Yin Feng in Suzhou also encountered a series of difficult things.
First of all, the discipline in the military began to relax.
The Chinese Army's concept of discipline is instilled into the soldiers every day. Over the years, it has penetrated into the soldiers' spiritual bone marrow and has become a conditioned reflex. The Chinese Company implements the military rotation stationing system, and each unit changes its station every three years and conducts corresponding training. Taiwan There are also rebellions and attacks by the Gaoshan tribes and rebellions by the Pingpu villages; Luzon and Ryukyu face attacks by indigenous tribes and Japanese pirates respectively, while the colonies in the South China Sea face attacks and invasions by local indigenous and Western powers at the same time. It is said that the Chinese army is actually in a state of combat all year round.
This time, the enemy troops stationed in Jiangnan were facing the garbage troops of the imperial government's army belonging to the Southern Army. The southern army troops with slightly stronger combat power have been transferred to Beijing. Therefore, after the Suzhou Battle, several During the month, most of the Chinese army garrisons had no war to fight. They quickly became infected with the slutty and gentleness that spread across the south of the Yangtze River. They had never seen peace, prosperity, and gentleness in the towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
Because the Chinese army is strict in military discipline, the logistics system is entirely provided by the logistics forces, which is similar to modernization and does not require local food collection. The army implements closed centralized stationing without urban residential areas, so it can basically be done without any offense to the local area. Moreover, the Chinese Army said from the soldiers that officers were well-funded and fair in trading, which made the Chinese Army very famous.
After eliminating the fear, the people were full of curiosity about the Chinese soldiers and seized every opportunity to interact with the Chinese soldiers. Soon, there were civilian families and Chinese soldiers, and there were small businessmen and officers engaged in trade joint ventures. The Jiangnan Flower World quickly accepted the existence of the Chinese Army and wanted to absorb these foreign soldiers into part of the Jiangnan.
This caused an accident: in the face of peaceful military and civilians, murder and robbery are despised by Chinese soldiers. The main thing that caused the accident was the soldiers' instinct of men.
The Chinese soldiers who have lived hard days and have more men and fewer women are soon lost in the gentle village. Beauties are already born in Jiangnan, and there are fireworks and willow alleys everywhere in various towns. So the Chinese military camps are out without fail and escape. Training, no longer returning at night, and having sex with local women, causing family turmoil.
Yin Feng has been coming from Nanjing and has received dozens of reports of this. Xu Hongji persuaded him to open the military camp and allow soldiers to get married. Yin Feng was worried that this would make the soldiers unwilling to evacuate Jiangnan after the peace agreement was reached. He ordered Zeng Rui to come. The Military Supervision Department dispatched a group of personnel and assigned its own guard captain Lin Yue to Zeng Rui to form a military police force dedicated to managing military discipline and style. This was the first time the Chinese Army officially established a military police force, and it was investigated and dealt with from the beginning. There have been dozens of cases of violation of military discipline. However, for those soldiers who have already gotten married at lightning, Yin Feng did not have the idea of forcibly breaking up other people's families. He just ordered the monthly salary of these soldiers to be deducted and once he was denied, offsetting the price of them. A record of merit, in private, Yin Feng sent gifts to these soldiers in his personal name, making them extremely grateful.
After arriving in Suzhou, Yin Feng found that Yan Siqi's soldiers stationed here were also lax in military discipline. There were even several meritorious veterans with more than 100 acres of land in their families. They bought a house and built a land in Suzhou City very generously. They had already secretly married local families and started a family and started a business. These veterans who had fought with Yan Siqi for many years were specially transferred to the Fifth Brigade as the grassroots backbone of the army.
Yan Siqi complained to Yin Feng: "Most of our brothers in the Fifth Brigade were landless refugees in the past, and they couldn't even have enough food for themselves; now they suddenly have money and power, and they can still control the things in their crotch, if not With iron military discipline, I am afraid that half of my subordinates will become deserters."
"Where are those veterans,"
"Most of the veterans already have family members. One of the veterans investigated and dealt with by the military police. One of the veterans was seeking a concubine, and the rest had no family members."
Yin Feng rubbed his head, took a deep breath, and looked at the scenery of Tiger Hill outside the window. He also fought in the gentle village for a night last night, and now he still feels a little sore. These days, he has been fascinated by Mei Xinlan's beauty. Good body, although Mei Xinlan is a virgin, she passed by the madam in the old alley and had rich theoretical experience in how to satisfy men. Now she has made up for practical lessons here with Yin Feng.
Yin Feng thought he was not a lustful person, but he had no resistance to the beauty. He couldn't help but blame himself in his heart, and then said to Yan Siqi: "Forget it, Zhenquan, punish them for one month's salary and deduct one month's salary. The combat allowance, let’s stop here. The whole army reiterates the discipline. Soldiers who want to marry locals must report to the officers of our headquarters; officers who want to marry locals must report to my old camp for filing. It is normal for human nature to It is prohibited, and the troops and these local people must make it clear. After the negotiations with the court are over, we may have to withdraw from Taiwan, and they have to go with us. This must be clearly stated, do you understand?”
At this time, Zeng Rui rushed over, and it was obvious that his eyes were swollen and his face was full of fatigue.
Yin Feng felt a little embarrassed when he saw him for no reason. Zeng Rui said in a hoarse voice: "Brother Feng, we just got news from the General Luo Qing of Zhejiang, that the court's peace talks envoy has been sent,"
"When did you start from the capital?"
