"My lord! Army...... Army! ”

Xie Qing was taken aback, looked at Zhou Yi, the official of the government who was reporting, and said coldly: "What army, where is the army!"

The boundaries of Jiangxi are not very peaceful, bandits are infested, there are several giant bandits who occupy the mountains as kings, the combat effectiveness of the guards is low, there is nothing to do about these bandits, after the abolition of the guards and the establishment of the military region, they were killed by Luo Ji sent troops, but for those giants hiding in the mountains, they have not sent troops to exterminate them for the time being.

Could it be that the thieves went out of the mountains, took advantage of natural disasters to plunder the people, and hoarded grain and grass?

"Yes, it's a military ...... Military! ”

"Rogie!"

"Yes!"

"How many soldiers!"

"Thirty thousand!"

Xie Qing gasped, as the prefect of Jiujiang, he knew everything about what happened in Jiangxi.

The Son of Heaven sent 10,000 Tiance troops into Jiangxi and stationed in Nanchang, abolished the guard post to establish the Jiangxi Military Region, and opened the compulsory soldier system, this series of measures completely ended the guard system created by Emperor Taizu, and the system of raising a million male soldiers without wasting a little money and food in the imperial court has completely become history in Jiangxi.

This reform can be described as extremely bold, but in the eyes of civil officials, including Xie Qing, it is still somewhat unimpressed.

In the eyes of the officials, the reason why the soldiers of the guard post are low in combat effectiveness and military discipline is that they have taken root in the local area for too long, and the guard post itself has a large number of tun fields, and if there is no farmer to cultivate, it can only use the soldier, and over time the soldier will naturally become a farmer.

The military region created by the Son of Heaven does not have the slightest bit of tuntian, and the military salaries and ordnance baggage are all allocated by the royal money bank in Nanchang, and the new army of the military region is completely out of production, and the new army specializes in training and refining the skills of killing.

But why did the army that should have been stationed in Nanchang suddenly arrive in Jiujiang, and the whole army was dispatched, or when the rainstorm was pouring in.

"Have you ever heard why Rogie is here?"

"I don't know, it's just that their direction is the Yangtze River embankment!"

Levee! Xie Qing trembled, and a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes and said, "Go and get the clothes."

Zhou Yi hurriedly took the coat and said puzzledly: "Lord Futai is going to see General Luo?"

Xie Qing nodded and said: "If this government is not mistaken, this time the military region sent troops, nine times out of ten, it is to strengthen the river embankment!"

Zhou Yi opened his mouth, obviously not believing what Futai said.

What are the virtues of being soldiers, they know too well, expect them to rescue and rescue disasters, or risk their lives to strengthen the river embankment when the Yangtze River may burst at any time?

How can it be!

"I don't believe it, but I really can't find any other reason, I hope that this government's guess is right, if this is the case, the people of Jiangxi are very lucky, and Daming is very lucky!"

After saying this, Xie Qing rushed into the pouring rain without saying a word.

The Yangtze River is only 300 miles in Jiangxi, but there are many lakes in Jiangxi, and Jiujiang is a gathering of many rivers, which is the famous Jiujiang thoroughfare in China, coupled with the special topography of Poyang Lake, therefore, once a flood occurs in Jiangxi, Jiujiang will inevitably bear the brunt!

Nowadays, there is no accurate concept of measuring the water level, but the Yangtze River is so high that it will overflow the embankment at any moment!

"All the soldiers obey the order! Fill all the prepared sacks with soil and fix the embankment! Rogie roared loudly, looking at the raging river from the embankment, not feeling in the slightest danger.

All the generals who received the order immediately conveyed the order of the commander, and in fact, needless to say, thousands of soldiers had already begun to load the earth with the prepared sacks.

Bags of heavy dirt were loaded into sacks and transported up the river embankment, and none of the 30,000 soldiers were idle, these soldiers may not be able to understand the concept of soldiers, but the biggest rule of the new army is!

It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders!

As long as the general's military orders do not violate morality, do not harshly abuse the people, do not violate the general interests of the nation, do not seek rebellion, etc., then these soldiers can only resolutely implement them!

Even if you know that you will die if you carry out the order, you must move forward without hesitation!

"General, Jiujiang Prefect Xie asks to see you."

"Clear, what is he doing? Bring him in. ”

Xie Qing didn't plan to deal with the soldiers at first, he just had doubts in his heart, so he left Jiujiang Mansion and followed the new army along the way, wanting to verify his guess.

Now that the speculation has been confirmed, seeing that tens of thousands of soldiers are really loading earth and strengthening the embankment, even if they are trembling from the rain, they still insist on coming to Luo Ji.

"This official is the prefect of Jiujiang to clear the Qing, and General Luo is polite." He arched his hand as he spoke.

Xie Qing is a civil official of the fifth grade, according to the new military general grade formulated by the Military Commission, Luo Ji, as the chief general of the local military region, is from the third rank of the military.

According to etiquette, the fifth-grade official should naturally meet the official from the third grade, and then in fact, if Jieqing is the fourth-grade, then there is no qualification to sit on an equal footing in Daming Luoji and Jieqing.

Of course, that was before, and now the education received by the new army is completely different, and the generals will not feel that they are inferior to civilian officials.

"Why is Governor Xie here?"

Xie Qing said with a smile: "I heard the report from the government that the general led 30,000 troops to Jiujiang, and I guessed in my heart that the general must have been ordered by the emperor of heaven to save the people from fire and water, so I came to see what happened."

"Disaster relief and bandits don't need the emperor's order!" Luo Ji snorted coldly: "The Son of Heaven appointed this general to garrison Jiangxi, the general's duty is to protect the people of Jiangxi, now the heavy rain is endless, tens of thousands of people have lost their homes, if there is no flood prevention, I am afraid that Jiujiang City will be overturned, there are 20,000 soldiers under the command of this general are all local enlisted in Jiangxi, they are the children of the people of Jiangxi, as a soldier how can he be reluctant to forget to die to protect the people!"

"Soldiers...... It's a good call, the general understands the righteousness, and the official admires it very much! ”

Luo Ji looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers who were busy, and said in a condensed voice: "The water of Poyang Lake flows directly into the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River is turbulent, and there is a risk of breaking the embankment at any time.

Xie Qing didn't expect Luo Ji to dare to question him, but Xiucai met a soldier, and he couldn't explain the reason, so he could only smile bitterly: "In previous years, when there was a flood in Jiujiang, the government would levy and issue conscription, but Your Majesty abolished conscription, how can anyone in the government be available, if you send conscription again, it will be against the holy will, if you recruit people, the government has no right to collect taxes now, where is the silver?"

Luo Ji didn't understand the political stuff, and he didn't plan to understand it, but he knew that since the Holy Son of Heaven reformed the official system like this, it must be right!

So he didn't bother to reconcile and clear the nonsense: "This place is dangerous, Lord Xie should go back to the city first, and if you have the heart, let the city send more sacks."

Xie Qing was just about to make a promise, when he saw a soldier rushing to the front and roaring eagerly: "General, break the ...... It's broken! ”

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