In July of the first year of Chongzhen, Datong Town was established.
Zuk Kefa and Li Chengyun, two envoys who "fulfilled their mission", finally arrived at Datong City, the "summer resort" that was already under Zhu Youjian's complete control.
When they went back to Kukuhetun, they passed by Datong and had a drink with Mangui. I am still somewhat familiar with the customs and customs of Datong City. But they never expected that when they came to Datong again after more than a month, the temperament of this important border town had undergone earth-shaking changes.
More than a month ago, although the appearance of Datong City looked almost the same as it does now, everyone could feel the heavy and heavy air of death that was so rich that it was almost impossible to remove it.
At that time, Datong could be said to be a completely solidified and declining city!
As a border military city, this place should have been full of vigor and vitality. Although life at the border was difficult, it should also be full of hope.
Because the border should be a place where an empire grows and develops - the vitality of an empire lies in expansion, and the border is the forefront of expansion, and of course it should be the most vibrant place.
This is where warriors made great achievements and traveled thousands of miles to seek titles. It was the starting point for businessmen to follow the army into the grasslands and deserts and make huge profits. It was also the stronghold where the Ming Empire realized its dream of conquering the desert grasslands and completely confounding the sea.
But I don’t know since when, the achievements of the feudal lords have become legends, and the trade with the grassland and desert has turned into smuggling. The Ming Empire no longer wants to conquer the grassland and desert, but only wants to live a peaceful life behind closed doors.
This change caused Datong Military City to gradually lose its vitality, hope, dreams, and courage.
This majestic city at the head of the nine sides is no longer the sharp sword of the Ming Empire thrust into the Monan grassland, but a trembling fortress under the threat of the soldiers of the grassland nomadic tribes who are also weak... .The people who control this castle, which can be called the strongest city in the world, are no longer the soldiers who defend the Eight Guards and Sixty-four Forts of Datong Town, but the enemies who have weakened the power of the Eight Guards and Sixty-four Forts of Datong!
When it was no longer profitable to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, the people living at the top of Datong Military Town changed the targets of profit from the Tatars outside the mouth to the military households and soldiers within the border walls of Datong... ..As a result, the soldiers guarding the border gradually became fat sheep, and the number of parasitic strata that should not have existed at the border increased in number. The entire Datong Military Town inevitably entered a dead end. Without hope, you can only die slowly.
But when Zukefa and Li Chengyun returned to Datong City after staying in the cell in Kukuhetun for more than a month, they were surprised to find that the dying city, the most powerful city in the Nine Borders, had been resurrected!
The bustling streets and alleys in the main city of Datong are filled with high-spirited warriors, some wearing armor and armed with soldiers, patrolling back and forth. Or they walk in groups of three or five, walking in the streets and alleys, everyone looks happy, as if they have a bright future.
And those eldest sons who used to be seen everywhere, eating and waiting to die, seemed to have disappeared from the streets of Datong City overnight - there have been clans in all dynasties who were eating and waiting to die, but these people were kept in captivity in important frontier towns. , but the Ming Dynasty is the only one.
China's northern and northwest frontiers are not very prosperous to begin with and are simply not a place to raise people. In particular, the supply of supplies to those border towns where a large number of soldiers gather is even more difficult. Encircling so many idle people who want to eat and drink will inevitably aggravate the pressure on food supply in these frontiers, and will also make limited social wealth go to these unable people. The fighting is concentrated among the privileged classes. This further worsens the economic situation of the frontier soldiers...
It can be said that if the Ming Dynasty could move away those clans that were sealed in North China, Northwest China and other places and were left to die, unable to do anything or allowed to do anything. The combat effectiveness of the army over there must be several levels higher!
Because after these people move away, various frontier towns will immediately have a large amount of wealth that can be distributed... As long as this wealth is distributed to those who can fight, the Ming Dynasty will immediately get more than a dozen One hundred thousand elite soldiers who can be used to extend their lives.
Zhu Youjian, who has learned the "Emperor's Secrets" from Nizi for decades, certainly knows that border troops in border towns are actually a business - loyalty alone is not enough, the border troops must be profitable!
So after he moved into Prince Dai's Mansion in Datong, he immediately began to move the clans of Prince Dai's Mansion - Prince Dai and the eight princes below all "requested to withdraw from the feudal clan", so how could Zhu Youjian be so polite? All thanks!
