The next day, Shang Yi brought the former Hangzhou Prefecture's Promoter Lan Binghao, Yang Kan, and Governor Wan Shaohua.
They were originally middle and lower-level officials of Hangzhou Prefecture. Although their official rank was not high, they controlled the actual power of grassroots in tax collection, levy, grain payment, and other places. However, after Shang Yi entered Hangzhou, they still had their own duties.
The original position was actually marginalized. Most of the power in his hands was taken over by Shang Yi's aide team. Although there were some left, they were not important positions that could be reaped. Although these people were also
Unwilling to give up, he gathered together in private to discuss, but he also knew that the situation was better than others, and he had to endure it before the new magistrate took office. Therefore, he also hoped that the court would send the new magistrate quickly to get it back.
Your own power.
Today, Shang Yi was invited by several people, and they didn't know what was going on, so they were a little nervous.
After the meeting, Shang Yi was not very polite and asked directly: "Do you three know Majiazhai in Haiyan County, the junction of Hangzhou Prefecture and Jiaxing Prefecture?"
The three of them looked at each other. Although Majiazhai was under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing Prefecture, there was still a number one within the territory of Hangzhou Prefecture. Naturally, the three of them knew it, but they didn't know what Shang Yi suddenly asked, what it meant. Lan Binghao replied
"Reporting to the adults, everyone knows that Ma Heqiang, the leader of Majia Village, is a well-known local gentry and a group trainer in Haiyan County. He has three sons, Ma Meng, Ma Yong, Ma Sheng. Ma Meng, Ma Yong
They are all martial arts, and Ma Sheng has the fame of scholars."
Shang Yi nodded. Wu Ju sounded very handsome in storytelling, but it was not valuable in fact. Ordinary children of big families could get themselves the identity of Wu Ju to strengthen their appearance. As a scholar, he seemed to be a scholar.
Inconspicuous, but it is a real fame and fortune, and you can enjoy many preferential conditions. You asked again: "I heard that Ma Heqiang privately occupied Haiyan County and became the magistrate himself, so he was too bold."
Yang Kan said: "Reporting to the adults, it is common for local gentry to come forward to manage local affairs in chaos, so it should be the case according to the villain's thoughts."
Shang Yi glanced at him and said lightly: "The rebellion has been quelled for more than two months. Even if Ma Heqiang came forward to manage the local area at that time, he should send someone to report to Hangzhou Prefecture. Why hasn't anyone come to report it yet? I'm also
I heard that Majiazhai is a local tyrant and has done a lot of things that harm the countryside, right?"
Wan Shaohua hurriedly said, "We have heard of these things a little, but some people have also heard that Majiazhai is generous and generous, helping the poor, but they are all heard from others, and they don't know whether it is true or false. But there are a few stubborn people who use their own private interests.
There are also revenge and false claims."
Shang Yi looked at them again and smiled and said, "It seems that Ma Heqiang has a good relationship with you, so I ask you to speak for him like this."
The three of them were startled and quickly argued: "Sir, we must not dare."
In fact, although Lan Binghao, Yang Kan, and Wan Shaohua are not very important, they are all talented. They all know that Ma He had occupied Haiyan County, but it doesn't matter. Of course, no one cares.
, and everyone knows that Shang Yi is trying to find the old Ma family. But I don’t know what Shang Yi is going to do with the Ma family? Is it necessary to get rid of some benefits or to completely clean up the Ma family.
Majiazhai does not have any good reputation in Hangzhou, but this is not surprising, because most local tyrants have little reputation, and Ma Heqiang and the three of them have no friendship. However, now the three of them are a little dissatisfied with Shang Yi. Therefore, he also developed some common hatred for Majiazhai, and he was quite relieved of Majiazhai in his words.
Shang Yi didn't agree and said, "What else does Ma Heqiang dare to act so recklessly?"
The three of them looked at each other again, and their expressions were quite hesitant, not knowing whether they should tell Shang Yi.
Shang Yi smiled and said, "It's true that there is, there is nothing. Is there anything hesitant to be so difficult? Could it be that the Ma family is a royal relative?"
After hearing this, Lan Binghao bowed to Shang Yi and said, "Sir, I have heard of some things, but I don't know whether it is true or false. I just say it for the adults to ginseng. I can't count it."
Shang Yi smiled and said, "Just say it."
Lan Binghao said: "I heard that Ma Heqiang was originally from Guizhou and was of the same clan as the current governor of Fengyang Ma Shiying. He said that he was arranged by family tree. He was also Ma Shiying's son and nephew. Therefore, he recognized his uncle and nephew with Ma Shiying three or four years ago. My dear. But I don’t know whether it is true or false.”
Yang Kan and Wan Shaohua also said: "I have heard of this matter, but I don't know whether it is true or false. I only provide the information for the ginseng."
After hearing this, Shang Yi nodded slightly and smiled, "So it's Ma Shiying. Well, I know from the scriptures, you guys should step down."
The three of them looked at each other again, but couldn't figure out what Shang Yi was planning, but they didn't dare to ask more, so they had to give a gift and then retreat.
Majiazhai must be fighting. Shang Yi recruited three people to ask, but he just needed to figure out who he might be against in the future, so that he would prevent it in advance. Of course, he would not care about Ma Shiying. This is because Next year, the land will definitely be redistributed. Now use Majiazhai as a scare chicken to shock the local tyrants in Zhejiang, so that they can all know that the current Zhejiang is up to the merchant army to destroy anyone who wants to destroy it. If anyone wants to live a good life, don’t be right with the merchant army and be honest and obedient.
