Chapter 233 Recruiting Soldiers and Buying Horses to Strengthen Jinzhou
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The soldiers moved all the boxes from the two rooms into the courtyard. Together with the boxes in the main room, there were thirty-nine boxes in total. They also found two iron boxes from the woodshed. When they opened them, they found they were not gold or silver. The treasures were some official seals and official uniforms. There were still blood stains on two official uniforms. The blood stains had not darkened. It was thought that the owner of the official uniforms had just been killed not long ago.
Most of the official seals belong to local officials, both civil and military, and there are about seventy of them. After counting, there is one Bingbei Dao, four prefects, three co-prefects, twelve county magistrates, and two general seals. , three Dusi seals, one garrison seal, more than ten seals for the Thousand Households and Hundred Households of the Guards, and the rest are mostly inferior products, and there is even a seal of a county edict.
Shi Dayong didn't know what Chen You was doing collecting these official seals and official uniforms. He asked Qi Sanbao, but Qi Sanbao couldn't tell him.
Could it be that Kong Youde wanted to establish a country and proclaim himself emperor? [
Shi Dayong was dumbfounded by his conjecture. If that were the case, it would be a joke. When a country is established and a new dynasty is established, everything will naturally be new. There is no need to use the old dynasty's seal or wear the old dynasty's clothes.
Unless Kong Youde had water in his head, it would be absolutely impossible for him to do such a thing that would make the world laugh at him.
However, other than this idea, Shi Dayong could not think of any other purpose for Chen sometimes to collect official seals and uniforms.
More than seventy official seals mean that more than seventy local civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty were killed. Compared with the scope of activities after Kong Youde's uprising, this number is a shocking number. Because this means that not one Officials surrendered to thieves.
Sure enough, the Ming Dynasty has not completely declined. Although these officials have all kinds of faults and have thousands of reasons to kill them, in terms of loyalty to the emperor, they are the same as Shi Dayong, and they are truly worthy of the official uniform.
People’s hearts are still in the Ming Dynasty!
While Shi Dayong was casually inspecting these official seals, Qi Sanbao was chattering on the side:
"After Chen Ni came from Wuqiao, he attacked the government and looted thirteen places in the county. He burned, killed, looted, and did nothing. The wealth of the people was wiped out. The final general can be sure that the goods they looted were far more than this, but most of them were called The Kong thief took it. If we had to keep it all here, that would be a lot!"
"Actually, if the general searches out the proceeds from those prisoners, I'm afraid the gains will be quite a lot."
"If the general can trust the general, the general will be willing to do this errand for the general."
Qi Sanbao tried his best to show his loyalty, and kept asking for orders to lead people to search for the property captured by the prisoners. The subtext was that he also wanted to get a piece of the pie. He was the commander-in-chief of the rebels yesterday, so naturally he was very interested in the rebel soldiers. The looting situation is clear. As long as Shi Dayong agrees, he is sure that at least half of the property in the yard can be found, including gold, silver and jewelry.
Seeing that the rebel general looked greedy for money, Cao Bianjiao was disgusted and shouted at him angrily: "According to what you said, the looted goods in your camp are quite a lot. Now that you have corrected yourself, these What do you do with the ill-gotten gains? Why not donate them for military purposes! In this way, you will be credited with a meritorious service, what do you think?"
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Qi Sanbao hesitated for a moment, almost choking, looking embarrassed, and he was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to speak anymore. He felt like he shot himself in the foot, and he felt a little regretful.
Shi Dayong ignored Qi Sanbao's embarrassment, put down his official seal, and asked people to collect them. Then he walked around the boxes, then stopped, raised his hand to Jiang Wanli and ordered: "You lead people to snatch Chen Youyou from Haixing." The returned goods have also been transported here, and the gold and silver have been put in their own places, so that I can get an approximate amount so that I can present it to the court."
Hearing this, all the generals were startled: Go to the imperial court?
"What did the general do to the court?" Jiang Wanli was surprised and didn't know what Shi Dayong wanted to do.
Shi Dayong explained: "This is a gift from the people. I was ordered by the emperor to quell the thieves. Naturally, whatever I got was handed over to the court for disposal. How could I keep it privately? If I really want to siphon it off, it is not what a minister should do."
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After hearing this, all the generals were shocked and couldn't believe their ears.[
Li Dashan was so anxious that he couldn't help shouting: "Why should we give it to the court? We got it with our lives. Why should we give it to the court?"
"These goods were snatched by the rebels, and now they are in our hands. There is no reason to hand them over again. The court did not pay us when we went south, so why not just use them as our wages." Jiang Wanli was not willing to give up this wealth.
Hand it over for free.
Cao Bianjiao had no idea. He was not greedy for money, but he was a little reluctant to hand over such a large amount of wealth to others.
Guo Yi and the other soldiers beside him were all discouraged, and Qi Sanbao looked at Shi Dayong in disbelief with his mouth wide open.
The words of Jiang and Li made Shi Dayong a little disappointed. He said seriously: "It is precisely because the rebels took it away that we should hand it over, let the government count the victims, and then return the property to the original owner. If we intercept it, this
What is the difference between them and the rebels? Is it just these yellow and white things that we are fighting on the battlefield for?"
