"The new year is difficult, and difficult times are difficult. Li Bapi is gone in Guyuan, and it is difficult for the poor people in Shaanxi Town to make a living..."
As the New Year is approaching, someone is singing a folk song "The New Year is difficult, Li Papi", which has just become popular in Guyuan, in the general military office in Guyuan City, Shaanxi Province.
"Laiheng, stop singing!" An angry roar interrupted the singing boy Li Laiheng.
The boy was startled, and looked back at his second uncle, who was also the current chief military officer of Shaanxi Town, Li Zicheng, who walked in angrily from outside the yard!
"Second Grandpa, why don't you let me sing? Everyone is singing outside..."
The boy was quite aggrieved. He was biting his tongue and looking at the angry General Li Zicheng with a sad face. He just wanted to sing a song. Why wasn't he allowed?
Li Zicheng was a little annoyed, so he aggressively went up and slapped the southern boy's big mouth.
At this time, a beauty in her mid-twenties, with a graceful figure and picturesque features came out of the house. Seeing Li Zicheng getting angry, she giggled and said, "Sir, Laiheng just came from Sichuan. I didn't know that Li Bapi was you. Just spare him the guilt of being an ignorant person!"
It turned out that this young man was Li Zicheng's grandnephew and the eldest son of Sichuan Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Guo, Li Laiheng.
Li Laiheng's biological mother died early, and his stepmother Zhu didn't like him, so Li took him with him when he went to Sichuan to serve as deputy commander-in-chief.
In the fall of this year, Zhu Youjian issued an imperial edict that all children of officials above the fifth rank of the Young Guards Corps, who are 10 years old and under 15 years old, can register for the group examination. So Li Guo sent someone to send Li Laiheng to Beijing, and also asked Li Guo to stay with his second grandfather Li Zicheng for a while when passing through Shaanxi.
And this Li Laiheng didn't know where he heard this song "The New Year Is Hard, Li Papi", and he even sang it in the back house of the Zongbing Yamen. Li Zicheng was really angry to death. Because the Li Bapi in this Guyuan ballad is Li Zicheng!
It turns out that Li Zicheng turned bad after becoming the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province and became Li Bapi!
I want to peel off the skin of a bunch of Shaanxi Town officers who enjoyed their free time!
We also want to punish a bunch of military-registered gentry and landowners who occupy the military farmland and don’t have to pay a pound of grain!
Moreover, Hans wanted to eliminate a group of old and weak soldiers and free them up for the newly recruited strong soldiers.
Although the old, weak and remnant soldiers who were eliminated were given sufficient demobilization money and grain, and the land of the military-registered gentry and landlords was not confiscated, they were only given grain grains to supplement. Most of the Shaanxi Town officers who were short-term were only reduced their status, except for a few. Lost his head... Li Zicheng did these things out of public interest, for the good of the Ming Dynasty, and of course for the good of those corrupt officials and military officials who sucked the blood of the Ming Dynasty and ate the flesh of the Ming Dynasty - less corruption A little, a little less, so that the water can flow steadily!
Moreover, after drastically cutting off the interests of corrupt officials and military gentry, and cutting off the old, weak and remnant soldiers, Li Zicheng and his team of knights in front of the account did not move the increased income and saved money to their own homes. Instead, all the money and food were used to build elite soldiers in Shaanxi Town!
Less than a year after taking office, Shaanxi Town, which was originally a mess, was transformed into a strong town capable of controlling the northwest! The old and the weak have been eliminated, and all vacancies have been eliminated. Although the number of troops has been reduced to about 22,000, they are all recruiting troops intensively. Therefore, the annual expenditure on food and salary is still as high as more than 700,000 yuan (of which 300,000 is provided by the army in Shaanxi Town), and the per capita food and salary exceeds 30 taels (stone).
Although the military salary is still small, it is all spent on the blade!
Once the money was in place, Li Zicheng gave in unceremoniously and implemented the "996" system common to the Zhangqian, Dianqian, Beizhi and other armies!
And he himself spent all day in the military camp, focusing on training, equipment, and discipline, without daring to neglect anything. Even his concubine Xing in Xinna, Shaanxi Province was a little left out...
By the way, Mrs. Xing is the beautiful young woman in her twenties who came out to greet Li Zicheng now. Mizhi's mother-in-law has already been married once and gave birth to a daughter. However, her husband drowned in the flood last year. Because she had given birth, she was secretly bought into Guyuan's General Military Mansion as a concubine by Li Zicheng, who was eager to have a son.
