Chapter 11 Life in the Army

"On the first day, worship the emperor God! The next day is not good, evil gods! …… Article 7 is not good for adultery, men and women must not mix! When Zhong Liangxiang read the seventh article, Jing Yuan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and looked at Jiang Wan who was kneeling on the side of the boat without moving. Jiang Wan seemed to notice that Jing Yuan was worried about her, and looked up at him, rather unimpressed. Jing Yuan was also helpless, so he had to protect her in the future.

On the warship, Zhong Liangxiang solemnly read the heavenly rules, and finally asked the second left pawn who was kneeling in front of him: "Is it possible for you to insist?" Although this sentence came from Zhong Liangxiang's mouth, but Tiantiao was like the decree of the king of heaven, Zhong Liangxiang actually asked questions on behalf of the king of heaven at this moment, and his voice was all solemn.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's belief in God worship has become a fact, and Jing Yuan cannot change it, and if he wants to reform, he needs to ascend to the high position of the heavenly kingdom in the future. In the spirit of striving to climb up, Jing Yuan chose to accept the worship of God. In the face of Zhong Liangxiang's inquiry, Jing Yuan slammed on the ground and replied: "The minister is willing to believe in the emperor God and be loyal to the king of heaven!" ”

Seeing that the commander had taken the oath, the soldiers below, including Jiang Wan, all swore allegiance in every way, but Yuan Hongmo Han said with a smile: "May I ask the deputy commander of the good man, which is the greatest of this emperor god or the Jade Emperor?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, Ren Guixin, who was kneeling on the right side, had already reprimanded angrily: "Boy, how dare you compare the emperor god with that demon!" ”

As soon as Jing Yuan heard Ren Guixin's accusations against Yuan Hongmo, he immediately reprimanded: "Yuan Hongmo! Shut up! ”

Yuan Hongmo knew that he had said the wrong thing again, so he quickly shut up, but he squinted at Ren Guixin, and scolded him countless times in his heart.

Jing Yuan knew that the issue of faith was very important, even higher than life, especially sectarian disputes, the Indo-Pakistani War in later generations was an example, he knew the danger and hurriedly apologized to Zhong Liangxiang and smiled: "This guy is open-mouthed, and he will believe it if he tells him a few more times." ”

Zhong Liangxiang was noncommittal, glanced at Ren Guixin, and said: "Reciting his unintentional words, this time it will be enough, in the future, I will believe in the emperor God wholeheartedly and be loyal to the king of heaven!" ”

Jing Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, but he had a trace of concern about Zhong Liangxiang, he was a new member of the Taiping Army, and he had no right to speak in religion, and he Zhong Liangxiang seemed to be the only preacher in the whole stroke, in this heavenly kingdom, the religious power was particularly prominent, and the East King was able to set the Heavenly King in the air because he had the right to speak for the Heavenly Father. If he Zhong Liang coerced and taught himself, he would not be Yang Xiuqing among his subordinates. Ren Guixin is also a dangerous person, from his reprimand of Yuan Hongmo knows that he is a die-hard member of the God Cult, although he is only one of the four two Simas under his command, but the Huguang veterans he brought occupy 80 percent of the position of army commander, and his strength should not be underestimated.

Although Jing Yuan was afraid, he did not dare to attack, so he could only slowly digest these internal contradictions in the future, and before that, he had to ensure that his descendants could not fully believe in the worship of God.

After Zhong Liangxiang read out the heavenly rules, he read out the Taiping Criminal Law "Sixty-two Beheadings". The first few articles are supplements to the ten heavenly articles, and they talk about religious worship in wartime, and the so-called pre-war prayer to God, which is nothing more than religious superstition and is irrelevant. The rest are marching rules, which are harsh, but have the effect of ordering and prohibiting. But there is one in the middle, Jing Yuan is not convinced, that is, "Husband and wife violate the rules of heaven, both men and women will be beheaded!" Although the seventh article of the heavenly article has the saying "it is not good to commit adultery, men and women shall not mix", and it can also be regarded as strange men and women, but this beheading stipulates that men and women shall not violate the heavenly rules privately, isn't this a peerless descendant, and it is contrary to human morality! The Jade Emperor still let his daughter have a Qixi meeting, and the Hong Sect Master did too much.

The laws of heaven and criminal law were all proclaimed, Jing Yuan, like the recruits, thought that the regulations of the kingdom of heaven had been learned, but he did not expect Zhong Liangxiang to start teaching worship again, asking to worship God in the morning and evening, worship God before meals, ask God for disasters, and pray to God for all birthdays, full moons, battles, expeditions, and victories. In the end, Zhong Liangxiang taught prayers and prayers, worship songs, etc., and made it all morning, so that Jingyuan did not even see the ancient scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River.

After all the rules and regulations were finished, it was already the end of the day, Zhong Liangxiang reminded Jing Yuan to eat, and Jing Yuan remembered that he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, but fortunately there was a special stove on the ship. The Taiping Army adhered to the principle of "unanimity of officers and soldiers", and provided unified supplies to the whole army, and paid 100 wen yuan to the generals and 50 wen yuan to the soldiers every seven days, called "worship money". Every 25 people are given 200 catties of rice, 7 catties of oil and salt every 7 days, and basically two horses prepare food for the unit. As for meat, it was 10 catties a day from the Heavenly King, and it was reduced in turn, until the general system was reduced to half a catty, and Lin Shaozhang, the supervising army, was not qualified, let alone the chief saint soldier.

However, I heard Zhong Liangxiang say that when the Spring Festival was celebrated in Wuchang at the beginning of the year, each battalion was given a pig and several dollars.

