Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 56
  The mint was moved to the Ministry of Household Treasures and Banknotes Department, and the machine was started again. The beautiful and sonorous sound of minting coins sounded again, and more exquisite silver coins were freshly minted with heat.

With the money, the first thing Lu Mou did was to order Li Yan to start recruiting troops in Zhili.

The Fifth Army Governor's Office, which was in mutual restraint with the Ministry of War, was abolished, and recruitment matters returned to the Ministry of War. Li Yan is in charge of this matter.

Now the morale of the military and civilians, inspired by Lien Chan and Lianjie, has been high.

Also, before the war, the soldiers received sufficient money, food and equipment, and after the war, they received generous war bonus rewards. Coupled with the Imperial Guards and Imperial Guards, and daily running performances on Chang'an Street, the common people no longer discriminated against soldiers, and soldiers became idols of the common people. Serving as a soldier has become a young man's ambition.

More importantly, the young refugees who fled to Zhili had no land or jobs. Now one month of military service is enough to provide food and clothing for a family of five. For a time, joining the army to serve the country became the first choice of these people.

The two plaques hanging in the recruitment office written by Lu Mou: "If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, please go elsewhere; if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, please join this door." This played a role in fueling the flames. For a while, the call to join the army became very loud.

Lu Mou, Li Yan and Zhang Zhiji calculated that in order to absolutely stabilize the situation in Zhili, Chongzhen pinched his nose, put down his face, and sent ministers to negotiate peace with the Manchus. However, you can't help but be on guard against the Manchu Qing, who will invade you for the sixth time and give the Ming Dynasty, which is already crumbling, this shabby house a cruel kick.

Therefore, at least two more armies are needed to have confidence and to cope with emergencies.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the military household system was implemented. At first, your ancestors were military households. As long as you were born as a leader, your destiny was to be a soldier. This is called inheriting the inheritance from the father.

At that time, soldiers had no military pay, only military fields, so Lao Zhu proudly told the world that I could have an army of millions without spending a penny or a meter.

As a result, political malpractice has occurred for a long time, military fields are gone, and soldiers no longer have pay, so who would still be a soldier? So, unknowingly, the Ming Dynasty began to implement a recruitment system.

But with the financial difficulties of the Ming Dynasty and no money and food being issued, who would apply for the army? Only the old, weak, sick and local ruffians can make up the number. The result was the tragic situation in the late Ming Dynasty that "only one out of ten soldiers could fight".

But this recruitment is different from the past. Because the military pay is sufficient and the treatment is good, including clothing, food and accommodation; as well as future war seizures, the war dividends mentioned by King Ding will be divided. Before the war, there were settlement allowances, pensions for war wounds, and burials for those who died in war. This became a means to support the family and make a fortune.

Stimulated by the daily performances on Chang'an Street, everyone enthusiastically applied, which gave the recruits a chance to choose.

Although it is not too harsh, it must be between eighteen and thirty years old and in good health without any disease.

It doesn't matter if you have weak bones. After entering the military camp, ten days of pork stew with vermicelli and white steamed buns will make you a strong man in the blink of an eye.

The recruitment site was packed tightly, and while they were arguing about occupying seats, suddenly, the crowd became silent and automatically gave way to a passage.

The clerk who was recruiting soldiers looked up and saw three men approaching. Although his clothes were in tatters and his face was sallow and skinny, there was a dirty belt tied around his waist, but the unique yellow color was still very conspicuous.

Yo, feelings are like three royal families.

The clerk stood up quickly: "Is there anything wrong with you three gentlemen?"

These three people did not have the arrogance of the royal family, but asked with a guilty conscience: "We are the royal family, can we sign up to join the army?"

The clerk laughed and said, "Well, I don't dare to make the decision. I have to ask you."

Then he told his men: "Go and ask King Ding to come over."

Lu Mou was at the recruitment site. Hearing this, he came over quickly.

When I saw three tribesmen wearing yellow belts, they didn't meet each other according to their seniority in the tribe. They just handed each other as equals: "You three are from the royal family and want to be soldiers? Aren't you afraid of humiliating your status?"

