As the main general, even if the subordinate generals below are wrong, he can't scold him in front of the people below, otherwise it will be difficult for the subordinate generals to take care of the following affairs for him in the future, and other subordinates will have scruples when they see it.

Li Guo, as the core figure of the army, has had a set of ways to conquer over the years.

He favored Chen Baoping in the lobby, so in private, he had to appease Gao Yihuan again.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was brought back to the hall by Li Guo's personal soldiers, "General, Captain Gao brought it." ”

Li Guo turned around from the map that had just been hung up in the hall, and Gao Yihuan hurriedly bowed down and clenched his fists, "General." ”

At this time, Li Guo walked back to the desk and sat down, and then said to Gao Yihuan: "Your merits in commanding a brigade exceed so many captains, if the general rewards are too generous, they will all hate you, which is not conducive to your development in the army, can you understand the general's intentions?" ”

Li Guo said this first, and he could basically dispel the unhappiness of his subordinates, but he should be grateful to him.

Gao Yihuan was thinking about five hundred taels of silver, and he didn't have time to think about it, but when he heard Li Guoyi, he immediately reacted, he was really easy to hate.

"Thank you for the love of the general!" The second brother of the high school was busy and saluted again.

Li Guo nodded, he also admired Gao Yihuan, but he was afraid that he would not be able to climb high in the future.

Li Guo sighed slightly, "Five hundred taels of silver is gone, but I could have given you three hundred sets of cotton armor, you must not be arrogant in the future, understand?" ”

Three hundred sets of cotton armor, the second brother was a little surprised when he heard it, he didn't expect such a good thing, and he couldn't help but be happy.

It took time and effort to build this cotton armor by himself, and it required weaving, cotton, iron, and craftsmen, and even if he had silver, he could not make it for a while.

Li Guo gave him 300 ready-made ones, which saved him a lot of effort.

For a while, the second brother was a little excited in his heart, and at the same time admired Li Guo a little, he thought that the army was all old hats and mud legs, and he didn't understand anything, but in fact, who could lead a battalion, which one was a waste?

Just now he was in the hall and appeased so many lieutenants, even if those people didn't get the first credit, seeing Gao Yihuan being punished, they must be more comfortable in their hearts, and Chen Baoping will definitely die for him.

Now he has come to appease the second brother again, if the second brother didn't have his own ideas, I'm afraid he would have to follow him to death.

The second brother of the high school should bow down even if he clenched his fists, "The lowly position is rewarded by the general, and the only thing that must be the general's head is the first to look forward." ”

Li Guo waved his hand, so that he didn't have to be polite, and then smiled slightly: "Now you can tell the general, why do you want to say that it is to protect the Temple of Literature for King Chuang?" ”

Don't rob, but protect the Temple of Literature, there are almost no people with this consciousness in the army.

In fact, before that, although Li Yan had recommended Gao Yihuan, Li Guo did feel that Gao Yihuan had some ability, but he still felt a little disappreciative in his heart, only thinking that Gao Yihuan might be a useful general, but there was actually no shortage of generals in the army, so Li Guoming knew that Gao Yihuan had some ability, but he still had the attitude that he was very good, and it was no big deal if he didn't.

The talent of leading soldiers shown by the second brother before is a bit special, but in an army like Chuang Jun, there are too many generals who can lead troops, which is not unusual.

Today, the second brother said that he wanted to protect the Temple of Literature for King Chuang, then this is a matter of vision and consciousness, and this is something that the vast majority of generals do not have, and it is as rare as Li Yan.

The second brother didn't expect that his casual nonsense would fall into Li Guo's ears, and he would immediately become a bit of a strange thing.

The second brother was an expedient measure at that time, and he said it casually, but he didn't want to hear Li Guo's heart.