It was almost noon, and the rice cooker in the rear cabin was already steaming, and the soldiers who had not eaten breakfast were already ready to move.

"Let them line up, one by one!" The soldiers heard the commander speak, and they lined up in a crooked formation. Jing Yuan was uncomfortable at first glance, he was not at the same level as the people's troops of later generations, and he just wanted to train these soldiers well after getting off the ship, when he saw Jiang Wan coming over with a bowl of rice with a smile on his face. Jing Yuan was already hungry, so he took it and ate it.

Maybe she was too hungry and didn't eat a few bites, she solved a big bowl of rice, Jiang Wan smiled and said, "Good man, I'll help you serve a bowl of rice again." ”

"I didn't expect you, the eldest lady, to be able to serve people! It's amazing! Someone was waiting, Jing Yuan smiled proudly.

"Hmph, what's this? In the past, I used to give my father ......" Jiang Wan wanted to refute, but she didn't expect to make herself uncomfortable.

Seeing that she was halfway through her, Jing Yuan knew her thoughts, thought of her family in the future, and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, count me nonsense!" Don't make yourself slippery and show others badly! The same is the end of the world, you and I are the same. ”

Jiang Wan wiped her nose and said with a forced smile: "I'll serve you rice!" ”

"And rice? We have so much food? ”

"You, it's the head of the pawn, and the deputy head of the pawn said it's enough!"

"What! Is it possible for me to be full?! ”

Seeing that Jing Yuan was slightly angry, Jiang Wan confided: "The deputy chief said that two meals are eaten dry during wartime, and two meals are eaten thin in leisure, and in peacetime, Wu Chang eats one bowl of dry, two Sima eats two bowls, and the chief soldier is enough!" ”

"Who made the rules!?" Jing Yuan said angrily.

The chief of the pawn was furious, and all the soldiers rushed over.

Zhong Liangxiang whispered to Jiang Wan what happened, and after listening to Jiang Wan explain the reason, he bowed and said: "Good man, this is an example in the Taiping army, because the army has a shortage of food and salary, so it has to be supplied graded." ”

"In that case, should the charging soldiers be fed?" Jing Yuan's anger did not subside, and he said sharply: "We are all oppressed by the Qing Dynasty, and now we are gathering righteousness and opposing the Qing Dynasty, naturally like the heroes of Liangshan, we have food and food, clothes and clothes, everywhere is uneven, everywhere is food and clothing!" ”

"The pawn is right!" Lu Yaoling raised his arms and shouted, he is an understanding person, he knows that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and there must be a contradiction between the two captains, he is Wang Jingyuan's descendant troops, so he naturally has to take the lead in helping the commander speak. The people below were originally obedient to Jing Yuan's fate, and when they heard Lu Yaoling's call, they naturally reacted a little.

Jing Yuan smiled at Lu Yaoling inadvertently, looked at everyone, and declared loudly: "I and you are brothers who live and die together, and I will never let you eat it dry!" From this day forward, I will eat and live and die with you! ”

"Good!" Before the words were finished, the subordinates had already made a sensation, and it was unimaginable that the commander would share their weal and woe with them, but no one could refuse a kind leader. Jing Yuan knows this truth very well, since he has come to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he has to do a great career, and these people in front of him are his own old bottom, and they are the capital of his own struggle. Later generations preached people-oriented, never self-isolating from others, treating them with grace and power, and winning trust with virtue!

Zhong Liangxiang looked at this boss who was more than ten years younger than himself in surprise, he was not like the Qing army sentry commander who abused the soldiers and deducted the salary, nor was he like the Taiping army commander who paid attention to the rules and strictly adhered to the rank, but his performance made his subordinates impeccable, he won the hearts of the soldiers with only a few words, if he would definitely not be able to do it. "Is it always under him?" The little eyes that looked at Jing Yuan narrowed into a line.

"What a good play!" Seeing that the excited crowd had dispersed, Jiang Wan said coldly.

"What is acting, I really want to share the joys and sorrows with everyone!"

"Regardless of your sincerity! However, the famous generals of ancient times shared weal and woe with the soldiers! ”

"Then I'm also a famous general!"

"Dream, you can become a famous general without fighting?"

"Hmph, I'll be the first to go to war!" Jing Yuan was not convinced, but Jiang Wan was telling the truth, although she had read "Thirty-six Strategies" and killed people when she escaped from prison in Anqing, but she really didn't lead the troops to fight, and she hadn't been on this battlefield where the flames were burning and the sun was like blood, so I really don't know what the situation was.

"Hey, I haven't finished writing what I was taught to write last night!" Speaking of this ancient traditional Chinese character, let Jing Yuan recognize it, and ask him to take a photo.

"Just the words you wrote, it's like an ant fighting, I really don't understand how you can recognize it!" Jiang Wan was also surprised that he was literate but couldn't write.

"That's because I'm born different, as long as you teach well, I will learn well! And today you have to translate the doctrine of the King of Heaven to worship God, and tomorrow I will go to the brigade commander ship to be baptized! Speaking of this baptism, Jing Yuan had a headache, why should Chinese learn this foreign religion. Although the worship of God had the role of uniting the people and calling for an uprising in the early days, but now that the uprising has been successful, what is the use of it, this heavenly kingdom is not finally because the Hong sect leader is addicted to religion and died.

Although Jing Yuan is familiar with history, who can believe him, the King of Heaven, the King of the East, and the King of Wings, he didn't even see him, his boss Lin Shaozhang almost forgot about him, although the top boss Peng Yisong is common, but can he change history? After all, he is still humble and light-hearted, but Jing Yuan believes that one day, he can also decide the world!