On the tenth day of November in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, a formal ceremony was held in Xiangyang to officially announce to the world the canonization of King Yu.
At the same time, all the generals under his command were rewarded.
Zhu Meng, Li Jizu, Li Jingwu, You Shiwei, Bai Wang, Wang Guangen, Xin Wencheng, Liu Tingjie, Hui Dengxiang, Yan Guochao, Qin Yiming and others were all named general soldiers.
All his lieutenants must join the army.
Sichuan generals such as Zeng Ying pledged their allegiance in advance and commanded five thousand troops to garrison Dashan Pass as the general army.
Yang Zhan, Cao Xun, and Wang Xiang commanded three thousand troops and could only be ranked as deputy commander-in-chief.
Chen Dong, who manages the personal barracks for Zhu Yixi, is also the deputy commander-in-chief.
If Chen Yongfu and Zhao Guangyuan, who had already been commanders in chief, were included, the total number of commanders under his command would exceed fourteen.
This is a good way to count soldiers and horses.
Xin Wencheng was in Xianren Pass and Zeng Ying was in Dashan Pass, both with 5,000 people.
Zhao Guangyuan and Qin Yiming were in Sichuan, each with five thousand troops.
The remaining ten generals have an average of 8,000 soldiers and horses, which is a total of 80,000.
In addition, there are 5,000 soldiers in the personal camp, 10,000 in the firearms camp, and nearly 10,000 troops of the three Sichuan generals.
The levels of generals are distinguished according to the number of soldiers and horses under their command: eight thousand, five thousand, three thousand.
The number of soldiers under King Yu's command exceeded 100,000. If we add tens of thousands of local defenders, it would not be too much to say that we have 200,000 troops.
At the end of the canonization ceremony, the King of Yu issued a large reward, and all soldiers, generals and commanders received three times their monthly salary.
At this time, nearly 400,000 silver dollars were taken out of the treasury.
For a time, the crowd was filled with excitement and gratitude. Their love for His Highness Prince Yu could be said to be heartbreaking.
"His Highness actually took out all the silver coins minted in the past half month."
Zhao Shu frowned, feeling quite resentful of this aggressive and aggressive way of spending money.
"Military and Political Affairs Department, put the military first, the head of the department has to get used to it."
Yan Chongxin looked at King Yu who was surrounded by generals and was making a lot of noise, and couldn't help but said: "With such rewards and marching and fighting, the Secretary of Military Affairs may not be able to bear it!"
"Who says it's not!"
Zhao Shu sighed and whispered: "One hundred thousand soldiers, plus guards, wages and daily food, the monthly consumption is more than 200,000 taels."
"Fortunately, the public accepted silver coins quickly, so I saved a little money, otherwise I would have had to save money."
From official salary to military pay, merchants accepted silver coins very quickly. They were happy with this kind of worry-free and labor-saving silver coins. The most important thing was that they could also pay taxes, which was natural.
Once businessmen accept it, it will naturally spread among the people.
Xiangyang Mansion is full of silver coins and silver cents, and the profit from minting has exceeded 100,000 yuan.
"The forwarding department received feedback that merchants were happy with silver coins, but at the same time they were complaining that silver cents were worth two cents and were too big to be found."
Yan Chongxin said with a low smile, the meaning of his words was obvious.
Zhao Shu was not an idiot. He immediately understood the meaning: "Cast copper coins?"
"I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain in Nanjing."
The circulation of copper coins is too great, which determines his profits beyond imagination.
However, copper coins are a symbol of the imperial court, and the political taboo is too deep.
"The outside of a copper coin is round and the inside is square. Let's imitate the silver coin and make a copper dollar."
Yan Chongxin chuckled and said: "A solid copper coin is only square without holes. How can it be called a copper coin?"
These words moved Zhao Shu's heart.
Seeing this, Yan Chongxin worked harder and said: "The privately minted copper coins are brittle and thin. Chongzhen Tongbao also has Xiaoping, which is worth two, five, and ten coins. It can be said to be a mess."
"It's a lot of inconvenience for ordinary people, and it's easy for us and the transshipment department to collect taxes and be fooled."
Historically, casting copper coins was a loss-making business, so the market was flooded with a large number of currencies from previous dynasties, as well as a large number of counterfeit and inferior coins.
