"yes, it's time to recruit!"

Yue Yang nodded, he looked at Hai Lanzhu and said with some embarrassment: "You know, now that I have been promoted, I have more places to manage, but the soldiers and horses in my hand are only in the early 8,000s, plus I killed so many chaotic soldiers in the last mutiny and have not recruited any more people, so there is not enough manpower, so I have to recruit more talents." ”

Hai Lanzhu was not surprised by her husband's idea of recruiting again, but asked very calmly: "How many people do you plan to recruit?" ”

Yue Yang pondered for a while and said, "I calculated, at least five thousand, but preferably eight thousand." ”

"Eight thousand?" Hai Lanzhu thought for a while before saying: "If we recruit another 8,000, we will have a lot of soldiers and horses, will this attract the suspicion of the imperial court?" ”

"There's no way around this, after all, as the old saying goes: it's mediocre not to attract envy." Yue Yang smiled bitterly: "But you have also seen the current form, the guy who is both your uncle and your brother-in-law is now accumulating strength, and he is always thinking about the flower of Daming, if he goes south, what will we use to resist?" There are also Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, those rogues, don't look at them are now being chased by officers and soldiers and fleeing like lost dogs, but if the court can't do their best to bulldoze them, I believe that sooner or later they will become the gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, if we don't have the soldiers and horses in our hands that we can always get our hands on, sooner or later this little foundation we have worked so hard will be eaten that there will be no bones left! ”

"Huang Taiji intends to annex the Ming Dynasty? It can't be. Hai Lanzhu stared at Yue Yang with wide eyes and some disbelief.

Yue Yang smiled bitterly: "What's impossible about this, looking at what Huang Taiji has done over the years, everything he has done is preparing for this day." ”

In fact, at this time, few people believed that the Jurchens could enter the Central Plains, even most of the high-level leaders of the Later Jin Kingdom. In the eyes of the vast majority of the Ming Dynasty, the Houjin Kingdom was just a country composed of barbarians and illiterates, they were a group of uneducated people who could only plunder and slaughter, and it was only a joke that such people could enter the Central Plains.

But this joke is not funny at all for Yue Yang, who is familiar with history, in fact, many later historians believe it after research. Without the help of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, it would have been impossible for the Houjin Kingdom to settle in the Central Plains. If it weren't for the so-called "peasant rebel army" such as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai, who had tirelessly helped the Jurchens to make trouble in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, it would have been impossible for Huang Taiji to enter the Central Plains for another 20 years.

It was precisely because Li Zicheng and these people kept wandering around, burning, killing and plundering, that the already weak Da Ming was dying, and it was impossible for Da Ming to fall down after exhausting the last trace of strength. From this point of view, it is not an exaggeration to say that Li Zicheng is a sinner of the Chinese nation.

Looking at the silent Hai Lanzhu, Yue Yang smiled: "Hai Lanzhu." If one day I kill that brother-in-law of yours, will you hate me? ”

"Hate you...... Why should I hate you? Hai Lanzhu stared at the beautiful big eyes and said: "It is normal for two male wolves to fight each other for the position of the head wolf, only the strongest male wolf is worthy of leading the wolf pack to survive, this is the truth that even children on the grassland know." ”

"That's good." Yue Yang smiled hesitantly, "In that case, daughter-in-law." So let's start recruiting? ”

"Recruit ...... Why not recruit? At this moment, Hai Lanzhu's woman did not let the domineering of Xu Mei be seen at a glance, "Huang Taiji is just the Great Khan of a small barbarian country, Xianggong, you now rule hundreds of thousands of people, no matter what, you can't be worse than him." If he dares to provoke us, we will kill him!" ”

Listening to Hai Lanzhu's domineering words, Yue Yang secretly wiped a cold sweat, his daughter-in-law was too strong. In the next generation, she will be a proper strong woman.

"Okay, let's recruit troops!"

With a wave of Yue Yang's hand, a vigorous conscription began.

