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Chapter 193 It's worth one out of ten, and will never be rewarded

Hetuala is over!

When Zhao Cheng watched the fire burn up, he knew that Hetuala was over.

Those who died together were 10,000+ people in the city of Hetuala.

I don't know how many of them can escape?
However, Zhao Cheng did not have any regrets for his decision.

The Tartars came out of the deep mountains and old forests, no matter in terms of body or spirit, they were barbaric.

In history, after they took control of Ming Dynasty, in order to completely destroy the will of the people of Ming Dynasty to resist, they used massacres again and again to completely break the backbone of the people.

Ten days in Yangzhou, three massacres in Jiading... The evils done by the Qing army are too numerous to write down.

All the way past, everywhere is bloody.

After entering Sichuan, the massacre was almost extinct.

History is written by the victors.

Afterwards, the Qing Dynasty wrote history and planted Sichuan's pot on Zhang Xianzhong.

But there will always be a day in history when the truth will be revealed.

None of these people in Hetuala City are innocent.

The city gate opened, and the people in the city finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to run away.

Zhao Cheng has only 1000 people under his command, so it is impossible to besiege the city on all sides.

You can only use the unit as a unit to start hunting.

As long as there is a little resistance, they will be shot all the way without hesitation.

It was not until sunset that the Qiangdi army retreated.

Hetuala, a scene of hell.

The fire in the city was still burning.

The fire burned for another day.

On the third day, the Qiangdi Army officially entered the city.

Hetuala has become a ruin.

Zhao Cheng has no plans to abandon the city.

To the west of Hetuala is Shengjing City, and to the east and north is Tieling, which is one of the most important horse breeding places for the Jurchens.

Geographic location is very important.

There are still more than 3 people left in Hetuala, most of whom are Han Chinese, and there are also a few bannermen living at the bottom.

Strictly speaking, the quality of these people is higher than those in Qiangdi Village when Zhao Cheng first arrived in Qiangdi Village.

Because the Jurchens have already laid the foundation for their career through the development of two generations of Ming masters.

Most of these Han people in Hetuala are craftsmen, and some are scholars from the old land of Liaodong, or scholars who were taken captive from the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Cheng's feelings for these scholars are very complicated.

It's not because they betrayed Ming Dynasty and worked for the Tartars...

In fact, most of them are not treacherous and evil, but just to survive.

The main reason is that these scholars read Confucian books and believe in the concept that everything is inferior, and only reading is high.

These people are the most elite class of the Chinese nation, but their thinking is far behind the world at this time.

In the consistent thinking of later generations, when it comes to the backwardness of the country, most people think that we are 5000 years ahead, and it is only in modern times that we lag behind, only more than 100 years behind...

However, the truth is very sad.

At least in Daming, the East has lagged behind the West as a whole.

The first industrial revolution in Europe began in the 1760s.But the Industrial Revolution didn't just pop out of nowhere.

The accumulation of their ideas and technology has been going on for hundreds of years.

Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment...

From Italy, to Portugal, to Spain, and the "sea coachman" in Holland...

Zhao Cheng remembered that before he traveled, "Is it so difficult to admit that others are good?" has become a derogatory term on the Internet.

But he always believes that blind self-confidence is not advisable.

True patriotism means knowing oneself and others correctly, studying history with a scientific attitude, and absorbing experience and lessons from history in order to truly develop.

Zhao Cheng's biggest dream is to rise to a great power and make this ancient nation the most envied nation in other countries in the world.

But how to do this?
It requires serious study of advanced experience, clear self-awareness, and independent thinking for everyone to find the direction step by step.

Rather than blind arrogance, I am the best in the universe, whoever says I am not good, I will spray you to death... That is what sticks like to do.

Zhao Cheng wondered how to treat these scholars.

Use it, you must use it.

But their thoughts cannot be allowed to influence ordinary people, let alone become the mainstream.

Confucianism, originally in the category of philosophy, should be classified with religion.

Using Confucianism to govern the past, implanting Confucianism deep into a nation's thinking, can easily kill a nation's creativity.

Depose a hundred schools of thought, and only respect Confucianism...

The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die...

