"Chaozong, I will call someone to take Hou Fangyu to the camp in a moment, and today I will ask him to give a lecture to the soldiers, and the textbook will use the booklet I sent a few days ago...... This bastard, always trying to be lazy? If he's not busy today, he's too cheap. ”

A group of people surrounded Zhu Cihong and marched towards the Generalissimo's Mansion, and there were new army soldiers running over on both sides of the road, and every sentry, a team, and a battalion of new troops passed, and all the soldiers and soldiers were saluting Zhu Cihong, and the kind of love and worship in their eyes, those who were not blind, could see it.

Of course, this kind of situation is also very emotional to the civilian officials and staff members present.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many reasons for the loss of the country, the army tail was not down, the generals were subject to civilian eunuchs, and later they were self-dictatorial, and the maintenance of military discipline did not rely on military discipline and military salaries, but on the promise of robbery and unlimited connivance, the core of the army was not all the soldiers, nor could it talk about morale, and the core of maintaining an army was the henchmen and generals around the generals, as well as the family members he raised.

Often a town general is transferred, and the imperial court wants to give him a certain quota, telling him to take away his henchmen, generals, senators, and a large number of subordinates.

At this level, the control of the army is of course beyond the interference of the imperial court.

This kind of situation, of course, is not what the scholars are happy to see, but here with the crown prince, it is a different scene, and the emotion and admiration in the hearts of these young scholars naturally do not need to be mentioned.

"Yes, Your Highness." Speaking of this, Zheng Yuanxun and others also wanted to laugh.

Somehow, the crown prince attached great importance to the cultural education of the new army, and when recruiting soldiers, he emphasized that it was best to be literate. Here in Jiangbei, the literary atmosphere is naturally far less than that in Jiangnan, but it is much stronger than other places, ordinary people's homes, do not limit to Mr. A few dollars of silver, and then buy some paper and pens or something, so that they can read for a few years, know hundreds of words, and continue to read if they can be promising, and continue to farm if they don't succeed, and they don't delay anything. At worst, I also learned a little bit of writing, and I can also be an apprentice, learning to write bookkeeping and writing a banner menu or something.

These 30,000-odd new troops are also classified according to their illiteracy, a few crosses, hundreds of words, and hundreds of characters, and the military and political departments are all talented people who do miscellaneous work, and the heavy task of educating these new troops to read and write naturally falls on them.

This kind of thing, for talented people such as Hou Fangyu who are full of knowledge, isn't it drudgery?

The textbooks taught by the prince are nothing more than the principles of being a man and doing things, including a lot of new words, the truth is simple, the text is simple, that is, the soldiers are literate, and in the future, they will talk about the three emperors and five emperors, the debate of Huayi, the gains and losses of history, the responsibilities of soldiers, etc., these upbringing are the same as physical training, step by step, and complement each other.

Hou Fangyu and the others don't know the reason, now this time to teach the new army, it is natural to regard it as a chore, a few hours at a time, the question asked by the students is also to ask them to jump to their feet, as soon as they say that they are asked to wait for someone to work overtime to teach today, everyone immediately burst into laughter when they think of Hou Fangyu's face.

Zhu Cihong himself couldn't help laughing, and said with a straight face: "Students don't fight, they don't know what they learn, and if they can't remember, they just beat the military stick." Don't be polite when you call Fang Yu, just hit when you should fight. If he himself dares to neglect his duties, you tell him, 'See how I treat him?' ”

The crown prince also had something to say when he talked to these close ministers, but although the words were close to jokes, everyone in the Generalissimo's Mansion knew that the crown prince would do what he said, so no one dared to laugh anymore at the moment, and when he thought that the shift would be taught by himself sooner or later, everyone was bitter.

Zheng Yuanxun thought for a while, and finally said: "Your Highness, there are more than 100 in the camp every day, and there are dozens of less, and most of them can't move for a few days. ”

"Yes," another person interjected, "Your Highness may not know something, and there are too many people who have been beaten, and it is inevitable that there will be complaints." ”

"Complaints?" Zhu Cihong asked: "Is there any instability in the army's heart?" ”

The crowd who asked one sentence was dumbfounded.

Of course, the morale of the military will not be unstable.

The crown prince lives nearby, trains with the soldiers of the new army every day, eats the same, sleeps no better than the soldiers, and cares about all the soldiers...... In this way, if the military spirit is not stable, the people in the world will have no heart and liver.

Moreover, although the training is hard, two dry and one thin every day, rice steamed buns are made casually, and the food is better than spending the New Year at home, and the meat dishes are also constantly ...... If you are not satisfied, where can you find such a place?

The most important thing is, of course, the current monthly salary of one or two or five per person. The horse army is four two five, the artillery army is five taels, and the infantry army is three taels, this salary is not available for the time being, during the training period, the food is all-inclusive, one or two five per person, this income is not worse than ordinary battalion soldiers, and it is better than ordinary people.

A Huai'an farmer, the whole family goes together, a net loss of about ten taels of silver a year, and a butcher earns more than ten or twenty taels a year.

