Chinese people like to talk about things at the wine table, three and a half centuries later, and the same is true at this time.

said that it was a dust-washing banquet, although the protagonists of the banquet were Qian Lei and Gao Jiming, but soon, after the initial hustle and bustle, everyone slowly talked about business.

"Recruitment!"

Qian Lei, who was wearing a Kong Ming hat, was about to shake the fan when he said these two words, but he found that the goose feather fan fell somewhere, it was on the boat? Still is?

This will obviously not be the time to think about this, although he shook the air, but he did not feel the slightest embarrassment, he looked at the military gate and said,

"If the military gate wants to defeat Dasu, it must recruit soldiers!"

"Recruitment? Where can we raise enough soldiers? You know, our loyal army recruits soldiers, but it is not just a matter of pulling them in! ”

Gao Jiming said with some eagerness. As the commander of the rear army, when he was in Changzhou for a while, he also participated in recruitment, and the recruitment of the Loyal and Righteous Army is not like other people, it is a personal success, in addition to the requirement to be a good family, there are such and such restrictions. Because of this, it is extremely difficult to recruit soldiers, and it is becoming more and more difficult to recruit.

"There are so many good families in this world who are willing to join the army!"

His rhetorical question, so that everyone was dumbfounded, the son of a good family joined the army, it was out of helplessness, even if it was a loyal army, if it was not for the Qing army to set fire to the city, the people inside and outside the city were displaced, and in the face of the generous salary from the military gate, thousands of children of the good family in Jiangyin joined the army. Otherwise, how could there be so many children from good families joining the army.

"Isn't it!"

Zhu Daxian said helplessly.

"After several slaughters and abuses by Liukou and Qing captives, there is not one in the world, and the world is full of thousands of miles of red land. Those lands are all ripe and famine, but all good families, as long as they are a little diligent, they can open dozens or even hundreds of acres of land a year. ”

The so-called "prosperous era", most of them are like this, most of them are when the dynasty falls, after the population of the world is greatly reduced, in the case of fewer people and more land, it naturally presents the so-called "prosperous era", not to mention other places, just like Qinghe, a place that has not been slaughtered, just pull out a family, there are hundreds of acres of land, for no other reason - many people with less land go to other places at the same time, even those large households are divided to make their children move to other areas, to the slaughter of places with less people and more land "reclamation". Just like Yangzhou now, more than half of the people have moved from the Huai'an area.

Every change of dynasty is a catastrophe of population extinction. At the same time, it is also a great migration that can last for a hundred years, or even longer.

And often the so-called prosperous era in ancient China, his time was determined by the scale of population extinction. The longer the Prosperity lasted, the more severe the extinction of the population at the time of the dynastic massacre.

And in doing so, these people also experienced the large-scale massacre during the Manchu invasion, and the reality that there is no one in the world, of course, they are deeply touched, and even many of their relatives and friends have also lost their lives in this so-called "change of dynasty", in fact, the destruction of the country and the extinction. I don't know how many families that have been inherited for hundreds of years have been reduced to ashes under the butcher's knife of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Because the people are rich and rich, they are naturally reluctant to recruit soldiers, and the more this is the case, the more difficult it is to recruit soldiers, so just relying on conscription, I am afraid that ...... It's hard! ”

Unless there is helplessness, how many people are willing to be soldiers? If it weren't for helplessness, I'm afraid no one in the world would want to be a soldier!

Although they are not willing to face this fact. But there is no escaping the reality.

"If you don't recruit people, do you want to be like everyone else, and you can't catch Ding?"

Facing everyone's sighs, Zhu Mingzhong put down his chopsticks, looked at them and said.

"Catching Ding, it seems simple, but the soldiers who can be captured, how can they train seriously, and how can they fight bravely on the battlefield without scruples, if they can't do this, even if we catch tens of thousands of soldiers, what's the use? It's just a change in numbers! ”

After coming to this era, Zhu Mingzhong really knew what the army of this era was like, just like Zheng Chenggong's 170,000 Northern Expedition army, in addition to the thousands of family members of the official Zuo, the other soldiers except for tens of thousands of elites, that is, the so-called "soldiers", most of them were ordinary people who were plundered in previous battles. Such a rout could even overwhelm the battle of elite troops. I am afraid that this is also one of the reasons for Zheng Chenggong's defeat in Nanjing in history.

