Santun Camp City and Jizhen Government Office. Liu Ce, the governor of Jiliao, and Wang Yingzhi, the governor of Shuntian, were having a secret conversation in a secret room.
"Your Majesty must know that your Majesty is determined to disarmament. I understand your thoughts, but the matter has been settled, and there is no point in opposing it. Besides, you have offended the emperor and offended Donglin. I am afraid that your life will not be easy in the future. It's better." Wang Yingzhi advised.
Liu Ce looked angry and said: "I don't know which bastard in the court gave your majesty a bad idea. In order to save money, I didn't even give up my face. Ji Miyong's three alliances have a total of 106,000 soldiers. The annual fee for this nearly 110,000-strong army is 910,000 yuan. Those who were ordered to be laid off were the new recruits among the 106,000 Ji Army. After laying off these more than 30,000 recruits, the annual fee for Ji Miyong Sanxie was 91,000 yuan. Ten thousand was reduced to 750,000. Moreover, not only the annual fee of the Ji Army in the second year of Chongzhen was 750,000, but the annual fee in the first year of Chongzhen was also settled according to the new amount reset in the second year. In other words, the 750,000 in the second year of Chongzhen will also be deducted I lost the so-called extra 160,000 yuan in the first year of Chongzhen, but I can only receive 590,000 yuan." Liu Ce put the tureen heavily on the coffee table and said, "Isn't this a fool's errand? It's the officers who are more capable than the soldiers. .”
"Your Majesty, calm down your anger. Your Majesty, please calm down. How could I not know that this is a bad thing like giving birth to a child without an asshole? But this matter was ordered by His Majesty. What can we, as ministers, say? The current priority is what to do. We have to get over this hurdle first." Wang Yingzhi advised.
Liu Ce said a little discouraged: "When your Majesty first came to power, he was so wise in rectifying the legacy of the Wei Dynasty. How could he make such a foolish move at this time? Alas!" Wang Yingzhi also said with a bitter look: "Why don't I do this? You know, even if the abolition is successful, the problem will be more serious than it is now. These more than 30,000 people must be resettled. Otherwise, now that the country is starving, more than 30,000 soldiers will be thrown out. Just thinking about it makes my scalp numb." Liu Ce Said: "The abolition is your Majesty's wish now, but if something goes wrong in the local area, it is our responsibility. It's really a dilemma." Wang Yingzhi said in a low voice: "Everyone will die if the sky falls, and there will be a fool across the river. There is no one to governor Ji Ji now. Is Liaojin the prime minister of military and civilian affairs? Isn't he afraid of the chaos in Ji Town?" Liu Ce's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "You mean to let the Guan Ning army take over the eliminated new army. Can Governor Yuan agree? ." Wang Yingzhi said: "We can't do it without abolishing the system. We can only find a way on our own. We and Governor Yuan are grasshoppers on the same rope. Even if he doesn't want to take over all of them, it's good to be able to accommodate some of them. We can help Yuan. The Superintendent wrote to ask him to incorporate part of the disbanded New Army into the Guan Ning Army, but still station it in Jizhou." Liu Ce said: "If Superintendent Yuan places some of them, we are thinking of ways to place some in Ji Town. , this matter can be resolved. Just drive away the old and the weak. As long as the young and strong are captured, you won't be afraid of them making trouble." Soon, Chongzhen received Yuan Chonghuan's memorial.
What Yuan Chonghuan means is that in order to restore Liaoning in five years, time is tight and the task is urgent. It is very necessary to add another part to the 140,000 Guanning Army.
He proposed that the more than 30,000 soldiers eliminated by the Sanxie Army should be retained by the Guan Ning Army. Military salaries were paid out of the total salary of Guan Ning's army of 4.8 million taels.
Chongzhen passed Yuan Chonghuan's letter to all cabinet members. Everyone watched in silence. Obviously, it was a joke to reduce the army in such a way.
The Sanxie was abolished and Ji Town was handed over to Liao Town. Isn't this the left hand reversed the right hand? Besides, they still stayed in Zunhua and Jizhou.
The officers and soldiers performed their respective duties, almost eliminating the possibility of unrest. Wang Yingzhi made a good calculation.
Ji Zhen Xixie also submitted a letter intending to replenish the beacon fire stations in various places and retain 7810 beacons. Under this plan, the huge military reduction in Ji Town, which was carried out with great fanfare, actually only reduced the cost of the troops laid off by Chongzhen, but it actually only reduced the number of troops, because some of them were taken over by Guan Ning and Ji Miyong themselves. .
There are not many fewer soldiers, but there is no money. Therefore, in fact, the situation of Ji Mi Yong's soldiers and pay in the second year of Chongzhen should be like this.
The number of soldiers was reduced from men to men. The salary was reduced from 910,000 to 590,000. The army will be reduced by 24%, but the salary will be cut by 35%.
The problem in Ji Town has not been alleviated, but has become more serious. The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, Bi Ziyan, had his eyes twitching. His Majesty actually brought this disarmament plan to the court for discussion.
In other words, His Majesty approves it. Your Majesty's purpose is to save money. He doesn't care how the disbanded soldiers are placed.
Sun Chengzong didn't say a word, he had already seen it. Yuan Chonghuan is going to have surgery on Mao Wenlong. The reason why Yuan Chonghuan was willing to take over the new army that was abolished by Sanxie was actually to strengthen the defense of Jizhen. It was to deal with the military pressure on Jizhen after the accident in Dongjiang Town and after Jiannu had no worries.
What is even stranger is that Yuan Chonghuan sent an army from Liaodong to Zunhua. However, Wang Yuanya, the governor of Baoding who was stationed in Zunhua at this time, drove him away on the grounds that he was not needed.
This shows that Yuan Chonghuan has a clear understanding of the situation. He was extremely worried and Jiannu took a detour to enter the customs.
During this period, he wrote twice requesting to increase the defense of Ji Town. He believed that some of the soldiers from Jiubian who had been mobilized to build the city along the Liaohe River were not enough to resist the slave construction.
However, the northwest was about to end the war and win a complete victory. Both the cabinet and the emperor believed that there would be no problem in removing half of the nine-border personnel.
These people were mobilized to the front line of the Liao River and built castles along the river to connect Jinzhou to Chahar, which was enough to seal the Jiannu east of the Liao River.
The so-called Jiannu detour to Haraqin's hometown to join the invaders is a completely groundless worry. The ministers in the DPRK discussion all had their own agendas, and the plan was quickly passed.
At the same time, given that the Ordos Plateau has been pacified. On the same day, an order was issued to formally disband half of the troops in each of the three towns of Datong and Shanxi in Xuanfu. They were led by the deputy commander-in-chief and marched to Liaohe to deploy defenses.
And it was specified that elite soldiers should be selected to go to Liaodong. By this time, it was obvious. After the elite soldiers are transferred to Liaodong, the next step will be to directly abolish the three towns, because the three towns are already empty.
Bad news spreads in Ji Town like it has wings. All the soldiers were whispering among themselves and spreading gossip.
A large number of soldiers from Zhenwei Battalion and Fenwu Battalion left their posts and fled privately to various beacons in Sanxie, fanning the wind and lighting fires at their strongholds to stir up oppositional sentiments.
Originally, the disarmament plan only made the new army dissatisfied and confused. On the same day, the imperial court issued an order to abolish half of the soldiers in Datong Xuanfu and the three towns in Shanxi, and they were elite soldiers and were mobilized to guard the border along the Liaohe River.
Immediately, the old army in Ji Town was also pushed into a panic situation. In just a few days, the situation deteriorated sharply, and a large number of soldiers carried weapons and left the beacons and strongholds.
