Chapter 69: Political Offensive

Luo Yang patiently explained the meaning of the new country name to everyone, and especially emphasized: "Do you know who is our most vicious enemy now? ”

"Of course it's a clear demon!"

"It's not just the Qing Demon, but also the Western red-haired devil!"

Luo Yang told everyone that the most vicious enemy was the Hunan army, and when everyone nodded again and again, he suddenly said: "But, who are these Hunan officers and soldiers?" It's the Han people, the Manchu Qing Dynasty slaughtered the frontier minorities with iron and blood, rose up, controlled China, ruled and oppressed us, and what about us? is also of the Han nationality, but they kill each other, so that the Manchu demon fisherman profits! ”

Using his historical knowledge, Luo Yang told everyone that although the main figures of the Hunan army fought for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in fact, more and deeper were fighting for Confucian culture and Han etiquette.

"Brother seems to have heard the Wing King say, Zuo Zongtang, one of the commanders of the Hunan Army, used to secretly visit our Wing King, and persuaded the Wing King to rise in the name of restoring the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately, the Wing King is subject to the King of Heaven and can't agree, if the banner of expelling the Manchu Qing and restoring the Han Dynasty is really set up, then many, many Qing demons will turn to our subordinates! This is also the reason why this king said that many Qing demons will surrender to us. ”

Luo Yang also suggested that the worship of God should be excluded.

"Brothers, does it mean to worship God? Who still believes it? Who is God? Who has seen it? ”

When asked like this, many generals laughed, and everyone regarded it as a joke since the Tianjing Incident, and even the most ordinary soldiers could recognize this: "Heavenly Father kills Heavenly Brother, and the country can't be solved!" ”

"It's not just a joke, it's also inconsistent with our Chinese civilization!" Luo Yang further said that the banner of all national armies should be politically meaningful, to win the hearts and minds of the people, on the contrary, the effect of the worship of God in the early stage of mobilizing the masses has completely disappeared, and it has become a golden mantra that seriously restricts itself and traps itself in a minority.

"Even if it is a foreign religion to contact Western forces and jointly oppose the Qing Dynasty, but what about foreign devils? Now they are all on the side of the Manchu demons! Moreover, the current Western devils are all mercenary and trying to hide evil intentions, and they are all enemies! ”

At this military meeting, the discussion was mainly about political issues, sharp and straightforward, and all the generals were obsessed with it, and in the end, they praised it again and again: "Good." Good! King Rui really said it to our hearts! ”

Of course, there are many views and reasons that are not understandable to everyone, such as winning over the Hunan army, Han landlords training in regiments, etc., such as not supporting the Taiping Army on the East Road, for example, maintaining a friendly attitude towards Western devils for the time being, and so on, but most of Luo Yang's views and theories have been supported, even if everyone can't understand them, and they don't doubt them.

This is an era of innocence, unlike the current complex social environment, where ill-intentioned guys fan the flames, fearing that the world will not be chaotic.

After the meeting, Luo Yang issued the main points of the meeting to the whole army, and informed the five princesses of the Wing King, giving everyone a process of thinking and accepting, and he stepped up military construction.

First of all, it was to reorganize the troops, recruit troops, and under the circumstance that Li Fuyou's troops who were fighting in Guizhou could not be rebuilt, Luoyang began to expand its strength, determined the strength of each flag team to 15,000 people, demanded rapid recruitment, adjusted the veterans and officers of each flag team, set up a shelf, and straightened out the relationship. Of course, these are mainly proposed by Luo Yang, supervised, and coordinated by the four flag team leaders.

Secondly, it widely publicized, incited and mobilized the masses, took advantage of good military discipline, brilliant military achievements, and the bright future prospects of the Han Heavenly Kingdom to widely preach to all the citizens of Chengdu, borrowed debts, and sent a large number of small troops to the towns and villages to carry out propaganda.

