Ping An Biography

A few years ago, Zhang Ning broke free from the official cage, but now Zhang Ning found himself trapped in another cage.One day he wanted to go out to see the situation of the army and the people, but he was dissuaded by many civil servants and generals. He finally managed to go out, but was followed by a large number of guards.The people of the Suzaku Army Group valued his safety too much.After the First Battle of Yuanshui, Zhang Ning's prestige increased rapidly, and at the same time, he alone was related to the vital interests of several people, so people no longer regarded him as a human being.

He stood at the water gate of the North City and looked at the scenery, but he saw that there were five steps up and down the tower, and the guards were very tight.He was thinking: Why do everyone value a person's life so much, not to mention the feeling of sharing weal and woe, it may be mainly for the existence of this group; if he dies, the formed organization will face turmoil or collapse.One kind of power comes from organization and order, otherwise no amount of people can accomplish great things.Just like the encirclement and suppression by the Huguang government army not long ago, in fact, Huguang alone in the Ming Dynasty has a population of tens of millions, and there are millions of men. The war potential of a single province is huge. Ways to organize war potential.

After several days of debate in the Senate and Zhang Ning's thinking, he probably had a decision on how to deal with the officers and soldiers' prisoners of war.The soldiers who have lost their organizational system look terrible, maybe they are not as wexe as imagined.

Zhu Heng happened to be by his side, so Zhang Ning looked at the river flowing towards Dongting Lake and asked in a casual tone: "Does Zhu Butang think that the people in Changde Mansion and Huguang support us?"

"I feel that in the minds of the common people, we are no different from the imperial government. It may be the mind of ordinary people to stand on the sidelines... Maybe it's worse. Many people still can't agree with our justice and scold us behind our backs." Zhu Heng said without thinking. [

Zhang Ning mny nodded and said yes, although he was on one side, he was not the emperor, and the officials below were basically able to tell the truth, after all, it was too early to sing praises.He deliberately provoked: "As the old saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, but we don't seem to have the hearts of the people."

Zhu Heng really shook his head and said: "My lord, it is a good lesson that water can carry a boat or capsize it, but there is a limit to it. We didn't make people lose their way of life. No one in this place can organize a village." The people resisted. There are a few people who are dissatisfied, but what can we do if we are in a state of disunity?"

After hearing this, Zhang Ning said: "Then Zhu Butang said that those military households of the official army are working hard for the court and for us. As long as the ranks are reorganized and the generals use our people, the soldiers can only obey the generals... If Among them, there is really someone who can call most of the soldiers to mutiny. That person is definitely not a simple person, and he will be a hero wherever he is placed. A large number of officers and soldiers are not organized, and the wexe is very low."

"My lord's intention is to recruit a large number of new troops from the captives of the officers and soldiers?" Zhu Heng became serious.

Zhang Ning said: "We have too few soldiers, we can first recruit some people who volunteered to join us, and the others will be temporarily detained, and they will be released when Wuchang, Jingzhou and other places are captured."

Zhu Heng frowned and said: "Soldiers with military power are extremely difficult to do things, but they always feel dangerous and have to be prevented."

Zhang Ning took a few steps, then took off a piece of jade pendant from his clothes, grabbed one end of the silk thread, and used the jade pendant as a temporary simple pendulum.He held up the jade pendant with the other hand, and said to Zhu Heng calmly: "Let's play a little trick. The height of the jade pendant stops at the wall. Let me let it swing now. It will never hit the wall."

Zhu Heng thought for a while, nodded and said, "My lord, please give it a try. Seeing is believing."

Zhang Ning let go of the jade pendant and allowed it to swing, and sure enough, the swing became smaller and smaller, never exceeding the initial height and hitting the wall.This has been repeated several times without exception.

Zhu Heng Nian | He chuckled while stroking his chin beard, then noncommittally looked at the medicine sold in Zhang Ning's gourd.Zhang Ning smiled gently and said, "I use this jade pendant as a metaphor because there is no condition for another experiment right now. Let's imagine this: a person stands at the position of the city wall, and the jade pendant is replaced by an iron ball full of blades. It's so swaying. Does the person standing here think it's scary? But in fact, he's not dangerous at all."

"That's the reason, as long as he doesn't move around, the iron ball can't hit him." Zhu Heng nodded in agreement.

Zhang Ning said calmly: "For some reason, some things look scary, but in fact they look scary. We have to believe in reality."

After hearing this, Zhu Heng bowed his head and said, "If the lord makes this decision, I will definitely second it."

Zhang Ning helped him up, and said kindly: "If we have to be united, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

After the Senate has reached a consensus, things will be easy to handle. The specific implementation can be formulated by various officials, and then the specific formulation personnel will implement it separately.If the Suzaku army dares to use captives, it will be easy to expand the army again. A large number of young and strong captives are ready-made. Those military households have a sense of military discipline, are trained in the army, and are familiar with various armors and weapons. It is easier than recruiting and training refugees or poor peasants. much.

The expanded group of troops was named "Wuchang Camp" by Zhang Ning himself. If someone can pay attention to these names, they can guess many strategic intentions of the "rebel army" from the names alone.

All the officers and generals above Xiaoqi (12 people) were drawn from the Suzaku army, and the uniforms and flags to the weapons and equipment were changed from beginning to end. The new army was temporarily placed in Changde Mansion for training.Zhang Ning needs to choose an important person to be in charge of this [-]-strong force, from personnel selection to complete training, and enforcement of military discipline.

The key is the person who grants the military power. If the general in charge cannot be controlled, what will the main general do if he wins over the middle-level generals? The organizational system is ready-made.Moreover, to be able to command a battalion of soldiers and horses, one needs a certain identity and prestige, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the crowd.

He thought of Zhou Mengxiong.This person was the leader of the army when Jianwen was in power many years ago, and his experience and knowledge cannot be matched by just looking for someone, especially when Zhang Ning has difficulty recruiting high-level talents from the outside, it is a great waste to idle people like Zhou Mengxiong . [

The thing Zhou Mengxiong made Zhang Ning most worried about was that he was an old minister loyal to Jianwen.Zhang Ning is also known as Jianwen's minister in name, but in fact he is him, Jianwen is Jianwen, and the forces are not integrated... After Zhou Mengxiong's daughter became his wife, the influence of the marriage may be useful; Zhang Ning began to think about Zhou Mengxiong's premise, and talked about the legitimate relationship between Yue and Xu.

The soldiers of the new Wuchang battalion are mainly military households in the Weisuo. Zhou Mengxiong is from the Jianwen family, and it is difficult to become a monolithic unit with the people below. Balance may create an opportunity for control.

Zhang Ning is in his position, and he has to consider further checks and balances.Allowing Yao Ji to participate in politics, her lineage is too strong in the Suzaku army; introducing Zhou's relatives may be able to foreshadow the future balance.This is about emotion. If an interest | group loses control if its power is out of balance, it will be a disaster for everyone, right?