Sun Chengzong stayed at Wang Yan's place for two days, and twice met Wei Zhongxian who came to see his eldest grandson, and the two quarreled.

Sun Chengzong scolded Wei Zhongxian for not being a thing, and it was he who had ruined the Ming Dynasty today.

Of course Wei Zhongxian could not admit it. On the contrary, he felt that his contribution was very important and cursed Sun Chengzong to die early and be reborn.

The grudge between the two is simple to say. Sun Chengzong was dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian, and the old bastard came to scare the monkeys. Of course, he would not dare to kill him. After all, Sun Chengzong was the emperor's master, and he was also a bachelor of Dongge University.

The eldest brother at the top of the mountain has a very high position and a lot of power. If Wei Zhongxian had killed Sun Chengzong, he would not have been able to get a vote of civil servants to directly remonstrate. Let alone Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao would not have been able to protect himself.

Sun Chengzong just complained that Wei Zhongxian was not important to the overall situation. He had done a good job in Liaodong and was squeezed out. What a delay. If nothing else, at least under him, there was absolutely no chance for a rebel like Wang Yan to come forward.

, let alone its impact on the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yan didn't know that Sun Chengzong had this idea. In fact, Wang Yan would not have been promoted faster under Sun Chengzong, but Sun Chengzong was mature and prudent, and he was more ruthless with his subordinates. It would be easy for him to have some twists and turns during the mutiny, and it would take more time.

Just a little longer.

After Sun Chengzong left, Wang Yan had nothing to do and returned to his usual leisurely state.

It has been a year, and his control over his subordinates has returned to its peak. The original ones have either been handed over to the military for retirement, or have been found to have excuses to engage in military law. The civil servants are still the same, Wang Yan has not touched them, and will wait for the rest later.

In previous winters, almost all projects in Liaodong would be halted, but this year, due to the capture of many Houjin bannermen and North Korean men, these people are doing some of the life-threatening work.

So, it’s December, a historic month.

On this day, Wang Yan was holding the second girl in the general's mansion, and was feeling strange that no one was hurting him. A little maid came over and reported that it was Wang Ming who was looking for her. She pinched the second girl's and stared at him with her big eyes unblinking.

With a small nose, she handed her to the nanny beside her.

Coming to the study room in the front yard, Wang Yan sat down and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Sir, there is news from the front. Eight days ago, the Ganzhou Guards in Shaanxi Province (today's Ganzhou, Gansu Province) mutinied. A man named Li Zicheng rebelled by killing an official. He gathered a group of soldiers and went south, seemingly wanting to defect to Hanzhong and join Wang Zuogai.

"

Wang Zuogao and Wang Yan knew that in the first year of Chongzhen's reign, they rebelled in Shaanxi with great momentum. But the good times came to an end next year. He surrendered without fighting against the regular army of the Ming Dynasty. Then this guy was dishonest and wanted to do it again.

Bao, because he was not acting secretly, was cut off.

"Because of military pay?"

"Yes, they said they owed four months." Wang Ming said with a gloating smile: "And the general also deducted a lot of money, and he was killed directly this time."

He is afraid of comparison in everything. Since Wang Yan came to power, he has enjoyed a lot of food and drink, and his salary has been very generous every month, and he has had a lot of fun. Looking at other places, everyone has eaten one meal but not another.

They are all frontier soldiers, so it's hard not to have fun.

Nodding, Wang Yan said: "Okay, I understand, let's go down."

"My subordinates resign."

Wang Yan sat on the chair by himself, holding his face with one hand and tapping unconsciously on the table with the other.

Originally, Li Zicheng was sent to support King Qin because of the troops of the Later Jin Dynasty approaching the capital. He killed the officials and rebelled when they were halfway through the journey to pay for their troops.

Now Wang Yan is here, blocking Hou Jin from going south, but it has little to do with that. After all, should he have no money or not, should he have money or money? Even if he flaps his little wings to kill Li Zicheng, there will still be Zhang Zicheng.

Liu Zicheng came out.

In fact, mutinies and uprisings have been common since the seventh year of the Apocalypse. Most areas in the north are suffering from drought, and too many people cannot survive. But in this case, whether the central or local governments are still trying to get money, they can

That's weird.