Everything is inferior, only reading is high... The key reading is not mathematics, physics and chemistry, but Confucian classics of literature and philosophy.

Even, in the eyes of Confucianists, only their books are considered books, and the others are crooked ways.

As a result, in the domestic feudal dynasty, the status of craftsmen was extremely low.

The best talents of the entire nation all go to study philosophy, all go to read the four books and five classics of Confucianism, and their lifelong ambition is to master these classical Chinese literature.

Zhao Cheng feels that there is no essential difference between this and the third brother next door, where all the people believe in religion, read religious classics, and learn religious stories.

At the same time, the thoughts of these Confucian scholars are as stubborn as those of religious believers.

They have read Confucian books all their lives, and it is extremely difficult to reform their thinking.

Zhao Cheng rubbed his forehead.

"Step by step. It seems that it can only be done step by step."

Zhao Cheng selected a group of pleasing scholars and asked them to be responsible for the population registration in Hetuala city.

The scholars he selected all have one thing in common, that is, they are young, and they are all in their teens.

No matter how big or small the knowledge is, as long as you can read characters.

Because the younger you are, the easier it is to change your mind.

If it is those who are old and very stubborn, it is absolutely difficult to change their minds.

Zhao Cheng didn't want to be serious with some paranoid old scholars.

His selection criteria naturally made those old literati very upset.

These old literati generally have relatively high status and status.

Some are officials in the government, and some are teachers of the princes and grandchildren, and they are highly respected.

Zhao Cheng didn't even look at them.

Those young scholars were extremely pleasantly surprised.

Because they study, but still have no grades!

The so-called ten years of hard study, if you want to get fame, you don't know how many years it will take.

Referring to the story of "Fan Jinzhongju", we know that many people are old in the exam, and they are very lucky if they can achieve something, and the ancestral graves are full of smoke.

Now, as soon as Master Zhao arrives, he will ask them to come forward and make a record for the population register.

This is pretty much what government officials do.

Doesn't it mean that in the future, they will be able to eat the food of the officials directly with Mr. Zhao?
Of course, there are also people who disdain, put on the nobility of a literati, and reject the invitation of "Master Zhao".

In feudal dynasties, officials played a very important role, and in the eyes of ordinary people, they could be domineering.

But in the eyes of real scholars, they look down on officials very much.

Because once you become an official, you will not be eligible for fame.

Some people really have higher pursuits, and want to get fame in the future, so they don't want to be officials.

There are also people who are self-confident and noble, thinking about the ancient sages, if they are thirsty for talents, Liu Bei has to pay three visits to the thatched cottage to invite Zhuge Liang!
They felt that they had to hold back for a while, and they had to shirk a few times, and then Master Zhao personally came to the door and begged them to "come out of the mountain" before they could consider going out.

This will elevate your status.

It's a pity that after they evaded... Zhao Cheng really didn't need them.

"This is a screening in itself. Those who are stubborn and old-fashioned are not needed by our new government."

Zhao Cheng said this to his subordinates.

Yes, he is considering a new government.

Hetuala took it down, and Shengjing is next.

From Guihua City to Liaodong...

This way, the Qiangdi Army has already swept through it.

This is the world conquered by the strong army.

Since the land was not seized from Daming, naturally there is no reason to hand it over to Daming.

Of course, the establishment of the new government must be very troublesome. There are too many things involved, and Zhao Cheng has to plan it step by step.

With the help of literati, the efficiency of various statistical work has improved a lot.

Hetuala now has a population of more than 3, and there are more than 7000 young and strong men.

This ratio is not low, mainly because this era is too cruel, especially for the elderly. The low proportion of the elderly population is expected.

Zhao Cheng selected 7000 of these more than 3000 young and strong men to form a militia.

Compared with the reserve force, the militia is less equipped.

Zhao Cheng didn't send them fire guns, but distributed cold weapons, forming a thousand spearmen, a thousand saber shields, and a thousand cavalry.

There is no shortage of horses in Hetuala. Although these Han people have high status, they can ride horses, and there are quite a few who can fight on horses.

These thousand cavalry are equipped with sabers.

One of the most basic conditions for Zhao Cheng to choose a militia is to have family members.

Moreover, the more dependents, the greater the possibility of being selected.

