Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 84 Zhu Yuanzhang’s team began to unite and set up the Shenji Camp

"The best way is to work seriously!"

"Let the world be settled as soon as possible. The more peaceful the world is, the more intoxicating the taste of power will be."

"When the world is in chaos, it is easy for scholars to downplay their desire for power. They either only want to be heroes who save the people of the world from fire and water, or they retreat into Buddhism to hide their ambitions."

Li Shanchang, who had been thinking, looked ahead with squinted eyes and spoke.

After hearing this, Feng Guoyong also thought about it seriously, and then nodded: "That's right! In the final analysis, it is still the reason why the world is not settled!"

"When the world is in chaos, etiquette and music will collapse, and all kinds of people will appear. When the world is restored to order, the noble and the humble will return to their respective positions!"

Zhang Mian, Li Mengeng, and Guo Jingxiang also nodded in agreement.

"So, we don't have to worry too much."

"Actually, although Mr. Zhang's current policy is not conducive to the scholar's status, it is of great benefit to the great cause of pacifying the world."

"I dare to conclude that if we really do what Mr. Zhang does, the world's time will only speed up, not slow down!"

Li Shanchang continued to speak, and then he handed over his hands to Feng Guoyong and others and said: "So, gentlemen, please do your work seriously and let Mr. Zhang make us like the fingers of our arms!"

Feng Guoyong nodded.

Li Shanchang is undoubtedly very confident in the strong vitality of the civilized rules of his world.

He believed that Zhang Cheng could not change these rules and would not drastically change the order of ethics.

Because Li Shanchang didn't know that behind Zhang Cheng was the entire modern civilization.

Therefore, Li Shanchang is very willing to accompany Zhang Cheng to grow and change, but is not willing to solve Zhang Cheng in a way that is extremely risky and does not seem to have much benefit.

What's more, as the landlord class, they don't like radicality and extremes.

to this end.

Li Shanchang decided to work seriously for Zhang Cheng.

He wants to turn himself into a tool without real opinions and beliefs, and is willing to take the initiative to implement the policies that Zhang Cheng wants to implement. He is even willing to take the initiative to check for leaks and clean up the aftermath, so that Zhang Cheng can discover that power can realize his ideals, and then taste the power. The beauty of power, in the end, he completely became a slave to power, and he did not hesitate to give up his ideals for the sake of power.

otherwise.

Li Shanchang would not say so much to Feng Guoyong and others. He carefully reminded them and asked them to listen to Zhang Cheng's words, also to allow Zhang Cheng to use his power better.

And because of Li Shanchang's assistant, everything Zhang Cheng wanted to do seemed to go smoothly, and he encountered very few constraints.

Especially after Li Shanchang made Feng Guoyong and others understand that it was more important for the world to be settled as soon as possible, it made the entire rebel army appear particularly harmonious.

Regardless of the consensus between the superiors and subordinates, the people at the bottom work hard without complaining, strive for performance, do not ask for treatment, and actively sacrifice their own interests for the public good. There seems to be no contradiction and a high level of consciousness.

As a result, the new government and merchants responsible for military trade were successfully established.

Feng Guoyong, Zhang Mian, Li Menggeng, Guo Jingxiang, etc. all invested in the shares without digging. Cheng Renmo and other businessmen who had good relations with the rebels also invested in the shares, and together they established the Chuzhou Ordnance Store, which was responsible for selling weapons to external parties. At present, the rebels are the only trading house that legally sells weapons to external parties.

The ordnance shop was run by the Cheng family, a businessman, and the production was handled by the government-run ordnance factory.

The eliminated craftsmen were also arranged to go to the new factory to build cold weapons, so there was no more trouble.

In this way, these eliminated craftsmen still have basic living security, and they will not dare to make trouble again.

After all, the eliminated craftsmen dare to cause trouble because once they are eliminated, they will have no guarantee of life, which means they have no way out and have nothing to fear.

of course.

