Academicians Xu Shiqi and Shen Chenquan arrived a little later. As soon as they entered the city, they saw Fang Guoan's head hung up for public display. They were shocked.
From a rational perspective, Fang Guoan should not be killed, let alone Zhu Yihai.
After all, Fang Guoan is a general and has tens of thousands of troops under his command. At this time, the supervisor personally killed Fang Guoan. If word spread, the unity that has been maintained so hard may be destroyed.
But they have all been killed, and now they can no longer blame the prison state, they can only think about how to help deal with the aftermath.
Fang Yuanke and other five generals were still trembling there, listening to the lord's decision. As for the other Fang troops, they had already been surrounded by the imperial troops.
"First remove the equipment from the army and conduct a thorough screening and review. The young and brave warriors will be kept for service, but they must be broken up and incorporated into other armies."
"All the old, weak and disabled will be dismissed,"
"There were also some strong men from nearby who had been forcibly recruited, and they were all released back home."
Fang Guoan had the bad habits of many military leaders in the late Ming Dynasty, that is, he liked to support his troops, recruit troops everywhere, and even force strong men. He had many people but no fighting ability.
They are good at bullying people, but when it comes to actual fighting, they are more cowardly than the others.
It's useless no matter how many soldiers there are.
Fang Guoan's real elite are eight hundred cavalry and three thousand infantry. The rest are only the servants of the generals, deputy generals and other officers. The rest are all made up.
Zhu Yihai had asked Fang Guoan to reorganize his troops and streamline his soldiers several times before, but he simply ignored them and went his own way. It was impossible to disband the troops anyway, and he was even continuing to expand his recruitment.
Up to now, the number of troops is said to be between 50,000 and 60,000, and it is said to be 100,000.
However, Jinhua Xiangyong, who could neither defend Hangzhou nor defeat Zhu Dadian, did not dare to fight the Tatars in Fuyang and only dared to bully the people.
Zhu Yihai originally wanted to get rid of all these cowardly soldiers, but after experiencing the first Northern Expedition, he also understood that those simple recruits were reliable, but when it came to a real war, all recruits would not work.
For example, cavalry, navy, gunners and other soldiers are all very technical and cannot even be trained without three to five years of training.
Therefore, it is necessary to properly absorb some veterans.
But these soldiers must be dispersed and reorganized, so that their bad habits can be slowly changed. Otherwise, if they are retained in the reorganized system, it will be useless.
"No one above the rank of sentry officer will be retained." Zhu Yihai added another point.
Fang Yuanke and others even looked pale.
Although Fang Yuanke and others are considered experienced in battles, these running generals all have the same character as Fang Guoan.
"How to deal with it?"
"First of all, all of them will be removed from their posts, but they will be demoted three levels to retain their rank. They will be given half salary and sent to the industry to have a good ideological reform."
Zhu Yihai is planning to hold a class and invite military leaders like Fang Yuanke to attend the class for two months to strengthen the ideological transformation training of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. It would be a waste for these people to just give up and not use it, but if they use it directly, they are not at ease.
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We can only sit on the bench for two months, revamp them, and then decide to use them based on their final performance.
"Ming Yousi carefully examines the past experiences of these people and allows them to profoundly reform."
"Of course, all soldiers from the Fang Department, whether they are retained or dismissed, will be given resettlement or severance pay."
Fang Guoan's team must be completely dismembered, but trouble must also be prevented, and those who need to be comforted must be comforted.
Fortunately, Fang Guoan looted and looted a lot of money and food, and he still kept it. Zhu Yihai got an advantage, so it was just right to use it directly to deal with the aftermath, and there might even be a surplus.
Fang Guoan had thousands of horses, many armors and equipment, and people of all ages. In short, after Zhu Yihai annexed Fang Guoan's men and horses this time, he did not lose anything, and even made a huge profit.
Fang Guoan's troops in Lin'an and other cities, as well as the remaining troops in Yanzhou, also had to be appeased and dealt with as soon as possible. Many people originally suggested that the local military leaders should be retained in their original posts, or even ordered to still command the various ministries, but Zhu Yihai refused.
Now that Fang Guoan has been killed, none of his subordinates will be left alive.
Although this may arouse them to mutiny and rebellion, Zhu Yihai believes that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. If they dare to rebel, he will take the opportunity to pacify them.
"The original Yongwei First Battalion was reorganized into the Yongying Infantry Warrior Town, with Liu Mu as the chief military officer, and key personnel were transferred from Banner, Yulin, and Shenji towns, and some troops from Fang Guoan were absorbed, plus the former General Liu
Formed by some of his subordinates, with a quota of ten battalions, five thousand combat troops, and one thousand and eight auxiliary troops, they left the town of Yanzhou."
"After Flagshou Town replenished some of the troops in Yanhang and Hangzhou, it was led by General Zhang Quan and garrisoned in Fuyang, responsible for the area north of the Fuchun River and west of Hangzhou."
"All the troops from the original Hangzhou West and Yanzhou tribes were integrated into the two towns of Warrior and Flag Bearer."
Zhu Yihai struck while the iron was hot and after dismembering Fang's National Security Department, he took advantage of the opportunity to reorganize and merge Liu Mu's miscellaneous soldiers.
He still trusted his imperial troops the most. This time, he regularized the soldiers in Yanhang and Hangzhou. There were 20 battalions of 10,000 soldiers in the two towns, plus 3,600 auxiliary soldiers, to achieve the full quota.
Real troops and real pay.
The rest were sent home.
Or organize local team training to enrich joint defense.
Originally, the Qiantang River defense line had too many soldiers and horses of all kinds, including battalions and rebels. Whether everyone was loyal or wanted to take the opportunity to join in the fun and seek an official position, it was a bit chaotic.
The ministers in the cabinet were ordered to reorganize the armies, but they never had much effect. They were demobilized here and there, with great enthusiasm.
But when soldiers come, they must have food and pay. If the supply is not enough, people will be robbed. But supplying so many soldiers will put a lot of logistical pressure. The key is that so many soldiers consume food and pay, but they are of little practical use.
Along the Qiantang River, there are soldiers and horse camps everywhere, but they don't even have the flags, let alone the clothes and equipment. They are in tatters and if they really go to war, they will probably be scattered in a rush.
Zhu Yihai also saw how powerful the Qing army was during his Northern Expedition against the Three Wus. In a real showdown, five hundred Tatar cavalry would definitely be able to charge into tens of thousands of so-called righteous troops.
And the righteous master will still be defeated.
Just like Huang Fei's army of 60,000 to 70,000 men was completely routed by the news of defeat.
Zhu Yihai is now focusing on building the imperial camp. This imperial camp does not go through the Fifth Army Governor's Office, the Ministry of War, or the cabinet, but is directly controlled by the emperor. It is even one level higher than the Beijing Camp. After all, the Beijing Camp is still led by the Royal Horse as usual.
It is supervised by the eunuchs and admirals, and assisted by the Minister of Rongzheng.
But the imperial camp was Zhu Yihai's personal army, and he directly commanded it.
From these aspects, his imperial camp was even stronger than the Shence Army of the Tang Dynasty.
After the An-Shi Rebellion, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty relied on the Shence Army to maintain his rule. Not only did he protect Guanzhong, but he even expanded his territory outside the Guanzhong step by step. Without the Shence Army, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would have been unable to maintain the throne.
However, the emperors of the late Tang Dynasty all used eunuchs to control the Shence Army. Although this ensured that the Shence Army commanded by the eunuchs loyally supported the emperor, it also gave the eunuch lieutenants who controlled the Shence Army the ability to dethrone the emperor.