Chapter 117
At this time, the total number of Ning Haijun had expanded to nearly 48,000 troops.
The Ninghai Navy General Military Mansion is under the jurisdiction of the Supervisory Military Road Department and the Military Affairs Department.
Among them, the Military Supervision and Road Administration is responsible for Cheng Shijie's safety and protection, and has a larger staff, with a total of more than 1,500 people, while the Arms Administration has only more than 700 people, divided into six bureaus. A total of more than 2,200 non-combatants.
Ning Naval Field Hospital, and the hospital system.
Directly under the dual jurisdiction of the General Military Mansion and the Military Affairs Administration, due to the establishment of grassroots medical staff in the field force, the headquarters field hospital now has a total of 126 doctors, divided into three branches: injury, disease, and obstetrics and gynecology, with 600 medical staff Seventy people. They are also non-combatants.
The total number of non-combat personnel in the army is 3,000.
Combat troops are divided into infantry units.
Zuo Dusi, with more than 6,800 people, Shen Mingyu served as Zuo Dusi.
There are more than 6,800 people in Youdusi, and Changyu serves as Youdusi.
The Garrison Department is divided into 17 bureaus with a total of 12,750 people. Cheng Shijie also serves as direct command.
The cavalry troops, totaling 2,500 people, are all under Zhao Wencai's command.
The naval force is divided into three capital divisions, with Li Zhixiang, Shen Shikui, and Li Fang serving as capital divisions respectively. All have 402 battleships and 8,022 men.
The artillery force is a directly affiliated force. It is dispersed during wartime. The artillery commander-in-chief Yuan Shiliang is divided into four divisions with a total of 96 artillery pieces. The entire artillery force and artillery school teachers total 972 people.
There are 6,000 troops in the baggage force, and the commanding officer is Zhou Yandong. The highest unit is the general, with a total of six generals.
In addition, it is directly under the Reconnaissance Bureau, which has 800 people. It does not have a general manager, but is divided into 12 divisions, with a total of 12 hundred generals. It is under the jurisdiction of the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Military Affairs Administration.
The total number of the army was 47,644.
Even though Cheng Shijie has more than 40,000 troops, when it comes to actual fighting, he can only pull out more than 13,600 people from the left and right commanders at any time, plus 2,500 cavalry and more than 900 artillery. Including the reconnaissance force, the full force is less than 18,000 people, which is almost equivalent to half of Ning Haijun's total strength.
And this is the limit.
Considering that Ning Haijun might be transferred to the pass to put down the rebellion in the future, Cheng Shijie planned to equip the baggage troops with two types of four-wheeled carriages, light and heavy. The light four-wheeled carriage uses a horse-drawn horse and can carry fifteen stones of grain, while the heavy carriage can Hold thirty or even forty stones of grain.
Cheng Shijie said that if he wanted to build a carriage, the carriage factory would have to work overtime to produce it.
While Ning Haijun was training and preparing for war, the long winter was finally over. On the land of southern Liaoning, the ice in the rivers had melted, and the bare branches were spitting out wisps of new green, and the land was rejuvenated.
The whole winter last year, the factory was working hard to produce tools. Hundreds of thousands of tools like shovels were made at one time. Cheng Shijie considered that there might be drought during the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty. Before starting spring plowing, clear the ditch first.
As the ice and permafrost melted, one by one, under the leadership of their respective households, the households began to enter the ditches that were almost blocked by silt. A large amount of silt was dug out, which was all good fertilizer. Because rainwater will carry fertilizers from the land into the ditch.
Ditches were dug again...
At this time, Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua and his staff Xu Dacheng arrived in southern Liaoning with great fanfare and carrying the governor's guard of honor.
The real purpose of doing this was that Sun Yuanhua was not worried about Cheng Shijie. He thought to himself, I came with such a big fanfare. If you want to kill me, you have to consider the consequences, right?
Of course, he was different from Huang Long. He docked at the brigade and headed north, inspecting and observing the development of southern Liaoning.
The first impression that Liaonan gave to Sun Yuanhua was chaos, the second impression was still chaos, and the third impression was even more chaos.