Originally, Yue Yang thought that someone would definitely jump out and point fingers at his conscription, but he didn't expect that no one would jump out and gossip after the conscription work began. At first, Yue Yang felt a little strange, but then he realized that his reputation in Hunyuan Prefecture was too strong now, and he had just cleaned up the gentry and merchants in Hunyuan Prefecture, and the rest of the people were also killed by him. Where do you dare to jump out and blow up the thorns?

The conscription went very smoothly, which also benefited from the good reputation of the Yingzhou army. Although Yue Yang's reputation among the gentry and merchants on the North Road is not very good, his prestige among the homeless people and the common people is not ordinarily high. In addition, the high salary of the Yingzhou army is also famous, and the soldiers who join the army not only have a large amount of food and salary every month, but what is even more enviable is that the family can also be tax-free during the period of being a soldier. If you are disabled, the General's Mansion will be responsible for arranging the work, and if you die in battle, the family will be tax-free for 20 years, and the General's Mansion will support the elderly in the family until the end.

In this way, those who serve as soldiers have no worries. For the displaced people who have taken care of human life in troubled times, what reason do they have to refuse such a good thing?

The time soon came to February of the eighth year of Chongzhen, after two months of intense conscription, 8,000 recruits had been recruited, Yue Yang ordered Hu Laosan to be the training officer, these recruits were trained in a unified manner, and strive to complete the initial training within three months.

After the completion of the conscription work, the spring ploughing work began immediately afterwards, and the plan of the year lies in the spring, which is the most important thing in the year, and it is absolutely impossible to be careless. More than 100,000 displaced people plus more than 100,000 people engaged in spring ploughing, how magnificent the scene was, and how cumbersome things were. Although Yueyang has recruited dozens of down-and-out scholars and children's voices as assistants, the things that Yueyang has to deal with every day are still very cumbersome, these days Yueyang will never sleep for more than three hours every day, and the whole person has also lost weight, which makes the old lady and several daughters-in-law at home feel distressed.

On this day, as soon as Yue Yang returned from an inspection in the field, he saw two scholars standing in front of the gate of the mansion arguing with the two sergeants.

"Otomo, let's go see what's going on?" Yue Yang said to Lu Dayou, the captain of the pro-soldier beside him.

"Yes!"

Chen Dazhi responded, turned his horse and ran forward, inquired about the two scholars opposite, and then ran back to report: "My lord, the two scholars in front asked to see you, and the sergeant guarding the door said that you went out, but they didn't believe it, so they had a dispute because they wanted to see you. ”

"Oh?" Yue Yang couldn't help but be interested when he heard this, as his reputation for killing gods spread, ordinary people were always a little trembling when facing him, and now someone dared to quarrel in front of his mansion, this is a rare thing, thinking of this, Yue Yang couldn't help but be curious, and he commanded Chen Dazhi.

"Take these two scholars to the side hall of the front hall, I want to see why they dare to make trouble in front of the Zhenguo General's Mansion."

Soon, Yue Yang saw these two scholars in the side hall of the front yard who dared to quarrel with the sergeant guarding the door.

The two scholars were not very old, about twenty-three or fourteen years old, and they still wore a long sword, although this sword looked like a decorative thing, but they were still a long sword.

Both men were of medium stature, one with a round face with a gentle look on his face, and the other with a square face with a windy look.

While Yue Yang was looking at each other, the two were also looking at Yue Yang. After a while, Yue Yang nodded, smiled slightly and asked, "This official is Yue Yang, is this the official you were looking for just now?" ”

As soon as Yue Yang's words fell, the two scholars hurriedly bowed to him and said, "Students Chen Zhi and Wu Qing have seen General Zhenguo, may the general be blessed and healthy!" ”

"Tell me, what are you looking for this official?"

The round-faced scholar said very directly: "General, the student is here to ask for an official!" ”

"What? Seeking an official? ”

Yue Yang was immediately thundered by the scholar's words......

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