The lights were brightly lit in Nanyuan. After ten thousand people were brought here, Yang Fan immediately fulfilled his promise.
Ten thousand people stood in darkness in the square inside Nanyuan. Yang Fan stood on the makeshift platform and began to lecture.
The eunuch's internal affairs had been handled here before. At that time, the internal eunuchs were also transferred to Nanyuan for training.
It has been more than a year since Nanyuan was converted into a military camp. Military camps, checkpoints, school grounds, etc. are all ready-made.
"Please come up to the top ten." Yang Fan said.
Yang Fan personally opened a row of boxes on the stage one by one under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Under the strong light of the carbide lamp, the snow-white silver ingot shone brightly, causing everyone in the audience to take a breath of air-conditioning.
Don't blame the money for being too dazzling, it's just that they are too poor.
The last time military pay was issued was one month after His Majesty ascended the throne. At that time, in order to celebrate the whole world, each person was given two taels of silver.
Since then, military pay has been in arrears.
This year, there will be a severe drought at the beginning of spring. All the seeds that were planted were dried up. As a result, food prices have skyrocketed this year, with rice rising from five taels of silver per load to 20 taels of silver. The price of miscellaneous grains also increased to seven or eight coins per load.
Many families can no longer afford to eat. The family is very worried. I don’t know how I will survive tomorrow.
Seeing these coins at this time, everyone swallowed their saliva.
Everyone is praying that this time the officials can keep their word. Deliver on the promises made.
For first place, Yang Fan personally handed out three hundred taels of silver. Then second and third. Just as promised. No discount at all. Then the few remaining people in the top ten also distributed money in public.
There was a sudden burst of joy below, and everyone was in high spirits.
It's useless what the officials say. Only when they see money being distributed will everyone believe it.
At this time, everyone was ecstatic. It seemed that this time was not in vain. I didn’t expect it to have real benefits.
At first, they were dubious. However, the family really couldn't get rid of the pot, so Quan treated him like a dead horse and a living horse doctor to try his luck.
The superior officials didn't even close the door to stop them. They jumped over walls and drilled holes. Anyway, in normal times, everyone has their own way of doing business and finding work outside the military camp.
There was no use closing the door this time, it couldn't stop them at all.
Those ten pounds of cornmeal are really too tempting.
They are not ordinary people in the household registration, they do not have household allowances, and they cannot apply for grain books. Without food, there would be no food stamps. Cheap food bought with food stamps is not usually available.
This time, everyone was tempted by the offer of ten kilograms of cornmeal if they went there. At this time, food is more tempting than anything else.
Then the first hundred people and everyone else received their money.
Everyone is happy. They carried small food bags containing ten pounds of cornmeal on their backs. With money in his arms. Noisily preparing to go home.
At this time, suddenly more than 3,000 cavalrymen came out from the darkness. The school grounds were cordoned off on all sides.
Seeing the cavalry coming out, the soldiers in the Beijing camp were a little panicked. Do not know what's going on.
They are all soldiers. One look at these cavalry and you can tell that they are very elite. And the murderous one must have come from the battlefield.
"Your Majesty has your decree," shouted the shrill voice of a eunuch.
Everyone hurriedly knelt down and cheered. From the stage, they could see a dark mass of heads.
"We have selected 10,000 elite soldiers from the capital camp and will be stationed in Nanyuan to train troops from now on. I appreciate this."
There was a bang below, like an explosion.
Unexpectedly, once he came to Nanyuan, he would not be allowed to go back. You have to stay here to train. What is the purpose of training soldiers? It has been more than a hundred years since I was sent out to train soldiers.
Zhu Dadan and Zhao Yongtang were immediately dumbfounded, and were quite happy at first.
The official happily fulfilled his promise, which surprised them greatly.
It’s not that they don’t know the virtues of Ming officials. Even famous generals like Li Rusong deceived them. It was said that there was a huge reward for being the first to reach the top of Pyongyang City, but the result was nothing.
This time, if the Minister of War had not personally issued the notice, no one would have believed it. Unexpectedly, this time, the credibility of these officials was really strengthened. But they didn't expect that there were other things waiting for them behind.
Many people immediately began to beg, and they were all hired.
"Sir, I'm not from the Beijing camp. I'm a tofu seller. I live in Xiaozao Hutong, Zuo'anmen. You can't detain me."
"Sir, my pigs haven't been fed yet. I came here on behalf of others."
