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Zhang Jing once again rejected Zhu Ping'an's request on the grounds that the yamen had a deficit and no money left to withdraw.
Yingtian Military Department Yamen has a serious deficit and no treasury money?!
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After Zhang Jing was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War in Yingtian, he paid great attention to the Japanese invasion. He actively raised food, grass, silver, and recruited brave men to prepare for resisting and annihilating the Japanese invaders. Before Zhu Ping came here, he specifically learned that the Yamen of the Ministry of War had 27,000 taels of silver in the treasury. Zhang Jing After taking office, he loaned 20,000 taels of grassland silver from the Ministry of War, drew 10,000 taels of grain and grass silver from Yingtian Hubu, borrowed 50,000 taels of salt silver from the Lianghuai River, and borrowed more than 50,000 taels of silver from Suzhou Prefecture to collect shipping materials and Houhu stolen goods. When I got up, there was about 200,000 taels of silver in the treasury of the Ministry of War. I drew 5,000 taels of silver as salary. How could I not have it?
If you have it, but you don’t pay for it, then there is a problem.
Zhu Ping'an squinted his eyes slightly and carefully observed Zhang Jing without any trace, but found nothing. Also, Zhang Jing was not an idle person. He was both talented in literature, Tao and military, so how could he detect any clues from his own observation.
"Sir Zhang, the Japanese invasion is becoming more and more serious and the people are suffering from it. Ping An urgently needs this payment of money to organize the army, lead the militia and do its part to resist the Japanese pirates." Zhu Pingan handed over his hand again and spoke sincerely. said.
"How could I not know that the Japanese invasion is serious?" Zhang Jing replied, "It is precisely because of the serious Japanese invasion that our department spends a lot of money on dispatching troops and recruiting brave men. Therefore, our department has a serious deficit and has no money left to pay Lord Zhu." Already."
Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an finally understood that it was not that the Ministry of War had no treasury money. Zhang Jing wanted to use the money to mobilize troops and recruit brave men. Thinking back to the questions that Zhang Jing just asked himself, he probably felt that he was still young, and He has no experience in commanding troops, and he plans to command a militia. How can the militia compare to the officers and soldiers of the guard station and the brave new army? Therefore, he feels that his side is unreliable and not worthy of the five thousand silver. In his opinion, he The role of dispatching troops and generals and recruiting brave men is far more effective than recruiting militia groups yourself. In this period of increasingly serious Japanese invasion, it is much more effective.
A balance between the two phases.
Zhang Jing made the choice without hesitation, withholding his salary and money, and instead diverted troops and generals to recruit brave men.
"Sir Zhang, today's guards officers and soldiers are no longer what they used to be. The guard fields have been repeatedly occupied. According to the official's investigation and statistics, the actual control of the fields by each guard is less than 30% of the original. The economic capacity has been greatly reduced, resulting in the worse configuration of the guards. Deductions of food and salary arrears have become the norm; the soldiers in the guards have become slaves of powerful nobles and cannot bear the abuse, and there are countless deserters. The official has made statistics on the situation of the guards in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The average number of officers and soldiers in each guard has dropped from the original 5,000 to 1,000. Seven hundred people, this number is still watery, and a large proportion of the guardsmen left behind are old, weak, sick and disabled, and have little combat effectiveness. Such guardsmen can be mobilized and dispatched. How big of a role does it play?!”
Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and said.
Zhang Jing did not answer, nor did he stop Zhu Pingan from speaking. He just looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes.
Seeing this, Zhu Pingan continued, "As for the brave new army, it is indeed more effective than the officers and soldiers of the guard station. However, the new army is a regular soldier formation, and its cost is far more than that of the militia. Calculated based on the eighteen taels of military pay for each soldier, five thousand taels. For the brave new army, the silver is only enough to pay 277 people for a year, but these five thousand taels of silver are enough for Jiangsu and Zhejiang to establish a guard station and an additional militia group to resist Japanese forces in addition to the new army."