What shocked Sun Yuanhua was that those who dug ditches and those who built houses built houses. Their work enthusiasm was so high.
Because the people all know that the ditches they dig can irrigate the fields they plant in the future, and the grain harvest will be bumper. Whether they are military households in the field or the Ning navy officers who own their own fields, they know that these ditches are related to their harvests. It is also related to their own interests.
Nowadays, people in southern Liaoning work almost day and night. They do collective work during the day, dredging ditches, or building roads, and they do their own work at night.
Especially the problem of housing. They have lived in diwozi for several months. When their homesteads were allocated, some people couldn't wait to start building houses. Several neighboring households helped each other and took their turn. Whoever builds the house just takes care of the food.
The rich buy bricks and tiles and build brick houses. Although many people are poor, not everyone is poor. For example, the military dependents of Ning Haijun. As long as their families serve as soldiers in Ning Haijun, they can get military pay and rewards. They all have money.
After being issued a passbook, you can withdraw money, buy bricks and tiles, buy building materials, and start building a brick house. From south to north, 80% of the brick and tile houses are the families of Ning Haijun officers and soldiers, and the other 20% are either merchants or wealthy people who have migrated here.
Although most of the refugees have no money, there are some who are dressed in rags and have silver or gold hidden in their rags...
Of course, there are more poor people who have no money. But only when I came to Liaonan earlier, I actually saved a lot of money at home. A dou of food a day, food is also money. If you really don’t have money, then build an adobe house. It doesn’t cost a lot of money to build an adobe house. Building two or three rooms can also provide shelter from wind and rain.
Even at night, Liaonan is brightly lit with construction scenes everywhere.
Due to the planning of southern Liaoning, towns are built along roads to facilitate travel. In the future, food harvests will be easy to transport. Walking along Sun Yuanhua, you will see busy scenes.
Especially there are too many factories and kilns along the way, some firing bricks, some firing tiles, some firing lime, and still others firing porcelain. There are various woodware factories, textile factories, fur processing factories, shoe and socks factories, and other value-added factories.
Some of the roads along the way have been smoothed out. Based on the actual situation, Zhang Huaize originally wanted to build roads paved with stones. However, the problem was that due to the heavy pressure of transportation, he had to settle for the second best and build roads paved with solid soil. .
This kind of three-component soil, lime, clay and sand, is configured according to the proportion. After tamping, the road surface is hard and will not be soaked by water.
This road was being built while allowing people to pass through it. What made Sun Yuanhua very curious was that not far from the construction site was a large wooden barrel. A donkey was pulling the large wooden barrel in circles like a mill.
After watching it for a long time, Sun Yuanhua, a technocrat, understood the purpose of this big wooden barrel. It was actually a mixer, a rotating shaft, a gear set, and the big wooden barrel, and it was done.
Although this animal-powered mixer is very primitive, it is quite efficient. One donkey can replace ten laborers. When building roads, a large amount of Sanhe soil needs to be mixed. With this animal-powered mixer, the construction efficiency has been greatly improved.
As the weather gets warmer, more and more people are coming to Liaonan to seek livelihood. Many refugees come here with their families, trying to find opportunities to work part-time and earn a living, but their wishes will not be disappointed.
Ning Haijun is working hard to reclaim military land, raise a large number of livestock, and repair buildings in various towns and forts. Manpower is needed everywhere. As long as he is willing to work hard, he will not worry about food.
Sun Yuanhua's first stop was Fenghuo Station, but it was habitually called Paradise Station because the refugees would be properly resettled and it was also the first time they were diverted.
A group of refugees who had just taken a shower and changed into clothes were lining up to have a hot meal, and they were gathered in the open space outside the inn.
A group of stewards with big tin speakers were shouting at the top of their lungs: "Is there anyone who knows how to be a carpenter? The carpentry factory is looking for workers. The master has three buckets of grain per day, the master has two buckets of grain, and the apprentice has one bucket and five liters!"
"Is there anyone who makes baskets? Come over here!"
"Is anyone literate?"
"Are there any masons?"
