Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Jinan Prefecture, Licheng.

At this time, it was just dawn, and there was still a little mist left in the night in the air, but the Datongshe barracks outside Licheng was already full of voices, and the prisoners of the Ming army guards lined up in a long line in an orderly manner. Team, quietly waiting for inquiries.

Zhou Yuji took the recruiting very seriously this time. In the six prefectures of Shandong, the six recruiting points were all in charge of the school lieutenants, and the captains personally selected them in order to select [-] good families.

The tall man looked nervously at the person sitting in front of him. This captain was younger than him, but he was wearing the captain's exclusive officer's robe. As soon as he sat there, his aura rose by itself. The man couldn't help but think of the previous battle in Xiajin.

In that battle, their officers and soldiers from the four regions cooperated with 20 elites from the Beijing camp, and a total of 4 troops fought against the 10 horses of Datong Society.

Teams of Datong soldiers dressed in cotton armor, tasseled helmets on their heads, and holding firecrackers lined up neatly, held high their battle flags, and marched against the rockets of the Ming army's artillery, even if the arrows fell on their heads, even if the artillery fire exploded around them. No matter what, it didn't move them in the slightest.

There are only ten thousand people, and their aura is like turbulent waves. Even in the face of thousands of troops, they still ignore it. When such ten thousand people approached the imperial army formation and fired and charged, the imperial army understood what it was It is called the real elite. What did the coercive heavenly army look like in the reign of the apocalypse?

And those 24 people are based on [-] battalions, and the leader of a battalion is the captain in front of him.

While his thoughts were spinning, the man could still think of the volley of guns that sounded like a thunderous explosion at that time, and the bright bayonets, even now the reverberation could not help but make people shudder.

"What is your name?"

The captain's words brought back the man's wandering thoughts.

The man hurriedly said respectfully: "Wang Ermao."

"Where is your native place?"

"Jiang County."

"Oh, from Pingyang Mansion, how did you join the military camp, tell me about your experience."

"Shanxi suffered a severe drought, and the family had no way to live. My parents couldn't support the three children. If I joined the army, I could receive five qian and take care of two meals a day. Then I became a soldier."

"Then why do you want to join us?"

"I don't want to work for this shitty court anymore, I want to change my life, I want to have enough food, I want my parents to live."

"Okay, have ambition! Our Datong Society is to let people in the whole world change their way of life, have enough food, have land, have clothes to wear, and can eat and wear warm. This is called innovation. You man Looks like he is in good health, has strength, and is a loyal person, let's go."

The man named Wang Ermao nodded, and walked towards the other line with the wooden sign he had just received.

After Wang Ermao left, someone came forward again. It was still a familiar process.

"What is your name?"

"Zhang Xiaowu."

"Where is your native place?"

"Henan Taikang."

"How did you join the military camp?"

"I was arrested by force. I came out to seek a living with my fellow villagers, but was arrested by the guards and became a brave man. The fellow villagers are gone, and I don't know where I went. But I know you are the new party, yes Good officials who came to rescue the disaster during the flood in Henan, I want to follow you."

"Hey, your age and physique don't meet the requirements."

The captain rubbed his brows worriedly. General Zhou Yuji wanted to set up two new towns. Except for the officers, all new people would be used, mainly these captives.

It seems that the two towns need at least 3 new recruits, but a battle of Xiajin captured nearly 4 people, as well as the previous prisoners. In the early 20s, the ratio is much smaller.

There is also a reason for choosing these captives. Originally, these captives were strong men selected from various places, and at least some training background, and many of them were originally farmers and townspeople, which also met the consistent recruitment requirements of Datong Society.

As soon as these prisoners heard that the Datong Society was going to recruit regular soldiers, they all enthusiastically signed up. Although the Datong Society had a lot of training, hard training, and strict military discipline, the treatment of the Datong Society was really good. One meal of meat a day, you get oil and water every day, and you get military pay. If you have worked for a few years and made meritorious service, you will also have military meritorious service.
Unlike the imperial court, Datong Society kept its word.

Moreover, the reputation of Datong Society over the years is obvious to all. Who brought the New Deal, who made the common people live a peaceful and prosperous life for ten years.