Chaos immediately broke out below, with groups of people trying to flee immediately with money and food.
Zhou Yuji took a step forward and said, "Those who pretend to be others and sneak into the capital camp will be punished on the spot."
It was suddenly quiet down below. Otherwise, I would never dare to speak again.
These officers keep their word. Everyone saw it just now, seeing is believing. If you say money will be given to you, you will be given money, and you will not be shortchanged at all. Now they are saying that the impostors will be caught and beheaded. No one dares to bet that they are bluffing.
Zhou Yuji continued to yell loudly: "I don't care how many of you here are imposters. You should think it over for yourselves. According to military law, if you sneak into the military camp and defraud the military pay, you should be punished on the spot. If you don't want to be beheaded, just control yourselves. Don’t talk nonsense with your mouth, otherwise you will lose your head.”
Those who replaced him below were all dumbfounded.
It's over, I just jumped into the pit by myself.
I had long thought that these officials would not be so kind. I was blinded by money and food. It's over now.
No one dared to make any noise.
"I'll leave this to you, is there any problem?" Yang Fan saw that the situation was under control and said to the generals guarding Qianhu Station.
"Commander, please rest assured. There is no problem. We will reorganize them immediately and settle them down. Commander, please rest assured." Zhou Yuji shouted loudly.
"Okay, in five days, I will come to inspect. I want to see a new army that looks like an army and has a fully organized structure."
"Here!"
Troop training and the like are things these officers have been doing for a long time. Previously, the imperial court only provided personnel for this army, and other weapons and equipment.
The soldiers who guarded Qianhu Station were all recruited from the refugees. After this training, the officers are already familiar with how to train new recruits.
Just treat these losers from the Beijing camp as new recruits.
There were more than 10,000 internal eunuch troops stationed here in Nanyuan. The barracks and other facilities here are ready. Part of the Nanyuan wall that originally collapsed has also been repaired. Once the four doors are closed, not even a dog can escape.
They just have to train behind closed doors. Yang Fan will provide them with material supplies.
Yang Fan nodded, turned around and left.
He rode back to the city with his own soldiers, and the city gate would be closed soon.
When I left Dahongmen, the north gate of Nanyuan, I saw a large group of people holding torches and rushing towards Nanyuan.
Yang Fan hurriedly stopped an official from the Ministry of War and asked what was going on.
"Uncle Dingyuan, we have been ordered to lead 40,000 elite troops from the capital camp to station in Nanyuan, waiting for further orders."
"Whose order is this?" Yang Fan asked hurriedly.
Mobilizing troops in Gyeonggi Province is no small matter.
Bringing these 40,000 people to Nanyuan, Yang Fan is a fool and understands what Li Banghua is going to do.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with him, and Yang Fan didn't want to worry about it.
But this matter was planned by Yang Fan, and now Li Banghua is messing around.
He actually wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize the nobles' military power.
Is he crazy? He's taking such big steps and he's not afraid of screwing up.
If this matter gets serious, Yang Fan will be implicated.
Yang Fan didn't like this feeling of losing control and felt that he was being fooled by Li Banghua.
"It's an order from Lord Li Shangshu of the Ministry of War."
"Where is Lord Shangshu now? I want to see him." Yang Fan suppressed his anger and asked calmly.
What he did was not honest. There is no such condition as the one negotiated before.
Yang Fan took away 10,000 elite soldiers, and he got the opportunity to find out the details of the Beijing camp. Each side gets what it needs.
As for the future, His Majesty and Li Banghua have figured out the reality of the Beijing camp, and whatever they do has nothing to do with Yang Fan.
This was originally a two-move move, but Li Banghua wanted to move it in one move. This brought Yang Fan in.
I really didn't realize that he was actually an opportunist. Yang Fan gritted his teeth and thought.
Huh, no wonder he stopped pretending, the benefits are too great.
The secretary of the Ministry of War did not dare to offend Uncle Ding Yuan, so he raised his hands and said: "An hour ago, Master Shangshu went to the palace to face the saint. I don't know where he came from at this time."
Yang Fan tried hard to suppress his anger. This matter was already like this, and it was useless to get angry.
Yang Fan waved his hand, indicating that the clerk could leave.
The clerk didn't know why Uncle Dingyuan was so angry, so he left quickly.
"Master, where are we going now?" Zhang Cheng asked.
"You can still go there, go home and sleep." Yang Fan said angrily.
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