Chapter 332 Where Does the Prince Get So Much Money?
In the Hongren Hall, Lin Jing, Zhu Chunchen, Xu Yunzhen and Chen Xinjia sat opposite each other. The atmosphere was harmonious as they chatted and laughed, and there was no trace of nervousness and solemnity due to the upcoming inspection of the Beijing camp.
As for Lin Jing, he has decided to bypass the big pit of Jingying. Li Banghua will do the things that offend people later. Naturally, he does not need to express his position. Instead, he has to cultivate relationships with nobles like Zhu Chunchen so that he can continue to cooperate with them.
As for Chen Xinjia, he is currently busy preparing for negotiations with Hou Jin and is also in trouble.
As for Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen, they did not take it seriously. They knew that when Li Banghua was the Minister of the Ministry of War, he also carried the Shangfang Sword to carry out reforms in the Beijing camp. However, after touching the interests of many people, it ended hastily.
He even lost his official position as Minister of War.
Now even if Chongzhen tries to reform the Beijing camp again, what effect can Li Banghua alone have?
Of course, although Zhu Chunchen didn't care much, he didn't want to confront the prince because of important matters, so the Duke of Ming Dynasty wanted to test it out and find out more.
The prince's thoughts.
"Chitose, when you inspect the Beijing camp this time, which camp are you planning to inspect?"
The Beijing Camp is divided into three major camps, namely the Fifth Military Camp, the Shenji Camp and the Shenshu Camp. The Fifth Military Camp is the main force of the Beijing Camp and is divided into the Central Army, the Left Ye Army, the Right Ye Army, the Left Sentinel Army, and the Right Sentinel Army.
, composed of infantry and cavalry, such as the 12th Battalion, Weizishou Battalion, Youguansharen Battalion, Yinzhong Battalion, and Xiaoyi Battalion all belong to the category of the Five Military Battalions.
Among the five military camps, the Chinese Army is the Yongwei Battalion that was adapted from Cao Huachun. It is currently led by Sun Yingyuan and is fighting Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong in Huguang. The other four battalions are all stationed in the north of the city. The left and right camps are stationed at Deshengmen, and the left sentry is at
It is stationed at Anding Gate and the right sentry station is stationed at Jiaozhongfang.
In addition to the Fifth Army Camp, the remaining Shenji Battalion belongs to the firearms unit. It is equipped with firearms such as Thunder Guns, Eagle-billed Guns, Lianzi Guns, and Three-Eyed Guns. However, the number of people is not large. There are only 5,000 people on the surface.
Left and right, currently stationed at Jizhongfang.
The Shenshu Camp was actually the previous Three Thousand Battalion. The structure of the camp was changed several times. In the Jiajing Year, it was changed to the Shenshu Camp. The names of the Central Army, left and right sentries, and left and right tents were abolished. There were three combat barracks, one chariot barracks, and three garrison barracks.
Deacon Battalion 1, with a rated number of about 70,000 people, is stationed in Baiyufang.
Lin Jing said softly: "The capital camp is deep and intricate. It is enough to have two princes in charge. Although I inspected the capital camp on your majesty's order, I couldn't see anything despite my eagerness...
But this time there is something that needs to be discussed with the two princes, and this matter has something to do with the Beijing camp."
Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen looked at each other, and then they smiled and said: "As long as His Highness the Crown Prince has instructions, we will do our best to assist you."
Lin Jing said softly: "In the past, Cao Huachun selected brave and good warriors from the capital camp and reorganized a brave guard camp. It can be said that we have only a few strong troops left in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, for the sake of national affairs, I am ready to follow the old example.
We are organizing a feather guard army, I believe you two should also know about this matter."
"That's right, His Highness the Crown Prince has the courage to do his job, and the ministers admire him very much. Whenever His Highness the Crown Prince needs it, the ministers will fully cooperate with him."
The so-called full cooperation is in itself a verbal lie. When it comes time to actually contribute, there are many ways to shirk the blame. Therefore, Lin Jing was not fooled by the other party's words, but said softly: "Actually, this
Once I planned to organize a selection in the Beijing camp to select five hundred brave and brave men to serve as officers of the new army."
