Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 61 Zhu Yuanzhang saw the changes in the rebel army

Ren Qiande nodded with a smile, and then said: "Next, be nice to your servants."

"How do you say this?"

Guo Jingxiang couldn't help but ask.

Li Menggeng said: "Do you still need to ask? With the way they treat the untouchables as human beings, if the servants are bullied too hard by their masters, sooner or later they will become slaves!"

"Next."

"Exactly how to deal with this situation."

"Whether we really want our disciples to take part in Mr. Zhang's examination or whether we want to do something else, let's go back first."

Ren Qiande said.

Both of them nodded.

So, the three of them returned to Ren Qiande's mansion.

boom!
  When Ren Qiande came back, he couldn't help but throw a vase to the ground.

Guo Jingxiang and Li Menggeng were both so frightened that they could not speak.

Ren Qiande sat back first, frowned, and said, "Let's discuss the matter now."

"it is good!"

Li Menggeng agreed and said first: "Since they treat the people as human beings, it means that they will definitely have some rough policies in the future."

"That's right!"

"Those who put the people first must have great ambitions."

Ren Qiande nodded and replied.

Guo Jingxiang asked: "What ambitions can they have? Should they continue to raid homes or farm fields?"

"Just join in and you'll find out."

Ren Qiande replied at this time.

Li Menggeng nodded: "That's right. Only by joining can we know what major political agenda they want to implement. Otherwise, their thieves would not be so willing to give food to the poor people instead of using it all to expand their troops."

"That's exactly what he said."

"Since they are starting to win over the people, we have to make more bets. We should send some of our disciples there, or we can go there ourselves."

Ren Qiande said.

Li Menggeng said: "I think it is more appropriate for us to join in ourselves, so that the tribesmen will be convinced, and it will be easier for them to believe in us."

Ren Qiande and Guo Jingxiang both nodded.

Ren Qiande went on to say: "In addition, they have taken so many measures to win the hearts of the people. We, the gentry, will lose the hearts of the people if we don't follow them, so we must also follow them, to support orphans and children, and to help refugees. Even lower some rents.”

"this."

Li Menggeng and Guo Jingxiang hesitated.

Seeing this, Ren Qiande closed his eyes and said: "It's already reached this point, and you still can't bear to part with that little profit! Even if you don't show kindness to your tenants and servants, you should still show kindness to the poor people, otherwise you really don't think there will be anyone around you who can be trusted. Are there no people there?”

"That's what Mr. Ren said."

"It's not that we are reluctant to part with it, we are just afraid that the people below will think that we are afraid of the traitors, which will damage our own prestige."

Li Mengeng nodded.

boom!
  Guo Jingxiang just slapped his palm on the table, and then couldn't help but gnashed his teeth and said, "It's all because these thieves and soldiers are worse than the army. We have to find a way to explain why we didn't provide relief before."

"Stop talking about this."

"Let's do these things now."

"By the way, I also took the initiative to encourage the scholars to join the rebel army, saying that we were also moved by the benevolence and righteousness of the rebel army, so that the scholars and the people would not think that we, the prominent families in the countryside, were ignorant."

Ren Qiande said something.

Both of them nodded.

……

Because Zhang Cheng directly mobilized the poor people, there are now a lot of poor people coming to Zhizhou Yamen to sign up for reference.

At this time, Shu Anguo came to Zhizhou Yamen on his father's order to sign up for the rebel army.

of course.

Shu Anguo chose to join the rebel army not only because his father asked him to come, but also because he knew that his son was being raised by the rebel army. An even more important reason was that he knew that his son was being raised by the rebel army.

However, Shu Anguo was worried that because of his limited knowledge and poor background, he would not be taken seriously by these rebels, or would be rejected outright.

It's just because the notice says that no family background or limited knowledge is required. You can use it according to your talents after signing up for reference. Therefore, Shu Anguo still chose to come here.

"I don't know how to write essays, I can only write letters and some ditties. Do your rebels really want to use someone like me?"

But after Shu Anguo ranked himself in the queue and registered, he still asked Zhu Wenzheng, who was in charge of the recruitment and registration.

Zhu Wenzheng nodded and said: "Yes."

Zhang Cheng, who happened to be here, heard what he said, and took the initiative to say: "Now, read me a little song you wrote, or make up one for me on the spot. It must be about satirizing Hu Yuan's tyranny and harming the people." , let the people immediately feel how hateful Hu Yuan is."

Shu Anguo said yes.

"The King of Hell only wants my life, and Hu Yuan wants the lives of my whole family. Do you think I hate the King of Hell or Hu Yuanle more?"

It didn't take long for Shu Anguo to start reading it, and then asked Zhang Cheng: "Xiao Sheng has compiled it now, and I want Mr. Zhou Mu to criticize it."

