Three, four, six, do bad things with good intentions

The first battle of the Xiangyong coalition army was a big victory, the rampant wolf was broken by the coalition army, fled south in embarrassment, and left the territory of Dali.\\ Zhu Yuanzhang did not chase, ordered the troops to be collected, he ordered the troops to be collected, and the two township warriors from Chengcheng and Dali naturally also collected the troops.

Li Panlong from Luochuan and a total of 2,600 villagers from Pucheng and Huaxian still wanted to pursue and seize the merits, but they only accounted for a small part of the total strength of the township warrior army.

Everyone stationed the army in the middle of Dali, Huaxian and Tongguan, and feasted that night to reward the villagers. A group of leaders sat around and discussed their next move.

Li Panlong couldn't help but say to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanwai, just now our army won a big victory, if you pursue it desperately, you will definitely be able to win the head of the rampant wolf, that is, you have made an immortal miracle, maybe the emperor will be happy, and he will give us an official to do it, why are you collecting troops like this? ”

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang would not tell him stupidly, "I am helping the 36th Battalion retain its strength", he glanced at Li Panlong lightly, and said that 100,000 thieves are scattered near Tongguan, and the wolf is fleeing, maybe there will be thieves in front of him, and he should not be easily pursued. ”

As soon as he talked about the 100,000 thieves, he scared Li Panlong, although fame is important, and life is even more important, it is really good not to chase it, but the idea of meritorious promotion occupies his mainstream thinking after all, and he can't help but sigh.

"Credit......" Li Panlong's troops are small, and what he said made the five thousand people of Wuwu Baishui, and the two groups of people of Fudo Chengcheng and Dali have no choice but to suppress the idea, but the dissatisfaction is overflowing.

"Don't be greedy!" Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be serious, patted Li Panlong's shoulder with his hand and said We are a township warrior army after all, not regular officers and soldiers, it is enough to repel thieves and defend the home, killing thieves and chasing thieves, that is the business of officers and soldiers......"

"But...... If we have made meritorious contributions, we may also become officials...... Be an official! Li Panlong's eyes were shining, it seemed that this guy was a complete official fan.

"Li Maocai (another name for Xiucai), you don't understand officials too much." Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be heartfelt, and said in a low voice If you really kill many thieves and make great achievements, you will be killed by the big officials. ”

"Huh? Why? Li Panlong was taken aback.

"Think about it, these rogues are running all over the world, and the big officials can't do anything about them, but as soon as you Li Maocai made a move, you immediately took down the head of the thief...... Gee...... The emperor will naturally like you, but you make the big officials in the court think? Zhu Yuanzhang whispered When the time comes, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will be jealous of your talent, tsk...... You say you can't die? ”

Li Panlong's face was like dirt, and he took three steps back...... This...... Is that okay too? ”

"Making great contributions is the business of the big officials, or the things that only those who have backers in the court dare to do. Little people, just make a little effort, but climb faster! "Zhu Yuanzhang said earnestly and authentically, the credit for driving away the thieves is just right, don't go too far."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang said something ninety percent of what he meant to fool Li Panlong, in fact, what he said was also the real way of being an official, and it was definitely not a deception! Officialdom is a very complicated place, small people, no one in the court, you want to make a big contribution to the top? Dream on you! Have you seen too much? Officialdom is a place to take root, and if the foundation is not strong, you want to rise to the sky? Haven't you heard of the wood show in the forest, the wind will destroy it?

For the big officials to curry favor with the big officials above, and on the other hand, they want to desperately promote their subordinates? Let your subordinates promote their subordinates too! Layer by layer...... This principle couldn't be simpler, to please your boss is to move up. Promoting subordinates is for the sake of solid roots...... If there is a wind and grass, the tree above you will shine on you, and the rhizome below will pull you, and work together to make sure you don't fall! This is the orthodox official way, and you must do this to learn the soaring official way.

Li Panlong was frightened by these words, and his desire to fight for merit suddenly disappeared, and he gave Zhu Yuanzhang a deep blow Thanks to Zhu Yuanwai's reminder, he almost made a big mistake in his later life. ”

At this time, Li Qingshui actually came, he was not engaged in government affairs in Baishui, he actually rode a little donkey to the battlefield to wander around, entered the Chinese army, sat next to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said with a face full of joy Thanks to the leaders, this battle was fought so beautifully......"

"The county lord has won the award......" Li Panlong hurriedly said.

Li Qingshui seriously said that the official really didn't expect that the militia and township warriors of our five counties would unite to have such a powerful combat power, which really made the official overjoyed, as long as this momentum is maintained, how many thieves will come, and how many thieves will come, and the people of the five counties will be able to live and work in peace and contentment. This official has written the story of this battle into a chapter and sent it to the Governor of the three sides, Lord Hong Chengchou, to earn some credit for the heads of the Governors. ”

Li Panlong's eyebrows fluttered when he heard this, although he was frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang just now, he still hoped to be an official.

