Chapter 144
Shenyang City, in a tailor shop near Huaiyuan Gate.
A man huddled in a cloak walked quickly with dozens of clothed slaves.
The cloaked man stood with his hands behind his back: "Knock on the door!"
A soldier came forward and knocked gently on the door.
"who……"
A wary voice came from inside.
"Is Hu Langzhong here?"
"Sorry, this is a tailor shop, there are no scammers here."
"Lao Tian is here and said you wanted to buy him a drink."
"What to drink?"
"Treasuring the Number One Scholar's Red for 18 Years!"
The code matched and the door opened from the inside. However, the other party saw a group of strangers outside the door and hurriedly closed the door.
However, the middle-aged man took two steps and was punched on his back and fell to the ground.
Two teeth were missing from his mouth.
The middle-aged man is Jin Yiwei's backbone. Although most movies and TV dramas describe Jinyiwei as a spy organization that persecutes loyal people and commits all kinds of evil.
In fact, Jinyiwei is divided into Nanzhen Fusi and Northzhen Fusi. The powers of Nanzhen Fusi are criminal investigation, interrogation, judgment, intelligence and the research and development of military weapons. The Beizhen Fusi is in charge of the secret surveillance of local lords and officials, the elimination of counter-revolution and corruption, independent investigation, arrest, sentencing, detention power (imperial edict) and counter-espionage matters.
The responsibilities of the Jinyiwei include the military police, military courts, national security, investigation bureau, and equipment bureau.
Especially the most pinnacle parts of Ming Dynasty technology, such as long guns, short guns, bird guns, multi-barreled guns, and even lightweight small artillery, as well as the divine machine arrows that use gunpowder as launch power, the divine machine crossbow, and the Zhuge Liannu These are all equipment invented by Jin Yiwei.
"I know you are the backbone of Jinyiwei. Your name is not Feng Sihai. Your real name is Qin Buhui, the chief flag officer of Jinyiwei!"
Qin Buhui struggled hard.
"You deliver a letter for me, complete the task, and bring back the letter. You and your wife and children, including the hidden stakes of your Jin Yiwei in Shenyang, a total of forty-seven people will be alive. If you don't cooperate, they will all die!"
Qin Buhui let out a long sigh: "Jin Yiwei is not a coward who is afraid of death!"
"Ha ha!"
The cloaked man turned around and put his hands away, and several well-dressed men walked towards the bedroom.
"Stop, what letter are you sending?"
"You don't need to know!"
"Then I have to know who this letter is for, right?"
"Liaodong Economic Strategy, General Cheng Shijie!"
Qin Buhui took the letter and looked at the man who turned to leave, speechless for a long time.
This man is none other than Shuo Tuo, the second son of Shanxi, one of the four great Baylors of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Although he is the son of Yue Tuo, his mother is also a direct descendant of the Fujin Li family, and he has the same father and mother as Yue Tuo. However, his status is completely different from that of Yue Tuo. In the early years when Nurhachi was alive, he was uncle and grandma. Unloved and abused.
Especially his father Daishan, Ning asked Nurhaci five or six times to kill him, and falsely accused him of wanting to defect to the Ming Dynasty. In the second year of Chongzhen, he stayed in Yongping Mansion with Erbeile Amin.
This incident was originally because Huang Taiji had a guilty conscience and was worried that more than 200,000 Ming troops led by Sun Chengzong would surround him. In March of the third year of Chongzhen, he left the pass and returned to Liaodong. Amin and him were left behind to defend Qian'an, Zunhua, Luanzhou and Yongping.
Later, when Ming Dynasty Supervisor Zhang Chun and others led an army to besiege Luanzhou, Amin was timid and refused to reinforce Luanzhou. Instead, he massacred the city and looted and fled back to Shenyang. Huang Taiji was very angry and Amin was punished. Because of this, he was stripped of his title.
To be fair, he was really wronged, which made him very aggrieved.
During the Battle of Daling River, the Ming army invaded Azig's camp. Shuo Tuo fought hard with the Ming army and was injured in the thigh. Huang Taiji personally poured wine for him to comfort him. The Ming army came to attack as far as the Daling River. Shuo Tuo defeated the Ming general Zhang Chun and wounded his hand. After the war, Huang Taiji rewarded him for his merits and rewarded him with ten pieces of satin and one hundred pieces of cloth.
