Shandong after April 23rd

With the complete destruction of the Huang County rebels, the Dengzhou rebellion, which had troubled the Ming Dynasty for more than a year, finally subsided, but the local troubles were far from over. Zhu Dadian, who was in charge of the commander-in-chief, was very busy with this, and the issue of prisoners of war

It's just one of them. There are too many things for him to worry about.

——The battle was over, but tens of thousands of troops were still stationed near Dengzhou. They were eating a lot of horses and chewing horses every day. Xie Sanbao, the patrol commander in charge of logistics, complained endlessly about this. He repeatedly proposed that all troops should be mobilized as soon as possible during the camp.

Repatriation is easier said than done. We worked so hard to gather those Qiu Ba uncles, and now we have won the victory. Now we want to send them away without even discussing their merits and rewards? How can it be so easy?

After a war, the casualties are compensated, military meritorious service members are rewarded, those who deserve promotion are promoted, those who deserve to be made rich... This is what the title should mean. The Ming Dynasty has been in existence for many years, and this set of procedures is not

It's quite perfect. What's more, we still won the battle this time. This should be the time when everyone was happily lining up to share the fruits, but Zhu Dadian and the civil servants in the entire camp system are not happy at all now because they don't know how to calculate this credit.

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——Or because of the Joan Navy

If one calculates merit according to the "normal" merit-recording model: no matter by killing thieves, seizing cities, beheadings, capturing... any method, Qiong Haijun came out on top in this counter-insurgency war - they were almost

He single-handedly wiped out the Shandong rebels. If I hadn't personally experienced the last battle against the rebellion, I saw with my own eyes how the short-haired army did not send out a single soldier and only used long-range firearms to defeat them.

The county town that the Ming army failed to capture after several forcible attacks was shrouded in flames and smoke. Zhu Dadian or other civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty could not believe that the other party had achieved such a feat with only more than 2,000 men.

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Of course, now they are convinced, even the military leaders from all walks of life have no objections to this - they have experienced the combat power of the rebels personally, and they are not weak persimmons. If there are no short-haired firearms, the imperial court will

With my own strength, even if I can defeat the rebels in the field and even regain Huang County, I will never be able to take over the Dengzhou capital. When the war continues, I am afraid that it will not be finished within a year or two - this

Even the most arrogant Liaodong Army had to admit it.

Therefore, the military leaders of various military families have no objection to the fact that the Qiong Navy should take the lead in this counter-insurgency campaign. But they can be given honors, but not benefits. Tens of thousands of troops from various families are not here to do anything.

The bystanders left as soon as they returned. Besides, the army is never a group that can reason. If the imperial court gave all the rewards to the Qiongzhou Army, which only had 2,000 soldiers, and could not give a decent explanation to the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers, then what would Dengzhou do?

The government is afraid that a second mutiny is about to occur.

Fortunately, the Qiongzhou Army is very knowledgeable in this regard. They took the initiative to express that they are not interested in official positions in the imperial court, so it is up to you to take credit. Even in terms of money, they do not take it very seriously. Of course it is good to have it. If it is temporary

If you can't get it out, you can still owe it - as long as the official writes an IOU. Anyway, according to the agreement, Hainan Island must hand over a certain amount of wealth to the Ming Dynasty every year, and then it can be deducted directly from the handover.

All the Qiong Navy asked for was human resources: they transported a large number of rebel prisoners and their families, as well as the refugees who voluntarily followed, to the southern islands to open up wasteland. Intellectually speaking, Zhu Dadian knew that the court should not agree to this request.

——The country is based on the people. What kind of country would it be if all the people ran away? But the current situation forced him to acquiesce to this. If these people still stayed in Dengzhou Prefecture, they would have to raise food and grass supplies from everywhere.

They, but the current food reserves in the camp are almost not enough to even support troops, how can they afford to support so many prisoners and people? Then it will be all their own troubles.

Of course, if you have no other choice, you have to hold on, but now that there is an enemy who voluntarily contributes money and food, of course it is a matter of throwing this burden to the other party. Therefore, everyone in the camp is very welcome to this.

However, Zhu Dadian and his entire civil service team did not dare to write the agreement reached with the Qiongzhou Army in the court report, because it was against the rules. As a group of experienced old bureaucrats, they

I fully understand the importance of the word "rules" in the officialdom: everything should be done according to the previous rules. Even if you make a mistake, it is because there is a problem with the rules and has nothing to do with you. And if you break some rules without authorization...even if it is done, it will not work.

There will inevitably be a lot of saliva. If there is even the slightest mistake, it will become a serious crime.

They can completely imagine what kind of treatment they will encounter in the court if they really foolishly write about this matter - those Confucian scholars will definitely put all kinds of big hats on this person's head, etc.

It is unscrupulous to be an official who is a parent and abandon his people; to buy and sell people and go overseas is unconscionable... No matter how unpleasant it is, you can say it. As for whether these people will starve to death if they stay in Dengzhou Prefecture, or whether they will cause other troubles...

