There was reluctance in her eyes as she looked at Zhu Cihong in front of her, but she could not say anything to dissuade him.
"My son! Farewell to my father! Farewell to my mother!"
After saying that, Zhu Cixi knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed three times to Empress Zhou and Emperor Chongzhen.
Turn around decisively.
This trip! Not only for the rule of the Ming Dynasty royal family, but also for the sake of all the people in the world!
In order to prevent the Han people from being massacred by the Manchus, and even more so that hundreds of years later, the whole of China would become a cake divided among foreign races!
Empress Zhou looked at Zhu Cixiang's back and tears suddenly flowed down her face.
Emperor Chongzhen also sighed deeply, not knowing what he was thinking.
Soon, Zhu Cihong organized his army and went out again.
This time his target is Zhending Mansion. The forces of thieves have already invaded this place.
In early spring, there was a wasteland in the north. The ground was still a little barren, with almost no grass growing. The army walked silently on the official road, like a moving city wall.
Zhu Cixiang did not ride in a sedan this time, but like all the generals, he wore armor on his body, a steel knife on his waist, and a diorama in his hand. He glanced at a village not far away that had been invaded by bandits.
Traces of fire.
"How many troops do we have now?"
After putting away the telescope, Zhu Cixiang felt a little emotional and casually asked General Huang Degong at the side.
"Your Highness, we now have more than 33,000 soldiers, all of whom are elites. And this time in the capital, I recruited 5,000 new soldiers, so the total is 38,000!"
Huang Degong looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of him and said.
As he spoke, Huang Degong couldn't help but look at Zhu Cixiang in front of him and said: "Your Highness, why do you set the recruitment standards so high? There are obviously many soldiers who want to join our army, and even more people who want to join the First Guards Army.
Too much! You refuse so much..."
"Can't understand?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly, rode on the horse, and said calmly to Huang Degong beside him.
Huang Degong nodded.
"Where does General Huang think the strength of the army comes from?"
Zhu Cixiang did not directly return to Huang Degong's question, but asked rhetorically.
"Discipline, command, and tactics must be unified!"
After thinking for a moment, Huang Degong came up with this answer.
"Does General Huang think the number of people is important?"
Hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Huang Degong was slightly stunned. He hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of him and said, "It should be important too! After all, numerical advantage is a very important thing in many cases!"
"Then how do you compare numerical superiority and discipline? Which one do you think is more important?"
With a smile in his eyes, Zhu Cixi looked at Huang Degong in front of him and said.
Huang Degong had a hesitant look in his eyes, and for a moment, he didn't know how to answer.
"Then let me put the question another way. Do you think that a highly disciplined team of 10,000 will win against a somewhat disorganized army of 30,000?"
"Of course they are a highly disciplined team!"
This time Huang Degong spoke directly without any hesitation.
"Now, which one do you think is more important?"
"Discipline!"
At this time, Huang Degong said to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.
"Now do you know why I don't open up recruitment??"
As he spoke, Zhu Cixiang sighed slightly. He looked at Huang Degong in front of him with a slightly serious face and said: "Our army is still under great pressure right now. If we recruit a large number of new soldiers, it will weaken our combat effectiveness. At this time,
We can't leave any holes!"
After hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Huang Degong nodded, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
As he spoke, the army slowly walked into Zhending Mansion.
…………
the other side.
Shandong.
"Dog officer! You will be punished by God!!!!"
On the execution ground, a young man screamed at Wu Di in front of him.
Wu Yan had no expression on his face, and he threw out a command talisman.
"cut!"
The butcher next to them pulled out the headers behind them.
With one strike, the heads of seven or eight people fell to the ground instantly.
Wu Di looked at the scene in front of him with some emotion.
It has been almost a month since His Highness the Prince asked him to come to Shandong. Over the past month, he has tried his best to open up the situation.
Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince sent him these dozens of royal guards, otherwise he might not be able to make any achievements in Shandong.
There are too many powerful landlords here, and many of them even have their own fortresses that even the army may not be able to invade.
Then there were bandits everywhere and some small-scale rebel armies.
Wu Zong relied on his own literary and military skills, coupled with the strong ability of these Jin Yiwei, to reluctantly start to gain a foothold in Shandong.
The people who were beheaded in front of me were one of the powerful landlords.
The charge was abuse of lynching. In fact, at this time, there were already many people abusing lynching. It can be said that Wu Gang just found an excuse.
As for why you should do this.
Mainly because of what His Highness the Crown Prince said to me before he left.
"Land reform..."
Wu Di murmured.
For some reason, when he learned this word from His Highness the Crown Prince, he always felt that this word contained huge power, a power huge enough to destroy this era.
But for what reason, Wu Di himself didn’t know.
According to His Highness the Crown Prince, Wu Di was asked to gather land in Shandong and bring it back to the government.
Then, these lands were distributed to the refugees in the name of the government.
Refugees only need to pay land tax to the government and do not need to pay land rent.
If the refugees want to receive these fields, there is only one way, and that is to register a household.
This household was a little different from the original imperial household registration, but after the Crown Prince talked to Wu Di, Wu Di quickly understood the essence of the Crown Prince's household registration policy.
The key point is actually just four words.
Register households and bring together the people!
The refugees only need to report their place of origin, and then these refugees will be assigned to a village, and these villages will serve as their new birthplaces.
These people will become members of this village, and each person will have a household registration. Everyone in the family will be on this household registration. One copy of this household registration will be reserved for their own family, and another copy will be left in the court.
It must be made in duplicate, and both must be stamped with the official seal.
There are only two types of household registration, one is the rural household registration and the other is the urban household registration.
This kind of household registration system seems to be more in line with the current situation than in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This idea made Wu Di nod.