The vassal kings and county princes above have withdrawn, so what are the generals and lieutenants below doing? Everyone, pack your things and follow us!
So starting from late June of the first year of Chongzhen, the great relocation of the Datong clan began.
By early July, not many people had moved out, but the market in Datong had changed drastically. Because the clan members who have not moved out have no time to go shopping, they are all preparing to move!
In addition, the land inventory for the clan has been completed. A total of more than 1.2 million acres of land were cleared, one-third of which was occupied military camps.
Zhu Youjian took out one million acres of it as a field for the knights in front of the tent, and began to recruit warriors.
In addition, the reorganization of the Datong Town Army also began.
In order to reorganize the army, the pay should be adjusted first. Zhu Youjian first calmed down the military pay for the Datong Army. The total of the army grain, civilian transportation grain, zhese silver, and Beijing transportation silver was set at 1.5 million taels - among which the quantity of military grain and civilian transportation grain was fixed. It has nothing to do with food prices. The original salt class was replaced by Liao's rate and merged into Jingyunyin.
As for departmental expenses, deductions, etc., haha, Zhu Youjian is in Datong now, and the people below can just decide what to do!
And these 1.5 million taels of military pay were used to support 50,000 soldiers. There were no main soldiers or guest soldiers, only the Datong Battalion. The 50,000 troops were divided among the 10 generals and the commander-in-chief himself. Among them, 8 are divided into garrison generals, each garrisoning the Eighth Guards of Datong Town. A Zhenbiao General, directly subordinate to the Chief Military Officer of Datong. There is also a patrol officer and Datong City Guards General, who is under the jurisdiction of the governor's Yamen. In addition, Datong General Soldiers can also get a certain number of soldiers to support their own servants.
Among them, eight branch defense generals each have a quota of 4,000 troops, and the town and patrol generals, patrol generals and Datong generals each have a quota of 6,000 troops.
The number of soldiers is not equal to the actual number of soldiers, but the amount of military pay!
According to the rules Zhu Youjian set for Datong Calm, 90% of the guards, town and patrol generals must have actual troops, and the remaining 10% of the salary can be used to support the family. All the 6,000 soldiers in Datong's general army can be exchanged for servants, or part of them can be exchanged for servants. Servants must be armored cavalry, and each servant can only receive five shares of pay.
In other words, after the army reorganization is completed, the actual number of troops in Datong Town (excluding servants) can reach 39,600, and the number of servants can reach 2,080.
In addition, there are about 12,000 emperor's servants who are now also stationed in Datong. There are also 20,000 Beijing camps, which are also temporarily stationed in Datong.
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Datong, Chengyun Hall.
The two envoys, Zuk Kefa and Li Chengyun, finally met the Emperor of Ming Dynasty who had a heavy army.
"...This Hutu Dun Khan still has about 400,000 tribesmen, including about 50,000 or 60,000 warriors, but the surrounding Mongolian tribes are no longer convinced by him and are cobbling together an anti-Han alliance. So Hutu Dun Khan agreed to form an alliance with us and did not ask for any more market rewards."
The one who was reporting was the great diplomat Zu Kefa. In the cell of Kukuhetun, this great diplomat was ready to "treason", but he did not expect that Hutu Dunhan was strong on the outside and acted on the inside, and returned in a disastrous defeat. A few days after returning to Kukuhetun, his sister Wu Liangha was released by Zhu Youjian, who also brought a request for an alliance and marriage between the two families. Hutu Dunhan, who was ready to give up Kuku and camp in Tunlu, was of course overjoyed and immediately agreed to Zhu Youjian's alliance request. However, he did not agree to marry Wu Liangha to Zhu Youjian because he planned to marry his sister to Chotu Khan of Outer Khalkha in order to establish a Red Sect alliance.
"Didn't Lindan Batur mention giving Princess Wu Liangha to me?" Zhu Youjian listened for a long time and found that Wu Liangha was missing, so he immediately asked.
"No, I didn't hear what he said..."
Zhu Youjian smiled coldly: "I'm still not convinced. It seems that I still have to go to Guihua City to steal Lin Dan Batur's girl!"
What? Send troops to snatch girls? Zukefa and Li Chengyun were both shocked.
How long has it been since we last met? Why is this young emperor so bad at learning? He's already stealing girls...who did he learn from? Is it Wu Sangui or Hei Wentao?
