Nanhaiwei is ordered to quell chaos, but the premise is that there must be chaos
Yan'an Prefecture was a prefecture and county mentioned many times in the petition for aid from the civil unrest in Shanxi Province. Jiang Wan would not be surprised if the government functions here were completely lost and the government was in a mess.
Since the Year of Tianqi, droughts, locust plagues, earthquakes, and other unlucky things have happened here in Shaanxi. In terms of the people's desperation, they will never do it. And the money and food allocated by the imperial court for relief every year are also
A huge number.
As far as Jiang Wan knew, after Zhu Youjian came to the throne, he twice allocated 100,000 taels of silver to Shaanxi for disaster relief, and the latest 100,000 taels were allocated less than three months ago.
So, here comes the question. Since the disaster was so serious and the victims gathered to cause chaos, why was it that when Nanhaiwei entered Yan'an Prefecture, everything was calm and the country was peaceful and the people were safe?
However, no matter how many doubts he had, Jiang Wan could not get answers for the time being and could only wait.
Nanhaiwei is a military force and naturally cannot interfere with local civil affairs. In other words, if the local government does not ask for help and there is no obvious civil unrest near Nanhaiwei, Nanhaiwei will have no reason to dispatch.
For an ordinary army, this is something that is naturally desired. Fighting requires death and money. Anyone who wants to go to war for nothing is the local government who comes to ask for help. There is not enough food and money. These soldiers and horses are really
May not be willing to move.
Nanhaiwei is not an ordinary army, although now the entire Nanhaiwei seems not much different from an ordinary army.
After entering Yan'an Prefecture, the soldiers of Nanhaiwei did not run around in the streets and alleys of Yan'an Prefecture like sheep, but stayed in the camp honestly. Although the intensity of the training was not as good as in Beijing,
, the entire army practices for at least one to two hours every day.
In addition to basic combat skills, the content of the training is mostly about the cooperation between the various families in the team. If this team is pulled from Beijing and goes directly to the battlefield, there will definitely be a price to pay because of these coordination problems, but
, no one expected that after arriving in Shaanxi, there would still be time for them to get used to each other slowly.
The soldiers also knew that the training at this time was related to their life and death, and they rarely did not pay attention during the training.
The only exception is the firearms team. Here, the live ammunition training of muskets is obviously a waste. The gunpowder pellets originally carried when coming out are used for combat. If they are consumed at this time, replenishment will have to be carried directly from Beijing.
Supplemented.
For this reason, Jiang Wan was not in a hurry at all.
No matter whether there is real civil unrest in Yan'an Prefecture or it is just a whitewash of peace, the Nanhai Guards are stationed in the city anyway. When fighting is needed, he will not be vague. However, if they do not need to fight, he will also be happy with peace.
Yan'an government office.
Song Gun and several of his subordinates were discussing official matters when a subordinate hurriedly walked in from outside: "Sir Song, the relief money allocated by the imperial court has arrived!"
Song Gun's face suddenly lit up with joy: "How much money does my Yan'an Mansion have this time?"
"Eight thousand taels!" The subordinate said loudly: "Besides, Mr. Yang said that this is the amount for this year. As for food, Xi'an will not allocate any more food. Whether we raise it ourselves or buy food, this
That’s the number for this year!”
"Eight thousand taels? Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Song Gun's face darkened immediately: "The imperial court allocated 200,000 taels of relief money to Shaanxi. My Yan'an Prefecture is the top priority, so I gave us eight thousand taels.
Did the rest of the thousand taels of silver grow wings and fly?"
The Yan'an Prefecture magistrate on the side turned even darker: "This year we are destined to have no harvest. How much food can we exchange for this little money? If we rely on this little money, most of the people in Yan'an Prefecture will starve to death!"
"Most of them won't starve to death!" Song Gun glanced at his colleagues, "The situation last year was a little better than this year. There is still some food in the treasury. Even if tens of thousands of people are involved in civil unrest, this year..."
He sighed: "I don't know if we can make it through this!"
"Is that why you urged the troops from the imperial court to come and take control of our Yan'an Mansion?" Mr. Tongzhi looked at Song Gun and said: "If there is really going to be a big trouble, these thousands of people will not even be able to survive if they are thrown out.
!”
"Go to Xi'an!" Song Gun said to Lord Tongzhi: "Personally tell Lord Yang the disaster situation in Yan'an Mansion this year, and see if you can use these 8,000 taels of silver to purchase a batch of grain.
It doesn’t matter whether the food is good or bad, as long as it can fill your stomach!”
"What about you!" Mr. Tongzhi looked at Song Gun: "I will take all the money. If something happens, then we will have no money to invite the border troops! If there is a loss in Fucheng, both of us will lose money."
The hat and the head under the hat are a bit dangerous!"
"There are Nanhai Guards!" Song Gun waved his hand: "If you really go to ask for help when there is danger, of course there will be them. As for the Jing Guards, if the whole army is destroyed here, where will the face of the court and the face of His Majesty be put!
"
After the two discussed, Master Tongzhi hurriedly stood up. Song Gun stood up and said to the officials waiting for him: "You know what the situation is now, so I don't care what method you use, as long as you can solve it."
When we get food, no matter it is the squires or merchants, we tell them that they are not willing to contribute if they have any strength, but if they are surrounded by refugees, don't blame the government for not coming to rescue them!"
"Sir, we have already donated what we can, and if we continue to steal food from the hands of big households this year, even if the common people are not in chaos, the big households themselves will be in chaos first!"
"Don't be afraid!" Song Gun said firmly: "Tell them, this is used by our government to raise soldiers, to raise elite soldiers, to support the elite soldiers sent by the imperial court to my Yan'an Mansion. If they are not willing to give it, then these people in Beijing will
If the soldiers and horses come to ask for it in person, it won’t be the amount I mentioned!"
The officials nodded and withdrew with solemn expressions.
After everyone had dispersed, Song Gun sat down dejectedly and let out a long sigh.
He looked outside the lobby. Although it was a bit shady in the lobby, the sun was still shining brightly outside. This time last year, the weather was also like this. However, what kind of tragic scene in the world would be after autumn is still fresh in his memory.
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If nothing unexpected happens, this year will only be more severe than last year, more people will starve to death, and more people who can't survive will start to gather to rob big households, and even rob government officials.
Last year, under Master Yang's appeasement, several bands of rebellious bandits have now become officers and soldiers. However, if a large number of such bandits continue to appear this year, will Master Yang continue to recruit them?
Even if they recruit people, they still need money to support them. This time, the government's relief money is only so small. It's hard to say whether some of it went to the officers and soldiers who recruited thieves.
"There are more and more thieves, and there are more and more officers and soldiers. Why has the world become like this?" He shook his head and murmured to himself.