So following the Datong Society is much more promising than following the imperial court.

But there is also a problem. There are too many people who want to follow the Datong Society. The recruitment is also based on merit, and the selection has requirements for height and physique. The person in front of him is not so much a soldier as he is a child.

Zhang Xiaowu thumped in his heart, and he quickly said: "My lord, I really want to follow you. I didn't have a choice before, and I was forcibly pulled as a young man, but we all think of your Datong Society in our hearts, and no one wants to." fight with you."

"I seem to be thinner, but I know a lot. It's really impossible to let me stay and cook."

"What's the situation?" A school lieutenant walked over quickly, and he saw movement here just now.

After the captain told the situation to the captain, the captain looked at Zhang Xiaowu, and then said with a smile: "It's a good thing to have ambition, Yuanfu didn't say that, ambition is not at a young age, this baby looks It’s because he’s younger and thinner, but that’s what happens if he doesn’t have enough to eat. Let him stay for now, let’s stay in the kitchen now.”

Zhang Xiaowu said excitedly when he heard this, "Thank you sir, thank you sir, I kneel down for you!"

"stand up!"

The captain lifted Zhang Xiaowu up, looked at the people around him, and said loudly: "Let me tell you first, no matter if you go wrong or not, there is no reason to kneel here in Datong Society. Everyone is human, and no one is better than anyone else." No matter how noble you are, stand up straight, stand up, don't kneel down, and don't learn the tricks of the imperial court and the army, Datong Society doesn't like that!"

Shandong's plan to recruit captives was progressing very smoothly. The First World War was inexplicably defeated. The vanguard collapsed and fled, and Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Cheng who led the entire army into a retreat, was licking his wounds.

It seemed that he only lost tens of thousands of people in that battle, but in fact, he lost a lot of various firearms and artillery. With the addition of food and supplies, his army was unable to fight in a short period of time, and he could only wait for the court to send new ordnance and supplies.

This time Zhu Chunchen has learned a lot. He doesn’t want the latest artillery built by the imperial court. The quality of the artillery of the Chongzhen Dynasty is really not reassuring. He directly wrote a note and asked the court to provide the field heavy artillery built between the fifth year of Tianqi and the 12th year of Tianqi.

The firearms of the Apocalypse Dynasty can still make people feel at ease.

Compared with today's demons dancing wildly, all officials only know the Chongzhen Dynasty, which was corrupt and corrupt. The Tianqi Dynasty has strict laws and regulations, and new laws are implemented. The ordnance that has been driven by years of wars is very sophisticated. Whether it is armor, firearms, or swords, they are all first-class. One of the best.

As for the swords and firearms made by the Chongzhen Dynasty, Zhu Chunchen can only describe them with a sigh.

But he can't help it, because his Chengguo government is also involved in the business of the Ordnance Bureau, so Zhu Chunchen used temporary builds for the ordnance, and hoped that the imperial court would allocate the ex-dynasty's ordnance as an excuse to save Zhu You The inspector wondered if there was something wrong with the ordnance.

Lacking enough weapons, food and grass, Zhu Chunchen buried his head in Henan and waited with great concentration, regardless of the situation in Shandong. This also gave Zhou Yuji enough time to develop captives and recruit troops.

It really didn't take much time to assemble the soldiers and horses of the two towns. The middle and low-level officers are ready-made. In the seventh town and the eighth town, there are officers waiting for promotion. The successive wars in Shandong have made many people make meritorious deeds , Now the new training of two towns also provides promotion positions for these meritorious ministers.

Zhou Yuji looked at the list of people who needed to be promoted, quickly signed his name and said: "Send this list to the center, and ask Yuanfu to give instructions as soon as possible."

Liaodong, Shenyang, the center of the Datong Society.

Along with the war, Zhang Haogu became more busy. In Shandong, Gansu and Shanxi, two battlefields, Datong Society mobilized troops from five towns, money and food were continuously spent like flowing water, and now it finally has achieved results.

"Yuanfu, the situation in Shandong has stabilized. After two battles, Zhou Yuji defeated the imperial army one after another. Now Shandong is completely under our control. This is a note sent by Zhou Yuji." Gu Yanwu said and submitted it to the general. Go to Zhang Hao's ancient table case.

