I have the impression that when the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated to the mainland, it sent a large number of "commissioners" and "commissioners" to the mountains to make a wish to increase the rank of official to the bandits, and to appoint the commander of the lieutenant general and the major general to sit or something. Of course, there is also a big difference between the two in nature, and compared with the Kuomintang, the justice component of the Southern Ming court's move is much higher.

It's a pity that since ancient times, whether righteous or not, there has been no precedent for relying on bandits to succeed, Yongli Tianzi is confused, and the officials under him are even more stupid, God knows what those officials who preside over this matter think!

Zhou Shixiang shook his head secretly, originally he was not going to get involved in this matter, and when the matter was over, he resigned to Boss Hu and Song Xianggong, and went straight to Guangxi to vote for Li Ding**. can think about it, although Li Dingguo is a famous general, and the Ming army adapted from the original Western Army is also strong in combat, but he can't stand that there is only one Li Dingguo in the world, and the Yongli court is more stupid and incompetent, otherwise he would not have come up with such an unreliable idea as co-opting bandits!

Zhou Shixiang didn't see the situation in other places, so he didn't dare to judge, but he still knew more or less about the situation in Guangdong. Take the people of Xinhui as an example, if it weren't for the Qing army to create evil in Xinhui, most of the people of Xinhui would be yearning for the Manchu Qing Dynasty rather than the Ming Dynasty, and Zhou Xiucai, the original owner of the body, even wanted to wait for the situation in Guangdong to stabilize and then participate in the imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty.

The reason for this kind of disappointment is naturally related to the corruption of military discipline in the Ming army, and the reason why the military discipline of the Ming army is corrupt is not only that the Ming army itself is rotten, but I am afraid that it is inseparable from the large-scale incorporation of bandits into the army, which leads to the mixing of fish and dragons in the army.

As soon as people's hearts are lost, how can this country not fall into the hands of the Tartars!

Thinking that in the memory of his previous life, Li Dingguo did not turn the tide in the end, and the son of Yongli did not escape Wu Sangui's bowstring after abandoning the country, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but reconsider whether his decision to join the army in Guangxi was wise

"I mean, Brother Hu might as well accept the appointment of this Luo Ding Counselor."

Boss Hu asked Zhou Shixiang what his intentions were, and he didn't hide it, he told him bluntly that he wanted Boss Hu to get the position of the general of Luo Dingzhou in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and as for whether this Luo Dingzhou was from the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, he didn't have to care.

"At present, there is no need to deny it, Brother Hu and your brothers must be doing something that is a matter of falling into the grass, this kind of behavior is by no means a long-term way, the world will not always be chaotic, whether it is Mingsheng or Qingsheng, the new government will always come to suppress it in the future. When the time comes, where will you go? ”

Zhou Shixiang didn't have a big reason to persuade him, what kind of family and country righteousness actually didn't have much touch on these men, except for the fact that he had a common enmity with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was difficult for others to open their heads to be enemies of the Qing army. And most of the men in front of them have actually died to the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and they don't have any hope, even Boss Hu, who has a deep hatred with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is probably the same, otherwise why would he rather be a bandit than be a Ming army, serve the Yongli court, and avenge the old lady's brother?

Ge Wu was used to being a bandit, and he never thought about the future, and after listening to Zhou Shixiang's words, he blurted out: "There is wine today and he is happy today, what does he care about tomorrow, what do you want to do so far?" ”

Zhou Shixiang shook his head and said: "That's not the case, you always have to think about the future, you don't like to say anything, right now you are strong, but after ten or twenty years, can you still do this business of robbing houses?" ”

Ge Wu's eyelids rolled, and he said indifferently: "As long as you can grab it, grab more and come back, you will always starve to death when you are old." ”

Zhou Shixiang looked at him and asked him rhetorically: "If the official army comes over in the future, can you keep what you have robbed?" ”

Ge Wu didn't think about it and said, "Then wait for the officials and soldiers to come over." ”

Zhou Shixiang didn't expect Ge Wu to be such a rough person, and he was dumbfounded for a while.

