Nanming Engineer

Chapter 125 Zeng Ying's Anger
In the military system of the Ming Dynasty, there was a deputy general under the general, who was under the jurisdiction of generals, guerrillas, etc. The rank of the deputy general was only one level lower than that of the general, and it was generally awarded the official position of the commander-in-chief. They are located in different regions of a province and govern one area. The soldiers under their jurisdiction are called Qibing. However, it is the relationship between the principal and the deputy, they are polite and get along well with each other.

When it came to Nanming, the situation was different. The generals were equivalent to separate warlords. They were the emperors in their own territory. The court had no influence on the appointment and dismissal of the generals under their command. The generals could let whoever the generals wanted to be deputy generals. Not only did the imperial court dare not rebuke whoever was responsible, but it had to rush to send a procedural appointment order to the warlords with strong military strength according to the list drawn up by the commander-in-chief. Some of the commander-in-chiefs with bad tempers would even smoke if they were late. Zuo Liangyu, the big-eared eunuch of the Xuanzhi eunuch, did such a thing.

Sichuan General Zeng Ying is a typical example. All the generals and adjutants in his army are appointed by himself, from the deputy general to the banner officer. A person with a strong control ability, because he alone has the final say on who goes up and who gets off.

The famous generals and guerrillas are actually Zeng Ying's family generals. Yang Zhangui is the deputy commander in chief, and he is considered a high-level family general. of.

Yang Zhan went back after being defeated, and knelt down in the hall by himself. Zeng Ying heard him finish the situation, didn't say anything, and ordered directly to draw a thousand leather whips first.

The leather whip used for execution is not an ordinary horsewhip. It is a piece of iron wire wrapped in leather, which is comparable to a modern steel wire rope. It can take away a piece of meat with one whip. It has always been a military torture tool. No matter how strong a soldier is, he can There has never been one who survived three hundred lashes.

Yang Zhan was dejected. He knew that no matter how good the reason for failure was, it could not be worth the fact that ten thousand soldiers failed to defeat a thousand barbarians, and even lost a thousand bird commanders. That was Zeng Ying's hard work. The firearms unit that was formed cost a lot of money, not to mention the gunpowder and lead needed for the annual training and combat of the Bird Commander, which is a huge expense. How could Zeng Ying not be angry at the loss of 1000 people?

Of course, just beating Yang Zhan to death like this would not be enough, Zeng Ying just killed a chicken to see in anger.

Zeng Ying turned around slowly with a dark face, her horse's face was stretched even longer, almost falling onto the long table, her slender eyes gleamed coldly, and she looked at the hall like a cannibal Yang Zhan.

"Since everyone is interceding for you, I will spare your life and drag you down. After you recover from your injuries, we will discuss your crime!" Zeng Yingying said coldly, with an angry hatred in his words.

The generals were overjoyed when they heard the sound, and then they were overjoyed. Listening to this, Yang Zhan's test has finally passed. Since he was allowed to recuperate, he would no longer think about killing him. This life can be regarded as saved.

Yang Zhan was in a daze, and was dragged down by two healthy soldiers. Before leaving, he still groaned, "Thank you, Junmen."

Zeng Ying waved his hand and dismissed Yang Zhan, who had half his life left. He sat on the tiger-skin chair behind the long case with lingering anger. It was a child's play to ask him to lead the Niaotong soldiers of the main barracks, because he was worried that the barbarians in Shizhu would be difficult to deal with. He couldn't crack the hard bones in the barracks, but he was careless and appointed his brother-in-law as the vanguard officer. Is Niu Sicheng that material? Going to a kiln and sleeping in a mother's skin is almost the same, killing a thousand sons for nothing! If you didn't plead with me, I would have to deal with it according to military law!"

The generals in the hall hurriedly tried to persuade them again, and said: "The military gate calms down."

Zeng Ying closed his eyes carefully, and sighed: "It's good now, the Shizhu silver mine has not been obtained, the CD offering thief is just around the corner, there are frequent emergencies ahead, our army is insufficient, and the expansion of the army is just around the corner, but the expenditure of the army has not yet been paid. , what should I do?"

