Guangzhou wharf, Chen Qice and Li Changrong's sailor ships are all here. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In the naval barracks on the wharf, a pot of food brought out from the room of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies was sent to the camp specifically according to the canteen of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming army barracks. The soldiers of the sailor lined up in order of first come, first served to receive their meals.

Like the Ming Army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, there is a meat dish at every meal, and it is naturally very popular with the sailors. Due to the fact that the queue was stagnant due to the rapid consumption of meat dishes before, experienced guys made more meat dishes, but they were still in short supply.

The supply of meat to the low-level soldiers was already pitiful, and the Qing army of the Yongli Dynasty swept through Guangdong, and the Ming army in Guangdong at that time, except for those who were killed or surrendered, all withdrew to the poor and remote places such as Guangxi or the islands along the coast of Guangdong, and the inland mountains. Later, Li Chengdong was anyway, but Guangdong Province was also trying its best to supply Li Chengdong's headquarters soldiers and horses, and these older Ming troops were still eating chaff vegetables, and when Shang Geng's second feudal clan entered Guangzhou, the life of the Guangdong rebels was even more difficult.

Over the years, the officers have been slightly better, but the non-commissioned officers are often hungry and full, and it would be good to have a meal on weekdays. It is like now, the low-level officers and non-commissioned officers are all the same meals, but every meal can have a meat dish, whether it is pigs, cattle and sheep, or something else, the temptation of meat makes them envious of the treatment of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang.

"Wait for His Royal Highness the King of Yue to give us a piece of food, and sooner or later we will be able to live such a life."

"Come on, when the time comes, there will be meat to eat, and the officers will also eat it, and our little pawns will still eat bran vegetables."

Veterans have seen this a lot more than new recruits. It is said that there are such provisions in the military law, and officers who oppress non-commissioned officers must be punished in public, and officers at the next higher level must be punished jointly, and it is not a joke at all.

"Brother, you said that His Royal Highness King Yue is raising us like this, is it that the handsome man intends to follow His Royal Highness King Yue in the future?"

From the beginning of the war, Chen Qice and Li Changrong's troops took the food and salary of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, which was a luxury for the rebels who had food to eat on weekdays, and the money obtained in the army was often used to make weapons. The Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang ate well, had a stable salary, and could divide the land with military merits, which was a great good thing for ordinary soldiers. So much so that as soon as these words came out, several soldiers around them pricked up their ears.

After glancing for a week, the experienced veteran said slowly: "The ancestral system of the national dynasty is based on the system of literature and martial arts, and the size of the system, it stands to reason that it is unlikely that our marshal will pass, even if our marshal is willing, it is impossible for the above Inspector Guo and even the governor to agree." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was gloomy, but the veteran took a sip of soup, and then lowered his voice and said: "But I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Yue has impeached Inspector Guo for their incompetence, which led to chaos in Guangdong, and I ask the Son of Heaven to punish the crime." For the time being, those civil officials are afraid that they don't have the leisure to take care of these things. ”

"Oh."

In the sudden realization that everyone rekindled their hopes, the recruit was the first to understand the meaning of the veteran's words.

"That means that it still depends on our handsomeness."

"Exactly."

After eating a full meal, there is always some longing and reverie when idle, but it is also a fragment and episode that happens in many corners of the barracks. Accepting Chen Wen's moderation, then it has to be reorganized, which is not a good thing for military generals who regard the army as their private property.

"Brother Chen is still complaining, and he promised so happily?"

After staying to eat and chatting for a while, Chen Qice and Li Changrong left Chen Wen's line. As for what Chen Wen said about the South China Sea Fleet under the Navy, how could they not understand the meaning. Chen Wen was asking them to accept the reorganization and become part of the Ming Army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and the South China Sea Fleet, which was subordinate to the navy alongside the army, was actually distinguished by the old naval divisions of the Ming court, and the other was to ensure their status.

In China, the army is the key to victory, and the naval division has always been not very important. Even now, Chen Qice's sailor is the head of the Guangdong sailors, and the Jiangmen victory is a good start to the battle of Xinhui, but he is just a Linghai general, and he didn't even get an earl in the era of indiscriminate lordship, which shows the status of the sailor in the heart of the imperial court.

