Chapter 1372 Weighing and Comparing
Zhang Jing once again rejected Zhu Pingan's request on the grounds that the yamen had a deficit and no money left to withdraw.
The Yamen of Yingtian Military Department has a serious deficit and no treasury money? !
No!
After Zhang Jing was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War in Yingtian, he paid great attention to the Japanese invasion, actively raised grain, grass and silver, recruited brave men, and prepared to resist and exterminate the Japanese pirates. Before Zhu Ping'an came here, he specifically learned that the Yamen of the Ministry of War had 27,000 taels of silver in the treasury. After Zhang Jing took office, he loaned 20,000 taels of silver from the grassland of the Ministry of War, 10,000 taels of grain and grass silver from Yingtian Hubu, and borrowed 50,000 taels of salt silver from Lianghuai. 2. Suzhou Prefecture fined more than 50,000 taels of silver for shipping materials and Houhu stolen goods. Adding up all these, the treasury of the Ministry of War Yamen had about 200,000 taels of silver. He only withdraws five thousand taels of silver, how could he not have it!
If you do, but you don’t pay for yourself, then there is a problem.
Zhu Pingan squinted his eyes slightly and carefully observed Zhang Jing without any trace, but found nothing. Also, Zhang Jing is not a person to be taken lightly. He is both talented in literature, Tao and military, so how can he be able to detect clues by himself?
"Sir Zhang, now that the Japanese invasion is becoming more and more serious and the people are suffering from it, Ping An urgently needs this payment of money to organize the army, lead the militia, and do its part to resist the Japanese pirates." Zhu Pingan said again He cupped his hands and said sincerely.
“I don’t know that the Japanese invasion is serious.” Zhang Jing replied, “It is precisely because the Japanese invasion is serious that our department spends a lot of money in dispatching troops and recruiting brave men. Therefore, our department has a serious deficit and has no spare money. The silver will be paid to Mr. Zhu again. "
Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an finally understood that it was not that the Ministry of War did not have any silver in the treasury. Zhang Jing wanted to use the money to mobilize troops and recruit brave men. Thinking back to the questions Zhang Jing just asked himself, he probably felt that he was still young and had no experience in commanding troops. The people he planned to command were the militia. How could the militia compare to the officers and soldiers of the guard station and the brave new army? Therefore, he felt that His own side is unreliable and not worthy of the five thousand silver. In his opinion, the role he can play by dispatching troops and recruiting brave men is far greater than that of leading the militia. In this period of increasingly serious Japanese invasion, There are many useful ones.
A two-phase balance.
Zhang Jing made the choice without hesitation, withholding his salary and using it instead to deploy troops and generals and recruit brave men.
"Sir Zhang, the officers and soldiers of today's guards are no longer what they used to be. The fields of the guards have been repeatedly occupied. According to the official's investigation and statistics, the actual control of the fields of each guard is less than 30% of the original. The economic capacity has been greatly reduced, resulting in The configuration of the guard station became worse and worse, and deducted food and salary arrears became the norm; the soldiers of the guard station became slaves of powerful nobles and could not bear the abuse, and there were countless deserters. Regarding the situation of each guard station, the average number of officers and soldiers in each guard station has dropped from the original 5,000 to 1,700. This number is still adequate, and a large proportion of the remaining soldiers in the guard station are old, weak, sick and disabled. There is almost no combat effectiveness. How effective can such guardsmen be if they are dispatched?"
Zhu Pingan said.
Zhang Jing did not answer, nor did he stop Zhu Pingan from speaking. He just looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes.
Seeing this, Zhu Ping'an continued, "As for the brave new army, it is indeed more effective than the officers and soldiers of the guard station. However, the new army is a regular soldier formation, and its cost is far more than that of the militia. Calculated based on the eighteen taels of military pay for each soldier, five thousand taels The silver for the brave new army is only enough to pay 277 people for one year, but these five thousand taels of silver are already enough. It’s enough for Jiangsu and Zhejiang to have one more force to fight Japanese invaders, the militia.” What benefit does it have to the people of the country to use the militia?" Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an and said slowly.
