No one expected that Chu Ze, who had been silent for half a month after arriving in Lizhou, would suddenly be seen leading people to recruit troops like crazy!
The number of soldiers he recruited was not large!
Compared to the 100,000 people he wanted, it can be said to be a drop in the bucket.
But the people he recruited were all from wealthy and prominent families.
Bringing soldiers and horses, they broke into the major wealthy families and began to read genealogies and inquire about the recruitment situation.
Then, it’s forced conscription!
Daxia has always had the power to conscript troops by force.
It is precisely because of this that when people talk about conscription, people's expressions change.
Chu Ze conquered three prefectures and counties in one day!
At this time, people discovered that this Chu Ze knew Lizhou far better than people imagined.
At least he found it accurately.
The conscription of troops in three prefectures and counties did not make Chu Ze more young and strong!
But the county magistrates of the three prefectures and counties have different feelings!
These wealthy families have all paid money. Originally, they were not included in the conscription and did not need to be considered. Now, not only were they conscripted, but more than one of them was conscripted!
Can they feel comfortable with this?
Especially Chu Ze brought people to the door to force him to recruit young men!
And without any mercy, some of them said they wanted to give Chu Ze money, but Chu Ze didn't even look at it and just stayed on the ground!
They couldn't find a breakthrough here in Chu Ze, so they naturally had to put pressure on these officials!
Chu Ze's forced conquest has just begun.
For three consecutive days, he led his men and horses to nine prefectures and counties. By the time the county magistrates from various places reacted, they were already surrounded by wealthy families!
Soon, the state pastor Chen Shan also received the news!
These county magistrates rushed to him to complain!
"Sir, this Chu Ze has conscripted all the sons of the wealthy families in our county into the army, and we have received their money!"
"That's right, sir, if this continues, it's not a problem!"
"You can't let him continue like this!"
A group of people talked around Chen Shan.
Chen Shan frowned and said: "This Chu Ze, I will send someone to find him right now. Where is he now?"
"I don't know, that guy is so elusive!"
When Chen Shan sent people to look for Chu Ze, they found that Chu Ze was in the post house!
When he heard that Chen Shan was looking for him, Chu Ze seemed to have expected it and immediately took people to the Prefecture Mufu!
This time, the two met again, but compared to the first meeting, Chu Ze was less impatient, and Chen Shan had an even better smile on his face!
"General Chu! I heard that I have been very busy in the past few days!" Chen Shan looked at Chu Ze and said with a smile.
Chu Ze nodded and said softly: "It is indeed a bit busy, and I have recruited a lot of young people!"
"General Chu, to tell you the truth, many of the young men you recruited have actually greeted me. I have been here in Lizhou for many years and have relationships with many people. I have to show my face, so why not
How about you, Mr. Chu, please show your respect and let them go?" Chen Shan looked at Chu Ze and told the truth and did not beat around the bush.
For him, it is definitely impossible to spit out the benefits obtained, but these wealthy families are not easy to mess with. After collecting the money, they also expropriate the people. Do you really think they can't find a way to make trouble?
If multiple wealthy families jointly sued, even he might not be able to suppress it!
Chu Ze smiled slightly and said: "Isn't it that I am anxious and have no solution? I can't bring a group of old, weak, sick and disabled back to Kyoto, right? Mr. Chen has spoken, and I should give him some face, but if this conscription is completed,
No, then I don’t care about so many. If the number of conscripts is about the same, we can discuss who is here and who is not!"
Chu Ze's meaning is very clear. If the number of conscripts is completed, then there will be discussions. If the conscription is not completed, there will be no other discussions!
Chen Shan naturally understood the meaning of Chu Ze's words. He pondered for a moment and suddenly smiled and said: "If this is the case, we don't have to be too hasty. I think these government offices seem to be a little slack in recruiting troops. Wait until a few days later."
God, if I personally urge them, they will definitely be able to accomplish their goal quickly!"
Chu Ze said with a smile: "Then please give me more encouragement, Mr. Chen! Otherwise, I will have to run to the lower counties every day, which will be very troublesome!"
Although Chu Ze always had a smile on his face, what he meant was that if you take care of the conscription for me, I will naturally make it easier for you. If you insist on blocking me, then no one can think of it!
In essence, it can be said that both parties are exchanging benefits.
Chu Ze knew very well that most of the officials in office who wanted to reap benefits would do so from the rich!
To put it bluntly, how much money can a poor person have?
Is it realistic for these rich people not to participate in the military conscription without paying them?
Even if you really don’t give money, there must be other benefits in exchange!
If Chen Shan and others are really solid and incorruptible, Chu Ze really has nothing to do, but they are not.
From the matter of asking for money to change the age of household registration, Chu Ze can see that from top to bottom, it can be said that it is rotten to the core.
