After Yang Jing took down the Hui Prefecture, he re-planned the six counties of Hui Prefecture according to the previous model of building Wuyuan County.
Now that he had successfully occupied a prefecture, he felt that he could no longer be as indistinct as before.
Thus, he rebuilt the state government yamen in the Hui Prefecture. Yang Jing became the highest administrative officer of the Hui Prefecture, assisted by his strategist Wang Mang. Then, he reorganized the army.
Before establishing a complete military system, he had another important thing to do, which was to organize the 80,000 Ming soldiers under him.
The reason why he chose to reorganize the Ming army was not to disband them.
The main reason was that the Ming army could be forged into a strong division after some training.
In addition, these Ming troops had all kinds of troops, so using them directly could save a lot of expenses.
However, before using this army, he had to polish it well.
To put it nicely, these 80,000 Ming soldiers were an army, but the combat strength of the soldiers was uneven.
Less than half of them were regular soldiers, and the rest were all soldiers that Wang Tianhao had recruited from the people to deal with the imperial court. These useless soldiers could not be thrown into the battlefield.
Their lazy habits were likely to affect the morale of the entire army.
Therefore, Yang Jing counted and incorporated 40,000 of them into the regular army. He set up a separate organization for them to train with the peasant soldiers.
As for the remaining 40,000 people, Yang Jing gave them two choices.
The first was to stay in the army and follow the rules and regulations of the army so that he could continue to fight with the army in the future.
Second, no one should drag anyone down. Take the military pay home, enjoy the warmth of his wife and children, and actively participate in the work of the farm or factory to live a peaceful life.
Out of the 40,000 soldiers, more than 30,000 of them were unwilling to fight with the army. When they knew that they could go home, they were all overjoyed. With tears in their eyes, they took the three years of military pay that Yang Jing had given them and went home to enjoy the happiness of their family.
As for the remaining 10,000 people, most of them were homeless and unemployed widowers. They were all alone and had nothing to worry about. Anyway, they had nothing to do when they went home. Yang Jing's soldiers were treated very well. They had food and drink, and they could even get their salaries.
Therefore, they chose to stay behind without hesitation and join the army to make use of their remaining strength.
Yang Jing respected these people's choices. He sent some excellent peasant soldiers like Li Yun to be their generals and arranged for them to train day and night. He wanted to make these people strong enough to not lose to the Ming army's regular army.
At this point, Yang Jing still had 170,000 soldiers left.
He used the gold and silver that the Donglin Party from Nan Zhi Li had sent over to pay these 170,000 soldiers back three years of pay.
This move moved the peasant soldiers who had been following him.
Although they all came from the system, they were living people with flesh and blood.
With the system as a binding relationship, even if Yang Jing only gave them a full meal, they would be willing to risk their lives for him.
However, Yang Jing did not do so. Although he was harsh on training soldiers, he was very good to the peasant soldiers. Not only did he give them food and clothing, but he also gave them military salaries so that they could marry and have children in the future and live a normal life.
Yang Jing's actions greatly moved them, so they trained even harder, wishing that they could fight with their lives on the battlefield against the Manqing Wild Boar Skin in the future.
The peasant soldiers weren't the only ones who were moved. The Ming army that surrendered with Wang Tianhao was also moved.
They couldn't live anymore and joined the army because of the pay from the imperial court. Who would have thought that the imperial court's treasury was getting emptier by the day, and that the Donglin Party and the higher-ups of the Guards were becoming more and more greedy.
The hundreds of thousands of taels of military pay were distributed to the various places, and not even dregs were left.
Having not received any military pay for several years, they really had no motivation to work for the court.
Therefore, he would hide if he could on the battlefield and escape if he could.
He had no intention of risking his life.
However, Yang Jing was different from the generals who had led them before. Not only did he give them the same treatment as the peasant soldiers under Yang Jing, but he also provided them with three years of military pay. He even promised to provide their families with fertile land, jobs, and living subsidies, so that they would not have to worry about the future.
This kind of preferential treatment greatly boosted the morale of the Ming soldiers who had not done well for many years. In order to repay this kindness, they trained diligently and no longer complained about the intensity of their training.
At the same time, it was precisely because of Yang Jing's preferential treatment policy that these Ming soldiers were very respectful of their young commander. They began to forget their old master and wholeheartedly worked for Yang Jing.
Repaying 170,000 soldiers was not a small sum of money for Yang Jing, but he was not stingy at all.
As a modern man, he understood that it was meaningless for a boss to talk about beliefs and ideals with his employees. Only the money he received and the treatment he enjoyed were real.
Therefore, as long as it was beneficial for future development, the money that should be spent had to be spent!
Moreover, there was a strange phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty's army.
The soldiers of the Ming army had fighting power when they had money. As long as the money was in place, they would immediately transform from a group of scattered soldiers into an invincible king's army.
Yang Jing expressed his understanding.
Moreover, a small contribution now would be exchanged for a big return in the future. Giving away some gold and silver was a piece of cake for him, so why not?
After sending out a large amount of Honeysuckle, Yang Jing began to expand the army.
From the day he accepted the gold and silver sent by Nan Zhili to express his goodwill and tore up the letter of appointment, he had completely shed all pretense of cordiality with the Donglin Party in the south, to the point where they would not rest until one of them was dead.
If his guess was correct, Nan Zhi Li would use the fastest speed to expand their army and send troops to encircle him.
Therefore, he had to be prepared to fight a tough battle at any time.
After thinking for a moment, he used the 130,000 Gold and Silver Explosive Soldiers in his hands to form an army of 300,000.
Infantry, spearmen, cavalry, musketeers, artillery, and other types of soldiers were all available.
He divided the 300,000-strong army into five divisions, with 60,000 people in each division.
Each army was divided into 12 guard stations.
Each guard station was equipped with a corresponding commander, and each army was equipped with an outstanding general that Yang Jing had spent a lot of money to exchange from the system as the commander.
He appointed Huo Qubing as the general during the war, and Yang Jing as the Grand Marshal who would lead the army. He would be in charge of the army to prevent any trouble from happening in the future.
Since he had yet to officially establish a regime, he named his army after him.
These 300,000 troops were temporarily called the Jing Family Army.
Their goal was to become a king's army that surpassed the Qi Family's Army in the future!
After completing this series of work, Yang Jing's weapon manufacturing factory sent good news.
The first batch of Armstrong Cannons had been successfully built!
(Please, bosses, I beg you!）
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