The name of the prince's six rates is different from the old system, but there is no change in the military system for the time being, the chief officer of the six rates is still called the general army, and there are still auxiliary generals such as deputy generals and staff generals, and the subordinates are still assigned according to the left and right associations, staff, guerrillas, thousand generals, and generals, and the reform and change of the fundamental surname still have not appeared.

In this regard, it is natural that many people are deeply disappointed.

But Zhu Cihong also has his own considerations, and now, it's really not time!

The Ming military camp system is too complicated, and the rank of the generals is linked to the worldly position, and now the so-called worldly position is not used at all, and those generals who have been hereditary for more than a hundred years will look at the worldly position, because if there is a worldly position, there is land!

Like the Wu family and the ancestral family in Guanning, they all have a large amount of land, and there are tens of thousands of super large landlords among tenant farmers alone, as well as the Mu family in Yunnan. Only these people would like the hereditary military household system, although it is already rigid, the household is clean, untrained, very poor, and the sergeant is a miscellaneous slave compared to the battalion soldiers recruited, and there is no general who regards the army composed of military households as sincere and benevolent, and uses it as the main force.

In fact, the battalion has long been a soldier!

It can be said that at the end of the Ming Dynasty to this time, the chronic diseases are riddled with diseases, military discipline is corrupt, the generals are feudal and private, the financial failures, the officials are stupid, and the people have no confidence, and so on, are very difficult to solve the dead end, dead chess!

What Zhu Cihong is facing now is such an overall problem, and if he wants to break through all of a sudden, it is originally impossible.

Moreover...... The generals behind him did not have fuel-efficient lamps, and there were many ill-intentioned ones...... As for the civil service...... For the time being, Lu Zhenfei is here, this person takes care of the overall situation, neither homesickness nor pedantry, if Chongzhen makes a joke with him one day, and sends a certain Donglin Party to the governor or the governor Huai'an...... That's a lot of fun...... As for what he wanted to combine the four towns of Xu, Huai, Feng, and Yang into a large military region, this grand strategic concept, the action is too big, and the strength he has is too strong, whether the old man Chongzhen can agree or not, it is still between the two...... "Your Highness, this move is really benevolent, minister, it must be done properly, and it must make His Highness worry about going south!" ”

After discussing with Lu Zhenfei about leaving Huai'an in the near future, Zhu Cihong took the initiative to propose the abolition of the strong men who were originally forcibly pulled in Shandong Town.

As soon as these words came out, Lu Zhenfei and the Huai'an officials present were overjoyed, Lu Zhenfei immediately thanked him, and the rest of the officials also called the prince holy.

Liu Zeqing's troops have a maximum of 30,000 soldiers, and many of them are empty, when they came down from Shandong, there were no more than 20,000 people at most, and after arriving in Huai'an, it didn't take long for it to swell into a super army town of 50,000 or 60,000 people, of which more than half were strong men who were forcibly pulled, and only a few were poor or homeless people who volunteered to serve as soldiers to eat food.

After this person was ambushed, the strong men who were forcibly pulled were people's hearts floating, and their family members also came to the state and county or the governor's yamen every day to cry, and the complaints were almost piled up.

But this kind of thing, without Zhu Cihong himself taking the initiative, no one dares to say anything, after all, the dynasty is now in crisis, all towns are desperately expanding the army, and the prince is very sure of the military, that is, the emperor also has the plan to let the prince take charge of the army outside, now at this time, who dares to do the sound of the cane and horse, and seek his own death?

However, Zhu Cihong took the initiative to unload a big stone for the magistrate, and Lu Zhenfei and others sincerely thanked him, which was also true.

"Don't give me tricks," Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Huai'an to the counties, especially to Sizhou and other official roads, is much worse than the north-south road, you have to send a master, you have to build roads, don't perfunctory me, you know?" ”

Although the prince is not close to the people and tearing the soil, but when he speaks at this time, he is actually awe-inspiring, and everyone does not feel any resistance, Lu Zhenfei was silent, but a five-grade official stepped forward and bowed down and replied: "Now that the farmers are busy, if you want to build the road, it will take up too much manpower, please ask Your Highness to show it, can you delay it for a month?" ”

"Oh, I forgot about that!" Zhu Cihong realized that he nodded and said, "Yes, this matter is up to you, but don't make a mistake." ”

"Yes," replied the official, "Your Highness is benevolent, what else do you have to say about the effectiveness of the ministers?" It's just that there will be a lot of silver for the big work, and there will be food ......."

"It's all very easy to do."

Road construction is an important part of Zhu Cihong's grand strategy, so he can't relax at all, he thought about it for a while, and said: "Allocate 200,000 silver, the grain is enough, there are still hundreds of thousands of stones in Qingjiang, and after the summer harvest, it happens that the new grain has also come down." However, I want to make it clear first, you can't make money on the big work, 200,000 ICBC is not enough, just ask, I will give an extra 30,000 reward, and say in advance that it is for everyone's profit, and then someone will make money for the work, and I will never be soft on the march to kill people. ”

There are still hundreds of human heads hanging on the head of Huai'an City, who dares not to take this master's words seriously? The official was scared out of cold sweat, and his body bent down a little more, but when he heard that there was a reward of tens of thousands of silver in advance, the county officials present all showed a happy face.