Although he was rewarded with these properties, he was not given the treatment he deserved, and his title was not restored. His brother Yue Tuo was Baylor, but he was nothing, just an ordinary red belt of the clan.
All this time, Daishan still falsely accused him of wanting to defect to the Ming army, so he broke the pot and decided to truly defect to the Ming Dynasty. But the problem was that the Ming Dynasty did not dare to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Until Cheng Shijie came out, he first defeated his uncle Azig and then his uncle Duduo. But the problem was that Azige was clearly defeated and lost two to three thousand troops. As for Duduo who lost tens of thousands of troops, Huang Taiji did not Depriving Azig of his title did not deprive Dodo of his title, but it only deprived him of his title.
This made Shuo Tuo feel very unbalanced, because Huang Taiji shamelessly blamed Duduo's defeat on the weather. As a Jurchen who has lived in white mountains and black waters for generations? When are you afraid of freezing? When did more than 10,000 people lose their lives due to weather?
In Shuo Tuo's eyes, Huang Taiji protected Duoduo so much that he even lost his face.
Shuo Tuo was very dissatisfied. By chance, he got a piece of Wanli Di banknote, so he used it to tamper with the Ming Dynasty disaster relief to allocate 40 million taels of silver and spread rumors.
It's just a pity that Shuo Tuo's spread of rumors has had limited effect.
This time, Huang Taiji sent troops to attack Liaonan at the end of September. Shuo Tuo came out of the Chongde Hall and used the traitor Wang Rongguang, the Jinyiwei spy, his subordinate slave and the former Jinyiwei Baihu official, to find the Jinyiwei. of hidden piles.
The main reason why Shuo Tuo did not send his own people to find Cheng Shijie was because he was worried that Cheng Shijie would not believe him. Cheng Shijie should believe in the Jin Yiwei.
Qin Buhui looked at the letter. He knew how to open a letter without revealing any traces. This was his special skill. Soon, he opened the letter and saw that the content written in the letter was that Huang Taiji wanted to recruit elites from the Eight Banners and Mongolia. The left and right camps, with a total of 100,000 troops under the Han banner, will attack southern Liaoning at the end of September. If Cheng Shijie is willing to believe him, more detailed information will be sent out later.
Cheng Shijie only needs to place his eagle slave around him to receive Hai Dongqing's message.
Qin Buhui did not dare to be careless, so he immediately put away the letter and headed to Liaonan with it.
"Master, Qin Buhui set out overnight!"
"Send a few people to follow him. If he escapes...do you know what to do?"
"Slave understands!"
…
Bali Bay by the Taizi River, Ning Haijun's infantry training ground.
As a specially recruited red lady, after learning that Ning Haijun only recruits female medical soldiers and female health workers, the red lady found out that medical soldiers and health workers all do the work of serving people. This kind of work can be done anywhere. Being capable does not necessarily mean coming to Ning Haijun.
So, she changed her name from Tang Sanniang to Tang Sanlang. As for how the red lady disguises herself as a man, this is not difficult.
Because she is a child of the world, she spends her time living as a man, and she has small breasts. She wears a corset and changes into men's clothes. As soon as she smears a special dye on her face and takes some medicine in her throat, her throat changes. It has become the voice of a drake, like a teenager who is in the period of voice change.
Specially recruited soldiers also become special soldiers.
During recruitment, men and women were not checked because in this era, few women were willing to serve as soldiers.
Special recruitment does not need to follow a unified recruitment time. You can sign up at any time. Every three days, or when a hundred people gather, a selection assessment will be held.
The selection assessment was actually three points more difficult than the court's military examination system. It's just that it doesn't need to be as formal as the court's martial arts examination. In the imperial court's martial arts examination, the first thing to test is strategy, and then the bow and horse. Those who fail the strategy are not allowed to try the bow and horse.
