Another related matter is that after the initial communication and recognition with Wang Pan and others, it was announced that the Sanjiang Army with obvious regional colors would be renamed the more idealistic "Taiping Army"; That's right, it's the Taiping Army, and it's also a name he conceived a long time ago.

According to Zhou Huai'an's public statement on the bright side, it is taken from the original slogan of the righteous army, "Qingping the world, all people are safe". Even if it is easy to understand and catchy, it is convenient to publicize and embody his own long-standing ideas, as well as the whole army's pursuit of recreating the world of peace and happiness.

And based on the system of the Sanjiang Army in the past, it was used as a model and template to reorganize and configure all the armed forces related to the Righteous Army in Lingdong. This is also a subtle and past traditional rebel color and background, in the name of further cutting and separating.

Of course, the foundation of this army is very different from the thing of the same name that the later Hong Sect Master relied on slogans such as "Little Heaven on Earth", and "Heavenly Brother" and "Heavenly Father" pretended to be a god at every turn, and finally collapsed and almost burped me in the big clear;

At present, it already has a certain practical foundation and a relatively long-term and clear concept and goal, and has gradually merged and merged with a hodgepodge of lessons learned from the change of dynasties and excerpts from military thoughts.

Among them, there are not only the great achievements of military training and management in ancient times, such as "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", and "The Actual Record of Military Training", but also the guiding contents of macro strategy and tactical development such as "On War", "On Protracted War", "The Science of Winning", and "On the Art of War".

There's even some "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook," "One Hundred Thousand Whys. Military Chapter", "Military Talent Dual-Use Manual", "Basic Militia Manual" and the like, I have read the general content on the Internet, and some of the content and fragments that are forcibly recalled by subsequent auxiliary abilities.

In fact, even Zhou Huai'an, as the initiator, can't completely guarantee what kind of strange things will be brewed and born in the process of the development and evolution of the entire era. After all, the goal he is now trying to lead has been the original expectation, and he doesn't know where it has been.

However, compared with the trend and influence brought about by the establishment of official positions and structures, and the appointment of a large number of people, this mere change of name and flag change is particularly insignificant and uneventful; Even the soldiers accepted this change very naturally, and let the green flag embroidered with the word "Taiping" quickly hang all over the city heads and towns, forts, checkpoints and outposts.

As for the new uniforms and the corresponding characteristic emblematic items, you can take your time and no longer rush it.

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Just two days after the name change, Zhou Huaian also got another response.

"The twenty-eight heads of the large and small guilds in Guangfu and the east of the line all sent congratulatory gifts?"

Zhou Huai comforted the girl in his arms who was curled up like a cat. It's just that the bulging cheeks and thin curved eyes that have just been fed like crescent moon have somewhat exposed her mood at the moment.

After that night, it seemed to be a little closer and closer in the invisible relationship and atmosphere; Of course, the crying and resentment on the face of the skeleton spirit as an elder sister are also undisguised and more obvious.

"These guys have finally made up their minds to take it a step further. Even if it's just an agent on the surface."

Zhou Huai'an sighed and said to himself.

"Let's get them to submit a petition first. I was about to rebuild the water conservancy facilities and embankments in the Pearl River Basin. ”

"Let the news go, let them donate according to the name of their respective families, not chambers of commerce and associations."

"After the money and food are basically in place, I will also set up monuments and inscriptions for them one by one. Make sure you don't miss a single one. ”

It is the so-called basic principle of striking at a small number based on being good at uniting the majority; Zhou Huai'an wanted to eliminate most of the exploiting classes that had accumulated in this era, and redistribute social resources under the leadership of his own relatively joint forces, and even make further achievements in the local area. In fact, there is another potential target and group that can be won over, that is, the local merchant class in Guangzhou, especially those maritime shipowners who are engaged in foreign trade.

Although, according to the lessons of later generations, the merchant class is not a good thing, and even as their ultimate variant, the monopoly capital oligarchy, once they gain power in later generations, is a more cruel and unscrupulous source of all evil than the traditional feudal bureaucracy and landlord class;

But at least in the present era, it is relatively different from the traditional landlord and scholar class, which has become extremely corrupt and degenerate; At the lower end of the chain of discrimination with a lack of social status and the corresponding channels for political speculation and upward mobility, they at least represent a relatively advanced direction of future development, and they also have more potential vitality and a spirit of exploration, enterprising and adventurous.

In contrast to the upper class of the inner city where large landowners and gentry gathered, the merchants and shipowners in Guangzhou, who were surrounded by overseas trade and its huge related interests, as well as the middle and lower classes of people who made their living from it, were the main stream of the local society.