Seeing this, Zhao Sihai couldn't help but say: "Xiucai, you said so much, just to let Brother Hu receive the seal of the general of Nalaoshzi, but do you think those people are really so kind to us as officials?" ”

Peng Dazhu also shouted on the side: "Yes, Brother Zhou, don't you know, this official of the Yongli Imperial Court is not easy to be, and they don't have any good intentions, this Luo Dingzhou is in the hands of the Tartars, but they call our eldest brother to be Luo Ding's general, isn't this a reward for other people's things, what's the matter?" ”

"That's it, that general is not easy to be, you didn't listen to the little white face surnamed Cheng before, as long as our eldest brother becomes this general, we have to lead people to fight with Luo Ding's Qing army, otherwise, who will recognize you as a Luo Ding general?" A man in the room shouted.

"There are hundreds of green battalions of the Qing army in Luoding City, but it is not something that dozens of us can fight down, and the surname Cheng wants us to send us to death, this business cannot be done!"

Ge Wu shouted, in his opinion, being a bandit is a good business, it is not good to be happy in the cottage, but he is desperate with the Qing army with his head, isn't this a bad head?

Ge Liuyi has always listened to Ge Wu, Ge Wu is against it, and he naturally opposes it.

Song Xianggong didn't speak, only muttered there. Boss Hu was moved by Zhou Shixiang's words just now, and thought of what he would do when he was old in the future.

Zhou Shi saw that Boss Hu was moved, so he persuaded: "Brother Hu, I think this matter may not be all bad, if you become a Luo Ding general, these brothers who follow you can be regarded as having a serious background." With the big seal of the general of Luoding Prefecture, at least nominally everyone has a place to stay, and the money and grain of Luoding Prefecture are also owned by everyone. ”

Boss Hu sighed when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "Luo Dingcheng is good, but we can't eat it with our eyes gluttonous, we can see the money and food, but we can't touch it."

After thinking about it, Zhou Shixiang said: "Whether it is to fight Luo Dingcheng, let's talk about it later, now go and get the official body and the big seal first, and make this Luo Ding general sit down." ”

"Taking people's things and not doing things for people, isn't this authentic?" Boss Hu hesitated.

Song Xianggong spoke, he said: "Boss Hu, don't think it's useless, let those officials fool us, don't you allow us to fool them?" ”

"That's just as well!" When Song Xianggong said this, Boss Hu suddenly became happy, and said with a smile: "It's okay to deceive these turtle grandsons, it should be regarded as last year's compensation." After a pause, he looked at Peng Dazhu and Zhao Sihai, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Peng Dazhu scratched his head and thought for a long time, and said: "Brother Zhou and Mr. Song are both scholars, and I know that scholars must know more things in their stomachs than we are coarse people, and they are more knowledgeable than us. ”

"I have no opinion, as long as I don't let the brothers go to Luoding City to die, it's easy to say anything." Zhao Sihai did not object to deceiving General Na Luoding.

The other men in the room also expressed their stance with each word, and most of them supported Boss Hu as the general of Luo Ding, and it seems that what Zhou Shixiang said played a certain role.

Seeing that everyone did not object, Boss Hu made a decision on this matter, first got the official in hand, and then asked people to invite Cheng Bangjun to come over.

Zhou Shi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his goal had been achieved, but he heard Song Xianggong suddenly say thoughtlessly beside him: "It's not wrong to take a long-term view, it's a good thing to have the official seal of General Luo Ding, maybe it can be used in the future."

What is needed, but Song Xianggong didn't say any more, but Zhou Shixiang saw a little bit from his unfinished face, and maliciously guessed that this "three surnamed slaves" might think that Nanming would really be finished in the future, so he took the official seal of Nanming to lower the Qing, and he couldn't say that he could still get a Qing official to do it.

After Cheng Bangjun came over, Hu Lao promised that if the official seal was not fake, he Hu Quan would be the general of Daming Luo Dingzhou from now on, and from then on he would serve the dogs and horses for the son of Daming, and Cheng Bangjun was overjoyed, and ran in the mountains for a month, and finally succeeded in getting rid of an official seal!