"Your Highness......" Lu Zhenfei frowned and asked, "The Qingjiang Mansion Treasury was originally sent to Jingshi, but now it is naturally unnecessary. However, this grain ......"

"This grain was originally the head and tail of the household department, and now the household department can't manage it here, the household department in Nanjing is idle Cao, and I have tens of thousands of officers and soldiers here to raise, should I give it to them?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "The governor doesn't have to worry about this, it wasn't your business in the first place!" ”

This is to Lu Zhenfei a soft nail touch, everyone is silent at the moment, Lu Zhenfei lying on the ground, honestly kowtowing to resign, behind him, dozens of officials wearing round-necked gauze hats are also kowtowing together, Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, is to turn away, after he left, the officials got up one after another, began to dust off their bodies one after another, many people looked at Lu Zhenfei, the look on his face was sneering, and embarrassed the governor, and it seemed that it was not easy to consuade, quite a few wanted to come forward to persuade: thunder, rain and anger, all are Jun's grace...... But looking at Lu Zhenfei's face, he shrank back again, after all, the governor's face was very ugly.

"The young master is too fast to seek treatment......"

Watching Zhu Cihong leave, Lu Zhenfei, who has always been a capable face, was full of sadness, and his face was naturally unhappy.

Today, when it is said to be an army, except for the awarding of flags and officials, it seems that there is not much difference. Moreover, except for Liu Konghe, few of the generals of Shandong Town could be integrated into the six rates, and Shandong Town is now unjustifiable, the prince plans to establish a new Huai'an Town, whether it can be done, it is also between the two, and the five thousand armor soldiers used today are almost all the elites of the original Shandong Town, how can everyone be convinced by such a strong army? In the new army, there is no place for old generals, so I am afraid that the morale of the army will be very unstable.

It's just that he understands in his heart that Zhu Cihong, the crown prince, seems to be very easy to talk to, and he usually doesn't take the prince's shelf very much, but he is very decisive in doing things, and he just listens to what others say.

I just hope that the placement of the soldiers in Shandong Town, the prince can figure it out and do it properly.

………… Not long after Lu Zhenfei left, the rest of the generals also dispersed, and Zhu Cihong only had Wei Yue and other most confidants around him.

Feng Kaizhang saw that there were no outsiders, so he stepped forward and bowed, "Your Highness, the minister has something to say." ”

"How?" Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Do you want to thank you?" ”

"It's not." Feng Kaizhang said calmly: "The minister is just a person's identity, he has never been in the army, although he likes to read military books, but he has not actually led soldiers. Now he is tied to Wei Yue and other soldiers who have made great contributions, and he feels very uneasy. There are ...... more" He pondered for a while, and finally said: "Generals in the camp, Your Highness should also try to appease." ”

"Are you afraid that the army will be unstable?"

"The minister is worried."

"Haha, if you have this concern, it's worthy of me to reuse it for you!" After Zhu Cihong finished laughing, he said with a straight face: "How can I not know that there are hidden worries in this way? But if you follow your approach, bring a few of them to the six rates, and then arrange for a few of you to go to the town of Shandong, and then lead the troops, eat them, and really use them for my use...... Don't say that this is too slow, slow and urgent, even if it can really be done, what do I want to do in a small Shandong town? ”

"This ......"

Feng Kaizhang really didn't understand at this time, when the prince was in the army, he was still full of confidence and didn't take Li Zicheng to heart.

"Alas......" Zhu Cihong sighed lightly, looked around left and right, and said in a low voice: "Li Zicheng is just a small trouble, he is really the enemy of life and death in this dynasty, but it is the Donglu who follows him." I have already expected that in the battle of Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng was defeated by the eastern captives who rushed to the east, and Wu Sangui could neither surrender Li Zicheng, the mountains and seas were separated, nor could he be loyal to this dynasty, so he was bound to be able to surrender to the east. Dongyu must be the whole clan at this time, and there are tens of thousands of Guan Ning troops to help, you see, who will get the Jingshi Fu? ”

"Dongyu!" Wei Yue took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "The minister and the captive have fought hard, the captive lord is very shrewd and generous, although Huang Taiji is dead, but the captive is by no means what the people in this dynasty think, willing to lie outside the pass, this time out of the pass, it is not to grab some gold and silver women and go back, but to set the Ding Jingshi and compete for the world." ”

"See!" Zhu Cihong gritted his teeth and said: "I don't have to worry about Li Zicheng killing him now, but I have to worry about the south." With the soldiers and horses of the original Shandong Town, what is the use of encountering the Eastern Captives? What I want is a strong army that dares to fight in the field and can win in battle! ”

(To be continued)