In the confrontation between the Southern Ming and the Manchus, the quality of the soldiers played a decisive factor. In this case, after the Qing army entered the customs, in order to supplement their own insufficient troops, on the one hand, to absorb the surrendered Ming army at the same time, or immediately absorb the displaced people with generous salaries, compared with the wealth of the south, the north is already poor, the military salary of the green camp is very attractive to the people in the north, especially when various natural disasters occur frequently, especially when various natural disasters occur frequently.

In contrast, in the face of the Qing army's attack, those military generals in the Southern Ming Dynasty who had evil intentions, when the people were unwilling to recruit soldiers, all plundered the people as soldiers, so that their armies swelled rapidly.

They seem to be strong, but in reality they are vulnerable. In other words, in the simplest way - "forced conscription is no match for mercenaries at all", because mercenaries are going to fight and eat, not to mention the looting after the city is broken as an irritation.

Of course, there is also a difference between active and passive between them. Those who were attracted to military pay were more active on the battlefield and often had better physical fitness.

"Bing, you must recruit!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhu Mingzhong looked at everyone and accentuated his tone.

"If you can raise 10,000 is 10,000, and if you can raise 5,000, I don't believe it, my Han family is a slave of a different race, and I am willing to change the ......clothes of my ancestors."

The Han family's sons were unwilling, so they were killed...... It was precisely because of witnessing the tyranny of the Manchus that people chose to give in. Kill all those who don't want to be slaves, and the rest will naturally be willing to be slaves.

This is the root of the Manchu enslavement of China for two and a half centuries!

"What the military gate said is extremely true, this Qing captive has a deep blood feud with my Han people, if it is instigated, it is bound to raise tens of thousands of good families......"

When the others were talking, Qian Lei, who was the first to mention the matter of recruitment, just ate the food silently, and only after Xu Youzheng finished saying this, he said slowly.

"Junmen, in fact, what's so difficult about recruiting soldiers!"

Snorted, Qian Lei looked at Zhu Daxian, Xu Youzheng, and Zhang Guojiu, who were facing difficulties in recruiting troops before, they were all scholars without exception, and they were really scholars who were useless.

"Since the governor of Changzhou was able to order the chief, the chief, the chief, and the local security minister raised several people to serve as soldiers, and they were required to be indigenous and have family members. Why can't it be in Jiangbei? ”

He was the only one among these people who had ever recruited soldiers, and naturally he was the only one who knew the joints and the inside story.

"But, yes, but if the people don't want to be soldiers, what can they do?"

Looking at Xu Youzheng, who was just a scholarly temper when he spoke, Qian Lei, who had been a master for so many years, sneered.

"Hmph, the army raised troops to attack the captives, but they are really the people of the world, how dare the people disobey?"

How dare the people disobey!

The views of the two are completely different, if Xu Youzheng still cares about the people in his heart, then Qian Lei has not considered the thoughts of the people in his eyes at all.

To be more precise, he didn't stand on the people's bodies at all, putting himself in the other party's shoes. After all, after being a master for so many years, all he cares about is how to satisfy adults, as for the people?

Who cares?

Of course, the Manchu court would not care! The imperial court doesn't care, and the magistrates naturally don't care either. In this case, he is unemployed, of course, he will not consider the interests of the people.

Qian Lei's words made Zhang Guojiu's eyes light up, and he immediately understood his thoughts.

"After the Qing captives entered the customs, when they were harsh, did they ask me if the people of the Ming Dynasty were willing? Hmph, when is it, it still depends on whether the people are willing or not, the military gate, in the opinion of the following officials, the military gate only orders the local officials, and orders the local governor, the chief, the chief, and the local security officer to raise a few people to serve as soldiers, if there are those who do not obey......"

Seeing everyone's eyes on him, Qian Lei was proud for a while, the reason why he would lead to these words was to show his ability in front of the military gate, and tell the military gate with facts that he Qian Bingqi can be of great use.

How can the military be appreciated? The key is to solve the trouble for the military, which is what you should do as a staff member. Only in this way will it be inseparable from itself!

"Whoever does not obey will ...... Well, heavy taxation ......"

In fact, at the beginning, Qian Lei wanted to say that he would use people's heads to deter, but when the words came to his lips, he realized that this was not the past, no matter what, they could not kill people at every turn like the Manchus.

"Heavy taxes!"

Qian Lei's suggestion makes everyone's eyes shine in front of the big guy, which is indeed a good way!

"That's a great way!"

Zhu Daxian couldn't help but cheer for him.

"In this way, you can not only raise enough soldiers, but also raise military salaries, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone!"

When everyone applauded, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Qian Lei and asked.

"Bingqi, I'm afraid you don't just have such an idea, come and share your thoughts with everyone."