Chapter 23: Going to Jiangxi (5)
There were more than 100 people in Xuancheng who wanted to leave Wei Ze's team, and most of them were scholars. Weser didn't stop them, and after giving them the money to go home, he let them leave. Someone took the lead, and more than 400 soldiers in the army said that they did not want to go to Guangdong and wanted to stay in Anhui.
Now the General Staff was not happy, Wei Ze seriously told the General Staff, "The twisted melon is not sweet, we are only afraid that the troops will not be united now, keep them in the army, they don't have to do things themselves, what will the people around them think when they see it?" As soon as we take care of it, these people who refuse to leave can immediately say that we don't want to go to Guangdong. What are we going to do then? ”
"Military justice for not doing a good job!" Wei Changrong's attitude is very firm.
"The Tianjing Revolution killed so many people, it's only been a few days, and now you are dealing with them by military law, what do you think when you see it?" Weeser asked.
When it came to the change in Tianjing, Wei Changrong didn't say anything. Not only Wei Changrong, but the entire General Staff was also speechless. The reason why everyone left the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was that they couldn't bear the kind of bloody killing between brothers. If Wei Ze's troops also killed like this, even if everyone knew that this was not a punishment due to fratricide, they would not feel good in their hearts.
Seeing that the generals in the staff were no longer excited, Wei Ze softened his tone and said, "Let them go, it's the best way for us." The rest are all brothers who are bent on fighting Guangdong, and our combat effectiveness has become stronger. ”
After calming down this matter, Wei Ze was also secretly glad in his heart. Immediately after all the troops were assembled, Weeser launched a full mobilization against the mid-level officers. The main thrust of the mobilization was on the land issue.
Wei Ze pointed out clearly that the Heavenly King Hong Xiu has no way, but it does not mean that the land is divided equally! After Wei Ze's Guangfu Governorate captured Guangzhou, it still had to implement the policy of equal distribution of land, not only in Guangzhou, but also in Guangdong, and with the expansion of the army's control of the chassis, the most important thing was to implement it throughout the country.
Only a few of Wei Ze's troops were born as landlords in Anhui, and even if they were born as small and medium-sized landlords, the big landlords were most afraid that their families would be arrested as soldiers, and they would rather pay more food than serve in the military. Except for the Anhui troops, there were no landlords among the people who defected to Wei Ze in other provinces.
Upon hearing Wei Ze's opening topic, the middle-level officers all breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing everyone's relieved expressions, Wei Ze also breathed a sigh of relief. As the supreme commander of an army, if everyone cannot agree on these principled issues, such an army will not have cohesion and combat effectiveness.
No matter how much the Hong Heavenly King is a god and how much the Heavenly Dynasty's farmland system is taken for granted, it is no joke that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the pinnacle of the Chinese peasant uprising. Being able to have a concept and a system to come up with a set of egalitarian concepts that are in line with the small-scale peasant economy is in itself of historical significance and practical results.
Most of the officers and soldiers under Wei Ze agreed with this concept, even Wei Ze himself, he knew that although this concept had a huge fallacy at the implementation level, it did not mean that Wei Ze himself opposed the people's ideal of pursuing a better life. And as it turned out, Weeser was right.
Although the vast majority of Weese's troops did not know what a political program was, it was clear to everyone why they were involved in the rebellion. What everyone wants is not necessarily to be promoted to official wealth and to worship the prime minister. Peasant women, mountain springs, and a little field. Wife, children, hot kang head. That's what the people at the bottom of this age crave. When they knew that following Wei Ze would not change their ultimate goal without any change, the thoughts of the troops stabilized with great speed.
After ten days of rest, mobilization, and discernment, although it cannot be said that the troops have regained their will to fight at their heyday, at least the troops have shaken off their ideological confusion and regained their strength.
On March 2o, when Wei Ze ordered the First Army to march to Ganzhou, Jiangxi, the traveling troops sang the "Song of the Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions" and left Xuancheng.
On March 21, Luo Xuan led more than 400 brothers to the vicinity of Xuancheng, and the outer guard troops stopped Luo Xuancheng. And Luo Xuan said that he was here to defect to Wei Ze, which made Wei Ze surprised and delighted.
Like Wei Ze, the reason for Luo Gang's rebellion is that he believes that the current world is wrong and must be overthrown. Moreover, although Luo Gang, like the Chinese heroes of this era, also agrees that there are ghosts and gods, he does not think that ghosts and gods have the power to intervene in the human world. Therefore, when you are alive, you can respect ghosts and gods, but you don't need to pay attention to them.
However, Luo Xuan only cooperated with Wei Ze when he marched from Wuhan to Tianjing City, and then he has been cooperating with Shi Dakai, and now he is running to Wei Ze, could it be that something big has changed in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Shi Dakai is dead?
If Shi Dakai died, then Wei Ze's plan would change drastically. Originally, the reason why Wei Ze chose to leave the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was that Yang Xiuqing, who had been pressing on his head, was killed, and while Wei Ze was secretly happy, he had to immediately and completely control his troops. At that time, Wei Changhui, the king of the north, Shi Da, the king of Yan, Qin Rigang, and Hu Yihuang, the king of Yu, were all there, and Wei Ze was far from being the person who was "expected by all". Wei Ze's forced stay in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would only lead him, the largest military leader of the Eastern Wang's faction, to become the target of public criticism.
