Chapter 200
In addition to the 92,960 soldiers in the 8,000-household unit of the Fifteen Guards, more than 300,000 other soldiers have been dispersed and settled according to the military households assigned by the Paining Navy.
Military households in the establishment entered the military camp of Ning Haijun to start training. The first thing ordinary military households did when entering the camp was to make a roster and then start receiving equipment. The equipment of an ordinary sergeant is quite simple, including two sets of brand-new mandarin duck jackets, two pairs of shoes, a washbasin, a lunch box, a bedding and a mosquito net, as well as a horizontal knife and an engineer shovel.
As soon as the ordinary soldiers received it, they couldn't wait to pull it out and see. The horizontal knives used by ordinary soldiers also had a cold light and cut iron like mud. The handle, scabbard, and blade were without any decorations. They were simple and unpretentious, but they had a terrifying murderous aura that made people feel chilled.
As for officers with more than 1,000 households, they are concentrated in the training camp of the Ning Haijun Operations Training Bureau, that is, Dongda Camp in Jinzhou, for training.
This is the basis for the training of Ning Haijun's officers and soldiers. However, all officers of Ning Haijun, including captains and above, must undergo training here for more than three months.
As officers, their treatment is definitely much better than that of ordinary soldiers. The barracks of ordinary Ning Haijun are based on teams, that is, twelve soldiers are in one room. There are only six bunk beds and three double bunks in this room. table, and twelve cabinets. There is no toilet or toilet in the room.
Ordinary soldiers wash up and go to the toilet in public restrooms. But officers are different. Officers are divided into three specifications, one is a four-person room. The area of the room is similar to that of an ordinary soldier's barracks, about twenty square meters, with four single beds, four tables, and four wardrobes. The wardrobe is divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower. The upper layer can be used to store personal belongings, and the lower layer can be placed. Shoes, clothes in between.
The biggest difference from ordinary soldiers is that this kind of officer barracks has independent toilets and shower rooms, and the wet and dry are separated.
Secondly, the double room is the same size and layout as the single room, but the people living there are different.
The ancestors of these generals must have been brave and good at fighting. Even if there were some officials' children who were granted titles of Hundred or Thousand Households, such official positions were actually concentrated in Jinyi Guards.
Just like Huang Liji, the former great scholar of Jianji Hall, he was deeply favored by Emperor Tianqi and was granted the title of hereditary co-president of Jinyiwei. Shi Shisheng, son of Fenglai, and Zhang Zhifu, son of Zhang Ruitu, were all granted the title of Jinyiwei Qianhu.
However, the ancestors of the thousands of hereditary households, commanding officials, and commanding colleagues of ordinary guards, including commanders and envoys, could only be granted hereditary official positions by virtue of their military exploits and their outstanding merits.
But the problem is, thanks to this extremely deceptive guard system, all military households have essentially become serfs, and hundreds or thousands of households have also become slave leaders. Of course, the slave leader's life is better than that of the slaves, but no matter how well-off the slave leader is, he is still a slave. More than two hundred years of long time have already worn away the last trace of bravery in their blood.
Cheng Shijie never expected them to fight, and he would be thankful if they could cultivate the fields well. Of course, in Liaodong, Cheng Shijie adopted the policy of all citizens becoming soldiers. These guards officers were also commanding military households, but they should be able to deal with small groups of bandits or small groups of slave-building troops, but they could not. Let Ning Haijun do all the shit, right?
Of course, Cheng Shijie also had another meaning. Although the soldiers in the guard station were corrupt, there were also many famous generals in the guard station. Like Qi Jiguang, he was a hereditary Dengzhou guard who directed affairs, and Zhao Lijiao was a hereditary Jinglu. Wei directs the affairs. In addition, Mao Wenlong and the others were all hereditary officers from the Guard.
Even though most of the Ming Dynasty Guards were in dilapidated condition and could not be used, the first problem was that the foundation was too big, and no matter how bad it was, there might still be a few outstanding talents.
