In order to solve the problem of the peasant rebels surrendering and rejuvenating, we must first analyze why they were rejuvenated, and there are many reasons for surrendering and rebelling.

Some people really can't find a way to make a living, and if they don't continue to rebel, they will starve to death, and this kind of people account for more than half of the rebel army, and there are droughts everywhere in the northwest, and they can't eat at all if they don't have anything to do with it, so why don't they rebel?

Some people are righteous, and once the former leaders call for it, they will not hesitate to follow and continue to rebel.

Some people are born rebellious, surrender is forced by the situation, and once they are relieved, they will continue to rebel, such as Zhang Xianzhong is a typical example.

Once you know the reasons for the reversal, you can come up with the corresponding countermeasures.

For the first type, just give them food, as long as they can mix food and clothing, a few people will be idle and hurt, and they will put their heads on the waistband of their pants to rebel.

As for the second type, just don't let them have any intersection with those rebel leaders, and if no one calls on them, they will naturally not rebel.

For the third type, there is nothing to say, as long as you catch it, the click is a knife.

After some analysis, Zhu Cijiong came up with the method: the leaders of the rebel armies from all walks of life were killed when they were caught, and the rest of the people were all sent to Tuntian, Liaodong.

Because Liaodong is located on the coast, it has not suffered from drought, and the land is still quite fertile, but due to years of war, the land is basically barren. In particular, the Guangning Jin line occupied by the Ming army, in recent years, the war has continued, and the local residents have either fled into the Shanhaiguan Pass, or have been captured by the Houjin as slaves, and there are basically no people within a radius of several hundred miles.

Sun Chengzong is organizing military tuns, so he can only take care of the land around each city a little, and most of the farmland is still empty.

The peasant rebel army added up to less than one million, and the land over there was absolutely able to support them, plus there were hundreds of thousands of Liaodong troops watching and wanting to run, but there was really no door. As for the question of whether they will run to the enemy, Zhu Cijiong is not worried, you are hungry and can't join the peasant rebel army, I can still spare you when you are a citizen of the Ming Dynasty; If you dare to surrender Houjin, then the nature is different, surrendering to a foreign race is a traitor, a traitor, and if you are caught, you will be killed.

After everyone heard Zhu Cijiong's solution, they all applauded the case, praising the emperor's wisdom, and for a while, the whole hall was splashing saliva, and the sycophants were like a tide, and Zhu Cijiong fainted to death at the wrong point.

Seeing that these people were getting more and more energetic, he hurriedly raised his hand and stopped: "Okay, okay, don't just talk about these useless things, let's discuss the deployment of troops and the selection of governors." ”

Everyone saw that the emperor had put away his buttocks and showed his hooves, so they cleaned up their mood and discussed business.

Everyone understands people, not the kind of treacherous villain who only knows how to slap the horse, patting the horse's ass, singing the praises of virtue is just a routine, there has to be a degree. Now that the emperor even shows his hooves, naturally no one dares to shoot anymore, just kidding, still shooting, that hoof flying on his face, wouldn't it be smashed beyond recognition!

This troop deployment is easy to calculate, everyone knows how many state capitals are present in each province, even if it is equipped with new flintlock pistols and grenades, a state capital must be stationed at least 5,000 men and horses, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the attack of the peasant rebel army at all. If you can't resist the attack, it's pointless to wait for the rabbit, you haven't come around the rabbit to eat and wipe clean, and what kind of rabbit to guard!

In this way, the existing troops are not enough, there are only about 100,000 troops in the northwest region, and at least 200,000 troops are needed to implement the plan of guarding the plant and waiting for the rabbit, so everyone proposed to recruit another 100,000 troops to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan.

Zhu Cijiong is not as stingy as them, if he wants to recruit soldiers, he will recruit hard, and now he is not out of money. Besides, it's not just pacifying the northwest now, and the Ming Dynasty still has endless battles, so the more soldiers and horses the better.