If Shi Dakai died, the situation would be different. Of course, Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang are going to be killed, Hu Yihuang is a confidant of the East Prince, and at the moment when the East Prince's Mansion is destroyed, his status is under Wei Ze. If Shi Dakai, the figure who suppressed Wei Ze's head, was not there, Wei Ze could return to Tianjing, kill Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang and others, imprison the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, who was full of the blood of the Heavenly Brothers, and establish the Qi Palace, which succeeded Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King.
Wei Ze was very confident in himself, if the situation developed like this, he would definitely be able to completely control the forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Relying on the already very favorable situation, a new Southern regime was established in the short term to confront the Manchus in the north.
But before seeing Luo's outline, Wei Ze quickly stabilized his feelings. As a person from a state-owned enterprise, he knows very well that sticking a knife in the back is an art. Everyone is loyal to state-owned enterprises, not the kind of state-owned enterprise leaders who will keep changing. It is precisely with this mentality and insight that Wei Ze can serve Yang Xiuqing as if nothing happened, and when the action of attacking and killing Yang Xiuqing is inevitable, he can calmly choose the most beneficial action for himself.
The same is true for Luo Outline, Wei Ze thinks that as long as he can recruit Luo Outline under his command, it is already an irreplaceable harvest. Even if Luo Xuan begged Wei Ze to return to Tianjing City, Wei Ze would stick to the strategy of going south until he finally determined what had happened. After determining his mentality, Wei Ze ordered someone to bring Luo Outline in.
"Brother Wei, why don't you return to Jun Tianjing now?" Luo Xuan is still so close to Wei Ze, and he came up to raise such a real topic.
Wei Ze smiled: "Brother Luo, you said that you are here to defect to me, and your opening makes it look like I am going to join you." I have already decided to go to Guangdong, and there is no need to talk about returning to Tianjing City. ”
Luo Xuan looked at Wei Ze carefully, wanting to see some clues from Wei Ze's face. But since Wei Ze had determined his position in his heart, his thinking was not at all about taking advantage of the chaos to enter Tianjing City, so Luo Xuan couldn't see anything at all.
After a while, Luo Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Wei, after the Wing King escaped from Tianjing City, he immediately stationed in Anqing and contacted the brothers of the Western Expeditionary Army, asking the Heavenly King to kill the Northern King and apologize to the Heavenly Brothers!" I also understand that as soon as the East King died, the Wing King only wanted to seize the position left by the East King. Although the king of the east is domineering and oppresses his brothers, he is still bent on killing the demon and taking over the world. That's why I followed the king of the east. Now the matter of fighting the Qing Demon is not the biggest business for the Wing King at all, and inheriting the position of the East King is what he thinks. But even if he established the Wing King Mansion, what could he do? The Heavenly King will not allow the Winged King to become the second East King. I don't want to see the brothers kill each other again. That's why I came to join Brother Wei! ”
Wei Ze was naturally very happy that a general like Luo Xuan could defect to him. Luo Outline is a well-known figure in Liangguang, if he can occupy Guangzhou City, Luo Outline will wave his arms, and the boat army will immediately gather under Wei Ze's banner. Even in the Heaven and Earth Society, Luo Xuan has a huge influence.
But in addition to being happy, Wei Ze couldn't help but be a little worried about Luo Xuan. He said tentatively: "Brother Luo, I just told these tens of thousands of brothers not long ago that although I have left the kingdom of heaven, I still want to have all the land and all the wealth. But I don't know what Brother Luo thinks? ”
"Oh!" Listening to Wei Ze's words, Luo Xuan's face immediately had a look of surprise, "Brother Wei, what the Heavenly King said, but he didn't change it?" ”
Wei Ze Zhengse said: "The King of Heaven killed his brother indiscriminately, but it does not mean that the King of Heaven said everything wrong. Besides, all the fields and all the riches were not raised by the king of heaven alone, but the kings of the east, the west, and the south all told their brothers in this way. I wish I could do that, too! ”
There was not the slightest trace of falsification on Wei Ze's face, Luo Xuan sighed with relief, and after a while, his eyes turned red. After a while, Luo Xuan said a little choked up: "When I joined the Kingdom of Heaven, what I wanted was to be able to equal the land and be rich!" After the death of the East King, I don't dare to ask for these anymore, at least I can beg to be able to destroy the Qing Demon! Now the kings of heaven themselves do not talk about equalizing the land and wealth, but only know the struggle for power and profit. But I didn't expect that Brother Wei, you haven't forgotten about it! Brother, before I defected to Brother Wei, I didn't necessarily really want to follow Brother Wei, but I heard that Brother Wei was going south, so I wanted to go back to Guangdong with Brother Wei. But I didn't expect to come to the right place! ”
The more he talked, the more excited he became, Luo Xuan got up and knelt down for Wei Ze, "Brother Wei!" King Qi! If you are really willing to share the land, you will be rich! Brother, my life will be handed over to you, King Qi! ”
Wei Ze hurriedly got up and helped Luo Xuan, of course Wei Ze liked such a political and ambitious member of the cadre very much. He only grabbed Luo Outline and said solemnly: "Brother Luo, I am happy to have someone like you, brother!" It's not that Brother Luo, your life will be handed over to me, but that our brothers who still want to suffer for the world should put their lives together and fight the world together! ”
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