Chapter VIII Rectification

"God, please speak!" Hong Tiangui spoke calmly, quite satisfied with Hong Renxuan's performance.

"Your Royal Highness, since last year, the Qing Demon has intensified the encirclement and suppression of the Heavenly Kingdom, and the Qing Demon Zeng State Domain is pressing step by step, since last year's attack on Anqing, actively preparing for war, and the soldiers will point to Tianjing City again. Zeng Guofan's army is different from other troops of the Qing Demon, it has accepted a large number of weapons from Western foreigners, and the generals of the army are even more fearless of death, much stronger than the regular army of the Qing Demon now, although our Taiping Army fought bravely under the command of the British King, but because of the lack of logistical support, the army in the army was turbulent, and then some soldiers fled bravely in fear, making the front line of our army's defense line extremely unstable, the British King was forced to divide his troops to the west, although it is excusable, but it is not suitable from the overall situation of the Kingdom of Heaven, and the minister asked His Royal Highness to issue an edict to the British King to block its westward plan. ”

Hong Tiangui nodded, this was something he had discussed with Hong Renxuan, so naturally he would not object.

"The king's words are wrong, the king of England is brave in battle, the pure demon is definitely not the opponent of the king, this time the king of England divides his troops to the west, he will definitely be able to recruit more soldiers, get more wealth, and expand the territory of the kingdom of heaven!" King Hongren sneered and spoke. Although they are members of the Hong clan, Hong Renda and Hong Renfa have never looked down on Hong Renxuan, a pretentious and high-minded guy, not to mention that although the two of them are favored by the king of heaven, their status is under the king of the gods, and the position of the main army division has long made the two peasant princes covetous.

"That's right, the British king's division of troops to the west is just right to lure the Qing Demon's army away, and Tianjing City will only become safer." Fu Wang Hong Renda opened his mouth to echo. This is the first court meeting of the Young Heavenly King in power, and the two peasant brothers are not fools, and they will definitely not let Hong Renxuan take the opportunity to be in the limelight.

"Hmph, do you know that the purpose of the Qing Demon is to exterminate the Heavenly Kingdom, in their eyes, the westward Fuwang Chen Decai, the Zunwang Lai Wenguang, the Qi King Liang Chengfu, and the Hu King Lan Chengchun are not as attractive as a British king, once the Qing army breaks through the British king's camp, the Qing army can drive along the Yangtze River and besiege Tianjing again, don't you understand the temptation of Tianjing City to the Qing Demon!" Hong Renxuan said angrily.

Hong Renfa shrank his neck, and a look of fear appeared on his face. His eyes looked at King Fu Hong Renda, hoping that King Fu would come forward to suppress Hong Renxuan.

King Fu also felt that his scalp was numb, in the past, Hong Renxuan was angry and the Heavenly King was pressing on it, and the two of them were not afraid at all. But now it is the Young Heavenly King sitting on it, and the Young Heavenly King is still a child, and he can't suppress the angry Hong Renxuan at all.

"Ganwang, you are guilty of roaring in the court?" Hong Renda rolled his eyes and said with a sneer, his smart choice was not to compete in national affairs, but to try to arouse Hong Tiangui's bad feelings towards Hong Renxuan.

Hong Renxuan snorted coldly, did not answer his words, but looked at Hong Tiangui, who was sitting upright.

"King Gan is reasonable, this king does not agree with the king's plan to move west, King Gan, the will, order the westward Fuwang, King Zun, King Qi, and King Hu to immediately return to the king's command, set up a western front command, all the heavenly forces west of Tianjing are all under the command of the king, King Gan, you are responsible for setting up a logistics department, and make every effort to prepare for all the food and grass needs of the British king's department." Hong Tiangui spoke in a deep voice.

The court was in an uproar, and the courtiers looked at Hong Tiangui with a determined face in shock. Hong Tiangui actually directly broke the constitution of the Heavenly Kingdom, let the British King command one-third of the troops of the Heavenly Kingdom, and also asked the first-class prince of the Heavenly Kingdom and the king of the regular army to prepare the grain and grass logistics.

"Your Highness, this move is inappropriate, the King of Heaven once ordered the kings to eat on the spot, and the King of England went west to comply with the edict of the King of Heaven, not to mention that the finances of the Kingdom of Heaven are tight, where is the money to prepare grain and grass for the King of England?" Fu Wang Hong Renda said loudly. He is in charge of the household department, and he knows best the emptiness of the treasury of heaven at this moment.