There is a large area of ​​farmland around Hetuala, all of which belong to the Jurchen nobles.

Zhao Cheng was not polite and confiscated all the farmland.

Then, distribute it to all the three thousand militiamen.

Each militia was allocated one hundred acres of fertile land.

For this alone, the three thousand militiamen immediately turned against each other and became loyal to Zhao Cheng.

These days, for the common people, nothing is as easy as land.

They have knives in their hands, and 3000 people are organized together. Whoever dares to rob their land, they dare to fight with their lives.

Not to mention, Zhao Cheng arranged jobs for all the families of the militiamen.

A large city with more than 3 people is full of ruins, and there are too many jobs.

For these 3 people, Zhao Cheng's current policy is to provide them with one bite of food, two meals a day, and then they have to help build the city wall and rebuild the city.

Only three thousand militiamen and their families are very special, they are paid.

Needless to say, the [-] militiamen, their food and salaries will be paid in accordance with the treatment of the Ming army's regular army, and they will be paid in full without being deducted.

Militia family members, as long as they work, get paid in addition to the usual two meals a day.

This kind of treatment makes them feel superior.

The whole family can have enough to eat, there are fields to farm, and there is still money and food left over...

The key is that the tax on farming is very low, worth one out of ten.

In other words, you only need to pay [-]% of the food income.

And Mr. Zhao said, never add a gift!

As long as he is there, this farmland will never be taxed, and farmers will not be taxed in any name, and it will always be worth ten draws.

This made the militiamen newly assigned to the farmland full of energy and full of expectations for the future.

On the day when Hetuala was captured, Zhao Cheng sent 600 people back to Shengjing City, including [-] regular soldiers and [-] reserve soldiers.

He personally took [-] regular soldiers and [-] reserve soldiers to stay in Hetuala, rectify the city defense, and train the militia.

Three days later, the militiamen had undergone intensive training, and they were basically in good shape, and they were initially equipped with combat effectiveness.

The city walls of Hetuala were also basically repaired.

When Zhao Cheng broke through the city, he only attacked one wall.

Now it is built with cement, which is very efficient.

Zhao Cheng left [-] regular soldiers, [-] reserve soldiers, and [-] militiamen to defend Hetuala.

Twenty Napoleon guns were placed at the head of the city, and a batch of gasoline and glass bottles were stored in the city... These are all weapons for defending the city.

Once there is an emergency, using gasoline and glass bottles to make Molotov cocktails is an invincible weapon for defending the city.

After everything was settled, Zhao Cheng returned to Shengjing with [-] reserves and [-] militia and cavalry.

……

Hauge fell ill.

The horror of the Black Death was beyond anyone's expectation.

Hauge is a responsible general. In order to boost morale, he often puts on full clothes and patrols the camp in person.

With so many soldiers in contact, he contracted the plague with little surprise.

First, he had a fever, coughed, and then he began to bleed, and a large area of ​​his body turned black.

The originally strong man was tortured to the point of disfigurement.

Within a few days, her cheeks were sunken, her eye sockets were blackened, and she was lying in bed unable to get up.

"March! March! Shengjing is in a hurry! Father Khan handed over the most elite 2 people of the Eight Banners Army to me, and asked me to rush to help Shengjing...

I...I patted my chest in front of Father Khan and promised that I would never lose Shengjing!If Shengjing made a mistake, how could I have the face to see Father Khan again?Cough cough cough! "

Hauge was lying in the big tent, shouting hysterically.

Affecting the condition, he couldn't help coughing violently again.

Several doctors knelt in the big tent, each trembling, with pale faces.

They were all taken captive from the Ming land.

To be honest, their life was not bad before.

The Tartars need them to see a doctor, so let them have enough food and pay them, which is considered respectful to them.

They even sent them a young woman who was also taken captive from the Ming Dynasty.

But this time, pimple disease suddenly broke out in the Tazi army, which frightened them a lot.

As doctors, they are certainly no strangers to pimple disease.

As long as this kind of disease is infected, everything can only be resigned to fate!

Nine times out of ten, he will die.

Perhaps the Tartars committed too many crimes, and the pimple disease was like a raging fire, burning all over the army.

(End of this chapter)