But so what? Chu Ze went to report it?
Can someone come down to verify it? Are the officials who came down to investigate the case involved in corruption?
That would be too troublesome. What Chu Ze wants is to complete the recruitment within the time limit. As for the benefits these people get, Chu Ze can't control it. At least for now, he doesn't have the ability!
What Chu Ze wants is to achieve his own goals and means!
Chen Shan smiled at Chu Ze and said: "General Chu, don't worry, I will take care of the recruitment! I will definitely satisfy Lord Chu!"
Chu Ze stood up and left.
When Chu Ze left, Chen Shan's face suddenly darkened!
After thinking for a moment, he called the master in!
"Go and send orders to various places to recruit troops for him. The best young men, those between sixteen and thirty years old!"
The master looked at Chen Shan and whispered: "Sir, are we just going to give in?"
"Haha, what if I don't recognize him? This Chu Ze doesn't even want his reputation, just for these soldiers, we don't need to fight him hard, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to those wealthy families!"
Chen Shan could already predict that after this incident, Chu Ze's reputation would not be very good in the eyes of the common people or the wealthy!
In fact, he really didn't consider that Chu Ze would use those wealthy families to attack. In his opinion, Chu Ze's behavior was too offending!
But, Chu Ze just did it.
In fact, Chu Ze also had his own considerations, because he didn't have time to argue, and he wanted to put pressure on Chen Shan from the court, but it was actually very difficult!
Unless it’s Emperor Xia’s decree!
But if he really asked Emperor Xia for an imperial edict, then why should he use him to recruit troops?
Emperor Xia might as well just give Chen Shan the order directly.
Therefore, he needs other external forces to put pressure on Chen Shan. The local wealthy family is undoubtedly a good choice!
As for the so-called reputation, in Chu Ze's opinion, it is just reputation in the eyes of the people and is not that important!
So, just a few days later, the entire Lizhou began a recruitment craze!
As soon as local governments put their efforts into action, the effect was immediately different!
I saw police officers from all over the country dispatched one after another to look for young people in every village, village, county and town!
They know the local situation very well, and they know exactly who is suitable for the job!
At the same time, you can also intimidate some people and make money!
This is power. Even the lowest level policeman can make a lot of money from the common people.
Because the people do not know their goals, many people are willing to pay to avoid disaster in order to avoid being drafted. After all, once they are drafted into the army, it is not a matter of one or two years.
Every young man who is drafted into the army is a pain for an ordinary family.
As the chief recruiting officer, Chu Ze would inevitably be cursed by others!
Because whether it was the local wealthy family or the government, they all unanimously put the responsibility for the matter on Chu Ze!
"It was the chief official from the imperial court, Chu Ze, who forced the government to collect young men from various families."
"Didn't you see that you were allowed to change your age to enlist in the army from the beginning? We don't want so many young men to be drafted and left. The main reason is that we have no choice!"
"That guy is so evil. More than a hundred people were taken away from the Jiao family, let alone ordinary people!"
"What a cruel recruiting officer!"
"It's completely denying us people a way to survive. What's wrong with just turning a blind eye?"
Under this kind of voice, it can be said that Chu Ze's reputation among the people is completely ruined!
In the restaurant, listening to the discussions of the people around him, the little fat man Liu He whispered: "Brother Chu, you have made many people dissatisfied with you!"
Chu Ze said disapprovingly: "Haha, so what? If we come to recruit troops, we must have the cooperation of the government. If I don't use any means, will they be willing to cooperate with us? Anyway, as long as the quality of the soldiers improves, we won't care about so many other things!
As for the common people, they suffer the most, and it is only natural that they should be scolded a few times."
"It's just that these people are indeed a little miserable. Maybe there is only one young man in the family, and we have to take him away!" Liu He, the little fat man, couldn't bear it. In the past few days, he has also seen many scenes of life and death!
The men who were drafted cried with all their strength, and the wives and daughters at home felt like they were mourning for their heirs.
Chu Ze fell into silence. Even he couldn't bear to see these scenes.
But what can he do?
When it comes to personal matters, if things don't go well, he will be the first to be affected.
As for Yu Gong, the soldiers of Daxia also need combat effectiveness. To put it mildly, if the recruitment is really done as it was at the beginning!
In the end, the quality of the soldiers was not high. If we were to fight a war, what would be the use except to die!
That would require more lives to fill the gap.
"It can only be said that there is not enough patriotic education, and the ideological awareness is not high enough!" Chu Ze said softly.
The little fat man Liu He looked confused.
Chu Ze grinned and said: "Stop being sentimental. How can there be so many miserable people? They are the common people of Great Xia, so they should join the army according to the law. You and I have to join the army differently? Whose life is more valuable than others? Not both.