Zhang Cheng laughed after hearing this, thinking that the Yuan Dynasty was really good at writing little songs to satirize many people in the government.

then.

Zhang Cheng said to Shu Anguo: "You don't need to take the exam. You can go through a special channel and be directly appointed as a member of the Gongwei Department. You will be responsible for internal and external missionary work. You will be an official of the eighth rank. Your annual salary plus bonus and food will be between fifteen and twenty stone."

Zhang Cheng then told Zhu Wenzheng, "Give him the official seal."

Shu Anguo was greatly surprised here, and he was busy bowing and saying yes.

The Han scholars behind were also greatly surprised when they saw this, and some bold ones couldn't help shouting: "I know mathematics and science. Although I am a miscellaneous student, my ancestral knowledge of mathematics and mathematics is good. Therefore, my father also worked in a household in this county. Can I please Mr. Zhou Mu asked directly, "Do you want to go through a special passage?"

"This is better. As long as the family background is innocent, you can directly use it as an official."

Zhang Cheng nodded and said.

"My family is a craftsman and can build cars."

"My family is a doctor, and I am particularly good at surgery."

In the Yuan Dynasty, people had begun to divide their household registrations according to occupations. Therefore, in this era, there were already craftsmen and medical households. There were also children from such household registrations who asked Zhang Cheng to specially appoint him as an official.

Zhang Cheng was overjoyed about this, so he naturally agreed, and lamented that there was indeed no shortage of talents among the people, especially professional and technical talents from various occupational household registrations.

For Zhang Cheng, what he lacks now is talents who can coordinate management.

This is the talent that is truly monopolized by the officials, gentry and Confucian households.

Because their people have rich experience in clan and local management and experience in serving as officials in the government.

Zhang Cheng needs to cultivate, train and discover such talents from the rebels and recruited poor people.

Zhang Cheng believed that as long as the rebel officers and soldiers were given a chance, they might accumulate and sum up a wealth of management experience in the process of fighting on the river, and then develop a superb management level.

In addition to the many poor people who took the initiative to sign up for the examination, there were also many civilians who applied to join the rebel army.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy when he saw the long queue of Minzhuang people who wanted to join the rebel army, and said to Zhang Mian beside him: "We didn't expect so many Minzhuang people to come out of Chuzhou City. It can be seen that the military pay and Shi Renzheng are so important." The common people are indeed of great use.”

"That's what the superior said."

Zhang Mian replied with a smile and talked about his worries: "If we continue like this and adopt so many infants and orphans, no matter how much food we have, sooner or later we will be unable to bear it."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

He himself was thinking about this issue.

Because he saw the real changes in the rebel army after being paid.

In the past, when everyone made a living by looting money and food from government landlords, many rebels did not feel that Zhu Yuanzhang, the general manager, was supporting them. Instead, they felt that they were supporting him, the general manager, through looting. But now, Zhu Yuanzhang allows them to support them through food and salary. The rebels began to feel that Zhu Yuanzhang was nurturing them.

Therefore, the rebels also respected Zhu Yuanzhang more and more, and became very polite after seeing Zhu Yuanzhang. Some even began to please and flatter Zhu Yuanzhang, praising him for being so wise and beautiful in every word he said.

Zhu Yuanzhang could also clearly feel that the rebel brothers seemed to be more willing to listen to his instructions. If he patted someone on the shoulder or greeted someone, the person would start scratching his head happily and then tell him about it as if to show off. To other people, and if he didn't notice someone because of his thoughts, or even didn't respond to someone's polite greeting, the person would start to feel a little left out, and then look unhappy.

Simultaneously.

Zhu Yuanzhang also noticed the changes in the people in the market. Because the payment of military pay increased the purchasing power of soldiers, the income of people in Chuzhou City also increased a lot, which led to a more prosperous market. People hiding in the countryside or in the mountains also began to appear. Back to the city.

Zhu Yuanzhang could therefore feel the vitality of Chuzhou City.

In addition, a large number of poor people obtained food by working for the rebels, so that the rebels' relief of hungry people and adoption of infants and children were actively or passively publicized by them, which made the people more and more welcome to the rebels, including General Zhu. He was also deeply loved by the people, and many villagers began to fawn over him when they saw him.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very accomplished.

But Zhu Yuanzhang also became more and more aware of how important and meaningful the military pay system and ensuring sufficient food income were.

He hoped that the rebels could always be like this, always respect him and be obedient, and always be benevolent and courteous to the people, and that the soldiers and civilians could always support him in this way.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang said at this time: "Let's go see Mr. Zhang and hand this place over to Xu Da."

So, Zhu Yuanzhang came to Zhang Cheng and asked Zhang Cheng: "When will we start clearing the land and collecting taxes to increase tax and grain revenue?"

(End of this chapter)