"Is there a blacksmith?"
Seeing the newly arrived refugees being diverted here, Sun Yuanhua lamented that Cheng Shijie was not only a good hand in fighting, but also a good hand in local governance.
pity……
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At Tianjin Port, as the Ninghai Navy's large ship docked, hundreds of officials from the Ministry of War and hundreds more transferred from various places to work immediately surrounded it.
In the Ming Dynasty, the way to test military merit, especially to test the heads, was to use very experienced men. Whether they were killing good men and taking merit, and whether they were using ordinary people as the heads of slaves, there was a lot of trouble in this.
Even if Guan Ningjun has a strong backing and strong power, he can't play tricks in this regard, because the agents responsible for inspecting the heads are all temporarily transferred, which avoids being bribed.
Just like this time, some of the people responsible for testing the authenticity of the heads are from Shuntian Prefecture, some from Guangping Prefecture, some from Daming Prefecture, some from Hejian Prefecture, and some from Guide Prefecture...
This time, the official leading the team from the Ministry of War was named Fu Zonglong. He was originally a Taipu Shaoqing. He was promoted to a Taipu Temple Shaoqing for his contribution in quelling the rebellion of Guizhou Chieftain An Bangyan. But this guy was unlucky. Just after he was promoted, his father died. In desperation, Ding You was ordered to go home.
It was not until the third year of Chongzhen that Sun Chengzong recommended Fu Zonglong as the censor of Youqiandu, succeeding Liu Zongzhou and governor of Shuntian. Soon after, he was transferred to the right minister of the Ministry of War and censor of Qiandu, and governor of Jimen, Liaodong and Baoding military affairs, replacing Liu Ce's original position.
Fu Zonglong watched the large trucks being transported from the dock, filled with human heads pickled in lime, and waved his hand: "Go and take a look!"
"yes!"
These experienced operators and inspection officials from the Ministry of War had just gathered around and noticed something was wrong at a glance.
"This...this is actually a real slave!"
The appearance of the Jiannu people is obviously different from that of the Ming Dynasty people. Of course, the later generations will be different. There is no difference in the later generations of mixed blood. Some people actually have no Jurchen blood at all, but are brought up with Han nationality, and some falsely claim their ancestors.
Because the household registration system was not strictly managed at the beginning and was written by hand. In addition, Shaomin had the privilege of having more children and receiving reduced points in the college entrance examination, so they changed the name to Shaomin and abandoned their Han identity.
There are many such examples, so it is almost impossible to tell them apart by their appearance in later generations.
But in the Ming Dynasty, the difference was very big.
The first is face shape. Regardless of men or women, the majority of head and face shapes are "round" and "long board". Next is the eyes. Regardless of men or women, the eyes have brown or blue pupils. The author specifically went to see the photos of that camp. She does not have these characteristics, but her nose is partially similar. It can be judged that that camp must be a mixed race, not a pure Manchu, with at most one-eighth of the blood in her body, or less.
Secondly, their head shapes are divided into two types: long-headed and round-headed. South of Jilin, most are long-headed. Heilongjiang and the Far East (Tungus ethnic group in Russia) are mostly round-headed, that is, wide face, temporal lobe ( Both sides of the eyes are well developed.
There are also beards. The beards on the philtrum of Jurchen men grow extremely slowly, almost not growing at all. Most of them are "goatees" or "mustache". In movies and TV shows, Obai has a bearded face. This is wrong. If Obai really looks like that, then he is not a Jurchen, but a Mongolian.
Finally, the most obvious part is the nose. Jurchens, both men and women, have a very high nose bridge, and their noses are often in the shape of a hook. The scientific name is "hawk-hook nose" or "luo-feng nose". In addition, the noses of Jurchens are relatively small, and their scientific name is "seagull nose". The tip of the nose is usually vertically downward (aquiline nose), and they rarely have the shape of "upturned nose" or "flat nose bridge". Basically every Jurchen has a high nose bridge.
Even if the head of a Jurchen slave is faked, the face must be disfigured first, that is, the nose, mouth, eyes, all the obvious features of the Jurchen slave woman must be destroyed.
