please make me king

Chapter 586
Zhang Shun saw that the four battalions of rebels were all dissenting, so he simply divided them into four battalions, and let the "breakthrough general" Huang Laier temporarily live in Xin'an, and the other three battalions surrounded the city with the "King of Troubled Times", Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew. Set up camp to defend Luoyang.

As a result, when everyone heard that the "big and small Cao" generals had also surrendered to King Shun and were stationed nearby, their faces changed drastically.Even "Living Cao Cao" and "Eight Great Kings" had the urge to run away.

Regardless of the fact that the four battalions of rebels now have eight thousand soldiers in total, according to their calculations, Cao Wenzhao only needs [-] men under his command to drive them out of the sky and into the ground.

If King Shun really had malicious intentions, he would annex them here.Then, he used Cao Wenzhao's power to suppress the rebels outside the city, enough to annex the other four completely, and then everything will be over!
In fact, they judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and now Zhang Shun didn't need to take such a high-risk action at all.

With the efforts of him and Ma Yingniang these days, the military academy system, the compilation of military academy textbooks, and the establishment of military academy classes have been preliminarily completed.

Now the military academy run by Ma Yingniang can train grassroots officers at the speed of "one corps leader every three days, one captain every five days, one banner commander every ten days, and one division chief every half a month."

As long as Zhang Shun has sufficient food, grass and salary, he can recruit the "hair gourds" of Songxian and Lushi counties anytime and anywhere, and they can be trained in half a month.

That "Mao Gourd" is already outstanding in personal martial arts, and with a little training, he can be used as a strong soldier. How can Zhang Shun value the possessions of these four people with ulterior motives?
It's just that for Zhang Shun, what he lacks the most is the time to grow up.Being able to take the opportunity to win over these four people and resisting Hong Chengchou for a while is a profit.

When the time comes, I will be strong and strong, whether it is other rebels, officers and soldiers, or the Qing Dynasty, why should I be afraid?
After the "King Chuang", "General Chuang", "Living Cao Cao" and "Eight Great Kings" left in surprise, Zhang Shenyan quickly remonstrated: "My lord, originally there was only fifty thousand shi of grain in Luoyang City, plus The confiscation of other corrupt officials' belongings is only [-] to [-] shi."

"Leaving aside the eating and drinking of the former soldiers, there are currently more than [-] people in the Sixth Battalion of the Rebel Army. Based on the ration of four shi per person per year, it is amazing that they still need [-] shi of food and grass."

"If I add more than [-] of them, I am afraid that I will not have [-] shi of food for a year, and the rebel army may not be able to overcome this difficulty!"

How could Zhang Shun not know what Zhang Shenyan said?However, he still shook his head and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang can only do subtraction, but not addition?"

"No matter how much food is in the hands of the rebels, if there is no guarantee that it will not be taken by others, what is the use? A few days ago, I only had [-] troops under my command, so don't worry about food for now, but how can we guarantee that we can eat this food alive? Woolen cloth?"

"I know that our army is short of food, and I have ordered Li Baihu to go to various places to urge the prince's farmland and silver taels. I should have income before the year. I will also prepare silver taels and go to various places to buy grain, so as to satisfy the rebel army as much as possible."

"As for the rest, we will discuss it later!"

Zhang Shun had already reached this point, so it was inconvenient for Zhang Shenyan to say anything more.

It's just that Lu Weiqi hesitated for a moment, cupped his hands to Zhang Shun and said, "I have something that I shouldn't say, but King Shun is benevolent and righteous, I can't bear it, and I have to say it!"

Zhang Shun couldn't help wondering, Lu Weiqi was always like Xu Shu when he entered Cao Ying without saying a word, what happened today?

With the mentality of honest words against ears, Zhang Shun nodded and said: "It's up to you to say it, and it's up to me to listen to it. Why do you hesitate?"

Lu Weiqi hesitated for a while, and then said boldly: "Mr. Song and I went deep into the village these days, visited the head of the village and the elders, but found that due to the severe drought this year, most of the people could not make a living because of the shortage of crops."

"I also know that there is also a lack of food in the army, but the people's livelihood is so difficult, and they are waiting to be fed. I have to let King Shun hear about it!"

The so-called lack of harvest means that the rations harvested by the people in the previous season are not enough to support the harvest of the next season, which is quite similar to the disconnection of the capital chain of enterprises.

