Chapter one hundred and forty-eight, the warlord Taiyuan
"Except for the large reinforcements from Xuan, is this the strength of Taiyuan City at this time or the strength of the entire Taiyuan Prefecture?" Chang Yu asked.
"Returning to the Factory Supervisor, Taiyuan currently has a net strength of more than 50,000 troops, except for the reinforcements from Xuanda and Dazhou. These 67,000 men are the entire strength of Taiyuan Town."
Ying Shisheng replied quickly.
Taiyuan Town has jurisdiction over three passes, nineteen gates and thirty-nine forts. In other words, there are still more than 10,000 troops at the three passes of Piantou, Ningwu and Yanmen.
That means there is still water, so the lack of verification by the more than 10,000 people in the three levels will be discounted.
At this time, Taiyuan has 50,000 troops, plus 28,000 reinforcements from Xuanda and Dazhou, which means that the net strength is nearly 80,000, and they can fight the rebels hard, Chang Yu thought to himself.
As for wages, he took 400,000 from Jiang Quan's house in Datong, which was almost enough to cover the military wages owed by the imperial court to Taiyuan. As for the 20,000 Datong reinforcements brought by Yang Zhenwei, the arrears of wages have been settled in Datong, and in order to boost morale, he also advanced their military wages for half a year. This is
This is an unprecedented thing, so the military salary of the 20,000 troops is not concerned for the time being.
In addition to the 400,000 robbed from Fan Yongdou's hometown yesterday, there is still 300,000 left after deducting the robbery commission, which is enough to last for a while, but Chang Yu still feels that it is far from enough. Just in case, he does not plan to take this capital.
If you come out to use it, he still has to borrow it!
"Commander Zhou, the salary can be extended today, but the scandal lies ahead. In the past, our family will not correct it. In the current situation, we only need to arrest and kill each one." Chang Yu's eyes swept around the generals present, full of killing intent.
"I'm sorry they don't dare!" Zhou Yuji also snorted coldly,
Chang Yu smiled faintly, and then said: "In fact, I hope there will be a few bold ones."
Everyone is puzzled
"In this way, someone will sacrifice the sword to the governor, and it will also kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and serve as a warning to others!"
Everyone shuddered.
"People from Dongchang and Jinyiwei will keep an eye on this matter. They will investigate and kill each one."
Chang Yu continued with a cold look on his face: "The soldiers guarding the city have to support their families, and the same goes for the soldiers guarding the border. The court will not chill their hearts. When General Zhou comes back, you can send someone to pledge some money to the soldiers at the three passes."
After giving out the salary and silver, we will also calculate the actual strength and resources of the troops, and the people of Jinyiwei will follow suit."
Zhou Yuji nodded. At this moment, everyone here was afraid of being convinced by Chang Yu. This man killed people at every turn. He even killed Datong's commander-in-chief when he asked for it. It was really scary, but at the same time, he admired his level of water, and
This is not an indiscriminate killing of innocent people.
As soon as he came forward, he took care of the most difficult issue of food and salary. Cai Maode and others were still happy.
"Everyone, I just sat in on the resettlement of refugees. I have some suggestions." After standing up, Chang Yu glanced at everyone with a faint smile and said.
"I am willing to listen to the opinions of the factory supervisor." Cai Maode usually dislikes eunuchs. It seems that everyone thinks that Dongchang is not a good person, but at this time, he actually has other feelings for Chang Yu. They met twice and after talking, he felt that this
People are really different.
"Tens of thousands of refugees are pouring in, and it is very stressful to be close to the government. At this time, why don't you please use private power."
Civilian power? Cai Maode and Zhou Yuji looked at each other and seemed to understand.
"There are many large households in the city. Governor Cai and your lords can lead a few households to set an example, set up porridge shacks, donate clothes to refugees to keep out the cold, or use materials to build simple houses, etc. Your lords' face will definitely be praised by others.
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Cai Maode and Sun Kangzhou nodded slightly: "This plan is feasible."
"Definitely feasible"
Chang Yu smiled slightly: "As long as the guidance is correct, not only big households will lend a helping hand, but also ordinary people will accumulate good deeds. Although the power is weak, the little will make a lot, but the unity will make a city!"
Everyone nodded and felt that this was a good idea. Chang Yu also stated that he would go to Prince Jin's Mansion in person to persuade Prince Jin to join in. Everyone was overjoyed.
"As for public security in the city, it is inevitable that there will be pressure." After all, there were so many refugees, not to mention the public security conditions at this time, even in later developed countries, they often got out of control.
"But what is the root cause of their troubles? They are bored, have nothing to do, and have left their hometowns and lost their income, so they go to steal and even kill people and set fires. But if we find something for them to do and pay them, we can give them something to do.
There is money to be made, do you think they will be in the mood to cause trouble?" Chang Yu looked at everyone and said.
"What to do?" Everyone wondered what else the refugees could do besides eating and drinking.
Chang Yu smiled slightly, stood up and walked to the door. He opened the door and a gust of cold wind blew in. Everyone couldn't help but shiver and tightened their sleeves.
"Commander Zhou, our family met General Niu (equivalent to a division commander) last night and chatted with him for a while. He said that you are planning to dig a trench to block and contain the enemy?"
Zhou Yuji nodded!