But the problem is that Ning Haijun's victory was all about heads collected, and almost all of them were frozen to death. During the actual pursuit, hundreds of still alive slaves were found, but even though they were alive, they were the last ones. It's just a tone of voice, it can only serve as Ning Haijun's military exploits.
In the Ming Dynasty, if you wanted to be recognized for killing good people and taking merit, you must first have the Ministry of War inspect all members to be collectively blind, otherwise it would be impossible. Another point is the hairstyle. Even if you shave your head after death, it will be shaved into the rat tail style of the slaves. The hair in the area where the head is shaved frequently is harder, the hair root rate is thicker, and the scalp is blue and black, there is an obvious difference.
Fu Zonglong also knew that there were constant hints from the bosses above, and he must check it out clearly, because Cheng Shijie's victory meant that Xu Guangqi would become more powerful and the Western French Party would rise.
"Reporting to the military commander, we have found out clearly that there are 4,679 in total, including 5,704 fake slaves."
Fu Zonglong saw that the head of the Ministry of War, Yang Siqian, was hesitant, and scolded: "If you say something that is not convenient for you to say, just say it!"
Yang Siqian said: "These fake slaves are all old fake slaves!"
Fu Zonglong understood what Yang Siqian meant. Even these Han troops were Ming troops who had surrendered to the slaves in the early years. They were determined to betray the Ming Dynasty. Such Han troops were actually more powerful than most of the slaves. It's just that their equipment is poor and they cannot display their true strength.
If equipped with the same equipment, the Han army of Jiannu could fight one to three without falling behind.
At this time, the people surrounding the pier were already crowded. Fu Zonglong heard the exclamations from the crowd: "There are really thousands of Jiannu. Oh my god, how did they do it!"
Counting on the Ming army to defeat Jiannu is actually about the same difficulty as counting on the national football team to qualify. It is actually difficult to say it is difficult, and it is not really difficult to say it is not difficult, because the problem of the Ming army is the same as the problem of the national football team, which is overall corruption.
Those who can play football will never be able to enter the national team. The same is true in the Ming Dynasty. Generals who can really play will not have the opportunity to lead troops. Yan Yingyuan is still a classic history, equivalent to the county-level public security director in later generations, and is at the official level.
Sun Chengzong even rushed back to his hometown.
Li Dingguo also followed Zhang Xianzhong in rebellion.
Fu Zonglong breathed a sigh of relief. Thank God, this battle was finally won.
Afterwards, Fu Zonglong was ecstatic, not only him, but all the officials of the Ministry of War were the same.
Beheading 4,679 levels and the Han army at 5,704 levels. This is the first achievement since the Liao Dynasty!
Of course they would not steal Cheng Shijie's limelight without having the foresight, but they are the Ministry of War, responsible for managing the country's troops. They will get credit for any victory in the battle. Besides, they stay in the rear to raise military supplies and food, so they can get credit even if they don't have any credit. Hard work is indispensable to get a share of this great achievement!
Get promoted and get rich!
With this great achievement, it would be difficult for them not to get promoted and make a fortune!
Not only were the officials happy, but the surrounding Ming people were also very excited. After all, this was a great victory...
Contrary to the ecstatic situation of the people of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji at this time even wanted to eat Duduo. Twelve thousand troops went south without even seeing the faces of the Ming army. He fled back less than three meters in embarrassment Hundreds of people.
There were nearly 1,700 corpses scattered on the way to Shenyang. Ning Haijun pursued them to Guangning and stopped, otherwise, he could pick up more heads.
Huang Taiji wanted to weaken Duduo's strength and make him suffer a little and lose hundreds of men. He could use his status as King Khan to defeat Duduo.
However, the problem is that this battle is really difficult to talk about.
As a Jurchen living in the Northeast, it was unexpected that so many lives would be taken away by Baimaofeng. In fact, Jiannu's losses this time were definitely not limited to Duduo's men, but other banners and departments also suffered losses.
The White Hair Wind did not only hit southern Liaoning. On the contrary, the losses in eastern Liaoning were even greater.
