After Li Zhi returned to Tianjin, he was a little busy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The first is the matter of recruitment, although it is not the first time to recruit new soldiers, but after all, this time it is a whole 10,000 people, which is more than before. It is not only necessary to go to the prefectures and counties of Tianjin to post notices, but also to set up various physical examination and interview facilities in Tianjin. There are more than 200 medical examination tents alone, which occupy a large area in the north of Tianjin.

The training of medical examiners and interviewers also took Li Zhi a lot of energy. Almost all officers at all levels were dispatched to serve as medical examiners and interviewers. Most of the junior officers served as medical officers, and officers above the company commander served as interviewers and asked questions of applicants.

The recruits recruited by Li Zhi are all children of good families with village elders as guarantees. It is not necessarily limited to peasant background, businessman background, craftsman background can be, but it must be of good character, clean and innocent, and have no criminal history. Moreover, according to Li Zhi's method, the interviewer also got to know the interviewer through various questions to ensure that the recruited soldiers were the most loyal and honest talents.

Li Zhi's army used firearms in battle, and fought in a dignified formation, crushing the enemy with absolute strength. Tiger Master does not emphasize the courage of the horseman and the wisdom of the individual, but emphasizes teamwork. No matter how smart a treacherous person is, he is useless in the great phalanx of the Tiger Master, and he will only drag his feet because of selfishness. With a little training, loyal and honest people know how to obey discipline and put the whole first, and they are qualified candidates for the ranks of soldiers in the firearms age.

On 30 May, tents of various colors lined up in the north of the city, and more than 100,000 conscripts from various prefectures and counties poured into the tents to be selected by the officers of the Tiger Division.

Although there were high casualties in the Battle of Jinzhou, which turned the soldiers of the Tiger Division, who were originally considered riskless, into a dangerous profession, Li Zhi gave the martyrs a very generous honor and bereavement pension, making the battle death less terrible. The so-called sacrifice of one person makes the whole family glorious, and the families of the martyrs are treated preferentially everywhere in Tianjin.

Under the propaganda of the newspapers, the tilt of taxation, and the preferential treatment of the courts, the families of the martyrs who have the Heroic Medal are the most prominent people in Tianjin.

So this time, the recruitment of new recruits by the Tiger Ben Division was also very smooth. In just three days, Li Zhi recruited 10,000 recruits. These recruits happily got the recruits' waist cards, measured the size of their uniforms, and waited a month later to report to the barracks of the Tianjin Acropolis.

Now that Li Zhi's political focus has gradually shifted from Fanjiazhuang to Tianjin, the construction of military camps and other facilities is not limited to Fanjiazhuang. The newly recruited 10,000 people were built in the Tianjin Acropolis. Of course, there was not so much space in the Tianjin Acropolis, so Li Zhi planned an area in the south of the Tianjin Acropolis, preparing to extend the walls of the Tianjin Acropolis and expand the size of the Acropolis by a quarter, so that the military camp could be built.

In addition to the construction of military camps in the newly planned area, the construction of Li Zhi's Jinguo Mansion also began.

Li Zhi is now a national prince, and the specifications of the General Military Mansion are too low. Although Li Zhi does not pursue a luxurious life, he still has the majesty of the national prince. Now that there are travel honor guards and other things, the specifications of the mansions for deliberation and residence must also keep up.

The new Tsukoku Mansion does not occupy a large area, but the specifications of the building are very high. There are two-story gates outside the mansion, and there are three council halls in the mansion, which is quite imposing. After completion, this will be the political center of Tianjin.

There are also nine elegant courtyards behind the new palace hall. Cui He will have his own yard, and each of Li Zhi's children will also have his own yard in the future. Of course, now that Li Huan and the others are still young, even if the new mansion is built, they will still live in the same courtyard with Li Zhi.

When Cui He heard that Li Zhi was going to build a new house, he clapped his hands happily and was happy for several days.

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After being busy with the affairs of Tianjin for a few days, Li Zhi began to look forward to the affairs of Shandong.

Shandong, Li Zhi must be taken down. Tianjin is a small place with a small population, and it is not a qualified large rear. Whether it is playing with various domestic forces or opening up overseas, Tianjin as a base camp is a little thin. Not to mention anything else, the number of tiger masters that Tianjin's finances can support will reach the top of 1 or 20,000. If it weren't for the income from industry, Hsinchu, and maritime trade, Li Zhi would not have been able to raise 20,000 elite soldiers.

1. 20,000 soldiers and horses are more than enough to control Tianjin, but it is not enough to pull out a decisive battle with the Tartars and play games with the gentry.

Shandong, on the other hand, is much larger, with more than 90 counties, four or five times the size of Tianjin. If Shandong's commercial taxes and land taxes can be controlled, Li Zhi's tiger division can be greatly expanded. If he had more soldiers and horses on his hands, Li Zhi could do more.

Of course, if you want to extend your ruling tentacles into Shandong, there is also a lot of resistance. Li Zhi did not have an official position in Shandong, and his attempt to control Shandong would inevitably be met with fierce backlash from the central and local governments. This game needs to be properly operated by Li Zhi.

On the fifth day of the sixth month, Li Zhi saw the "Three Kings Daily" jointly issued by the three princes of Shandong and the officials and gentry.

This "Sanwang Daily" was made in imitation of Li Zhi's "Shandong Daily". The "Shandong Daily" was very successful, and the scholars in Shandong saw it. In those years, there was no patent system, and the gentry in Shandong were not merciless in plagiarizing all kinds of new things from Li Zhi, and the "Three Kings Daily" looked almost the same as the "Shandong Daily".

The same paper, the same two pages and eight pages, the same vernacular text, and even the anecdotes sewn in the newspaper "Three Kings Daily" have been learned. The only difference in the layout is that the general title of the "Shandong Daily" newspaper is written in italics, while the literati of the "Three Kings Daily" use official script to reflect their cultural level.

However, although it copied the various specifications and styles of the newspaper, "Sanwang Daily" was completely opposite to "Tianjin Daily" in terms of content.

The headline on the front page of the first day of "Sanwang Daily" was "Who gave the Duke of Jin the courage to besiege the capital?" 》

The full text of the commentary is repeatedly criticized around Li Zhi's military advice, and he can't wait to label Li Zhi as a chaotic minister and thief. At the end of the article, it is even more incitement and incitement of the people against Li Zhi.

"Emperor Daming, the emperor of hundreds of years, is already in danger. If there are no more loyal and righteous people who rise up and shout, I am afraid that the footsteps of the ministers will never stop. When Sima Yi killed Cao Shuang, on the day when Huan Wen abolished the throne, if there were loyal and righteous people who sacrificed their lives, could the usurpation ambition of the anti-thief continue to expand..."

Seeing the insinuating attack of the newspaper, Li Zhileng snorted and slapped the newspaper on the tea case.

Huan Yihua, the head of Li Zhi's newspaper, took a breath and said, "Guogong, if the "Three Kings Daily" is slandered like this, I am afraid that the people of Shandong will regard us as enemies. ”