In Chen Wen's remarks, he mentioned that there are now not only Japanese pirates along the coast, but also the ships of the Taixi countries have also clashed with the Ming army, the Spanish occupy Luzon, the Dutch occupy Dayuan, and the Portuguese occupy Macao, and the threat has reached the gate of China, and sooner or later China will have to face the northern and western attacks of the northern captives and the Taixi countries at the same time, and it is also necessary to improve the status of the navy.

Fighting in cooperation with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies, they are not blind, and they can clearly see the vitality of this military-political group. Earlier, Zhang Zisheng, when he was in Jiangxi, there were only more than 10,000 men, women, and children, but now he is a national prince, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers under his command alone. Since Chen Wen is willing to guarantee their status, his future will only be even more ambitious in the future.

In the face of Chen Wen's straightforwardness, Li Changrong quickly expressed his willingness to be attached, but Chen Qice was still a little hesitant, expressing his hope to think about it for a day or two before answering.

It's not that Chen Qice treats the army as private property and refuses to let go, he still understands the truth that he will get more tomorrow if he lets it go today. However, he was born in Wuju, and it is not uncommon for military generals to resist orders from the Chongzhen Dynasty, but Chen Wen's current strength is here, so he can't help but think about some other things.

"His Royal Highness King Yue is now in a strong position, and the four words of high merit and shock the Lord are no longer an exaggeration. I'm afraid that in the future, if there is such an unbearable thing, then I will have to bear the infamy of betraying the Lord's ingratitude. ”

Chen Qice poured out his heart, and Li Changrong sighed, but he was also silent. After thinking about it for a long time, Li Changrong poured out what he thought in his heart: "Brother Chen, looking at the current situation, this troubled world may be completely over in a few years. You and I are now just generals at the level of the general army, and what will happen in the future is not something we can decide at all. ”

"yes." Chen Qice sighed, and then replied: "In the eyes of those soldiers, we are all rare big shots, but with the King of Xining, the King of Yue, and even the Son of Heaven, our brothers are not even a fart." As Brother Li said, what will happen in the future is indeed not something that you and I can decide. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Qice pointed to the military camp in the distance and even the team of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming soldiers who came out of the camp gate, and then sighed: "And even if we really want to do it, I'm afraid that the soldiers below may not have two hearts." ”

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Regarding the solicitation of Chen Qice and Li Changrong, Chen Wen himself is sincere enough. To control Guangdong, the naval division is indispensable, but the Fujian Sea is separated by the middle, and the ships of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are not convenient.

Whether it is Chen Qice or Li Changrong, they are both experienced sailor generals, especially the former. Chen Wenzi could not accept the so-called ancestral system of the big and small system, everyone was selfish, and he was surrounded by so-called friendly troops who did not listen to the dispatch, and it was strange to win the battle. And now, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not dead, and he also has a deep understanding of what it feels like to be constrained by others, so he naturally still has to try to absorb the Ming army of Guangdong into the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, annexing friendly forces is a taboo thing, although Chen Wen has long wanted to clean up Sun Kewang, but at the same time he is still unwilling to fight with Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong and others. Therefore, persuading friendly forces to join on their own can block the mouth of Youyou, and as for the annexation by force, it is better to use it or not.

Now, Li Changrong has expressed his desire to belong to him, and he is willing to hand over the military power of his subordinates and accept Chen Wen's moderation. This is a good starting point, Chen Wen recovered Guangzhou, the killing is still gratifying, a large number of Liangguang Ming army is also on the way to visit, as for how much can be absorbed, it is still an unknown number, but Chen Wen is not in a hurry.

The army continued to advance, and the officials and garrisons on the Fujian side took the lead in taking position, and in the final analysis, they still took advantage of the closer route. The training of Jinhua's civil official training class has never been interrupted, from Jinhua to Quzhou, and then after passing the Xianxia Pass is the boundary of Fujian, Chen Wen already had the territory of three prefectures in Fujian, and now it is just three more prefectures plus one prefecture, and the follow-up speed of personnel is still very fast.

Here in Guangdong, many things still need time. Chen Wenshen is in Guangzhou, and he is once again as busy as when Jiangxi was restored and when Nanjing was recaptured last year, and there are so many documents that need to be reviewed every day, and he needs to walk around from time to time to inspect them.

While the war between Guangzhou and Guangzhou is still going on, a series of construction projects on the Guangzhou side must be carried out first. The officials of the prefectures and counties are not afraid if they are not in place, and the military is temporarily put under control, and the supervising officers and military judges are allowed to cooperate with the military staff to do things first. On the Guangzhou side, the first thing to bear the brunt of is the issuance and review of large loans for the aftermath, which requires a lot of visits. In comparison, the restoration of the city wall of Guangzhou is much simpler.

