Chinese people like to talk about things at the wine table, which is the case three and a half centuries later, and at this time, the same is true.

It was said to be a dust banquet. Although the protagonists of the banquet were Qian Lei and Gao Jiming, they soon, after the initial hustle and courteousness, everyone slowly talked about the main business.

"Recruiting troops!"

Qian Lei, who was wearing Kong Ming hat, was about to shake the fan when he said these two words, but he found that the goose feather fan was on the boat? Or?

This is obviously not the time to consider these things. Although he was shaking the sky, he didn't feel embarrassed at all. He looked at the military gate and said,

"If the military wants to defeat Dasu, it must recruit troops!"

"Recruiting troops? Where can I recruit enough soldiers? You know, our Zhongyi Army is not just a matter of recruiting troops!"

Gao Jiming said anxiously. As the commander of the rear army, he had also participated in recruiting soldiers in Changzhou this time. The recruitment of soldiers by the Zhongyi Army was not like other people. It was just like others. In addition to asking for a good family, there were also restrictions. Because of this, recruiting soldiers is extremely difficult, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit.

"There are so many good families in the world who are willing to join the army!"

His replies made everyone feel hoarse. The good family members joined the army out of helplessness. Even the Zhongyi Army had not set fire to the city, and the people inside and outside the city were displaced. Faced with the generous pay from the military, thousands of good children from Jiangyin had joined the army. Otherwise, how could so many good children join the army?

"Not that!"

Zhu Daxian said helplessly.

"After several slaughter of the Qing dynasties, there were no ten people in the world. The whole world was full of naked land, and the local officials of the Qing dynasty all used recruitment of refugees to cultivate and cultivate their land. The ownerless wasteland was even allowed to be reclaimed, and all of them were exempted from taxes in the early years. Those lands were all due to the mature wasteland that no one had cultivated. As long as a good family was a little diligent, they could produce dozens or even hundreds of acres of land in a year. Although the military pay of the Loyal and Yi Army was high, who would be willing to take the risk of farming compared to farming?"

The so-called "prosperous times" are generally the case. Most of them are when the dynasty is destroyed and the population of the world is greatly reduced. In the case of few people and many lands, the so-called "prosperous times" naturally appear. Not to mention other places, like Qinghe, a family that has not been massacred, has hundreds of acres of land. The reason is that many people with few lands go to other places. Even those large families divide their families and move their children to other areas, and go to places with few people and many lands to "reclamation". Just like in Yangzhou now, more than half of the people have moved from Huaian area.

Every change of dynasty is a disaster of extinction. It is also a large population migration, which will last for a hundred years or even longer.

Often, the so-called prosperous times in ancient China were determined by the scale of population extinction. The longer the prosperous times lasted, the more severe the extinction level of the dynasty was, the more serious the extinction level of the dynasty was.

And what they did, these people also experienced large-scale massacres during the Qing Dynasty invasion, and there were only one in the world. Of course, they were deeply touched by them. Even many of their relatives and friends also lost their lives in this so-called "change of dynasties" and actually lost their lives in the country and the destruction of the country. Many families that have been passed down for hundreds of years have turned into ashes under the butcher knife of the Qing Dynasty.

"Because the people are rich and rich, they naturally don't want to recruit soldiers. The more they are, the harder it will be to recruit soldiers. Therefore, it may be... difficult to rely solely on recruitment!"

If it was not helpless, how many people were willing to join the army? If it were not for helplessness, no one in the world would be willing to join the army!

Although I am unwilling to face this fact, such a reality cannot be avoided.

"If you don't recruit, can you arrest me like other people?"

Facing everyone's sighs, Zhu Mingzhong put down his chopsticks and looked at them and said.

"Catching people seems simple, but how can the captured soldiers be trained carefully, and how can they fight bravely on the battlefield without any scruples? If we can't do these things, what's the use of even if we catch tens of thousands of soldiers? It's just a change in numbers!"

After coming to this era, Zhu Mingzhong truly knew what the army of this era looked like. Just like Zheng Chenggong's 170,000 Northern Expedition Army, in addition to the thousands of families of officials and servants, the other soldiers, except for tens of thousands of elite soldiers, which are the so-called "war soldiers", were mostly people who were looted from previous battles. These captured soldiers were still usable when fighting a battle with the wind and could follow the elite troops and support their own fields. However, once the army was defeated, these people were likely to collapse everywhere. Such a great defeat may even destroy the battle of the elite troops. I am afraid that this is one of the reasons why Zheng Chenggong was defeated in Nanjing in history.

In the confrontation between the Southern Ming and the Qing Dynasty, the quality of the soldiers played a decisive factor. When the Qing army entered the pass, the northern provinces were suffering from bandits' rebellion, various natural disasters and infectious diseases, and the people were displaced, and even changed their children to eat. In this case, after the Qing army entered the pass, in order to supplement their insufficient troops, on the one hand, while absorbing the surrendered Ming army, they immediately absorbed the refugees with generous salaries. Compared with the wealth of the south, the north was already poor, and the military salaries of the green camp were very attractive to the people of the north, especially when various natural disasters occurred frequently.

In contrast, in the face of the Qing army's attack, the generals of the Nanming who were ulterior motives, all plundered the people as soldiers when the people were unwilling to recruit soldiers, and their troops quickly expanded.

They seem to be strong, but in fact they are vulnerable. In other words, "Strong recruitment is not the opponent of mercenaries at all", because mercenaries have to fight for food, not to mention the robbery after breaking the city as a stimulus.

Of course, there is also a difference between active and passive between them. Those who are attracted by military pay are more proactive on the battlefield and often have better physical fitness.

"Soldiers must be recruited!"

Without any hesitation, Zhu Mingzhong looked at everyone and his tone increased.

"If you can raise 10,000, it is 10,000, and if you can raise 5,000, it is 5,000, I still don't believe it. My Han family members are willing to be a slave to a foreign race, and are willing to become the cloak of the ancestor..."

The Han family was unwilling to do so, so they were killed... It was precisely because of witnessing the tyranny of the Qing Dynasty that people chose to surrender. Those who were unwilling to be slaves were naturally willing to be slaves.

This is the foundation of the Qing Dynasty enslaved China for two and a half centuries!

"What the military gate said is very true. The Qing barbarians have a deep feud with us, Han people. If they are encouraged, they will inevitably recruit tens of thousands of good families..."

When other people were talking, Qian Lei, the first to mention recruitment, just ate the food silently. After Xu Youzheng finished saying this, he said slowly.

"Military Sect, what's the difficulty of recruiting troops?"

Qian Lei looked at Zhu Daxian, Xu Youzheng, Zhang Guojiu, and others who were previously in a difficult situation to recruit soldiers. They were all scholars without exception. They were really unbearable.

"Since I was ordered to order the village chief, the head of the village chief, and the local security guards to join the army, and they also required that they were indigenous people and all had family members. Why can't they be in Jiangbei?"

Among these people, he was the only one who had recruited soldiers, and of course he was the only one who knew the joints and insider information.

"But, that's OK, but if the people don't want to join the army, what can they do?"

When he was talking, Xu Youzheng, who was still a scholarly temper, sneered Qian Lei, who had been a master for so many years.

"Hmph, the army has raised an army to attack the enemy, but it is actually the people of the world. How dare the people not obey?"

How dare the people refuse to obey?

The two of them have completely different views. If Xu Youzheng still cares about the people in his heart, then Qian Lei has never considered the people's ideas in his eyes.

To be more precise, he never put himself in the shoes of the people and put himself in the shoes of the other party. After all, after being a master for so many years, what he cares about is how to satisfy the adults, as for the people?

Who cares?

Of course, the Qing court would not care! The court would not care, and the local officials would not care. In this case, if he was unemployed, he would certainly not consider the interests of the people.

Qian Lei's words made Zhang Guojiu's eyes lit up and he immediately understood his thoughts.

"When the Qing emperor entered the pass, how could he ask whether the people of the Ming Dynasty were willing? Humph, when it was time, it still depends on whether the people were willing. The military officials said that the military only ordered the local governments, the local ministers, the head of the village, and the local government officials to recruit several people to serve as soldiers, if there is anyone who refuses to follow..."

Seeing everyone's eyes on him, Qian Lei was proud. The reason why he said this was to show his ability in front of the military gate and use facts to tell the military gate that Qian Bingqi could be of great use.

How can we be appreciated by the military? The key is to solve the problem for the military. This is what an aide should do. Only in this way can he be unable to live without himself!

"If anyone does not follow,... well, he will be subject to heavy taxes..."

In fact, at the beginning, what Qian Lei wanted to say was to use people to intimidate him, but when he said that he realized that this was not the past. In any case, they could not kill the people like the Qing Dynasty.

"High taxes!"

Qian Lei’s suggestion made everyone’s eyes lit up, and this is indeed a good idea!

"This method is very good!"

Zhu Daxian couldn't help but shout for him.

"In this way, you can recruit enough soldiers and raise military funds, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone!"

When everyone applauded, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Qian Lei and asked.
Chapter completed!