Third, the sins of any Qing prisoners of war were pardoned, and ordinary soldiers, as long as they promised not to be enemies of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom again, would be released immediately, without any embarrassing circumstances, and if they were willing to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they would immediately absorb it, so the previous crimes would not be blamed in the past. to expand the base of conscripts.

Fourth, the landlords' regiments in towns and villages were dismantled, and they were forced to submit to the Taiping Army, and some of these militants were recruited into the Taiping Army.

Fifth, send cavalry to search for the remnants of the peasant uprisings in Sichuan and Yunnan, which are scattered in various places.

This was a large-scale military expansion operation, which supplemented four flag corps and enriched and perfected a Chinese flag corps, so that the number of the Taiping Army could quickly reach 75,000 within a month, from the existing 16,000 men.

When this task was announced, all the generals felt a lot of pressure, which was equivalent to expanding the army five times in a month.

The initial conscription work was indeed more difficult, and not only the citizens of Chengdu hesitated to wait and see, but also the rural peasants, but also responded very little.

Luo Yang did not lose heart, repeatedly studied and analyzed the situation reported by various troops, and then held a meeting to discuss and determine new measures and plans.

In order to win the hearts of the people, Luo Yang turned the generals, officially displayed the banner of the "Great Han Heavenly Kingdom", instructed the flag teams to immediately make new flags, and also made a big noise in Chengdu City to launch propaganda to the citizens.

"The Great Han Heavenly Kingdom is a country headed by our Han nationality, concordant with all ethnic groups, and jointly opposing the dark and brutal rule of the Manchu demons, completely for the sake of the people, common prosperity, so that every poor person can live a good life and no longer worry about food and clothing!"

"The Great Han Heavenly Kingdom is absolutely not opposed to the fundamental interests of the wealthy, as long as they work hard to get rich and do not cheat and cheat, they will be protected by the Kingdom of Heaven!"

"Heaven does not deprive any rich man of his property, and even if he wants to expropriate a portion of it as a patronage, it must be recorded."

"Anyone who opposes the Great Han Heavenly Kingdom is our enemy, and we will resolutely suppress it and completely annihilate it with swords, guns and artillery!"

"The Han Heavenly Kingdom is first and foremost to protect the interests of the Han people, but it is also not ethnically discriminatory. Mainly against the brutal massacres and shameless plundering of the Manchu elites, and the brutal oppression of some Han officials and landlords! ”

"All the areas occupied by the kingdom of heaven shall immediately divide the land, and every landless people shall have a fair share and shall be self-sufficient. For the landlords who support the kingdom of heaven, the policy of buying and supplementing is implemented. ”

"All the officers and soldiers under the command of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as long as they are willing to lay down their arms and throw themselves into our camp, they are all brothers and relatives, and we are the Manchu Tatars!"

"Expelling the Tatars, restoring China, equalizing land rights, and common prosperity!"

"The Han Heavenly Kingdom respects national culture and traditional civilization, believes that Confucianism is one of the mainstream of Chinese culture, and absolutely does not allow hooliganism to destroy the statue of Confucius and Mencius and destroy the school in the region. It also vigorously opposes the aggressive activities of any foreign Western devils, and the Han Heavenly Kingdom must resolutely defend the territorial sovereignty and integrity of the Chinese nation! ”

"The Great Han Heavenly Kingdom is the hope of China's future, and only it can lead the Chinese people to embark on a broad road."

"The Great Han Heavenly Kingdom opposes any form of social evils such as gangsters, gambling, drugs, and prostitution, and must resolutely stop and suppress them, so as to maintain the folk customs of simplicity, kindness, and mutual assistance."

"The Great Han Heavenly Kingdom hates the oppression of the people by the government, resolutely redresses every unjust case of Zhaoxue, hates the robbery and mutilation of the people by officers and soldiers and other violent acts, resolutely enforces military discipline, and protects the personal safety and interests of every citizen."

"The Great Han Heavenly Kingdom is the ideal and paradise of every Chinese! It has abandoned the unscrupulous dream of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom about worshipping God, and it is rooted in reality and is the ideal of the Chinese themselves! ”