The treatment for making cold weapons is not as good as that for making fire guns, so the craftsmen who make fire guns still dare not neglect, and they all work hard to build fire guns, for fear of being fined and being sent to make cold weapons.

Needless to say, Li Shanchang was responsible for the tax inspection and land clearing. Basically, there were no major disputes and everything went smoothly.

Li Shanchang also personally went to inspect the fields, angrily scolded the clansmen who over-executed, and took the initiative to punish his clan members who concealed and falsely reported their farm acres.

The criminal security that Feng Guoyong was responsible for here was also very smooth, and there were no major thefts.

Zhang Mian and others did not play any tricks when it came to school education. Even people from the Imperial Guard reported secretly that Zhang Mian had not been found to have embezzled or deducted food from the school.

Zhang Cheng could sense that Li Shanchang had contributed to this.

Because he knew from what he had learned that if someone didn't handle it well, there would be no internal contradictions. What's more, what he did would not be liked by the landlord class.

And Zhang Cheng easily thought that Li Shanchang was trying to reason.

After all, among the scribes he came into contact with, Li Shanchang was the most tolerant and obedient to him, and the least aggressive.

Zhang Cheng was also happy to do so, and was also willing to take the initiative to ask Li Shanchang for advice on specific matters.

this day.

Zhang Cheng took the initiative to chat with Li Shanchang because of the marriage of officers and soldiers, and said: "Shanchang, you should still remember what the ideas of the rebel brothers about joining the rebel army were raised by us when we first entered Chuzhou City. "

"Remember." "I want to get a wife and have children."

"At that time, the subordinates had not really understood the true meaning of sages at first, but they came to understand after Mr. Zhang's guidance and knew that it was natural for the rebel brothers to want to marry and have children."

Li Shanchang replied.

Zhang Cheng said: "That's right! We have to address the reasonable wishes of the rebel brothers to prevent them from doing something outrageous."

"That's what Mr. Zhang said."

"Recently, there have been several cases where rebel brothers failed to control their subordinates and raped and humiliated civilian women."

"We should allow the rebel brothers to get wives as soon as possible through the method of marrying through a matchmaker."

Li Shanchang replied with a smile.

Zhang Cheng said: "But now, many people still have concerns about marrying their daughters to the rebels. They are worried that their daughters will be widowed and marry a second time. Let's see what policy is better to solve this concern."

"In my opinion, it is better to exempt one of the military relatives from military service."

"In this way, civilian girls will be more willing to marry officers and soldiers, and ordinary people will be more active in joining the army."

“Because for the common people, exemption from military service is more meaningful than tax exemption. Who doesn’t hope that their daughter will have a son by her side when she becomes a parent in the future? And what girl doesn’t hope that she will have a son who can stay with her all year round? ?”

After Li Shanchang said this, Zhang Cheng nodded: "Exemption from military service is indeed better than tax cuts and exemptions."

talking.

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "You must be good at it and think more carefully!"

Since Zhu Yuanzhang is currently busy with military drills, all internal affairs are basically left to Zhang Cheng, including the establishment of corresponding systems for the army's logistics and the lives of officers and soldiers, and naturally including marriage matters.

Zhang Cheng then followed Li Shanchang's suggestion and specially set up a ceremonial court, and asked Shu Anguo to organize and publicize the matter, that is, to encourage the daughters of innocent families to marry unmarried officers and soldiers of the rebel army, and organize corresponding activities.

The common people of this era really valued exemption from military service. It didn't take long for the common people who were about to marry off their daughters to know that marrying a military man would mean that someone would be exempted from military service, and they wanted to marry the rebels one after another.

Besides.

The women obtained from the house raids were also ordered by Zhang Cheng to be distributed to the rebels for marriage, and were assigned to work in the corresponding workshops newly established by Zhizhou Yamen according to whether they had skills in embroidery, textiles, spices and medicines, etc.

As for the family members of criminals, that is, the wealthy ladies, because most of them were literate, most of them were assigned to the newly established girls' school in the almshouse to teach the adopted girls to read and read.