Of course, the martial arts examinations in the Ming Dynasty were actually a supplement to the hereditary guard system. Many generals were martial arts scholars, or were from martial arts examinations, such as Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, the famous anti-Japanese generals, and especially Li Chengliang. Li Chengliang took the literary examination. Scholar, at the age of forty, he hereditary became a dangerous mountain general. As for Qi Jiguang, he was born in Wu Jinshi, and Yu Dayou was even more outstanding, ranking fifth in Wu Jinshi. There is also Xiong Tingbi, who ranked first in the Huguang Martial Arts Examination and won the Civil Service Examination at the age of 29. He can be called the double hegemon in the civil and military examinations.
The Red Lady participated in Ning Haijun's special recruitment, passed five levels and killed six generals, and finally passed the special recruitment assessment. Among the 100 people who participated in the special recruitment assessment at the same time as the Red Lady, only six passed in the end, and the elimination rate was as high as 94%.
In fact, Ning Haijun's special recruitment assessment adopts an elimination system. The first level is endurance, fully equipped and cross-country for five kilometers. It is not too difficult, but only those who finish in the top 50 are eligible for the second level.
The second level is climbing training. This level will also eliminate half of the people. By the third level, only twenty-four members are left, the fourth level is only twelve members, and the fifth level is only six. member. The six members will carry out simple queue training. After passing the initial training of the combat training bureau, they will be assigned to the troops.
The lucky lady was extremely lucky. She passed the special recruitment assessment with first place in the fourth level and second place in the fifth level. She arrived at the infantry training in Baliwan with a letter of certification from the training bureau. field.
At the gate of the infantry camp, an officer was Liu Qingsong, the former commander-in-chief of Youdu Division. He carefully checked the handwriting and seals of Hong Niangzi and the other six people. After making sure they were correct, he returned the letter to them and said with a smile: "It seems that you Congratulations to you brave warriors who have come to our Guards Command Division. When you come to our Guards Division, you must first abide by military discipline. Only by observing military discipline will you be like a fish in water. But don't be arrogant because of your talents. In terms of skill, he might be considered the number one person in the frontier army, but here, he is nothing!"
The red lady was a little unhappy, "What doesn't count?"
The officer on duty smiled and said: "Stop fantasizing about being an invincible general. Here, the team is above all else!"
The red lady was even more puzzled: "What is the team above all else? What does it mean?"
"I can't explain it to you now, but you will understand it soon. Let's put it this way, here, unless you are in the reconnaissance force, personal bravery is insignificant!"
The red lady obviously didn't believe it.
The officer on duty smiled and said, "Do you see that every soldier here is not too strong?"
The red lady nodded. :"yes!"
"If you really want to fight, you will find that you are facing a sophisticated, cold-blooded killing machine that will never stop. No matter how brave you are, no matter how many troops you have, they can kill you." The astonishing efficiency will sweep you away! Look, the infantry phalanx has started practicing again."
At this time, the playground was empty and flat.
Cheng Shijie was also observing the training of Ning Haijun's soldiers. This was the first actual combat drill between Konoe Toshi and Youdusi. The two parties participating were the first commander-in-chief of Konoeduji and the second commander-in-chief Youdusi. of confrontation.
The two sides gathered in the north and south directions of the school grounds respectively. Each general had the same personnel, the same organization, and the same equipment, including clear spears and broken sabers. He was wearing black armor, with six steel plates that protected his entire chest and abdomen. He was wearing a round helmet that protected his entire head, with only one face exposed. The black helmet tassels fluttered in the wind, as if his face were all black. Battle flag.
In order to better distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, the Utsuji side of the drill wore a white towel tied to his right arm, while the Konoe Toji side did not.
The biggest change in Ning Haijun's equipment now is not the improvement of fire guns, but the sword and shield soldiers. The sword in the hands of the sword and shield soldiers has turned into a Tang straight sword, or it can be said to be a Tang horizontal sword.
The characteristic of Tang Hengdao is its straight blade. After using the shield to block the enemy's sharp blow, it can quickly stab the enemy. For Jiannu who was wearing heavy armor, stabbing straight and horizontally was more effective than chopping with a knife.
The armor wearing rate of Jiannu is too high. The armor wearing rate is even higher than that of Ning Haijun. If a Niu Lu is a Jiannu, the armor wearing rate is 100%, and the armor wearing rate is more than two-thirds.
In this case, using the Qijia Sword is not as powerful as the Tang Zhi Dao. As for other equipment, such as artillery and thunder cannons, it is difficult to simulate in actual combat exercises.
