Yu Zhilong continued to patrol forward and came to Ji Xiancheng's department.

During this inspection, Yu Zhilong found some new faces, which should be added in batches after the war. However, there were obviously a lot of older and weaker soldiers mixed in it.

Yu Zhilongqi said: "Are these new pawns supplemented?" Could it be that the number of new recruits this time is too small and the standard is lowered? ”

Fang Xue followed by his side, and when he heard this, he stepped forward and said: "Actually, this time the whole army recruited a lot of people, but this time it was the Shuntian King Department that was selected first, followed by Wan, Liu, Xiahou, Qin, etc., and finally the rest were allocated to our department, so there are more old and weak among them." ”

Ji Xiancheng came over and continued: "General, although the casualties of our department are few, most of the casualties are the most brave people, and now our department has the greatest results, but the order of replenishing troops is the last, which is unreasonable in any case." A certain and Fang Xiaodi had personally gone to theorize, but the person in charge of this matter didn't care about us at all, and only said that it was the order set by King Shuntian, which was really too deceitful! ”

"This time, it is not only the soldiers who supplement it, but also the weapons and armor that are assigned, and the other departments are the first to pick, and in the end, most of our turns are broken and incomplete. Brother Fang Xue had to go to the city to buy dozens of whetstones, and then hire some blacksmiths to repolish those blunt knives and spears. Fortunately, there are four virtues on the horses that made the first move, so we didn't suffer! Sun Xing explained.

"This is the order set by King Suncheon?" Yu Zhilong asked.

"Is that still fake? It is his confidants who are in charge of the distribution of things, and how can these people act like this without his approval? Ji Xiancheng was a little angry. Side is a master who does not suffer losses, in order to be able to get a good horse, he went there first to ask for it, the steward was unwilling at first, and after annoying Lao Wu, he tied him up, and brought back all the horses and saddles himself. ”

"If the four virtues act like this, it will only weaken the relationship between the various ministries and will not benefit the overall situation." Yu Zhilong frowned, blaming Wu Side for being reckless, but he was relieved in his heart.

This Liu Zhengfeng has a small measure and limited vision, so it is chilling to act like this. But since he has already given birth to two hearts, he will not quarrel with him now. Yu Zhilong thought about it, Liu Zhengfeng, as the leader, has a lot of subordinates, except for Qu Bo and Yu Shichang, who are his descendants, the rest of the departments have great independence, and they can't be like a finger, seeing that the posture of the Shuntian Army is getting bigger and bigger, Liu Zhengfeng will inevitably have thoughts in his heart.

Those who have always achieved great things are all people who have mountains and rivers in their hearts, are far-sighted, and ruthless. Liu Zhengfeng is kind on the face, but he is stumbling below, how can it be a big deal?

Looking at the soldiers of the various departments who were practicing in the distance, Yu Zhilong was in a trance for a while.

Although Yu Zhilong often encourages his subordinates to draw a beautiful pie to drive out the Tartars and restore the Han family, but the Yuan court is strong, and the military power for decades is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and at this time, tens of thousands of troops and horses can be easily mobilized to attack in one place, and it is not easy to overthrow the Yuan court!

Fortunately, at this time, the Yuan court had already concentrated all its efforts on fighting Gaoyou, and there were not many troops available in various places. In addition, Yidu Road has always regarded Linqu as a bandit, and he is bent on calming it down with the power of his own road, and most of the reports that have not been made a big deal ask for reinforcements, which gives everyone a chance.

Yu Zhilong couldn't help but think of Zhu Chongba in the south, now this person is showing his strength, and he is in the critical period of grass creation, what if he finds a way to join his disciples?

Then Yu Zhilong couldn't help but shake his head, Monk Zhu was a god-like figure. This person's ability to recognize and employ people can be called a classic, but he is also extremely ruthless in his heart, and he doesn't recognize people when he does things. For the sake of the children and grandchildren, they can fabricate charges and slaughter the founding heroes, although they have the ambition of reforming the Ding system, but their own lives are also the most important. If you don't die, what's the use of being famous!

As for Zhang Shicheng, Liu Futong and the like, they are just grass kings, they have the ambition of heroes, but they have no matching talents, and it will be difficult to achieve great things in the end.

At present, how can the enemy mess with itself. At least on the surface, it is still based on harmony. Yu Zhilong heard that his subordinates were talking, so he ordered the camp to prohibit private discussions on this matter.

Seeing that Yu Zhilong shook his head slightly, his face was displeased, Fang Xue and Ji Xiancheng were not good enough to speak on this matter. The two handed Sun Xing a color, and Sun Xingcai said in a low voice: "Although these things are not big, but the brothers feel that the Shuntian King is too much, if it wasn't for the Jing'an Army to turn the tide at the beginning, there would never be the situation of the Shuntian Army today!" The fight between the soldiers and soldiers a few days ago was also for this reason. ”

Mingxiong once told that there was a dispute between the soldiers of Jing'an and Liu Qibu and Liu Zhengfeng because of a quarrel, and the two sides started to use their fists and feet for a while, but fortunately they did not use weapons and injured some of each other's soldiers.

Yu Zhilong asked the reason, it turned out that Wu Side's unit went down to the river to wash the horses and saddles, and the general banner of the Jing'an Army cavalry led by the team was a little frivolous, not only looking down on the Jing'an Army's infantry army, but also Liu Qi's department and Liu Zhengfeng's department. However, these soldiers did not wait to see the Jing'an army, and the two sides happened to meet by the river, and they said a few words to each other, raised their eyebrows, and soon became angry. In the end, it simply became a mess.

Fortunately, the governors of both sides appeared to stop it in time, and the situation was stopped in time before it expanded.

