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Chongzhen sighed for a long time, and the more he looked at Yang Fan, the more he fell in love with him.
In this dynasty, every one of the civil and military officials was either corrupt or forming cliques for personal gain. Or they were just living in a state of incompetence and their moral integrity was not worthy of their place.
To be honest, Yang Fan is the only one who has the ability, integrity and the ability to be a lonely minister.
Yang Fan basically did not interact with other officials. He did not treat officials or military attachés.
He neither flatters his superiors nor goes around with his colleagues.
Sometimes when Chongzhen thought about it, he also felt that Yang Fan was quite strange. After thinking about it, he felt that Yang Fan should have grown up in the mountains and was used to living alone.
Whether it was Jinyiwei or Dongchang, they both planted nails in Zunhua.
Yang Fan is someone who has caught the eye of the Holy One, so he will naturally keep a close eye on him and monitor everything no matter how big or small.
In the past two years, Yang Fan has never been found to have any trace of forming a clique for personal gain. He is as clean as a blank sheet of paper.
In the past two years, Yang Fan has bought a large area of saline-alkali land, spending a total of one hundred thousand taels.
When Chongzhen knew about this, he laughed at him for not understanding practical matters.
When it comes to land, it is better to buy less than to buy some good land. There is no use in buying more of these rotten rocks and saline-alkali land where no grass grows.
However, when Yang Fan's dam was built and the water was intercepted and diverted, the saline-alkali land was flushed with water, and all the salt-alkali was washed away. It was amazing that large tracts of good paddy fields were obtained for nothing.
Not to mention Yang Fan's other abilities, he has always admired this way of making money.
As for the fact that Yang Fan made a lot of money, Chongzhen could still tolerate it. After all, you can't let a horse run and not eat grass at the same time.
Yang Fan didn't pay him empty wages, he didn't forcefully buy people's land, and he didn't take advantage of people's daughters. They were all clean money earned through normal and legal business methods.
It's not like a temple that makes the world boil just to make some money.
It can be seen that the people working in the temple and those working below were all idiots at that time.
Look at Yang Qing, he opened a supermarket and brought me five hundred thousand taels of silver a year. This is almost one-eighth of the monetary tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty.
The inner treasure suddenly became less nervous. The queen smiled happily and said good things about Yang Fan every day.
The items Yang Qing offered as tribute were also to his liking. The queen and the two noble concubines also liked them.
Moreover, Yang Fan is not very lecherous. He has only married one wife and two concubines so far. One of the concubines is also the madam's personal maid, and the madam only accepted her because she wanted to promote her.
As for Lin Yueru, I originally wanted to deal with her.
However, seeing that Yang Qing had made great contributions and considering the overall situation, he was not given the reward he deserved. Yang Qing also liked her very much, so he especially forgave her.
Otherwise, she, a remnant of the Wei Dynasty, would naturally not end well.
"Your Majesty, this" Wang Cheng'en reminded him in a low voice while watching His Majesty in a daze.
"Haha, look, I was so happy when I saw Yang Qing that I forgot about everything."
"I am so grateful for your majesty's kindness. I have nothing to repay." Yang Fan quickly bowed and said.
Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction, turned back to his chair and finished.
He took a sip of tea and put the tureen on the table.
"Yang Qing, please tell me why you can win the battle when you lead troops out. You only have so many people, but you are so good at fighting. This time, even your tenant militia can fight with Zhenglan Banner's infantry
, and won a complete victory. There were so many generals in the Ming Dynasty, why couldn’t they do it?"
Yang Fan considered how to answer, but he was not sure what His Majesty meant.
"Well, well, soldiers are more expensive than more. Although my soldiers are few, they are all elite soldiers. In addition, my soldiers are all veterans who have spent their lives in hundreds of battles. They have been in battle and have seen blood. They will survive after several bloody battles.
Those who came down will naturally be more elite. Those who are not good will basically die in the battle."
Chongzhen nodded, he knew Yang Fan's rise very well.
This is indeed how Yang Fan trained his troops. It is a bit too cruel to say that. In several battles, Yang Fan drove the soldiers who were recruited and not fully trained to charge into the battle. The real thing was to survive after being trapped.
It was definitely a trap, not a setback. Only when these people arrived on the battlefield did they realize that if they didn't fight hard, they would die.
Most of these people died in the battle, and the rest are elites.
Because Yang Fan is rich, he gives these survivors very good treatment (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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Those who survived enjoyed high treatment and were naturally more loyal to their masters. After all, they paid a huge price and were hard-won, so they cherished them very much.
But those who die will die.
Although it is very cruel, it is similar to training soldiers like Gu.
But Chongzhen also knew that kindness does not control troops.
When Yang Fan rebuilt the Qianhu Station of the Zunhua Guard, memorials accusing him of mistreating his soldiers came flying in like flakes. Chongzhen was also shaken.
What these memorials say is very shocking.
It is said that many soldiers were beaten to death by military sticks. Only when they had one breath left, they were dragged down for treatment and their injuries were healed. The unfinished blows were continued with military sticks. Even if one stick was missing, it would not be enough.
Some censors also threatened him, saying that Yang Fan's soldiers were about to mutiny.
He has been taking risks since he started using Yang Fan. He is worried, nervous, and anxious.
In the early days, I was afraid of seeing the wrong person and worried about his position. Later, I was worried about various criticisms. I was also worried about the way he trained troops.
However, the great victory on the grassland now proves everything. He is right.
What's the use of an army that can't win the battle? I don't need it.
Every time he felt wavered and couldn't help but interfere with Yang Fan, the words Yang Fan said to him when he was guarding the palace echoed in his ears.
"I have no other way to train soldiers, just one sentence. Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war. As long as you can't train to death, train to death. When they get to the battlefield, they will be grateful to me. It's not that I am too harsh on them.
It’s because they haven’t trained enough.”
This time, again like the rocky beach, Yang Fan drove the more than 10,000 tenants who farmed the land for him and went into battle to fight the Mongols and the Zhenglan Banner.
I don’t know how many people died this time. According to the report from Jin Yiwei, the ashes were brought back to fill a whole boat.
It is estimated that these survivors will be Yang Fan's supplementary troops in the future. They will enjoy treatment that is three times better than that of the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty camp.
Everything Yang Fan did was traceable, and there were causes and consequences. There was no change in the way he did it, and it was always the same. People could see it clearly. Therefore, the emperor could rest assured when using it.
"What's going on on the grassland now?" Although Chongzhen had already received the information, he still felt at ease after hearing what Yang Fan said with his own ears.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are no Mongols anymore in the area north of the Great Wall in Ji Town, south of the Mongolian Gobi Desert, east of Zhangjiakou, and west of the Western Liaoning Corridor. They died so hard that they could not escape. It has become a no-man's land. Outside Ji Town
There is no threat anymore, please rest assured, Your Majesty." Yang Fan replied.
Chongzhen let out a long breath. He was relieved because Yang Fan said it himself. It seemed that Yang Fan had indeed cleared the area north of the Great Wall in Ji Town.
In this case, except for Liao Town, as long as the Tumut and Ordos people are eliminated among the nine important towns, the north of the Great Wall will be completely safe.
"Can Yang Qing, Tumut and the Ordos people work together to solve the problem completely?" Chongzhen suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked softly.
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