Wei Yue and others recruited more than 30,000 people in a short period of time, one is that Liu Konghe and others have already made preparations in advance, and the other is that the treatment is really amazing, and they can get dozens of taels a year when they become regular soldiers, even if they are the husband of the Xiang army and the auxiliary soldiers, they also have a very high income.

"The morale of the military will not be unstable." Zhu Cihong glanced at everyone, his eyes were also bright and scary, he was very concerned about the things in the army, and he was also very confident, he said slowly: "In the past, in the camp, more beheading was used, but in fact, more beheading could not scare people, and the military stick and leather whip were a good way to lead the troops. It's like a child, if you make a mistake, you don't beat him, just say a couple of words, after a long time, grow up to be honest and benevolent, and make a big mistake, at that time, do you behead him, or spare him? Or, in the past, beheading was like a child defecating in the open, and you cut him with one knife, is it right or wrong to discipline him like this? ”

Which of the people around Zhu Cihong is not a top human spirit? At the moment, everyone nodded silently, only Zheng Yuanxun muttered: "The minister is soft-hearted for a while, His Royal Highness said this, of course the minister was wrong." ”

"Well, you are the Secretary of Military Administration, the head of all departments, if you have anything to say, of course it is good to be outspoken." Zhu Cihong nodded, and said with a smile: "Are you still energetic?" Don't go back at this point, just follow me back. ”

In the early morning, the morning sun is rising, and there is a golden wheat wave in front of you, and a team of new troops keep running by, and the slogans are shaking the earth...... At this time, even the scholars who were powerless suddenly refreshed themselves, followed Zhu Cihong one by one, and ran all the way over.

………… The affairs of the Military and Political Department are numerous and complicated, and almost every department is related to this department, and the quartermasters, military laws, military intelligence, and military orders and other departments come over almost every day on official business, and they cannot be delayed or sloppy.

Si Zheng Chen Mingxia is in Yangzhou, and it seems that he is doing extremely important errands, so these big and small things are all pressed on Zheng Yuanxun's shoulders alone.

Fortunately, after he was a giant in Huaiyang, he grew up in an incomparably complex family since he was a child, intriguing and fighting with each other, and before entering the officialdom, he was trained to be a seven-clever and exquisite heart.

Although he has not been a pro-people official in the people's land, Zheng Yuanxun is really far above ordinary people in terms of knowledge, skill, mind, and ability to deal with complex things.

His brothers and fellow members of the Restoration Society, who can be stronger than him, are nothing more than Chen Mingxia. And Chen Mingxia also has an excessive arrogance, sometimes, it is inevitable to stab people!

Only Zheng Yuanxun is full of ability, and he is worried about the world, treats people and things, and has the style of a benevolent gentleman, and it is rare to be honest and straightforward, never hide his thoughts, and he is not stubborn, he is as good as a stream, as long as he is persuaded by others, he will accept it immediately.

Talents are rare, so after Zhu Cihong met, he entrusted this person with an important task within a few days, Zheng Yuanxun's official praise painting, there are some irrelevant affairs, take a glance, and paint directly.

On this day, as usual, he was still busy until dark, and all the divisions of the Generalissimo's Mansion had left-behind personnel on duty, and the people who were on duty were busy for a while, and Zheng Yuanxun raised his head from the pile of documents, and at this moment, he had not raised his head for several hours.

"Third master, you are too tired too......"

Zheng Fu, the old servant of the family, was also relieved when he saw him get up, and while carrying a lantern to lead him in front and take Zheng Yuanxun out, he also chattered: "We have so many big businesses in our family, why do you have to be this official here, so hard?" When the old lady was alive, calling the third master to take the exam was nothing more than wanting to have a background, not to be called by people who were salt dogs, salt dogs, salt dogs...... Where is the third master, you really have to be on an errand? ”

"Lao Fu, you don't understand."

After a busy day, dizzy, the house was also stuffy, the Generalissimo's Mansion was hastily used, and it was not comfortable at all, when he came out, the cool evening breeze blew, Zheng Yuanxun only felt that his whole body was light, he held Zheng Fu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I came out to do things, but I didn't want to be an official......

"What is that for?"

"You don't understand." Zheng Yuanxun smiled slightly and said, "But what is there to eat?" I'm so busy that I'm so hungry that if I don't eat, I'll faint. ”

"Yes, how can it not be? Isn't this the food box that was brought? The small dishes in it are all cooked by Lao Ma, and they are all ...... appetite for the third master" Zheng Fu nagged a few words, but he also knew in his heart that the third young master who was very smart at home was busy with national affairs and was serious, these days, Zheng Yuanxun occasionally took turns to give lectures, what is the origin of China, what is Hua, what is Xia, under the three emperors and five emperors, the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Han people, and the Han people, and then from the ceremony, clothing, etiquette, and the small book compiled by the crown prince, it is easy to understand, and it is also clear to everyone, What is the world, what is the country, and what is the Chinese family.

If there is a big chaos today, the thieves are just a small trouble, and those barbarians called Dongyu are the big troubles, and if they don't make trouble, they are just the same mess as the golden vultures!

The young master is busy with such a big thing, what else can the family say? The old man had already prepared a box of meals, so he held back the treasure......

(To be continued)