Therefore, he is also particularly generous to the officer class.
Because he understood that the generals were more realistic, especially the Shaanxi soldiers who were accustomed to poverty, and nothing fascinated them more than silver.
The captain has a hundred taels, the commander has a total of five hundred taels, a thousand has a total of one thousand taels, and the commander of a battalion has three thousand taels.
For a time, the military spirit surged, and all the homesickness and anxiety disappeared, leaving only support for General Zhu.
The Wu San Order was also promulgated in due course.
The thicker treatment makes people feel closer to each other.
Recruiting offices across Hanzhong Prefecture immediately saw a large number of recruits sign up, with the scale exceeding 10,000 people.
The most obvious thing is that Chen Dong, the big man who went to take the sword, also accepted the call with a smile and acted as a personal guard.
Li Jizu counted while he said with a naive smile: "I am the eighth rank, the same rank as General Chen. I join the army, and I am more majestic than his General Soldier!"
"Commander Li!" Deputy Commander Xiong Yingjie saw his appearance and said speechlessly: "You are joining the army, so you can't compare with the general soldiers. There are only so many general soldiers in the entire Ming Dynasty."
"What do you know?" Li Jizu squinted and said, "A general soldier without troops is nothing."
As he said that, he approached the deputy commander and asked doubtfully: "I see you are still a little dissatisfied. What's going on? Do you want to rebel?"
Xiong Yingjie was startled, then smiled bitterly: "My troops are still in the new barracks, how could they rebel?"
"That's true." Li Jizu finally came to his senses and smiled: "Anyway, kid, just don't play tricks."
Xiong Yingjie was speechless. Working with such a partner made him want to cry.
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Just when Zhu Yixi was showing off his skills in Hanzhong, Li Zicheng, who occupied Xi'an, was not idle and began to attack everywhere.
With Tian Bin guarding Xi'an, he went to the fortress.
On the fifteenth day of the tenth month, Pingliang Mansion was trapped, and the King of Han rushed to Qingyang.
On the 20th, Yan'an Prefecture was captured, Yan'an deputy commander Xie Wenying was killed, and the county magistrate Yao Qichong died.
Li Zicheng changed the name of Yan'an Prefecture to Tianbao Prefecture and his hometown of Mizhi to Tianbao County.
On the 25th, the troops arrived at Yulin.
Bai Guangen led the border troops in Yulin Town to resist to the death and fought hard for five days and nights.
Seeing that the losses were too great and it was difficult to conquer for a while, Li Zicheng sent people to persuade them to surrender.
Bai Guang'en took Yulin Town and surrendered to the army and led his own troops.
Li Zicheng also promised not to massacre the city in revenge.
In early November, Li Zicheng once again led his troops to Ningxia Town.
For a moment, the world was shaken.
Beijing was naturally shocked.
Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly summoned ministers to discuss matters.
The ministers all requested that Yu Yinggui, who had been the governor of Huguang, be released from prison.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen followed his good example and took Yu Yinggui out of prison and promoted him to the right minister of the Ministry of War.
But Yu Yinggui said it was unfair.
When he wanted to recruit Zhang Xianzhong, he said bluntly that he could not do so. Later, Zhang Xianzhong actually rebelled, but escaped from his jurisdiction and has been imprisoned ever since.
To put it bluntly, although his ability is not very good, his strategic vision is good, and he is the only one in the court who understands soldiers and horses.
The short ones are taller, and once again they have high hopes.
As for Li Zicheng's entry into Guanzhong, Chen Yan, the first assistant, said indifferently: "When thieves enter Guanzhong, they must be greedy for women and treasures, just like a tiger falling into a trap and being consumed."
When Yu Yinggui heard this, he angrily said: "All the best soldiers and horses in the world come from Guanxi. Now that the thieves have obtained it, they will be like a tiger with added wings, and they will definitely drive rampant."
"You are the chief assistant in Zhongtang, how can I meet you?"
Chen Yan woke up instantly, his arms and legs trembling, and his face looked horrified.
Anger arose in my heart again, the little servant was so presumptuous.
Just when he was about to lecture him, he turned around and saw Emperor Chongzhen's face full of disgust.
At this moment, he understood that his position as first assistant, who had been in office for half a year, was somewhat unstable.
This time, he lowered his head and said no more words.
"The Qing family is very knowledgeable about military affairs, so they must be very confident in dealing with the intruders!"
Chongzhen twitched the corners of his mouth and asked with a smile.
"this……"
Yu Yinggui hesitated, but when he saw the emperor's face getting worse, he had to grit his teeth and responded: "I have some experience, and I am willing to share your worries for Your Majesty."
"very good!"
A smile appeared on Chongzhen's face: "I will give you the title of censor of Qiandu on your right, and supervise the three sides."
"Wei Chen obeys your orders!"
Yu Yinggui felt helpless and could only agree.
After saying that, he looked at the emperor eagerly, waiting for the conditions.
After being stared at for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little headache, and said helplessly: "I will give you 50,000 yuan from internal funds, and then send the Beijing camp to escort him."
Yu Yinggui was shocked, what can fifty thousand taels do?
The military expenditure is only two or three months.
Seeing the incredible expression on his face, Chongzhen also felt embarrassed:
"In the ninth year of Chongzhen, when Sun Chuanting went to Shaanxi, I only had 60,000 taels with him and raised the rest by myself. Within a few years, we established the Qin army and swept away the rebels."
"Yu Qing's family, I believe you, it's okay."
"Wei Chen takes orders."
At this time, Yu Yinggui really wanted to curse loudly and point his nose at him.
Can it be the same then as now? At that time, Shaanxi Province was still in our hands. Now Shaanxi, Henan, and Huguang are in a mess. They are no longer owned by the imperial court. How can we raise money?
However, now that things have come to a point, it has to be done.
At this time, he did not know that the capital camp had suffered all casualties due to the great battle, and that the admiral's troops only numbered a thousand or so, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled.
Chen Yan was targeted by the emperor and his ministers, so he was forced to leave early.
After handling the affairs in Shaanxi, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Wang Banban, all the ministers said that Yu Yinggui was worthy of the big task, but he hesitated just now, fearing that he would disappoint me again."
As he spoke, the emperor sighed rather sadly.
Wang Chengen didn't know what to say for a while.
He understood that the emperor was having doubts. Yu Yinggui did not make a promise, or his expression of hesitation made the emperor suspicious.
I just gave him 50,000 taels and went to annihilate Li Zicheng, who had an army of one million people. Who can guarantee this?
"If you let Jin Yiwei keep an eye on you, you might become the second Wu Zong."
Chongzhen was still worried and ordered.
"Slave, please obey."
Wang Chengen hurriedly responded.
"By the way, is there any clarity on the flooding in Kaifeng?"
Chongzhen rubbed his brows and asked about the third time Kaifeng was besieged and the embankment was dug.
The entire imperial court was extremely concerned about the tragic incident in which millions of people in Kaifeng City were flooded. Although it was widely rumored that it was the Chuang Army that was responsible, there were countless impeachment officials Huang Shu and Yan Yunjing.
Immediately, someone else said that it was the officers and soldiers who broke the embankment to drown the intruders, and the later intruders also broke through the river to control the river. Even if it was just one embankment, it would not have caused such a tragic incident.
All in all, the court has no conclusion so far and is in a quarrel, but has no suggestions on how to keep thieves at bay.
"Still noisy!"
"It's so urgent that we're still arguing. It's just a reversal of priorities."
Emperor Chongzhen was quite helpless and was afraid of the situation of intruders described by Yu Yinggui today.