At the beginning of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, a group of farmers could not defeat the regular army. Even the most rubbish Beijing camp, which had been abandoned for a long time, beat them as if they were playing. Within a period of time, these peasants were indeed beaten

It was suppressed.

But if the root of the problem cannot be solved, suppressing it will be in vain. After all, so many peasants who cannot survive are constantly joining. Moreover, in the confrontation with the regular army, those who survived have also gained combat experience, plus some who have defected to the peasant army.

The combat effectiveness of the regular army has also increased, and it is getting stronger and stronger.

The biggest characteristic of this bunch of peasant armies is their movement. If you can't fight here, just move to another place and you can always keep your strength.

People like Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others beat these peasant soldiers as if they were beating Sun Tzu. But when they left their territory, they stopped chasing them and gave people a headache when they moved to another territory. And the Ming Dynasty also

Not all of them were as good at fighting as the three of them, but there was always someone who could pull them apart. The peasant army was driven around, and they just started fighting with one shot in the east and one in the west. Finally, they fought all the way to the capital and were wiped out.

Ming dynasty.

Li Zicheng's uprising was not without the influence of Wang Yan. Wang Yan's affairs cannot be concealed. Even if they are concealed, ministers who know the truth will inevitably reveal it. It is no exaggeration to say that in addition to farming with peace of mind, within five miles

Wang Yan is a peasant who doesn't know anything about the outside world. Everyone knows Wang Yan's name. Even the people in the far south and the surrounding forces know him. It's not an exaggeration to call him a legend.

Similarly, Wang Yan's success also made many people see the weakness of Ming Dynasty. After all, no one would be willing to see a family thief running free, and they would have killed him if they had the ability. This also gave many people some different ideas, is it possible?

Be the next Wang Yan...

Therefore, compared with history, current civil and military officials take the Ming Dynasty even more seriously, especially the number of mutinies and rebellions in the army than before.

Of course, these things have little to do with Wang Yan. Anyway, no one dares to provoke him. He can just develop and manage the north with peace of mind. His greatest help to Ming Dynasty is to stay outside the customs honestly and not interfere with inside the customs.

thing.

In this way, the war inside the Pass was in full swing and it was a mess. Historical celebrities kept emerging, but outside the Pass, the world was developing at a miraculous and rapid pace.

Population is the most important thing. Wang Yan has been introducing it in a planned way, and with the increase in resources, it is getting more and more every year. Although I feel disrespectful to myself, I have to say that population is indeed a very important item.

Resources. In this case, children are future resources without the Great Wall, adults are existing resources, and those who are old and unable to work are useless resources.

Of course, neither Wang Yan, who came four hundred years later, nor the ancient monarchs did not take the elderly seriously. But now there are natural and man-made disasters, and the current situation is turbulent. The older people are often the first to die. First, their ability to survive.

The second reason is that he does not have a strong will to survive and chooses to leave his hope of survival to his children and grandchildren.

So the same is true when it comes to Wang Yan's territory. Relatively speaking, the number of old people under him is really too few. Most of them are men and children, and there are fewer women. One reality that has to be said is that in the country

In the face of disaster, men's vitality is far stronger than that of women.

The same is true, including in the army. Wang Yan has many bachelors here, or singles with children. For the sake of population and national integration, Wang Yan snatched some Mongolian, Korean and a few bannermen women and directly matched them with official officials.

Will not work.

Not to mention the soldiers under his command, because Wang Yan occupied Liaodong, and there were not a few brothels left. In addition, because he didn't know Wang Yan's rules, no one dared to come in a short time.

This is his temptation. After all, the power within the customs is not easy to exercise here. If you don't understand it clearly, you will be dead if you don't.

Therefore, it is quite uncomfortable for such a group of energetic people to kill embryos. However, Wang Yan's ability is limited and he can only solve the marriage issues of some people and let them work hard to have children. The remaining people can only suffer and wait to catch them later.

People come back.

Although there are no specific statistics, there should be more than 100 million people in the Ming Dynasty now. When the turmoil of more than ten years passes, even if 20 million people die, there should still be 100 million people. Wang Yan’s goal is simple. I hope

In his lifetime, the population will reach five to six billion. After all, the land must be occupied. If there are not enough people, all the land will be wasted. Sooner or later, it will be lost. The population must be integrated to take root.