"The martial arts performance begins!"
With the rapid beating of drums. The Ning navy officers on both sides were marching at a constant speed to the beat of drums. No one made a sound, and no one looked around. Their eyes were fixed on the opponent who was also advancing towards them on the beat of drums, as if everyone on the opposite side was staring at them. It's like they are sworn enemies.
We haven't seen the two sides fighting yet. Those formations were neat and orderly. Thousands of people seemed to be like one person, lifting their legs and landing at the same time. This made the red lady stunned: "How did they do it?"
The officer on duty smiled and said: "This is just the basic skill of our Ning Navy!"
In the exercises at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was actually very little that could be done. The only thing that could be done was to remove the gun blade and put on a cork sheath. The cork sheath was stained with white paint. Once it was stabbed, it would be a white spot. position, and judged whether he was killed or seriously injured.
Another thing that can be done is that when the crossbow arrows and arrowheads are removed, they are also stained with red paint. The red paint represents arrow wounds, the white paint represents gunshot wounds, and the knife wounds are represented by blue paint.
Of course, the knife used by soldiers for training is just a piece of wood. As long as it is chopped or stabbed, although it will not kill you, the pain will be sure.
Finally, the two sides began to fight. Konoe Toshi became a little nervous. When he entered the range of the crossbow machine, there was a trembling sound and a loud whistle. The crossbow arrows shot out. The crossbowman on the right side of Toshi suddenly fell on his back. , a large area was swept down.
Then came the second round of volleys, mowing down another area, and another round, three rounds of volleys. Although Youdusi suffered heavy losses, however,
These gaps were immediately filled, and the archers at the forefront were still in full order, pressing over like a wall!
The crossbows on the side of the Imperial Guard had fired all their arrows, but the crossbows on the Right side had not fired any arrows. The situation was quite unfavorable. The soldiers loading the crossbows sped up, but inevitably became a little panicked.
The archer on the right continued to move forward, and the three columns had become two columns. Finally, they stopped when they were only thirty steps away from their opponents. With a loud shout, two rows of crossbows fired at the same time. Now it was the turn of the guy on the left to flip over. More than 1,300 crossbow arrows swept across, screams were loud, and the three rows of archers of the Imperial Guard were almost wiped out...
The decision is made, the winner is decided.
Cheng Shijie did not go up to make comments, but handed it over to Liu Qingsong, the Chief Qian of the Right Dusi. In fact, the Right Dusi was the longest-established unit of the Ning Navy, followed by the Zuo Dusi, and most recently the Cavalry Dusi and the Guards Dusi. These two Gedu Division was established at the same time.
Cheng Shijie is very busy. The military drills on the banks of the Taizi River need to be carried out for ten consecutive days. When the Zuo Dusi and Right Dusi will take the general as the unit, they will conduct actual combat drills with the Guards Dusi respectively, and then the Cavalry Dusi will simulate a cavalry attack. Infantry defense.
When Cheng Shijie boarded the carriage, he caught a glimpse and saw the red lady. He felt that this recruit had a delicate appearance...
Cheng Shijie was thinking, everyone said that after three years in the army, a sow competed with Diao Chan, but he had only been in the military camp for more than a month, so why did he feel something was wrong?
The red lady did not pay attention to Cheng Shijie, because Marshal Cheng was a high mountain that she needed to look up to.
Sitting on the carriage, Cheng Shijie began to deal with the backlog of work of the Ning Navy Management Committee. There were many things that needed to be done. The Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon. This was a traditional festival. It was Cheng Shijie's power to distribute this year's holiday benefits.
Favor comes from above, and power comes from below.
This is Song Xiance's principle.
At this time, the person following Cheng Shijie was replaced by Qin Bocheng. He was older than Ma Shilin, had a broader vision, and could see further. He voluntarily resigned from his current job as deputy director of the Fuzhou Working Committee, but claimed that he lacked ability. , need to learn from Cheng Shijie.
Regarding Qin Bocheng's Xiao Jiujiu, Cheng Shijie knew very well that he wanted to get close to the water first.
"Bo Cheng!"
"Here we are!"
"What is the most important thing recently that needs to be handled by this commander!"