As mentioned before, no Confucian scholar in the rebel army dared to speak against Zhang Cheng, and would even take the initiative to suppress other Confucian scholars from speaking out against him. The rest of the rebel army were common people who had just revolted, and they had no concept of ethics. Therefore, when Zhang Cheng educated women, no one said anything. Naturally, he did whatever he wanted.

Today, Chuzhou City is indeed controlled by Zhang Cheng in terms of military logistics, political education and life, as well as civil and commercial affairs, and Zhang Cheng has also established a basic system for it.

details as follows:

Logistics and auditing: Zhang Cheng (concurrently), Li Shanchang, Wang Guangyang
  Tax Administration: Zhu Wenzheng
  Ordnance: Wang Guangyang
  Internal guards: Fei Ju, Qi Xiang

The appropriate text for signing the mortgage room machine: Feng Guoyong (concurrently)
  Criminal prosecution: Feng Guoyong, Feng Sheng

Clearing the land and subdividing the land: Li Shanchang (concurrently), Li Menggeng, Guo Jingxiang
  Business: Li Cunyi, Cheng Renmo, Zhai Guangsen
  School: Miao Daheng, Zhang Mian, Zhao Lu

Sanatorium: Wang Family
  Marriage and cultural promotion: Shu Anguo

At the moment, among these different categories of things, Zhang Cheng's main focus is on ordnance manufacturing and the training of the musketry team.

In other respects, he basically only listened to opinions, nodded in agreement, and then asked people to formulate documents, submit them to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then sign and release them.

In terms of ordnance manufacturing, in addition to making muskets, Zhang Cheng also asked the craftsmen to improve the method of smelting iron. He asked them to layer iron materials and carbon materials for calcination. He also asked them to make a blower to smelt iron during smelting. The furnace adds oxygen to speed up the smelting speed, and while blowing the air, stirs the fried iron to promote the oxidation of pig iron into steel.

According to the original history, blasting technology and iron-frying technology did not appear until the late Ming Dynasty. However, because this technology is not difficult to implement, it is just that people have not thought of it. Therefore, Zhang Cheng allowed it to be implemented in advance. The emergence of steelmaking has greatly improved the speed and quality of steelmaking by the rebels.

In addition to steelmaking, Zhang Cheng also recruited a group of craftsmen who had fled to Chuzhou to manufacture low-difficulty Tiger Crouching Cannons to make up for the future shortcomings of the Fire Gun Team in long-range attacks.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang meant that the internal defense firearms troops recruited and trained by Zhang Cheng, the prefect, were only used for internal defense, Zhang Cheng knew the role of firearms troops in later history, so he still built them in a way suitable for field battles. Firearms troops directly controlled and trained by themselves.

As for the fire gunmen, Zhang Cheng also asked Zhu Wenzheng, who had graduated early from the accelerated course in military science, to take a group of poor men who had also graduated from the accelerated course in military science to go to the river project to select 300 honest migrant workers to serve as the fire gunmen of the future fire gun army. hand.

Zhang Cheng named the Fire Gun Army the Shenji Battalion. Although it was under the control of Zhizhou, Zhu Wenzheng was the commander of the battalion, and Hua Yunlong was in charge of the Taxation Department.

The fire gunners of the Shenji Battalion were trained in batches under the personal supervision of Zhang Cheng, according to the formation he improved based on the matchlock formations of Qi Jiguang and other Chinese and foreign players.

That is, as long as a batch of fire blunderbuss is produced, a batch will be trained first.

The white horse passes through the gap.

Before you know it, it’s the sky of fire in July.

The recruitment of fire gunmen in the Shenji Camp has basically been completed. With the craftsmen working overtime, more than 300 fire gun players have been built, and intensive training has begun.

But at this moment, the commander Zhao Jizu brought news to Chuzhou, that is, Guo Zixing led his troops to Chuzhou.

(End of this chapter)