As the population increases, the number of soldiers and reserves will naturally have to keep up.

Since taking Liaodong and streamlining the ranks, Wang Yan has raised the entry threshold for the army. Those with insufficient personal qualities are not qualified. Even so, countless people apply every year.

Although the casualty rate in the army is high, the pay is good. Among all the types of jobs in the entire territory, he is the highest-paid person except for master craftsmen and doctors.

Not to mention anything else, high military pay is what many people aspire to. Low-end soldiers only get meat every meal, mid-to-high-end soldiers get meat every meal, not to mention other preferential treatment for their families, etc. They are just dead.

There is no problem. The high pension and first-class care for parents, wives and children are guaranteed, and the rights and interests are absolutely guaranteed. No matter if you are an official or anything, as long as you dare to bully the family members of military personnel, after verification, there will only be one word, miserable.

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Correspondingly, it is also very miserable for military family members to bully others. After verification, the soldier will be directly demoted. If he happens to be at the lowest level, he will be directly expelled from the military.

Although there are loopholes, this is the best Wang Yan can do. Guarantee the status of soldiers and the rights and interests of their families, and at the same time try to avoid the arrogance and domineering of their families. It is not obvious in the past two years, but life will get better and better in the future.

, conflicts will definitely arise, and we can only study them at that time.

Since the capture of Liaodong, the soldiers and horses in Wang Yan's army have been divided into three levels, first-level soldiers, second-level military households, and the third level is the previous 40,000 people, who have been screened and moved up step by step. The challenge system has also been retained. After all,

If the army does not fight, it will be a bit lackluster.

Regarding the military structure, Wang Yan made a simple change and made it clear that the maximum number of soldiers and horses at each level has not been changed. One flag has ten people, and the small flag is the commander; ten flags and one hundred people, the one hundred households are the commander; and one hundred households have one thousand people.

, commander of a thousand households; commander of tens of thousands of households, general commander. There is no such thing at the top. After all, Wang Yan only has so many soldiers and horses in total, so we will talk about it later. At the same time, there are some other positions in the middle, similar to deputy positions.

In charge of troops and horses, as well as some commendations for honors and meritorious deeds, etc., to determine the internal status of soldiers.

Wang Yan has no choice but to find great craftsmen, doctors, doctors, etc. One is to spend money to find someone to buy it, the other is to send someone to visit. Those who are willing to come can be brought over. Those who are unwilling to come will depend on their ability. Okay

Just tie up the whole family and forget about the bad ones.

Wang Yan has also considered the issue of the next generation. In the short term, these people can only find talented workers and their descendants. In the long term, when his children have grown up and received basic education,

They will study in different directions. These people have already begun to study and compile basic introductory textbooks under Wang Yan's instructions.

The shipbuilding issue that concerns him most is that Wang Yan still has few available talents. It would be great to be able to build a ship that can sail offshore. But if you want to develop, you must sail. Whether it is sea trade or robbery, it will always be necessary.

go out.

It just so happened that there was a lot of chaos in the pass. Wang Yan directly sent his personal bodyguards to cooperate with Wang Ming's secret guards. They went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to commit crimes, slaughtered several families, and brought back a group of master craftsmen who built sea ships. With these people

After they joined, the speed suddenly increased. They already had very mature technology, so it was just a matter of direct production and manufacturing at Wang Yan's place. At the same time, Wang Yan asked this group of people to study iron-clad battleships and then cooperate with other master craftsmen.

, and then study the iron-clad battleship powered by steam engines.

After the sea ships were built, the full-time navy soldiers were almost ready. The first thing Wang Yan did was to send 3,000 soldiers and 7,000 military households on a sunny summer day.

As well as some craftsmen, doctors, old farmers, etc., they went to the outer Xing'anling area to implement the previous strategy of locking Huang Taiji in a cage, and at the same time to convince the locals to help cut down trees and dig coal.

In fact, Han people have moved here since the Tang Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, this place was the territory of Nuergandusi. Of course, as the Ming Dynasty later retreated to Liaodong, Nuergandusi implemented autonomy. The Ming Dynasty basically ruled here.
To be continued...