"Ganwang, you are the commander of the Heavenly Kingdom, and now this king has assigned the household department to your command, don't let this king down!" Hong Tiangui didn't look at Hong Renda, his eyes were burning and he looked at Hong Renxuan.

Hong Renxuan felt that his breathing was short, the household department was one of the six departments, Hong Renxuan knew that the household treasury at this time was empty enough to make the rats despair, but if he was in charge of complementarity, he was in charge of the financial revenue of the entire heavenly kingdom.

And Hong Tiangui so solemnly asked him to take over the household department, obviously the empty shell of the household young king is not looking down on him, he wants to take charge of the household department himself, the purpose should be to obtain the financial power of the heavenly kingdom.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Hong Renxuan will definitely live up to expectations."

Hong Tiangui nodded, looked at King Fu with a face like a mournful concubine, and a sneer flashed in his heart.

After that, King Gan asked for a pardon and ordered the loyal king Li Xiucheng to exercise restraint and not to be immediately armed against Shanghai. The courtiers did not react to this will, which was different from blocking the westward advance of the British king, the loyal king was not the British king, and the will of the young heavenly king The loyal king may not take it seriously.

"King Fu, this king heard an interesting thing." Two extremely urgent pardons were issued, and a sneer flashed across Hong Tiangui's face.

King Fu was stunned for a moment, and a look of nervousness flashed on his face. Hong Renxuan's favor caused him to lose his household, and this sudden change made King Fu's brain unable to react for a while, did the young king want to use him to establish authority?

"What is Your Highness?" King Fu was full of apprehension, and his previous arrogance had long since disappeared.

After two days of understanding, the king found that the security of the capital of the heavenly kingdom is ** to a certain extent, and the domestic slaves of a big family dare to rob the people's daughters on the street, killing and injuring people is even more commonplace, where is the capital of the heavenly kingdom, it is simply hell on earth. You say, what should the king do about such a phenomenon? Hong Tiangui said with a sneer.

With a pop, Hong Renda knelt on the ground and said in a little panic: "Your Highness, that is the private behavior of a house slave, and it has nothing to do with me!" Hong Renda said loudly.

"King Fu, this king knows that you are innocent, but this king has asked people to compile a list of people who oppress the good and the powerful in Tianjing City, and who are also involved in a life lawsuit, can these people be willing to capture them all?"

"Your Highness, don't worry, I will send someone to arrest these people when I go back." Hong Renda said sweating profusely. Even if he is a fool, he understands Hong Tiangui's reason for targeting him, he regrets it in his heart, if he had known that the Young Heavenly King was going to be in power, he would not have gone to Hong Xiuquan to complain if he was killed, and now it seems that this Young Heavenly King is really cautious.

"It's easy to have the words of the blessed king, Uncle Fuwang, it's not that this king doesn't believe you, it's just that many of these people are doing evil under the banner of your Fuwang, therefore, I will hand over this matter to Uncle Fuwang, I want the people on the list to be arrested one by one, if anyone dies due to an accident during the period, Uncle Fuwang, I don't agree!" Hong Tiangui said with a smile.

King Fu looked up at him, and when he saw Hong Tiangui's calm eyes, he was even more panicked in his heart.

"Wechen...... Obey! King Fu suddenly seemed to be ten years old, and his original high-spirited spirit disappeared in an instant.

"That's the best, the Commander of the Imperial Guards?" Hong Tiangui spoke in a deep voice.

"The last general!" A loud voice came. Originally, the Imperial Forest Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had tens of thousands of troops, which was the direct force of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and the elite of the Taiping Army, but since the Tianjing Incident, the Praetorian Guard has deteriorated, and now the number is not more than 10,000, and there is a lack of training, and the combat effectiveness is not even looked down upon by the kings outside. The commander of the Royal Forest Army at this time is Hong Renzheng, a relative of the Hong clan, who has just been named the king of compassion by Hong Xiuquan this year, and has been in charge of the Royal Forest Army for less than a month.

"The Imperial Forest Army assists King Fu to arrest people! It's a good time to take this opportunity to see how effective the Heavenly King's Forest Army is. ”

Hong Renzheng was stunned, he had been leading troops outside all the year round, and he was not familiar with Hong Tiangui, but he understood the current state of the Imperial Forest Army, although it was under the banner of the elite of the Taiping Army, but the current Royal Forest Army was just a group of rabble. Arresting some unruly gentlemen is just a trivial matter, and Hong Renzheng is worried about Hong Tiangui's attitude, this young king who has just ascended the throne does not seem to be such an easy person to dismiss.

