The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 789
Of course, the silver coins and goods carried by the English became trophies, with a total value of more than 30 taels of silver.

Five or six hundred captives were captured from the English, most of them were Westerners and Orientals, a small number of Southeast Asians, and only a few dozen Han Chinese.

All these people were saved by Huang Yong's kindness, and they were all arranged to do labor in Hong Kong. Dozens of Han people became foremen.

Hundreds of captives witnessed the fate of the English with their own eyes, and their attitude was correct.

And because the managers seldom beat or scold them, and let them fill their stomachs, these people work very hard, and many of them have become small foremen due to their outstanding performance and received better treatment.

Dozens of Han people have seen the strength and glory of their motherland, and they are particularly active in expressing themselves, hoping to be recruited into the Guards Army by the Propaganda Team or the Governor of the Town and get the chance to become sailors of the "Red Banner Army".

More than 100 English craftsmen, doctors, painters, interpreters, etc. will not stay in Hong Kong.

They were all sent to the "Tiger's Cave City" for supervision and labor. If they had skills, they would have a better life. If they didn't have any special skills, they would have to be reeducated through labor for at least ten years.

No Englishman dared to disobey General Ming's orders.

Because everyone saw with their own eyes the tragic scene of Weddell and Wilson being crucified on the cross, and the scene where hundreds of Englishmen were torn to pieces by tens of thousands of Ming people, everyone felt lingering fear.

Huang Yong left behind Shen Xianyi to lead five battleships and a marine corps to take charge of the construction of the new territory of Hong Kong. He led 22 battleships to escort [-] merchant ships to Manila and Port Favor.

Shen Xianyi's fleet will not stay in Hong Kong for a long time, one year is enough, and the Hong Kong detachment of the Longwu Navy developed by then will be enough to protect itself.

There are so many shipyards in Guangdong, and there are many craftsmen with excellent shipbuilding and ship repair skills among the captives. I believe that within three months, the [-] captured warships and armed merchant ships will be completely new.

Seeing the powerful Longwu Navy, sailors and fishermen around Guangzhou rushed to sign up for the army, and even many timid Dan people wanted to try their luck.

Huang Han has never classified the Han people into different classes. There is no such thing as low status in the "Red Banner Army" system. Of course, Huang Yong is a staunch supporter of his brother, and he can make the best of his talents regardless of his birth.

The Dan people are also Han people, and they were all of humble origin in the Ming Dynasty. They formed a unique clan with boats as their home, and they were the best source of naval troops.

The Longwu navy did not discriminate against them, and recruited a thousand young and middle-aged men to train them into an army.He also spared no effort to teach the "Red Banner Army" Mandarin, and taught them literacy and arithmetic.

After these thousand Dan people were taken in by the Longwu Navy, their families received six silver dollars and three stones of miscellaneous grains, and they were allowed to live in Hong Kong Island.

The Dan people who experienced equality for the first time were so excited that they wept bitterly, expressing their gratitude to the general Zhenglu in languages ​​they could not understand.

It is the routine of the propaganda team of the "Red Banner Army" to highlight the head of the family, Huang Han, who is wise and martial, loves the people like a son, and is omnipotent. These rules were formulated by Liu Zaiqi one by one.

The leader who focuses on propaganda must be centered on Huang Han. Liu Zaiqi has done it thoroughly. Regardless of right or wrong, he takes Huang Han's will as the criterion for doing things. Savory.

Now under Liu Zaiqi's command, there is an additional adjutant Jiang Xin who has the treatment of President Qian. Compared with Liu Zaiqi, this person is even worse. Whether the propaganda is exaggerated or not.

From this, it can be seen that those who have a standpoint, are strong, upright, and pure are not suitable for propaganda and demagogy work, and people like Liu Zaiqi and Jiang Xin are the most suitable.

The propaganda team members who stayed in Hong Kong for official business had a general banner, most of them were academic youths, and their main subject was politics when they were studying at school. The orphan of the capital, his name is Huang Xingong.

He should be the first group of people who benefited from the rise of the "Red Banner Army". He does the propaganda and agitation work from the bottom of his heart. He really loves the "Red Banner Army" as a group, and he really does not hesitate to throw his head and blood for the collective benefit.

Coincidentally, Huang Xinsheng, the commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps, was also adopted by Chongzhen three years ago, but he was not from the capital, but from Qian'an. His home is in Majiawan, less than five miles outside Qian'an City. He lost his family overnight.

Huang Han's four maids, Hongxiu, Tianxiang, Cailian, Mitao and Huang Kezao, were in charge of the adoption and education of thirteen and fourteen-year-old orphans in the early stage.

Later, after Zheng Xiu'e married into Huang's family and was in charge of adopting orphans and taking care of the homeless on the streets of the capital, the actual responsibilities were still the big servant girls of Hongxiu, but Zheng Xiu'e's personal servants such as Rou'er, Yu'er, and Yun'er were added. slave girl.

More than half of the first batch of [-] orphans under militarized management have grown into talents. Huang Xinsheng, who became the general manager, is a good one, and Huang Xingong, who is only a general banner officer, should be a relatively poor one.

There is actually a reason for this. The combat troops are fighting with real knives and guns. The credit can be seen and felt. The Marine Corps has been fighting every year. They have robbed too many armed merchant ships and made great contributions to the "Red Banner Army" system. , Therefore, the rate of promotion of marines is even faster than that of cavalry soldiers.

Because the vast majority of marines are academics, the literacy test for promotion is not a problem for them. There are too many semi-literate cavalry soldiers, and many of them have military exploits for promotion, but they have to stop at insufficient education.

Among the first batch of [-] orphans who received militarized management, nine out of ten who studied politics and entered the propaganda team were children with poor physiques.

Huang Xingong did not get the opportunity to become a soldier officer because of his excellent performance in all aspects, but unfortunately his physical fitness was not up to standard, so he took a civilian job.

Due to the influence of Huang Kezao, many orphans voluntarily asked for the surname of the patriarch. Therefore, when Huang Kezao graduated from [-] orphans, he selected more than [-] teenagers with excellent character and learning to ask the patriarch to give them their surnames.

Everyone feels honored for these children to be given a surname, and they are more excited than receiving rewards and promotions. Now, as long as there are people named Huang Xin in the army, they are probably from the Orphan Military Squad in the third year of Chongzhen.

The loyalty of these young people is impeccable, and they are full of fanaticism towards the head of the family. They really can't look back.

The "Red Banner Army" loves the patriarch. No matter how much it is touted, basically no one will have resistance. The Longwu Navy is more loyal. Not only does it promote the myth that the team members are recruiting generals, but the town officials at all levels are also fueling the flames.

All good deeds, regardless of whether they were personally ordered by General Zhenglu, are the grace of General Zhenglu, but when bad things happen, someone will naturally stand up and take the blame.

(End of this chapter)