Qin Bocheng bowed and said: "My lord, the first thing you should do is take a concubine and give birth to a son. Ning Haijun needs your offspring!"
Cheng Shijie rubbed his head: "How come you also learned how to pimp?"
"It's not that my sect is troublesome, it's really..."
"What's wrong?"
"General Zu..."
"What good does he do to you?"
Qin Bocheng was stunned: "My lord, Zukefa gave me two good horses as a gift, but I didn't dare to accept them!"
"Stupid, why don't you accept it!"
Cheng Shijie said: "You can accept the gifts that come to your door. However, the principle is the principle. You are not allowed to do anything for them. You can accept gifts. If you do things in violation of regulations, I will never take them lightly!"
Qin Bocheng was slightly startled. I thought to myself: "If you don't do anything when accepting gifts, wouldn't that break the rules? Who will give them gifts in the future? They have too much money and no place to throw it away?"
Qin Bocheng sighed and said: "My lord, I'm not here to accept gifts, but just to say a few words. I still have to give a little face to General Zu. He gave us 600 good horses...and his niece. We don’t ask for status, we just want to serve tea and water, and be slaves and concubines. We Ning Haijun and Guan Ningjun should establish a good relationship to facilitate the future..."
"Don't treat Ning Haijun like a scholar. There is a golden rule among merchants: people who work with us are enemies. We Ning Haijun and Guan Ningjun are both colleagues and enemies. Have a good relationship with Zu Dashou? Do you think the court will be at ease? "
Cheng Shijie smacked his lips and said: "Six hundred horses, even if they are bad horses, are of great use if placed in the inn. Let's do this. Inform Xie Jinglin to buy the horse and tell him at the same time to urge Fan Yongdou and tell Fan Yongdou, If I can’t see horses and oxen, I won’t even want a grain of grain!”
Qin Bocheng took notes.
"Also, how many copper coins has our mint minted now?"
"Xiaoping coins, two coins, five coins, and ten coins, totaling 620,000 coins, with a face value of approximately 7.44 million coins!"
"Sounds like a lot, but this is only worth 7,440 taels of silver, which is too little!"
Cheng Shijie originally wanted to distribute the newly minted copper coins and use the welfare funds to promote the market economy in southern Liaoning. It seems that at present, there is still a lot to be desired.
"Order the food factory to work overtime and strive to produce enough mooncakes for one pound per person in southern Liaoning before August 15th, and let the seafood factory prepare enough fish and shrimp!"
Cheng Shijie said: "The Mid-Autumn Festival welfare distribution, according to the time point, arrived at the military households in the field and the engineering military households in southern Liaoning before the end of February in the fifth year of Chongzhen. Each household was distributed fifty kilograms of noodles, fifty kilograms of rice, and ten kilograms of salt to military and martyred families. Doubling on this basis, from March 1st to June 30th in the fifth year of Chongzhen, they arrived at military households in southern Liaoning and distributed 25 jins of noodles and 25 jins of rice. From July 1st to August 10th, Five days ago, the military households that arrived in Liaonan were given ten kilograms of rice, ten kilograms of noodles, and two kilograms of salt for each household!"
"Yes, my lord!"
Zhenhai City and Maqiao Town were already crowded with people. Chen Zilong, together with more than a hundred experts from Liaodong Agricultural College and more than 5,000 military households in the fields, carried farm tools and drove cattle or donkeys to the sweet potato fields. .
As the first batch, the earliest planted sweet potatoes have reached the harvest season. Of course, as the protagonist Cheng Shijie did not come, they could only wait.
Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, also arrived in Liaonan with dozens of county magistrates, three prefects, and officials from various counties in the prefecture, a total of two hundred people.
These officials, especially Zhu Wannian, only want to do one thing now, to expose Cheng Shijie's reputation.
Cheng Shijie boasted to Sun Yuanhua that he was better at farming than others. The land he planted could yield several kilograms of harvest per acre...
is it possible?
It's still a few kilograms, but if it can break a thousand kilograms, Zhu Wannian will eat his own smelly socks.
Zhu Wannian's aide said: "Cheng Shijie is a martial artist, what does he know about farming?"
"That's right. The martial artist just needs to fight well."
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