On the other hand, although the families of soldiers in Shandong have not moved to Zhejiang, the merchant army has also recruited nearly 10,000 soldiers after they headed south. The families of these soldiers are moving over one after another. They not only need local resettlement, but also start the New Year. After that, the land was immediately distributed to fulfill the promise of the merchant army. During this period, Zhou Shiqi's focus was to clean up the land of the garrison in Zhejiang that participated in the rebellion, and to prepare for the distribution of soldiers. Now he happened to take Majiazhai as the first place. One operation.
However, a mere Majia Village is not worthy of Shang Yi's personal attack. He just ordered that Luo Yuanbin would be the chief general this time, leading the Fifth and Sixth Regiments to attack Haiyan County and capture Majia Village.
The troops from two regiments were dispatched to attack a county town and a small village. Some people did use a knives to kill chickens, but after heading south, the Fifth Regiment participated much less battles than the Second Regiment and the Second Regiment, and the Sixth Regiment was just formed. Both regiments need to be tempered by fighting. In the battle with the Spanish army, these two regiments are the main force, and they both performed well. Now they are also using the Majiazhai to destroy them and let them train them. At the same time, it also gives Luo Yuanbin the opportunity to stand alone. After all, there are not many opportunities for this kind of training in the future, and he is likely to face the Iron Cavalry of the Qing army directly.
After Luo Yuanbin led the team to set off, Chen Shouchong also brought the Changguowei troops to Hangzhou to report to Shang Yi, which was considered to have officially joined the merchant army.
Changguowei originally had more than 4,200 people, but after listening to Chen Shouchong's persuasion, he was also able to be officially assigned to the fields because he was in the merchant army. This is very attractive to the soldiers, although they are now in The Changguo Weidu farmland was planted, but the land of the garrison belonged to the court rather than to individuals. Therefore, the vast majority of soldiers were willing to join the merchant army, and only more than a hundred people refused to do it for various other reasons.
Chen Shouchong also respected Shang Yi's instructions and was bound to be strong, so he brought willing soldiers to Hangzhou. Chen Shouchong's brothers Chen Shoushang and Shen Shouyue were accompanied by Shang Yi's assessment and reorganization.
Shang Yi also expressed a warm welcome to the arrival of Chen Shouchong's brothers, and immediately organized personnel to conduct assessment and tests on Chen Shouchong's soldiers. Chen Shouchong's regular rigorous training of soldiers is still very effective and the general foundation They are all very good. After the test, more than 3,700 of the more than 4,000 people passed the assessment. This result is also quite ideal.
Shang Yi first organized two battalions from the soldiers who passed the assessment. Together with the two additional battalions of the Merchant Army, he formed the Seventh Regiment of the Merchant Army, with Shen Shouchong as the regiment commander and Chen Shoushang as the deputy regiment commander. Chen Shouyue was appointed chief of staff of the regiment.
Chen Shouchong knew that the regiment commander was the largest military officer of the Shangjia Army. Several regiment commanders were all guerrilla generals. When his brothers defected to him, they were entrusted with such an important task by Shang Yi, so he was naturally very happy. Happy.
Because although Chen Shouchong had just joined the merchant army, he did not surrender but defected, and also brought more than 4,000 troops. Moreover, Chen Shouchong himself also has rich experience in leading troops and is fully capable of serving as the regiment commander. At the same time, Chen Shouchong's original official position was the commander of the Wei Dynasty. This was a third-rank official position and was not under the guerrilla general. Therefore, it is reasonable to directly appoint him as the leader of the regiment.
The other soldiers brought by Chen Shouchong were all incorporated into the navy. First, because Chen Shouchong's soldiers have naval experience, and second, they cannot turn the Seventh Regiment into Chen Shouchong's private corps. He only retained half of the original team and guaranteed Shang Yi's absolute command over the entire army. After all, the intention to defend others is indispensable, and Chen Shouchong is not a direct unit brought out by Shang Yi from Shandong.
In this way, the merchant army currently has seven formal regiments and two special battalions, with regular forces of about 25,000.
However, although the Seventh Regiment was formed, it was not yet combat-capable. Because it was Chen Shouchong's soldiers, he had to learn the tactics of the merchant army. Although a large number of guns and cannons were seized from the Spanish army, all the artillery was left to the warships. Therefore, they can only assemble the two musket battalions of the Seventh Regiment first. Twenty artillery pieces were transferred from other regiments and began to train them in the use of firearms and tactics.
Finally, Shang Yi processed and allocated the 187 Spanish Andalusian horses seized, firstly assigned 104 horses to the cavalry battalion, and two cavalry platoons could be assembled. At the same time, the regiment-level officers and special battalion-level officers were also used. Each officer was assigned one. Of the remaining sixty-three horses, thirty were assigned to the reconnaissance battalion. The remaining thirty-three horses will be temporarily retained as a reward for the meritorious personnel in the future. , or a gift to make friends with other powerful people. After all, such a horse is in China in this era, but there is no place to buy it.
After the distribution plan for war horses was released, the officers at the regiment level and special battalion level were sorted out and freely selected. The generals were naturally happy to fight horses, but of course they were extremely happy. Shang Yi also chose a light brown fur.