Yang Fan and his entourage walked out of the Chinese army's tent and boarded the temporary military parade platform built with wood.
Looking at the dark crowd of officers and soldiers below, I couldn't help but frown.
Half of them are gray-haired veterans. People in this era age very quickly, and they are probably over forty.
Yang Fan and four generals stood on the general stage and shouted to the soldiers in Shanxi Town below: "I am Uncle Dingyuan, Yang Fan, General of the Western Expedition. I am also your commander-in-chief. Brothers, they have left their homes and careers to follow me.
Come here to defeat the Taolu. Everyone is lucky."
Yang Fan's words immediately won the favor of the soldiers. These days, the conflict between officers and soldiers is very serious. The officers of the Ming Dynasty have a very rough working style in both the guard system and the camp system.
Of course, Yang Fan also punished soldiers corporally. The main thing was to hit them with military sticks.
However, every officer and soldier Yang Fan punished violated military regulations or failed to complete the task. He never wronged anyone. All the officers and soldiers who were punished and those who watched the punishment were convinced.
We will handle it as military regulations stipulate, and we will never mess around.
Moreover, Yang Fan's team is very reasonable. As long as you follow the rules and act according to the rules, you don't have to worry. You can appeal to the Supervisory Army and the Military Justice Department.
Military pay is the most important issue for officers and soldiers. When Yang Fan serves as a soldier, rewards and punishments are clearly defined. Every copper coin is counted clearly. Military pay is not a penny less. It is paid directly by Xinghe Bank into their respective bankbooks. There is no Ming Dynasty.
Cases of corruption among other local officials.
However, none of the other armies of the Ming Dynasty, whether they were guards or camps, followed rules. From top to bottom, they relied on deception to deceive the soldiers into giving up their lives.
During the Wanli War to Aid Korea, Li Rusong said that the first person to reach Pyongyang would be rewarded with three hundred taels of silver, plus the rank of commander. However, after the city was captured, he did not mention it anymore.
These people, after they have finished their deception this time, they will find another reason to deceive them again next time. They will keep deceiving until the end, and they will go all the way to the dark side. When doing so causes serious consequences, they will suppress them brutally.
Later, the Qi Jiajun made a fuss about payment and demanded the cash reward promised by North Korea. They directly deceived the Qi Jiajun, who was unarmed, to collect the salary. Then they closed the gate of Weng City. The ambush army, matchlocks, and cannons opened fire to directly annihilate the Qi Jiajun.
mutiny.
No general has ever said a word of good fortune to these officers and soldiers.
Yang Fan's words immediately touched the softest part of these officers and soldiers' hearts. The commander had always treated them like pigs and dogs, never treated them like human beings.
"Brothers, Yang Fan is standing here today. He is just different from you in the division of labor. There is no distinction between high and low. I command you to use your brain power, and you use your physical strength to kill the enemy. Everyone is fighting for the Ming Dynasty. Everyone.
Father and mother only have one life. They will scream when they are hit by a knife. They will bleed when they are hit by an arrow. To the commander, you are not numbers, but living people."
The officers and soldiers below were all dumbfounded. No one had ever said that to them.
"You owe a lot of wages, and I know your difficulties. The imperial court is currently in financial difficulty, but before the departure, Your Majesty still allocated money from the internal funds and gave each of you three taels of departure money."
When Yang Fan said this, there was a sudden buzz below. The officers and soldiers were all confused.
Mangui didn't expect Yang Fan to make the matter public directly. He was so nervous that he was sweating all over. He already knew that he couldn't be kind today.
"Quiet, what are you shouting below? Tell me what grievances you have. The commander will make the decision for you." Zhang Shize shouted loudly.
A veteran suddenly ran out of the queue, knelt on the ground and cried: "Uncle, there are female ministers in this court, and they won't let the young ones live. Long live my money, the young ones only see it."
Three coins."
Yang Fan felt angry after hearing this. He had expected that these bastards would be greedy, but he didn't expect it to be so different.
"Old man, you get up first. I must explain this matter to everyone. Now everyone comes to the front in order of the team, and each person receives one tael of silver. At the same time, write down your place of origin, name, age, and position.
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These officers and soldiers were dressed in tatters. They were all sallow and thin. Their mandarin ducks and jackets were all black and had not been cleaned for an unknown period of time. At this time, I heard that the commander-in-chief had
When each person was given one tael of silver, they immediately became excited. They had not been paid for a year and a half since last year.
The salary of these soldiers from the northern camp was two-thirds lower than that of the soldiers from the south, that is, the Qi Family Army and the Zhejiang Army. Their monthly salary was three cents of silver, which was one penny of silver a day. The Qi Family Army, whose combat effectiveness was extremely high, was three cents of silver a day.
They were owed wages for eighteen months in total, and the total amount was five taels and four cents. The emperor paid three taels of departure fee, and the commander-in-chief gave each of them a meeting gift of one tael of silver. If the arrears can be made up again, each person can
Give me ten taels of silver.
Suddenly everyone was so happy that they were dumbfounded.
Yang Fan continued: "If you want money, I will gradually make up for it. If you want food, I will ask the caravan to transport corn and miscellaneous grains to you. One copper coin is equivalent to three kilograms of corn. However, everyone knows that food transportation is difficult.
, it will take longer.”
For a while, there was a lot of crying and kowtow to Yang Fan.
In the past two years, prices have skyrocketed, especially for grains. Rice has increased several times, and miscellaneous grains will cost five taels of silver per load. Looking at the situation, miscellaneous grains will soon cost one tael of silver per load. By then, it will be miscellaneous grains.
I can't even afford to eat anymore.
These soldiers have many families and families. Without people to follow, it is easy to desert. The soldiers are not afraid to recruit. The families of these people live on wages. None of them have land. If it were not for it, there would be no way out in life.
.No one wants to come here to be a soldier.
The army is not a good place. It is common for soldiers to be beaten by officers at all levels. If they are not careful, they will be lynched in various ways. No one cares about their life and death. The officers all believe that soldiers are made by beating.
The officers punished the deserters to death. Because they didn't control it, all the soldiers fled. The superior officer would punish them to death.
Although these soldiers are from Shanxi, they have also heard of corn, a new cereal that is super cheap and can fill their stomachs.
From Beizhili, despite various restrictive measures taken by supermarkets, food will still flow out of Shuntianfu, Beizhili.
The officers and soldiers below all cried out for food but not money.
Uncle Dingyuan has a large amount of cereals in his hands, and this matter has long been spread all over the country. The newly appeared cereals are delicious and cheap.
Under the general ordering stage, there were hundreds of tables arranged horizontally. The veterans of the Jia Ding Regiment sat at the back, registering and verifying the number of officers and soldiers in Shanxi Town, recording information, and then issuing a badge.
The breastplate is carved directly into the wood with a red-hot iron cone.
The servants worked very efficiently and had sufficient numbers. They quickly identified the soldiers in Shanxi Town.
Yang Fan took the statistics and looked at his face getting darker and darker.
"Man Gui! You are so brave. Thirty thousand taels, but you actually took 20,000 taels. Get him." Yang Fan roared angrily.
Man Gui had been frightened for a long time. He didn't expect that Yang Fan would thoroughly check his camp. Now everything fell away and he fell to the ground with a plop.