Want to go into battle and kill the enemy?"
Is this true? Chen Xirui, as the granddaughter of Chen Guogong, didn’t die in battle?
Many things are not things you are willing or unwilling to do.
But no matter what, this recruitment is indeed starting to develop in a good direction!
As more and more young men were forcibly recruited, officials and uniforms from various places exerted their strength, resulting in the recruitment of 100,000 soldiers in just half a month.
As for Chu Ze, all the heirs of local wealthy families were released as promised!
Generally speaking, this time is actually an exchange of interests. Chu Ze can break the contract, but if he breaks the contract, the people he will offend are the officials in the entire Lizhou officialdom.
Although there are some limited conflicts between the two parties now, in terms of face, they are still getting along.
The final result was that the Lizhou officialdom collected money, and Chu Ze completed his conscription task!
This situation is absolutely acceptable to both Lizhou officials and Chu Ze.
Chu Ze's breach of contract will not do him any good!
Just one and a half months after Chu Ze came to Lizhou, he completed the task given by the system.
Not only that, Chu Ze also devoted himself to training in Lizhou, and his cultivation level has also been improved, reaching the eighth level of strengthening the five internal organs!
During this period of time, Chu Ze was practicing all day long and inspecting the soldiers!
There was nothing else to do, but my life was much easier than when I was in the capital of Daxia.
At the very least, it’s not like they are all dealing with powerful and royal family members.
Intrigue all the time.
Seeing that the recruitment was completed and before Chu Ze left, Chen Shan held another banquet.
Chu Ze also went happily. At this banquet, Chen Shan still had a smile on his face, just like when they first met!
But when the banquet was halfway through, Chen Shan took Chu Ze into a secret room for an excuse!
"Brother Chu, you have worked hard to come to Lizhou this time. Brother, I have nothing to give you. You can take this little money back to buy wine!"
Chen Shan has an extra stack of banknotes in his hand!
Looking at the pile of banknotes, Chu Ze smiled, took it directly, stuffed it into his arms, and laughed: "Chen Zhoumu, you are so polite!"
Seeing Chu Ze take the banknote, Chen Shan was extremely happy. He held Chu Ze and talked for a while before letting his servants send him away.
After Chu Ze left, a woman walked into Chen Shan's study.
"Why do you still want to give money to Chu Ze? Didn't you say that he caused you a lot of trouble?"
Facing his wife's question, Chen Shan smiled and said: "What do you know? He was sent by His Majesty after all. At the beginning, I didn't plan to help him recruit troops. Naturally, I didn't care if he went back to say bad things about me. Now,
I raised the soldiers for him, and I also pocketed the money. If this kid goes back and says a few bad words about me again, it’s not worth it. Give him some money to shut his mouth, that would be great!"
At the same time, on the other side, in a common people’s home in Lizhou!
A woman in green clothes with a long sword hanging from her waist is listening to the peasant girl's cry!
"My husband and I have just been married for two years. Now, you say, he has been drafted into the army. There are only orphans and widows left in my family. Chu Yazi doesn't care. How can he survive in the future? What will happen to this life?
Get over it!"
Now that Chu Ze is in Lizhou, he already has the nickname Chu Yazi.
It just describes him as catching a young man!
Hearing this, the woman in green frowned slightly and sighed: "While I was walking, I heard many people scolding Chu Ze. This man relied on the imperial conscription order and acted recklessly, killing many people's wives and children.
It’s really hateful to be scattered!”
"Miss, who can say it's not true? In a small family like ours, if the head of the family is gone, the days to come will be very sad!"
"Hmph, don't worry, I'm about to go to Kyoto. When I catch up with Chu Ze, I will definitely seek justice for you!"
Upon hearing this, the peasant girl who originally looked sad and resentful was shocked and said quickly: "Miss, please don't act recklessly. I am a high-ranking official in Kyoto. If you talk about my family, you are not talking about my family."
Bringing trouble?"
In fact, when it comes down to it, complaining is just complaining!
But the actual situation is not as bad as she said. The court will provide some subsidies to families who have been drafted away. As for farm work, the village will also find ways to help take care of it. Although life may be harder, it has never been impossible.
to the point where it goes down.
It's just that people are like this, and they often like to exaggerate their own misery.
When she heard that this woman wanted to seek justice for her, the peasant woman became frightened.
To put it bluntly, she still has a natural respect for the government.
The woman in front of her came to stay overnight. She could complain casually, but if she really wanted to settle a score with Chu Ze, she would never have the idea.
The woman in green frowned and said: "What kind of trouble could it be? I will catch up with him and reason with him. If he is a humane person, I will ask him to release your husband. If he is an unreasonable person, I will
The sword killed him!"
Her words made the farm girl's eyes widen in fright!