When he heard that the prince only wanted 500 men, Zhu Chunchen felt relieved and said with a smile: "There are currently a total of 120,000 troops in the capital camp. It is naturally not difficult to choose 500 people from them. Your Highness, please rest assured, I will definitely
We will do our best to help.”
This time's full help showed a bit of sincerity.
Lin Jing sneered in his heart. There were indeed the so-called 120,000 soldiers and horses on the books, but in fact, only 60,000 to 70,000 people could be drawn out. The rest were basically imposters or simply empty posts. Of course, the extra ones
Naturally, military pay was swallowed up by yamen at all levels.
In addition, there is a big problem in the Beijing camp, which is that the soldiers are often dragged into construction and occupation. To put it bluntly, they are to build gardens and mausoleums for the emperor. Naturally, they have no way to train for a long time, and their combat effectiveness is declining day by day. Secondly, the military service is
The nobles often ask the officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp to stand guard and do errands at their homes, and they even even give quotas to their servants.
Of course, after all, there are tens of thousands of people in the Beijing camp. Even if it has turned into a cesspit, there are still some talents. After all, the problem of selecting four to five hundred available officers is not a big problem. And with these people,
The skeleton of the Prince's personal army can basically be built.
"Then it will be scheduled three days later. I will hold an assessment system at the school grounds. The assessment will be divided into three sessions. The first session will test martial arts, including horse-step arrows and fire blunderbuss, knives, swords, halberds, boxing, stabbing and other techniques.
, those who pass the test can be captains, and those who excel can be deputy flag generals or flag generals."
Lin Jing slowly introduced: "The second assessment of battalion formations, mines, gunpowder, tanks, etc., those who pass the test can be the flag general, and those who excel can be the deputy chief or chief hundred.
In the third round, there will be assessments on art of war, military formations, astronomy, geography, etc. Those who pass the exam can be appointed as the Chief Hundred Officer, and those who excel can be appointed as the Deputy Chief Officer or the Chief Officer. Those who excel in all three assessments will have other arrangements."
Having said this, Lin Jing turned to look at Zhu Chunchen and said with a smile: "I rely on the two princes to help me publicize the assessment in the army. In addition, I can tell them that anyone who joins my prince's army will receive their salary."
It will double on the current basis, and the outstanding ones will triple.”
"This matter is quite simple. I will help His Royal Highness to publicize it."
Indeed, although Zhu Chunchen was in charge of the military affairs of the capital camp on the surface, he did not care about the combat effectiveness of the capital camp. Even if the prince wanted to absorb all the outstanding talents in the capital camp, it had nothing to do with him -
—And with these people gone, there will be a lot more pitfalls. Maybe everyone will be happier!
Seeing that the business was settled, Lin Jing was relatively happy, so he stopped talking about the affairs of the Beijing camp and instead turned to talk to Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen about the Royal Chamber of Commerce.
Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen are very concerned about this matter. They have invested a lot of money in the Royal Chamber of Commerce through Zhou Kui, the head of the country. Now they heard that everything is going well in the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and they can pay interest with them this month.
When they saw each other, the two of them suddenly smiled happily.
After all, according to the high interest rate Lin Jing gave them, and if this situation continues, it will only take more than a year to earn back the capital. This is much easier than their hard work of embezzling the military pay of the Beijing camp, but the two of them
I didn’t even think about a question at all, that is, how in the world could there be a deal with such a high return on investment?
According to the interest rate currently offered by Lin Jing, even a mountain of gold and silver would have to be emptied. However, due to the status of the prince, the nobles had no idea that Lin Jing would choose to default on the debt, so they basically only regarded him as
With the remaining profits, I wish I could invest more money.
Chen Xinjia on the side was dumbfounded. Although he had heard of the Royal Chamber of Commerce instigated by the prince before, he really didn't expect the interest rate to be so high... He was a little moved after hearing this!
But one question is, where did the prince get so much money? This chapter has been completed!