So, Zhu Cijiong waved his small hand and said with pride: "Where is 100,000 enough, let's levy 500,000 first, there are still many big battles in the future, and the thief is regarded as training." ”

Everyone also knows that there is a hard bone to gnaw on Houjin behind, so naturally they will not object, 500,000 is 500,000, and there were more than 2 million troops in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty. It just so happens that more than half of the civilians left in the northwest provinces are military households, after all, no matter how big the natural disaster is, the border still has to be defended, and the original border army of the Ming Dynasty can have more than one million, and there is no need to worry about the source of troops to recruit 500,000.

As for the candidate for the governor, after discussion, everyone agreed that Hong Chengchou should be the governor of Shaanxi and Zuo Liangyu would be the governor of Shanxi!

Just kidding, these two anti-bones, Zhu Cijiong didn't click them, it's not bad, how can they be allowed to take such two important positions.

In the end, Zhu Cijiong tried his best to disagree with the public and decided on the governors of each province.

Sun Chuanting served as the governor of Shaanxi, conscripted 100,000 soldiers, concentrated drills, and the original Shaanxi soldiers and horses were stationed in various state capitals;

Lu Xiang was promoted to the governor of Shanxi, conscripted 100,000 soldiers, concentrated training, and the original Shanxi soldiers and horses were stationed in various state capitals;

Qin Yiming served as the governor of Sichuan, conscripted 50,000 soldiers, and stationed them in various state capitals;

Shi Kefa served as the governor of Henan, conscripted 50,000 soldiers, and stationed them in various state capitals;

Qin Gongming served as the governor of Huguang, conscripted 50,000 soldiers, and stationed them in various state capitals;

Hong Chengchou served as the governor of Jiangxi, conscripted 50,000 soldiers, and stationed them in various state capitals;

Zuo Liangyu served as the governor of Guizhou, conscripted 50,000 soldiers, and stationed them in various state capitals;

The Beijing camp recruited another 50,000 soldiers, stationed in the state capitals of Beizhili, and was still led by Qin Liangyu;

In addition, Sun Chengzong was responsible for the defense of the state capitals of Shandong, and Zheng Zhilong was responsible for the defense of the state capitals of Nanzhili.

In this way, the new 500,000 troops plus the original Praetorian Guard, Border Army, Liaodong Army and Jiangnan Army will reach a terrifying 1.2 million troops, and the annual military expenditure alone will be 36 million taels!

If it had been a year ago, this military expenditure alone would have bankrupted the Ming Dynasty, but now it is not a problem at all, the new land rent tax and transaction tax are nearly 16 million taels, and it is not a problem for Rixinglong to earn 20 million taels a year, and these two things alone can cover military spending. There is also the income of Western trade, which is more than 10 million taels a year, but this money cannot be retained, and the 1.2 million army can now be equipped with swords and arrows, as for the new flintlock pistol, it is also equipped with more than 50,000 people in the original Beijing camp, and even the Liaodong Army is not equipped yet.

Wang Gong's factory can now produce 10,000 flintlock pistols a month, and it will only be 120,000 when it is full in a year, and it will take ten years to equip all the 1.2 million troops! This speed will definitely not work, and besides, there will be artillery production in the future, and if you count the production of grenades and mines, you may not be able to equip the whole army with gunpowder weapons in 20 years!

If you really wait for 20 years, the world's territory is estimated to be robbed by the European powers, and then the Ming Dynasty will be able to favor one side, and when the powers have digested all the colonies, they will definitely unite to gnaw on the big fat meat in the East, and then it will be the Opium War, and the Eight-Nation Alliance, can the Ming Dynasty resist it?

With the strength of one country, it may be okay to carry all the countries in the world now, but the more you get to the back, the more difficult it will be, if you don't grab more territory as soon as possible, you will be bullied at that time.

Therefore, the expansion of this military factory is imperative.