After Zhang Jing carefully inspected the situation of soldiers, horses, equipment, etc. at the campus camp, he confirmed that the situation was consistent with what Hu Zongxian said. No matter the number of soldiers, age, or equipment, the training conditions were exactly the same.
Therefore, Zhang Jing admired Hu Zongxian even more, but when he saw him walking with Zhao Wenhua, he felt very disgusted, just like seeing a golden roc with a long journey landing on the back of a pig in a mud pond.
It’s not good to be with anyone, hang out with him!
Zhang Jing shook his head secretly, called Mr. Zhang, the head coach of the university field camp, and commented slowly:
"Of the 30,000 men, there are 13,000 actual troops, about half of which are vacant, and 90% of the combatable troops. The weapons and equipment are generally in good condition...compared to those below who frequently have 70 to 80% of the vacancies, and most of the actual troops are old, weak, and sick.
The guardhouse is in ruins, and the weapons and armor are also damaged. Mr. Zhang, you can be considered to have a conscience."
Is Governor Zhang smiling or angry? Is this praising me or ridiculing me? Is this a compliment or an accusation?
The leader of the camp in the Daxiaochang camp had one head and two heads. He couldn't agree on what to do. He didn't dare to look at Zhang Jing's expression and hurriedly knelt down to apologize.
Zhang Jing looked at Mr. Zhang condescendingly for three full seconds. After seeing Mr. Zhang with a layer of cold sweat on his back, he said expressionlessly, "You are guilty, but just like what I just said,
You can be considered to have a conscience. I was once the Minister of the Ministry of War, and I know a lot about the vacancies and salary situation of each battalion and guard. Without you, even the capital will be unavoidable. Last year, Hulu I answered
He led his troops into the pass and surrounded the capital. When Ding Shangshu, the then Minister of War of Shuntian, counted the troops and horses of the three major 12th regiments in the capital to prepare for the war, he found that the 180,000 troops in the capital actually only had more than 50,000 people, and there were many old, weak and sick among them.
Disabled..."
Hearing this, Mr. Zhang couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Hu Zongxian gratefully.
When Hu Zongxian first inspected the military camp, he found that there were only 6,000 soldiers in his camp, and most of them were old, weak, sick, and disabled. Hu Zongxian asked him to make up the number of soldiers in the camp to more than 10,000, and less than 10% were old, weak, sick, and disabled.
If you ask for it, you will be rated as first-class in the annual inspection. Otherwise, you will be rated as inferior and you will be impeached.
Under Hu Zongxian's coercion and inducement, he recruited nine thousand young men and laid off several thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people.
If it hadn't been for Hu Zongxian, Governor Zhang would have made a sudden inspection today, and he would not have passed the test so easily, and there would have been no good results.
Therefore, Mr. Zhang was extremely grateful to Hu Zongxian.
Just when Mr. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Zhang Jing above his head continue to speak.
"Although you are considered to have a conscience, it is still not enough. A vacancy is a vacancy, and empty wages are empty wages. However, I think you can be considered to have a conscience. This is also a special period. Your sins and rights are put on hold and you are limited to make up for it within one month.
All troops, please intensify your training. Once it is completed, I will forget the blame. If it is not completed, I will not let you off lightly. Can you please take note of this?" Zhang Jing said in a tone that could not be resisted.
"The guilty minister understands that it does not take a month, but within half a month, all the troops can be replenished by the official, and they will be trained strictly."
Lord Zhang kowtowed repeatedly.
Although he has a high official position, he is just a younger brother to Zhang Jing, the governor of Jiangnan. According to the power granted to Zhang Jing by the Holy Emperor, Zhang Jing can dispatch troops and governors from Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Lianghu, Guangxi, Shandong and other provinces. Cao Jiangdu's censor, deputy chief of soldiers, and military guards of the third division. If there are officers who completely obey Zhang Jing's control and do not take orders in case of battle, all military officers below the command and civilian officials below the fifth rank are allowed to directly engage in military law. Zhang Jing is allowed to directly engage in military affairs. Above all commanders, civilian officials For grades five or above, Xu Zhangjing will be sent to the court to discuss crimes.
If he fails to comply with Zhang Jing's request, Zhang Jing can directly engage in military law against him, and no one can plead for mercy!
That’s why he took Zhang Jing’s words seriously!
"Good!" Zhang Jing nodded with satisfaction, "Master Zhang, please get up. Now that the Japanese invasion is at the forefront, we still need to work together and go to the national disaster."
"Thank you very much, Lord Governor. I will definitely keep this in mind," Lord Zhang said after getting up.
Zhang Jing came as quickly as he left. Yan Ci rejected Mr. Zhang's invitation to serve a meal and told him to spend all his money where it should be spent instead of thinking about eating and drinking all day long. Then he rode away with his entourage.
Before leaving, Zhao Wenhua whispered to Hu Zongxian. Hu Zongxian nodded, walked to Master Zhang, patted Master Zhang's shoulder gently, and whispered to Master Zhang without leaving a trace.
Seeing the back of Zhang Jing and his entourage walking away, Mr. Zhang sat down on the ground regardless of his image, and breathed a long sigh of relief. He finally left. Thinking of what Hu Zongxian whispered to him, he quickly summoned his confidants and asked him to prepare a plan. It's a generous gift. He is going to visit the Imperial Envoy's Yamen tonight.
These are troubled times, the current situation and the political situation are not stable, so there is nothing wrong with having multiple backers and multiple paths.
Although money is indispensable for worshiping mountains, no matter how good the money is, life is not important. With life, there are always opportunities to make money.
After coming out of the campus camp, Zhang Jing and his party inspected three military camps one after another. There was no trace of Zhang Jing's inspection route, sometimes east, then west, now south, now north. Each time, they were almost to the military camp, and everyone reacted. I came here to inspect the military camp, which basically eliminated some people's idea of reporting the situation in advance.
The basic situation of these three military camps is not much different from that of the university camp. They all have vacancies and salary, but they are much better than the guards below. Zhang Jing also put aside their sins and asked them to make up for their shortcomings. Vacant troops.
Inspecting the situation of these three military camps, the commander of one military camp knew the situation of his own camp very well and could answer Zhang Jing's questions. The other two military camp commanders, like Zhang, the commander of the Daxiaochang camp, answered Zhang Jing's questions immediately. If you don't come up, you still need to ask the adjutant and check the books.
However, every time at this time, Hu Zongxian could tell the basic situation of the general camp one by one like a treasure trove. After careful inspection, he found that what Hu Zongxian said was accurate, which made everyone look at him with admiration.
Especially when inspecting the third military camp, Zhang Jing and others learned from the commander that it was Hu Zongxian who used the end-of-year inspection as an excuse to coerce and induce the Beijing camps to make up for the vacancies and intensify training. Only then did the Beijing camps have the military appearance they have today. , military discipline has also improved compared to before, and after morale has recovered, he looks at Hu Zongxian with admiration.
Zhang Jing's evaluation of Hu Zongxian also changed from Hu Yushi being thoughtful to Hu Yushi being really thoughtful.
Zhao Wenhua even looked like he had found a treasure.
He was very pleased that such a determined and capable person like Hu Zongxian took refuge in him, and he valued Hu Zongxian even more.