Chapter 871: New Army

"Second, I plan to lead my army north to conquer Jiannu again in the near future, and let Zheng Zhilong lead a fleet to attack Jiannu's flank. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "It can be seen from Zheng Zhilong's surrender to the Manchu Qing in the future that this is not an ambitious guy, and these benefits promised by Li You are enough to make him tempted, "Of course, Li Kuiqi and Zhong Bin also have a real will to participate in these two things, go back and tell Zheng Zhilong, when the time comes, he will not be pressed by Li Kuiqi and them." ”

Although there is money to be a pirate, but the social status is extremely low, and the risk is also large, recently there are 10,000 taels of silver, and the head can be cut off at night, in addition, although they have so much money, but they do not dare to come to the shore to enjoy easily, the Zheng family is also better after Zheng Zhilong was recruited by Xiong Wencan, and can build a mansion and enjoy a rich life in the Anping generation, so there is an official body that can wash away all kinds of sins in the past and enjoy wealth and wealth in Daming, which is definitely an extremely attractive thing for them, At least Zheng Zhifeng is very willing to do so.

The general direction has been determined, and the specific details are for Cao Huachun to discuss with Zheng Zhifeng carefully, and now Cao Huachun's status in the palace has risen sharply, and those eunuchs who are responsible for managing silk, porcelain, tea and other things are also under his jurisdiction, and it is more convenient for the two to talk about the conditions.

If they can really accept Li You's holy decree and participate in the battle to encircle and suppress Jiannu, then Li You will definitely fulfill his promise and add officials to Zheng Zhilong and others, and at the same time, he will also use the opportunity of sealing officials to divide them and select suitable talents to join the navy in preparation.

After this round of talks, all the work began to prepare quickly, Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng entered the heavily guarded firearms bureau in the suburbs of Beijing, and got the production drawings of various new firearms, as well as the help of many technicians from the Song army, in addition, Cao Huachun also found him many skilled craftsmen, loyal and reliable young and strong for them to send, Sun Yuanhua and Wang Zheng immediately indulged in it as soon as they saw this, and began to study according to the drawings.

Song Yingxing was also brought to the Huangzhuang in the suburbs of Beijing, and the tenants here were also replaced by reliable farmers from Shaanxi, Li You found him a large number of potatoes and sweet potato seeds for Song Yingxing to study, and gave a general direction according to memory, an acre of land was reclaimed, sweet potatoes and potatoes were also planted in these lands, Song Yingxing took out all his skills to serve these crops that Li You had high hopes for in order to leave a name for future generations.

Sun Yuanhua and John Tang began the translation of scientific materials in a courtyard near the palace with many missionaries from Taixi, and Sun Yuanhua was also very satisfied with the work, the only thing that made him feel a little awkward was that Li Youyan ordered him to translate these materials into vernacular, not his usual classical Chinese.

Sun Yuanhua just used these things as a tool to cultivate sentiment, but Li You regarded them as the hope of changing the Ming Dynasty, so it is most important for more people to be able to understand these articles, and vernacular Chinese is much easier to accept than classical Chinese.

Zheng Zhifeng hurriedly returned to Fujian after discussing with Cao Huachun, and the other envoys of Zhong Bin, Li Kuiqi and other sea tycoons also returned at the same time, they have realized that the current Daming Sea has begun to change dramatically, and whoever can seize this opportunity will win unprecedented wealth for their family.

Of course, it takes time for these means to play a role, so Li You put them aside for the time being after they started work, and just told Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing to pay attention to them at any time, while he came to the Beijing camp to inspect another more important work, that is, the formation of the Ming New Army.

The Son of Heaven, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, although this sentence is vulgar, but to a certain extent, it is also true, the biggest reason why Li You can temporarily suppress the civil and military officials of the imperial court is that he has 50,000 loyal Song troops in his hands, which is enough to crush any opposition forces, otherwise Dongchang and Jinyiwei would not have the current scenery.

But if you want to revive the Ming Dynasty, it is far from enough to rely on these 50,000 soldiers and horses, so the formation and training of a new army is on the agenda, in Shanxi and Shaanxi, Li You recruited a lot of young and strong refugees, and after returning to the capital, the Beijing camp was thoroughly rectified, and all those who did not meet the requirements were eliminated, leaving only loyal and reliable, healthy soldiers for retraining.

Of course, this move will arouse the opposition of countless generals who have benefited from the Beijing camp, but the performance of the Beijing camp before was too clumsy, and Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing also held their handles in their hands, as well as the strong support of the British public family, after cutting off the heads of a few blind guys and uprooting their families, no one dared to oppose the eyes.

As long as there is a suitable source of soldiers and a sufficient supply of grain, grass, salary and silver, then it is not a difficult thing for Li You to train a brand new army, such a thing he has done countless times in the Great Wei and the Jia Dynasty, plus the help of Yue Yun and countless experienced Song army generals, as well as the blessing of Qi Jiguang's training skills, this brand new army will soon be on the right track and become decent.

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng, Li Guo and other famous leaders of the rebel army in the future also quickly emerged in the army, because their outstanding ability was quickly promoted by the superiors, and now they are already dozens or hundreds of low-level officers under their command, and it can be expected that this is far from their end, as long as they encounter the right time, they will definitely be able to soar into the sky and occupy an extremely important position in the army of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty's means of training troops, Weichen and others are really far beyond it." Seeing that this new army had become decent so quickly, Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, couldn't help but grow his mouth, he now of course knew that Li You had seen all kinds of problems in the Beijing camp clearly, and the reason why he didn't deal with him now was just because he still had some use value.

Therefore, Wang Qia acted more and more cautiously, and gradually cut off the contact with the rest of the officials in the court, and became a loyal minister of Li You, hoping to save his life with this, and even enter the cabinet to a higher level in the future.