One of the three people replied with a smile: "We have become beggars, and we have no status. Besides, an imperial edict has been issued today, abolishing the old rule that the royal family is not allowed to do any business, allowing us to support ourselves. But the emperor Even if we are given ten acres of transitional land, we will not be able to plant it. But when we were young, we used this yellow belt to fight and fight, and we learned a lot about boxing and kicking, so we came here and wanted to be soldiers. Your Majesty, can we become soldiers now? "

Lu Mou immediately showed a welcoming expression: "Okay, let's liberalize the system, you can do whatever you want, you can be a robber, as long as you don't get caught and beheaded."

People burst into laughter. "It's best to be a soldier. Our ancestors' country has reached this point, and we, the unworthy descendants, need to stand up and join the army to protect and defend our ancestors' country."

When the three of them heard this, their expressions were serious, and they tightened the yellow belt around their waists: "Prince Ding said well, we will protect our family's country. We will sign up to join the army."

After that, in the Ming Dynasty's army, there appeared an army that was most capable of fighting and dared to die, his nickname was the Yellow Belt Army. They are all descendants of the old Zhu family. They are not afraid of life and death for the sake of their ancestors. They fight in the north and south, and are invincible.

The army must recruit two armies, among which the fourth army will directly set up general camps in Zunhua, Sanhe, and Tongzhou.

Zunhua has always been the only way for the Manchus to invade the invaders.

Sanhe can prevent the enemy from running westward and contain the enemy from going south.

Tongzhou is the corner of Beijing, the end point of the Grand Canal, and the base for Beijing's food reserves. These three points must be strictly guarded and must not be lost every time.

Of course, there was also Xuanda on the way to the Qing invaders. But now, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning is stationed there.

Besides, aren't there still Yuan Zongdi's bandits there? They will never let the Manchus pass by easily again. There is no way to defend the territory through the enemy.

The rest of the new army is training in the capital. This army is to deal with Liu Fangliang of Shandong.

Soldiers are easy to recruit, but the problem of officers is a big problem. The commander of the Fourth Army was Diao Liancheng, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army of the Fifth Army.

He was a veteran who had followed Sun Chuanting to encircle and suppress rogue bandits. Sun Chuanting died, he was squeezed out by Donglin, and eventually ended up in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army doing nothing. This time he was reused again. The old general was grateful and vowed to serve his country to the death.

The Fifth Army is special because a special group of people enthusiastically signed up for the yellow belts, which no one would want among other armies.

Although Xiazhao said that he wanted to abolish the preferential treatment of the royal family and become a common people, the royal family was still a royal family after all, and the deep-rooted hierarchy of superiority and inferiority was deeply rooted in the bones. No one was willing to serve these uncles.

After discussing with a group of people, Lu Mou decided to let them form the fifth army alone.

The army commander selected Zhu Changxun, the commander of the Thirteen Guards who had stayed in Beijing.

This Zhu Changxun is not that Zhu Changxun. The reason why he was chosen was that although he was not from the royal family, his surname was Zhu, and he could confuse the public and deter those yellow belts.

If there is no yellow belt, why not just make him one? Are you just trying to make up for the numbers?

The lower-level officers were all selected from the First Army and the Second Army. They were served by meritorious officers of the Forbidden Army who had participated in the original battles with Li Yan and Li Guo, with the old leading the new.

But it's still not enough. You can't take out all the veterans from the three previous armies. Then you won't be able to build one and tear down the other. What a joke.

Therefore, Lu Mou prepared to go to Zijingguan as soon as possible. The soldiers there had been fighting fiercely for more than three months. There were many veterans and they also needed to be rotated. Pull them down to make up for the lack of officers.

In this way, two new armies were quickly established. In this way, Lu Mou had five armies and an independent division in his hands, totaling 160,000.

Although it is not said that the soldiers and horses are strong, it can still bluff people. As the saying goes, the fighting power is not enough for the number of people.

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