"Are these coolies still obedient?"

On this expedition, some experienced officers were also transferred from the coolie battalions in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so the shelves of the Guangdong coolie battalions were quickly erected. As for the coolies, they are still the captured Han Army Banner and the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion, and they are now working in full swing.

"Please rest assured, the king, there is no one who dares to disobey."

Yes, starve for a few days first, and if you don't obey, you will be whipped in public, and from time to time you will pull out a few more hanging at the gate of the coolie camp as decorations, and you will naturally be cured.

"Well, after repairing the city wall, there are still a lot of things they need to do."

Guangdong is a newly occupied area, and a lot of infrastructure needs to be properly rebuilt, even if it can be used. Fortunately, the eastern part of Guangdong is not too fierce, and the proportion of population decline can be seen, but the western part of Guangdong has been tug-of-war since Yongli and Shaowu competed for the throne, and in the past ten years, Li Chengdong, Shang Kexi, and Li Dingguo have come in turn, and the huge population loss can really make people jaw-dropping.

The decline in population is not only due to the population that the government can control, but also in the fact that those hidden households are also declining sharply, after all, natural and man-made disasters do not care whether they pay taxes or not. In addition, this time, Chen Wen also had tens of thousands of troops under his command, and some auxiliary troops were gathered in various places along the way, although most of them had returned to the local area, but now sitting in Guangzhou, the army was advancing westward, and the shortage of manpower in Guangzhou was very obvious.

"King, there are a lot of black ghosts in the city, and it looks like they have the strength to do it, so it's better to pull them to serve as coolies."

The admonition of the staff reminded Chen Wen of some recent observations in Guangzhou, and the blacks who came to China in the Ming Dynasty were roughly divided into two types, one was the Negritos scattered in Southeast Asia, the so-called dwarf blacks, and the other was the Negros, that is, the African blacks. The former is mostly from the early Ming Dynasty, after all, it is relatively close to Southeast Asia, and it is not uncommon for the vassal states of Southeast Asia to enter the court with dwarf blacks as tribute, while the latter was sold by Europeans in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

As for the use, there are generally two kinds, one of which is to act as a domestic slave, which is not much different from the "domestic children must get black houses, otherwise it is not called a eunuch". The other was to fight in the Ming army, for example, in the Battle of Salhu, there were many black soldiers under Liu Ling.

Some military generals of the Ming Dynasty loved their bravery, raised them as family members, and fought with their own soldiers, among which the Zheng group from Zheng Zhilong to Zheng Chenggong had black troops under their command. However, Chen Wen had opposed going to Japan to beg for teachers in his early years, and the staff naturally had no intention of pleasing this boring matter, so they simply proposed to serve as coolies, which could be regarded as alleviating the situation of manpower tension.

"It's okay, transfer those black ghosts from Shang Kexi's family to serve as coolies. But don't be tired, when this time passes, sell it to Yanping Domain, and one is dozens of taels of silver. ”

After inspecting the progress of the repair of the city wall, Chen Wen returned to Xingyuan, and continued to handle official business. The situation varies from place to place in the world, and the same is true in Guangdong, where there is a Macau south of Canton that is now under Portuguese control.

The existence of the Portuguese in Macao, the Ming court was initially resistant to it, and later acquiesced to the Portuguese right of residence in Macao due to the needs of the war, but the Ming Dynasty still set up an official government there to rule, accept the annual rent paid by the Portuguese in Macao, set up a customs office to collect foreign taxes, and placed Macao officials and implemented the administrative power and the final judicial disposition power with the Xiangshan Governor, etc., not as some people in later generations forcibly proved that Macao was already a Portuguese colony in the Ming Dynasty in order to whitewash the Qing Dynasty. In the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Yongli Dynasty borrowed troops from it to guard Guilin, and all the people in the palace believed in Catholicism except for the Yongli Emperor.

However, Macau's support for the Yongli Dynasty was limited to that war, and later, as the situation became more and more inclined to the side of the Manchus, the Portuguese in Macau did not hesitate to leave the Catholics behind. However, during the capture of Guangzhou, Chen Wen dug out several correspondence from the pile of old papers in Shang Kexi's study, which were exactly the correspondence between Shang Kexi and the Governor of Macao, Bujialu.