"Your Highness, isn't there something ...... Hasty? Hong Renzheng said cautiously. Seeing that Hong Tiangui cleanly suppressed the blessed king Hong Renda, Hong Renzheng did not dare to underestimate this young king who was in power for the first time.

"Doesn't the king have faith?" Hong Tiangui asked with a smile.

King Xi was depressed in his heart, with the current state of the Royal Forest Army, he had confidence that there were ghosts!

"Your Highness, the lack of training of the Imperial Forest Army will probably disappoint Your Highness." After a long groan, Hong Renzheng was still ready to tell the truth, after all, he had just taken over the Imperial Forest Army, and the Royal Forest Army was not good, and his responsibility was not great.

"There is nothing to be disappointed about, the Imperial Forest Army is the first elite of the Taiping Army, even if there is a lack of training over the years, the foundation is still there, and it will not be as incompetent as the Qing Army's Green Battalion. There is no need to deliberately arrange it, this king wants to see what the current Imperial Forest Army looks like. Hong Tiangui said with a smile.

Seeing Hong Tiangui, who had already made a decision, Hong Renzheng didn't say much. For a superior person, who doesn't want to see how their guards really are. The Imperial Forest Army is the barrier of Tianjing City, and Hong Tiangui should go to see it. But when he thought of those soldiers and ruffians who had high self-sustaining merits, Hong Renzheng had a headache.

"In addition, summon the loyal king and the servant king, and send an army from each of the two departments to Tianjing to listen to it." Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice. He didn't trust the current Imperial Guards very much, so he had to draw troops from the elite of the Loyal King and the Servant King to form his own Imperial Guards.

The Taiping army was extremely well-organized, countless times more clever than the chaotic court. The Taiping Army has the following principles for army building: first, the conscription system of the people; Second, in imitation of the "Zhou Li", the six-level establishment of the army, the two, the pawn, the brigade, the division, and the army is adopted; Third, in terms of establishment, the military and the people should be integrated, and the military level should be used as the local political power.

The Taiping Army, whether in peacetime or in combat, always uses the army as the highest unit. A military commander is responsible for basic tasks such as training and marching and camping in peacetime. On the other hand, the operational command of the battlefield is also based on the dispatch and command of the supervising army, and the operational command system is composed of the supervising army, the army commander, the division commander, and the two horses, and the logistics supply system is formed by the various warlords and their subordinate officers and bureaucrats whose positions are equal to those of the supervising army.

The specific establishment and personnel structure of an army are as follows: five people are in force, and the commander of the army is in charge; Five Wu is two, and two Sima are unified; Four taels are pawns, and they are unified by the chief of pawns, and there are subordinate officials at the beginning of the pawns, and there are one hundred and four people in one pawn; The five soldiers are brigades, and there are brigade commanders, and the first brigade has five hundred and twenty-five people; The fifth brigade is a division, with a division commander, and the first division has a total of 2,630 people; The five divisions were set up, with a total of 15,156 troops.

The Taiping Army was tightly organized, and the number requirements were rigorous. No matter how large the team is, flags, uniforms, waist tags and other things that indicate identity must be clearly expressed, and "you can see at a glance where they belong". The number of clothes and waist cards are marked with different colors, taking the number of clothes as an example, the color differences are:

Heavenly King Imperial Forest Army: The uniform is all yellow, and the vest is boundless;

Owned by the East King: Yellow Vest with Green Edge;

Owned by the King of the West: Yellow Vest with White Rim;

Subordinate of the Northern King: Yellow Vest with Black Edge;

Wing King's subordinates: yellow vest with blue edge;

Yan and Yu belong to the two kings: yellow vest with red edge;

General to the prison army belongs: red vest with yellow edge;

The commander to the two Sima belonged: red vest and green edge.

The front and back of the livery should also be decorated with a square yellow cloth five inches long and five inches wide, marking the number. The name must also be indicated on the waist tag.

It is precisely by virtue of the rigor of the army that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can still block the joint strangulation of China and foreign countries after the Tianjing Incident, if it were not for Hong Xiuquan's suspicion that caused the Heavenly Kingdom to deviate from Germany, I am afraid that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may not be able to create a situation.