The fifteen guards and eight thousand households, totaling more than one hundred officers, did not receive direct training at first. Instead, they were made familiar with the military disciplines of Ning Haijun. These military disciplines were not a problem for officers of the Qianhu level. Because these officers at the Qianhu level need to process official documents, literacy is the most basic basic skill.
After ten days of study, these officers were able to memorize Ning Haijun's military disciplines by heart. Especially the meals for the officers were buffet style. You can eat whatever you want with no limit. Many officers felt that following Cheng Shijie's subordinates It's still pretty good.
At least they had never eaten meals invited by their superiors when they were in charge of the yamen management of each province. Although the meals given to them by Cheng Shijie did not necessarily have meat every meal, they could still have fish every meal. You can drink milk and egg soup.
They didn't dare to live like this before. They could only indulge in luxury occasionally. Don't look at their slave leaders, but the problem is that the weather in the pass is too bad and the military harvest is low. It's hard to get some money. They need to manage things up and down, otherwise, their hereditary position will not be secure.
After ten days, their hard days finally came. The first thing they did when they got up every day was to walk five kilometers fully armed. For ordinary soldiers, five kilometers was really not a big deal. After all, they had to work hard every day. I'm used to hard work. But for the officers of the Eight Thousand Households of the Fifteen Guards, this is an old fate. Of the eight thousand officers of the Fifteen Guards, three are over fifty-five years old, eleven are over fifty, and forty-five Forty-three were over the age of 40, and 58 were over the age of 40. There are only nine people under the age of twenty-five, and only thirty-three under the age of thirty.
Therefore, the physical fitness of these guards officers is too poor, and every day's training is simply life-threatening for these officers.
After two days of continuous training, the 55-year-old Li Zhongwu, the former commander of the Chenzhou Guard, could no longer hold on. In desperation, he wrote a petition to Cheng Shijie, requesting that he be promoted to an official position and that his second son, Li Guoan, now 29 years old, be the hereditary commander. Commander.
Cheng Shijie summoned Li Zhongwu.
"The general will pay homage to the commander-in-chief!"
"General Li, no courtesy!"
The commanders of the guard posts are all generals with the rank of General Zhaoyong at first, General Zhaoyi after promotion, and General Zhaowu in addition.
Li Zhongwu smiled and said: "I heard that the commander-in-chief bravely defeated the three armies, which made Jiannu tremble. This is the ancestral bow of Mojiang's family. The bow power is so strong that ordinary people can't draw it at all. It is just right to give it to the commander-in-chief!"
"Need not!"
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "You are my soldier, and I give you military pay. This is what you deserve. There is no need to thank me, let alone give me gifts!"
Cheng Shijie's eyes are not blind. What kind of strong bow has been handed down from his ancestors? This is clearly a bow made of gold. It is very heavy to start with, weighing at least sixteen or seventeen kilograms. It's equivalent to two to three thousand taels of silver.
This price was actually the market price that commanders wanted to inherit hereditary in the past, but the problem was that Cheng Shijie refused to accept it, which made Li Zhongwu feel a little uncomfortable. Not accepting his gift means that Li Zhongwu's son Li Guoan will have difficulty in inheriting the command.
Could it be that Cheng Shijie was interested in the position of commander and wanted to place his own people?
Although most of the military commanders in the Ming Dynasty were hereditary, the hereditary official positions were not static. If the hereditary military officers performed meritorious service, they could be promoted to officials or promoted. This mainly depends on the relationship between the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel. Generally speaking, if the children of hereditary officials want to truly perform their official duties, their superiors must issue an inspection report.
If Cheng Shijie disagrees, the probation period will be extended, canceled, or even downgraded. Regardless of whether military attaches are worthless, it all depends on who they are. Just like the village officials of later generations, they really look down upon capable people, but village officials also have certain powers and can make money.
Cheng Shijie looked at Li Zhongwu and said with a smile: "General Li, don't be nervous. I also know that our life is too miserable. We are guarding the guardhouse with not enough to eat, not enough clothes to wear, and no one thinks highly of us..."
"Cheng Shuai is absolutely right!"
