People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 437: The people's will can be relied on. With such people's will, do we still worry about the outcome of the war?
At this time, outside the military camps where Prince of Yan Zhu Di was preparing to march out, the common people were surrounding the camps, and there was a lot of bustle and bustle.

The people were queuing up.

Some people were carrying baskets with eggs and food in them.

Some carried buckets filled with honey.

Some people were carrying loads filled with newly harvested grain.

There were also many people holding quilts or cotton.

The reason why they are queuing here is not to sell food, but to donate all the food.

This is such a rare thing. If old man Zhu Yuanzhang saw this scene, he would definitely be very moved.

What kind of era is this that has created such simple people?

What kind of policy could move these people like this?

The common people personally took out their own grain and donated it to the imperial army. This had not happened in many years.

Even if we look at this in the entire history, such incidents have become less common over thousands of years.

Because to put it bluntly, officials and bandits have been one family since ancient times.

Especially among these soldiers, how many of them can truly sympathize with the people?
When the common people saw some soldiers, they felt as if they had encountered bandits. Not only did they not dare to approach them, they were also afraid that these soldiers would either steal their food, defile their women, or chop off their heads to kill innocent people and claim credit for their crimes.

There are many such things.

Therefore, since ancient times, the relationship between soldiers and ordinary people has been like water and fire.

Once a war breaks out, hiding from one's own court's army is the same as hiding from the enemy's army.

Because when they are blinded by the killing spree, the soldiers don’t care whether you are their own people or someone else’s.

Anyway, if it helps him gain merit, he can cut off your head.

But now the situation is reversed. Before the army set out, the common people heard that the Mongolian cavalry in the north would gather to attack Beiping Prefecture and Xuanda area, and they spontaneously began to donate money and materials.

What for?
The purpose is to enable the imperial army to win the battle.

But this is the court's business, why should they be so proactive?
There is no other reason.

It is because now they see the prosperous situation brought about by Chen Han’s reforms.

They don't want this situation to be disrupted by the foreign races in the north.

They don't want to go back to the time when the northern tribes were in control, it's that simple.

The soldiers at the gate quickly explained to the people: "Fellow villagers, we appreciate your kindness.

But you must know that now our Ming Dynasty has railways and cement roads, and we can continuously transfer food from the south.

The troops heading to the northern grasslands to fight now have sufficient pay, so there is no need for you to donate your own rations. If you use your food to feed our soldiers, wouldn't that be a slap in our face? So go back, folks."

But some accidents happened in such a harmonious scene.

The people were very dissatisfied after hearing this.

He said, "Why, the imperial army is unwilling to accept a little donation from us ordinary people?"

"We ordinary people don't have any other ideas. The imperial court treats us very well. When we see the imperial army's soldiers going to the battlefield to fight the enemy, we just want them to have more food, better food, and warmer clothes so that they can fight the enemy."

"Yes, it's going to snow soon. All of our Ming Dynasty soldiers are good men. We must not freeze or starve to death on the northern grasslands."

When the common people said this, it immediately resonated with many people.

Everyone said, "Yes, that's all we want. General, please don't stop us. These things are nothing."

"Just as you said, the Duke's reforms have been successful. Concrete roads and railways have brought us a lot of cheap food from the south. We used to be able to buy one kilogram of food, but now we can buy three kilograms of food. Everyone's life is better, so how can we let our soldiers who go to the north to fight suffer? We still have some conscience."

When the generals heard the people say this, they were so moved that they almost shed tears.

The problem of food and fodder has always been the biggest obstacle for sending troops to the north.

How many times have the soldiers of Beiping Prefecture, led by Prince of Yan Zhu Di, wanted to fight their way to the northernmost part in one go.

But why did they withdraw their troops in such a hurry and not move forward?
It’s because the battle line is too long and the logistical supply cannot keep up.

Even though the battle was very exciting and a lot of enemies were killed, if there was no food to eat, they might not be able to return.

So after considering so many things, they could only give up the results they had already achieved and retreat.

But they knew very well that the nomadic tribes on the grassland were like wildfires that could not be extinguished and would come back to life with the spring breeze.

Whenever the Ming army left, it wouldn't be long before large waves of grassland tribes would return.

They raised their horses to be fat and ate their fill, and then, when they were hungry again, they came south to plunder.

How many good Han men died under their butcher knives?

How many beautiful women were abducted by them and taken to the north to be raped?

How many farmers’ winter food was stolen?

How many more people were killed and their families separated?
The people in the north feel it more deeply, and their hatred for the northern nomadic peoples is even deeper.

Although they have been away from their homeland for more than 400 years, now that they have finally returned to the embrace of their Han families, they feel how good it is to be truly treated as human beings.

For many generations, they were ruled by foreign races.

First it was the Liao people, then the Jin people, and later the Mongols.

These people took turns trampling on the dignity of the Han people.

Now we have finally established the Ming Dynasty and finally have a reformer like the Duke.

They increasingly cherish the hard-earned peace and development.

The people's awareness is still very high.

Especially the people in the north.

It is said that the people in the north have been away from Han rule for too long and have long forgotten their own blood.

However, once a real war breaks out, we will find that this is not the case at all.

Because only the people who struggle to survive under the iron hoofs of foreign races will know how differently foreigners treat their Han compatriots.

The generals were deeply moved. The soldiers clenched their weapons tightly, with only one thought in their minds.

With such public opinion, if we cannot win the battle, wouldn't we be letting them down?