Chang Yu chuckled: "The time is urgent, the amount of work is huge, it's just futile, and there is a ready-made river over there as a screen, so why waste so much effort?"
"But the river is in the north of the city. Wouldn't that be abandoning the city?" Ying Shisheng took over and said.
"What's the use of keeping a small city with no danger? If it's useful, why not empty it?" Chang Yu curled his lips, Zhou Yuji and Ying Shisheng frowned at the same time, and nodded slightly.
"The one who really wants to dig trenches should be here!" Chang Yu said, pointing to the outside of the city!
Zhou Yuji and Ying Shisheng stood up and walked outside the door. They looked at the battlements and saw that there were no refugees entering the city intermittently in the distance.
There is a large river in the west of Taiyuan City, the Fen River. It flows from the west of the city to the southwest and branches to the east side of Qingxu. It is this Fen River that provides moat water sources for several cities including Taiyuan.
At this time, there was a canal seven or eight meters wide running across the south of the city, which diverted water from the east of the city to serve as Taiyuan's moat. However, due to the drought and cold weather, the water was shallow and froze.
Apart from this moat, there is no barrier in the flat plain south of Taiyuan City.
"Instead of digging holes there in vain, why not put in some effort here? Mr. Zhou racked his brains last night to build a copper and iron wall in Taiyuan. Now you can start construction." Chang Yu said with a smile.
Zhou Yuji nodded slightly: "Wide the moat and deepen it, and dig a trench a few miles away to set up obstacles to prevent the enemy's artillery from approaching. Well, at least we can't let him get close easily."
"The refugees are idle anyway. We can't let them live without working. Although this project is large, it is not difficult for tens of thousands of laborers," Ying Shisheng said casually.
At this time, Cai Maode and others also walked out of the tower and stood behind Chang Yu to listen to them. Hearing this, Sun Kangzhou couldn't help but interject: "What General Ying said is absolutely true, but after listening to the factory director's words just now, he still had to give in.
They pay wages? What, why is this? Besides, we don’t have any money, who will provide the money?”
Everyone looked at Chang Yu.
"Work must be paid. This can stabilize people's hearts and make them feel that even if they leave their hometown, they have food, housing and money to earn, which is even better than staying in their hometown. Who is still thinking about rebellion and who has the heart to cause trouble?"
Chang Yu paused slightly as he spoke and then added: "Secondly, we can also mobilize their enthusiasm to complete the project as soon as possible. The third and most important point is to win the hearts and minds of the people."
As soon as the words fell, everyone was startled, and then fell into silence. Everyone understood the meaning of Chang Yu's words, and then nodded silently.
"Three goals were achieved with one stone, and the people's support was stabilized. After winning the people's support, the project could be completed as soon as possible. However, the subordinates still couldn't help but ask, Mr. Factory Supervisor, who will provide the money?" Cai Maode, an old man, must listen to the truth.
"We have a baby!" Chang Yu smiled faintly: "We have some furniture at home, and this small wallet is rounded out!"
Wow, everyone couldn't help but marvel, for a salary of tens of thousands of people, no matter how little you earn, it must be tens of thousands taels. This eunuch actually agreed. He is indeed a powerful eunuch and has plundered a lot.
"Mr. Factory Supervisor, the imperial edict has arrived." At this moment, several eunuchs hurriedly walked over.
Chang Yu glanced at it and raised his brows. It was someone from Dongchang who was delivering the edict again! It seemed like it was an urgent edict.
"I accept the order." Chang Yu, as the factory supervisor, is considered a public official, so he calls himself a minister, but he is still very casual, kneeling directly to receive the order, eliminating the cumbersome procedure of washing his hands and changing clothes.
The imperial edict was so short that Cai Maode, Zhou Yuji and others were stunned, but they couldn't help but curse Chang Yu: this liar.
Chongzhen traveled thousands of miles to issue an imperial edict to Chang Yu, asking him to supervise Taiyuan's military affairs.
Eunuchs have been sent to military areas to supervise the army for a long time. However, the difference between the word "supervisor" and "supervisor" is very different. Supervisor means to monitor. They are only allowed to listen and watch but not to point fingers. Supervisor is the governor-general's inspection. To put it bluntly,
It was Chang Yu who was in charge of military affairs in Taiyuan.
You really get what you lie to. Chang Yu came to Taiyuan from Datong in the name of factory supervisor and lied about supervising military affairs. Zhou Yuji, Cai Maode and others also believed it, but then they realized that they had been deceived by this guy. He was just pretending before. No wonder
With a guilty conscience, he said that he would not interfere and left the military affairs to Zhou Yuji. It turned out that he was simply a fake.
But now they are pretending to be a fool! What can they say? They just wait for the factory supervisor to show off his authority.
Chang Yu knew the slander in the hearts of Zhou Yuji and others by observing his words, but he was thick-skinned, his face did not change, and his heart did not beat. He stood up to receive the imperial edict, and then asked the eunuch who delivered the edict in a low voice: "Does the emperor have a secret edict?".
Based on his understanding of Chongzhen, he would not have issued such a simple edict after traveling thousands of miles. Imperial edicts are just for the occasion, and there are definitely some daily things to talk about.
Sure enough, when the eunuch who delivered the order heard this, he also whispered back: "Eunuch Chang, can you take a step to speak?"
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