Li Zhongwu said seriously: "Cheng Shuai is a man of great ability. You have made the military households of Ning Haijun live a subsistence life. Now the court has transferred our fifteen guards to Ning Haijun. Everyone hopes that Marshal Cheng will be merciful. Let everyone have enough to eat for a few days, and no one wants to live a life that is worse than a beggar!"
Cheng Shijie pretended to be embarrassed and said: "You all know that the military households in Ning Haijun live a good life, but you don't know how much effort they put in and how much hardship they endured to live the good life they have now!"
"We are also willing to endure hardship!"
Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "The guard station has long been in disrepair. To ask you to fight against the Jiannu slaves is to force others to do something difficult. We Han people are the smartest, most diligent, and most able to endure hardships in the world. We have the largest population, and we have the largest population." Our glorious culture occupies the most fertile land in the world. We are born to live a good life with plenty of food and clothing, and let those nations that hate us hide in the barren cold, eating sand and drooling! Hunger and poverty should be insulated from us. ! This is what I think. See if it works. Haizhou Guard (Chen Zhouwei was transferred to Haizhou Guard) will only farm fields. I will provide you with land, seeds, and technical support. In the future, you Haizhou Guard will How about just farming?"
"Thank you Cheng Shuai for your kindness!"
"I will tell you my ugly words first!"
Cheng Shijie said with a serious face: "I know that your hands and feet were not very clean before, and I don't blame you, because I know how poor Wei is. If you don't get some benefits, it's not surprising that your family will starve to death." . However, I hope that this kind of behavior will stop here, at least during my term of office. I don’t want to see anyone bullying military households and enriching their own pockets. I think, the annual salary of two hundred taels of silver per year, plus Winning a lot of bonuses is enough for you to live a decent life. If you are still not satisfied, I don't mind teaching you how to behave with a horizontal sword."
Li Zhongwu had already given up, but when he heard Cheng Shijie said that he would be given an annual salary of two hundred taels of silver and a bonus, he suddenly felt happy.
It is well known that Ning Haijun's total annual salary is one hundred taels, and there are also some miscellaneous subsidies and dividends. The actual income is as much as one hundred and fifty taels per year. The total amount was one hundred and fifty taels of silver, plus bonuses, excluding gains and military exploits, their income was around two hundred and eighty taels.
As for the Qianzong level, the annual salary is actually two hundred taels of silver, plus bonuses and rewards, it will be around three hundred and fifty taels of silver. This is their gain.
Of course, Ning's naval officer's income and dividends are actually income from seizures on the battlefield, as well as from banditry or other income in peacetime.
Li Zhongwu said: "Commander, the general will have an annual salary of two hundred taels. If you continue to commit corruption, you will really become a human being!"
"From now on, military households and soldiers are completely separated. Military households are no longer responsible for combat tasks and are only responsible for the security work within their jurisdiction. Therefore, you can no longer support your servants. The servants you raise must be incorporated into the Ning Navy The troops have become soldiers, and they will be responsible for fighting in the future!"
Li Zhongwu was a little embarrassed. The servants were the greatest asset of the Ming army generals, equivalent to their private soldiers. Without the servants, they were nothing!
However, Li Zhongwu now understands that Cheng Shijie wants them to participate in military training, which is to punish them to death. He is old and weak and can't hold on anymore. In principle, find Cheng Shijie to be honest.
To this condition, he has to agree even if he agrees, or agree even if he doesn't agree.
If he really dares not to agree, Cheng Shijie will train him to death.
Li Zhongwu agreed to Cheng Shijie's three conditions. The last condition was that he was not allowed to embezzle military land, which he also had no choice in.
Li Zhongwu gave Cheng Shijie the 155 captive soldiers he had raised, including their equipment and 56 horses.
Li Zhongwu was the first to leave from the Jinzhou East Camp. Also leaving at the same time were two commanding colleagues and four commanding officers of the Haizhou Guard, a total of nine people.
