Bring the whole war back to Nanming

Chapter 129

Li Dingguo left and went to Guizhou with full of enthusiasm. He and Sun Kewang joined together to plot the land of Sichuan and Shu.

Youdao is a wave of ups and downs, and Zhu Yousong, who is in the imperial city, made an announcement that Fang Xiaobai couldn't help but feel heartbroken: Since Emperor Xiaolie rode a crane in the capital, it has been more than half a year since I ascended the throne in Yingtianfu , Although you are advancing, you are actually retreating. Today, I heard that the Tartars were defeated and their vitality was greatly injured. It is indeed God's blessing. Today, I made an oath, regardless of origin, regardless of status, regardless of male, female, old or young, whoever restores the capital can be crowned king!

To be a knight, or to be a prince!In the history of Ming Dynasty, even at the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang only gave posthumous titles to a few heroes with different surnames after his death, which is definitely not as grand as Zhu Yousong.

All of a sudden, countless people signed up to join the army, and Fang Xiaobai's recruiting office in Nanjing was almost overwhelmed by young and strong people. In just three days, there were more recruits than in the past three months.

Fang Xiaobaile's opinion just happened to be that he was also preparing to form a new army.Relying on the cards in his hand alone to support the battle against the Tartars and Chaos is just a dream. The cards will always be used up for a day. If there is no replenishment, he will use one less and one less, so he will have to live tighter.

Due to Zhu Yousong's promise, the formation of the new army was completed many days in advance. The first batch of [-] recruits was stationed in the Nanjing Camp in preparation for new training.

Prime Minister's official residence, Fang Xiaobai's office.

The old man Zhu Dadian was sitting across from him on the chair, tasting the Yuqian Longjing that Fang Xiaobai had collected. A copy of the copy was placed in front of Fang Xiaobai, and his eyebrows and eyes were squeezed together with worry.

"Master Zhu, I handed over the position of Minister of National Defense to you. I didn't want you to come to me and cry poorly. You also saw it last month. I just integrated the warlords from all over the south of the Yangtze River. Financially, I am still a child. How can I have money to give?" Are you expanding your army?"

Zhu Dadian was bewildered as if he hadn't heard of it, and gently closed the lid: "Master Prime Minister, I know that when you came to Nanjing, you often searched officials' residences, and antique calligraphy and paintings are not discussed, but the money... ..."

Nima, this guy is thinking about Lao Tzu's money: "Zhu Dadian! I am greedy for money, and I use it for people's immigration. You also know that such a large project cannot be settled with a few million taels of silver. Let me do the math for you, the resettlement project costs seven or eight million taels a year, the salaries of officials cost tens of thousands of taels a month, and the construction of border defense costs money. "

Fang Xiaobai spoke dryly, put the military expansion plan aside, picked up the teacup and gurgled a few gulps.

What he said was half true and half false. Since the warlords in the south of the Yangtze River were dealt with, the taxation has finally improved a bit. At least it can afford the salaries of officials in various departments in Nanjing, and there is no need to pay out of pocket.But his intelligence network, the defense line of the Yellow River, and the defense line of Lushun all need a lot of money to support, and the soldiers who work hard on the front line also need some subsidies.

After going back and forth, almost half of the 7000 million taels of silver obtained from the house raids went away, and the remaining money barely covered all expenses. How could it be possible to withstand another military expansion.

"Master Zhu! My Lord Zhu, I have a proposal. Since it is a new army, it cannot be treated in the same way."

"how do I say this?"

"The new army, as the name suggests, is a new-style army formed with brand-new training methods, ideological education, and welfare benefits. They are different from the old-style army that takes food and pay and serves as a soldier for life, but a compulsory soldier system."

Zhu Dadian was aroused, the compulsory military system, did Fang Xiaobai think of another good idea?He leaned forward slightly, listening to what Fang Xiaobai said next.

Playing on the spot is not Fang Xiaobai's strong point, but now he can only bite the bullet in this situation: "Master Zhu, the so-called conscripts are those who are required by the imperial court to select men and women of the right age to pass medical examinations and other methods for free to serve in the army. The service period is three years as the standard , selected every year to ensure sufficient supply of troops."

"Lord Hou, as you said, why are the soldiers willing to fight for the court without food and pay?"

Fang Xiaobai couldn't help giving Zhu Dadian a thumbs up: "Master Zhu's question is on point. Since he is a conscript, the word "duty" is not for nothing. Joining the army is the duty of every commoner. Mandatory, the court only needs to provide symbolic food, weapons and equipment and a small amount of money to maintain the basic living standards of the conscripts."

The perfect military service system in later generations is the best reference, and it is not in vain.

Listening to Jun's words is better than reading ten years of books. Zhu Dadian suddenly felt enlightened: "Conscript! What a conscript! Poluhou, you have solved a big problem for me! If this can be done, Japanese officials will gather incense in a few days. Lou Banquet treats Master Hou to a good meal."

"Okay, wait for the good news."

After dismissing Zhu Dadian, who was collecting debts, Fang Xiaobai slumped on the chair. When he was free, he signed a few documents and turned to look at the map behind him and said to himself.

"Zhu Yousong, Zhu Yousong, you are forcing me to go to the Northern Expedition! It's a blatant conspiracy, hum! But I can guess that it's not you, Zhu Yousong, who has the idea. It seems that you have capable people behind you!"

Rubbing his unshaven chin, Fang Xiaobai thought about the attack plan: Jinan Boris and Lawn Leo Cornwall have 13 troops in their hands, and the Yellow River is dangerous to the north, so it is not easy to cross the Hebei directly. He was playing a cat-and-mouse game with the influx of green-skinned main force. If he went west at this time, it would not be so difficult to regain Henan.

A few days ago, Li Chengdong wrote in a letter saying that he had defeated Kong Youde's troops entrenched in Wuchang. Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi fled north and east. The forces in Hubei no longer exist.

The good news across the board should have been something worth celebrating, but Fang Xiaobai was still frowning: time waits for no one, if we continue to fight, we will naturally regain all the occupied areas south of the Yellow River.

At that time, hundreds of thousands of Beastmen will also flood into the North China Plain, and the disaster caused may not be recovered for ten years. What should we do?
Standing up, Fang Xiaobai walked back and forth in the room, thinking of a few ideas and quickly vetoing himself. After thinking over and over again, he found sadly that as long as the Qing government still controls North China, millions of people in North China will not be able to go south. move.

"It seems that there are only two options. One is to temporarily reach peace through diplomatic means and let the Qing government help evacuate the people. The other is that Lushun will take the initiative to attack and restrain the Beastmen. son."

Fang Xiaobai clearly knows what kind of influence the two will have. Bearing the infamy and enduring the humiliation, he should follow public opinion and abandon North China.

In the end, an unexpected piece of intelligence made a decision for him.

(End of this chapter)