The camp is made of iron and the officers are flowing water.
This is Yang Fan's purpose in managing the health center.
Because military households cannot be deregistered, they are not casual soldiers, but officials can be transferred out by finding ways. If you can adapt to the life here, adapt. If you can't adapt, you can find ways to be transferred. If you can't find ways to be transferred, you can find ways to transfer. You can naturally find a way to transfer him.
In the first year, Yang Fan provided food. According to the population, each person could get 30 kilograms of corn stubble per month. It's the same from thousands of households to soldiers. From now on, we will be self-sufficient.
According to the Ming Dynasty's guard system, officers received a small amount of military pay. Logically this part should come from the Ministry of War. But now that Ningyuan City is in mutiny because of lack of pay, Yang Fan has no hope. I had no choice but to pay the salaries of about 600 officers and officials myself. The monthly salary ranges from one tael to ten taels for a thousand households.
If the Hundreds and Thousands of Households feel that it is too little, they don’t have to accept it, because this is Mr. Yang’s own money, which is considered to be loaned to the Guarding Thousand Households and will be returned later.
As for weapons and armor, the emperor was still responsible. After all, Yang Fan had made a great contribution to the sky and asked Wang Chengen to go to the workshops and warehouses of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War to equip Yang Fan's soldiers with weapons, equipment, armor, and brand-new mandarin duck war jackets. .
The Yuanyang War Jacket is actually just a cotton coat. It should be a military uniform for autumn and winter. The surface is red and filled with cotton. Knee length, narrow sleeves. There should be other single-piece military uniforms for summer.
After all, the emperor will still use Yang Fan's soldiers in the future, so giving him good equipment is for his own consideration. Therefore, Wang Chengen distributed a spear, a bow, and 300 arrows to each soldier. A bite from the waist knife.
In terms of armor, each soldier wears a set of chain mail, and each of the small flags, general flags, trial 100 households, and 100 households all wears a set of fish scale armor. The deputy Qianhu, Qianhu, and guard Qianhu are all excellent sets of Shanwen armor.
The imperial court was also short of horses, and only allocated a hundred war horses for officers. Although Yang Fan has his own horses, he is unwilling to invest in the imperial army. One hundred horses are one hundred horses. Except for the horses for Qianhu level, no one else has them. The remaining horses are used for messengers and Ye Buhu. Scout.
Yang Fan comes here once every ten days. When he comes, he has to learn how to do exercises and check his work.
Every time, those who failed to complete the task or made mistakes lined up in a row and beat military sticks. The scene was very spectacular. Even three thousand households were severely punished several times.
These officers discovered that they could not move any of the small flags underneath. These grassroots infantry units are trained strictly under the leadership of the general flag. These officers themselves also have to participate in this harsh training activity. They simply can't bear this hardship.
Yang Fan came, fully armed with armor, carrying luggage and supplies, and carrying more than sixty kilograms of weight each. Yang Fan took the lead and ran at the front, covering a total of twenty miles.
It was a miserable experience for these officers.
Not only can't make money, but the eldest daughter and daughter-in-law of the military family can't even touch it. They still spend all day archery, training, and running. Is this the fucking way people live?
Chen Deng was transferred from Tianjin and served as Deputy Qianhu. He couldn't get enough of it there. He originally wanted to come to Zunhua to make some money, so he spent a lot of money to clear the way before being transferred here. After all, Zunhua is the central city of iron smelting in the north and is relatively wealthy.
He is a hereditary vice-president of a thousand households and has been accustomed to pampering since he was a child. How can he suffer this? The key is that he still can't say anything.
Everything here is done according to the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Military Law, and everything is done meticulously. Moreover, when Lord Yang Fan comes to inspect, he usually trains with them.
They were asked to shoot thirty arrows, and Mr. Yang himself also shot thirty arrows, not one missing.
Running for twenty miles, Mr. Yang is at the front. If you can't run, what can you say?
So within two months of his arrival, he was beaten with a military stick three times.
Complaints to superiors generally flew to the Northern Zhili Capital Command and Envoy Department, and then were sent to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion by the Northern Zhili Capital Command and Envoy Department, and then arrived at Chongzhen's desk.
Chongzhen was in the West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, looking at these memorials about Yang Fan, and he also had a headache. Yang Fan had been busy for half a year and finally put up the structure to guard Qianhu Station.
What satisfied him was that he secretly instructed the Northern Zhili Capital Command to arrange all the officers assigned by Yang Fan, and they were all mid-level and senior officers. Qianhu and Deputy Qianhu Yang Fan are useless, they are both people sent by the emperor. It's just that the North and South Zhenfusi, who are responsible for discipline, used their own old people.
This is enough to show that Yang Fan is selfless.
Now the people he sent were swarming in complaints, saying that Yang Fan was messing around.
"Comrade, Yang Tongzhi is very good at leading troops. Why are you so stalemate with the people below now?"
Wang Chengen did not take away Yang Fan's money, and Yang Fan also gave him face for the matters the emperor told him, and he handled them very well. He still cared for Yang Fan in his heart.
"Your Majesty, the main reason is that Yang Tongzhi's training was too hard, and these officers couldn't stand it anymore. That's why they complained one after another. The soldiers in the Ming Dynasty camp did drills once every three days. The guards did not drill even once a month. Yang Tongzhi here did two drills a day. , it’s indeed a bit bitter.”
"Oh, so that's what it is. Even though I have never led a soldier, I know it. Soldiers don't have enough to eat, and they will be exhausted if they train too much. Now the court is in trouble, there is a severe drought everywhere, and the fields are not harvesting. The same is true for his guard station. It is not easy to recruit all the people for the newly established one, and Yang Aiqing is too anxious."
Wang Chengen thought for a while and said: "Yang Tongzhi knew His Majesty's difficulties. He paid monthly salary to each soldier and officer out of his own pocket, and distributed food to the soldiers and their families on a per capita basis. He also allocated paddy fields, provided seeds, farm tools, and even clothes, bedding, shoes and socks. Wait, we were also allocated a house. There is no problem if we don’t have enough to eat.”
"What, Yang Qing has given such good treatment, they still have trouble, do they still have conscience? Yang Qing is so anxious to train, is it because of my kindness that he works so diligently, they don't even think about it, who is now The guard station can still pay military salaries and have enough food to feed them, but they are still making trouble. Isn't it their bounden duty to serve as soldiers and practice martial arts? How can they be so heartless?"
The emperor was angry. At first, he thought it was Yang Fan. He was anxious to form an army as soon as possible. He was training too hard. Now look at it, Yang Fan has become so loyal to the country, can't these bastards think about me?
The country is in troubled times now, and how can it be done without a few useful soldiers and horses?
If you don't train your troops, how can you go into battle and kill the enemy?
He remembered that when he was in the Forbidden City, he asked Yang Fan how to train soldiers. Yang Fan's answer still rings in his ears.
"Your Majesty, there is nothing magical about military training. It's just one rule. As long as you can't practice to death, practice to death. Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. If I am cruel to them, they may hate me, but on the battlefield, they will Be grateful to me.”
Chongzhen pushed these memorials to the ground with a look of disgust and said: "Tell Yang Qing to train me to death. I only want a strong army. If anything happens, I will take care of him."