"If the guard station cannot be used, the militia can only be used?! Spending five thousand taels of silver and adding an unusable militia will do the people of the country what good?" Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes and said slowly.
"Sir, the militia are the new army. The militia are useless. The key is to temper them," Zhu Pingan replied.
"Master Zhu also said that the key to training the militia is training. Master Zhu is still young and has no experience in commanding troops, how can he train a militia that is usable?!" Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an with a burning gaze and said unceremoniously.
"Sir Zhang, although I am not a weak official and I have no experience in commanding troops, I have experience in leading the people. Three months ago, when I was appointed magistrate of Jingnan County, the leader of the Japanese pirates Honda Heihachi led more than 3,000 Japanese pirates to besiege Jingnan County.
At that time, there were less than 100 soldiers in the county seat. Xiaguan organized two thousand young men to help defend the city. They fought fiercely with the Japanese pirates for a day and night, guarded the county seat, and captured 795 Japanese pirate heads. The next day, Xiaguan organized a civilian pursuit.
The Japanese pirates who fled Taiping County killed thirty-one Japanese pirates and restored the Taiping County town that had been captured by the Japanese pirates. At the beginning of the month, more than 6,000 Japanese pirates from the Ye Zongman tribe under Wang Zhi sent to attack Jingnan at night. The coastal outposts discovered traces of the Japanese pirates in advance, and the official
The people were organized and prepared to prepare, but the Japanese pirates were afraid and changed their routes."
Zhu Pingan's eyes met Zhang Jing's, and he held up his hands and recounted his experience in organizing Minzhuang in Jingnan.
"I have also heard people talk about your experience. Whether it is watertight or not, I will not talk about it for now. Defending a city is completely different from training and commanding troops."
Zhang Jing shook his head slightly, but did not change his decision because Zhu Pingan cited the achievements he had made under his command of Minzhuang.
In Zhang Jing's view, Zhu Ping'an's achievements at that time must have been good, but he must also have some water. Moreover, training and commanding troops and defending a city are completely different. There is a big difference between the two. Defending a city may not be possible with good training.
A good army unites the army.
"Sir" Zhu Pingan spoke again.
Zhang Jing interrupted Zhu Ping'an, "What does Mr. Zhu think is the key to training usable soldiers?"
"The lower official believes that the key to military command and training lies in strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, strict training, and ideological education."
Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and replied.
"Strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, strict training, and ideological education." Zhang Jing couldn't help repeating it in a low voice when he heard the words. His eyes lit up and he looked at Zhu Pingan again, but his eyes were different from the first time.
Zhang Wentao was well versed in military tactics, and he had his own judgment on what Zhu Pingan answered. When asked this question, he unexpectedly discovered that Zhu Pingan was a good soldier.
"The military has strict discipline, clear rewards and punishments, and strict training. I know these three points. What is the ideological education you are talking about?!"
Zhang Jing asked with great interest, his tone became a little more kind than the first one that said don't disturb strangers and keep people away from you thousands of miles away.
"Sir, this is what Xiaguan learned from his experience when he organized Minzhuang to defend the city. At the beginning, Minzhuang was afraid of the Japanese pirates outside the city and wanted to flee. Xiaguan thought, 'Behind us are our parents, wives and children, and we have nothing left to do.
"The road can be retreated", "Down with the Japanese pirates, protect parents, wives and children" and other mobilization and encouragement, the people's energy suddenly rose, they were no longer afraid of the Japanese pirates, nor were they afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, and they had the courage to defend the city. So the official understood
, To make the people fearless, we must let them have faith! Let the people know who they are fighting for and why they are fighting! The lower officials think that the same goes for training and commanding troops. We must let the soldiers have faith and let them know who they are fighting for.
, why we fight, to improve the ideological consciousness and spirit of the officers and soldiers. A soldier with faith and discipline will not become a ragtag group of soldiers!"