The seats looked at each other left and right, and after a long silence, one of them carefully looked at Zeng Ying's face and said: "Junmen, our army is said to be one hundred thousand strong, with hundreds of thousands of banners, forgive the thief who is just bluffing, and definitely dare not cross the border to commit crimes, right? "

Zeng Ying sneered: "One hundred thousand? That's a lie to outsiders. You are all my humerus generals. Don't you know the truth?"

He pointed to his own nose, and then pointed to the noses of the generals one by one, saying: "This general has 8000 soldiers in the main barracks, and the two lieutenant generals have 5000 soldiers in each camp, for a total of 3000 people. The total number of soldiers and reinforcements is less than 2, and the total force is only in the early [-]s. The bandit offerings are a solid [-] people. When they took down the Chongqing and Kuizhou mansions, they took advantage of the opportunity of the bandits attacking Hanzhong. , Now that he wants to fight back, he must have figured out the real situation of our army, and besides, the four sons under his command are all experienced in many battles.

The general sitting on the left side of the hall stood up after hearing this, and said loudly: "Don't panic at the military gate! Our army can recruit troops immediately. Chongqing and Kuizhou are densely populated. As soon as the decree comes out, we will definitely respond." There are a large number of thieves, one hundred thousand people are easily available, although there are many thieves and thieves, they have lost the hearts of the people, one hundred thousand against one hundred thousand, our army will definitely be able to fight and win!"

Everyone heard the sound and looked, and saw that the speaker was more than six feet tall, with a broad waist and a healthy body, a head as big as a bucket, a face full of flesh, beards, and a voice like thunder when he spoke. He was another king of Zeng Ying's two lieutenants. auspicious.

This person is a rough man, but what he said at this moment attracted all the generals to nod their heads one after another, saying that what they said was reasonable and could be accepted.

Jiang Li, who was standing still, gave Wang Xiang a sneaky look, thinking that a martial artist is a martial artist without a brain, didn't the military gate say it just now?The expansion of the army is just around the corner, and recruiting is natural, but the difficulty is that you don’t have money. If you don’t have money, who will serve you as a soldier?Even if the civilian husbands are arrested and forced to conscript, and there is no money to pay the army and food, you can't go to war on an empty stomach, right?The core of the problem is the lack of money and food, not the lack of people.

Zeng Ying obviously sighed secretly, even his squinted eyes widened a little bit, and said displeasedly: "Conscription is inevitable, but when this soldier comes, he must be paid, and he must be fed. Money and food are tight, I would call you here just to ask everyone what they mean."

As soon as these words came out, the generals present fell silent again. Wang Xiang looked around and saw that everyone was staring at the stone slabs under their feet in a daze. Is it easy? If you need money, just ask those wealthy households to get it. These profiteers are the most cunning, and if you don’t hurt them, they won’t spit out their money.”

Wang Xiang has a rude personality and simple things. He has done the most things to blackmail wealthy households, and he enjoys it all the time. Seeing Zeng Ying worrying now, he directly brought up this poorly used tactic.

But Zeng Ying shook his head and said: "How can we, the officers and soldiers, seize people's wealth? Don't bring up such crimes!"

Wang Xiang was stunned, wondering if Junmen was stupid?You took the lead in this matter, didn't you?Why don't you do it now?Can this still be a golden basin to wash your hands?

He had a dull expression on his face, he opened his mouth wide and wanted to say more, but a person next to him secretly pulled the hem of his clothes and made him sit down.

Wang Xiang was furious, who the hell dares to pull my clothes?Turning his head and looking, his anger disappeared, but it was Tan Wen, Zeng Ying's number one think tank.

Tan Wen is a native of Sichuan, both civil and military. He used to be a subordinate of the governor Chen Shiqi. After being beaten to death by Zhang Xianzhong, Chen Shiqi took refuge in Zeng Ying. Suggestions are very appreciated, but because they are not from Zeng Ying's old department, there is some estrangement.

Tan Wen knew very well that Zeng Ying carried out the reverse in Chongqing and Kuizhou, and the people were outraged. In the past half a year, almost all the rich households in the territory were looted, and countless people fled. There is no restraint, not to mention that the rich have all run away, and it doesn't make much sense to force the poor people who don't have much money, so they simply stop doing this costless business and find another shortcut.

(End of this chapter)