() As the sky neared sunset, the queues of people had finally finished serving. More than 200,000 people were paid their travel expenses so quickly, thanks to Lu Xiangsheng’s careful arrangements in advance and the availability of sufficient Daming Palace personnel.
At this time, Sun Chengzong's personal soldiers led a large group of Daming Prefecture personnel to move into the vacant tents of various military camps and began to distribute them to those who were still staying at the gathering place for the retired soldiers.
There were about 60,000 to 70,000 remaining soldiers, which was fewer than expected.
There may be two reasons. One is the Chinese people's love for home. If they have the opportunity to go back, they will not stay here again, let alone the Chinese New Year. Even if it is a visit to the ruins where their previous home was, it would be good.
The second reason is the distrust of court officials and the fear that something will happen if I stay here.
Sun Chengzong, a mature man, roughly explained these two reasons to Zhong Jinwei, and then said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiutai, I have to trouble your Daming Mansion for one day, and I will probably be able to leave tomorrow, and your soldiers will be able to go back in time to celebrate the New Year.
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Lu Xiangsheng said that he did not dare to take it seriously, and reported to Sun Chengzong the figures just reported by his subordinates: "My soldiers are still in the camp, and there are 63,156 people waiting to be resettled by the court."
Sun Chengzong nodded and said: "Okay, then the supervisor and I will go back to the Central Army's tent first and write a memorial to the emperor to report on today's troop elimination."
Then Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei left the gathering point of the enemy troops on horseback and returned to the Chinese army's tent.
After returning to the Zhongjun tent, after writing the memorial, the supervisor signed it as usual, and asked Wang Peng of Dongchang to send it to the capital. After all, the remaining traitors must be dealt with as soon as possible. Wang Peng, a man who can fight,
This time I went out with Zhong Jinwei and had no choice but to act as an errand messenger.
After finishing everything, Zhong Jinwei returned to his tent, only to find that there was another person waiting for him to settle here.
When Li Laosi saw Zhong Jinwei coming, he wanted to get up and salute, but he couldn't get up because of pain in his buttocks.
Zhong Jinwei didn't care about these false gifts and asked him to lie down and not move.
After chatting with Li Laosi for a while, I got to know Li Laosi's situation. I knew that he was a single person and was in a state where one person had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry. So I comforted him a few words and praised his loyalty by the way, and then
Let him recover well.
With Li Laosi's endless gratitude, Zhong Jinwei returned to his tent, lay on the bed to rest, and then thought about today's events.
Every day before going to bed, summarize the day's situation and then think about what to do tomorrow. This is a habit of Zhong Jinwei's that he retained when he was in school. It is very useful.
He was thinking about the matter of eliminating troops, and it could be said that various factors came together to successfully complete it.
If Guan Ning's army were not cavalry, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to deter other generals; if Zu Dashou hadn't been frightened by the case of running away first, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so cooperative; if he hadn't come to this world, I'm afraid that eliminating his troops wouldn't have had this effect.
; Also, neither Jianlu nor God came to cause trouble, which is actually an important factor. As long as there is a problem with any of these, there will not be the current result of eliminating troops.
Sometimes, there is God's will in the dark. Just like the demise of the Ming Dynasty, it was also the result of various unfavorable factors coming together.
God has transported himself to the end of the Ming Dynasty. It seems that he does not want to see the Chinese mainland sink into darkness for hundreds of years, Zhong Jinwei thought.
There are several points that should be noted in this round of troop elimination. First, the large number of troops eliminated shows that the Ming Dynasty’s army is so corrupt that it may be difficult to recover by relying on the old system. Generals like Lu Xiangsheng in history have shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers.
It seems that he is the only one. It is too unreliable. The only way to save the Ming army is through military reform. By the way, Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers are also a strong army, but they are the chieftain's private army. Naturally, they cannot eat their own food.
Empty pay. There was no place for borrowing signatures from the regular army of the Ming Dynasty.
Second, the central government must have a strong army as a deterrent. This time it happened to rely on Guan Ning's army. Next time, I'm afraid there won't be such a good opportunity. We must recommend that Emperor Chongzhen reorganize the three forces of the capital.
A large camp will do. The earlier, the better. The sooner you complete it, the sooner you can deter other armies from carrying out military reforms.
After thinking about this, I remembered what Sun Chengzong said about the upcoming New Year. I'm afraid I won't be able to celebrate this year. Those people who built the Tatars are still causing harm to the capital, and the government can't save them with disaster relief, so how can we still celebrate the New Year!
