are pregnant women in the family who are about to give birth, so Yang Dezheng wants to stay at the house. …
Fengcheng. In the government office, when Sun Yue had prepared all the procedures for the handover of power in Fengcheng, everyone was shocked when Chen Yao came to Fengcheng to take office.
There was nothing about Chen Yao that should surprise Sun Zhi. What really surprised Sun Yi was that Chen Yao was followed by several carriages filled with property. Seeing these belongings, Sun Ji didn't even bother to hand them over. He quickly rushed to the carriage and shouted with trembling hands: "How much does this cost?"
Chen Yao was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "Three hundred thousand taels, Huhou will allocate it to me to dredge the roads leading to everywhere in Fengcheng as soon as possible, and repair Fengcheng's yamen and streets."
Sun Zhi wailed: "How come there are so many? That heartless Yang Dezheng just buckles and swishes for me. For an old subordinate like you, one batch is three hundred thousand taels." Chen Yao jumped off the horse. , cupped his hands towards Sun Ji, and stared at Sun Ji with an ugly expression, "Master Sun, don't take advantage of me and behave yourself. My little allocation is not even enough for the fraction allocated to you by Hu Hou."
Sun Ji said in astonishment: "Have funds been given to me? How come I didn't see it?" Chen Yao rolled his eyes and said: "This time, General Fan Long captured a lot of money in the Liao Kingdom. Huhou gave it to him in one breath. You allocated ten million taels. This amount of money is enough for you to knock down the two houses and rebuild them again.
Ten million taels is a large amount, making it difficult to escort. So Huhou will put it in Fuxing Fucheng for you. It was the former Shengzhou City. Without saying a word, Sun just rushed into the official office, took out the official seal, stuffed it into Chen Yao's hand, then rode his old donkey, urging the old servant, and hurried to Fuxing Mansion.
Sun Ji hurried on the road and finally arrived at Fuxing Mansion after three days of driving. After entering the yamen of Fuxing Mansion and verifying his identity, he hurried to the treasury to see the 10 million taels of money.
Ten million taels of wealth filled the treasury of Fuxing Mansion. Since the treasury is not big enough, large sums of property are simply placed outside. There were nearly three thousand soldiers and horses guarding the surroundings, all veterans of the Renaissance Army. Sun Ji burst into tears after seeing this huge sum of money.
Immediately, Sun Yuan ordered people to summon all the officials in charge of the two governments to the Yamen of Fuxing Mansion. Now that he has money, Sun Ji's back is stronger than ever. He unceremoniously followed Yang Dezheng's order, started drastic reforms in the two governments, and vigorously carried out construction. After the spring wheat is harvested, and just after the winter wheat is planted.
Almost all the people in the two mansions who were busy with farming were mobilized. Different from the previous recruitments, this time the recruitment was almost entirely done with money. People who have been poor for most of their lives are completely mobilized by money. In the entire two prefectures, more than 1.6 million people have participated in the vigorous construction.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
