Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 254 Li Liang's Sexy Operation (Additional Chapter )

Upon hearing this, Li Liang nodded immediately.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I understand."

After saying this, Li Liang spoke again.

"Your Majesty, I have an idea now, but I don't know whether I should speak it out or not."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi showed curiosity on his face and asked.

"what idea?"

"tell me the story!"

Li Liang spoke up.

"My idea is that since the Tang Dynasty is going to distribute those counterfeit Qing Dynasty silver dollars and big coins to the Qing Dynasty's ruled areas, can we simply use these silver dollars and big coins to pay for the monthly salaries of our intelligence personnel in the Qing Dynasty's ruled areas?"

"It's all money anyway, spend it the same way."

Li Yi's mouth twitched when he heard this.

Good man, Li Liang, are you possessed by a black-hearted capitalist?
Intelligence personnel are doing life-threatening work, yet you are deducting their wages in disguised form?
That's not how you do it!

Capitalists and national entrepreneurs will give you a thumbs up when they know about this.

What a bad conscience!
Li Yi spoke with a speechless mood.

"Absolutely not."

"Intelligence officers do brain-destroying work, so don't skimp on their monthly pay."

“That’s not how you save money!”

"How about this, our spies in the Qing Dynasty's rule will continue to receive their monthly salaries, and the Qing Dynasty silver dollars and large bills they are given to distribute will be considered as benefits in addition to their basic monthly salaries."

Li Yi has never been stingy when it comes to his subordinates.

Because he knew that the previous emperor who was very stingy to his subordinates and even withheld their wages was named Chongzhen.

Then he was armed and demanded his salary!

Although Li Liang did not realize his mistake after hearing this, he did not dare to talk back to Li Yi. He immediately clasped his fists and admitted his mistake.

"Your Majesty is wise, it is me who is shallow."

Li Yi nodded slightly, then signaled Li Liang that he could leave.

After Li Liang left, Li Yi turned around and called his Imperial Guard Division Commander Li Kang and began to give instructions.

"From now on, the number of guards around me will be doubled."

"The corresponding training of security personnel should be included in the daily project. When the departments rotate, they should conduct regular training and assessment. They must not slack off."

After receiving the news that Emperor Xianfeng was assassinated, Li Yi suddenly felt that he was in danger.

In order to ensure his own safety, Li Yi silently decided to reduce going out as much as possible and strengthen the defense forces around him.

The main point is caution!
Upon hearing this, Li Kang immediately clasped his hands and took his leave, going to carry out Li Yi's orders.

Li Yi then continued to handle various government affairs and met with officials at all levels.

The first person Li Yi met was Zhao Zhengyong, director of the Recruiting Department of the Tang Dynasty's General Staff.

Although Zhao Zhengyong's surname is Zhao, he has no relationship with Li Yi's mother Zhao.

He was able to reach his current position as the Director of the Recruiting Department almost entirely due to his own ability and diligence. Li Yi is very optimistic about this "rural sage" who has remained unknown in history.

Zhao Zhengyong sat down in front of Li Yi and handed in his report.

Li Yi asked as he flipped through the report.

"Is our army's recruitment work going smoothly this year? What are the specific results?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhengyong reported back without any hesitation.

"Reply to your Majesty's words."

"This year, our army's recruitment centers in various places have recruited a total of 73125 soldiers, of which 62113 have completed recruit training and are being used to supplement the losses of troops in battle and to form new units."

"Four reorganized divisions have now been formed, namely the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Infantry Divisions."

"The remaining 11012 are still undergoing recruit training." "The Recruiting Department has successfully completed this year's recruitment and recruit training."

"Please show me, Your Majesty!"

The reason why only more than 70,000 soldiers were conscripted in the past year is not because the people are unwilling to join the army.

In China, as long as soldiers can get land, there will never be a shortage of soldiers.

The main reason is that the Tang army has passed the initial stage of recruiting every individual, and has begun to implement a policy of elite troops and has certain requirements for the quality of its troops.

For example, the current conscription standard for the Tang Army is that the candidate must be a good family man who is between 18 and 30 years old, over 1.6 meters tall, and weighs over kilograms.

There are also certain requirements for the soldiers' physical fitness. They must be able to run ten kilometers of loaded cross-country within an hour and lift a 100-pound stone lock.

In other words, the Tang Dynasty did not want soldiers who were too short, had poor physical fitness, or were too thin.

But even so, the Tang Dynasty still recruited 70,000 soldiers.

If Li Yi is willing to relax the standards, it would not be a problem to double the number of recruits.

After listening to this, Li Yi nodded slightly and said.

"well done!"

"This should be just the army, right? What about the navy?"

"How is the recruitment of soldiers for the Navy?"

Zhao Zhengyong heard this and responded without hesitation.

"In reply to your Majesty, this year the navy has recruited a total of 8790 soldiers. Most of them are fishermen and boat people from the coastal areas. Almost all of them are proficient in water, and the quality of the soldiers is very excellent."

"Now they have been incorporated into various units and are becoming familiar with the operation of warships and naval guns."

Li Yi nodded slightly and then said.

"not bad!"

"Our army's expansion progress this year is very good. I believe that they will soon be put to good use."

After talking about business, Li Yi chatted with Zhao Zhengyong for a while before ordering him to leave.

After Zhao Zhengyong stepped down, the next people to come in to report on their work were Wang Fu, Director of the Tang Dynasty Ordnance Department, and Liang Ming, the new director of the arsenal.

When Zhao Ke was the director of the Ordnance Department, Wang Fu was his deputy.

After Zhao Ke was transferred, Wang Fu, who had done a very good job, was promoted.

Liang Ming, on the other hand, was an official who came from a background of skilled workers.

He had served as the team leader of project teams such as breech-loading artillery, explosive bombs, and rotary machine guns, and was promoted to the head of the arsenal due to his merits.

He is considered a celebrity among Li Yi.

After the two sat down, Li Yi asked.

"First, let me report the production capacity of our military arsenal."

Upon hearing this, Liang Ming immediately stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, in the past year, the scale and production capacity of our military arsenal have made great progress."

"So far, the number of workers in our military arsenal has reached 1.2, with more than workshops of various sizes and more than production lines for various types of weapons."

"In addition, the production capacity of our military arsenal has also achieved a leap forward, with the production capacity of breech-loading rifles expanded to 7200 per month."

"In terms of artillery, the production capacity of muzzle-loading artillery has been greatly reduced, and the monthly production capacity has stabilized at 100 guns."

"And the production capacity of breech-loading artillery has reached 50 guns per month."

"In addition, the production capacity of gunpowder, bullets and shells of our military's Foshan Arsenal has almost quadrupled compared to last year."

……

I've finally paid off the extra chapter I owed to Silver Boss...

I was told that I owed ten chapters, but I have paid back eleven chapters in total. I really tried my best and now I have finally paid it back.

Well, it’s the end of the month, and it’s still the period of double monthly tickets. I’d like to ask for monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter)