Chu Ze didn't expect that Emperor Xia would suddenly arrange such a big job for him.
This job is not risky, but it is definitely not an easy thing to do.
Chu Ze returned home from the military camp and met Chen Jinsong!
Chen Jinsong took the official document and read it while shaking his head slightly and saying: "Your Majesty wants to see your ability in this matter. Recruitment has always been a big problem. What to do and how to handle it all depends on you."
.Every place has its own situation, there is no fixed number, but in short, for you, you need to recruit enough numbers, and the quality of the soldiers must be good! Remember your position! Be ruthless in heart! Be ruthless in means, you have
If you don't have the slightest pity or the slightest weakness, you won't be able to accomplish this!"
Listening to Chen Jinsong's instructions, Chu Ze disapproved and said, "I'll do my best!"
Emperor Xia gave the order, but he did not ask Chu Ze to leave immediately. However, the errands had been arranged and Chu Ze was asked to prepare in advance. Chu Ze would leave after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
Basically, the Spring Festival holidays in Daxia are quite sufficient.
The holiday lasts until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
After the Spring Festival, the weather began to get warmer, and by the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, many areas in southern Daxia were basically civilized.
Outside the city, Chu Ze took his thousands of troops, as well as Emperor Xia's imperial edict and official documents, and prepared to travel!
Those who came to see him off were Wen Qi, the commander of Shanzi Camp, and Yin Ziting.
Seeing that Chu Ze was leaving, Yin Ziting was a little reluctant to leave.
Pulling Chu Ze and murmuring: "You must be careful!"
"Come back early. When you come back, we will go to Fengping Mountain to play. The scenery there is great."
"You have to remember to miss me"
On the last sentence, the little girl's voice was particularly low.
Chu Ze had a smile on his face and kept nodding in response.
At this time, Chu Ze discovered that another carriage was driving out of the city.
The carriage stopped, and Liu Changfeng and Liu Huier got out of the car!
Since the last banquet, Liu Huier and Chu Ze have not seen each other again.
But Chu Ze's words at the banquet still linger in his heart.
In the past few days, Liu Huier has lost a lot of weight!
I wanted to ignore Chu Ze from now on, but it was hard to control.
When he came to Chu Ze at this time, Liu Huier whispered: "It was Changfeng who said he wanted to see you off, but I couldn't resist him, so I came here!"
Seeing her like this, Chu Ze grinned, turned to look at Liu Changfeng, and said with a smile: "Brother Changfeng has a deep friendship with me. I am deeply moved!"
Liu Changfeng rolled his eyes, he really didn't want to see Chu Ze off.
For Liu Changfeng, life is actually very free and easy.
He was too lazy to be restricted by those commonplace etiquette. If Liu Huier hadn't dragged him here, he would have gone to Rouwen Township, where he was drunk and dreaming!
However, he would definitely not dare to tell the truth. If he dismantles Liu Huier, he will definitely be retaliated when he returns home.
"Brother Chu, when you go, you must think more about my sister!"
"Hmph! What nonsense are you talking about? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will tear your mouth apart!" Liu Huier was standing aside, pretending to be angry.
But she felt really uncomfortable in her heart. After all, Chu Ze's sudden departure was something that no one, including her, expected.
"Please take this sachet with you. If you have nothing to do, take it out and take a look!" Liu Huier handed the sachet that had been prepared to Chu Ze!
Chu Ze took it, put it in his arms, and said with a smile: "Miss Liu's friendship, Chu will keep it in mind!"
Seeing Chu Ze put away the things, Liu Hui'er felt much better. She looked back at Yin Ziting who was pouting, then turned her head and said: "You bad guy, I should obviously ignore you, but I don't know why.
I want to see you! Come back safely!"
After saying this, Liu Huier turned around and pulled Liu Changfeng away!
Chu Ze waved at her and Yin Ziting, and left with his subordinates!
Seeing him leaving, Wen Qi looked at Yin Ziting and said softly: "Your father and I want to choose a husband for you recently!"
Yin Ziting was stunned, her eyes widened and she turned to look at Wen Qi, her eyes full of disbelief!
"Didn't you say that my husband's family wants me to have the final say?"
"That's just a joke!"
Wen Qi's expression was calm.
"Then, who did you choose?"
"The sixth son of the fourth prince, Zhao Yi!"
Upon hearing this name, Yin Ziting bit her lower lip tightly and gritted her teeth and said: "I won't marry!"
"This is not your decision!" Wen Qi said softly: "Zhao Yi is a member of the royal family, he is young and promising, and he does not have a head wife at the moment. If you marry her, you will become the head wife. If Zhao can inherit the title of fourth prince,
, it is possible that you will be honored as a prince. If the fourth prince has the opportunity to inherit the throne, it is possible that you will be the mother of the world in the future!"
"I said I won't marry!"
Yin Ziting suddenly raised her head and said, "You can marry me if you want to, but I won't marry you!"
After saying that, the little girl just hit the horse and ran away!
Seeing her leaving, Wen Qi shook her head helplessly and murmured in a low voice: "Chu Ze is a good kid, but it's a pity that he is just the son-in-law of the Duke's family. With such a status, shouldn't you be ridiculed when you marry?"
This is how many people live in the eyes of others!
I care a lot about other people's opinions.
Although Wen Qi usually takes good care of Chu Ze, she is absolutely unwilling to let Yin Ziting and Chu Ze get married.
It was precisely because Chu Ze and Ye Han made too much noise at his door last time.
Both she and Yin Tu also sensed some of Yin Ziting's thoughts, so since that day, the two of them have been studying Yin Ziting's marriage!
After the new year, the fourth prince came to propose marriage in person. After thinking about it, the two of them were more inclined to let Yin Ziting get married to the son of the fourth prince!
It's just obvious that Yin Ziting is very resistant to this marriage!
But Wen Qi didn't care. Chu Ze had been away from Beijing for a few months. She had plenty of time to slowly persuade Yin Ziting. In her opinion, although Yin Ziting was not well-behaved, she was generally quite obedient.
With her and Yin Tu's persuasion, it won't take long for Yin Ziting to change her mind.
On the other side, Chu Ze was walking astride the horse, and beside him was the little fat man Liu He!
He is now Chu Ze’s personal soldier and captain!
Taking along nearly a thousand of Chu Ze's subordinates, the group marched toward Lizhou in mighty force.
Chu Ze held the sachet given by the player Liu Huier in his hand, and he felt that there seemed to be something in it!
After opening it, you will see two exquisite dices, and the points on them are all decorated with red beans.
Chu Ze smiled knowingly, Liu Huier's meaning was very clear.
Exquisite dice and red beans, the next sentence is "I miss you deeply, do you know?"
Obviously, it was in response to what Chu Ze asked him at that night banquet.
Liu Huier used this pair of dice to express her lovesickness, which can also be regarded as a response to Chu Ze.
The ambiguity between men and women is the most addictive!
"Brother Chu, how long do you think it will take for us to complete the recruitment this time? Your Majesty gave us three months, have you seen enough?" Liu He asked.
For them, this conscription is also an opportunity!
The Forbidden Army has been stationed in Kyoto for a long time. It is not easy to make meritorious service. If you go out to recruit soldiers this time, if you perform well, you may have a chance to be promoted!
"I don't know! Whether it's enough depends on whether the recruitment progress is fast enough!"
Chu Ze said softly.
In fact, he didn't know what he was going to face, but it was obvious that since Emperor Xia had handed this matter over to him, it would definitely not be easy!
Lizhou, one of the capitals of Daxia!
It is a relatively wealthy state with a large population!
It's not too far from Kyoto. After about five days' journey, Chu Ze has led the team to the border of Lizhou.
"In two days, we will arrive at Guangyang Mansion, the capital of Lizhou. Then we will meet with Lizhou Mu Chenshan, summon Lizhou officials, and confirm the recruitment matters!"
Chu Ze set the rules.
In fact, this is also normal behavior. To put it simply, although Chu Ze came with a thousand people, it was definitely not these thousand people who had to work.
It's the local government.
His thousand people are really scattered throughout Lizhou, which is just a drop in the bucket.
Chu Ze walked all the way and soon arrived at Guangyang Mansion.
The city of Guangyang Prefecture is not small, but compared to the capital city, it looks a bit underwhelming.
Chu Ze led his team to the city gate.
As the procession of the team progressed, Chu Ze found that the people around him were all looking at him and others with quite hostile eyes.
"It's them, right? Master Bing from Kyoto!"
"That's right, it's them. It is said that they will recruit 100,000 soldiers this time!"
"It's so hateful! I don't want to go!"
"Who wants to go? But look at their attitude."
Listening to the murmurs in his ears, Chu Ze understood that the news of his conscription had spread to Lizhou.
All the people are terrified!
Chu Ze didn't say much, kept calm, and walked along the street with his subordinates. Soon they arrived at the post house, where the post house officials received Chu Ze warmly!
After setting up rooms and residences for them, he said with a smile: "General Chu, Mr. Zhou Mu has already hosted a banquet in the government office. Shall we go there now?"
Chu Ze nodded in agreement, then followed the post office official, got on the carriage, and rushed to the governor's mansion.
Although Chu Ze's official position was not high, he came down with an imperial edict.
Moreover, in the imperial edict, it was clearly stated that officials from all over Lizhou must cooperate with Chu Ze in recruiting troops.
So in terms of authority, Chu Ze’s rights are not small!
When Chu Ze arrived at the Prefecture Mu's residence, Lizhou Mu Chen Shan, a man in his fifties, was already waiting in line with the officials from Lizhou!
"Hahaha! This is General Chu, right? I've long heard that General Chu was a general and a talented man. When I saw him today, he was indeed well-deserved!" Chen Shan, with a smile on his face, stepped forward and saluted!
As the shepherd of a state, he is a proper second-rank official of the imperial court!
The local governor, who held great power, turned out to be quite respectful to Chu Ze, which was completely beyond Chu Ze's expectations!
He quickly returned the salute: "Chen Zhoumu, I am just an ignorant young man. This time I have been ordered by His Majesty to recruit soldiers. If there is anything I don't understand, I need Zhou Mu to give you advice!"
Chu Ze would not say that he would feel proud because of a few nice words from others, but he would maintain a respectful attitude!
Seeing Chu Ze like this, Chen Shan smiled even more.
Introduce Chu Ze into the house!
Start by introducing the Lizhou officials one by one.
"We in Lizhou have a total of nine prefectures and eighty-one counties, with a population of 33,597,482 households. This does not include slaves and lowly status, but there are still a lot of people!"
Hearing Chen Shan's words, Chu Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This population base is quite large!
With such a large population base, it does not seem to be difficult to recruit 100,000 soldiers.
After a brief introduction, Chen Shan took Chu Ze to the table together, and then said with a smile: "General Chu, as soon as I heard that you were coming to recruit troops, the magistrates of all the counties came to greet you in person. The main reason is that we don't know.
How should the soldiers of the prefecture and county be conquered?"
Chen Shan asked Chu Ze the question, and the officials below also began to ask: "That's right, how to recruit troops specifically!"
Chu Ze smiled and said: "Your Majesty has an order to recruit one hundred thousand soldiers, but these one hundred thousand people must all be young and middle-aged men. If we start recruiting soldiers from tomorrow, the eighty-one counties will have one thousand soldiers in each county, which means eighty-one thousand soldiers."
Thousands of people! The land of the nine prefectures will make up the remaining number. There are two thousand people in one prefecture. What do you think?"
In Chu Ze's opinion, such an allocation should be relatively simple and reasonable.
But to Chu Ze's expectation, a group of officials looked at each other, and suddenly someone shouted: "No! How can it be like this? In Long'an County, there was a severe drought last year, and the young people were displaced. There are not many people now.
We can't afford these thousand young men."
Another official also said: "In Yongping County, we recruited three thousand young men in the last conscription. Why do we have to share equally in this conscription?"
"General Chu, in our county too much, bandits are rampant around us and often plunder the people. All the young people in our county have formed local militias. Even patrolling their homes is not enough. If this is taken away, it will not be necessary."
Are we taking too long to save the lives of the people in the county?"
Good guy, Chu Ze narrowed his eyes!
These people have all kinds of excuses, but unfortunately, everyone can tell three truths.
And as they talked, these officials began to criticize each other!
"Magistrate Lu, last time your county borrowed 800 shi of grain from our county, but it has never been returned. In this way, one shi of grain replaces one quota. How about you help our county provide 800 people? What do you think?"
"County Magistrate He, one code means one code. The county suffered a disaster last time and there was nothing we could do to lend you food. It's not like we won't pay it back. Why do you have to say this now?"
"Wang County Magistrate"
These officials were all arguing with each other, and some of them were so noisy that they blushed and became thick-necked.
This kind of scene was completely beyond Chu Ze's expectation.
He looked at Zhou Mu Chen Shan and said with a smile: "Chen Zhou Mu, it seems that we can no longer talk today!"
Chen Shan said helplessly: "There is no way. Each county has its own considerations. If General Chu said it should be divided across the board, they would definitely not do it! I can't say anything."
Chu Ze sneered in his heart, unable to say anything.
How light!
He couldn't say it. Could it be that Chu Ze had something to say?
Although Emperor Xia’s imperial edict clearly stated that these people should cooperate with Chu Ze’s conscription!
But essentially, Chu Ze does not have any authority to appoint or remove officials.
If these people don't cooperate, what should Chu Ze do? Write a document to Kyoto!
That is to say, go to those who don’t cooperate!
But the problem is, if Chu Ze goes back to write documents, he can participate in one, but what about this group?
If someone from above came to investigate, they would have already prepared reasons and excuses.
If you participate one by one, no amount of time will be enough to wade through it.
Seeing that the crowd was getting louder and louder, Chen Shan said angrily: "Everyone, please shut up! Today is for General Chu to wash away the dust. How can you be so noisy here? Just listen to my orders today. Don't do anything."
Let’s talk about business, if there’s anything else, we’ll talk about it slowly tomorrow!”
Chu Ze still kept a smile on his face, but his heart was full of MMP.
How could he not see that this guy was doing it on purpose?
If we don’t talk about it today, we can talk about it tomorrow?
But the problem is, Chen Shan has already spoken, what can he say now? And what can he talk about? We talked and listened to these people's nonsense.
As Chen Shan became angry, the scene became quiet, and everyone began to uphold the idea of not discussing business matters and began to drink and talk!
For a time, the atmosphere became much more harmonious!
After drinking the wine for more than an hour, Chen Shan smiled at Chu Ze and said, "General Chu, I will stay at the house today. Let's talk tomorrow. The guest room has been packed for you!"
"No, I'd better go back to the inn to rest!" Chu Ze said with a smile.
Seeing him like this, Chen Shan didn't want to keep him anymore, so he took the initiative to send someone to send him back.
When Chu Ze left, Chen Shan breathed a sigh of relief.
But all the officials in the lobby laughed.
"Chen Zhoumu, do you think this Chu Ze from Kyoto will just give up?"
"We will definitely not give up, but if we can delay it, we will delay it. If we can't delay it, we will arrange some old and weak people for him. Anyway, the young and strong will give him as little as possible! At the end of the year, the court corvee, conscription, local
Why don't we need young people to do farm work? If your majesty directly assigns this task of recruiting troops to me and you, then naturally you can't be careless. But now, this task belongs to Chu Ze, so he has done it.
, What good does it do to me and you? Similarly, if you don’t do it well, it is naturally Chu Ze’s problem, so what does it have to do with me?”
Chen Shan laughed.
As the largest official in Lizhou, he has great influence on his subordinate officials.
"In this way, after you go back, put pressure on the wealthy businessmen and families and ask them to prepare benefits. If they don't give benefits, let their family members participate in military service. When the time comes, the benefits will be sent to me according to the ratio of 4 to 6!"
Chen Shan gave the order.
For him, this conscription is a great opportunity to make money!
Letting people who don't want to go and preventing those who want to go from going is the simplest way to make money.
Of course, if he eats meat, the officials below also have to drink soup!
I really couldn't stand it last night, so I took a shower, and as a result, I have a fever again today. Just one chapter. It's uncomfortable.