Li Qingshui continued to say that after this battle, the role of the official militia and the township is very huge, and the official decided to make a proposal to the imperial court, so that all parts of the country can follow our example here and run the militia group! ”

"Oh?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he vaguely remembered a little, and after half a pillar of incense, he straightened out this memory.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Yang Dezheng, the deputy chief soldier, came up with a trick. He believes that the reason why it is difficult for "rogues" to calm down is that they are haunting and unstable; In order to "exterminate the convicts," the key lies in strengthening the local armed forces. Therefore, he suggested that the local government should implement "retrenchment", specifically that the government should be cut and judged, and the post of training and preparation should be set up, which is equivalent to the garrison of the official army; The state cut the judges, the county cut the main book, and added the post of the general manager, which is equivalent to the general rank. The training and training are subordinate to the prefect, prefecture, and county, and are specifically responsible for training the militia (or township soldiers); The task of the militia is to defend the land and not to be transferred elsewhere. and set the amount of 1,000 militia for each province, 700 for the prefecture, and 500 for the county. This plan was appreciated by the imperial court, and Yang Sichang proposed to implement it in Jifu, Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi first, and then spread it to other places.

This plan was originally no problem, but in the end it turned into a huge problem, which intensified the contradictions, why?

Because...... The court has no money! The squires practiced the courage of the villagers, and it was the squires who were paying. But if the imperial court wants to train the militia, it needs the imperial court to pay for it, and the final result is that the imperial court can't come up with the money, and it wants the militia. Yang Sichang slapped his head and thought of a stupid way to increase taxes! His exact words were harmless. The endowment comes from the soil, and the soil belongs to the powerful family, and the silver is increased by three or four dollars per hundred acres, and the merger is slightly suppressed. ”

Yang Sichang's point of view is: only add three or four dollars per mu of land, the problem is not big, the farmers don't care!

He said it lightly and naively, but as soon as the order was issued, what did the magistrates do? They immediately increased taxes, but did not convene the militia, only falsely reported a training figure to the above, and collected all the additional taxes that were originally used to support the militia.

The money is collected, but the soldiers are not trained, and when the rogues come, the city that should be breached still has to be broken. The peasants could not bear the increased taxes, so they had to put away their hoes, pick up knives and guns, and become rogues!

In the face of such a situation and evil consequences, the gods have no power to return to the sky!

At this time, Li Qingshui was full of interest and said that he wanted to train the militia, and his expression was full of innocence and yearning. From his point of view, he just thinks that training the militia is a good thing, but it is not in the hands of a group of rotten bureaucrats, and a good thing can become a bad thing, and it is a very terrible bad thing.

Zhu Yuanzhang has no interest in stopping him from going to the book, he can't stop this kind of thing if he wants to, even if Li Qingshui doesn't play this concert, Yang Dezheng will also play this piece in a few years, or even if he kills Yang Dezheng, there will always be someone who thinks of this idea, and it will eventually lead to the same result.

He couldn't help but sigh to Li Qingshui in his heart: A court with thousands of holes, you can't save it!

"Let's talk about what's in front of us." Zhu Yuanzhang exposed the topic just now, he took out a map prepared in advance, and pointed to it that the 20,000 thief army heading to Dali in the northwest was blocked by us, but there were still 80,000 thief troops advancing west...... Their target is Huaxian, and we have to rush to Huaxian immediately. ”

Everyone nodded, the township warrior army was newly victorious, and the morale was extremely high, especially the leaders under Zhu Yuanzhang, who did not feel any pressure to meet the 80,000 rogues.

But Li Panlong and the two squires from Pucheng and Huaxian couldn't stand it a little, this time the rampant wolf troops were only 20,000 after all, which was not too much, and they still had the courage to fight, but when they heard that the next battle was to face 80,000 rogues, their hearts trembled.

Eighty thousand! Is it really okay to use more than 10,000 villagers to meet it?

"Don't be afraid, everyone!" Li Qingshui waved the letter in his hand and said, We only need to hold out for three or five days, and the elite soldiers of Xi'an Mansion led by Lord Hong Chengchou will arrive, and then the thieves will only have to flee from the wind. ”

"Oh? Lord Hong is coming? "Li Panlong's eyes are so bright, as long as he is there, the evil demons and foreign ways can only be caught obediently."

He was happy on his side, but Xu Renjie and Yang Hong on the other side frowned at the same time, they reached out and pulled Zhu Yuanzhang's sleeve, and whispered Zhu Buggy in an undetectable voice...... As soon as Hong Chengchou comes, these 80,000 rebels are only afraid that they will be unlucky, we can't wait for Hong Chengchou to clean them up, we have to rush to get rid of this rebel army before he comes, so as to preserve their strength. ”――

Thirty-two variationsNote: In fact, Huaxian County did not exist at this time, it used to be called Huazhou, and it was incorporated into Xi'an during the Jiajing period, which belonged to the direct jurisdiction of Xi'an...... Please don't take it seriously.

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