The ins and outs of this matter Mingxiong had already found out and told Zhao Shi and Yu Zhilong. Yu Zhilong sent Fang Xue to Liu Zhengfeng and Liu Qi to apologize, and at the same time flogged the soldiers who participated in the brawl in public, and the general flag of the cavalry army was dismissed.

The habit of fighting and blaming each other in the army must not be left unchecked, even between the Jing'an Army and other departments.

Although the Jing'an Army began to discord with Liu Qibu and Liu Zhengfeng's troops, the Shuntian Army was still a whole, and it was still facing the fierce eyes of the great enemy of Yidu, and no matter what, it could not be in civil strife.

"I think some of you are muttering!" Yu Zhilong asked rhetorically, "The current situation is that the mountains and rains are coming, and I don't focus on how to train the troops, but I have idle feelings about the short and long, is it because the amount of training is still small?" You are the head of the guards, and you should report it immediately when such signs appear, how can you communicate with them? This must not be done again! ”

"Captain Ming, the intensity of the drills of each department can be appropriately increased, and I will be able to use my strength on the training ground!" Yu Zhilong commanded. Mingxiong hurriedly agreed.

"How did the soldiers react to the post-war rewards?" Yu Zhilong asked Fang Xue.

"Back to the general, all the money and goods have been distributed to the meritorious soldiers. According to the general's requirements, all departments will only award rewards after publicizing their exploits, and there will never be any deduction of bounties and filling their own pockets. The gendarmes are also supervising at the same time, and the general can rest assured! ”

"This time, I will give more wealth and less acres, I don't know if the departments are dissatisfied?" Yu Zhilong asked Ji Xiancheng again.

"Please rest assured that the generals have no complaints? The big guy knows how many idle acres of land can be in a Linqu county? What's more, tens of thousands of people have come from inside and outside the city, and these families come to invest, and they all need the county to allocate acres of land to settle down. If it weren't for that, how could the general have recruited people on a large scale and reclaimed the wasteland? Now all the actions in the county are for the sake of living our soldiers and people, and everyone praises them. Mingxiong Chen Yu one by one, Ji Xiancheng and Ma Rulong also nodded yes.

Yu Zhilong was relieved at this time.

Rewarding meritorious soldiers with land was determined by Yu Zhilong after several discussions with Xie Lin, Zhao Shi and others. Yu Zhilong attaches so much importance to the distribution of acres of land, mainly because of constant production and perseverance, which is also a suggestion that Xie Lin strongly advised Yu Zhilong to consider governance.

For this reason, Xie Lin also cited the words of the sage: The people are the way, those who have constant production have perseverance, and those who do not have permanent production have no perseverance. There is no perseverance, and there is no way to do it. and to be caught in sin, and then to be punished thereby, is to disregard the people. How can there be a benevolent person in power, and he can do anything without regard to the people? Therefore, the virtuous monarch must be frugal and courteous, and take it from the people's ownership. Yang Hu said: For the rich is not benevolent, for the benevolent is not rich.

This is a passage from "Mencius Teng Wen Gong Shang", in fact, there are clouds in the previous poems: day in Mao, night and Suo. It is urgent to take the house, and it begins to sow a hundred grains.

In the vernacular, people cut the grass during the day and weave the rope at night. When you build your hut, you will start to think of sowing and cultivating land and planting grain.

In fact, Yu Zhilong's short-term goal is to basically realize that the cultivators have their fields, the dwellers have their houses, they have clothes in and out, and they have food on their seats. However, this goal is actually extremely difficult to achieve, and it involves land policy, distribution policy, tax and forced labor policy, agriculture, industry, animal husbandry and fishery production, and the clean operation of the imperial court itself. It was not completed until hundreds of years after a thorough social revolution.

In this troubled era, being able to have a house and food is a joy for ordinary people.

Xie Lin proposed that "those who have constant production have perseverance, and those who do not have permanent production have no perseverance", and Yu Zhilong thought so.

In this era of agriculture, land is the most direct and greatest wealth, so for the displaced people, artisan households, and other people of all colors, Yu Zhilong arranged as much as possible to make a living, and after confiscating the acres of land of the large Mongolian households, he distributed the land to these defectors one by one, and even vigorously encouraged the reclamation of wasteland, and gave crop seeds, cattle and sheep. farm tools, etc., and try to help them build a house. In the end, Xie Lin's county government yamen came forward, made clear documents, established land deeds, and stamped with vermilion seals, in duplicate, which were kept by farmers and yamen respectively.

With these documents, these defectors have a place to settle down, and they no longer have to live for their families. This sense of belonging is the most powerful support for Jing'an and Shuntian troops to be able to achieve their effectiveness.

Solving the livelihood problem first, and then considering the matter of etiquette and morality is a long-term plan of Yu Zhilong.

As the deputy of the Jing'an Army, Zhao Shi can now be said to be under one person, although he can't say so much truth, but the matter of letting everyone have enough to eat is definitely the first place in Zhao Shi's heart, so he fully supports Yu Zhilong and Xie Lin's various measures to revitalize the people.

At present, there are many people and few places, and everyone understands that Zhao Shi is alone and doesn't care about how many military merits are rewarded, so after receiving military merits, most of the silver taels are awarded to his personal guards, and as for the acres of land, all of them are transferred to Fang Xue, and they are transferred to the orphans and widows in the army. This move won the hearts of the army, and the soldiers of the battalion were all respectfully called General Shi.

Although Zhao Shi himself doesn't care, Yu Zhilong can't help but consider everyone's feelings and thoughts, people are not sages, they all have seven emotions and six desires, they all have parents, wives and children to support, and they also want to glorify their ancestors in the future, it is impossible to have these things outside the body for a long time. It's just that the available land on hand is too small, but fortunately, there is still a lot of silver, so this time the rewards for the generals of his subordinates are mainly gold and silver.