Duduo was severely frostbitten and fell into a coma. The shaman danced for three days, but he still didn't wake up.
Even if he wanted to punish Duduo for being angry, he couldn't.
On the contrary, he had to pinch his nose to appease the twelfth, fourteenth, and fifteenth. Don't look at Duduo like this, but he has 6,000 elite guards and 4,500 more. These elites cannot let many Ergon and Azig need to go.
Bordered yellow flag, true yellow flag, true blue flag, bordered red flag...
Looking at the loss figures in groups, Huang Taiji's hands were shaking, and the more he looked at them, the worse the shaking became.
Although the Battle of Hunhe River was Dajin's nightmare, in this battle, due to the crazy counterattack of the Sichuan Army and the Qi Army, all the Jiannu banners were severely beaten, and it was also a miserable victory.
Only nearly 5,000 Jurchen soldiers died, and the Mongolian army's casualties were not brave enough to be counted.
But once, the five-day white-haired wind in late spring was as powerful as the three Hunhe battles. Fortunately among the misfortunes, the national habit of establishing slaves caused their casualties to be mainly concentrated on the old, weak, sick and disabled.
Not counting the Duoduo tribe of the Zhengbai Banner, the other seven banners combined, the Jurchen population lost was 20,000 less. This was no longer a serious injury to the vitality, but a broken bone. This time, Huang Taiji felt a word : "The power of God is unpredictable."
He was even doubting something.
"Does Daikin really have a destiny?"
If there was destiny, then why did it come to him so suddenly?
God's stick made Huang Taiji doubt his life.
He was shaky.
At this moment, Fan Wencheng stepped forward and supported the body of fat old Bahuang Taiji: "King Khan, you must hold still!"
"Hold on!"
Huang Taiji smiled bitterly: "Whose flesh won't be hurt if the needle doesn't prick it!"
"Fortunately, the disaster is over and the weather is getting warmer."
Dai Shan also thought that Huang Taiji was not feeling well, so he advised: "The ice and snow have melted, and the cattle and sheep can give birth to calves. Let's go back in autumn when the war horses have gained weight..."
Daishan didn't even dare to mention the name Liaonan again, for fear of arousing everyone's sadness, especially the red-eyed Dorgon. The two white flags captured six or seven thousand people in Liaonan, as well as a large number of war horses, Armor and weapons.
Yue Tuo, however, did not have so many scruples and said directly: "I heard that Ning Haijun has stationed a lot of fields in southern Liaoning. Let them farm them. By autumn, they will all be ours!"
Huang Taiji was a hero after all. After a brief panic, he regained his composure. He looked at the ministers in the hall and said, "Master Bao!"
Bao Chengxian quickly knelt down and said, "I'm here!"
"My king gave you money, and you brought it into the customs to buy grain from the Han people. Now that they know that we have suffered a disaster, they will definitely open their mouths and want to kill me. I admit it." No matter how much money they want, I will give it to them. I want food, salt, cotton, and cloth. Let them prepare supplies. I have plenty of money..."
In this sentence, Huang Taiji was not bragging.
Kong Youde only robbed several counties in Dengzhou Prefecture and obtained more than three million taels of silver. In the second year of Chongzhen, he established the slaves and broke through the pass, but directly looted ten people from Zunhua Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, and Shuntian Prefecture. Several prefectures and counties, including the four cities of Liangxiang, Gu'an, Sanhe, and Xianghe, were massacred.
This time alone, Jiannu plundered more than eight million taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of people.
The situation was grim, and Huang Taiji did not give Bao Chengxian much time. Five days later, Bao Chengxian entered the customs with 300,000 taels of silver, and the remaining 700,000 taels would be delivered to him through various channels.
Huang Taiji was also a big spender, spending millions of taels of silver in one go.
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In the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen was also worried.
Ning Haijun's Haizhou victory was real. There is no doubt about it. Thousands of pairs of eyes have tested it. It is more real than gold.
But the question is, how to reward merit.
If Cheng Shijie is not rewarded for his contribution, who will work for him in the future?