The most obvious is that after folk smelting official copper coins, they mix them with tin, lead, etc. For example, if a copper coin contains 65% copper, they add a little more lead to make it 60% copper.
The remaining half is pure profit.
Currency chaos will naturally cause tax and financial inconveniences.
"I see!"
Zhao Shu nodded and said softly: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long term and requires His Highness's nod."
"Of course." Yan Chongxin's face was full of joy, it was accurate.
His Royal Highness King Yu, who was in the center of the crowd, was chatting with the generals. valley
"Shiwei, this battle was good. It showed the majesty of our Qin army."
Facing the praise from King Yu, You Shiwei was not as unruly as a general, and he looked shy: "Thanks to your Majesty's great blessing, the last general will show off his skills!"
The rest of the generals look ugly. Are you the only one who deserves the credit?
Of course Zhu Yixi paid attention to this, but he didn't take it seriously. He patted You Shiwei on the shoulder and said:
"Keep it up."
As he said that, he asked the generals to sit down and pretended to be leisurely: "Now that Huguang and Sichuan have been captured, the number of soldiers has increased a lot. If we deploy troops and generals there as before, it will be a little inconvenient and it will easily delay the opportunity for war. "
As soon as these words came out, all the generals immediately concentrated and held their breath, staring intently at King Yu's unparalleled handsome face, with a look of anticipation in their eyes.
They are too familiar.
Isn't this what the whole army means?
Once in Sanguan, once in Xiangyang, and now here again.
We are all general soldiers, who doesn’t want to take a step further?
Zhu Yixi was condescending and saw everyone's expressions, which contained greed, expectation, shock, and calmness.
Chen Yongfu, Zhao Guangyuan, and You Shiwei, who were all on their own, even suppressed their emotions.
"I want to divide the war zone into three war zones, namely Hanzhong, Nanyang, and Jiujiang."
"The commander of the war zone is responsible for the control, pacifying the armies above and governing the people below."
Control, I am too familiar with it.
You Shiwei was overjoyed. Didn't I take the responsibility for the previous attack on Jiujiang?
Chen Yongfu was also excited. If he was in Nanyang, wouldn't he just appease the people?
"Hui Dengxiang, Bai Wang."
"The general is here!"
Huiden couldn't help being happy. The feather fan in his hand fell instantly and he hurriedly picked it up.
Bai Wang couldn't help himself.
"Prime Minister Hui Deng is the commander-in-chief and is stationed in Jiujiang. Bai Wang is the deputy commander-in-chief and is stationed in Huangmei. He is responsible for nurturing the people, uniting the army, and training the navy."
Zhu Yixi ordered decisively.
"The final general will live up to His Highness's great trust."
Prime Minister Huiden shouted, and the scars on his face seemed to dance.
Bai Wang took a deep breath. Although he was below Prime Minister Huiden, he had already crossed a level.
You Shiwei was disappointed.
This is also inevitable.
After all, Jiujiang was different. You Shiwei was a general, but he was still loyal to Mingting. Even if he was loyal to him now, he had to guard against it.
Hui Dengxiang and Bai Wang were both traditional thieves, so they were more at ease.
Zhu Yixi continued: "The commander of Hanzhong is Zeng Ying, and the deputy commander is Xin Wencheng. Now the intruders are restless, so you should be careful."
"General, take the order!" The two men took the order.
This was expected, and no one wanted to snatch it away.
"As for Nanyang!"
Zhu Yixi looked at the nervous Chen Yongfu and couldn't help but smile: "Chen Yongfu is the commander, stationed in Nanyang, and You Shiwei is the deputy commander, guarding Wuguan."
"General, I obey!" The two looked at each other and agreed in unison.
Just when the generals thought it was over, King Yu didn't want to rest and said again:
"In addition to the three major war zones, there are also three major military zones, which are defense zones."
Now, the meaning is clear, aren't they the local defenders?
It's a pity that everyone is not very interested in guarding the territory. There is no pleasure in fighting and making military achievements.
Zhu Yixi glanced at it and said to herself: "The guard areas are Sichuan, Dongting Hubei, and Dongting Hunan."
"The commander of Sichuan is Zhao Guangyuan, and the deputy commander is Qin Yiming."
Zhao Guangyuan lacks ability and Qin Yiming has obvious character flaws, so it is best to guard Sichuan.
Both of them agreed happily.
