False Eunuch: With Many Children, I'm as Happy as a Fish in Water

Eat empty wages, steal and sell weapons,

The smuggling caravan had close contacts with the Jiannu slaves in private.

Each one of these listed is a crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan!

It can be said.

Now that Lao Nu has grown bigger, he cannot do without the help of these Liaodong generals.

Especially the point of eating empty wages.

According to the name of the military strategy, the Liaodong frontier army originally numbered 232,300 people.

But the actual number of places is less than 160,000!

Even among these 160,000, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.

The only soldiers who could be regarded as combatable soldiers were the more than 40,000 soldiers that Lin Chen took over from Zu Dashou and others.

In a sense, this can be regarded as a replica of the servant soldier system in the late Ming Dynasty.

No wonder after the Lao Nu uprising, the Liaodong border defense collapsed.

How could the already devastated Liaodong frontier army be a wolf-like opponent of the Jurchens?

When Lin Chen saw this, a coldness flashed in his eyes.

When this evidence is delivered to Li Zhao, the entire Liaodong border generals will have to undergo a major change.

Among them, the one who surprised Lin Chen was Zu Dashou.

Judging from the military strategy, the number of soldiers under his command was 90%, and the lack of thousands of men could be considered a surprise.

After all, it was bitterly cold in Liaodong, and it was common for soldiers to die from frostbite.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's face showed a thoughtful look.

Liaodong is just a pool of muddy water.

Even if he wanted to find out, it wouldn't be something he could do in a short time.

Only if problems arise within them.

Lin Chen thought of something and made a decision in his heart.

He immediately ordered Yang Qilang, the guard outside the door, to interrogate Zu Dashou.

Soon, people arrived.

No see for a few days.

Zu Dashou looked a little sluggish, but his clothes were neat.

It was not too difficult for Lin Chen to imprison them, a bunch of insects.

Zu Dashou didn't know why Lin Chen wanted to see him. When he noticed the strategy in Lin Chen's hands, he understood.

Suddenly.

Zu Dashou's heart palpitated.

He is a master of all kinds of secret business in Liaodong!

He was equally implicated.

As a smart man, Zu Dashou immediately thought of a way to save himself!

It's nothing more than what I used before, exchanging others for my own survival.

Thinking again that Lin Chen only summoned him alone, Zu Dashou also understood the reason.

have to say.

Zu Dashou is a capable man.

In the original history, Jinzhou, which this man was guarding, was besieged by Jiannu and his retreat was cut off, but he still held on for a long time.

After confirming that the Ming Dynasty would abandon Jinzhou, they surrendered under the persuasion of the Manchus.

It can only be said that this person is good at adapting to the changing circumstances.

Now that the general trend is on Lin Chen's side, Zu Dashou also knows how to take sides.

"The guilty will be brought before General Lin!"

Zu Dashou was seen kneeling on the ground with a sad face, looking like he deserved death.

When Lin Chen saw this, he laughed in his heart, but his face was expressionless.

Zu Dashou cautiously raised his head and looked at Lin Chen's face, feeling slightly startled. He knew that if he didn't show some actual performance, he might not have the chance to speak again.

After all, Lin Chen has no shortage of partners he can choose to cooperate with.

Zu Dashou immediately gritted his teeth when he thought of this.

"General Lin, do you know that there are several smuggling routes in Liaodong?"

"oh?"

Lin Chen had just become interested, but he also sneered: "The business you are talking about is the Shanxi merchants, right?"

When Zu Dashou heard this, his face was as pale as dirt.

He didn't expect that Lin Chen would know such secret things?

Is it possible that the imperial court has been keeping an eye on it for a long time?

Thinking of this, Zu Dashou did not dare to hide anymore and told everything he knew.

Not just Shanxi merchants.

Even many court officials and nobles in the capital were involved in the smuggling case.

However, compared to Shanxi merchants, this group of people is smaller in scale.

When Lin Chen heard this, he was noncommittal.

He only needs to give these to Li Zhao.

"How much do you know about the theft and sale of arms?"

"this......"

Zu Dashou hesitated.

Of course he knows.

But without any guarantee from Lin Chen, he didn't dare to say anything more.

Old fox.

Seeing this, Lin Chen cursed secretly in his heart.

"If you testify, I will protect your life. Official position..."

Lin Chen said nothing and just smiled.

Zu Dashou was overjoyed when he heard this.

I thought that saving my life this time would be the best outcome, but I didn’t expect that even the official position could be negotiated!

"General Lin, the guilty will be known!"

then.

Zu Dashou voted.

soon.

The situation in Liaodong became turbulent again.

It was Lin Chen's drastic combing of the entire Liaodong.

Among the generals in Liaodong, there were also many generals who did not go along with the same trend.

It’s just that the proportion among them is too small.

In the end, among the hundreds of generals captured by Lin Chen, only a dozen of them escaped unharmed!

Among them is Wu Sangui.

He had just arrived in Liaodong less than two years ago and had not yet been involved in many of these things.

Naturally, he was no longer on Lin Chen’s list.

When Wu Sangui walked out, he felt like he was in another world.

Looking at his uncle's warm smile, Wu Sangui didn't know what to say.

"uncle."

"As long as you're okay!"

Zu Dashou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his nephew also came out safely.

"General Lin has been renovating the Liaodong frontier army recently. You and I should go back home and wait patiently."

Zu Dashou said with relief.

Wu Sangui nodded with a complicated expression.

The young man who originally wanted to perform meritorious service on the battlefield has been shocked by what he saw one after another.

With the help of Zu Dashou.

Lin Chen's thorough investigation of Liaodong's generals went very smoothly.

A large number of derelict border generals were imprisoned, and their families and property were sent back to the capital to await Li Zhao's fate.

What made Lin Chen even more stunned was the wealth of these people.

Except gold and silver jewelry.

More are the fields these Bian will purchase in Liaodong!

without any exaggeration.

The entire fields in Liaodong are all the private property of these generals!

"Is this somehow historically accurate?"

Lin Chen sighed when he thought of something, and began to play Li Zhao.

If he wanted to restore the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong frontier army and destroy Hou Jin in one step, Lin Chen thought of the military household system.

Yes.

This is the military household system created by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Don't look at the collapse of the military household system at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But in other words.

At the end of any dynasty, no system will work.

At least in the early Ming Dynasty, the military household system gave the Ming army extremely strong combat effectiveness.

In other words, any ancient dynasty could support their families as long as the soldiers had farmland.

The fighting prowess of these good men is extremely terrifying.

Both the Han and Tang dynasties proved it with personal demonstrations.

Coupled with the leadership of capable ministers and good generals, dealing with Houjin will not be a big problem.

Furthermore, Lin Chen had a large amount of confiscated land in Liaodong.

These things are not like gold and silver that can be disposed of at will.

In this case, it is better to use it as a military field and reward the border soldiers who are willing to come to Liaodong to guard the border.

certainly.

Perhaps a hundred years later, these military fields will definitely be annexed.

Then it is up to the people at the time to adjust the policy.

At least for now, this was the only way for Lin Chen to quickly restore the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong frontier army.

Just when he sent the memorial and waited for Li Zhao's reply.

A subordinate came to report that Korea sent an envoy to visit Lin Chen.

When Lin Chen heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Goryeo envoy?"

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