"I am relieved that Zhou Yuji is in Shandong."

As Zhang Haogu said, he put down the notebooks in hand, picked up the general newspaper and looked at it carefully, while Gu Yanwu refilled Zhang Haogu's hot tea when he saw this, and waited quietly.

After Zhang Haogu finished reading, he nodded his head: "Men Ning, please invite Chief Zhang and Chief Lu, and Governor Cao too."

Soon, Zhang Ruitu, Lu Xiangsheng, and Cao Wenzhao arrived at the Palace of Qinzheng.

"This is a brochure sent by Zhou Yuji from Shandong, please take a look." Zhang Haogu said.

After Zhang Ruitu, Lu Xiangsheng, and Cao Wenzhao read the excerpts one by one, Zhang Haogu asked, "Everyone, let's talk about it."

Cao Wenzhao said: "Temporary formation and training of the new army in two towns is normal. Zhou Yuji's situation in Shandong is no better than ours here. He is surrounded by imperial officials and troops in all directions. Only two towns are not enough to open up the situation, and the prisoners of the guards cannot always be It is used for logistics. We have two towns out, the north can be a deterrent to Gyeonggi, and the south can go to Jiangnan, no matter what, at least he won’t be in short supply.”

Zhang Haogu waved his hand: "It's not a big deal for him to train two towns of new troops, and I don't want to talk about it."

"The general's orders are not given. We are in the northeast, and he is alone in Shandong. He knows the situation he is facing, and we don't understand it. Since he needs to expand the army, let him expand."

"In the final analysis, when Zhou Yuji and Shi Kefa were assigned to take charge of Shandong and Ganshan, there were not many people who gave them responsibility. It is normal for them to develop on their own."

"What I want everyone to read is the description of Zhu Chunchen's army in the booklet. Do you see any tricks?"

Seeing that everyone was still hesitant, Zhang Haogu patted the table: "The imperial court has no money, no food, and now the imperial court is empty-sleeved and can't get anything out!"

"Zhili is on the south side of the river. If the imperial court had enough money and food, the emperor would have sent more troops to punish us for what Zhou Yuji did in Shandong. He even went all the way to Shandong and came to Liaodong, so that people in the world can see what the imperial court is doing." means."

"But right now, we are as stable as Mount Tai in Liaodong, and Zhou Yuji is also developing steadily in Shandong. What does this mean? It means that the imperial court has more than enough heart and power, and it means that the imperial court can't afford money and food to send more soldiers and horses. It also means that Chongzhen Chao, already at the end of his skills."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded: "That's right. If it were the same as before, the imperial court could mobilize tens of thousands of troops to conquer one side at any time. There would never be a shortage of money, food and armaments. In the future, the imperial court could mobilize [-] troops in any direction. On the one hand, there is a problem in the war, and the imperial reinforcements have already arrived."

"But now, Zhou Yuji's papers have all been sent to us, and the imperial court is still not aware of the dispatch of reinforcements and food and grass. Obviously, the imperial court has nothing to support."

"Without money and food, the court is an empty shell."

Zhang Ruitu shook his head: "Think about the previous dynasty, and think about the present, I don't know what the emperor is planning, and the court is not really short of money and food. Those nobles, those ministers, which family doesn't have piles of food , doesn’t that family have a few pits of gold and silver?”

"The emperor didn't want to ask the noble ministers for money or food at all. He just stiffened his neck and searched from the common people. How much food can the common people have? the scrape?"

Zhang Haogu stretched out his hand a little: "This is the point, the world can't stand Chongzhen's tossing like this!"

"Everyone has understood the situation of all parties. The world is obviously about to usher in a turmoil. The white hair wind on the grassland is getting stronger and stronger, and there are more and more droughts in the north, but the floods in the south have never stopped. Floods in the south and droughts in the north, who doesn’t need money and food from the court? Who doesn’t need a strong center to dominate and stabilize the situation?”

"But the Chongzhen Dynasty couldn't do this, their center didn't have enough skills, and those who compromised from all sides didn't have the courage to do things that stabilized the world. "

After speaking, Zhang Haogu sighed: "The world is going to be completely chaotic, the situation is changing, and natural disasters are happening again and again. If the previous dynasty is still there, we are in the center, and the new policies and laws are still there, there are still ways to govern."

