Li Qin was in his residence reading the report sent by his nephew.
At this time, he obeyed his orders and was already stationed in Taiyuan, controlling the various parts of Shanxi, because the local governments in Shanxi had basically surrendered voluntarily.
After that, they basically retained their official positions.
The bureaucratic system in Shanxi did not suffer any fatal damage.
Most of them were preserved intact, which greatly saved him time in rearranging and establishing the bureaucratic system.
He could use this bureaucratic system to issue his decrees to every prefecture and county in Shanxi.
At the same time, they could quickly collect taxes from every prefecture and county in Shanxi, and conscript the labor force of every prefecture and county for their own use.
Of course, the most crucial thing is the tax revenue from Shanxi, which he can collect quickly.
He also received half of Datong's taxes from Jiang Xiangyang.
Thus, the combined taxes from Shanxi, Zhili, Shandong, the three prefectures of Henan, and Liaodong were...
That's basically enough to support the hundreds of thousands of troops he currently commands.
As his territory expanded, he also recounted and redistributed the soldiers he now commanded.
This time, the capture of Shanxi was achieved very quickly due to the surrender of various regions, with virtually no bloodshed involved.
The troops suffered minimal losses; on the contrary, they incorporated nearly 30,000 troops into the Green Standard Army.
He now has 50,000 Green Standard Army soldiers around the capital, 20,000 of his own troops in Liaodong, and 50,000 new recruits in Liaodong who are currently training.
With the craftsmen's work, a large number of muskets and cannons have been equipped for the new recruits in Liaodong.
And they need to train hard, because their daily training consumes a lot of his money and food.
As for the tens of thousands of Jurchen troops, he left them in Xuanfu and handed them over to Wang Taihe and Dugu Yu for command.
That means there are currently about 120,000 troops in the capital.
This doesn't even include the local militia and volunteer soldiers.
In the Hebei region south of the capital, there were still 20,000 troops stationed in various places at this time.
In Shandong, there was Qin Chenyao's 70,000 troops, as well as his own 20,000 troops stationed in Jinan and other places.
Qin Chenyao originally intended for him to attack Shanxi together with Li Xuanshang, but as the Shanxi campaign progressed smoothly...
Li Qin then ordered him to lead his troops back to Shandong. After all, since Shanxi had little resistance, it was better to let his own troops take over.
Of course, Li Qin still remembered Qin Chenyao's merits and promoted him and his subordinates.
After all, having gone through this test, Qin Chenyao was still somewhat obedient to his orders.
He can also mobilize his own troops.
As for Shanxi, it was where the largest number of troops had gathered at this time.
Zhang Hengshuo's 30,000 troops, Li Xuanshang's 40,000 troops, plus the 20,000 troops originally stationed in Huaiqing to defend Shanxi and who followed Li Xuanshang in conquering Shanxi, totaled 90,000 troops.
Of course, if you include the 30,000 surrendered soldiers incorporated into the Green Standard Army, the total army is 120,000.
During this period, Xuanfu Wang Taihe and Dugu Yu recruited some more, and together with the 10,000 Jurchen cavalry that I left for them, the total number was about 30,000.
As for the guard troops and local militia in Liaodong, they are not included in this count.
Because those things are simply impossible to move.
At this time, he had an established army within the pass that he could mobilize, totaling about 380,000 men.
The combat effectiveness of each unit varied greatly.
His own troops in Liaodong, along with the Jurchen cavalry, were the strongest in terms of combat power.
The army in Xuanfu was slightly inferior.
Then came the surrendered soldiers and troops who joined their ranks in various places.
Of course, this does not include the 80,000 people in Datong Jiangxiangyang who are nominally under his control.
Hong Chengchou of Shaanxi led more than 100,000 men, and there were also 40,000 men from two towns in Ningxia and Yulin.
Adding these together, his own army, plus those nominally under his command, totaled approximately 600,000 troops.
It should be noted that when he first raised an army in Liaodong, he only had a little over 100,000 troops.
Now he resides in the capital, controls the emperor and the court, and the entire north has nominally fallen into his hands.
The number of troops under his command also increased several times from over 100,000 to a nominal 600,000.
Although only about 400,000 can actually be controlled, this rate of expansion is still terrifying.
Li Qin looked at the distribution of the army on the map and found it very unreasonable.
Because the defenses in Hebei were too weak, with only over 20,000 people.
He then immediately ordered Zhang Hengshuo in Shanxi to lead 30,000 men to garrison along the Yellow River in Hebei to protect the Zhili region north of the Yellow River.
Li Xuanshang was left with 60,000 elite troops and 30,000 Green Standard Army soldiers, totaling 90,000 troops, to guard Shanxi.
After giving the orders, Li Qin looked at his layout.
He himself commanded 120,000 troops and resided in the capital, while his sons and nephews commanded 90,000 troops and were stationed in Taiyuan.
The 40,000 troops were distributed in Zhili and Shandong.
Although generals of different surnames such as Zhang Hengshuo and Wang Taihe led their own armies, each of them commanded only 20,000 to 30,000 troops, which posed no threat to him whatsoever.
Moreover, with Wang Taihe by his side, he also allowed Dugu Yu to share power with him.
He also controlled the army's troops, supplies, and the families of the generals and soldiers.
Finally, the taxes from Zhili, Shanxi, and Shandong were enough to cover the expenses of his hundreds of thousands of troops.
Finally, there was no need to worry. Because there was no money to pay the soldiers, those soldiers took their swords and went to the capital to explain the dire situation to him.
After arranging all this, Li Qin then issued an order to Li Xuanshang in Shanxi, instructing him to coordinate the affairs of some prefectures and counties in Shanxi and Zhili.
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