Those commenters don't care, they just want a reason to troll.

——So Zhu Dadian and others don’t know how to distribute military merit. Report the actual situation? Get scolded. Make a false report... Do you think the factory security organization of the Ming Dynasty is fake? What’s more, there are also supervisors of the army.

The eunuch is watching here.

In the end, they could only write down the situation here as a secret report, and entrusted Lu Zhixian to send someone quietly to the capital to ask for instructions from the Holy Judgment - the emperor's decision was finally easier to explain. The situation in Dengzhou was delayed first, and everyone

Wait with peace of mind.

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Compared with the depression of the civilian officials, the military generals in Shandong camp were very happy during this period. The Ming army has been deteriorating over the years, and it is rare to win a battle. Although they did not win it with their own hands, they are still among the winners. No matter what

Whatever the outcome of the merit evaluation in the future will be considered meritorious after all - hope is often the most beautiful before it becomes a reality. For the vast number of ordinary officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, after winning the battle and before the rewards have been distributed, the

This is when they are in the best mood. When it comes time to cash in, they will most likely be disappointed.

But right now, there is no need to worry about this. It is rare for troops to be sent out without having to fight. Some bored officers and soldiers just wander around and have fun in and around Dengzhou Mansion every day. After the war, Dengzhou Mansion is of course far less prosperous than before, but after all, the overall environment

It has stabilized, and various goods and services are still slowly recovering.

Even in the refugee camps outside the city, those refugees must try to make money to survive. Men can sell their labor force, but women... often only need a few small noodles or a small bowl of brown rice in exchange for a

Full service at night is the most worthless thing in troubled times.

The army was their biggest customer, and the officers and soldiers at this time were relatively well-off. During the decisive battle in Huang County, Qiong Haijun gave them the credit for capturing the prisoners in the end, which allowed all military generals to share some of the credit. At the same time,

They also took the opportunity to seize a lot of money from the rebels. In addition, the imperial court was overjoyed after the rebellion was completely suppressed, and distributed tens of thousands of taels of silver as reward in advance. Also because Qiong Haijun did not come forward to fight for the money,

Most of it was distributed to the officers and soldiers in the camp, and was regarded as an advance reward.

Generally speaking, it is easier to cause trouble in this situation, but there is no such problem here in Dengzhou Prefecture - it is the Qiongzhou Army again, and they are very strict in this regard. There were once several ruffians from the Qingzhou Army in the refugee camp.

They made trouble and killed someone. People from the Qiongzhou Army came to deal with it and wanted to take away the murderous soldier. As a result, the leader of the Qingzhou Army was not happy - it depends on the owner to beat the dog. Everyone is in the Ming Dynasty Army Town. You have

What qualifications do we have to deal with our people?

The Qingzhou Army hid the soldier in the barracks and threatened to come to the barracks to arrest him if you have the ability. As a result, the Qiong Navy not only surrounded the place, but also brought several cannons with them. The black holes of the guns were aimed directly at the Qingzhou Army's camp.

No face was given to these "friendly forces".

"...The order we received from Ming Dynasty is to eliminate all rebels on the ground in Dengzhou Prefecture. Harboring and harboring murderous criminals is undoubtedly an act of rebellion. If your army continues to insist on doing so, we will have to deal with the rebels according to the rules

Method disposal.”

Even in front of the governor Zhu Dadian, Qiong Haijun's cold-faced guy named Beiwei declared this. In the end, the Qingzhou military uniform gave in and handed over the soldier who caused the incident, and then watched the guy being hung on the gallows.

It floated around until it turned into a mummy and still hung there.

After that, the order around Dengzhou City was very easy to manage. Basically, as long as they saw green-skinned officers and soldiers appearing, even those who were fighting would immediately disperse. And generally speaking, as long as they did not violate their regulations, the Qiongzhou Army could still

They are very easy to get along with - not to mention the Sichuan Army who have long been friends with them, the Liao Army, the most arrogant among all the armies, now also admires them. The young general Wu Sangui always calls Beiwei "Master" at all times, and often goes in and out of the army.

In the camp of the Qiongzhou Army, compete with them on various military skills.

Other generals also tried their best to have a good relationship with the Qiongzhou Army, even if it was just to exchange food - the supplies provided by the camp food station included a lot of coarse grains, brown rice, corn noodles, etc., which the soldiers did not like to eat, so they simply exchanged them in a certain proportion.

The Qiongzhou Army exchanged for refined grain. Those green-skinned short-haired men were very generous in this regard: if the normal standard was three to one, they would exchange it for two to one. If the coarse grain was really poor, they could only exchange it for five to one.

Even less, they agreed to convert it into rice at a three-to-one or four-to-one ratio.

Therefore, during this period of time, the evaluation of the Hainan Qiongzhou Army in the Ming Dynasty's Shandong camp began to swing between two extremes: on the one hand, the statement that "the Qiongzhou Army is arrogant and domineering" remained unchanged;

The concept of "hitting the road" has gradually become popular.

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