"General, that's not what you said." Jiang Wanli disagreed with Shi Dayong's words and retorted: "The general has good intentions, but doesn't the general know the virtues of the local officials? If we really want to hand these treasures into their hands, I'm afraid those suffering people will
We can’t get a penny, so we can only benefit those dog officials in vain. Instead of benefiting others, why not benefit ourselves! After all, the brothers paid for it with their lives!”
"That's right, that's right."
Li Dashan couldn't help but nod. Jiang Wanli's words really hit home in his heart. He had finally found such a huge advantage, so how could he give it to others? This wasn't because of his lack of brains!
Thinking of something, he pointed towards the boxes and said with certainty: "As far as I can see, I'm afraid there are no victims. Why would the general bother to do this?"
Shi Dayong glanced at the box and sighed, knowing that what Li Dashan said was true. I'm afraid there are no more victims. The bloody jewelry is the best proof.
Since there is no one who suffers, why not stay?
At first thought, I wanted to leave this wealth, but when my words came to my lips, it still turned into: "In this case, then hand it over directly to the imperial court, and the imperial court will take care of it. Now the national treasury is empty, the country is troubled, and there are internal worries
To deal with foreign aggression, troops are used everywhere and money is used everywhere. As soldiers of the emperor, we should share the emperor's worries."
After saying that, he put one hand on a box next to him, glanced towards the north, and said in a deep voice: "Although these treasures are not worth millions, they are still a part of my and other ministers' thoughts. I think the emperor
If you knew it, you would definitely be moved by the sincerity of everyone in Jinzhou."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dashan's dissatisfied voice rang in his ears, "The general is thinking about the emperor, but the emperor has been thinking about us. If he really thought about us, why did he go to Beijing to offer prisoners and not receive any reward, but he forced me to wait south, even with food and grass?
If they don't even send them, they ask us to collect them on the spot, so how can we be thinking about us!" Li Dashan didn't hesitate and brought up the old things again, with an excited look on his face.
"You!" Shi Dayong couldn't tolerate his subordinates saying anything wrong about Chongzhen, so he wanted to reprimand Li Dashan in a fit of anger, but before he could speak, Cao Bianjiao suddenly interrupted and said: "General, in fact, you really think about the emperor, so you shouldn't treat these things like this."
The wealth is handed over to the court."
"What does Xiao Cao want to say?" Cao Bianjiao rarely expressed any opinions on matters outside the battlefield, so he suddenly spoke, and Shi Dayong naturally wanted to hear what he had to say.
Cao Bianjiao smiled bitterly and said: "When the general was in the northwest, it was common for my uncle to worry about military pay. It was also common for me to see that whenever there was pay money allocated to my uncle, 30 to 40% of it was always gone when it came to my uncle. It was euphemistically called routine. Military pay is like this.
, and others, such as relief and river construction silver, are even more so. Therefore, if the general hands over this silver, don’t worry about how it will be used in the future. I am afraid that half of the silver will be lost before it is put into the treasury. Therefore, the general will
I dare to pat my chest and say that 10% of the money can be used for practical purposes, even if the princes in the court are still thinking about the Ming Dynasty and thinking about our emperor!" The last words were not meant to be sarcastic.
As soon as he said this, Jiang Wanli and Li Dashan immediately echoed in unison, and even Shi Dayong was also stunned. He couldn't help but think of the reward silver that the emperor appropriated after his first battle at Daling River. The emperor gave him 10,000 yuan, and finally arrived.
The one I had in hand became 6,000, and the remaining 4,000 were actually deducted like this.
The emperor dares to squander the money in this way. If it is so common, wouldn't those officials become even more reckless when they devour it?
Thinking of this, most of the thought of handing over money disappeared, but I still hesitated.
Cao Bianjiao continued: "If you hand over the money, you will definitely throw it into the water. The emperor may not know the sincerity of the general. But if it is left in our hands, the general can accomplish great things and can better share the worries of the king and father.
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"With so much money in hand, the general can recruit troops and horses to expand our Songshan Army. My uncle often said that when we fight with swords and guns, we actually get money. There is no food, clothing, housing and transportation for the soldiers, weapons and horses, pensions for those killed in battle, etc.
There is no need for silver. With silver, the soldiers are officers and soldiers. Without silver, the soldiers may not be officers and soldiers."[
"In the battle of Jinzhou, our army was short of soldiers, and the imperial court cut Liao's pay, but the Eastern captives still had strong soldiers and horses. Without money, how could the general raise his troops? Without a strong army in hand, how could the general stand? With this money, the general would
But if we can recruit troops and train them to eighteen thousand, we can do a lot."
"General, I'm not greedy for money. I just don't want this property to fall into the hands of those bad officials. General, please think again!" After saying this, Cao Bianjiao suddenly knelt down.
"General, please think twice before planning for Jinzhou!"
Jiang Wanli, Li Dashan, Guo Yi and all the soldiers also knelt down in unison, looking at Shi Dayong sincerely, hoping that he would change his mind and not make the army feel cold.
After a while, Shi Dayong sighed and said: "In this world, you can do things if you have money, but you can't do anything without money. I was confused, but fortunately Xiao Cao woke me up, okay, let's keep the money.
I will use it to recruit troops and strengthen our Jinzhou Army!"
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