Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 131

At the banquet, cups were constantly being pushed and changed. Liu Dapao took out a full 10 taels of silver this time to reward the three armies. On average, each soldier had more than [-] taels of silver on him, and he brought countless taels of silver from the mainland. The delicious wine and meat made these Dongning people all eat with a smile on their faces.

The feeling of throwing money at people is really comfortable.

The table at Liu Dapao's was naturally full of generals, and when Chen Jinnan introduced him one by one, his brain hurt.

But he couldn't help but the first thing he said after raising his glass was: "Everyone... generals, everyone is a man of anti-Qing ideals and a loyal minister of my Ming Dynasty. We are different from San Francisco after all. Yes, His Majesty and I know in our hearts that you are the real people of our own, and we all recognize you very much, but... there are no rules, no rules, stocks, silver, trade, etc., etc. On the one hand, you can mention whatever conditions you have, but on this official title, we really have to change it."

Zheng Ming's official position is very chaotic. Anyone who has a Marquis on his back may have a marquis on his back, and the suffix of the official position may be some kind of general. After all, the Southern Ming Dynasty granted it. Simply put, it is to sell embroidery needles with an open door. , The business is not big and the airs are not small.

After all, it is the size of a magistrate, but when the framework of the imperial court is being erected, a hundred or so people under him are generals, and a thousand or eight hundred people are generals. The so-called number one general Liu Guoxuan, in his hands In fact, there are only more than 800 people in supporting the sky. Let's be honest, if we look at the number of people alone, Wu Shuntian's father-in-law, Hu Wanqian, has more people than others in their village.

This is actually not conducive to everyone's sincere unity. Think about it, when everyone rises up to fight against the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui's general Wang Pingfan, under the name of a miscellaneous general, led tens of thousands of troops to fight against the Qing army. It's quite beautiful. At this time, a friendly army with hundreds of miscellaneous soldiers came to help. There are [-] of them, but [-] of them. When asked about the official position, the leader of the good guy is a heavy general. Who will give the two of them? salute?
So Liu Dapao and Jiu Nan have already set the tone. When they were on Boni Island before, the titles were not paid out like money, but in terms of official positions, the overall changes were not big, and Liu Dapao's first job The only thing is to find a way to persuade them to change to petty officials.

Everyone understands the meaning of these words, and also understands that the general and official positions on their side are too nonsense.

only……

"We all understand what the prime minister said. It's just that we people have struggled for the Ming Dynasty for many years. In the past, we or our fathers actually had soldiers. Because of the anti-Qing Dynasty, the number of soldiers fighting less and less, and San Francisco... are all sinners of my Ming Dynasty. If we are compared with them, isn't it a bit...unfair? In the hearts of the soldiers, I'm afraid that more or less people will have some opinions."

This is also telling the truth. People in Dongning have suffered for so many years in order to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. It was not easy until our Ming Dynasty reopened. You told me to treat them equally with those traitors in San Francisco?This is not appropriate.

As for the title and monetary compensation, although they are also very important, but in terms of face...I rebelled with my head and my belt, is it because of your stinky money?

Although most people may really be, but this time must not admit it!

Liu Dapao smiled and said: "Of course what you say is reasonable, but it is undeniable that we must work with San Francisco. Their strength... is stronger than ours. They are the main force in this anti-Qing war. Take their feelings into account."

"Of course, you also have to consider your emotions, so I came up with a good way to kill two birds with one stone, and give you a satisfactory explanation."

"Dare to ask the Prime Minister, what is the solution?"

"I call this method a dual-track system, that is, the imperial government belongs to the imperial court, and the company belongs to the company. You should know that the West Pacific Company I cooperated with the Dutch, right?"

Naturally, everyone nodded. Now, this company is a real giant.

"My opinion is that the imperial court will never forget your dedication and loyalty to the imperial court. You will always be the honorable men of the Ming Dynasty who lived with the country and lived with the country. However, in terms of positions, except for Liu Guoxuan and Prince Gong who went to Quanzhou In addition, I hope that you can bring soldiers and horses from each battalion to join the company."

When everyone heard this, their eyebrows naturally frowned even more.

Huang An couldn't help but asked: "In this way, isn't it from a general of the imperial court to the prime minister's personal army?"

Liu Dapao explained with a smile: "The court is not my court, and the company is naturally not my company. The company belongs to everyone. If you join the company, you will naturally have shares, and you are shareholders just like me."

"You and your subordinates will be allocated a certain number of shares. You will have the right to vote on major matters of the company. For example, if retail investors can unite as one, they can theoretically replace the chairman."

But Jiang Sheng couldn't help but muttered after hearing the words: "Isn't it still money after all?"

Liu Dapao smiled and said: "Then let's talk about something other than money. After all, seeing that troubled times are coming now, money is something outside of the body, and the soldiers in your hands are the cornerstone of standing in this world. Whoever doesn't sing high-profile things?" Don't pretend to be big-tailed wolves. You want to keep the name of the general. On the one hand, it sounds nice, and on the other hand, you must hope that it will be more convenient when recruiting soldiers and horses in the future. As for me, I also sincerely hope that you can become my direct descendant and be able to Use it for me."

"So I want to say two points. First, I have a weapons factory that is still expanding in scale and produces the most advanced weapons in the world. I can only say that the reason why Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Zhixin and Sun Yanling are willing to admit me To be their prime minister, at least half of it is for the face of this weapons factory."

"Of course weapons need to be changed when they are produced. The production of new weapons is limited. It is impossible to change everyone's outfits. Besides, there is a difference between closeness and closeness. Dressing up the company's own army is justified."

"Secondly, the company has a very important advantage over the imperial court, that is, we are richer, and as you know, the Dutch are the real major shareholders of the company and have a large number of colonies overseas."

"So after the discussion of the company's board of directors, we plan to set up an auxiliary battalion in addition to the main battalion of the company's army. The members of the auxiliary battalion will be recruited from all over the world. I heard that Zheng Zhilong once had a You should be able to understand the concept of an 800-strong black bird gun guard."

"You mean to say that we want us to form black guards with Zheng...like him?"

"It's the confederates. I haven't figured out how to equip them with weapons, and they don't have to be black. There may be Luzons and Indians. I think, at least before the official formation of troops, the Wanwan people The place is quite suitable as a training place to accommodate these foreign soldiers, I wonder if you...have any experience in this area?"

(End of this chapter)