"After all, overseas trade continues, and money and food are constantly being sent in from overseas. The court will be able to stabilize the situation if it has money and food. At that time, the court will lead the big guys to continue to build water conservancy projects, to build ditches, and to do more construction. Relief, this hurdle can always be overcome.”

"But at this time of year, we are huddled in Liaodong, and the various places are dominated by those corrupt officials, and the incompetent people control the center of the court. They are greedy for ink, corrupt the court's money, food and assets, and ruin the good situation like this."

"Maritime trade is cut off, and money and food from outside can't come in. There are many passes in various places, blocking commercial routes, and there are severe droughts and floods."

Zhang Ruitu said with a smile: "Yuanfu, what you said is that the authorities are confused. Even if you and I are still in the center, and Chongzhen is in power, and these empty talk and incompetent people are holding back everywhere, how much can you and I do? "

"On the contrary, today, we have jumped out of the imperial court and are not restricted, so we can do a lot of things."

Lu Xiangsheng also said: "That's right, continuing to be restricted by those rules in the imperial court, and being hindered by those corrupt officials, no matter how many people there are, it's not enough to torment. The people in the imperial court are all devoted to intrigue and fighting for power. How about caring about the suffering of the people?"

Zhang Haogu nodded, and tapped his fingers on the table: "The imperial court has no money or food. If you rely on the imperial court to rescue disasters, the current situation of the imperial court and the people in the center are constantly hindering the way the people are forced to be displaced. No."

"We can't rely on the imperial court. We must shoulder this responsibility. After all, we want to revolutionize the world, revolutionize the world, and lead the people of the world, so we must assume corresponding responsibilities. We must move faster."

"Men Ning, I will review Shandong's papers immediately, and you send them over as soon as possible. The center agrees with Zhou Yuji's plan, approves his military expansion plan and strategic plan, and approves his meritorious promotion list. I will leave Shandong's affairs to him, tell He, he is the governor of Shandong and the president of the two towns, and maybe the governor of the three provinces and the president of the four towns later, let him do as much as he wants."

With that said, Zhang Haogu quickly instructed to finish the script and hand it over to Gu Yanwu.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Haogu looked at Lu Xiangsheng: "Now we need enough food. It is absolutely not enough to rely solely on the production of our three northeastern provinces. We also need food from outside."

"Contact Nanyang and buy food from Nanyang."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's a way to get food from Nanyang, but it's a long-distance operation, and the cost is not low."

"We can't just worry about these things. Food doesn't have to be shipped to Liaodong, it can be shipped directly to Shandong. Zhou Yuji is currently setting up a stage in Shandong to sing an opera. He has attracted the attention of the imperial court for us. We must give him more help." Zhang Haogu said.

Zhang Ruitu said: "In addition to this, we can also increase our propaganda power so that the people of the world can see the true face of the court, let the people of the world know what the court center and those honorable gentry have done, and why Chongzhen doesn't care about the honorable gentry. Only oppress the people."

Zhang Haogu replied: "That's right, the people of the world must see clearly the true appearance of this decaying imperial court, and the people of the world must realize that these honorable gentry and officials are protecting each other and working together. As long as they exist, they will overwhelm the common people." After one day of sucking blood from the head, they must all be wiped out, so that the people can straighten their backs and breathe freely."

Cao Wenzhao couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, over there Zhou Yuji dispatched troops to deter Zhili, and here he spread propaganda to expose the darkness of the imperial court. In addition to the constant natural disasters, the local people rose up, and Emperor Chongzhen was going to be devastated."

"If he is really capable of dealing with these things, it means that he still has some ability, and he is not considered a great talent. Unfortunately, he is really full of empty talk and has no real talent and learning." Zhang Haogu said, feeling a little bit resentful The meaning of steel is in it.

"It's a pity that all the hard work I have done has fallen into the hands of such a fatuous and incompetent emperor. Now the world has been made like this by him. I really don't know how he will face the ancestors of Ming Dynasty after his death."

"Forget it, I'll write a book for him again. If he can't bear the burden of the people in this world, we will bear it for him!"