It was with this thought in mind that they all clenched their fists.

Then a soldier shouted, "Fellow villagers, we understand your feelings, but we really can't accept these things. Now our Prince of Yan has said that the court is now rich and does not need to worry about food and grass, so we should not trouble the people.

Although the common people are protected by us, they seem to have the obligation to provide us with food and fodder.

But if we soldiers can't stand on our own, do you civilians have to rush to the front to block the iron hooves and scimitars of those foreign races? "

These words were very inspiring, especially to the young soldiers.

When they first heard that a war was going to break out and that there were so many nomadic tribes in the north that they might take their lives, they were a little scared.

But now that these words came out, everyone had only one thought in their mind.

The common people spontaneously gave away their food and winter clothes to themselves.

With such support from the people, how could we lose the battle?

With such popular support, wouldn't it be shameful to lose the battle?
The generals even said, "Fellow villagers, it is not easy for you to store this little food. Please take it back. We appreciate your kindness, but we absolutely cannot accept this."

However, the generals said this, but the common people did not agree. They all said:
"We said we took it out voluntarily, and we said we don't care about it."

"Now that the court is rich, we are rich too. The banknotes we have saved at home are suddenly valuable again and can be used to buy many things. We have all made a fortune. We don't need this."

"Yes, we can buy anything with our treasure notes. The good things are constantly being shipped from the south to the north. We don't lack them. It's you soldiers who are going to fight who lack them. It's much better to give them to you than to waste them on us."

"Well said, if you don't want to take it we'll leave it here. If you think our things are dirty, then you won't take them."

As they spoke, the people put their things down and ran away immediately.

The soldiers who originally wanted to return these things to the people had no way to find them.

For a moment, the soldiers looked at each other in confusion as they looked at the supplies scattered all over the ground, their blood boiling in their hearts.

With such public sentiment and support, how could we lose the battle?
With such public sentiment and support, we can conclude that this war will definitely be won.

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao happened to come out of the city at this time, and they saw large numbers of people running happily on the road as if they were fleeing.

At first, Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao thought something had happened.

Some even thought it was a military mutiny, causing the people to flee.

Zhu Di was frowning and looking angry.

How could such a thing happen when the situation is so good now?
He has issued strict orders to his soldiers not to bully the common people.

If the soldiers under his command dare to do this, either their hands or their feet will be chopped off.

He has already written these into the military regulations. These regulations have just been issued and this kind of thing has happened. This is unacceptable and must be severely punished.

But just as he was about to speak, Yao Guangxiao suddenly pointed at the people and said, "Your Highness, calm down. It seems that none of the people feel wronged. Instead, they are all very happy. We should first ask the people what happened, and then make a decision."

After saying this, Zhu Di immediately dismounted and stopped some people. "Fellow villagers, what happened? You look like you are fleeing famine, so why are you smiling?"

The people who were held back were shocked when they heard this. “Who said we were fleeing from famine? We were fleeing from the soldiers chasing us.”

Zhu Di was furious when he heard this: "How dare those soldiers bully the people? Tell me, which battalion are these soldiers from? I will definitely punish you."

The common people immediately laughed and said, "No, no, who are you? You look like a high-ranking official. You must not wrongly accuse those soldiers. We were not bullied."

Yao Guangxiao stepped forward and said, "Amitabha, benefactor, please tell me the whole story!"

Then the people next to the people laughed, "You don't know? Our Beiping Prefecture is about to go to war. I heard that the Mongolians on the northern grasslands have gathered tens of thousands of people to come to our Beiping Prefecture and Shanxi to collect money.

Our Prince of Yan is now preparing his troops to launch a powerful counterattack against them.

We've heard it, so we can't pretend not to see it.

The imperial court is so good now and has been so good to us. We have gained a lot of benefits after the reforms of the imperial court in the past two or three years.

Everyone is living a very good life now. We heard that the Tartars in the north want to take advantage of us again. How can we agree to that?

So we spontaneously took out some food and drink and prepared to send it to our soldiers in Beiping Prefecture."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao's eyes widened.

It turns out that I misunderstood.

It turns out that these people in the surrounding area were delivering supplies to someone.

Yao Guangxiao asked again: "Then why did you run away?"

Another commoner laughed, "This is because the soldiers in our Beiping Prefecture have very strict military discipline. There is a rule in their military code that they will not take supplies from the common people. They love the people like their own children and don't want us to spend money.

We know they understand why they do this, but we also have to let our soldiers know that they love the people like their own children. We also hope that everyone of them has enough food and warm clothes, and they must not suffer from the cold and freezing on the battlefield, right? "

The villagers all laughed and said, "Yes, those children are not very old, but they have to go to the battlefield to fight the Mongols. We can't do more, so we can only send some food and drinks to them.

But they still don't want to take it. What should we do? We just leave it there and run, so that they can't catch up with us. Then they have no choice but to take it. Otherwise, will it go bad there?"

As they were talking, everyone laughed out loud, as if they had done something big.

Ordinary people have a very low sense of satisfaction. As long as they can do something that makes them happy and feel that they are worthwhile, they will be happy.

It's like giving these food supplies to the soldiers so that they can't return them, and they will be very happy.

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao looked at each other, their eyes full of emotion.

The blood flowing in my chest became hot.

We can rely on the people’s will. We can rely on the people’s will.

With such popular support, are we still worried about the outcome of the war?

The outcome has been decided, we will definitely win.

No one can stop such military and public sentiment!!

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(End of this chapter)