They took Haizhou Guard, the original five thousand households of Chenzhou Guard, with a total of 5,600 military households, and moved the town to Shenjiaying on the banks of the Taizi River. Shenjiaying was officially renamed Haizhou Guard, the original Haizhou Guard City. It is Haizhou.
Although their names differ by one character, they are nearly two hundred miles apart.
On the night when Li Zhongwu received the order to prepare to move forward, eight thousand households from the Fifteen Guards gathered together and asked Li Zhongwu how he did it. Li Zhongwu gave everyone a wake-up call.
Everyone came to understand. Faced with Cheng Shijie's kindness and power, they finally realized that everyone had different ideas, and some still wanted to persist and wrote letters to the backstage of the court, hoping that the backstage could put pressure on Cheng Shijie.
However, they are destined to be in vain, because Cheng Shijie will not buy it.
The fifteen guards who wanted to resist to the end, no, now there are only thirteen guards left. The Texas left guard commander Zhuang Huizhen couldn't bear it anymore. When he was practicing the four-sided turning method, his toes were swollen by the instructor. , I can’t bear it anymore.
Zhuang Huizhen also wanted to imitate Li Zhongwu and pass on his position as commander to his sixteen-year-old son. Even if his son could persist, this was not an issue for him to consider.
But the problem is, Cheng Shijie simply disagrees and continues training.
"To the left!"
"turn right!"
"turn back!"
“Stay where you are—go!”
"Remember the key points of military posture: draw in your abdomen, lift your chest, put your fingers together on the outside of your thighs, don't look sideways, don't look like a hunchbacked old woman, show off your soldierly spirit!"
Ning Haijun's evil formation training was actually not the most uncomfortable. The most uncomfortable thing was standing in a military posture. He stood for four quarters or even half an hour. Without orders, he couldn't move even a little finger. And the evil instructor specially trained them They were brought to the grass to stand in a military posture. Mosquitoes and gadflies landed on their faces and necks, greedily sucking their blood. They were so itchy that they could not move. The feeling was no better than torture, while the instructor looked at him. That bitter face looked like he was proud of having succeeded in his conspiracy.
"Whose quilt is this? Why isn't it folded?"
After being severely punished, Zhuang Huizhen realized the reality. His arms could not twist his thighs, and a good man would not suffer the immediate consequences.
With the compromise of Zhuang Huizhen of the Texas Left Guard, fewer and fewer officers remained in Dongda Camp. Although there were fewer officers, the training intensity did not decrease.
Is it okay to wake up early in the morning and run ten kilometers just to wake up and sleep?
You carry a sandbag weighing 40 to 50 kilograms and go running because you have too much energy and you need to let it off, okay?
Is it okay to train for two hours after breakfast just to stretch your muscles?
Is it okay to run another five kilometers as an appetizer before dinner in the afternoon?
Do you do 150 push-ups after dinner because the instructor cares about your health?
Sometimes, in the middle of the night, people would be kicked into a carriage and driven ten miles away so that they could walk back in the dark. This was because they were afraid that everyone would be too bored during the long night. Would you like to have some fun for everyone?
One by one, the officers compromised with Cheng Shijie and accepted Cheng Shijie's alliance under the city.
There is no other way. If you don't accept it, you can only continue the torture.
In fact, Cheng Shijie really didn't torture them. If they went to Ning Haijun's training camp, they would find that Ning Haijun's training camp had the same training subjects as these officers.
And it was much more severe. This was all the result of Cheng Shijie deliberately letting loose.
After these officers compromised, Dong Daying welcomed a large number of officers. These officers were all officers who came to receive training from Ning Haijun in batches, and their training intensity did not decrease at all.
During these times, Ning Haijun's six-year reclamation work in Chongzhen has been progressing very rapidly. The total reclamation amounted to more than 36 million acres, which is equivalent to more than 12 acres per capita.
This means that the population of Liaodong has officially exceeded three million.
Both industry and agriculture have achieved gratifying results, which makes Cheng Shijie very happy, but the problem is that some people are not happy, such as Huang Taiji.
Now Huang Taiji feels like Shenyang is a bit useless.
(End of chapter)