It's only mid-to-late November now, and it's not long before the autumn harvest. Is there no food left?Zhang Shun was taken aback, and quickly asked, "How many days of food do people have in their homes?"

Seeing Zhang Shun's serious expression, Lu Weiqi replied in embarrassment: "There is nothing to do this winter, but I guess it will last until the beginning of spring at most. From the summer harvest, it is estimated that there will be a gap of two or three months!"

Lu Weiqi originally thought that Zhang Shun would scold him for lying about the military situation.Unexpectedly, Zhang Shun thought about it carefully for a long time, and couldn't help laughing: "If this is the case, then the government's autumn grain and the common people must not pay any more!"

"The order is passed on, because this year's natural disasters have continued, and the people's fields have suffered poor harvests. If anyone is willing to belong to the rebel army, they can be exempted from the grain of the year! During the winter slack, those who can follow the rebel army to dig locust worms and level low-lying areas will be counted for food and relief by work. !"

Lu Weiqi and Zhang Shenyan's eyes lit up when they heard the words, and Zhang Shun's method could kill multiple birds with one stroke.Not only can more people be recruited, but also some food can be added to the people.

However, the two of them couldn't help complaining secretly.Lu Weiqi and Zhang Shenyan looked at each other and were silent for a moment, Zhang Shenyan had no choice but to say: "My lord's strategy is the best of both worlds, but firstly, the food for the rebel army is running short, and secondly, the two of us are short of manpower. .I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to cover every aspect and complete this matter."

Zhang Shun said with a smile: "Everyone has come up with ideas about the food, and I will try my best to solve it. As for the shortage of manpower, I am going to start from the following aspects."

"First, recruit Baodu village officials. They are all talents trained by our army in Baodu village to open up wasteland and measure fields, and they are enough to take on this important task. Second, there are more than [-] students in Songshan Academy. Except for the clerks, the rest of the people are free."

"In the past two days, I have visited the old mountain chief Zuo Lengchan. First, I need to greet him to hire his disciples to avoid conflicts. Second, I should start training the officials."

"The booklets on arithmetic and measurement were already compiled when the officials were trained last time. This time, I just asked the old mountain chief to add. He simply rebuilt an academy to recruit young students who know a little bit of pen and ink. With two It takes a month to cultivate them as soon as possible. This way, the burden on the two of you can be reduced."

Zhang Shun's way of opening the school without deciding everything really opened the eyes of Zhang Shenyan and Lu Weiqi.

However, after thinking about it for a while, the two had no choice but to say hello.Although these are trivial matters, they are the foundation of the rebel army.If it takes time, Zhang Shun will definitely rule one side and see the world as a tiger.

After Lu Weiqi bid farewell to Zhang Shun, Zhang Shenyan and others, he hurried back home in three steps at a time.

Regardless of wiping the sweat from his forehead, he shouted loudly: "Where is Madam? Hurry up and study ink with me, and prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone with me!"

As soon as Mrs. Lu heard it, she knew that Lu Weiqi had something confidential, and she didn't want others to know.She quickly agreed, and not long after, she prepared all the writing objects.

Then Lu Weiqi took a breath, and wrote with a swipe: "Supervisor, Lu Weiqi, the former Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War, bowed his head and bowed again: The bandits have occupied Luoyang City for a long time, training soldiers and horses, and rectifying officials. They have great ambitions. If you don't take it now, Worrying for the world! The people of Luoyang, the gentry in the city, have waited for the king to come for a long time. If the supervisor can bring a large army to come."

As he was writing, Lu Weiqi paused suddenly and even threw a pen and sighed.

Mrs. Lu felt strange, she couldn't help asking quickly: "What's your husband's intention? How could you break the pen halfway through the writing? Could it be that the thief is so vicious and hard to control that you can't worry about it?"

Lu Weiqi was silent for a long while before replying in a low voice: "If King Shun only cares about killing and fighting fiercely, there is nothing to be afraid of! It's just that this person rectifies the administration of officials, manages and prevents drought and locust disasters, and saves the people with his work. , non-emperor can't do it!"

"If I harm him, I'm afraid that the Henan Province will suffer! If I help him, I will be disloyal to the emperor, and I am ashamed of my ancestors and me who are full of sages!"

(End of this chapter)