At this time, Li Guo asked him, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but fortunately, the second brother still had some dry goods in his stomach, he pondered for a moment, organized the language a little, and then saluted: "Return to the general, because King Chuang wants to win the world, to be the emperor, then you must get the support of the gentry, and the protection of the Temple of Literature is to show the gentry the attitude of King Chuang, attract more scholars to take refuge in King Chuang, help King Chuang govern the place, build an official system, and achieve effective rule." ”

Gao Yihuan licked his lips and saw that Li Guo was listening carefully, so he continued, "General, please forgive me for being blunt, looting is not a long-term solution, although King Chuang can rely on looting to support now, but if we rob one place and lose one land, we will never be able to grow." At present, King Chuang can use the slogan of free food to attract the displaced people, but I think the general also knows that the big households will eat it sooner or later, and if the people don't pay the grain, then what will we eat in the future? The humble position thought that the king wanted to take the world, and the army wanted to be bigger, and he had to have a solid foundation and provide continuous money and food, and this required the support of the literati and gentry, so the humble position protected the Confucian Temple. ”

Since Li Yan joined the Chuang Army, the entire Chuang Army has entered a period of transformation from a rogue to a regime, but it is not an easy thing for such a large group to transform.

Li Guo also knew that if his uncle wanted to be the emperor, he would have to have the support of the gentry.

However, now that the Kaifeng camp is about to run out of food, this makes him have to plunder Shangqiu and force the gentry in the city to death.

The shortage of military rations in the army is too big, not a little, if you don't force them, don't put a knife on their necks, a few people will honestly hand over most of the family wealth.

During the Jiashen period, the city of Beijing was a good example, with persuasion, the gentry would pretend to be poor, and only by robbing hard could they grab money and grain.

Of course, this is human nature, if you are an ordinary person, there are hooligans who want to ask you for money, and you don't plan to pay it back, you will definitely not borrow it all.

More than 100,000 Chuang troops gathered in Kaifeng, which needed to consume a lot of money and food, and the Chuang army now had no stable base and no taxes to collect, so they could only rob it.

Once they robbed, the gentry naturally hated them, which made it impossible for the invading army to gain the support of the gentry, establish a solid base of roots, and obtain fixed food and taxes, so they could only rob again, forming a vicious circle.

The gentry of the Ming Dynasty love money very much, you don't have to be ruthless, who would be stupid enough to give away their family wealth, and use ruthless persecution, as long as they are not voluntary, then they will hate the army and take his money, and will not serve the army, so sometimes Li Guo simply does nothing, so as not to wait for the army to leave, these gentry fall to the official army.

After Li Yan joined the Chuang Army, the Chuang Army was still a rogue, and this cycle was not broken for the time being.

Li Guo listened to Gao Yihuan's words and touched his chin, he also knew that the army could not change the habits of the rogue in the past, to a large extent, because there was no stable base and no sustainable money and food.

In fact, Li Zicheng has recently made some changes according to Li Yan's suggestion, and wants to set up officials in the prefectures and counties that have been defeated, but there are a large number of generals who lead the troops in the army, and the civil officials who can govern the local areas can be counted on their fingers.

There are no talents in this area, and because there are not enough administrative talents, the army can only continue to live a life of plunder.

Li Guo pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Gao Yihuan and said with appreciation: "You are right, we want to win the support of the gentry and establish a solid foundation, but now that the Kaifeng camp is short of food, we will have to come and rob their food, and these robbed people are unlikely to really support us." ”

Speaking of this, Li Guo paused, and suddenly smiled: "But although I don't have their support, I think I should try to build a foundation." ”

When Gao Yihuan heard this, he was shocked, and his heart and liver suddenly jumped up.

At this time, Li Guo's mind seemed to be full of thoughts, and he continued: "Originally, after this grain requisition, I was going to take the army back to the Kaifeng camp and abandon Shangqiu, but your words made me change this mind. There is no shortage of you in the million-strong army under Kaifeng City. Ben will leave you, as well as Liu Shun, Chen Baoping and others in Guide Mansion, you are one person and one city, and Ben will run it to try it to see if you can turn Guide into a foundation for the army~"

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