Because Emperor Wanli had no money and saved the rewards for the soldiers who entered the dynasty and the pensions for the soldiers who died in battle, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army plummeted.
Cheng Shijie saw this.
Emperor Chongzhen also saw it, as did all the civil and military ministers of the dynasty.
But the problem is that a clever woman cannot make a living without rice, and the court has no money.
When the court had money, it could give high rewards to silver and despise officials and titles. Now that the court has no money, it can only settle for second place and give high rewards to officials and titles but despise money.
He understood the truth, but the question was how to reward him generously?
If everything is not decided, the ministers will discuss it.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't do any ink, and went straight to the point: "Now, the Ministry of War has made it clear that Cheng Qing did not falsely claim military exploits in the Haizhou victory, nor did he kill good people for meritorious deeds. Merits should be rewarded. Everyone, please discuss, this merit should be rewarded." How to reward?"
Zheng Yiwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet, looks at his nose with his eyes and his nose with his mind, just like an old monk entering meditation.
Xu Guangqi, the second assistant to the cabinet, immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, Cheng Shijie is recommended by me, and I should avoid suspicion..."
Good reason, very powerful.
Xu Guangqi took it out.
Cabinet minister Wu Yingdian, academician He Ruchong, raised his head to look at the sky...
Cabinet Minister Jianjidian Grand Scholar Zhou Yanru: (*￣rǒ￣)
Warm body kernel: Σ(°△°|||)︴
Ministers:━┳━━┳━
Emperor Chongzhen finally understood that these ministers were unable to do anything and did not have enough to eat.
In desperation, his eyes fell on Xu Guangqi, who was capable and willing to do things: "Xu Qing, you don't avoid relatives when you promote talents, there is no need to avoid this matter!"
Xu Guangqi's face was dripping with sweat: "My lord, I thought that the treasury was empty and there was no way to reward merit, so we could only give officials... But now Cheng Shijie is already the governor of the left, a general in charge of conquests, and a very popular minister, but... Kill him and it will be over!"
As soon as Xu Guangqi finished speaking, a member of the Sixth Section came to the trouble and immediately said: "Bah, treacherous minister, Mr. Xu Ge is the treacherous minister Qin Hui who killed Yue Fei in the dynasty... I impeach Xu Guangqi..."
"I impeach Xu Guangqi..."
"I impeach Xu Guangqi..."
"I second the proposal..."
The originally silent court suddenly became excited.
Xu Guangqi was helpless. He could only retreat in order to advance. Even if he wanted to promote Cheng Shijie, he would definitely be criticized if he spoke.
What Ming Dynasty does not lack most is trolls.
He did the opposite and harnessed the power of trolls.
Some people say that Cheng Shijie is Yue Fei. Once this is settled, whoever impeaches Cheng Shijie will be Qin Hui, the traitor...
However, these trolls are all smart people, and they are all scratching their own itch, and no one can tell the real solution.
Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the posthumous title should be given to Cheng Yongxing, Cheng Shijie's father, who sacrificed his life for the country in the Phoenix Mountain Guards of Thousand Households..."
It is too difficult for Bi Ziyan, the great steward, to manage the treasury. Everything requires money, but the treasury has everything but no money.
"I thought I could be given the posthumous title "Wuzhong""
Bi Ziyan gave a flashy solution, which is also not a solution.
Emperor Chongzhen shook his head: "Less!"
"Then a cute son will be hereditary for thousands of families!"
Emperor Chongzhen was so angry.
Forget it.
What he wanted most was to knight Cheng Shijie.
Just give him the title of champion.
However, the problem is that the ministers do not mention this matter.
This is the character problem of Emperor Chongzhen. He is good-looking but thin-skinned.
When he originally wanted to execute Yuan Chonghuan, he asked the ministers to discuss it. It lasted more than eight months and held more than 50 special meetings before finally executing Yuan Chonghuan.
As the ministers were chattering away, the meeting broke up unhappy.
"Mr. Xu Ge, wait a moment!"
Zheng Yiwei looked at Xu Guangqi and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly: "Reward officials and give them titles!"
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