"Sir, the militia is the new army. The militia is useless. The key is to temper it." Zhu Pingan replied.
"Master Zhu also said that the key to tempering the militia is to temper it. Master Zhu is still young and has no experience in commanding troops. How can he temper a militia that is usable?!" Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes. He said politely.
"Sir Zhang, although I am not a weak official and have no experience in commanding troops, I have experience in leading a strong people. Three months ago, I was appointed as the magistrate of Jingnan County, and the leader of the Japanese pirates, Honda Heihachi, He led more than 3,000 Japanese pirates to besiege Jingnan County. At that time, there were less than 100 soldiers in the county seat. His subordinates organized 2,000 young men to help defend the city. They fought fiercely with the Japanese pirates for a day and night, defended the county seat, and captured the Japanese. There were seven hundred and ninety-five items for the Japanese pirates. The next day, the lower officials organized a public petition to pursue the Japanese pirates who had fled to Taiping County. They killed thirty-one Japanese pirates and restored the Taiping County town that had been captured by the Japanese pirates. At the beginning of the month, Wang Zhi More than 6,000 Japanese pirates from the Manchu tribe under Ye Zong were sent to attack Jingnan at night. The traces of the Japanese pirates were discovered in advance at the coastal outposts. The lower officials organized the people to prepare for the attack, but the Japanese pirates were afraid and changed their routes."
Zhu Ping'an looked at Zhang Jing with his eyes, and spoke about his experience in organizing Minzhuang in Jingnan.
"I have also heard people talk about your experience. Whether it is watertight or not, I will not talk about it for now. Defending a city is completely different from training and commanding troops."
Zhang Jing shook his head slightly and said Zhu Pingan did not change his decision because he cited the achievements he had made under his leadership of Minzhuang.
In Zhang Jing's view, Zhu Ping'an's achievements at that time were definitely there, but there was also some moisture. Moreover, training and commanding troops is completely different from defending a city. There is a big difference between the two. Defending a city may not necessarily lead to training and commanding troops well.
"Sir." Zhu Pingan spoke again.
Zhang Jing interrupted Zhu Ping'an, "What does Mr. Zhu think is the key to training usable soldiers?"
"Xiaguan believes that the key to commanding and training troops is strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, strict training, and ideological thinking. Education."
Zhu Pingan replied with his hand.
"Strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, strict training, and ideological education." Zhang Jing couldn't help repeating it in a low voice when he heard the words, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhu Pingan again, but his eyes were different from the first time.
Zhang Wentao is well-equipped with military skills. Zhu Pingan’s answer depends on his own judgment. When I asked this question, I didn't expect to find that Zhu Ping'an was actually a good soldier.
"Strict military discipline, clear rewards and punishments, and strict training. I know these three points. What ideological education are you talking about?!"
Zhang Jing asked with interest, and his tone changed from "Do not disturb strangers," Rejecting people thousands of miles away is a little more kind.
"Return to your lord. This is the experience that Xiaguan gained from organizing Minzhuang to defend the city. At first, Minzhuang was afraid of the Japanese pirates outside the city and wanted to flee. Xiaguan said, 'Behind us are our parents. Wife and children, me "We have no way to retreat", "Down with the Japanese pirates, protect parents, wives and children" and other mobilization encouragement, the people suddenly became energetic, no longer afraid of Japanese pirates, no longer afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, so they had the courage to defend the city. official collar Understand, if you want to make the people fearless, you must let the people know who they are fighting for! What they are fighting for! The officer thought that the same goes for training and commanding troops. Let the soldiers have faith and let them know who they are fighting for. Fight, why fight, improve the ideological consciousness and spirit of the officers and soldiers, a soldier with faith and discipline will not become a ragtag group of soldiers!" (End of this chapter)