Although broadly speaking, they are also an exploiting class that lives on rentier, the specific means and appearance of food will not look good; But because their main source of exploitation and oppression through overseas trade is a large part of the foreign races other than the Tang people or the Tu group barbarians;

Most of the benefits and inputs obtained from it are often consumed and invested in the homeland, so while creating a prosperity of local economic circulation, it does not belong to the most intense and antagonistic part of the social contradictions; At the very least, crossing oceans and seas to seek the benefits of wandering requires not only courage and adventurous spirit, but also corresponding skills and luck.

Therefore, in this maritime profit-seeking group, there is no particularly strong class solidification and background restrictions; Because the unpredictable risks and accidents at sea are enough to make the rise and fall of a person or a corresponding group and family.

However, before that, because of the division of power and checks and balances within the rebel army, they could certainly sit firmly in the latent and dormant position of Mount Tai with Guangzhou as their foundation, and maintain a certain degree of calmness and self-sufficiency at the corresponding price, and could even use the relationship of different affiliations to get some kind of potential shelter and support.

However, now that Zhou Huai's security side has integrated the resources and authority inside and outside Guangfu, it is actually equivalent to controlling the main source of raw materials and finished products for their overseas trade, as well as most of the inland channels and market share of imported goods.

As maritime traders, who are unable to generate substantial value and resources on their own, and who are unable to work together to confront the collective violent means at the disposal of the military, they can only continue to maintain their livelihood for generations under the new order through varying degrees of bowing and compromise. Of course, this is only the beginning and an attempt, and there is still a long way to go.

"What the hell do you want?"

The little thing in Zhou Huai'an's arms suddenly twisted and said softly.

"All I want is a new era in which most people in this world can get by, and good people can live by hard work."

"Of course, before we do it again, we have to overthrow the terminally ill Li Tang court of this righteous army, and the lackeys and accomplices who continue to maintain its incorrigible bent on maintaining it."

"Do you really believe that this kind of thing can be done?"

Little Calamus continued to whisper in his arms.

"Of course, it's about what you can do, at least starting with the people in front of you and around you."

Zhou Huai'an gently kneaded her little face disappreciatively and said.

"At least I've been able to keep everyone under my command fed, and most of them are able to support themselves and their families;"

"Just keep going. As the so-called embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, to say that Qin II died, it was just a group of soldiers. ”

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And in a farm in a tun in Meizhou, it seems that after repeated wind and sun, Pi Rixiu has become a little rough-skinned, dark and emaciated, and he has once again encountered a foreign summons.

"Prisoner Pis. You're out. ”

He looked at the vaguely familiar other party with some embarrassment, and only felt a little mixed feelings. It has only been half a year, but he has already been deeply touched, and he has witnessed and learned many things that he did not know in his original identity and status, and it is difficult to understand and obtain.

For example, the hardships and hardships of farming and the fragility and helplessness of the families of the low-level ants, as well as the sorrow and helplessness of those families who drown babies and abandoned children; the despair and gloom of having to choose to live in the face of natural and man-made disasters and having to choose to live in the family of flesh and blood; Here, he almost saw and experienced the hardships and hardships of people's livelihood that he did not know for most of his life, or only heard about it.

Of course, not in this Zhuangzi, which is made up of all kinds of people; Although they have their own stories, and they are all new families cobbled together by incomplete bereaved people, at least they are no longer plagued by hunger; From childhood to old age, you can make ends meet through a job.

But among the dilapidated and deserted villages in the countryside outside Zhuangzi, as well as the war-torn Fujian refugees; But he staged many scenes for him, and in desperation, he did everything he could, directly breaking through the bottom line of human nature, ugliness and cruelty.

And Wei Niang, who accompanied him, almost fell into an unpredictable encounter because of a momentary kindness; If it weren't for the fact that there were knives, bows, drums and boards for anti-theft patrol in Zhuangzi, and everyone couldn't do anything with this clumsy hands and feet, but was willing to spare time to teach children and young people to read and write, there would be so much respect and immediately put down the work and launched all the young people to search for it.

Pi Rixiu could not imagine the terrible fate of his woman falling into the hands of those thieves who were full of despair and violence; Although he had killed more than a dozen of them in the end and only two or three of them had escaped, the few women who had gone completely insane without human form from the stench and filth were enough to send chills down his spine and nightmares for days.

As even the frightened Wei Niang woke up and cried in his arms every night, and for several months he didn't dare to take half a step out of Zhuangzi, and everyone who was inseparable had to be accompanied. Now no matter where he is going, all this can finally be relieved, but his mood is slightly complicated.

At least most of the people here were of humble origin and rather vulgar, but they were much more sincere and pure and genuine in their dealings with people than most of the people he had ever seen; As long as they are given a little humble hope, they can make people experience another kind of beauty and expectation that belongs to the inferior people.

(End of chapter)