After the Shenji Battalion was approved to expand, Guo Wendong immediately took action and prepared to recruit another 6,000 people.

The last recruitment was carried out by Yu Yufeng, and Guo Wendong decided to continue to be in charge of him, so he specially called Yu Yufeng and instructed: "Recruiting 6,000 soldiers is still the priority of tenants." All of them must be from a farmer's background. ”

Yu Yufeng was puzzled: "Why? ”

Although he was also born as a peasant, and when he joined the army on Zuo Liangyu's side, he gradually rose to the position of deputy commander by virtue of his military merits, but he also knew that it was best for officers to have read some books and be literate.

Guo Wendong said: "The secret of heaven cannot be leaked, you just have to carry out the order." ”

Yu Yufeng didn't ask again, and respectfully accepted the order.

Guo Wendong has his own considerations, the official is a scholar, among the six most important generals, three are all scholars, he wants to let the troops under his command in the future come from the peasants, not be too influenced by the outside scholars, just obey his own orders.

Those Donglin Party followers can influence the scholars, and they can't reach the grassroots peasants.

For example, Li Dingguo was born in a poor peasant, and later gradually grew into an excellent general.

In addition to the six subordinates, Guo Wendong tried his best to promote officers among the original non-commissioned officers.

Somewhere east of Guo's mansion, on the surface, it looks like a large mansion.

However, many passers-by can see the difference, there is no plaque hanging above the gate of this house, but there are people guarding the door.

This makes many people wonder, what is it doing inside?

On this day, the carriage escorted by twenty guards stopped at the door, and a tall and handsome young man, who was Guo Wendong, stepped directly into the carriage, and several people guarding the door saluted him respectfully.

They themselves are the Guo family's nursing home, and they have changed their clothes and sent to be stationed here.

Entering the house, Huang Delin and Huang Guangyong came over to see the master.

Huang Delin said: "My lord, the three hundred people you have allocated will need to be trained for several months before they can become capable people. I have sent fifteen people who are good at understanding and quick learners to carry out simple tasks. ”

Huang Guangyong said: "These fifteen people are inquiring about the news in Nanjing. ”

This courtyard house is exactly the place where Guo Wendong specially used it for the use of "Zhongtong". Because this department is not public, there is no plaque on it.

Soon, more than 200 people gathered in the courtyard.

These people themselves were originally from the Guo family's nursing home, and they were transferred to the Central Union for training, and they have a strong sense of discipline.

Nearly 300 people were lined up neatly, and nearly 300 pairs of eyes were staring at Guo Wendong in front of him.

The first batch of 300 people in the Central Command are all specially selected from many nursing homes and are suitable for intelligence officers.

Guo Wendong said: "Everyone knows that the imperial court has a brocade guard. I established the 'Zhongtong', which is equivalent to Jinyiwei. I believe that you will do better than Jinyiwei in the future. ”

After some words and encouragement, the people were dismissed.

Huang Delin told Guo Wendong about the specific situation.

Among the first batch of 300 people, they were divided into several groups, each of which had a different training subject and was responsible for different tasks in the future.

There are mainly intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation, plotting against the enemy, and assassination, and different personnel have different training methods.

The so-called assassination, that is, as an assassin, must first have good skills, and the second is to have a cool head, be good at observing the situation, wait for the opportunity, and wait for the best time to do it.

Huang Delin is indeed a talent, and he is very professional in every aspect.

He is the main trainer, and his son Huang Guangyong is his right-hand man.

After the explanation, Huang Delin said: "My lord, after a few months of training, most of the three hundred people will be capable personnel. Yesterday, his subordinates sent 15 people to collect intelligence in Nanjing, and this was one of the contents of the training. I will be back at noon today to report on the situation. ”

Sure enough, half an hour before noon, someone returned, and by noon, all the fifteen people sent out had rushed back.

In a certain room, fifteen people gathered here and lined up.

Huang Delin said: "Brothers, Lord Guo has come to visit you, test your training results, and hope that you will gain from going out to find out information, don't let Lord Guo down." Number one, it's up to you to start reporting the situation. ”

Here, the names of specific personnel are known only to Huang Delin, and the ordinary personnel of the Central Union are called by code names, and they do not know each other's names, places of origin, and family members, and it is forbidden to inquire and disclose these aspects.

No. 1 came out of the ranks, held his head high, and said loudly: "Report to Lord Guo and Manager Huang, after the subordinates went out, they specially selected restaurants and inns with many people, went in to eat as diners, and paid attention to the topics discussed by diners, and I have been to eight restaurants in total." There are two topics that the subordinates heard the diners talk about the most: first, it is about Jiannu and Li Chuang, most people think that Li Chuang will lose to Jiannu, and talk about how long Li Chuang can resist; Second, it's about Shousuke-sama and Guo-sama's ......"

He stopped and looked at Guo Wendong.

Guo Wendong said: "It's okay for you to say it. ”

No. 1 continued: "Anyone who talks about Jiannu and Li Chuang; Most of the people who talk about Lord Shoufu and Lord Guo are those who are scholars, and they devalue Lord Guo and Lord Shoufu as worthless, and say that they are traitors who mislead the country and the people......"

When he said these words, everyone paid attention to Master Guo, for fear that he would be angry.

Guo Wendong was always very calm, and when No. 1 finished speaking, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he asked everyone: "Those Donglin dogs scolded the official for being a traitor, who do you think is a traitor?" ”

Huang Delin immediately replied: "Of course, it's those Donglin dogs." ”

Huang Guangyong said: "That's right, Donglin Dog is the real misguided country and people, I heard that the imperial court treasury is empty, but Donglin Dog opposes collecting taxes from big landlords and merchants, so that the imperial court can only increase the payment of taxes to the poor, and the misery is unspeakable, which leads to the poor people in the north, and the people belong to Li Chuang." ”

When he talked about this topic, he said a lot in one breath, and he was very resentful of the Donglin Party.

Huang Delin pulled his son's sleeve, Huang Guangyong came back to his senses and immediately shut up, isn't the Lord Guo he is loyal to a big landlord and a businessman.

Both father and son were very nervous, for fear that Lord Guo would be angry and blame.

Guo Wendong didn't look angry at all, nodded in affirmation: "Well said, big landlords and businessmen don't pay taxes, where is the money in the treasury?" It's those Donglin dogs who prevent the payment of taxes, so that the imperial court can only raise taxes on ordinary farmers, and make your life harder. ”

The vast majority of these central commanders who originated from the nursing home were from crop people, and when they heard the words of their masters, they felt that the Donglin Party was even more hateful.

Next, it was the second number who came out of the ranks, and he said: "My subordinates visited several green buildings and found that the topic that people talked about the most was also about Li Chuang and Guo Da's ......."

Fifteen people reported one by one, and they went to various places, and the same result was the same.

The Donglin Party is like a hundred-legged worm, and it has a great foundation in the scholar class.

"These Donglin dogs are really difficult!" Guo Wendong thought in his heart, even if the Donglin Party was all dismissed, but its influence among the scholars was still there, this was the foundation of the Donglin Party, even if the Donglin Academy was burned down, the spiritual symbol of the Donglin Party, it still could not be regarded as destroying its foundation, and it must be uprooted from the bottom of the kettle.