Zhong Jinwei thought about it, fell into sleep, and went to look for his Archie.
The next morning, Zhong Jinwei and Sun Chengzong inspected the situation of the defeated soldiers at the gathering place of the defeated soldiers, and asked people to send the few remaining camps to the Wang Gongchang refugee camp in the capital city. The people there were also in urgent need of these camps.
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Lu Xiangsheng had already organized the retired soldiers in a simple manner according to the military regulations, and the effect was acceptable. The reason may be that these people had spent some time in the military camp and had a certain awareness. Then he began to organize the soldiers of Daming Mansion in batches.
Back to Daming Mansion. The reason why we need to allocate actions is to reduce the pressure on the capital. Secondly, we are worried about the mood of the troops and do not dare to withdraw them all at once.
Sun Chengzong and Zhong Jinwei were very satisfied with Lu Xiangsheng's work. Sun Chengzong was full of praise, and Zhong Jinwei expressed that he wanted to take credit from him, which made Lu Xiangsheng, who was always cold-faced, blush with praise.
After chatting for a while, Sun Chengzong asked Zhong Jin and Wei Ai to do whatever he wanted. He had no control over him anyway, and he was going to summon various generals to discuss how to train and coordinate operations.
Although the remaining soldiers are considered to be strong soldiers, it is obviously unrealistic to directly recruit them into a decisive battle with Jianlu without training.
Zhong Jinwei was also very interested in ancient military training and wanted to take a look. As a result, at this time, the imperial edict arrived.
The contents of the imperial decree mainly include three things. First, the retired soldiers who have nowhere to go are treated together with the refugees in the capital. However, the space in the city is limited, so the retired soldiers are allowed to stay here and wait for the Ministry of Household Affairs to send someone to register their skills.
The second is to commend Sun Chengzong and let him continue the follow-up affairs of the military camp.
The third is to ask Zhong Jinwei to return to the capital for an audience and discuss other important matters.
At that moment, everyone did their own work, and Zhong Jinwei followed the angel back to the capital. Before leaving, he asked one of Sun Chengzong's soldiers to inform Li Laosi that he would report to the Earl of Zhongxing's Mansion in the capital when he recovered from his injury.
When he saw Emperor Chongzhen, it was already afternoon. This time he learned his lesson and ate something casually on the way. Angels did not dare to have any objections to Zhong Jinwei. Zhongxing Bo's reputation had slowly begun to spread in the palace.
After opening it, I found out that this man was a man of God and a person whom Emperor Chongzhen held in high esteem.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw Zhong Jinwei, he praised him so much that Zhong Jinwei, who had just developed a bit of shamelessness, reappeared in his original form, blushing and not even being able to take the compliment.
In fact, it is true that if Sun Chengzong, a veteran of the imperial court, had not controlled those ruffians, Zhong Jinwei alone would not have been able to do it.
Finally, Zhong Jinwei used his old trick and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, what are you going to discuss when you come back?"
As soon as he mentioned this, Emperor Chongzhen's face fell, and he angrily said to Zhong Jinwei: "I will show Master Zhong how my people, as well as those civil servants, military generals, and noble relatives behaved when the court was in danger.
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Then, he asked the chamberlain next to him to show Zhong Jinwei a copy of the memorial.
It was quite a headache for Zhong Jinwei to read the memorial after listening to it. These days, he is busy with things every day and has no time to learn traditional Chinese characters or read ancient books. In his heart, he is very repelled by the vertical arrangement of traditional Chinese memorials.
But there was nothing I could do. I calmed down and read the memorial carefully. After understanding the content, I looked at Emperor Chongzhen.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen asked him to read another piece of paper. Zhong Jinwei's relieved face immediately turned bitter again, so he had to take it and continue reading.
The two things were related, and Zhong Jinwei knew it as soon as he saw it. After reading it, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen again and said to himself: Don't show me the memorial again!
Fortunately, it didn't happen this time. Emperor Chongzhen finished watching Zhong Jinwei and said with a little anger: "Master Zhong, look, this is my minister. The right-hand man and right-hand man who governs the world are all such people!"
In fact, Zhong Jinwei had expected such a result, and comforted Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I have anticipated this matter for a long time. It is definitely impossible to change it in an instant. Let's deal with them slowly and reform them."
alright."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Master Zhong, do you have any good ideas?"