Li Zicheng is now the commander-in-chief! Although I don’t drink the soldiers’ blood, I don’t eat the empty quota. But the land and property he owned were quite considerable - as a knight before the account, Li Zicheng had 500 acres of professional land, and after he became the commander-in-chief, he had another 5,000 acres of farmland.
The salaries and salary of the troops in front of the tent are also relatively high. Li Zicheng's level can get more than 3,000 taels per year!
In addition, Li Zicheng made a lot of contributions (otherwise he would not have been the commander-in-chief), so he was rewarded by Zhu Youjian many times.
And these rewards and the savings accumulated over the years have also bought land that can be used to collect rent - this is a huge family property! How could there be no one to inherit?
So Li Zicheng also risked his life. Even if his family was Hedong Lion Roar, he still had to buy a concubine to give birth to the child.
And this Lady Xing really did not disappoint him. Not long after she bought it, she had a happy pulse. At noon today, General Gao Jie of the Guard Battalion of the General Military Mansion left the city in person and went to the military camp outside the city to report the good news to Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng rushed back to the city after receiving the good news... Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned home, he heard his grandnephew Li Laiheng singing and scolding him "The New Year is Hard, Li Papi"!
Speaking of this ballad, Li Zicheng was so angry that he jumped up and down.
He is such a loyal minister, and he has worked hard for the sake of a better tomorrow, and yet someone made up a song to scold him... But if those people who scolded him can be a little more decent, long live God can let him be the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province. ?
Apart from anything else, the Chuang King in Liupan Mountain has been suppressed for several years... What's the result? Gao Yingxiang was caught? Have you caught Luo Rucai?
absolutely not!
But there are a lot of beheadings and reports of success...Report victory today, triumph tomorrow, and ask for credit and reward the day after tomorrow - how many bandits are there in Liupan Mountain? If one-third of the number they reported was true, the intruders would have disappeared long ago!
Of course, Long Yan was furious. Zhu Youjian, who was still catching rats in Shanxi at the time, issued an imperial edict and transferred Li Zicheng, then deputy commander-in-chief of Hubei Province, to Guyuan Town, Chuzhang, Shaanxi Province. He ordered him to reorganize and train troops first, and then to encircle and suppress the Liupanshan bandits. , must be wiped out in one fell swoop!
But now Li Zicheng's soldiers have not yet been trained, and the campaign to encircle and suppress the intruders has not yet begun. He has been assigned the role of Li Bapi. It is said that a censor from Shaanxi handed over a bullet to Long live the Lord, accusing him of delaying the military plane. ...It is said that Shaanxi now has four major disasters: "Chuang, drought, locust, and Li", and Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang were listed as one major disaster.
Just thinking about it makes me angry!
However, when he thought of Mrs. Xing's pregnancy, Li Zicheng's bad mood immediately went away. He walked over with a smile, stared at Mrs. Come on? Go into the house quickly and let me listen carefully. Your ears are very good and you will know if it is a son or a daughter."
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Liupan Mountain, in an abandoned temple halfway up the Mihang Mountain, Gao Yingxiang and others, who have been King Chuang in the mountain for several years, are also preparing to celebrate the New Year at this time. Their team has grown in recent years!
There is no way, there are too many famines in Shaanxi and they are too severe!
It is not that easy to go out of the province to beg for food... It may be easier for people in the prefectures and counties close to the Guanzhong Plain, but what about western Shaanxi? It is not easy for the people in the prefectures and counties in the mountains to even leave the counties and prefectures. Why are they still allowed to leave the province?
And the people in the Hexi Corridor... Emperor Zhu sent a Tang prince over to enclose land, build guards, and build cities. They were very busy, and at the same time, it also aggravated the suffering of the people of Gansu. The burden is heavy, and Gansu is too remote, so it is even more difficult to go out to Shaanxi to beg for food.
So in the past two years, there are always people from Shaanxi who have no food to play in six games and vote for the king!
Moreover, recently there was a Li Zicheng in Guyuan, who was so bad that people called him Li Bapi, forcing many military households in Guyuan to join Liupanshan because they could no longer survive.
Therefore, King Gao Chuang's power has grown a lot, and he can think about the possibility of going down the mountain to try his luck.
The King of Chuang always has to break through!