Zeng Rui sat down tiredly, grabbed the teapot on the table, took a few sips on the spout, and said, "Maybe he has left the capital south in these few days. The specific time and route are not clear yet. Our inner line in the palace , The current grade is too low to get the exact news, but the peace talksman has figured out who is: Grand Secretary Xu Guangqi,"
"Xu Guangqi," Yin Feng was surprised and laughed: "I can finally meet him for a while. How could it be him? This is a thankless act,"
Yan Siqi has been fiddling with his flintlock pistol, and at this time he couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Ship owner, you have heard of Xu Guangqi's name several times. Is there anything extraordinary about this person?"
"He is the only Catholic among the high-ranking officials of the court..."
Yan Siqi was surprised: "What, he is a foreigner,"
"On this point alone, we can see that his extraordinaryness is true. Well, Brigade Commander Yan Siqi, the defense in northern Zhejiang still cannot be relaxed. The special camp has gathered in Songjiang. Before the peace talks are successful, they must seize the time to get familiar with all parts of Jiangnan. In the case, you must cooperate with Luo Aquan's actions."
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Half a month later, the news that the court agreed to negotiate with the Chinese company quickly spread throughout Jiangnan and all over the country.
Yin Feng encountered troubles that he had never expected, which came from the troubles within the company's board of directors.
When he inspected the troops from all over the country, he returned to Nanjing, just after the news of the peace talks spread, Han Ping, Han Jing, An Heping, Li Yue, Li Lihua, Lu Shitou, Huang Cheng, Luo Xuri, and even the only Jewish director Bernardo also came. When we arrived in Nanjing, Xu Xinsu, who was in charge of trade affairs with Japan, also came. Most of the twenty-five board members came. Except for the military system directors Zhao Tie and Mai Dahai, who were unable to come to Nanjing, there were also a few in Taiwan and Nanyang.
They held a board meeting in the Yingtian Prefecture Office in Jinling City to discuss the conditions for peace talks with Yin Feng. Zeng Qi had left Jiangnan and went to Quanzhou, Fujian to discuss some secret matters with the Fujian government. He assigned him Zeng Rui attended the meeting for his representatives.
Fujian businessmen represented by the Han family father and son and Huang Cheng came forward to make an open proposal, requiring Yin Feng to strive to ced the land of Jiangnan during negotiations with the court, and Yin Feng occupied Jiangnan and became king.
A more relaxed opinion was proposed by Lu Shitou: He asked that in the terms of peace talks, the Chinese company's commercial franchise in Jiangnan must be included. This is an exclusive commercial trade clause, excluding other businesses, monopolizing the specialization of Jiangnan silk weaving and cloth, Trade in grain, grass, handicrafts and other products.
Yin Feng was very suspicious that Lu Shitou's insight could put forward such conditions: this clause was mostly the idea of Bernard or Li Lihua.
The merchants of the Chinese company have been making money in the Jiangnan trade exclusive period for more than half a year. Driven by interests, they finally demanded to add their opinions in political negotiations to resist the maritime ban. These merchants were still a little reluctant to rebel against the court and were pushed away by Yin Feng. Now, they took the initiative to jump out and declare their political propositions.
Yin Feng was in trouble: he hoped to see this class led by Fujian businessmen awaken politically, but they are indeed politically aware of their own strength, but their vision is still too short-sighted, and they only start from their own short-term benefits. There is no comprehensive consideration or long-term view.
"It's good that Mr. Zeng Qi is here," Yin Feng thought to himself, looking at Zeng Rui. Seeing that he looked confused, he knew that he didn't know the issue of the board meeting in advance, Yin Feng spread his hands and said, "It has been published in the business newspaper a long time ago." According to the arms of Jiangnan's cracked soil as king, I think the court should have known it. However, have you ever thought about it? Jiangnan was the place where Taizu of this dynasty accomplished great things. Is it possible for the court to cede us pirates? ”
Everyone was silent for a moment, and Yin Feng continued: "I just received an urgent report from Nanyang: The Dutch from Batavia sent troops to help the indigenous people of Surabaya attack the territory of our Chinese company, and the British and Portuguese fought in Malacca. , The shells fell into my Chinatown, the French fleet appeared east of the Spice Islands, Spanish envoys came to Manila to seek peace, and there were also the Japanese colluded with indigenous people on Luzon, the Shengli rebellion in Wuzhishan District, Hainan Island, and the Pingtung natives on Taiwan Conflict with the tax collectors of our Chinese company, our army's main force has been stationed in the north and south for a long time, while the base where we started was empty and there was constant trouble. Although the land in Jiangnan was good, we had no future to trap Jiangnan, unless we could breathe a sigh of relief. Occupying the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River to Hankou, and occupying all Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili. Otherwise, Jiangnan is a region with no danger and full of connections, how much troops will we have to spend to defend,"
Li Lihua's voice sounded: "I think the evacuation from Jiangnan is temporary, we will come back sooner or later." As soon as she spoke, everyone knew that the overall situation was settled. After Li Dan gave up most of her property and walked away from the Cape of Good Hope, Li Lihua now inherited Li Dan's shares became the major shareholder with justifiable reputation. She, Yin Feng, and Zeng's shares combined, plus the shares of the military director, can basically control all the resolutions of the board of directors.
In fact, there has not been any incident in the board of directors that Yin Feng’s proposal was directly rejected. At most, it is required to modify some content. Although the company’s articles of association stipulate that a majority of votes can be rejected, Yin Feng’s prestige makes him even if he encounters such a thing. If you don’t have to force your vote, Yin Feng mainly focuses on patient persuasion, and at most he will delay the vote for a few days.